The fight had gone underway as Kenji had expected. Yuudai, Metou and Jiang were the first to fight the large, expressionless men, landing blows that are deadly to the normal man but simply an annoyance to the horned henchmen. Since that was the case, it was only obvious to target their legs. Meanwhile, Takumi explained that the smiling woman was from the Empire and not at all a local. She seemed to know about the group's mission and is intent on stopping it. Kenji figured the thieves did not want anyone on their tails but the woman adversary seem to know more about the group than the group did. That warranted questions.

Kenji wanted to help out but his large sword might hit an ally or be an extra burden to them. An opening would be quite nice for him. Yet no opening appeared but he did see the smiling woman pick up a rock while keeping a hard gaze at Yuudai. Kenji could tell the Zhuni was planning something and quickly threw himself between Yuudai and the Zhuni, drawing his giant blade.

The rock was simply thrown but with the force similar to a cannon ball's. Kenji brought up his blade's broad side and focused much magic into it. The energized giant sword deflected the powerful rock skyward but knocked Kenji into the ground like he was slammed into it. "[color=a36209]Urg...![/color]" One thing was for sure, blocking that rock was painful.