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[h2][i]The White Knight[/i][/h2]

More heroes appeared, answering the call. He recognized some of them yet others he saw for the first time. The heroine Domino he had met just once before, the young man with the gas mask and amber eyes was a stranger and looked more like villain than a hero as did Yamato, yet he knew not to judge by appearance…or choice in language. The young girl known as Crimson Dragon he witnessed before yet never actually interacted with her, as far as he knew she had considerable power at her disposal yet her attitude reflected her age and inexperience which may prove a problem, particularly in control. Just as the young amber-eyed man stated previously, with her around, collateral damage was nigh-on impossible to avoid. While the Crimson Dragon and the young man appeared to have an argument, he simply took a deep breath and concentrated for a moment, extending his sensory KI detection to a wide area around the mountain of bones. It was quite a relief to know that the vast majority of the civilians have evacuated the area, which meant that collateral damage would not endanger innocent lives. Still, it would most probably be preferable if it were avoided. 

Just as he finished with his detection, he felt an outside influence trying to affect his mind. Naturally, the attempt would end in failure yet he had a suspicion on the source so he allowed this one to momentarily slip through his mental barrier. As he suspected, it was  a mental message from the so-called ‘Master of Business Administration’, a spellcaster with a peculiar style of magic. The message related to the fact that they should work together and that a telepathic link can be formed between them for better coordination. A good idea, yet he was not particularly inclined to the thought of others having free access to his mind. He replied with a mental message, grateful that his actual voice remained unheard, telling the MBA that he should coordinate with the other heroes and that he will be fine and working alongside them yet keep the privacy of his thoughts to himself. If another message was sent, he would not receive it as the mental barriers were now reinforced, preventing any influence on his mind, be them magical or telepathic in nature. A loud crashing noise caught everyone’s attention. In the distance one could see a tall building being almost instantly demolished by what appeared to be a flying war-galleon. Another disaster taking place that required the attention of heroes, forcing them to splint in two teams. Yamato offered to go alongside Domino to pursue the flying ship while Crimson Dragon and the amber-eyed man attacked the newly awaken skeletal monsters that rose from the bone mound.  A group of 3 of these skeletal warriors also charged at him, swinging their jagged blades and lunging forward. He simply stood there and placed his hand on the handle of his weapon, prepared to draw it, yet not moving an inch away from their trajectory. 

The skeletal serpents landed a successful series of attack on the white-clad hero, or so it seemed at first. Their weapons simply passed through him as his form started to simply vanish in thin air, an afterimage caused by a sudden burst of great speed. In the next instant he appeared behind the serpents in mid-air, his sword drawn and held with both hands horizontally in an arc, the blade glistening in the sunlight. One swing of the large sword caught all 3 of these creatures, reducing them into piles of broken bones from which they originally rose, letting himself be carried by the momentum of the swing, performing a twirl in mid-air before gracefully landing back to his initial position. Another pair of these creatures charged at him, only to be met with the same fate as one was cut in half by a horizontal swing of his sword which was then followed fluidly by a high-kick which shattered the second attacker’s upper-body into dust, their ethereal armor and weapons proving to be futile against the White Knight.

After the bothersome attackers were dispatched, a new hero made his presence know. This one was called the Common Rider, a young man with great ambition who basked in the admiration of others, if her recalled correctly. He contemplated for a moment on their present situation and then approached the Common Rider, placing his hand on his shoulder and indicating to the vehicle in which Domino and Yamato were seated. Other heroes were no doubt on their way to one of these two disasters but for now it only made sense that they split into two teams of 3. Domino, Yamato and Common Rider would pursue the flying vessel while Crimson Dragon, her ‘friend’ and himself would take care of the mountain of bones and its master atop the castle. He gave a reassuring nod to them before he proceeded to charge at the remaining skeletal monstrosities, dispatching them with a display of skill. The skeletons were being felled by crimson flame, amber lightning and shining blade, none of them posing any threat to the heroes yet their numbers did not appear to diminish. For every one that fell, two more seemed to rise from the colossal mound to take its place. The Crimson Dragon unleashed a blast of roaring flames that decimated a large number of them, bragging to the amber-eyed young man in the process. She had the right idea, he judged and then leapt high in the air, landing on the mound of bones  and eliminating another one of the skeletons.

He once again took a deep breath and cleared his mind, adopting a typical kendo stance and raising his large sword upwards. The focused flow of KI manifested itself visibly in the form of a current of semi-transparent blue energy, swirling around him and flowing to and around the length of the [i]Ookami-ken’s[/i] blade. With a single forward slash he unleashed the stored energy in a shockwave in front of him, decimating any of the skeletons  caught in its wake and carving a clear path between his current position at the base of the mountain of bones and the general area where the other heroes were located.  He indicated with his large blade towards the castle to the two young heroes, knowing that the wave of skeletal monstrosities wouldn’t end and that they had to focus their efforts on their master. However, one of them had to stay behind and contend with these monstrosities, making sure that they won’t be followed or worse, that the skeletons wont go causing havoc through the district of the city. With a nod towards the Crimson Dragon and her ‘friend’, he offered himself to take care of the non-ending wave of skeletal monsters while the two would charge towards the castle and ‘cut the serpent’s head’, so to speak. He was unsure of what threat they could face up there yet he was confident that the two often could probably take care of it, if they worked together, that is. He created an opening for them with his [i]Ten no Ikari[/i], clearing a path and allowing them to charge towards the castle. With a high jump, he performed a somersault and followed the landing with a circular horizontal slash, decimating another small group of serpentine skeletons who had just risen. He was now in an area between the two heroes, ready to engage the incoming new weaves of enemies and provide cover for the them, allowing them to eventually reach the castle but they had to hurry if they wanted to get there in proper time.
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