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[h2][color=c4df9b]Kurokono[/color][/h2]
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[i]So that husky is miss Avery's dog.[/i] A fleet of birds soared pass Kurokono's sight as the red haired girl walked away. [i]Something's odd...[/i] The wandering swordsman turned to observe at those birds. He had learnt to pick up the subtle signs after facing assassins hired by slavers a few times over the past few weeks. 

And he was still alive after all this. He wasn't sure why, but its better than getting dragged down to that King Yama guy. [color=a2d39c]"I'll be back in a bit,"[/color]

Kurokono headed for the back alley. He did notice the stray dogs barking more ferociously than usual. And as expected, he has company. He adjusted his single edged sword that lies beside his waist, ready to draw at any instant. Its better to have the assassin settled at a more quiet place. [color=a2d39c]"Show yourself, I can sense your presence."[/color] Kurokono let out a piercing look, as a flock of crows went fleeting away from the slums, as if it is running away from something. Way more birds than usual, [i]this guy isn't a small fry...[/i]

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[hr]Two figures emerged from the shadows, a man with a wooden staff and a girl with a longsword. Both of them are roughly the same age as him, but there is something a bit different with the girl, she has cat ears just like the other girl that he met in the slums. The asssassins wore grey robes, made as if to blend themselves with the alley. 

[i]Two on one isn't very fair, but I'm in no position of complaining...[/i] Kurokono picked up a small wooden piece of the back alley that is obviously snapped away from a crate. As the crows went shrieking away, Kurokono charged at them with his right hand holding his wooden piece and his left still holding his undrawn crossguard. 

[color=6ecff6]"Al---"[/color] As Kurokono expected, they've hired magicians this time. The 'ronin' jammed the wooden piece into the man's mouth with one strong thrust before he could even finish the incantation. The wooden splinters crushed down his throat, puncturing his neck and killing him.

Not letting down his guard, Kurokono turned to face an oncoming downward slash from the demihuman. With one swift step, he slammed his sword handle right onto her wrist. The nekomimi loosened her grip while the swordsman stepped briskly to the side to avoid the sword that is still moving from gravity. 

[color=c4df9b]"Tell your boss to appear to me personally, I'm sick and tired of this mousehunt. You can address me as the ronin Kurokono."[/color] Unsheathing his sword, he pointed the tip in front of her face, kicking her fallen sword further away from her reach. Fortunately, that girl quietly scrambled away. he doesn't like to kill people like them. 

[color=c4df9b]"Whew---"[/color] Kurokono cleaned the blood off his wrist. [color=c4df9b]"Will have to dispose this corpse, a messenger would work better than sending severed heads..."[/color] He personally doesn't like dealing with those mess, but he hoped that he would lure their boss out after this. And turns out he got too tensed up, for those people being stupid enough to cast magic at close range. [i]And here I thought I'll see people that fights in battlefields, killing magicians with a wooden stake, how did I end up fighting vampires...?[/i]

[color=a2d39c]"Al Huma,"[/color] Kurokono casted an ice blast, crushing the corpse into unrecognisable pieces. Using his sword, he chopped away the stubble of ice that got stuck together with his hand.
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[color=a2d39c]"Sorry, took you guys long enough--"[/color] Kurokono ran back to the group not long after, his right hand was somehow encased in a piece of ice in the middle of the day. It was melting naturally still.