Tenjin’s Cathedral (128)

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Storyboard elements:

  • Deal with a traumatic event from your past
  • Defend your employer from bandits
  • Infiltrate an enemy's base



Alucard was battered from his last encounter. His efforts would scar him for what felt like ages. His regenerative powers felt like a curse and he wanted nothing but death for himself. His giant companion would keep moral support through the landscape as they entered through the gap of the north between the nation of thunder and left behind the badlands of earth. He had sailed on Nahla all the way to there while regenerating his bones and skin. He had a new power, but he also had lost his friend. But maybe there was a light in the tunnel, maybe, just maybe, he could walk free from his trauma once he had found a new purpose. Not only was he angered over the dust maker claiming the life of Kano, but also he was angered over himself. However, he could not let these emotions cloud him anymore. There was work to be done as soon as they reached the Tenjin's Cathedral landmark. The metal spire rose from the ground and touched the clouds. It was majestic to say the least. Upon reaching a local inn shortly after porting, Alucard thought that he could ease his mind off by taking a decent job as he carved his path through the landmark. A couple of minor landlords had posted an add on the front door on the inn and asked for anyone strong to guard them as they moved through the west side of the landmark towards the south east. Apparently, there had been a few bandit ambushes cross the country and while there were samurai, they had other problems to attend to as well. Alucard spent the night at the inn, and recharged his batteries. Nahla had taken a break and was already swimming in the deep oceans of the northern hemisphere, looking for clues of Yggdrasil. It was time for Alucard to do something else than hunt for power though. In the next morning, Alucard met up with the two lords and they agreed on payment, travel route and guidance through the lands. While they were riding in a luxurious caravan, Alucard was walking on foot in front of the cavalry, with his guard up.

Say, what powers do you have again?

One of the lords started to talk to Alucard as the moved forward. The other one started talking too.

What does it matter, he's got us covered. That's all that matters.
..
I can summon darkness, manipulate bones and disintegrate anything.
..oookee..yy..
..
SSHHH

Alucard spotted movement on their left flank. From the looks of it, four-five horses approached the party in high speed with weapons drawn. They came from what seemed to be a cave that with no doubt was linked through the landmarks notorious tunnels. Alucard brought forward his guns, the golden nightmare in gun form and Skorms bow.

It's time for an Eastwood.

Alucard pulled the triggers of his guns fast and true. Every single sound they made together made him feel so damn good, Not giving a shit that each bullet carved through the bandits like a blazing diamond through whipped cream. The splashing sounds and yells became a symphony for him. This, was his cure. As the men laid waste, the horses ran in shock out into the wild.
Skorm’s Bow
Type: Tool
Rank: S
Range: Short-Long
Chakra: 40
Damage: N/A
Description: Skorm’s Bow is a heavy-duty modernized high caliber chakra gun with blood/black thorn patterns and a red glowing holster. The gun has two types of rounds it can fire but both of them are purely composed out of lightning chakra. The gun has twodifferent types of rounds that are all loaded in the magazine at all times but cannot be fired more than once per round. The first round is called explosive rounds, dealing 80 damage in total but is split into 40-40 whereas 40 damage is inflicted on contact where the bullet actually lands and the other 40 damage is spread up to mid-range in an omni-directional burst where the bullet ended up. This type of bullet is made up by fire chakra.
The second type of bullet is the armor piercing bullet, consisting of typhoon (or wind if the user cannot use typhoon) chakra it is extremely sharp but also very small. This bullet causes 80 damage and can penetrate up to S rank targets which are neutral to typhoon/wind. Up to forbidden if weak towards wind or typhoon. This bullet will continue through a target unless they carry armor(up to A rank) and hit whatever is behind it as well(directly behind that is and in the bullets trajectory).
Note: Can only be taught by Skorm. Each Bullet can only be utilized 3 times each.
(Gōruden'naitomea) - Golden Nightmare
Type: Weapon
Rank: S
Range: N/A
Chakra: N/A
Damage: N/A
Description: The Golden Nightmare is a sword made by parts of reinforced steel and liquid bismuth. This makes the sword able to shift in construction and turn into a hand-cannon due to the liquid parts of the construction. It will either start as a sword or a hand cannon at the beginning of an encounter. Both forms gives the user an enhanced passive trait to the bisumaton release, increasing it's damage by +20 and giving it additionally +10 chakra through a designated seal that is passively activated when it's master is either holding the blade/handcannon or has it sheathed. The seal fluctuates bismuth chakra through its masters body constantly and gives them an extremely faint rainbowy aura(which is just for visual effects).

Sword: The sword form is very beautiful with multitudes of colors and shining edges. The edge of the sword is partially liquid bismuth and partially hardened steel. Due the temperature of liquid bismuth the sword will inflict severe burns on contact with skin and cause great pain. It further enhances the swords cutting capability since it can melt away other elements(within reason, but rubbery and bouncy for example) that are in the way of the sharp steel. If placed on the ground with the hilt upwards and the edge planted in the foundation of the ground infront of the user it will release a large portion of liquid bismuth into the ground that will shape into half of a sphere. Using their ability to control the element, the user can then shape the underground sphere into large roots or trees around the battlefield that deals burning damage on touch. These roots can reach long range while the trees(depending on their length) can only reach mid-range. This causes S-rank damage. The trees can spread and create a miniature forest(about 30 meters big and 10 meters tall), entrapping foes. On touch it causes severe burns. While not dealing 80 damage on freeform, the sword can be used for standard kenjutsu techniques with the burning damage added to it. The user can, however, do freeform 80 damage kenjutsu moves but that will consume a moveslot.

Handcannon: The handcannon form of the Golden Nightmare is like the sword, very beautiful and contains the exact same parts as the sword. This handcannon can fire rounds made out of liquid bismuth. On impact, the bullets will not pierce their target but rather splat on the impact surface and spread across it. This causes severe pain and if shot on a limb it will immobilize it the metal is quite heavy. One single shot can spread all across a regular human-sized creature's torso all the way to their back and thus immobilizes their spine.
Regular gun rules apply and only one round can be shot each time-frame.

Note:
A bullet and the sword does 80 damage following the S/W of Bisumaton and up to four bullets per match.
Note: Changing form of the sword costs a move-turn and the user must state in the beginning of a battle what form the Golden Nightmare has taken. If not, it's default as a sword.
Note: Can only be used by Skorm
Note: Utilizing the roots/tree application of the sword renders the user incapable of using the sword's other active abilities in the same and next turn.
Note: Firing a bullet, using the sword for an S-rank attack, or creating the roots render the user unable to use Bismuth Techniques above A-rank in the same turn.

I only kill animals.

One of the lords tried desperately not to act like a wise-guy but he couldn't help but to add.

Horses are animals.
..
I'm surrounded by iditiots

As the first batch of bandits had been exterminated like buggy vermin, the party continued on the road ahead. Night fell and the lords set up camp while Alucard remained restless. He needed more violence to patch up his mental and so he sneaked into the tunnels in the middle of the night, desperate to find more idiots who calls themselves bandits. Alucard dispatched his Eye of Riven and located several sources of "meat" in the tunnels.
Eye of Riven
Type: Tool
Rank: A
Range: N/A
Chakra: 30(-10/turn)
Damage: N/A
Description: The Eye of Riven is an advanced tech that is in the form of a very modernly designed monocle that is on the user either at all times or whenever they feel like using it. As the tool is small and easy to put on, it doesn't cost the user a moveslot to activate it. It draws from the users chakra immediately as it activates. The Eye of Riven is actually a spectrum of advanced technology that lets the user see different patterns through the monocle if they are behind a wall, behind a raging storm, mist or even underground.
The system works not unlike aircraft radar. But instead of bouncing off planes and returning to the ground, the signal here travels through the wall, bounces off a human (as we’re full of water), and comes back through the wall and into a detector, which is in this case the monocle. By using chakra, the user can interpret the signals coming through the monocle and browse through layers of material they are looking at through the monocle.
Note: Can only be made by Skorm.
All of which were sleeping. As he continued further down he could hear mumbles and echoes over talks that seemed to be about nothing other than pillaging and bragging over past runs. He grinded his teeth, it was time to kick the hornets nest. Alucard stormed the tunnel alone. He didn't care that he was outnumbered, in-fact he liked it. One by one they fell to his various brutal techniques. Alucard had already developed a couple of techniques that combined dark release with dead bone pulse release that together formed a pinnacle offence. After having absorbed most of the fire that lit the tunnels as well as a multitude of elemental chakra, Alucard simply released madness into the ground. This caused a huge tremor and would "delete" the minor bandits as a wave of dark chakra would spread over them like a jackhammer followed by bone spikes that impaled them as they were flying like popcorn.
(Shikotsumyaku/Meiton: Pokettoinfiniti | Pocket Infinity)
Type: Offensive
Rank: S
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra: 40
Damage: 80
Description: Pocket Infinity is a technique that incorporates the combination of dark and dead bone pulse KG's. The user needs to absorb a technique of S rank/higher through their dark mark before using this technique. This technique is started off by the user channeling their charged dark release mark into one of their fists and thus make it glow purple. The user then slams their closed fist into the ground and lets out a massive amount of energy knock back and cause internal damage to anything that is in close/mid range towards the user through sheer force. When their fist touches the ground, spikes of bones will start to root in the impact area and travel in a 360 degree fashion under the ground. This is completely hidden towards an opponent unless they can sense chakra or see through solid ground. The bones will spread and excavated behind the target as they are knocked back by the blast they get impaled by razor sharp spikes of bones(A-rank) that have protruded all around the field(up to mid-range). This technique can also counter ground based techniques weak/neutral towards dead bone pulse/dark of the same rank of the technique. This jutsu can be performed a maximum amount of three times per battle and with a two turn cool-down. In the same turn the technique is used, the user may not use dark/dead bone pulse above A rank. The Dark Shockwave is equivalent to A rank and the Bone spikes are equivalent to A rank totalling S rank in strength for the technique.

Note: Can only be taught by Skorm.
As he reached further into the caves he came across the base camp. The leader approached him with fear running down his spine and even though he knew he was f'd in the a', he chose to act bossy and try to force Alucard's surrender. Ironically that's what Alucard did. Or so they thought, as he lowered his arms and let the rest of the gang approach him. Surrounded with filth, Alucard put on a huge grin and channeled up his chakra to massive amounts and formed a cube around him that caught every bandit inside of it except their leaders full body. Little did it mattered as his face was still in it. Alucard then beat-boxed.

Dududu du du, Another bites the DUST!!

And so nothing was anymore. Alucard had turned the entire squad to free atoms through his rasterize technique, except the leader, who fell to the floor with his head cut in half vertically. The sound his face made when it dropped on the floor was pure gore.
(Jinton: Rasutaraizu | Dust Release: Rasterize)
Type: Offensive/Defensive
Rank: B-S(A)
Range: Short-Long
Chakra: 20-40
Damage: 40-80
Description: The user will expand a 3D field using their own body as a base for the expansion of the technique. This means the 3D shape expands around the user in all directions. Depending on the rank of the technique it will reach short(B rank, up to 5 meters around the user), mid(A rank, up to 8 meters around the user) and long(S rank, up to 15 meters around the user). Everything that is captured in the field(that has a cubic formation at the edge) will be disintigrated which will essentially rasterize the user away from their surroundings and leave them intact while everything around them is disintigrated. B rank can be used at all times, requiring a single seal. A rank can be used three times, once every secound turn and requires two seals. S rank can be used twice, requiring a cooldown of three turns and requires three handseals.

Note: Can only be taught by Skorm.

As soon as Alucard had entered the tunnels he had now left them. The moon was out as he exited the caves and although his party was fast asleep, Alucard was feeling tired. He put up a defensive perimeter around the camp and fell asleep with one eye open, as always.
( Fūin Wana Bakuhatsu ) – Sealing Trap Explosion (x2)
Rank: B-Rank
Type: Offensive, Defensive
Range: Short
Chakra cost: 20
Damage points: 40
Description: The user places a seal on a chosen location which when an enemy target draws closer to the seal it will release itself in activation to the enemy’s chakra and cause an explosion.

The dawn revealed the morning and the two lords had awoken. None of the traps had been triggered, a sign of extinction. Alucard lead the party towards the village on the south east bank of the lands. The landmark opened up and the horizon started to become clearer and clearer. He had spared the details of his little off-scheme with the bandit den to the lords. He cared not if they paid him extra for it as money could not pay even half of the sensation he had felt down there. They then landed in the village.


Well, a deals a deal. Here's your money.
This actually just went smoother than i'd ever hoped for.

Yeah, you know your stuff i'll admit.

Alucard just soothed in the foreground and listened with half-ears. He took his price money and headed towards the coast, thanking the lords for their time. He would then continue by the coast and headed south towards Hachim's Bulwark. He was ready for more handiwork on the way to Yggdrasil.

LLM
 
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Tobusekai: Take The Power Back
Rank: A
Description: Your mission is a simple one, though may be dangerous. Claim land in Tobusekai. By any means necessary. Spread the name of Tsumigakure, and take what belongs to us. To pass this mission you will need to face some form of violent resistance be it bandits, undead, or other beasts. You are to clear out a landmark and claim it for Tsumigakure.



OOC:
Bio's personal summoning spot has changed from Mega Blaziken back to Akemi. Will post a bio update soon as possible..
Alucard tossed his pokéball on the ground and summoned Mega Blaziken. Nothing was going to stop their bond, not even the gods. On the journey, Akemi had joined as well acting as Alucards personal summoning once again.
Washed upon the shore, Alucard, Akemi and Mega Blaziken(now acting as a regular summoning but has no turn limit so.. whatever) had joined forces as an epic trio of monstrosity and.. stuff. While they were originally out for killing the criminal who was roaming in the rocky mountains but for the sake of duty, Alucard thought that mind as well expand the village further. The global bounty of claiming landmarks was still open and seeming as no known village or clan had dug their claws into this one, there was an oppertunity to rise up to the challenge. The massive Hachiman's Bulwark would be a monumental claim for the Tsumigakure Village. Proceeding as per usual(he had done this a few times by now), the group headed towards the main town short outside the epic spire that pierced the skies and acted a beacon for the seafarers. They would then proceed on reading some local bounties and see if there was any current troubles or pests that was raging on in the country. While looking for work, some military men equipped with halberds and carrying the spire crest on their armour approached the group.

You guys looking for work or what?

The leader of the band looked with scepticism down on Alucard from his horse. His men halted and stared at the summonings that he had with him.

Oi, is that a Pokémon?

Mega Blaziken nodded as a reply towards the soldier while Alucard looked towards the leader of the group.

M'yess?
Well goodie. We've tried to deal with this ourselves but we're.. not able to kill these.. th-
Let me stop you right there, we're hired and you point me to the troublesome ghouls. I've got a class assignment in biology that i want to hand in.
Ugh, really?
Nuuup.

You don't even know what you're up against?
Doesn't matter, i will kill it.
...

The militia leader pointed south east from their location and just like that, they were off. They immediately turned off from the main road and roamed the wilderness to look for walking corpses that had strayed off of their group. Not knowing the quantity of their numbers, he was ready for an entire army at any given minute. Even if they might've been a small number when encountered by the militia their numbers could've easily grown due to the militia's incompetence. As dark fell, the party headed out, aiming to murder.. things.

Wait, shit it might not even be undead we're deal with here. Oh well, we learn something new everyday won't we.
Not if they kill us
Oh shush they won't kill.. me?
Blazee...
So this.. pokémon is our new friend huh?
He's called Blaziken.
Aha.. How did you find him?
In a volcano
..Right.
Also let's hush now, could be spies or stuffs around.

The dialogue between the three ended abruptly. While there was no sound, something approached them that was clearly suspicious as it beamed out a green light from a source that was human-sized.

Ermagewd, naziuraniumzombies!!!

The creature tore down the trees inbetween it, Alucard, Akemi and Blaziken and headed towards them straight on. It was impossible to figure out what it was other than it looked like it was running like a human but with a beaming aura of green/yellow light.

What the **** is that thing.
BLAAAZEEEEEE
Aight.. calm your.. tentacles. And you, calm your... drumsticks.


Alucard quickly drew one of his hand cannons and shot a high-caliber round of liquid bismuth, a natural radioactive repellant. Also known as setting things on fire. Mostly the latter.. The blob of molten metal headed the rampaging Dr.Manhattan and the two forces exploded in a green st.patricks day coloured rainbow. The fire then soothed into a calm blaze and the bismuth hardened around the surface of the human-shaped monster and formed a statue.

(Gōruden'naitomea) - Golden Nightmare
Type: Weapon
Rank: S
Range: N/A
Chakra: N/A
Damage: N/A
Description: The Golden Nightmare is a sword made by parts of reinforced steel and liquid bismuth. This makes the sword able to shift in construction and turn into a hand-cannon due to the liquid parts of the construction. It will either start as a sword or a hand cannon at the beginning of an encounter. Both forms gives the user an enhanced passive trait to the bisumaton release, increasing it's damage by +20 and giving it additionally +10 chakra through a designated seal that is passively activated when it's master is either holding the blade/handcannon or has it sheathed. The seal fluctuates bismuth chakra through its masters body constantly and gives them an extremely faint rainbowy aura(which is just for visual effects).

Sword: The sword form is very beautiful with multitudes of colors and shining edges. The edge of the sword is partially liquid bismuth and partially hardened steel. Due the temperature of liquid bismuth the sword will inflict severe burns on contact with skin and cause great pain. It further enhances the swords cutting capability since it can melt away other elements(within reason, but rubbery and bouncy for example) that are in the way of the sharp steel. If placed on the ground with the hilt upwards and the edge planted in the foundation of the ground infront of the user it will release a large portion of liquid bismuth into the ground that will shape into half of a sphere. Using their ability to control the element, the user can then shape the underground sphere into large roots or trees around the battlefield that deals burning damage on touch. These roots can reach long range while the trees(depending on their length) can only reach mid-range. This causes S-rank damage. The trees can spread and create a miniature forest(about 30 meters big and 10 meters tall), entrapping foes. On touch it causes severe burns. While not dealing 80 damage on freeform, the sword can be used for standard kenjutsu techniques with the burning damage added to it. The user can, however, do freeform 80 damage kenjutsu moves but that will consume a moveslot.

Handcannon: The handcannon form of the Golden Nightmare is like the sword, very beautiful and contains the exact same parts as the sword. This handcannon can fire rounds made out of liquid bismuth. On impact, the bullets will not pierce their target but rather splat on the impact surface and spread across it. This causes severe pain and if shot on a limb it will immobilize it the metal is quite heavy. One single shot can spread all across a regular human-sized creature's torso all the way to their back and thus immobilizes their spine.
Regular gun rules apply and only one round can be shot each time-frame.


Note: A bullet and the sword does 80 damage following the S/W of Bisumaton and up to four bullets per match.
Note: Changing form of the sword costs a move-turn and the user must state in the beginning of a battle what form the Golden Nightmare has taken. If not, it's default as a sword.
Note: Can only be used by Skorm
Note: Utilizing the roots/tree application of the sword renders the user incapable of using the sword's other active abilities in the same and next turn.
Note: Firing a bullet, using the sword for an S-rank attack, or creating the roots render the user unable to use Bismuth Techniques above A-rank in the same turn.

Alucard put the gun back in its holster and watched the solidification of the metal form around the humanoid creature. The metal started to shift green in color, turning it into a jade-looking exterior.

You've done goofed.
How in the protestant christfuck did something cause that??

**** you, that's how.
To hell with it.. Let's find its source..
B.bb..bbbLAZE

The trio carried onwards and headed towards the same direction as the green beaming looking motherfucker had appeared from. They then stumbled upon an opening in the ground, looking like a non-naturally formed crater that seemed to go quite deep underground. It was true that this land had a plethora of underground tunnels and communities. Maybe someone or something had poisoned the underground dwellers. A rotten stench could be sensed from the pit along with a metallic tone. Quite disconcerting. Blaziken torched up his body and headed down, showing its knuckle-headed temperament at its fullest.

Well then, vampire. We goin down.

Yeah.. yeah i guess..

(Katon no Jutsu) - Fire Release Technique
Type: Offensive
Rank: D
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra: 10
Damage: 20(+20)
Description: The user will release a small but powerful flame of fire at their opponent from either their limbs (through movement) or exhaling it. It can produce fire balls or fire streams or simply aid in taijutsu.

They all headed down and followed the trail of the stenchy gloom. It wasn't long until the fire that Blaziken had lit was completely redundant as the green pale glow was starting to outshine it fully.

Welp, time to get to the surface of this. Lettehraleh

Alucard channeled up his chakra and slammed his hands on the tunnel floor and released doton chakra into it, forcing the tunnels and everything that was buried undeground to be extracted to the surface like an eruption.

(Doton: Kaido Shōkutsu) - Earth Style: Opening Earth Rising Excavation
Type: Supplementary
Rank: S
Range: Mid-Long
Chakra: 40
Damage: N/A
Description: With the technique, the user can bring up something from deep within the ground by slamming his hands on the ground and manipulating it to forcefully make whatever is contained in it to be expelled upwards. The result of this technique has the appearance of an erupting volcano and can vary in size depending on the users needs.

This technique extracted everything including themselves, back to the surface. It was much easier to see what the source of the walking radioactive humanoids came from this way. Plus the smell was surely much better. It did, however, result in that all of the creatures was released into the open. Something that Alucard had some secondary thoughts on.

..whoops..
You're retarded.
Blaaaaazeee


It wasn't just a hornets nest they had kicked up but also they could now see a huge glowing pillar with multitude of seals casted on its surface. From it, more humanoids were seemed to spawn and crawled out in the open. The good thing was that they weren't running off randomly, but instead all of them were targeting Alucard.

See? This is how you get to the bottom of things
By bringing the bottom.. up?
Use your force lightning or whatever it is and stop bitching. It's time for my biology class.
Hrmph, i don't think that's a good idea, splitting these.. things into literally billions of pieces that scatters across the entire land. And before you said it, no i dont think Blaziken over here with his punches will do him any good striking these things with his bare fists. You'll have to do this one solo, Alucard.
Ugh, fine.. Sit back.
Blaaaaaze

Alucard ran towards the crowd of mutated humans and transformed his body into goo of liquid metal. Still maintaining his original size but granted the power to stretch into a thin wire or a sail, Alucard jumped right into the action and started punching the green fuckers.
(Bisumaton: Baiojeneshisu | Bismuth release: Abiogenesis)
Type: Offensive/Defensive/Supplementary
Rank: S-rank
Range: Short-mid
Chakra: 40(-20/turn)
Damage: 80(on touch)
Description: Abiogenesis is an advanced application of the Bisumaton release and lets the user take the form of the initial release to benefit from its S/W upon facing a jutsu or otherwise. The user will transform themselves into liquid bismuth while still maintaining their original size they become heavy and slow but also very warm and squishy. This is an extremely good counter for taijutsu but also for evading other elemental techniques too. The user will become movable but halves their speed due to the density of the element they are now the form of. While in this stage the user can only perform bismuth/earth/fire techniques. Due to the liquid state of the bismuth the user can take shapes that aren't humanoid, for example they can stretch themselves outwards up to mid-range. On touch the user will burn anything it comes in contact with and cause 80 damage.

Note: Usable twice per battle, lasting up to three turns per use.
Note: No A rank and above Bisumaton and no S rank and above Fire/Earth techniques after usage.
Note: Can only be taught by Skorm.

Their numbers diminished rapidly and to do one helluva crow-control move, Alucard shaped into an immensely thin wire that would could each and everyone one of them in half so that they couldn't move any longer as the cut started from their knees. There was still the pillar smeared with seals left to deal with. Alucard would reshape into human form, but still in his liquid metal phase, and approach it slowly as he was quite heavy at the time. As he stood bout an inch from the huge glowing pillar, Alucard formed slim long arms and wrapped them around it while channeling earth chakra into it, reducing its original weight by 100x. He then picked it up and carried it infront of his legs.

(Doton: Chōkeijūgan no Jutsu) - Earth Release: Earth Release: Ultra Light-Weight Rock Technique
Type: Supplementary
Rank: S
Range: Short
Chakra: 40
Damage: N/A (-40 if used to boost speed of a physical attack)
Description: A more advanced version of the Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique, in which the user drastically decreases the weight of any object in direct physical contact, but to a much greater extent than that of the original ability. The technique can decrease the weight of the target to virtually zero but the bigger the target, the more time is needed.
Note: The weight change lasts 2 turns or until countered.

I believe this is my schtick!!!
..I need an adult

Alucard looked with joy at the evil presence that he had grabbed between his legs and smashed it to pieces as it had lost its composure completely and become hollow. He then gleamed towards Akemi.

I am an adult.

With the background crumbling in on itself, Alucard walked towards his two summons while reshaping into that of a human. The work wasn't completely finished though. Having to create a radiation shield around his mess, Alucard formed a few seals and spit balled out enough liquid metal to cover each body as well as the pillar which clearly had been tampered with or put there by an external evil force. A force that he would chase throughout the lands to find and cleanse. However, for the moment, the team headed back to the Hachiman's Bulwark and returned to the waiting militia who was eager to pay them and get out of their sight. It wasn't good for the townsfolk to know that a man could single-handily do what they could not. He used this moment to his advantage though, and convinced the folks of the town that they would be far better to be under the flag of Tsumigakure as he was easily not their strongest fighter but just somewhere in the middle. For now anyway.

LLM - arriving at LM 127 45 minutes after this post.
 

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The squad arrived, pausing before they reached the shore. Madara turned to his companions and spoke to them.

"We're almost there, Shimo is across the bay. Susabi, use your eyes to see as far as you can to help guide us in the right direction."[/hr]
 

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Susabi's eyes transitioned to a pale white color, with bulging blood vessels around his eyes.

I see nothing yet.

(Dōjutsu: Byakugan) Eye Technique: The All Seeing White Eye
Type: Supplementary
Rank: C
Range: Short-Long
Chakra: 15 (+5 per turn to keep active)
Damage: N/A
Description: The kekkei genkai intrinsic to both the Hyūga and Ōtsutsuki clans—descendants of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. Those who possess this dōjutsu have it manifested as eyes with featureless white irides and no visible pupils. And when activated, the pupils become more distinct and the veins near their temples bulge. To activate the dōjutsu, Hyuga but not Ōtsutsuki clan members are initially obliged to use a rather long and specific sequence of handseals: Horse → Tiger → Boar → Hare → Rat → Dog → Horse → Dog → Hare → Rat → Boar → Snake. But once activated, the dōjutsu user is endowed with a range of skills.

To start, an activated Byakugan gives the user a near 360º diameter field of vision bar one blind spot at the back of the neck, above the first thoracic vertebra. Its vision can penetrate through any solid objects or obstructions, and likewise remains unaffected by blinding interferences. But that being said, certain barriers and the like may distort its perception. In addition, it is able to follow high-speed movements, which enables those with this dōjutsu to analyze their foes' actions and better react to them. The Byakugan is also able to see chakra to a higher degree than the Sharingan and ergo, identify where a person's chakra signature originates from. Beyond that, it can discern certain types of clones from the real person. And its ability to see chakra is in fact so acute that those who possess this dōjutsu are even able to see the chakra pathway system and the 361 tenketsu that comprise it. The Hyūga clan has gone so far as to develop their unique Gentle Fist style in order to capitalize on this particular ability.

Note: Hyuga clan bios of at least Sannin rank become able to passively activate their dōjutsu upon one month having passed since Gentle Fist training concluded. Ōtsutsuki bios never need to expend a move in order to activate it.
Note: While traversing the NW, bios with activated Byakugan are able to see up to two 2 adjacent landmarks away while those of sage rank can see as far as three away, but this doesn't extend beyond an ocean landmark.
 

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Fine. Susabi's temples lost their pronounce vasculature, his eyes transitioned from pale white to a shining teal. He had activated his Tenseigan, an ability Madara probably had not seen before.

It's a couple hundred kilometers ahead. It's definitely the one tails. He turned his head to Madara. When you capture the beast, your intent with it is to use it as a weapon. I'm guessing.

( Doujutsu: Tenseigan ) - Eye Technique: Reincarnation Eye
Type: Supplementary
Rank: S
Range: Short - Long
Chakra: N/A ( -10 per turn )
Damage: N/A
Description: The Tenseigan (転生眼, Literally meaning: Reincarnation Eye) is a powerful dōjutsu utilized by the Hyuga clan. Due to the bloodline differences in both the Otsutsuki Clan and Hyuga Clan, this rendition of the Tenseigan is more in line with the Hyuga Clan Bloodline and their usage of the Byakugan. After gaining access to the Tenseigan, Hyuga Clan members are able to retain their 360 degree vision to a higher degree, removing the blind spot at the back of the neck above the first thoracic vertebra, allowing them to attain true 360 degree vision. The telescopic visual abilities of the Byakugan are also vastly enhanced through the formation of Tenseigan, allowing the user to be able to see entire countries away at length and at it's most powerful state, able to precisely and clearly perceive the souls of opponents as well as spiritual entities. This unparalleled telescopic vision extends to the Tenseigan's ability to peer or see into other any Dimension, as the ultimate form of the All Seeing White Eye. This allows the user to even gaze into world realms such as the Limbo and Pure World with relative ease. This visual clarity makes the gaze of these eyes inescapable by any means, thus granting the Hyuga Clan user tracking abilities on par with the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Instead of granting the user access to Tenseigan Chakra Mode and Gravitational abilities like its Otsutsuki counterpart, The Hyuga Clan's Tenseigan gives them unmatched chakra control which directly effects their Jyuken techniques. When activated, the user is able to sharply increase the amount of chakra injected into the opponent on each of their Jyuken strikes, flooding the specific tenketsu points with chakra effectively destroying them. As a result, the side effects from Jyuken techniques and variants become indefinite. The user also gains access to the Divine Step Twin God Fists technique which increases the power of the user's Jyuken techniques.
Note: Requires activation (spending move) for Hyuga bios but remains active indefinitely afterwards if the user chooses to.
Note: After having a complete Hyuga bio with Tenseigan for 1 month, user becomes able to switch between both doujutsu without spending a move.
Note: User needs to have activated Byakugan before and had it active for 1 full turn.

 

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Susabi finally found it at Madara's request, saying it was a couple hundred kilometers ahead of them. A smile began to etch itself across his face, a smile that Susabi may have noticed and caused him to remark about Madara's intentions with the weapon.

After pausing, Madara spoke. "The Bijuu are a source of great power and influence. It has been said that he who controls them controls the world. However, Bijuu on their own lack the guidance and mind to wield their power effectively. Power that can shape nations and sink villages. This power cannot roam unchecked too long before new war starts. No, I'm going to make it the last weapon."

Madara activated his own Doujutsu as he replied, his eyes swirling into the 3T pattern before they departed.

( Doujutsu: Sharingan ) Eye Technique: Copy Wheel Eye
Type: Supplementary
Rank: C - A Rank
Range: Short-Long
Chakra: 15 - 30 ( -5 per turn for 1T and 2T, 10 per turn to keep active for 3T )
Damage: N/A
Description:
One of the Three Great Dōjutsu (San Daidōjutsu), the Sharingan is the kekkei genkai of the Uchiha clan. Unlike the other Dōjutsu, not all members of the Uchiha Clan possess the Sharingan. This great Dōjutsu seems to awaken only on exceptional Uchiha members and only in times of great stress. Once awaken, the pupil turns red and a single tomoe (巴) seal appears around the center pupil. As the user masters and evolves their eyes, the tomoe (巴) seals increase, topping 3 per eye. The main ability of the Sharingan, like any other Dōjutsu, is to enable the user to see the flow of chakra. This ability is further improved as the Sharingan gives color to chakra, enabling the user to differentiate chakras from different people or from different sources. Although the user can see chakra through matter, he cannot see beyond dense matter or in long distances. Coupled with the ability to see chakra, Sharingan users gain acess to an incredible clarity of perception that enables them to read insanely fast movements or minor details, enabling them the ability to foresee in an easier way, traps, incoming attacks, etc. This clarity of perception is so great that a Sharingan user can sometimes start performing a counter to an attack that is still being performed, enabling the counter to be launched only a split a second after the attack. This clarity of perception leaves Sharingan users able to track high speed movement easily as well as to read through handseals. This last ability enables them to learn techniques much faster and sometimes copy them directly from the enemy, as long as the user has the necessary chakra affinities and requirements to perform it. Finally, the Sharingan is often linked to Genjutsu and mind-manipulating illusions, mostly because the user can, mostly through Eye Contact, directly and precisely use his chakra to manipulate the enemy's chakra flow. In return, the users clarity of perception gives him the ability to more easily decipher visual illusions cast upon him and see past them. The Sharingan has a great cost to the user though. The chakra consumption disables its use for long periods of time and, even when the user grows stronger, it's still hard to keep it active for long periods of time.
Note: The user, if he hasn't gained full mastery over his Sharingan, will need to spend a move to activate it, although as long as he has chakra and enough stamina he'll be able to keep it active until the end of the match. If the user is Sannin Rank or above and has gained his 3 Tomoe Sharingan and held it for one month, he becomes able to passively activate it, meaning he'll no longer spend a move of his 3 per turn.
Note: To avoid direct Eye Contact and be able to focus only on the body movement below the chin, the opponent needs to have mastered Taijutsu to possess the necessary skill
Note: C rank usage is for 1T Sharingan, B rank usage is reserved for 2T Sharingan. A Rank usage is reserved for 3T Sharingan.
Note: Predicting the nature of a technique or what it exactly is requires the user to either know the technique or that its a cannon technique.
Note: Danzo and Kakashi bios activate the Sharingan by removing the covers in their respective eyes and suffer a +10 chakra consumption per turn penalty
Note: The user is bound by the abilities and limits of the stage of sharingan he possesses, stated in the rules of the KG.

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After making her journey towards the next location on her course to recreating the ideals in her head, Mirabelle finally arrived at the Cathedral. It was a magnificent sight to behold, truth be told. The library was one of the best sources of information located throughout the world, second only to the Library of Chungsu. Now that she was present with Baiken and the other samurai guards she had tag along, she would approach the large tower of a building, but at the entrance – she was immediately greeted with hostility. It seems word of her conquering of the other nations under the Iron Peninsula had already leaked over into this one. “We will not accept you as your leader. Turn back now, this library has no place for you” one of the guards commented, but Mirabelle wasn’t listening – her eyes simply admired the building, her desires to read every damned book in the building was one of her goals. However she kept walking, the guards coming to a quick realization she wasn’t minding them at all. “Tch, arrogant heifer!” he immediately drew his blade, attempting to strike but Mirabelle was quick in her actions, as she infused her body quickly with earth based chakra. This allowed her to increase her weight immediately, though only for a brief moment, as she quickly gathered the energy into her right leg. She would pivot on her left foot, as she delivered a round house kick with her extended right foot. The energy she gathered and stored into her leg was released. This shattered the blade of the sword, as she quickly got even closer now – as she performed a strike to the man’s throat three times, having him gasp for air. She would turn to look at the other guard, as she unleashed her killing intent – though she had no reason to actually kill them. She simply didn’t have time on her hands for these men to be wasting her own. She would allow a sigh to escape from her mouth lightly as the other man passed out from her wave of murderous notions, as she then turned to the spire in front of her. “A bit aggressive but I suppose that gets the message across…” Baiken motioned in a shrug but alas she didn’t want to vex the Shogun.

As they ventured into the building, Mirabelle was astonished. Such…a collection of knowledge just sitting here casually in the hands of the Samurai. Mirabelle couldn’t help but feel cheated by this, as she started to skim through the collection. “Wow…this is a book I haven’t seen in ages!” she said, picking a book titled “The Tale of The Girl Who Fell Through The World”. One of her favorite novels written by her favorite author. “I see you’re admiring our collection, Shogun but did you really have to do such a number on my men?” a female voice can be heard from a staircase to Mirabelle’s right side. Coming down from the second floor, a woman grabbed in white samurai armor would slowly descend as her crimson eyes and white hair flowed through calm breeze. “I’m sorry but…I just don’t have time for no nonsense. You are all aware of what’s happening, why waste time trying to stop me when all I’m doing is trying to unite us under a common banner. A common purpose, you know?” she prompted to the woman, only for her to chuckle. “I understand your intentions, Lady Nariyuki but there’s always a way to settle things with just words, but I suppose my men attacked you first. Thus was a case of self-defense. Ah, pardon my manners, I am Calista – the general of this portion of the Iron Peninsula. I don’t have much to say, as I am in support of this arrangement of yours. So please, take this place as another spot for education among the soon to be Inuzuma” Calista held her hand out, more than ready to coexist with the Shinobi. For years she waited for something like this to occur, but was always voted out by the other generals of the land.

With the Cathedral secured, Mirabelle would proceed to finish up the arrangement as the banner of Tsumigakure was now plastered onto the property. “I’ll rest for a moment, as I prepare to head to the next landmark” she told Baiken and Calista as they discussed plans in the private quarters located in the building. Her conquest of these lands was soon completed, and Inuzuma would be established as intended.

(Rinyūaru Tekondō: Jeonche Paekiji) | Renewal Taekwondo: Complete Package

Type: Offensive/ Defensive
Rank: C-Rank - A-Rank
Range: Short
Chakra: 15 - 30
Damage: 30 - 60
Description: The user starts by manipulating their weight to generate the desired amount of force, between x5 & x15, or alternatively, the user may gather the force generated by an incoming physical attack, effectively using their opponent's own force against them, resulting in a counter of up to A rank strength. The user then directs and stores this energy in the desired leg, and releases it in any single kick from a number of kicks in Taekwondo. These include, but are not limited to, high-kicks, jumping-kicks, low-sweeping-kicks, ground-kicks, round-kicks, etc, essentially allowing any practitioner of Renewal Taekwondo to user their art in a freeform manner.

Note: The A-Rank usage of this Jutsu can be used a max of 4 times per battle. Additionally, if the A-Rank usage of this Jutsu is performed, no A-Rank or higher Renewal Taekwondo Jutsu can be used in the same turn.
(Sakki) - Killing Intent
Rank: D - S
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short - Long
Chakra cost: N/A
Damage points: N/A
Description: Killing Intent pertains to the ability of the user giving off their pure killing intention and having it affect their opponent and others around them up to the point of paralyzing them. When the Killing Intent is particularly strong, it can even give the victim visions of their own gruesome death, nausea, pain, etc. This can cause the Killing Intent to be confused with a genjutsu, despite not being a genjutsu at all; simply a showcase of intention and power. The target will feel as if facing an overwhelming enemy and, even if not a sensor, will suddenly feel the pressure of the users chakra and its magnitude, making the effect that much more dramatic. To effectively be used, the user needs to focus on his target and concentrate on the killing intent towards it, meaning that one must see the target and be focused on it. The strength of the Killing Intent is dependent on many factors and go through several levels. If a difference in rank smaller than 2 ranks exist, the enemy will feel only the pressure and the ominous presence of their dark intentions. Its enough to lose your grasp on a weapon or stay clinched to it (depending on the situation) or even to hesitate in an attack, stumble or mess up a handseal, all depending on the situation and proximity. The effect is small and normally not that significant but can be effectively used to pressure enemies into making a mistake. If a difference of 2 ranks or more exist, the enemy will be frozen, almost unable to move as the overwhelming killing intent dominates their own conscious and riddles them with nightmarish versions of death. The paralyzation gradually weakens as time passes and can only be maintained while the user is focused on the target. The further away the target, the weaker it is and it can only fully paralyze a target within short range. Similarly, the more targets one focuses on, the weaker the effect is in each one (divinding the effects equally between the number of targets). Lastly, the stronger the user is in relation to the target, the stronger the effect will be. The target can counter Killing Intent directed at it through pain, "mind cleansing" techniques or their own Killing Intent.
Note: Intensity of technique depends on the rank of the user, distance to target and number of targets one is focusing on
Note: Can only be used once
Note: Lasts only while the user is focusing on it and while focusing on it the user can't mold chakra

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Barney yet again had something to feast his eyes upon. The magnificent tall cathedral was indeed beautiful but ominous, made of metal and stuck like a sore thumb. Everywhere you laid your eyes you could see white, except for the tall building made of metal, like it crashed onto the land from outer space.

Traveling towards Takemikazuchi’s Anvil (127)​
 

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With preparations in order, Mirabelle would firmly leave the area as she advances in the other direction, this being the site of the infamous Pit. She needed to claim these lands for herself, while also checking in on the operations since her little "agreement" with Hawke. With her Samurai in tow, she would leave the land mark.

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  • Gather ore for Marzan, part 2 - (Custom)
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After a narrow escape from the Bulwark and the Samurai, Alucard had secured the first sample of ore for Marzan - the Heartstone. Unsure of it's qualities as an actual element inside of a weapon, Alucard decided it was probably best to hit the books inside of the Cathedral for more intel about the matter and what else he should be on the looks for. However, this library that was kept in an amazingly large spiral structure akin to the library of Chungsu one would need to gain special access. Or so he was told when the two of them went there and being greeted by the guardsmen who there were a large plenty of. Causing a commotion here would not be as easily dropped as the one he caused back in the Bulwark just a few hours ago and this place was very seriously guarded. After gaining some small intel, Alucard decided to tag Lilith along to a nearby pub in order to discuss a plan to gain access to the library. After ordering two meads, Alucard had a sit down with Lilith to go over the plan.

I'll be honest with you. I'll go in there alone and in hiding while you will act as recon for me.

Sounds easy enough.. How are you going to get into the massive spire without being detected though?

The shinobi ways.. Good ol' shinobi ways.. We will both fly up towards the tower and look for a window. I will become invisible and sneak inside while you remain outside of the tower and act recon for me.

But i will be visible still, i don't know how to go invisible?

If someone sees you, enter your mode and fly away. Nobody will be able to trace you with that rift you're constantly generating i'm sure..

Alright then.. This drink is kitanai..

Drink up kid, when the sun goes down we'll begin preparations. Cheers!

Kanpai..


Alucard and Lilith waited in the pub until mid-night and noticed how some guards actually had went inside of the pub as well, indicating a staff shift. It was a perfect opportunity to strike and the two of them headed out and acted as normal as possible even though Lilith was anything but a normal being, people here seemed more accepting of her appearance. Maybe they were just not surprised since they were sitting on alot of knowledge. Regardless, the two snuck outside of the town and into the surrounding wastelands. After being sure they weren't followed or seen by anybody, Alucard proceeded into growing his bone wings which would serve a better sneaking purpose than his usual gravitationally put together throne which was more for show-off and long distance travel over seas.

( Hone Tsubasa ) - Bone Wings
Type: Offensive
Rank: B
Range: Short
Chakra: 20
Damage: 40
Description: The user grows large bone wings from their back which can be used to fly or to defend. The user can also flap these wings and release bone spikes once per turn. The wings last for 3 turns.

Soon as the bones had finished in forming and Lilith's expression going fully disgusted by the blood and skin that were shed in the process, Alucard would then perform a single seal - Tiger and functionally disappear from sight. Even his shadow was erased in the process as well as his smell. This meant that Lilith had no means of detecting him either but the two's shared mental link meant it would be easy for her to see his actions from within his mind anyway and the other way around.

(Meisaigakure no Jutsu) - Hiding with Camouflage Technique
Rank: A
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 30 (-10 per turn active)
Damage Points: N/A
Description: This is a ninja escape technique that allows the user after performing the Tiger hand seal to control how light is reflected around their body with chakra inflections. The technique also erases the user's scent and shadow, and is usable on any terrain, making it ideal not only for covert maneuvers but also offensive strikes. Perceiving the user's position is possible only for ninja who are astute enough to observe minute variations within their surrounding environment, such as distortions of air currents in the immediate vicinity or distinguishing sounds, i.e. footsteps etc. However, the usefulness of this ability can be entirely negated by those with special vision or sensory skills. The Second Tsuchikage, Mū's mastery of this technique helped earn him the moniker "Non-Person" seemingly having neither form nor chakra while the technique was active. Thus, he could not be sensed through traditional means.
Note: Technique lasts a total of 3 turns

Are you ready? In that case let's go.

Hai!


The two flew up into the moonlit sky, towards the Cathedral. It was obvious that Lilith still technically could be seen but she stayed enough out of range from the tower to avoid any suspiciousness in case that she was seen. She remained in a strip of clouds that flew in from the east to avoid detection while Alucard, fully invisible, now was flying short range of the façade of the tower to look for an opening. Windows were apparently scarce on this building but after circulating a few turns he eventually found an open balcony which he would land on. He scanned the inside with his Tenseigan and it would appear that there were a few people inside on the same floor as he but they were completely unaware of his presence. The camouflage technique did not mute his presence whatsoever and so he had to still act in full silence. With his mental link to Lilith he would communicate as he entered the tower from the balcony.

I'm in, stay put Lilith and watch for suspicious activity on the outside of the tower.

Lilith swayed ontop of the cloud using her wings to remain airborne while Alucard entered the tower and looked for intel that he could use in order to locate the next piece of ore that he needed to craft his God Slaying Tool. After a few close calls with staff wandering about and atleast two fully armored Samurai guardsmen, Alucard ascended the tower in order to access the library. There were less people up here now which made sense but it still was a hassle to lockpick himself through some of the locked doors. After about half an hour of tiptoeing, Alucard had finally reached a section of the library that contained forbidden knowledge. A small section here covered different kinds of metals too and chemical experiments of them. However one book seemed to gain his attention more so than the others as he pulled it out of the shelf. It was a fairly new book and read not long ago as it had not much dust covering it. The title of the book; Ice metal. Alucard opened the book and was introduced to a newly discovered fusion of ice and steel named Stalhrim that had been found by accident in the Iron Peninsula last year. It was quoted as the rarest material in the known world by the book and its characteristics aroused Alucards interest the further he read about Stalhrim. At the end of the short book, he found out a very key intel. All the Stalhrim that had been gathered so far was locked into a vault dubbed Vault 11, located underground in the neighboring landmark of Otohimes Monestary.

..Of course, the tunnel systems they use here are famous.. Lilith, we need to prepare to leave for the Monestary.

Alucard closed the book and brought it with him but before he left he saw one additional book that someone had tried to hide in a hurried matter. He quickly went over to take a look and reached out for the book. To his surprise, this one was covered in dust, indicating it had not been read in years. Suddenly he would see chakra signatures assembling more and more on the floor he was on. Using the advantage of his invisibility, he snuck past everyone successfully although the doors he had opened that were previously locked did cause the guards on the level to alert the situation. Alucards postion was now compromised and he escaped the same way he came, tossing himself over the balcony and used his wings to fly south west towards the monestary with Lilith accompanying him. He canceled his invisibility and started to read the second book on the way towards the monestary.

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- Obtain Ore for your God Slaying Tool (3)


Musashi arrived at Tenjin's Cathedral, having sailed across the ocean from Tobusekai and back, now once again in the Land of Iron. Admonished by Marzan, she sought out the Land of Iron as a place she knew could produce high quality ore, with the near entirety of the swords used by the Samurai being forged in its own land.

Tenjin's Cathedral was a tremendous repository of knowledge, its halls seeped in Wisdom.

Musashi doubted that she would be allowed access to its interior without a good reason, as they were selective with who they extended access to. However, it wasn't so much the books that Musashi was interested in; rather, it was the tunnel system that ran underneath, crossing the whole of the Iron Peninsula.

The ground here was rich with ore, and Musashi's intuition was leading her to this area. Finding an entrance to the tunnel network was simple enough; they were frequently used for travel and were not as selective about their entrance as the Cathedral was.

Musashi traversed the tunnel system, it illuminated by electric lights, strewn across the ceiling. She ventured forward, towards the area that would be underneath the Cathedral itself, but was not looking for an entrance. Her soul-sensing detected a tremendous amount of people in the area, traveling through the criss-crossing tunnel network, or within the Cathedral itself - and Musashi was focusing on the empty space between them.

It did not take long for Musashi to find an old, abandoned access tunnel - a tunnel never meant for transportation, but likely a relic of when they were excavating the area, and perhaps a branch where they made a detour due to a particularly plentiful vein of ore. Lighting her lantern, she proceeded down.

The space between souls above her was dense, but down here, it was quiet and calm; perhaps only the fleeting glimpses of the lights within small creatures that struggled for food and survival in this meager area. The quiet was intense, but not unnerving. The land itself seemed to be absorbing the knowledge of the Cathedral and its residents, and grounds seemed...sagely, as if offering advice.

It was when she eventually a stream of water, having carved its way through the rock, either from the surface or a hidden aquifer, that Musashi knew her intuition was correct. She followed the crystal clear waters, a lantern at her hip illuminating the dark caverns; the steep change in grade indicating that Musashi was coming to the surface.

The light was blinding, coming from the dark cavern to the blinding light of daybreak amplified by the pure white snow that blanketed the landscapes. Musashi appeared to have broken through an area of the tunnel into what she could now see was a natural cave formation, judging by the rough and irregular hew to the stones and mountain sides.

Before her stood a sprawling basin, ringed by mountains - a large body of water, formed by rain and the runoff of pure melted snow filled the area, strangely warm, being shielded from the howling winds as it were.

She ventured forward, as there was a large amount of stone scattered around the area, exposed rock that was at parts covered with vegitation as it quietly and peacefully grew in this sanctuary. Moving towards a large stone, jetissoning out of the water in the midst of the lake, waist-high (though Musashi water-walked across its surface), Musashi beheld a tremendous vein of surface iron, seeped in the clear blue waters, such that this iron itself seemed to have taken on a strange blue hue - not that Musashi knew enough about ores to even begin to be able to explain how something might be possible.

She knelt down like she did to the iron kissed by the sun, and said a prayer of thanks, both for this great find and the protection and good grace bestowed upon her to get to this point. She took a moment to meditate, and clear her mind - to ease doubts and discard them, to reaffirm the things she knew, and to plot her path in her mind. Musashi was well educated, and though a bit dense a times, had a good intuition. It was a matter of combining those two things, to do like the land here had done, and drink of that Wisdom.

Keeping in mind the warning from Marzan, Musashi removed some tools from her traveling kit and began harvesting the strange blue iron from the stone, enough, she thought, to forge three swords. It was much more than she took from the Mountain with Wisteria, hoping that this time it would be sufficient. However, rather than immediately begin her trek back through the mountains and then sail across the sea, her intuition felt that she still other places to go in the Land of Iron.

Not one to discount such a feeling, she packed her tools back into her bag, now quite a bit heavier than it was before with all the ore, and began her pilgrimage.

There was a strong wind that blew through the area, kicking up the fine white dust that blanket the area - Musashi sensed something for but a brief moment, but couldn't quite pin down what it was. It wasn't hostile, just...familiar.

Enjoying the quiet, Musashi continued on her journey.

Leaving Landmark for Takemikazuchi's Anvil (127).
 

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Susabi reached the tunnel network of the Cathedral and from first glance it was definitely richer with minerals than the Bulwark. The Cathedral served as the main education center for the peninsula so it's richness in resources was no surprise to Susabi. While the Bulwark was ravaged thin by the prismatic plague, the Cathedral still had workers moving through the mine constantly. Likely migrants from other parts of the peninsula, keeping their main education hub up and running was paramount.

He surveyed the workers in the mines. They moved around him as if he wasn't there, likely too busy with their work to even care why a random man was standing in the middle of their mineshaft. Nearly every divot in the walls were taken up by miners working relentlessly. He walked over and tried to get the attention of a man near the corner of the mineshaft.
"Hello. I was sent here from the Bulwark for some ore?" Susabi said as he tapped the man on the shoulder. The miner stopped mining and looked over his shoulder. "From the Bulwark? Go over to the other side of the mineshaft and get to work. And don't bother me again." Susabi shrugged his shoulders and moved on to do work. If he could work unimpeded, the faster he could get out of there. He picked up a nearby pickaxe and activated his Byakugan to locate hidden ore veins within the wall. With a strong strike, he began chipping away at the stone until he uncovered the first vein of ore. In a moment or so, the vein was depleted.

He wiped the sweat off his brow. He scanned the rest of the mineshaft with his Byakugan. Upon inspection of the ground below him, the mine even had lower levels, that went down for several hundred meters. Susabi followed the narrow path that lead to a staircase that brought him deeper into the mine system. As he descended, the light produced by the torches and lamps that illuminated the cave bounced off of all the ores within the wall. The walls of the cavern glistened with many types of ore, some valuable some not. There were crack in the wall that leaked large amounts of water into the cavern forming an underground river that trailed deeper into the cave.

Susabi reached the bottom of the staircase which put him at the bottom of the cavern where the water pooled and formed this pseudo river. He walked over to the water and dipped his feet into the water. The ore he was looking for was underneath the riverbed. He exerted his chakra on the flowing river and halted its flow. The waters shape continued to warp until it was lifted out of the riverbed and formed a wall of water. While he maintained the formation of water, Susabi picked the pickaxe back up again and continued to work through the ground, mining the ore. This vein was especially large likely due deposition of the ore due to the flow over water over hundreds of years. Even the sediment here was rich in particles of ore.

(Suiton No Jutsu) - Water technique
Type: Supplementary/Offensive/Defensive
Rank: D
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra: 10
Damage: 20
Description: Creates small waves of water,small blasts, and small shields of water.

Note: Doesn't require a water source but can be used to manipulate existing water.

Susabi collected his ore and halted his control over the water letting the water wash over the riverbed once again. He decided that he should return to the surface to get some fresh air and also to go over get inventory on all the ore he collected over the past couple of days.

End of Mission
 

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As the boat reached the Samurai dock, the captain paid the toll and then told Irelia how to get to the centre of the town they had made their way to. This was Tenjin's Cathedral, the home of the Samurai's Library of super importance is what the captain said on the trip while chatting to Irelia, and supposedly has tales and stories of catacombs that run far beneath homing the fallen warriors and heroes of Samurai. An interesting tale, Irelia would need to investigate further, perhaps there was some information in the Cathedral about the precious ores that could be found. Heading there, she would investigate.
 
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