Swordsman's Era

Reminder: The first part of this novel is about the first village of Shikari Gakure. I didn't include the important part of this because I'm focusing on the Darks and Actions of the novel. So, I only included some of the things about Shikari Gakure's childhood that happens to him. This Swordsman's Era is all about stopping and destroying who destroyed them first. I straight-up changed the sequence of chapter 2 it's gonna be fighting against the Darks and traveling far. This novel chapter 1 is just about Shikari Gakure's childhood but I didn't include all of it.

I included only one of them, I'm gonna put the whole story of Shikari Gakure in another novel because it's gonna be long and tragedy.

Date: Æ1264 4, 3

Coldness and warmth combined. It was morning and the sun was so shiny. The sound of the birds chirping blended harmoniously with the melody of the dancing leaves in the trees near the east.

Shikari Gakure is wandering around inside their house. They'll be leaving in a couple of hours to travel to another village in the north.

He is four years old and lives in Basilaska village with his parents. He is very young when they are in the Basilaska village woodlands. The Basilaska town is surrounded by large red trees that cover a brick path, and there are many people and two-story houses.

Shikari would miss this place. He was packing up his clothes in a small bag. After packing his clothes he stands in front of his old bed with the good smell of the environment and leaves outside their house in the trees. He's not gonna forget about these things. He was enjoying his final look at the magnificence of the Red Big Trees and his final day in his beloved bed. He closed his eyes and smelled the aroma of the surroundings. It was really quiet. The village was serene.

His father is at the castle's main office. He's waiting for him to call his name for the horses to give and the bodyguards. He's finally called. He walked inside the main office and saw that the head chief was writing something on the documents on his table. He was a bit old-looking because of the small wrinkles on his face but his dark muscular body boldly shows his activeness. He had his reading glass on while reading a document on his table.

After noticing his presence, the chief raised his head to look at him. He took his glasses off and blinked twice before rubbing his eyes.

"You got everything you need for today? I tell you it's gonna be a long journey where you're gonna move in." The chief said in a dark voice. He nodded. He sat on the chair in front of the chief's desk.

"The bodyguards will meet you outside this building and there should be two horses with them for your family. Good luck on your journey to the north, "the chief gave him good luck in their journey.

"Thank you, chief, for the good luck. I hope we don't run into anything other than other men heading north," he remarked, smiling at the chief.

"Just be careful, because the world outside of this village is full of corruption and evil. Everything out there is the polar opposite of what's in this peaceful village," the chief advised.

"You will possibly encounter strong opponents and the possibility of encountering something you've never seen before on your journey, which is why you and your family cannot travel alone on this journey," the chief remarked as he noticed the chief's terror in his eyes.

His brow furrowed abruptly. "Chief, thank you for the uhmm... advice, and thanks for the great and helpful info," Shikari Gakure's father stated.

He gazed at the chief, getting more curious, but the chief had already pursed his lips, restraining himself from speaking further.

He sighed and simply nodded.

"I have to leave now, we can't travel all night", he said as he stood up. The chief nodded and returned to his work on the table.

He left the castle's main office and proceeded to the three-story residence next to the castle. He'll be standing outside until the bodyguards arrive.

After a couple of minutes of waiting outside the castle. Three armored bodyguards arrive, "Why are there only three bodyguards?" He asked.

"You will be encountering a lot of armored bodyguards in the way, so don't get ahead." The guard replied solemnly. One of the bodyguards hands over a light blue scroll to Shikari's father.

"What is this for?" he asks.

"This scroll is the key to the front north wind gate. If you don't have this, you can't get in," the guard answered.

"Okay, I'll hide this for now."

He returns to his family with the horses, while the bodyguards wait outside the Basilaska village gate. They will begin to move as soon as he arrives, and they must remain alert.

The horses are on their way, two horses, and his father is riding one of them. This is their first time riding a horse as a family, so he'll be teaching them how to ride one.

They use horses to travel to the north, where there is more water, fish, and other healthier marine species. North, the north is one of the most prosperous nations of the three other big nations, but not only are the four big nations big, there are other nations bigger than these four big nations, but what the four big nations are afraid of are the Dark mobs and the other Darks, for now, is the well-known name that is strong is the Dark Shira, and this Darks was able to kill the leaders of the south's 4th and 5th armies.

Middle of the day.

They are now leaving at the front gate of Basilaska Village. They will be guarded by these three bodyguards and encounter a lot of armored bodyguards at their destination. Traveling this far is dangerous.

After a couple of hours of travel, it was late at night.

"We've now arrived at the Long Dead Dark Village, which is halfway to our destination," the bodyguard explained. In that day, one half-day has passed.

"It's getting dark on our way, bodyguards, should we be concerned?" Shikari Gakure's father inquired. "Just keep moving, don't stop, there might be something in our back, but everything that's going to happen, we've got it under control," one of the bodyguards replied.

The bodyguard mentioned a dead village in the distance. Seeing the derelict dwellings and seeing a lot of blood while traveling down the river. "Dad, what is that village? It's so dark, and I can smell it. It's terrible," Shikari Gakure inquires. "Son, that's a dead village. Bodyguards, are you sure we're safe?"

"Don't worry there's gonna be a lot of swordsmans coming in here any minute now. I also see a lot of big clear paths, It's gonna be hot at any minute now." He answered making Shikari's father sigh in relief.

After a few minutes of riding in a horse heading north. A bodyguard speaks, and they hear a lot of noises around them. "They're here! Quick Sir! we're gonna be traveling faster if we don't keep up we're gonna be in big trouble," the bodyguard yells at them.

Shikari Gakure's father accelerated the horses' pace. The horses began to accelerate rapidly.

They've seen a dead village, dead animals, and even dead bodies, a dead village is one in which no one lives due to an unknown Creature lurking around in it.

After traveling for three days.

They now arrive at the north front gate, where they see one of the world's largest gate nations, and where they see armored soldiers in the corners.

They notice a keyhole. "Please put the light blue scroll of the gate to enter the north village in here so you can get in," the soldier remarked as he led them. They inserted the scroll.

North Wind is the name of the village. It's one of the giant nations.

The north wind gate is guarded by a large number of armored soldiers. There are two guards outside and on the side of the wall, and four guards at the top. They have a barrier in front of the gate, but there is a hole in the middle of the gate that you must put something in to enter the north wind village, otherwise, you will be considered a thief or a spy from the hidden nations.

His father inserted the light blue scroll, allowing them to enter. The pale blue scroll began to function, and the gate began to open.

Shikari Gakure and his family are now walking inside. Shikari Gakure turns around and notices that there are a lot of people there. A large number of horses approached at the front gate.

They noticed a man shackled and encircled by five guards wielding spears and swords to their left and not far away. Many others were watching to see what the guards would do to that man.

Shikari Gakure's family is walking to the side, he's father suddenly stops. He looks at the guy that has been surrounded by the bodyguards.

He made conversation with the man in front of him. "Why was that man tied up? He was even surrounded by high-ranking guards," he said of the man in front of him. "Because that man allegedly tried to sneak in through the front gate earlier, and he didn't have a light blue scroll, so he tried," the man explained.

The scrolls are symbolized as a key to every great nation's north, south, east, west, and other more hidden big nations.

"We should leave here, more and more people are coming, lest we be separated, Son Shikari Hold my hand," his wife murmured, touching him. They proceed directly to their destination.

Shikari Gakure and his parents are heading out of the crowd but get lost, Shikari Gakure can't wait to get into their new home, Shikari Gakure is tired and exhausted, and his father is looking for for a guard within the Northwind for an assists.

He noticed an armored guard standing outside the castle. "Do you know where the new houses are?" Shikari Gakure's father inquired.

"All the new houses should be on that straight path. Just go far north straight that path and you'll see a lot of new houses." He replied.

"Thank you, Sir!" He thank him as they proceed.

The guard nodded and smiled. As the guard remarked, he slowly turned around and saw a number of armored horses and an army leaving the castle, as well as the heads of the village, who were wearing full-body armor and an army with a mark rank on their shoulder, a leaf rank.

He ignored them and returned to his family, who had moved to their new home. They travel with the horses by their sides, following the guard's instructions to stay on the straight route.

They see an entire stone walkway ahead of them, as well as larger and larger trees. "This should be where the new houses are," his father said calmly as they continued walking.

The heads of the north wind village are aware of an impending major threat in the village, but they continue to ignore it and flee because they don't want to die, they want to continue their smuggling and drug trafficking into other large nations, but their folly will be exposed soon enough.

His father has finally discovered their new home, a two-story house with a barn next to it. Shikari Gakure abandons his horse and rushes to their new home, as promised by his father. His father separates Shikari Gakure's horse and walks inside the stable to feed and rest the horses.

"You should come to our house and put our daughter to bed in a comfortable bed." He told his wife. "Okay, you should be here before dinner," she said. As his wife turned around and headed towards their new home, he smiled.

Their surrounds are densely forested, with some oak wood trees standing at least a hundred to seventy-five feet tall.

Shikari Gakure unlocks the door and enters inside; he notices steps up and stairs down, as well as a fireplace on the left, and he goes to it. Several hours later. It's late at night. They arrived in the village just before midday.

The house has a large space inside. The floor was made out of wood and there was a brown carpet that was laid on the floor, on the right side with a round table and some chairs. The wooden bookshelves are placed on the upstairs right side of the room and the cabinets are placed on the first floor and the second floor both middle left And there's a fireplace on the left of the first-floor room. Near the cabinets.

His father and mother first unpack their clothes to the cabinet and are ready for dinner. After a few minutes, the dinner is ready. "Dinner is ready", His mother shouts, both Shikari Gakure and his sister are on the bed upstairs playing on their pillows. They hear their mom. They are now going down, Shikari Gakure sees a lot of delicious foods and is ready to eat. Before he eats he smells it first to make it delicious.

His mother cooked a lot and even had delicious meals. They eat. Someone knocks on the door, and his mother goes to the door and sees his husband. Shikari calls his father to come eat with them. He did come and eat with his family.

His father left a few minutes ago because he needed to register in the north wind light blue scroll for free resources in the village and he got a lot of stuff back in their house. His father is gonna build something for them tomorrow. After eating, Shikari Gakure, and his sister go back to bed and sleep.

Tomorrow. Shikari Gakure woke up, he rolled around on his bed, and he felt that his sister was no longer beside him. He sat on his bed, and he saw the sunlight passing through the window.

He got to his feet and walked over to the window on the right side of the room. He opened it and saw a beautiful view outside, the sun shining brightly, a massive tree and birds in their nest that could only be seen on the next ground, and youngsters playing chase in the distance in an open grass field.

When he looked to his left, he noticed his father carrying something and walking to their yard.

He carefully opened the door out of the room, and he also went down slowly, first peeking to see if someone was there or not. He saw no one, so he proceeded down. When he came down, he turned to the kitchen and saw his mother and sister cooking and slicing at the dinner table.

He went to the door and left sneakily. His mother sees him but ignores him. Shikari Gakure doesn't know that his mother saw him left.

He opened the door silently and ran quietly through the back of the house, watching his father without seeing him. He became aware of a downstair in the distance.

After a few moments. His father notices him. He sneaked up behind him and surprised him. His father is constructing a bunker near his home for when mysterious creatures invade their village.

A entire day has passed, and something unexpected has occurred. His sister and family are heading to the woods at night to look at the stars.

They are now returning to the house late at night after spending a few minutes admiring the lovely dark sky and stars with the moon. His sister is so tired that her mother has to carry her back to the house.

But then there was a scream. When his father went to find out what had happened and what had caused the scream, he noticed a blood splash on the trunk of a tree in the distance. His father sees something that makes his eyes widen in panic and instead of going for his wife and daughter, he hurries back to Shikari Gakure.

His daughter and wife were murdered by unknown creatures. Shikari Gakure was not safe in the house, despite his father's belief.

He sneaks behind his father, so he doesn't see him and has no idea what's going on. His father turns around and sees Shikari Gakure gawking and shocked at what he just saw after catching a glimpse of his sister and mother in the distance.

Shikari Gakure's parents were murdered, but his father refused to let him die. His younger sister was killed by a Dark Unknown Predator in the woods. His sister is so young that it destroy his mental and emotional health in seconds witnessing what just happened to them.

His father rushes to the back of the house as quickly as he can. He manages to hide Shikari Gakure in the bunker, and his father manages to make it into the bunker and save him, but his father does not survive. Shikari Gakure loses consciousness and falls to the floor after seeing his father get sliced in the head.

A full night has gone by. Shikari Gakure awoke and gently slid out, convinced that all had been a dream. He noticed a lot of bones and blood scattered around the bunker. He notices their house in the distance, which has been severely damaged. He's shocked because the monster is devouring something and he's only four years old.

He believes it is time to flee because the monster is busy devouring someone. He makes his way out of the bunker.

He's slipping out to the bunker, hoping for the best when something unexpected happens. Another creature appears in front of him. As he cried, he screamed loudly. Thinking he's going to die. Suddenly, a man in a mask appears and saves him. The Monster attacks the man in the mask, but the monster is slashed in half and dies.

It's a swordsman from another nation, a hundred more swordsmen arrive, Shikari Gakure is gravely injured, loses consciousness, and falls to the ground with tears streaming down his face.

Shikari Gakure awakens while riding a horse with the man in the mask, astonished to see the entire village from a mountain being destroyed by an unknown large monster and creatures. When he lost consciousness, he forgot what had happened. He lost awareness and fell asleep once more.

It's early in the morning. Shikari Gakure awakens to find himself in a room, sleeping down on a bed. He crawls down on the bed and walks directly to the corner, traumatized.

Footsteps could be heard suddenly arriving to the bedroom outside. Footsteps suddenly came to a halt in front of the door to the room where he had stopped. Someone outside cautiously opened the door. He spotted the youngster in the right corner of the room, afraid and crying silently, and he approached the child slowly. It continued to weep despite the approaching man.

The man that approached tap him on the head and comforted him. The kid slowly stops crying but tears kept streamig down to his cheeks. The man with the masked one just comes to see if the kid is alright.

When the masked man noticed the child whimpering in the corner of his room, he returned and shut the door. When he returns, he brings something to eat and drink for the child He came back. He opened the door and put the food on top of the bed, he comforted the child again to make him eat.

"I know you've been in a situation where your loved ones were killed, and I'm sorry we didn't make it in time. If we'd arrived in time, we could've saved your parents," he stated as Shikari Gakure ignored the food.

"You should eat your food now because it will get cold if you don't, and it won't taste very good if it's not hot," he said.

Shikari Gakure eats slowly while his hands keep trembling. He eats for a long time as the man with the mask chats to him and comforts him.

"In the morning, I'm going to show you a trick you've never seen before, and I'm going to make you one of the strongest swordsmen alive in your generation," he said as Shikari Gakure finished his meal and fell asleep. He did not heard what he said because at those minutes when he spoke his ears were ringing.

The following day. The man in the mask enters Shikari's room and notices that he is still sleeping. A few minutes ago, the masked man was only leaning at the door, waiting for Shikari to wake up. Shikari awoke after a few minutes, and the masked man inquired, "How's your sleeping Shikari?"

Shikari was just lying on the bed when the masked man said, "I'll just go down and get something to eat for you, you have to be strong to be on your own." He stopped leaning and opened the door, walked outside, and went down to get some food for Shikari.

He's already prepared meals in the kitchen. He has a cooked chicken on the dish, and that's all he'll give Shikari. He gets up and opens the door. When he opened the door, he noticed Shikari open the window. Shikari turned back to him, "I want to see the sun and the trees again, and smell at least the leaves around me," he said modestly, as the unknown man wearing a mask saw him accept the loss of his love ones.

"Here's your lunch for today. I hope you enjoy it, and sure!" he said. "What is that food? It's new to me," Shikari says as she moves slowly to the dish. "It's a cooked chicken that kids like eating every day," he explained. For a few minutes, the masked man struggles to persuade Shikari Gakure. He eats the food slowly and thoroughly.

After a few minutes, he finished eating the food, he was very full, but there was still food left on his plate. The masked man took the plate and both of them walked out of the room.

They went down the stairs, and the masked man placed his holding plate on a table before walking out of the house. Shikari noticed the shining sun and blue sky, as well as many horses and knights on the side of the path in the distance ahead of them.

When the masked man was suddenly called, he turned to his left. The masked man instructed him to remain here for a short time. Shikari sat outside the door, just waiting for him.

The masked man spoke for a split second before returning to Shikari, saying, "I will teach you how to be a swordsman today. We will go to a mountain where you will learn how to use a sword." They travel to an unknown place, and a strong current of water can be heard not far away while they are walking in the middle of the forest.

His Master brought him to the waterfall mountain and demonstrated an astonishing skill, even though he can't wait to discover what it is.

(Story Training is not included and the main part, I will write some of the main parts in another novel)

He demonstrated his abilities at the age of five when training with his master, being forced hard taught, carrying weights day by day for at least ten years, and he is now being secretly trained more by his master.

His master showed him a tremendous god from heaven who could only see him once, but then something unexpected happened.

Shikari Gakure master vanishes, believing his master was slain, but he was not. They were ambushed in their own home, and half of the village's inhabitants was nearly slain. When Shikari Gakure and the others are still young. It was the middle of the night when they were attacked by the strange monsters, but his master refused to let him die.

Shikari Gakure's master, the swordsman who was born in the first generation, was trained by a mastered veteran swordsman in their first-generation showing unbelievable superhuman abilities.

Shikari Gakure got trained at the hands of Kuro after the fake death of Shikari Gakure's master but after training. Shikari Gakure and the other ones for more than eight years lost Kuro. Shanished leaving no trace behind.

A lot is happening in the north, with lakes turning to ice and boats becoming stranded on piers as oceans freeze. Animals being slaughtered by a mutant tiger beast, as well as insects, damage farms and crops, leaving farmers with no food to harvest.

People think it was a curse by Shikari Gakure's master to bring dark pathogens into their village. The dark pathogen is a virus that can be passed by a mere human but it all started, when the scientist who made a monster got killed turned into dust, he tried the same as what happens in dark creatures when getting killed turn into dust but he tried it on a monster.

In an experiment, all went wrong. Unknown heads of the east and assassins ruined their experiment, killing all half of the existence in the north and it's village leading to a full scale attack and destroying it completely because of the Darks.

The far north and the southern section of the far north are the only places where life may be spotted. When Shikari Gakure's master vanished with no trace, the people around him assumed that his true master was Kuro, although she is not.

Kuro teaches him how to control his weight and an undiscovered technique. Kuro sees potential in the child and teaches him many techniques, including his own highly mastered technique.

Shikari Gakure is the only one in the new generation who is more powerful than them. Unlike Gakushin Gakure, who becomes powerful at the age of fourteen, Shikari Gakure is already more powerful than his elder normal folks at the age of seven.

Gakushin Gakure, the 14-year-old boy who becomes a chief and trains an army in his hands. Gakushin Gakure goes through Kuro specific training, including being made to carry heavyweights and additional specialist training as prescribed. Accepting her training was entirely his decision.

Shikari Gakure is not a Chief because he left the village in the east to be trained further in the other big nations. He receives training in the other great nations, learning a lot of things, and Kuro vanishes, leaving no traces behind.

Kuro is one of the survivors of the ambush. Kuro is one of the few people in the village that understands what is going on and why they are here. The evil forces from the northwest, Kuro fighting and slaughtering the Dark Shira with a scythe, yet Kuro has never been found in all those years. If a Dark Shira is killed, they crumble to dust or leave no trace.

There are assassins in the West Village.

Swordsmen can be found in the east and north. And the south has remained hidden throughout the ages, and the only enemies are the far north, where the Dark Mobs begin, through generations, the other great nations have released their finest swordsmen in every hideout of the Dark Mobs, but the finest swordsmen, at least some of them, have never returned.