Chapter 14

“I will win.” Prey said with his demonized echoed voice through the mask. Everyone felt a chill on their back, fearing Prey’s sudden transformation. Prey recognized their fear and took off the mask almost immediately. “I apologize if I scared you all.” He said with voice returning to normal. “I understand your fears.”

“What….what is that mask?”

“This is a mask from a samurai who was known, and feared by all.” Prey gently set the mask on the table. “His name was Oni. His name means ‘demon’.”

“I can see why he was scary. A name like that could scare the whole town.” Starlight said as she thought back to previous mishaps that happened to the town.

“Hai, that’s exactly what Oni did. He never took off his mask. Since the day he hatched, the king sensed a great power inside of him. So when he grew to be of age of a mature samurai, he was given a special mask based on his skill and his talent.”

“What was his skill and talent?” Asked Starlight making Prey sigh. He thought back on the records he read about Oni.

“Smashing and breaking everything in his path. With his Kanabo, no armor could suppress his attacks.”

“But how did the mask change your voice to something unrecognizable?” Rarity asked.

“The mask was enchanted with multiple spells to give the user ultimate power. The first enchantment was enhancements to strength and endurance, meaning I would become a living wall. However these spells were untested, and as a result these enchantments became either curses or hidden blessings. The effects were blind rage, changing of the voice, and addiction to bloodshed and destruction.”

Twilight lifted Prey’s Kanabo with her magic and brought it to her hands. Upon dropping the kanabo on her hands she felt herself weighting from the kanabo making her fall to her knees. “Sweet Celestia! How heavy is this thing?”

Prey walked over to Twilight and lifted up the kanabo with a single hand. “It is solid iron. Heavy like a boulder and strong like a dragon’s jaw.”

“Is this what you’re gonna use against the dragons?” Rarity asked.

“Hai. This is a less sharp weapon. I hope to only break their bones, and hopefully their spirits.”

“Prey, you’re using Oni’s mask?” The group looked over to the door to find Thorax standing there with a expression of fear and worry. “You know the consequences of wearing that mask right?”

“Hai, but it won’t happen…..at least I hope.” He said making the rest raise an eyebrow in question.

“What won’t happen?” Twilight asked making Thorax step forward for Prey.

“There are several records of other samurai after Oni's death who tried using his mask. Unfortunately.....they weren't lucky.” Thorax explained with a heavy sigh. “The wearers would inherit Oni’s traits and appear to be possessed by the mask, becoming violent as a result. Beast like even.” He added as the group paid their attention to the mask. “Oni was known to be very violent, filled with immense amounts of rage and bloodlust. Yet he still followed every command from his master, aka the ruler at the time.”

Prey walked over to another chest in the room and pulled out the same red suit of samurai armor, minus the helmet and mask. He placed those back inside the chest.. He turned towards Fido. “How many dragons are there?”

“Te-Ten. Ten… big dragons. Swords and armor. I’m thankful that they haven’t killed anyone yet, but I am not sure if they haven’t yet already.”

Prey nodded as he started to put on his armor. Starting first with the leggings, he began tying them until Twilight tapped his shoulder. “Prey, can you promise me something?”

“Anything for you master.”

“Don’t kill any of them.”

A silence fell inside the room as Prey sighed heavily. “I will try. But that is hard enough to accomplish. But, I will not kill any of them. I promise.”

“Don’t just promise for me. Promise for the others, for yourself, for Applejack.” She said as she made herself blush from added the last subject. However, those words caught the attention and curiosity of Thorax who raised an eyebrow at the alicorn.

Prey’s eyes widened as he could only smile a bit. “When you put it that way, I’ll do it for Applejack.” He said as he finished tying his shin guards.

Prey continued to apply more of his samurai armor, on the side lines Thorax tapped Twilight’s shoulder on the side. “Twilight, can I talk to you outside?” He whispered as the two started to sneak outside of Prey’s room. As they left Thorax closed the door behind them, making sure that the two weren’t heard. “So, how has Prey been?”

“What do you mean?”

“How has Prey been in terms of him becoming...well...less of a mindless samurai and more normal.”

Twilight smiled, proud of her small amount of work and Prey's progress. “He’s improving a lot, I guess. He’s been fighting less and less from what I know, and he has been making decisions for himself. He’s been working for Applejack so he has a normal job, and he’s getting along well with the town since I’m not getting any complaints.”

“Has he been getting his ‘honor’?”

“From his current condition, he looks fine and healthy, not that I know any changeling physiology. Why are you asking?”

“I’m just still worried about him. Has he been showing any strong emotion?”

“Well not saying that I’m an expert on this kind of topic, but I think he’s sharing some strong emotions with somepony.” Twilight said with a smile. “Remember when I said for him to do it for Applejack?”

Thorax thought for a few seconds before his mind put the pieces together. “Is….is he and Applejack...together?”

“Not that I know of, but I know he’s got symptoms of a ‘crush’. To be honest it was kind of funny when he explained every literal feeling he felt about Applejack, you should have been there.” Twilight said with a giggle making Thorax smile.

“Wow, never thought a samurai could feel love.” He said with a smile, but his eyes were molding with somber which concerned Twilight. “It’s only a shame he can’t feed off it.”

“Why’s that?”

“Because if he could feed off love, then he could share it and live satisfied like myself and the rest of the hive. But his honor is his supplement, not love. So I don’t know how to fully satisfy him.” He said with a slightly sad tone.

The door behind them opened as Prey appeared with the suit of samurai armor equipped. Although he wasn’t wearing the mask, it was actually tied to his belt. “I am ready.” Prey said as he hauled his kanabo over his shoulder. “Twilight, if I may speak freely, I request that you do not come with me.”

“W-Why?”

“If you join me then I fear you will be hurt.”

“Well I’m coming with you, whether you like it or not.”

“Me too, I’d like to see you in action again.” Thorax said volunteering himself.

Prey could only sigh and whisper to himself. “Kusoo…”

“Hey! Language Prey!” Twilight exclaimed scolding him. He had forgotten that Twilight had been studying the language on her own independently.

After a few minutes of walking outside the borders of Ponyville, the trio eventually reached the same spot where Rarity and Prey were originally. Prey looked around their digging spot until he found the same hole Fido had burst from.

The hole was still freshly scarred with the scorch marks rubbed around the edges and minor heat still emanating from hole. Prey turned to Thorax and Twilight. “Master Twilight and Thorax, please re-consider joining me on this operation.”

Twilight held her ground as she crossed her arms and gave Prey a cocky smile. “Don’t worry Prey, I can handle my own. There’s a reason I was Celestia’s pupil.”

“And don’t worry about me Prey. My magic is very well defensive, hence how I shielded myself and Starlight from the explosion of the old hive castle.”

Prey nodded. “Alright. Demo, if anything happens, or if you need my assistance, please call for my help. I will be there post-haste to protect you two. It is my duty.” He turned to face the hole. “But there is one favor I must ask.”

“What is it Prey?”

Prey reached for mask on his side. He placed it above his head. “Thorax, you and I both know well of the potential curse of Oni’s mask. All I ask of you is that if I lose control, and that means if I am about to kill somebody, I want you to address me as my samurai name and order me to stand completely still. That way it will give you an opening to rip Oni’s mask off my face.”

Both Twilight and Thorax nodded as Prey slowly slid the mask over his face. He felt the embrace its magic seeping through his chitin and skin. He breathed out heavily, with his voice now changing from his original voice, to the more demonic and dark voice. “Yoshi….” He breathed out slugging his kanabo over his shoulder. He turned around to see Twilight looking at him with worry. The wicked smile across the mask stared at the two of them very sick like.

“Prey...is that you?”

“Hai, Watashi desu. I am in control of the mask. Do not worry.” He spoke slowly and very calmly through the mask, but it was still sinister with how calmly he spoke in a very evil tone.

(Translation: Yes, it is me)

Facing back at the hole, he was ready. “Jaaa… let us go.” Prey said as the trio jumped down the hole. Landing on the dirt floor of the caves, the three looked around them and the atmosphere around them was battle scarred. Broken weapons, ripped apart armor, and scorch marks littered the caves everywhere. Prey picked up a spear that which had a dented head, supporting Fido’s advice that ordinary weapons would not work.

The caverns themselves seemed to poor condition with burn marks, small craters, and cracks all around walls and ground. Luckily for them the ceiling was still intact.

“We should walk around, make sure other diamond dogs are safe.” Twilight suggested as Thorax and Prey nodded.

The three started to walk down a cave, observing and taking account of everything around them. It was the silence that bothered the three of them the most, almost as if the sounds of the afterlife were whispering in their ears. They kept walking around until they started to hear another set of footsteps from around the corner in front of them.

Prey stopped, making Thorax and Twilight stop as he just waited until whatever was around the corner arrived. What arrived was a dragon about their height who was plated with steel armor from head to toe. “What the hell?” The dragon reacted and reached behind his back for his longsword.

Prey held his Kanabo with both of his hands. “You are not allowed here Ryu-jin. Surrender now and you will go home unharmed.” Prey said to the dragon who was unfazed from his demonic voice. The dragon took his sword and charged towards Prey with his sword in the air, wanting to strike down at the changeling.

(translation: Ryu-jin = dragon)

Prey responded by taking his kanabo and swinging like a bat at his sword, instantly knocking it away like a fly which left the dragon bare of any weapons. The dragon, now intimidated from the changeling’s strength had one option. He opened his mouth ready to spew flames on the three.

But Prey had an ace up his sleeve. Seeing the dragon open his mouth, he quickly lifted up his mask and spat at the dragon’s open mouth, which covered his mouth with a changeling cocoon and blocked any flames he wanted to spray. Putting his mask back on, he took his kanabo his jabbed the end of his kanabo onto the dragon’s chestplate. With his immense strength he actually dented the chestplate and hit through his armor like, making the dragon fall to his knees and hold his chest in pain. Taking this opportunity, Prey swung his kanabo upwards slamming the dragon's chin and making fall on his back. He then brought his kanabo up in the air, with a good balance of strength and speed, he quickly slammed down the spiked kanabo onto the dragon's legs. The sounds of bones were like tree branches, loud and splintered as his bones inside were wrecked inside from the kanabo.

The dragon's screams of pain were muffled through Prey's cocoon gag. He raised his hand towards Prey, yielding in defeat. Prey reached over and ripped out the cocoon gag from the dragon, who at this point was tearing up from the pain. “AGH….fucking shit!” The dragon exclaimed hissing from the pain from his legs and chest.”

“Are you done? Do you yield?”

“YES YES! FUCK SAKE YES I GIVE UP! Just don’t kill me please!”

“Wasn’t planning on it.” Prey then kicked over the dragon to have him lay on his chest. He spat out more of his cocoon to tie up the dragon’s legs, hands, and wings. “You will stay like this until the I deal with you later. But let me ask you, where is your boss?”

“Rghh….Down where I came from, and take a left at the fork in the cave. There's a room that leads into the banquet hall, he's there. My boss is the dark grey one missing a horn.” The dragon said through his pain. But Prey didn’t care much for detail, he just wanted to get the job done.

The three walked down the caves and turned around the corner. They started to hear a commotion in a nearby room. Sounds of laughter and cheering in a savage tone echoed through the caverns. The three huddled near the side of the door, not wanting to be seen. They all peaked from around the corner to find the rest of the nine dragons, especially the boss. The large dark grey drake with two horns, one of them was missing, as if it was ripped off.

The room itself seemed to be a large banquet hall with a large rectangle table in the middle. The table itself was decorated with an assortment of gems of all colors, sizes, and shapes. The dragons themselves were celebrating with their mouths dirty from gem consumption, and their attitudes nearly drunk like.

At the side of the banquet there lied a grizzly scene. Dozens upon dozens of diamond dogs were tied up with chains. A majority of them were beaten apparent from the blood staining the dirt floor, and the burnt patches of fur on their body. There were plenty of male diamond dogs, but there were also female diamond dogs who also shared the same treatment as the males, beaten, burnt, and bloodied.

This whole scene, this savagery only made Prey get angrier, he began to clutch his Kanabo tighter like a crab’s claw. He silently began to growl at the scene, which Twilight and Thorax had noticed. Thorax placed a hand on Prey’s shoulder, bringing him back to a focused state. “Prey….are you okay?”

Prey sighed heavily through his mask, but he nodded. “Hai….seeing those diamond dogs….beaten. It does not make me happy.” He admitted calming down a bit. He looked back at the banquet, and studied the room. He began to notice a few things. First, all of the dragons were indeed fully plated in steel armor. Second, their weapons seemed simple for them, longs swords, steel shields, and even arming swords. And Last but most importantly, all but the leader looked dumb, almost childlike. He noticed how all the subordinates were acting like children and followed an idol, which was the boss. “Twilight, I have a plan.”

“What is it Prey?”

“I will go in there and face them directly.”

Twilight’s expression turned to shock. “P-Prey there’s like nine of them. Nine to one isn’t-”

“I don’t intend to fight all of them at once, I want to limit the violence I spread. I only mean to challenge the leader. If I defeat him, I hope for the other dragons surrender if I take out the strongest.” He explained.

“I see. You intend to duel the leader?” Asked Thorax.

“Hai,Demo there is the possibility of his subordinates attacking first. If it comes to that then I have to take care of them first.”

“Well, I hope it’s not the ladder of the two.”

Prey gripped his kanabo tightly and started to walk inside the banquet hall. Upon walking in, the celebration turned into silence as all the dragons with their hearty laughs and savage smiles turned into faces of anger and confusion.

“Boss! Theres some sort of….thing here. Don’t look like a diamond dog though.” One dragon called out.

Prey hoisted his Kanabo over his shoulders and started to beat his chest with his fist. “Ryu-jin, you are trespassing upon property that is not yours. And you harming the innocent and stealing their treasures. I will not stand by and watch.” Prey’s demonic voice seemed to have minor effect on some of the dragons. He noticed some of them had expressions of fear and started to sweat a bit.

“Oh and what are you gonna do about?” The subordinate asked as he took his sword and walked towards Prey with a cocky look on his face. “I mean c’mon guys it’s just one guy.” He said taking his sword and swung at Prey.

Prey didn’t even flinch as he took his free hand and caught the blow from the sword, grabbing it by its blade. Thankfully from his thick chitin and his grieve, the blade did cut through into his skin. Prey then gripped the sword’s blade, yanked it out of the dragon’s grasp, and snapped it in half like a branch as he slammed it on his knee. This caused all of the dragons, except the leader, to gulp in fear.

Prey threw the pieces of the now broken to the ground making the dragon cower in fear and flee behind another dragon. The leader however was unfazed by Prey’s action and stood up. Prey looked at the dragon and made sure it was the leader. Dark Grey scales, lots of armor, and missing one horn from his head. “I assume you are the leader.”

“Yea, I’m the boss. And I’m telling you to back off. This is our shindig, none of your business.”

“Then I challenge you to a duel. If I win, you all leave with your lives. If you win you stay.” The drake boss raised his eyebrow and started to scratch his chin. “If you deny, you’re all going to get hurt. It would be best if you all weren’t beaten to bloody pulp.”

The dragon smirked and scoffed at the changeling “That confident? You think you’ll beat us? Alright, I’ll take your wager.” The boss said as he stood up from his seat and reached for his sword. It was a simple longsword, but the color of the metal was off. The sword’s color was black like obsidian. The dragon then put on a helmet that shielded his face. He started to walked up towards Prey ready to fight. “So before we fight can I get a name?”

“Mantis, I am known as Mantis.”

“Really now? The names Fang.” He said twirling his longsword around. “So anyways, any rules?”

“It does matter. You will lose, I have beaten bigger prey than you.” This easily aggravated the dragon as he charged towards Prey bringing his blade down towards his face.

Prey responded by taking his kanabo and blocking his attack. Fang continued by sending a barrage of strikes, slices, and blows towards Prey, but all he did was block every single one of his attacks. He didn’t even fight back.

The fighting continued for nearly half an hour, and it was repetitive. All Prey did was block the attacks from Fang as he continued to break his wall of defensive block, like trying to break a rock with a twig. By this time Fang was wasting his energy and stamina, getting more tired and annoyed at Prey’s actions. “C’mon! Fight back you coward!”

Prey only blinked a few times. He took his kanabo and swiftly slapped Fang with it, denting his chest plate and bruising a few bones. He then followed up by slamming his face against Fang’s face, denting his helmet which dug the metal inside into his scales and blocked his line of sight. This caused Fang to scream in pain and drop his sword. He quickly took his claws to his helmet and ripped the helmet off his head.

Prey took this opportunity and sweep his kanabo across Fang’s legs making him fall flat on his chest. He than slammed the kanabo on his legs, letting the spikes dig into his armor and dent into his scales. In the process he heard a few bones crack and break, which resulted in more painful screaming from Fang.

Fang tried to push himself up with his arms and wings, only to be denied by Prey’s foot pressing down on his back. Fang was started to taste a mixture of blood and dirt in his mouth, feeling enraged from his humiliation. “Do you give up? Do you yield?”

“No! I’m not giving, you can’t make me!”

“Are you sure about that?” Prey grabbed one of Fang’s wings and held it tightly in his grip, ready to snap it in half like a twig. “Do you know what I am?”

“A little bitch?” He said through a painful grunt.

“No, I am a changeling. I’m sure you’ve heard of those.”

This made Fang’ eyes shrank in pure rage. A powerful, muscle born dragon defeated by a literal insect. The humiliation had started to really fuel his rage. “Are you kidding me, a fucking changeling!? How are you so strong? What are you? Some sort of super changeling?”

“Somewhat. Let me ask you something Fang. How old are you?”

“Erggg….Old enough to be history’s roommate.” He hissed through his teeth.

“Tell me, does the word ‘samurai’ sound familiar?”

Upon hearing that word, Fang’s pupils now shrank and shriveled like raisins. Instead of being fueled with rage and anger, he was now feeling fear and anxiety. “N-No Way.” His voice was panicky and his sweat was plentiful.

Prey noticed his fear and already knew his answer. “So you do know.” He looked around to at Fang’s subordinates and noticed their confused faces. They didn’t know why their leader was more scared than a lonely child. “How about you tell your subordinates about samurai.”

Fang looked at all of his subordinates with a look of fear and shame. His eyes were almost tearing up and his voice, well it had a pathetic sounding tone to it. “Fellas…..we can’t win….” He admitted as small tears formed in his eyes. “Samurai…...they’ve killed dragons….yet….we could never kill one. They’re too strong….they’ve always been.” He said through his panting breath.

“Good. Now, do you want to live? Do you want your subordinates to live?” He nodded, pleading for mercy. Prey released his grip on Fang’s wing and pick him up from the back of his skull. He then tossed him towards his subordinates like trash. “This belongs to you. This place and these dogs are under my protection. Should you ever come back to harm the innocent, I shall come back. And I will kill you.” Prey promised as the dragons all started to scurry off and leave the caves carrying their leader.

After a few minutes of the dragons scrambling and leaving the caves, it was over, the dragons were gone. Prey sighed in relief and reached for his mask. Luckily for him, the mask came off with ease as he pried off his mask, feeling Oni’s presence and power leave him.

“Okay…” Prey breathed out in relief with his normal voice. “Okay…..okay it’s done.” Prey was starting to feel tired as his strength was slowly giving in. He stumbled for a bit and started to fall, until Thorax caught him mid-fall. Now panting, Prey was using all of his strength to keep himself conscious.

“Prey, are you okay? What happened to your strength?” Twilight asked as Prey pushed his kanabo into the dirt to keep himself supported.

“It’s a side effect from Oni’s mask.” Thorax answered. “Exposures to the mask result in physical and magical fatigue. Luckily, Prey’s mind strong. So he didn’t receive the worst of it. “

“What’s the worst thing that could happen?”

“The worst that could happen, is that the mask takes my life and turns me into a puppet.” Prey answered with a dreadful fatigued expression on his face. His eyes were droopy with bags as the eyes themselves were bloodshot. “Fortunately, I am not corrupted.”

“Are you gonna be okay Prey?” Twilight asked.

“Yes master Twilight, I just need to rest and regain my strength.” Prey said as Thorax sat him down against a wall. Prey turned to the tied of diamond dogs. “While I’m resting, Thorax, do you think you could go back to the castle and tell the others that it is done?”

“You got it Prey, I’ll be back, I promise.” And with that, Thorax soon flew towards the exit of the caves.

Twilight used her magic and untied all of the hostage diamond dogs from their binds. All of the diamond dogs got up and immediately rushed towards Prey. Then a female diamond dog knelt down before him, and stared him in the eye. She continued to stare at him until she started sniffing around his personal space, even his armpits.

“You, you smell strong.” She said as she placed her paws on his lap, wagging her tail in glee. “You saved us! Thank you!” The female diamond dog leaned over and gave a big lick across Prey’s face, leaving a drool painting on his cheek. It smelled like….well….it’s best not to tell.

Feeling a bit strange from the diamond dog’s action, since it was foreign to him, he took it as a compliment and gave a questionable smile. “Uh...y-you are welcome.” He responded. He looked at the rest of the diamond dogs who all had their tails wagging and tongues hanging with faces of grace. He then started to feel energized, his energy slowly coming back to him as he strength slowly stood. He was receiving ‘honor’.

He slowly stood up, careful to not tip or stumble over, and stood up very stoic like with a stern face of bravery for the diamond dogs to gaze upon. “Thank you all for giving me my energy back.” He said making all of the dogs tilt their head in confusion, he forgot, they don’t know about ‘honor’.

“It is us who should be thanking you!” Another diamond dog said as he made his way through the crowd and revealed himself in front of Prey. His fur was a dark gray with lime green eyes. He was wearing a red vest and a black collar with gems studded on it. His voice was very fidgety and eerie, but he was very friendly towards the samurai. “You, You have saved us. More importantly our dogs, you have saved our dogs.”

“I saved you all for the will of my master, Rarity.”

The dog’s eyes widened with his mouth open in awe. “Pony has underling? She must be powerful now.”

“Do you know my master?”

“Yeesss, we know her very well.” He walked up closer to Prey and extended a paw. “My name is Rover, what is your name?”

“My name is Prey Striker, but my warrior name is Mantis. Hajimemashite.” Prey said, bowing towards Rover. “If you are confused at what I said, I speak a separate language. It means “nice to meet you” in my language.”

“Ooohhh, new….language? It sounds very interesting.” Prey could only chuckle at the diamond dog’s words.

After about an hour of waiting with the diamond dogs, Thorax eventually returned with Fido and Rarity accompanying him. Fido, who was holding a crutch to support himself. “B-Brother!” Fido exclaimed as he rushed towards Rover and hugged him with a tight squeeze. Rover returned the hug as small tears started to form in Fido’s eyes. “You’re alive!”

“Yes brother, we are okay.”

Prey could only smile at this moment, he was witnessing more innocents reuniting with each other, and a small family returning. Prey stood up as Rarity walked over to him and gave him a big hug, thanking him for his actions. “Prey, thank you for saving them.”

“No Master Rarity, there is no need to thank me. It was my honor.” Prey then turned to Twilight. “Master Twilight, do you think we could go home now? I would like to rest on my bed if it is possible.”

“Sure Prey, I think you deserve it.” Twilight said with a proud smile as the three soon started to walk out of the cave. Before they left the room, Rover called they out before they left.

“Wait!” Rover called out stopped the three in their tracks. He ran over to Prey and handed him a pendant shaped in a golden paw. “Take this, you are welcome back anytime. If changeling needs help with anything, we can help with best ability to try.” Prey took the pendant and smiled at the diamond dog.

“As they say in my language. Arigato gozaimasu.” Prey said with a formal bow. The three then left the caves with Prey feeling proud and honored from all, feeding his needs of ‘honor’ in ease. They soon reached the hole they came from to exit. Twilight and Thorax first flew to the surface and lifted Prey with their magic, due to his restrictions from his armor.

Upon reaching the surface, Prey took a good whiff of fresh air to regain some natural senses. He yawned, yearning for some rest and some sleep. This could only make Thorax chuckle.

“Alright Prey, let’s get back to the castle and get yourself some rest. “ Twilight said with Prey nodding.

“Domo Twilight. But please remember….I still want to talk tonight.” Prey requested.

“Of course, I’ll tell the girls to gather tonight.”

“Good.” Prey turned his attention to Thorax. “Thorax, I would like you to come tonight as well. There are a few things I want to talk to you about.”

“O-Oh okay, Yea I’ll talk tonight.”

With a future meeting set up, Prey dragged his fatigued body towards Ponyville. Upon reaching the town and eventually the castle, he entered his room, took off his armor, and placed it and the kanabo back inside his chest. He then placed Oni’s mask on his table carefully and glared at the mask sinisterly. “Anata wa watashi o tsurete ikanai.”

(Translation: You will not take me.”)

After cursing his mask, he made his way to his bed and lied down, slowly resting his eyes. With his eyes closed, he thought of today’s events, mostly of his encounter with the dragon. He was proud of himself for stopping their brutish takeover of the diamond dogs, however something worried him. One dragon knew of the samurai, who knows how many more dragons still remember the samurai. He will only have time to tell.

Author's Note

Welp, another chapter out ya'll. Don't worry, I'm still working on this story. I'm thinking of more things to put, and finally a good enemy to put in this story. But I gotta make sure the enemy and enemy faction is good to use.

Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter and I love you all <3