Dark Swordsman and Dragon King

Arc - Rise of the Dawn Arc

Chapter - Azure Village

In the room of a wooden house where the furniture was giving an old but calm vibe. Vincent was reading a book on a short table. Many scrolls were spread on the table. The book that Vincent was reading had an eerie look to it. It was a black book with a symbol of bursting eyes drawn on it. It was completely similar to the mark on Vincent's neck. The mark on the back of Febrica's hand was that of ripples. The more he read, the more his expression turned grim. He immediately closes the book and mutters in a low tone,

"Why my mother give this thing to me. If not for that, my mother gifted it on the day of her death. I would definitely going to throw it away. Even if I wanted to destroy it. It's protected with dark art."

Vincent hid it very effectively inside his cloak. He cleaned the room and put everything in order. Vincent thought as he sighed, 'I'm a failure. I was unable to save my friends and Shisui back then. Lost the fight against Miranda and weren't able to save Lily. Hell ... I couldn't able to do anything except to see my mother die due to strange illness. Big Brother had to leave the village. All of this is due to that organisation named [Dark Redemption]. I'll destroy that cult. If the people of Azure Village learn that the [Shadow Mould] is a physique, not a martial soul, then another civil war will break out.'

After a while, someone entered inside the house. A man in his forties with short dark black hair and onyx black eyes came in front of him. Two chin-length bangs of black hair hang from both sides of his face. He was wearing a standard shinobi uniform with two bands on both of his sleeves, a green flak jacket, a blue forehead protector with a symbol of sun engraved on its plate, blue shinobi sandals, and a black cloak with a symbol of crescent red moon engraved on its back. He looked at his son and passed a smile,

"How are you? Why so depressed? Let's talk while playing chess." Greyson said as he ruffled the hair of his son. Greyson was also a kind-hearted person. He never discouraged and complained to his son. In fact, he felt guilty in not reaching in time. The reason that his son didn't have a martial soul, but a physique, is because when he was five years old. Some people of [Dark Redemption] kidnapped his son and Shisui. They performed an unknown ritual on them. When he reached the location of the ritual, there were only unconscious bodies of Vincent and Shisui among the corpses of the organisation member. He still didn't know what happened there that day.

The son and father were playing chess. Vincent was dominating his father in the match. Greyson sighed and said,

"You are smart like your mother. Anyway, you are keeping that strange book safe, aren't you."

Vincent nodded and asked, "Any information from brother Quinn."

Greyson lightly gritted his teeth and replied in a serious tone, "I can't able to contact him lately ... Don't worry, he's your brother, after all. Nothing is going to happen to him. He's smart. He knows when to fight and when to run. There are very few things that could threaten him with that weapon ... "

Greyson is about to make his next move but he suddenly stopped. He muttered in a low tone, "Something is not right ... "

With a flash of cold light, two black kuni appeared in his hands. A black sword also appeared in Vincent's hand with a flash of cold light. A gift from his father. Both of them entered in a fighting stance. Greyson was present in front of Vincent. Suddenly, footsteps started to echo in the whole house. A man wearing grey robes with white stripes on it came into their view. He was bald, and there was black marking on his face. There were black ripples like marking on the top of his head. But the most noticeable feature of the man were the twisted black horns on the side of his forehead. It was undoubtedly the Dark Lord who visited them. He got straight to the point,

"Hand over your boy to me. We have already warned you many times. I have come to take him by myself. Don't waste your life on someone pathetic like him [Ghost Monarch Douluo]. I respected you greatly."

Greyson replied without any hesitation, "Sorry, but I'm not leaving my son alone. Vincent, as a chief of the village, I command you to execute that plan."

The Dark Lord said in an angry tone, "I won't let you escape!"

He disappeared, and at the same time, Greyson also disappeared from his position. Both of their arms collided with each other. The whole house was destroyed with this one collision. Vincent also appeared away from the clash using the [Shadow Flicker Technique]. An advanced ninja technique. People with only high perception and concentration were able to master it perfectly. Vincent took out a red stone under his cloak and, after crushing it a little bit. He throws it towards the sky. The stone burst in the sky and covered the whole village with red light. Shinobi wearing cyan cloak appeared all over the village. Some started to activate the circular portals while others started to evacuate the other citizens. Everything was going as planned. But then, the three large red portals suddenly appeared in the sky. A shinobi wearing a cyan cloak appeared in front of Vincent on his one knee and said,

"Commander! Skeletons and undead creatures started to infiltrate the borders of the Azure Village. They are something ... that we never faced before."

Vincent was still calm and cool minded even in this time of crisis. He immediately ordered,

"Order all the other shinobies to back away from the border and rescue as more citizens as they can. Activate the [Second Formation Wall] and [Third Formation Wall] on the inner area of the village. Don't use the underground passage. Use those to trap all those creatures. Order all the shinobies of [Blue Elite Force] to protect the portals at any cost. Now hurry up!"

The man in cyan cloak nodded and disappeared from his position. Vincent pupil turned violet, and he also disappeared from his position. He moved towards the west side of the village, where his presence needed the most. Just like Vincent had thought, many creatures started to fall down from the portals. The weak ones were immediately roasted with an invisible lightning barrier. The [Second Formation Wall] used for airborne defence while some strong monsters were able to land on the ground, but in their weak state. They can be killed by the normal shinobies.

Vincent was the commander of the [Blue Elite Force]. He obtained this position, not because he's the son of Patriarch. But because he's capable of this position. He's not affected by any kind of strange mark right now. So, he's able to fight with full capacity. But still, he's not on a level of Douluo right now. He's not even on the level of a Soul Saint. But he's one of the most deadly and fearful people of the Azure Village.