Akio (5)

The order for a full retreat was like a heavenly hymn from above. Those who hadn't noticed that their eyes and teeth were no longer stained jet black suddenly came to a realization. 

Like coordinated ants, trained for thousands of years, they retreated perfectly. A few held the defensive, placing their lives at the ready for the others. Notably, they were the advanced aged. In addition, they would swap uniquely, moving about in an odd rhythm as they returned to the city grounds.

Luckily, Akio's newly transformed self and the supposed King of the Shadowy Black Knights were engaged in a fierce battle that turned to the battlefield in the sky into an absolute mess. The knights found it hard to follow with the constant sonic boom like explosions.