3: The Strong Swordsman

The group felt astonished at what they saw. The bearded man looks at them directly and looked at Lix, who reminded him of someone and spoke to himself...

?(head): "Like father, like son, isn't that right Takao?"

Lix looked at the bearded man directly and spoke to him...

Lix: "Who are you?"

?: " Name's Ryuu and I will be your master from now on."

Eiji: " Why would we need a master for, since we can defend ourselves from those creatures."

Ryuu: " Those creatures are called Ashborns and what you fought were only low-level Ashborns. In other words, you haven't seen the tip of the iceberg."

Makoto: " Question, how do you know so much about them?"

Ryuu: " Cause I was part of a group that stopped them years ago."

Yuki: " And that happened?"

Ryuu: "Around 19 years ago."

Lix: " One year before I was born."

Ryuu: " Yeah. Anyway, I'll teach you how to summon your Heiki to the three of you considering he just already did it."

He pointed at Lix directly...

Eiji: "Wait, we can do that!?"

Ryuu: " Of course, after all, they chose you."

Makoto: "What do you mean by "they"?"

Ryuu: " The gods."

Yuki: " Wait, you mean THE gods?"

Ryuu: "Yep. Now come, let's get to my house, and there I will explain everything that she told me 19 years ago."

Eiji: " But how are gonna get there?"

Ryuu: "leave that to me"

Ryuu swung his great sword horizontally and a portal appeared out of nowhere. The group felt astonished thanks to what happened. Ryuu looked at the group and spoke to them...

Ryuu: " After you."

The group entered the portal while Ryuu followed them from behind. Once they crossed it, the portal closed. They ended up in front of a house that has the style of an Edo period house. Ryuu looked at the house and spoke to them...

Ryuu: " Once you enter the house, take off your shoes, I don't want to clean the whole house again."

Lix: " Well, considering your house is a family relic, or, am I wrong?"

Ryuu: "You got that right kid. This house is a family relic and I want to keep it like that. Now, let's enter the house."

They entered the house and took off their shoes and ended up in the living room. Ryuu went to the kitchen and prepared some tea for the others. Meanwhile, Lix, Eiji, Yuki, and Makoto sat on the zaisu chairs that were in the living room, which were Japanese chairs with no legs but have a normal chair back. They looked at each other and soon they spoke to each other...

Eiji: " Not gonna lie, but, Ryuu sure is strong."

Lix: " Yeah, no shit."

Yuki: " The way he defeated those creatures with just one swing, it's impressive."

Makoto: " It sure was."

Lix: " Considering he defeated those creatures 19 years ago, what do you expect."

Eiji: " Bet. Speaking of which, he told us that he was gonna tell us what the gods told him 19 years ago, which, I wonder what it is."

Yuki: " Beats me, but, he'll tell us once he finishes doing what he's doing."

The scene changed towards the kitchen where Ryuu was. The tea that he was preparing was already finished, so he put it in 5 cups and went directly towards the living room with the 5 cups of tea. He gave one to the four of them and then he sat down with the last cup at hand. They took a sip of the cup of tea and soon after, Ryuu spoke to the others...

Ryuu: " Now let me explain everything. A long time ago, The Humans and these creatures, the Ashborns, were at war. The Ashborns were taking terrain from the humans and the humans were struggling to defeat them. The gods seeing this chose a group that would eradicate this menace. The gods gave this group of humans special abilities to defeat the leader of the Ashborns, Rasaul. This group with special abilities was called Arch Protectors. Both Rasaul and the Arch Protectors fought fearlessly to the point that the Arch Protectors emerged victoriously. Since then, Rasaul has sworn vengeance on the gods and the humans and has sent his troops to invade earth, but he's been unsuccessful thanks to the many generations of Arch Protectors that have been protecting the earth this whole time, and now it's your turn to stop them again."

Eiji: " Okay, so let me get this straight. The gods chose us to defeat the Ashborns cause if we don't, Rasaul will resurrect and will conquer the world, am I right?"

Ryuu: " You got that right."

Lix: " So we don't have much of a choice?"

Ryuu: " I know how you feel kid, but, if you don't defeat them, there won't be a choice for this world either. Now, your training will start tomorrow so I hope you rest well today."

Lix: " Is there any room for us to sleep?"

Ryuu: " There are two rooms available and if you ask, yes, there is a bathroom on the second floor for y'all to clean ourselves up. As for the clothes, well you might figure that one out."

Lix: " I have some money that we could use to buy clothes for us."

Eiji: " How much do you have?"

Lix: " Let me check for a sec."

Lix took out his phone and checked the balance of his bank account. He found out that he had 109,560.00 yens which in US dollars is 1,000 dollars. He looked at Eiji and spoke to him...

Lix: " I checked and for, the looks of it, I have 109,560.00 yens on my account."

Eiji: " Then after tomorrow's training, we can go to the stores and buy some new clothes considering that we will not return to our homes real soon."

Yuna: " By the way, what time it is?"

Makoto: " It's 5:00 p.m."

Yuna: " Then why don't we go to the stores now so we can take care of that?"

Eiji: " Lix what do you say?"

Lix: " I think Yuna is right, let's take care of that so we can have tomorrow free."

Ryuu: " Hey, I know I'm not your parent, but I want y'all here by 10:00 p.m. I will not tolerate sleepyheads by tomorrow's training, do I make myself clear?"

Lix: " I'll make sure of that."