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Ral Shie

Ral'Shie, port town of Gweynura

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Shadow calmly walked through the streets towards the docks. As he passed by a young monk who was tending wounded and frightened townsmen, he cast her a glance out of the corner of his eye.

He looked forward and halted.

There were only three men in front of him, one of them a Royal Guard member. Two pirates and a Royal Guard standing against him... This was getting interesting.

"Stop where you are Demon!" The guard Shouted.

"Ye best turn back now, or I'll be forced to draw me piece and blow yer head clean offa yer shoulders!" The pirate on the right proclaimed.

Shadow smirked.

"And to what do I owe the pleasure gentlemen... You-" He pointed at the Guard, "You're no pirate, so why do you stand against me?"

The Royal Guard clenched his teeth.

"You are responsible for the death of my brother and his family! His wife and two children! Why wouldn't I stand against you?!" He shouted.

Shadow's smirk disappeared and was replaced by a momentary flinch of agony.

He closed his eyes. His past was almost literally painted with the death of countless innocent lives. He had spared nobody. Neither man, woman nor child. Young or old, large or small, none were spared. He had cared little as to who fell to his blade when he was younger, but as he grew, the value of life became more and more apparent, especially after he met... her. Shadow knew that killing these pirates was not what was called for, but none the less, for the survival of these people, and for the sake of his success in his mission, it was a necessary precaution.

Shadow's eyes snapped open and he rushed his opponents. It took less than a second for him to close the near fifteen foot gap between them, and as the Pirate drew for his gun, it was already too late. Shadow jumped into the air at him and spun a full three hundred and sixty degrees, bringing the Twins up and whirling around with him with deadly speed. As he came around and his turn came to its final stage, he gashed the man's arm just above the elbow, severing the muscles and tendons which allowed him to hold the weapon.

As he landed, he gripped the dagger in his right hand tightly, and brought his closed fist up under the man's jaw. The blow lifted the man clean off his feet and into the air, and Shadow jumped up to follow, turning once again and throwing his leg back into the man's stomach, sending him flying into a now already broken fruit stand. The man crashed into the stand with horrifying force, and snapped the already broken boxes even further, and sent fruit into the street.

He turned and faced the Royal Guard member and the unarmed pirate who were frozen in fear at what they had just seen.

He was an arms reach away from the Guard, and so he put his hand on his shoulder.

"If you wish to leave, then do so now, or you'll suffer the same fate as these two." He said calmly.

The Guard was still frozen for a moment, but quickly regained his composure.

"Never! I will not stop now! I will take revenge for my brother and his family! My family!!" He screamed.

He batted Shadow's arm away and drew his sword, but Shadow moved closer, sheathing one of the Twins and using his now free right hand to jam the man's sword back into its scabbard.

"... Last chance..." He warned.

The man spit onto Shadow's jacket, and the Red-Eyed Demon's eyes flared. The coloration within his eyes fluctuated between light and dark red, and the Guard knew then and there that he had just sealed his fate.

Shadow let go of the sword and redrew his other dagger, slashing the man across the chest. It was just deep enough to scrape the ribcage, but not break through, and the man fell back gripping his chest and screaming in pain. Shadow wasted no time, as the other pirate was still watching and was in the process of stabbing at him.

Unfortunately, Shadow didn't react in time due to his focus on the Guard, and he caught the edge of the blade in the side, cutting a small chunk out of his jacket and taking a piece out of his shirt. No skin was broken, but this was his favorite jacket, and not only was there some other man's saliva on it, now it was ripped.

"... That's it!" He yelled.

Shadow brought the twins up and slashed out the man's eyes with lethal precision, avoiding the skin around them. As the pirate screamed in agony, Shadow used the butt end of the dagger in his right hand to knock the wind out of him by bashing him in the stomach at the solar plexus. He watched the man drop to his knees, and then, Shadow's smirk returned.

He took the dagger in his left hand and positioned it, blade inwards, towards the man's kidney on his right side. The blade in his right hand went to the man's other kidney on his left side. Shadow took in a breath, and thrust them inwards, slicing everything in their path, and the man let out a gasp. Shadow ripped both blades towards himself, gutting the man from both sides and watching his entire mid torso split open as he kicked him backwards. The sight was gruesome, but Shadow seemed to relish in it.

He watched as the man's intestines slowly spilled out into the street, as well as his now dismembered kidneys and stomach. He could see the man's lungs rapidly losing their ability to take in air as he fought desperately to cling to life, but his fate was already upon him. Shadow watched the life drain from his eyes, and his gaze slid slowly to the Guard, who watched in horror at what took place in front of him.

Shadow walked over to him and knelt down in front of him, smiling.

The Guard was frozen in pain and fear, clutching his chest and blood seeped out from behind his armor.

Shadow placed the dagger in his right hand away in its sheath, and positioned the left hand dagger at the man's neck right beside his common carteroid artery. The man looked at the blade, then back to Shadow, and shook his head.

"... I gave you the chance to live, and you made your choice. Rest in peace, you poor fool." He said cryptically.

With that, Shadow slammed the knife inwards, and pulled it free. The man's eyes almost instantly went grey and his body fell limp to the ground.

Shadow stood up and turned his gaze towards the docks. The town's main body ended about seventy feet from the docks, and Shadow now stood right at the edge of it. The pirate force had now gathered and was standing in an almost military fashion, with three rows of men all lined up across the docks poised and ready to fight. He made a quick estimate of how many were there, and came to the conclusion that there were approximately sixty men still left from the original two hundred or so who raided the town.

Shadow smiled to himself and placed both daggers in their sheaths. He cracked his neck, and felt his adrenaline finally beginning to rise.

... The docks will be painted red by the time this is over...