Snippet #2396477

A week ago...

Rei was surrounded by perhaps a hundred or so of bandits. He held his katana's sheath, covered in bruises. He was slightly breathing heavily, while his eyes darted around the area. There is absolutely not a single inch of opening for him to escape, but Rei wasn't about to give up. [I need to create a path for myself. I won't be able to handle if this keeps up...] His breathes gets heavier as he slowly builds up the adrenaline inside him. Suddenly, a few bandits jump towards him. Rei was able to detect the attack just in time for him to counter the attack, with the katana half-sheathed, and kicking the man back. Several more comes lunging towards him, which where he evades the attack by jumping back. Taking the chance, he withdraws the katana at a speed so fast, the enemies couldn't keep up. With the katana sheaths back, a couple of slashes were already in motion. He continues his combo by jumping towards one of them, kicking them in the face and then repeating his last attack; withdrawing and sheathing his katana at an incredible speed. Slowly, a path was formed in front of him.

Rei wanted to take the chance, when a man almost two times higher than he is stood in his way. He held a club in his right hand, and it was resting on his shoulders, where he then lifted the club and dropped it back down, repeating the process a couple times. "You aren't getting away, Mindless Machine. This is where your life ends!" He swings his club down at a fast speed. Rei sidesteps the attack, but the giant's next attack was faster. He swung the club to the side where Rei stood and hit him. Rei received the damage full on, resulting in his coughing blood. He flies away in an instant, but regains his stance quickly. He continues coughing blood where he wasn't given a chance to recover. The giant lunges at him at an unbelievable speed and kicks him with his knee. Rei is again sent flying and this time, smashes himself against the wooden wall. The giant slowly walks his way through Rei, where Rei barely stands up. Blood continues to flow down from his mouth. "Ready to give up and let us kill you?" The giant asked in sarcasm, then laughed in very loud voice. Rei struggles to lift his head up, only to reply with a "Fuck you, you dick. How about you go and rape your own mother instead of stealing, you lifeless punk? I bet your bitch doesn't even want you." He spitted on the giant.

Obviously, he was pissed off. "That's too bad. Now you have to do die the hard way." He raised the club. It gave Rei a shade, and seconds later, the club went down. Dusts was created as a result from the heavy attack. One would assume that Rei would be dead, but there were a lot hesitations. They thought that this man was supposed to be invincible as he doesn't die in any situation, but this time, he gave in without a hitch. There must be a catch. The dusts soon cleared off, but there wasn't any remains. Not even a hint of his death. Only a giant hole in the ground. Suddenly, a shadow towered over the 'audience'. All the bandits turned to the side, only to find a figure standing there, his hands on his sheathed weapon. He stood right next to the giant, who was clearly shocked by this. Rei stood there with bruises all over his body. He was supposedly to be only able to barely move, but here he is, standing like nothing happened. The shock was something they shouldn't have kept for a long time, as Rei likes to take chances. "Iaido." The giant suddenly screamed. His club dropped to the ground as his body slowly follows. However, there was something missing. The upper half of the head. Blood started spurting all over, like a storm. The bandits slowly gets covered with the crimson liquid. "One way dragon." The body fell onto the ground lifelessly. The bandits were shocked for a moment, and then they ran. They ran away in pure horror and gore. One of them fell. He tried to get back up, but a shadow towered over him. He turned and tried to scream, but it was too late. Rei's blade pierced the man's skull without hesitation. That will be another one of many stories of why he was called the 'Mindless Machine'.

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Present...

Rei knelt down in front of the throne. His usual expressionless face was what struck fear into the soldiers of the palace. Most of the gulped every moment he was in there, but not the king. He was unafraid of Rei's overwhelming gloominess. Instead, he stepped all over it. "So you are the famous 'Mindless Machine'. I guess you do look like one." He was definitely right. Rei's ability to kill without showing expression was what gained him his title. He wasn't given a title for no reason. The king shrugged it off. The king was once a man who won millions of battles. He was once the strongest soldier in the kingdom, but now, he decided to run the job of a king, in order to govern this kingdom he decided to make for himself. The king, who was resting on his elbow, sat up straight. He carefully observed the kneeling Rei, before giving him his orders. "Mindless Machine. I hired you in order to keep my daughter safe. You shall be paid when she comes back to the palace successfully in one piece. Once you fulfilled that, I shall have my finest investigators and guards to thoroughly search the entire kingdom. We will not leave a single stone not turned. Now be on your way. Danger draws closer to my daughter as we speak. I shall see you again, young man." Rei stood back up and turned towards the door.

Not longer than 15 minutes, Rei managed to reach the tower he was supposed to find the princess. he trekked through the forest and now he is finally out. An enormous tower stood in front of him, and there seems to be already visitors. A stead was spending it's time munching on the grass placed in front of it. There then, he found two people, a female and a male. A closer look had him confirmed that the female was his target, and the other must be presumably the bodyguard. He assumed that these two were his target, especially the princess. He approached the princess, who was clearly a young lady who expressed a more amount of interest in the outside world more than an average person. "Are you Princess Seraphina Celosia?"