The Thousand Mask Warrior

Blood Carat

He ducked slowly with the other pirates behind him. They spread grass and branches of thick trees. The complete weapon was grasped tightly. A large shield in the left hand and a long spear in the right hand. Lam has witnessed the bodies of pirates part of his group, killed by dark river water currents. Not only that, it also follows the pieces of pointed bamboo weapons used as javelins which are also characteristic of their group. With the boat moored just by the river, it clearly shows there has been a battle before.

The smell of rancid and rusty blood carried by the wind reached Lamdan's nose. The leader's heartbeat quickened and pounded his chest. He was ready for the fight that was going to happen up ahead. The darkness of the night would not be able to deter him at all.

His leg hit something. Lam beware right away. His eyes adjusted to the dark. Seen already, the bodies were scattered in a region with the flow of water forming a small river.

“Stat! Where are you, Jayaseta! Face me. I'll kill you and your entourage all!” lam's cry could no longer be held back.

Even without explanation everyone knew that the bodies were Annam's and Champa's comrades from the boat troupe left behind the other day. It is now certain that Jayaseta has succeeded in killing his pirate friends.

The Champa pirates immediately spread to all directions to find where the people they hunted.

After searching carefully and carefully but quickly, the members of the pirates immediately regrouped and faced their leader.

“Lam, all these corpses are pirates of our group. No one is alive, all dead. We also did not find any other victims other than our members. It is clear that our friends were massacred. Don't you think she's this good, Lam?” said one of the pirates facing him.

Lam really wrathful. At first he thought that there was at least a meaningful resistance from his comrades. Indeed, it could have fallen victims also from the pirates. No matter how he thinks of Jayaseta, however, that person must be a swordsman. Not to mention the friends who were with him who could be a tremendous help offset the attacks of the pirates. However, he did not expect that half of his group was slaughtered, like they were in a state of war.

He looked down, without touching, with the ability to look carefully at dead bodies in the dark. He then stood up and looked at the person who reported to him the situation at that place. “Check once again. Look at each of our friends' bodies one by one. Remember, one-by-one. Were they killed by sharp weapons?” orders again.

“Do as soon as I command,” said Lam cold.

Still confused, the subordinate invites his other friends to carry out an order that leaves the big question. However, after all, they actually re-examined as thoroughly and as carefully as possible. After everything was done, there was no hidden at all the look of their shocked and overflowing faces.

“Lam, what exactly is this? Your suspicions are true. None of our friends have been killed with a sharp weapon, or at least injured by being killed with a stab or a reasonable strike from a sword, dagger or spear,” reported the same pirate.

“Our colleagues are dead by one person only. I suspect Jayaseta was the one who did this alone,” Lam turned a blind eye trying to imagine what happened long before.

“How can you conclude like that?”

“There is no way that the group all have the same style and way of killing. There was no way they would bother fighting the pirates who attacked them without weapons. It is impossible for each of the group to do it,” said Lam steady.

“So, you mean, Jayaseta the Thousand Mask Swordsman is really a swordsman like what people have been telling me all along? Do you expect all of us to change our thinking and our previous guess that he's not like his big name?”

Lam silent. He looked at his interlocutor. “I can't say anything, but you know that what we're going to face is no ordinary person. We won't really know until we've actually dealt with it. Prepare your weapons. Don't let your guard down. We're gonna hunt Jayaseta down and try to kill him. Don't be forgiven, don't be fooled by anything we'll see in front of you. That guy is very dangerous,” Lam said.