Everyone leaves together for their mission. But separates to go to there assigned location

--- Chapter 54 ---

Sole: Alright anyone got a strategy?

Bandage: Nope, not at all.

Sole: Oh. Ok. What's your name anyway?

Bandage: The names Santiago, but you can just call me San. And I already know your name.

???: Were not calling you San.

Sole: Why what does that mean Ralbi?

Ralbi: Nothing, dont worry about it.

Their cart continues for a couple hours. Until they reach the bar in the middle of the desert. As they arrive, by a stroke of luck or misfortune, their target is heading to the bar. They all hop out and head to the man walking. He stops as they begin to walk up to him. He's a lot taller, and much more muscly than them. His face stays facing forward but his eyes look down at them.

Elias: Matsuburo Nordate, you're under arrest.

Matsuburo: Arrest? Let me fill you in on something. I don't try and hide.

Elias backs up a bit, uneasy.

Matsuburo: Since I don't hide, people like you come often. Can you tell how i'm not caught yet?

He says drawing a large sword from behind his back, cracking a grin. The sword stained red. In response, Elias summons his blades, Santiago and Ralbi draw their blades as well. Ralbi looks at Elias and he nods. With incredible speeds, they run in and hit this guy with their weapons. To their surprise, they were stopped. Their weapons made contact, but the blades just sat on top of his skin, not slashing or piercing. Matsuburo looks down at them with a grin. He swings his large sword, causing them to jump back swiftly.

Matsuburo: How disappointing. Another pursuer that can't even scratch me. Though, I guess Iko will get more food.

He says looking at his sword. Santiago grabs at his bandaged face, and pulls some of it down, revealing a normal, rugged face.

Santiago: God it's really hard to fight and breathe in that thing.

Ralbi gets a fearful face, realising something. He dashes at quick speeds and grabs Elias and Sole and begins running.

Elias: Hey what are you- ow- what are you doing?

Ralbi: He took off his bandages!

Elias: So?

Ralbi: Santiago cant get it in his thick skull that he HAS an arcana. All those symbols on his bandages are sealing every ounce of his arcana.

Elias: And? What's his arcana? Why does it need to be completely sealed? And if he doesn't think he has one, why is he even wearing it?!

Ralbi: We told them they are lucky symbols, cause he thinks he's just unlucky. His arcana is more of a theory. Chaos builds up all around us, and luck is metaphysical. His arcana causes chaos to increase to a snapping point around him, making it seem like he's just really unlucky. I think we're out of the blast radius, just watch.

Santiago: I wonder what their deal is? Eh, whatever.

As he says this, a loud bang is heard, and Matsuburo begins to fall as these sand falls, causing him to be stuck.

Santiago: Wow, these luck symbols really work! The limestone cracked causing a massive sinkhole all around me but I didn't get hit!

Matsuburo: Damn, that was lucky.

Mastuburo quickly lears up towards him, but gets smacked by large pieces of falling rock from the building next to them breaking.

Matsuburo: What the hell?!

Matsuburo leaps out of the sand pit to the side near some natural stone pillars.

Crack

The stone pillars crack and fall into Matsuburo. But he swiftly brings his sword around, destroying the falling pillars. The rocks scatter everywhere, smacking into the sand. This is followed by a massive explosion, sending him flying with sand and even shards of glass.

Santiago: Holy crap! You're a really unlucky man, AHAHEHE! When the stones hit the sand it must have made a spark and lit a gas leak, ehehehe.

Chaotic happenings happen all around santiago, from the building being destroyed to multiple explosions, sand pits, not just things happening to Matsuburo.

Mastsuburo: This guy. Despite being annoying, I'm not even scratched, hehe.

Ralbi: God damn it Santiago! Put your damn face mask on!

(Do it -_-)

Santiago: Fine Fine.

He puts it back on, and reality seems to stabilize.

Matsuburo: That's a crazy skill you got there ahaha.

Ralbi: That explosion sent him away pretty far. Now I can finally use my arcana.

Ralbi whispers to Elias and Sole.

Elias: Are you sure? I don't want to catch anyone in the radius.

Elias whispers back. Sole sits here clueless.

Ralbi: Should be ok.

Elias: Should be- Ok. Just try it, cause right now we cant even give him a paper cut.

Ralbi begins to run in. Matsuburo brings his sword up to swing but Ralbi jumps. Matsuburo is confused and smirks as he starts to bring his sword up.

Ralbi: My arcana-

Ralbi starts to glow, sending out beams of light.

Matsuburo: Hm?

Ralbi: BOMBARDMENT!

Matsuburo gets a confused look on his face before his eyes go wide. Centering on Ralbi is a MASSIVE explosion. Smoke fills the area. Ralbi is standing there coughing a bit. Matsuburo cant be seen. Ralbi turns around to face Elias and Sole. He gives a thumbs up. But behind him, Matsuburo’s silhouette rises. A sword pierces Ralbi from behind.

Ralbi: How- how are you- still-

He turns back and looks at Matsuburo. His skin has cracks running through it. The cracks begin to seal themselves. Ralbi feels a pain surging through his body beyond just the stab wound. He sees his sword growing. The blood from the wound starts to turn a yellowish orange. With his speed he quickly pulls the blade out, as there was a lot more damage than was being seen.

Matsuburo: Heh, so you noticed. My sword, Demon Blade Iko, uses the blood of its victims. It takes the iron in your blood and uses it to grow.

Ralbi: His attacks are turning my blood into plasma. Dammit. And it's another hour before I can explode!

Matsuburo: Go on, hit me, come on. Your explosion was the biggest thrill I had in ages. What, cant you do it again?

Ralbi: …

Matsuburo: Well, thats a shame. Seems you no longer have use to me!

He yells swinging his blade at fast speeds, faster than Ralbi could react. But before it hit him, Elias appears in front of him, with his blades crossed, and Iko resting in its valley.

Elias: You ok Ralbi?

Ralbi: Yah, I'm fine.

Elias: Good, you should get back, I didn't think I’d have to give it my all.

Ralbi: Your all? Ok.

Ralbi gets back. Matsuburo brings his sword back.

Matsuburo: You're all huh? Heh, let's see it.

Matsuburo says with a smile. Elias brings his weapons up in front of him and closes his eyes. The air pressure around Elias begins to swirl violently. Matsuburo looks at him with a “what?” expression.

Elias: Amaterasu, shed your eternal divine light on this battlefield. Tsukuyomi, plunge the battle field into the depths of our darkness.

The weapons begin to glow a radiant light and a spectral darkness respectively.

Elias: Together, Eclipse this world in the limbo between. RELEASE! ECLIPSE BLADES!

The former dagger sized weapons are now the size of full swords, their colors a combination of each other.

Elias: Now, I’m ready. Matsuburo.

Matsuburo: So, you're that intune with your thousand arms. Good, this might actually be fun.