The Thousand Blades, Yanagi Shina.
In the game, there were six god-level powerhouses who had this title. And Yanagi was one of them and she was also the youngest among them.
Blade Dancer, Serene Sword, Blade Lotus, Sword Eater, Divine Blade, and Venerable Sun Sword were all the gods that have the title of Thousand Blades.
Blade Dancer was Yanagi and this name resounded in the whole continent when she slew one of the demon pillars. She was just a newly born god and yet the power she possessed terrified a lot of people with her eccentric personality.
Despite just reaching godhood, Yanagi quickly improved her abilities to the point that it surpassed the gods that were protecting the Hebrei Kingdom.
Although she was strong and was acknowledged as high god by ordinary gods, she was still the weakest gods in the six Thousand Blades. But then, a lot of people weren't concern about it. Yanagi was just a newborn god and her strength would keep improving. She would catch up to the level of the other Thousand Blades in no time but then a calamity hit the continent.
The Three Bringers of Calamity finally bared their fangs in the major forces of the Giza Continent and the God's Continent.
The Three Bringers of Calamity had powerful momentum as they annihilated the forces of the Three Great Countries that went to the continents. They cut off the connection of the Giza continent and the God's continent to the other five continents in the Great World Imperium.
The demons on the Giza and God's didn't receive reinforcement because of this. Also, the demons in the Demon's Land became busy as the Three Kings appeared and occupy a large part of their land.
The Three Kings were the Underground King, Sea King, and Sky King. All of them were powerful and ambitious monster lords that have the same goal. The goal to reach the unknown level above monster lord.
It became a world war that affected the whole world and the one that attacked the several large countries of Giza was the Zodiacs. At that time, the gods of the Hebrei Kingdom joined forces with the other gods of the neighboring countries. Yanagi was included in the alliance and she died in the battle before she could even grow stronger.
The Twelve Zodiacs, the Ten Commandments, and the Seven Deadly Sins were all powerful even in the realm of gods. It was said that they were closed to reaching the next step.
The only gods who could match them were the leaders of the major forces such as the Crimson Emperor, Zeus, Jade Emperor, Odin, Lucifer, Dark Emperor, and some of the fearsome monster lords deep inside the Dark Forest.
Even the six Thousand Blades would have to work together just to deal with one Zodiac, one Commandment, or one Deadly Sin.
"Hehe~ I will thoroughly enjoy myself in this battle...!!"
Yanagi's smile grew wider as the blades on her back flew towards the elites of the Bentley Family with astonishing speed.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
The elves moved away to avoid the speed and several shackled realm experts appeared to handle Yanagi. Since she was a shackled realm expert, the one who could stop her was also another shackled realm expert.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Oh, ten shackled realm...?"
Yanagi was a little bit surprised when she found out that there were ten shackled realm experts. Also, from the looks of it, the other expert was on the mid-stage. SSS-rank expert who broke more than three shackles.
It's going to get a little troublesome. She was only at SS-rank that broke her second shackles recently. She just reached this level two weeks ago and she hasn't fought anyone at her level.
So... She was quite eager to fight someone at her level.
"Ufufu, let me have a good time..."
Yanagi laughed as she charged towards the ten experts at the shackled realm. The blades around her emitted a cold aura that could freeze people instantly below her level.
[Blade Aura: Freezing Mode!]
Boom!!
The clash between the shackled realm experts has started.
"Ugh!!"
Bryan narrowed his eyes while watching the battle in front of his eyes. These guys were much stronger than the elf that he just fought but Yanagi was handling them alone.
"So this is a battle between shackled realm experts..."
The atmosphere was heavy as the energy from the shackled realm experts bore down in the whole area. People below A-rank would have a hard time moving near the battle. The shockwaves alone would be enough to kill those C-rank and cripple B-rank experts.
The S-rank experts that were close to them were forcefully pushed to the side. Some of them took damage because Yanagi goes wildly and attacked everything in her path.
The cold aura of her blades caused a status effect called [Frost Bite] to the people with low cold resistance. It could even affect those people at the shackled realm so S-rank experts would have it worse.
Although Yanagi was powerful in her realm, it was still too much for her to defeat ten shackled realm experts alone. The [Blade Dancer] technique consumed a large amount of mana and stamina so she wouldn't be able to fight that long.
This was the technique that lets her fight someone above her level and she hasn't mastered it. Soon, the ten shackled realm experts managed to push her back.
"Ehe~ that's it... Give me everything!!"
Yanagi simply smiled as she wiped the blood on the corner of her mouth.
"Tsk, annoying bitch!"
One of the shackled realm experts said before they launched an attack at Yanagi.
Boom!
"We need to move now, Bryan..." Jeanne said to Bryan.
"Yes, we still needed to stop the ritual..." Bryan nodded.
Jeanne and Bryan lead the other members of the legion around the battle. They couldn't approach the battle of the shackled realm experts as most of the members of the Dark Oculus Legion were C-rank experts. If they didn't die, then they would suffer heavy wounds if they carelessly approach the battle.
Since Yanagi was handling all the shackled realm experts so the only ones left was the S-rank experts and below. The other S-rank were gone as they were fighting against the two third evolution monsters on each side.
But then it would be hard to fight S-rank with their current members. In their group, only Jeanne and Bryan were A-rank, Six of them were B-rank, and the rest were C-rank experts.
"Here, use it to boost your strength..." Jeanne gave Bryan a set of orange-grade equipment. It was inside their treasury and since they needed it in the battle she took it with her. Luckily, this equipment has its use.
"Thanks, I really needed this..." Bryan said as he wore the equipment before he narrowed his eyes.
Boom!!
He used the [Dual Element Drive] once again. Jeanne said that she would try her stop anyone in his way so he should focus on his goal to stop the ritual.
Flames and lightning flickered around him before it spread it. His eyes were filled with determination and his senses heightened to the limit.
Swoosh!
Slowly, he could perceive the whole ritual ground. He could detect the women which were writhing in pain and he could see an elf muttering a chant. This elf must be the head of the Bentley Family.
As long as he disrupts this elf then he would complete his goal. The women wouldn't die but what will happen after that? The head of the Bentley Family would be able to move freely.
Strangely, his rage was gone and he was completely calm at this moment. He stopped moving and looked at his palm.
"What are you doing, Bryan? You have to stop that right?!"
Jeanne shouted at Bryan while fighting the elites of the Bentley Family but Bryan ignored her and the people in his surroundings.
'2 minutes... That's the time left before the Bentley Family completed the ritual...'
He could perceive the ritual and it was strangely familiar to him. He didn't know why but he knew that there was a barrier around the ritual. This barrier was part of the ritual as it will prevent the vitality of the sacrifices to leave the area.
Blood Awakening Ritual? Why does he know everything about it? It felt that he undergo this ritual before.
Bryan turned his head to the ritual site and his eyes saw the invisible barrier around it.
"My mind is clear now... I feel like I can do anything when I want to do it."
The mana in his mana pool began to transform. It circulated at an astonishing speed as the mana was turning into liquid. All of it was transforming into liquid reaching the apex of liquefied state.
Swoosh!
Suddenly, he ducked down as a sword passed above his head. He turned his eyes to the side and stretched out his hand.
"I get it... I understand something... [Ariel: Wind Rupture]..."
Bryan's eyes turned cold.
