Katrina, Hashibira Kosuke, Hashibira Komoto, Tsuyuri Shi, and Rengoku finally reach the village. They were catching their breath as in the distance they can see soldiers and a stretcher coming towards them with a sorcerer following from behind holding a staff in its right hand.
"Finally!" Tsuyuri Shi shouted as he catches his breath. The other sat down to the ground while rengoku falls to the ground and became unconscious.
"Rengoku!" Katrina shouted as she turn to her right and run towards Rengoku who falls to the ground up front. The stretcher and the soldiers quickly approached him.
Two soldiers move to the side of Rengoku and Katrina moves to his head and grabs and raised it with two more soldiers on his side. They put him on the stretcher while the sorcerer was healing him. They quickly run towards the village. The four of them stayed outside sitting on the ground and laying while looking at the shining sky.
In the head office in the capital. A messenger soldier arrived with a letter and quickly moves to the round table of the heads. There he can see Shimodo Rou sitting with two more unknown heads at his side.
Shimodo Rou got glances at him and quickly stands. He was writing something on a document on top of a round table. the messenger hand it over to him and he quickly read it and his eyes widened.
He whispered something to the messenger soldier and it quickly nodded. Behind Shimodo Rou there were small statues hanging on the wall at least five of them.
"What happened?" One of the heads asks the one on his left sitting in the chair in front of a round table. He stares at him as Shimodo Rou sat back down in his chair.
"Their back... Rengoku, Katrina, Tsuyuri Shi, Hashibira Kosuke, and Komoto... But not Agatsuma Hit... I wonder where he is right now. The traitor is Hanako," Shimodo Rou answered as that made the head on his right stand.
"I knew it! I told you! We shoulda assassinated her using our special swordsmens or at least Domei in the west, we could've prevented this war! We coulda protected the peace!" The head said on his right. He shakes his head not agreeing with what Shimodo Rou what he's decided in the first place. He sat back down in his chair as the three of them were stunned.
"The Armies that I've deployed are about to enter the North Wind but they've been restrained! An—" Shimodo Rou said as he suddenly got interrupted when a soldier suddenly walks into the roof catching his breath. Shimodo Rou got glances at the soldier's uniform and sees that he's from the first army.
"Shimodo Rou! Our Hashira's is fighting someone outside! It seems that it's a Glitch mob!" The soldier said as all of a sudden it got stabbed in the back by a glitch blade. Suddenly the Shadow Swordsmen appeared in front of the round table on the other side and draw their swords.
The soldier grunts and spits out blood and the unknown behind him that killed him slowly removed its glitch blade from his chest and he slowly falls to the ground dead.
"Glitch Mob...?" Shimodo Rou thought as his shadow Guard Swordsmen appeared out of nowhere from the shadows holding their shadow sword in their right hand, two of them.
"You've infiltrated the head office... A Glitch Mob isn't allowed if you don't have a private letter guest list," one of the shadow Guard Swordsmen said menacingly. He was trying to intimidate it. The Glitch Mob's appearance slowly appeared as the soldier drop down to the ground and blood splattered and flows. The Glitch Mobs' body is glitching wildly.
"This is a high class of Glitch Mob...! This bad!" One of the shadow Guard Swordsmen thought as he raised his sword with his right hand and they both move into a defensive position. They are the guards of the head. The glitch mob slowly walks inside without showing any threat or killer intent.
"Where the hell is ÆKenki and ÆKatsuki?!" One of the heads thought furiously as the two of them remained sitting but Shimodo Rou remained standing and sees a great danger.
"You must be Shimodo Rou... It's an honor to meet you. I'm a Glitch Mob as you see and I killed one of your low-class soldiers. He's pathetic, manages to Glitch Inside him, and travels all the way here inside without the guards noticing the surface... It's impressive that those Special Swordsmen and remaining Shira's are still on guard... They've probably sensed me now and all of them are heading down, let me tell you that a New Danger is coming... You've might have thought that the only force is the Dark Mobs... The Dark Realm but there's also the Glitch Mobs... The Glitch Realm, a powerful realm that your legendary swordsman almost destroyed and ended... We are grateful that he didn't end us, we got lucky!" The Glitch Mob said in a highly serious tone as Shimodo Rou listened to every word he say.
"What did you come here for? The North Wind is already destroyed! The Dark Mobs have accomplished what they needed to accomplish why are they still advancing and what is this madness?" Shimodo Rou ask as the Glitch Mob giggled a little.
"To Conquer this world! As you see we've teamed up! The North Wind is a prosperous nation and we heard that's where the healthy goods are coming from and getting delivered to the near nations and the hidden Kingdoms and Continents... Shimodo Rou the main head of this nation, this village, and regions of the whole east yet know little about this world." The Glitch Mob answered menacingly as he slowly lowered his head. He was holding his glitch sword in his right hand as blood slowly dripped down to the ground.
"Team up?"
"That's correct... You heard me... You, humans, are a hindrance to our plans! Just give us your world and you can all die peacefully!"
"Never! We would never do that! This is our world! We will protect it to the very end! I might know little about this world but don't underestimate every single one of us! We are just leaders and Hashira's and Shira's can take the lead anytime they want! I value their lives more than mine! And that's why if you kill us all here, it's fine!" Shimodo Rou said with courage.
"I see! The Strong brave heart of yours is what makes this nation still standing... Shimodo Rou I'm Kind but at the same time, I'm not... I'm just here to deliver a message... We hate Dark Mobs and we ought to kill them all... Behind the Story of every legend... The Legendary swordsman that almost killed us all let us live actually. But, there are a lot of things that got out of hand," the Glitch Mob said in a low voice and he said it discouraging.
"There are new Legends that are born! And I'll make sure that will continue!"
"And you've thought that one of them is Fudo Toka, didn't you? We have records of her and she seemed to have survived and arrived in the west with Domei and Blue... Their quite persistent, in these past five hundred years... The only thing that I admire out of all the nations is the East, they always have great leaders... Always knowing what the outcome will be by building your own consequences like this! The Æ's and the Hashira's are not the same... Isn't it?" The Glitch Mob ask as he walks furthermore to the room but the Shadow Guard swordsmens pointed their swords at him and restrained him from moving.
"You cannot advance furthermore!" The two shadow Guard swordsmen said fearlessly. The Glitch Mob smiles and closes his glitch eyes for a second before speaking again. Shimodo Rou cleared his throat and exhales.
"Æ's are others and Hashira's are foundations for the Nations... Without them, the nations aren't born... Nor the Legend's," he answered as his left hand was trembling and he doesn't realize it yet.
"So I am right that the Æ's are different than Hashira's. As expected... You, heads of this village are always ahead and different, so the Æ's and Hashira's aren't the same meaning they have another being inside them... A powerful beast that hasn't been unleashed because it could only be unleashed when they're near death... Only the Hashira's are called Hashira's because of the never-ending fire inside their heart and they are the known pillars of every nation, if they fall one by one their like fall like petals... And the Shira's will probably stay Shira's but I know there's also something behind it... And there's Æ's and Hashira's blending with them, don't underestimate any beings living in this world nor outside or dimensions," the Glitch Mob said as Shimodo Rou was mesmerized. He sees that the Glitch Mob knows a lot and he has the nerve to speak it in front of the heads and Shadow Guard swordsmens.
"How did you know about this kind of piece of information? These data aren't leaked! So how did you?" Shimodo Rou ask as the Glitch Mob started laughing and glitching wildly while standing.
"I'm five hundred years old and I'm living older than the Dark Legend Himself! That Legendary swordsman made us all kneel before them yet he dies of old age before that he created swordsman's that will continue his legacy! That man made the Dark God kneel... The Glitch Mobs stayed quiet and hidden for a long time, I've learned these pieces of information through a traitor that wants to achieve immortality... Guess what I gave him what he needs and I got what I need to gain everything... He manages to become a Glitching Human but in the end, he dies because he's a fool," the Glitch Mob answered while giggling.
"Traitors are everywhere... I can only count now on my Hashira's and Shira's in the end... Father what would you do if you were in my state... I can't still fix big things on my own," Shimodo Rou thought as he look down thinking of something else.
"Shimodo Rou... This Glitch Mob isn't bluffing... Living more than five hundred years old is a serious threat... He has more experience than our men's," one of the heads whispered to the one on his right.
"Glitch Mob... What really brought you here, talking to the heads like your friend with him?" one of the shadow Guard Swordsmen asks he glared at the glitch mob without a second thought.
"You wanna know that badly? Shadow? I'm a powerful being advanced and more experienced, who made you think that pointing your blades makes you better?" The Glitch Mob ask menacingly as all of a sudden there was a murderous intent showing around him that made the two shadow guards swordsmen shivered for a second.
"Even if we're just the guards of the heads... Don't underestimate us!" One of the guard swordsmen said. He swung his sword in the air and stepped on his right foot and swing his sword again towards the Glitch Mob's neck.
It was about to collide with his neck when all of a sudden the blade of his sword go through his neck like the Glitch mob wasn't there.
"What?! It goes through him?!" The guard swordsmen thought in shock as he sees the Glitch Mob step one back and draw its Glitching sword from its left waist.
"You don't know what's coming to the east village. Pathetic swordplay, pathetic swordsman, pathetic guard, not even ready! You amateur!" The Glitch Mob said as he mock the guard swordsmen in front of him. Suddenly he heard someone flew to his left and that made the Glitch Mob turn to his left and sees an unknown Shira Swordsman running fast holding his sword with both of his hands.
"Glitch Mob?! How did he?!" The unknown Shira thought as he reaches the Glitch Mob and quickly swung his blade down but the Glitch Mob quickly step back and avoided his blade and then he jumped backward. They were both in the hallway as the shadow Guard swordsmen of the heads remained in the room.
"A Shira...?"
"Amateurs? Did he just call me an amateur...?"
"He's a high-level threat! This is a New Danger!" The Shira thought as he positioned his blade up and pointed to the wall to his right while holding his sword with both of his hands.
"Both of you! Stay on our side! There's no need for those words to get inside your heads!" Shimodo Rou shouts as the Shadow Guard Swordsmen got a glance at him and see him shivering and sweating.
"A Shira wearing a weaponized mask, rather a mechanical Shira? Or just a normal one and not a special one," the Glitch Mob said as he began to walk.
Suddenly, the Shira flew using both of his feet. He kicked the ground to make himself flew and the Glitch Mob didn't expect it. Suddenly he raised his left hand and the ground that the Glitch Mob standing on got risen and he slammed to the ceiling and towards the first floor of the Capital. They were in the hidden underground facility of the heads.
The Glitch Mob slammed to three floors and stop on the roof. He left a hole and he looked down and sees a pillar raise him. He sees that he didn't get damaged but he goes through the floors and ceiling and the pillar destroyed it.
The Shira in the ground suddenly vanished and appeared on top of the roof. He looks up and glances and sees the Glitch Mob staring at the sky. He lowered his head and stared at the village of the East and the civilians staring at him. Suddenly there was a loud explosion that caught his attention to the far left that made him turn.
Suddenly the Glitch Mob's eyes widened as he sees two dragons appear and looks like chasing someone. They were flying past the giant pillars and the giant trees right outside of the village on his far left. They were above the wall and the two dragons were trying to keep him outside.
"Their struggling?" He whispered as he was about to step on his left foot and flew but all of a sudden the Shira that raised him using a pillar appeared in front of him with his eyes widened and about to swing his sword down towards his head.
"Where do you think you're looking at?!" He said menacingly as his sword was about to reach his head but suddenly he got hit in the chin and loses consciousness. Suddenly, the Shira got cut into countless pieces and his body drop down to the ground of the roof, and blood splattered everywhere.
The Unknown Glitch Mob flew to where the dragons at and an unexpected occurred. Someone caught his feet which made him look down. Suddenly he sees the Shira that is supposed to be dead.
"Hmm? A bunshin? A clone?" He thought as he swing down his glitch sword and cut the Shira's right arm and he falls to the ground. Suddenly the glitch mob kicked the air and flew again toward the dragons. He reaches them and sees ÆKatsuki and ÆKenki. He got a glance at him and they got a glance at him as he sees they were fighting another Glitch mob.
He reaches the gate and ÆKenki flew towards him with his black dragon and twists his blade. The unknown glitch mob touch down on top of the wall and quickly jumped and twisted himself mid-air fast and avoided ÆKenki dragon. He also twisted his body mid-air and aim for the glitch mob's head.
"Two Hashira's?" He thought as ÆKenki collided with the sword of the unknown glitch mob and a massive explosion occurred that sent shockwaves and air. ÆKatsuki stop chasing the other Glitch Mob and flew back towards ÆKenki and they both touches down the ground. In front of them in the sky, there was a giant black smoke and a Glitch Mob slowly descending to the ground.
"Hmm! Another one arrived... This one came from the Capital... I saw one dead Shira and a pillar inside the capital... We might have made a mistake sending the sorcerers that can create the barrier for the village and the villager's safety," ÆKenki whispered to ÆKatsuki on his left side. They both held their swords in their right hand that were glowing bright same as their masks.
"Yeah... These beings are still skilled... They might be planning to attack the village head-on with those Kinds of energy bolts... It's stacking pure round energy like a ball, it's powerful, and getting hit one is most likely fatal, good thing we can perform these dragon techniques," ÆKatsuki replied and add-in. They were staring at the glitch mob in the distance as there were giant trees to their far right that slowly falls to the ground.
Suddenly ÆKatsuki and ÆKenki were about to flew when all of a sudden five energy balls got sent towards them. They quickly step aside and avoided the two pure energies. It flew past them and both of their eyes widened as it stop right next to them. It began lightning up bright and suddenly it exploded. Giant black smoke covered the whole area and one of the Glitch mobs seems to be laughing.
"Hopefully they're dead!" He said as he giggled. The other one that came from the Capital remained silent as he sees four eyes glowing in the distance. The glitch mob that was giggling on his right side gasped and became serious as he sees the two Hashira's slowly approaching them holding their swords in their right hand.
"They didn't get affected?! How?!" The Glitch Mob said surprisingly as he glance with his eyes widened. There was pure energy surrounding the glitch mob and it appeared six of them controlling with his right hand.
"No, they got affected by it... They're just that strong," the Glitch Mob said in a serious tone as he began to walk. He draw his sword and flew all of a sudden the ground he was standing on began to collapse and a dragon blade appeared. ÆKatsuki appeared and pierce through the ground with his blade. That made the glitch mob jump and swung his sword down and deflected his sword mid-air.
"How did he come from underneath?!" The Glitch Mob thought in surprise as he got sent mid-air and suddenly ÆKenki appeared in front of him with his dark dragon and was about to hit him. He quickly put upfront his glitching arms and collided with the dragon and got sent away. He got sent a hundred feet away and slammed and rolled to the ground. He let go of his glitch blade that stabbed to the ground.
The remaining glitch mob glance in the distance and sees another ÆKatsuki begin to walk. He realized that he made a clone of himself using a special technique that cost energy from the body. Behind him, there was a hole that he probably dig into and reaches the glitch mob.
Suddenly a giant yellow force field appeared around the glitch mob that has a different kind of power. He surrounds himself as ÆKenki and ÆKatsuki surround him menacingly. They both hit the barrier and they quickly deflected.
"Pure energy, huh? Your magic is weak... Glitch mob!" ÆKenki said menacingly as all of a sudden the sword in his right hand turned black with an aura of a black dragon. He raised his sword with only one hand while there was a dark particle circling his blade. He swung it down and reaches the forcefield that surrounded the glitch mob. His eyes widened as he sees his sword pierce through his force field.