As the all consuming rage takes over, Minerva flings herself headfirst at the pyramid. Thanks to Mara's protection, she makes it unscathed there, despite the bullets flying all over the place. Once at the pyramid, she unleashes a destructive blow with a strength no regular person could ever hope to posses. Her strike lands true and manages to crack the pyramid up to the second layer. The first layer sees cracks forming all over it. It probably won't last long... The hole Minerva managed to create reveals that underneath the second layer lies a third layer of protection. "You will get your weapons back in due time, but only when I'm absolutely sure you bear no threat to this village anymore. I can see they mean a lot to you..." Jinmu, who would attempt to reach for Kali to take her hostage but this attempt proved futile. His body bisected, his last look was for the orb that had become two bright halves on the verge of imploding. Fate had struck true and managed to cut down both the phantasmal emperor and his orb. However, the orb was now running rampant. A couple fractions of a second later, a supercharged thundercloud had appeared above the trio. Then, thunder struck, hitting a radius of a few meters around Jinmu. Needless to say, both Fate and Kali are in range at this point. The lightning strike that fell would completely devastate the area, reducing the plants to smoldering ashes almost instantaneously. "Jinmu... He was a good ruler who protected his land and people. After him many followed. Not all emperors led quiet lives. Many were the targets of assassins. One such murderer was Taira no Masakado. This man who ravaged the country, crushed and burned all that fell under his heel... all for the sake of the people. Ambition sign「Masakado Crisis」" When the dust from Minerva's attack settles, a man with hair like a blaze and a body like a mountain emerges. Masakado, holding an odachi in his hand and a tanto hanging from his belt, advances with a sharp look in his eyes and a foul smile on his face. Rage distorting his traits, he then picks up his pace and delivers a series of three precise strikes to Minerva. One to the left knee, one to the right elbow and the last one to the neck. As he delivers the strikes, his Odachi glows a painful red with heat emanating from every strike. Being hit by this blade would instantly set his foes ablaze. Whether these attacks manage to pierce Mara's barrier remains to be seen. "I need to pick up the pace if I want you gone before sunrise.... It's against the rules, but... I don't have a choice. Land Sign「Three Sacred Treasures - Magatama」 " Once again, a pale halo engulfs the pyramid. When it subsides, engravings and vein-like circuits now shine on the pyramid's surface. With power coursing through it, the shooter's bullets become imbued with divine powers. Each bullet would, upon impact, burst into a small micro storm that slices all around it. The area of effect is quite contained, but if you're hit by the bullet, you'll be hit by the divine wind that ensues. Also noteworthy, is the fact that the bullets themselves are also powered up thanks to the mystical wind. If they didn't hurt before, they most certainly will now. Naturally, the shooters make use of their newfound power and aim at two of the ennemies. Since Kali and Fate are caught up in the roaring, thunderous explosion, they're hard to see. Thus, they train their sights on Mara and Minerva and shoot. Each will have to face a high amount of bullets aimed to maim them.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I-I'm Morichika..." His frail voice trembles, but less than when he announced himself. "Y-You don't look like a bandit... What are you doing here? Wh-Who are you and what do you want from us?!" Still, his sword is pointed towards the young girl but Morichika gives no sign of wanting to get closer to actually strike. His legs would fail him were he to do so after all.

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One canon points towards mara, another one points to Kali and the last one point to Minerva. With the canons carefully trained on their targets, a few stones at the base of the pyramid begin to shuffle, resulting in a small rectangular opening. Out of it comes Keine. &quot;So... You're not here to hurt the village? What are you doing here then? Why would you be roaming around the village at this time of the night, on this specific day? It's all too fishy if you ask me. Why are you here? What do you intend to do? Who sent you and what's your relationship with those jerks from before ?! And don't even think of tricking me! I can control these canons from here if needed!&quot; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The cow lies down, winging its tail left and right. It looks straight at Tea with a curious look in its eyes. Could it actually understand her? <div class='edited'>(edited by Keine_Kamishirasawa)</div>

Kali shoots Jinmu. The young man, although his traditional armor is capable of withstanding quite a bit, it was never made to resists to guns. In fear, the young man recoils and falls back to the ground with an elegant back-flip. Meanwhile Minerva and Mara focus on defense. With their guards put up, the canons can't seem to actually hit them. Fate aims to destroy yet another canon, and succeeds. While their attack power is immense, their defense is quite lacking. With her attack, she even manages to create another hole in the pyramid's walls, thus revealing the second layer here too. &quot;It seems you're intent on breaking into the fortress... I won't let it happen! The people here are counting on me ! Ambition sign「General Headquarters Crisis」 Throughout history, many strange events took place. Events that have altered the world; events that failed to leave an impact. Still, if they were recorded, then surely they must mean something to someone.&quot; Once again, the blocks shift, but on a far smaller scale this time. Instead of having each gigantic block move, it is the very structure of those same individual pieces that changes. Now, on regular intervals and on every floor of the pyramid, small square holes have appeared. Out of these holes, rifle barrels protrude. The infantrymen inside the pyramid take aim towards Fate and Minerva and shoot a salvo of gunshots. The two face a veritable hailstorm of bullets. Jinmu, now back to the ground faces his assailant. He takes the scarlet bow from his back and draws at the same time three of the coal-like arrows he has. the arrows suddenly catch fire as they are placed on the bow. The three smoldering arrows are then released to fly towards Kali. If they hit, they have a high chance of burning her, as well as causing blindness for three turns because of the smoke. Burn would slowly sap her health while the blindness would drastically reduce her visual accuracy. The last remaining canon takes aim towards Mara, if only to keep him busy and away from the fray. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tea heads west and reaches the edge of the wood. There, you find some tools like axes and saws. Just a tad further in, you can see a small hut. If you're observant, you would also take note of the footprints that are scattered all over the place. Lastly, on one of the cut tree stumps, there is a small basket covered by a linen cloth with some embroidered letters on it. <div class='edited'>(edited by Keine_Kamishirasawa)</div>

Mara and Minerva stay on the defensive, but how long can they keep this up? Kali shoots at Jinmu, however, this time, Jinmu was ready for the gun attacks. He managed to avoid two of the shots but still ends up getting hit in his shoulder. Still, this much won't prevent him from pursuing Kali. Fate rushes onto the last remaining canon. with a flurry of attacks, she delivers a beating unto it. In addition, the electricity running through her attack causes this canon to go haywire as well and implode. Due to her proximity this time, Fate would almost certainly suffer from the explosion as well. &quot;So you took care of my weapons... No matter. What you do, I can do better! I am Keine Kamishirasawa. I know all there is to know about the history of this world. And as of now... Your weapons are no longer a part of it ! Pseudo-History 「Were-Hakutaku's Arts」&quot; The pyramid begins glowing in a faint blue light. As the aura grows stronger, you feel a wave of power washing over you. &quot;I have erased the existence of the most frequent weapons of history. Swords, axes, spears and fire arms are no more. I don't think you could fight without them. Just give up and tell Remilia to not cause any trouble anymore. Misunderstanding or not, I won't let you harm my people.&quot; The next thing you know, among your team mates, any one wielding one of the aforementioned weapons would find it to have simply disappeared. Any variants to these weapon families would also have vanished into thin air. Naturally, this only applies to your team, and also extends to magical, mechanical or any other special variants, as the very concept of these weapons has been eaten. Jinmu and the soldiers inside the pyramid are still armed to the teeth. Jinmu who has now reached Kali, swings his spear at the woman's throat and stops just short of slicing it. Any movement on Kali's part would result in an immediate counter attack from him, both from his spear and his mystic orb. The soldiers in the pyramid shoot all around the remaining enemies, as a warning sign. If anyone moves, the next bullet would most certainly find their head. &quot;This is your last warning. Go away, or face the consequence.&quot; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looking at the basket, tea realizes that it's actually filled. based on the form, it's probably fruit or something like it. Tasty. &quot;D-Don't come closer ! I-I'll kill you if you come near us !&quot; A shrieking voice calls out to the young girl from behind. The door to the hut is now open and the young man that came out of it is frail and trembling. He looks no older than 17 and the sword in his hand betrays his fear, as it trembles furiously.

&quot;Remilia?! So you're in cahoots with that vampire !! I knew you were up to no good! You can't fool me anymore!&quot; Swiftly swallowed back in by the large pyramid, Keine disappears as the building comes to life in a mechanical roar. Light gathers within the canons. Before long a big blue laser shoots towards Kali, Minerva and Mara, dealing some big unaspected damage if it hits. While the gathering of energy takes time, the beam itself is faster than the eye can see and will deal some serious damage if it hits, so you'd best be careful. As soon as the first salvo was unloaded, the canons would begin charging anew.

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While the three targets come out unscathed of the initial salvo, they owe their safety to the rapid defensive measures they managed to set in place. Meanwhile, Fate goes on the offensive and attempts to blow up the cannons! One of them is hit right inside the barrel, causing it to malfunction and explode, thus blowing a solid chunk of the pyramid. This does not however cause any debris to fall as the pyramid bits simply vanish into nothingness before it can fall to the ground. As for the other two strikes, their aim was just a bit off, causing some more blocks to fall from the pyramid, but only to reveal a second inner layer of solid sand stone blocks. &quot;So, you won't go away and you won't go down either... In that case I'll have to make sure you can't harm the humans here! Origin Sign「Ephemerality 137」&quot; At the base of the pyramid, the blocks shuffle once again. This time, instead of Keine, a young man, seemingly in his thirties, comes out wielding a spear in one hand and a blue crackling orb in the other hand. On his back, hung a scarlet bow and a few arrows made with wood that resembled charcoal. Keine begins talking again: &quot;It is said that history is like a long flowing river... But who's to say how that river flows? Who can say what truly happened eons ago? Jinmu, protect the land you once governed !&quot; The young man runs up the pyramid, lance in hand, and jumps towards Fate. He then makes a wide, powerful sweep aimed downward at her to make her hit the ground again. Jinmu, now in the air, activates the power of the orb to levitate there. The canons finish charging during this brief exchange and shoot their next salvo. One aimed at Mara, and the other one aimed at Kali and Minerva's Hiding spot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The cow looks at the card with as blank a stare as a cow could muster... Heading west from the patch of grass where the cows were grazing leads her back to the small road that connects the pyramid to the rice paddies. There are some agricultural tools there, and looking closely, it seems like there are footprints as well. From where she is now, heading south would lead her to the pyramid. following the path north would quickly make her reach the rice fields. East, where she came from, the cow still stares at the card. To the west, you can see the rest of the forest from which you and your party emerged. The trees seem less dense there though, as it is the outer limits of that forest. There as well, you can see what look like tools in the distance. What will you do?

&quot;People who came through recently... that must be those trouble-makers !&quot; The woman mutters to herself. She comes out of hiding from the edge of the forest, and makes her way to the barren patch of land. This time, she talks and makes herself heard of everyone. &quot;My name is Keine Kamishirasawa. Given our previous &quot;guests&quot; I don't suppose you're up to anything good. I won't let you lay a single finger on the villagers! I will protect the humans at all cost! Now bring back the moon you miscreants !!! Spiritual Birth「First Pyramid」!&quot; Where she stood, a giant pyramid suddenly rises tall and strong. Even though it just appeared, the stones look weathered, almost as if it had always been there for centuries, or even millennia! Suddenly, the sandy stone blocks of the pyramid begin shuffling, revealing three large canons on each of the four sides. Keine herself seemed to have been swallowed by the giant construct, though her voice remains: &quot;Give us back the real moon or get lost ! We already have enough trouble with the neighboring youkai as is !&quot; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The cow swings its head which causes the bell around its neck to ring. &quot;ringalingaling!&quot; It then follows up with a short but energetic &quot;mooo!&quot; to tea's general direction. <div class='edited'>(edited by Keine_Kamishirasawa)</div>