Chapter 699: Sanada Yukimura (Part 2)
Just...
"I didn't teach anything, don't make things up, I just want to collect my debt."
In response to Yagyū Jubei's gratitude, Dorothy shook her head, and finally raised a soul-searching question.
"Have you ever thought about what if the Sanada sisters use your swordsmanship to bully others in the future? If everyone in this world mastered advanced swordsmanship, would those not proficient in it dare not leave their homes?"
Miss Sword Master: "....."
Ah this....
Yagyū Jubei was once again plunged into confusion.
The group continued on to the next house.....
A few weeks later....
"Whew, I finally learned the first sword technique."
Sanada Kana sheathed her sword, wiped the sweat from her face, and showed a happy smile.
"I must quickly share this good news with my mothers and sister, now I can protect them."
The little witch was eager to share this joy with her family, so she packed her things and prepared to leave the hunting cabin on the mountain.
The Sanada family has always been hunters, so they have a temporary hunting cabin on the mountain. She spent the past few days learning swordsmanship here since practicing in the village wasn't convenient.
It's not that she was unwilling to share with the villagers, but wealth cannot be exposed, and learning swordsmanship without a proper source would lead to inquiries from the Chinese Clan Patriarchs, which would be troublesome.
Just.....
As soon as Sanada Kana descended the mountain and looked towards home, her expression suddenly changed, and her eyes widened.
From a great distance, she saw the village engulfed in flames, smoke rising in spirals, and an ominous feeling surged in the little witch's heart.
"Drip....."
She quickly whistled, and soon a massive eagle monster flew over. She grasped the claws of the eagle monster, which spread its wings and sped towards the village.
As a hunter, she naturally had animal partners, or familiars, and this eagle monster was her familiar.
The eagle monster's flying speed was fast. Usually, the little witch asked it to fly slowly, but now she kept urging her familiar partner to accelerate, anxious because of the flames in the village.
While in the air, her eyes flashed with Magic Power, activating the Eagle Eye Technique, and she finally saw the situation in the village clearly.
But the sight made her even more anxious. A group of armor-clad samurai had surrounded the village, and all the villagers were gathered in the central square. The little witch spotted her mothers and sister among them.
.......
In the village...
"Recently, Matsumoto Lord's Manor was slaughtered by bandits, and that Battosai is barbaric. We are here under orders to capture, and there is news that Battosai appeared in your village. Quickly tell me, what's your connection with her?"
A samurai dressed in Great Armor pointed a sword at the villagers surrounded by other samurai and shouted loudly.
"Patriarch, it's a false accusation, we are just honest farmers, how could we be associated with that monster Battosai, we hope the patriarch calms his anger."
Among the villagers, an old woman stood up; she was the village head, and with great courage, she pleaded.
However, before she could finish her words, a samurai next to her kicked her to the ground.
"Our boss said there was, so there must be. Are you questioning our boss's words?"
The samurai shouted fiercely, kicking again several times as he spoke.
"Old thing, confess honestly."
And the old village head dodged powerlessly, helplessly wailing.
"Patriarch, samurai patriarch, we are really good people in our village."
Among the villagers, a few young witches, seeing the village head who usually took good care of everyone being humiliated like this, were also filled with anger, and several wanted to rush out, but their families held them back tightly.
Rushing out was like delivering themselves; they were samurai patriarchs with swords and swordsmanship, how could these mere farmers possibly defeat them, rushing out would just be offering themselves as practice targets.
And the samurai leader in Great Armor saw this, and a smile appeared on her face hidden under the armor.
She certainly knew these villagers were innocent, after all, how could these humble folks be truly associated with the fearsome Battosai, a person so ferocious that even the Chinese Clan Patriarchs were troubled by him.
She was merely ordered by the Chinese Clan Patriarchs to conduct a routine search of the area this time.
Of course, they dared not really search for Battosai, considering the previous horrendous scene at the lord's manor, where all the bodies were cleanly severed in one stroke, killing never required a second cut, it was terrifying.
If they encountered Battosai, they feared that they too would be cut down effortlessly one by one.
However, while they didn't have the guts to search for Battosai, they were bold enough to take advantage of the search under the pretense of looking for Battosai to loot nearby villages, rob some beauties, gold coins, and such, and that courage was enormous.
Tut, speaking of which, there were quite a few beauties in this village, especially those two with the child, a family of three, all beauties, another big haul.
She glanced at the trembling villagers, intoxicated by the feeling of holding power and being feared by others.
Seeing the old and nearly dying village head being kicked to death by her subordinates, she planned to stop them and then take those beauties away on charges of harboring criminals.