3rd Pov:
Few Days Later:
Sat in front of the flickering flames was Xicor with what appears to be white mask with an sad expression similar to the ones some of the Shuuki have for their own faces.
He stared at it dully, the idea came to mind when he kept seeing their faces for masks so he decided to do something savage. He found a random and lone Shuuki before killing it and ripped its face off with a dagger made of hardened blood.
He brought it back to one of his hideout before dropping it in a pot of water, over some fire to kill any parasites and other things he can't see.
He kept staring at the mask as droplets of water flowed down and dripped to hard floor below. Xicor applied the necessary things for it to be wearable, even decorating it with some paint he grabbed, giving the mask two black line over the socket, symbolising his lose of his left eye and painting his tattoo markings over the mask.
"With this, I can finally make some progress" he mumbled with a small smile.
Stretching his body, he gets up and places the mask in ver his face, next to him was a almost clear pot of water looking at the reflection of the water, the most notable appearance from his self is his red right eye gleaming in the shadow.
His hand moved to the chin of the mask, slightly adjusting it for comfort, "not bad, I do say so myself" he said proudly, his voice slightly muffled.
He bopped his head up and down to test the masks grip on his face and so far there is only slight movements he'll need to adjust but for a basic mask, it's usable.
He stood up on his feet and walked to the exit, this hideouts exit and entrance was a crack large enough for him to fit through.
The more he grew closer to the exit, his fingers twitched slightly in anticipation. Moving through the crack, the eerie and familiar air of Mato hits Xicor's body as the calm winds flutter his clothing in the opposite direction.
The mask remained steady against the soft attack of nature. Xicor leaped to a cliffs edge and looked around like an hawk searching for its next meal.
His head looked and snapped around, eagerness radiating from his body. Soon he sense a group of them nearby and immediately made a b-line towards them as a feral grin crept on his lips behind the mask.
Xicor leaped from edge to edge before skidding to a stop with his body at an angle, as soon as he stopped he walked to the around a boulder to find a group of them in circle cheering and watching two others fighting it out.
Shuuki may be mindless monsters but that doesn't mean they are entirely stupid, they form packs, they setup ambushes by hiding underground like a trapdoor spider, they can form together to become a bigger and stronger Shuuki but with all these factors of an animal, they'll become predictable.
Xicor moved slowly as too not make any noise and with the wind against him, the Shuuki won't be able to sniff him out, his arms positioned with one above and one below in front of him with a distance of a foot apart.
"Kaichi" Xicor softly said as golden horn with ornate patterns on it, the golden horn began to rotate at a rapid pace.
The noise of the rotating horn caught some the Shuuki's attention as some turn to Xicor and roared at him, alerting the others but it was too late.
Xicor released the horn as it pierced through a Shuuki's chest before going through one of the Shuuki fighting in the centre of the group and another past it, killing three with one shot.
The horn made a several sharp turns before killing an extra 4 before disappearing. Xicor leaped up, dodging a fist crashing down on him. A cursed fist appeared above the Shuuki before smashing down on it.
Xicor's leg was grabbed and he was thrown against a wall. Gritting his teeth he rolled out of the way of a demon attempting to pounce on him.
Xicor clapped his hands together and fired a piercing blood that shot through the Shuuki's head. He quickly disconnected attack and rolled again out of the way as another Shuuki attacked him.
Xicor quickly got up and uppercutted the demon before launching and kick at its chest, sending it into another.
As one of the Shuuki was looking at his thrown brethren, his wrist was grabbed before he was thrown into the sky, "Don't take those eyes off me!" Xicor shouted before grabbing the demons wrist.
Xicor raised his fist slightly before clenching it as cursed energy swelled around, above the demon a cursed fist appeared and smashed into it, the demon rocketed towards the ground.
Xicor's masked face was mere inches from the Shuuki before he disappeared and the demon crashed down on the ground.
Hunched on a cliff with his hands clapped together in front of him, Xicor fired a piercing blood that struck a couple of Shuuki at once.
The demons turn to his location and roared before they began to climb up rapidly, Xicor tilted his head to side as he watched the growing mob climb, "quite persistent" he commented before he formed a another hand sign.
"Ryu" He said as a red Chinese dragon shot forward from Xicor's hand sign. The shikigami floated in the sky as it watched the demons creeping closer up to its master.
The dragon let out a roar before it swam through the sky and before it dragged its body against the cliff going down, eating the demons or throwing their body parts aside.
Xicor's face watched this from a jagged formation, his left knee up against his chest as he sat their with his other leg dangling, his elbow rested on his knee with his other arm supporting him on the resting spot.
"Now I won't be fully alone in this shithole" he commented with a hint of relief as he watched Ryu eat, crush and throw away the demons.
With amount of cursed energy he put in the shikigami its size matches the Shuuki, if not slightly bigger but something strange caught Xicor's attention when the beast eat's the Shuuki.
"Is it growing stronger" Xicor wondered as he sense the shikigami's strength growing with each consumption through their bond, while it's not a lot it's constant eating caught his attention.
"Ryu never had that ability from what I know, could this be an upgrade by the system or some hidden ability it had?" He questioned the anomaly in front of him.
He continued to watch the dragon massacre the Shuuki until non were left, Ryu lick its lips as the tongue cleaned up any blood around its mouth before flying its way to its master.
Ryu circled around Xicor like a dog asking for attention as it pushed its snout into his side, Xicor watched it with interest and amusement. He let out a chuckle before stroking the top of its head, "good boy" Xicor said as the dragon pushed its head deeper.
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[Ino Takuma Template: 35% ]
[Cursed Technique: Auspicious Beast Summon]
[Speciality: None]
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With just two summons used his template has risen a large amount as seeing it, a hungry grin rose up to his lips, "very good work Ryu" Xicor said eyeing the destruction the Chinese dragon caused.
Ryu let out a low growl of appreciation as it rested near its master.
Xicor was about to dispel Ryu but a shattering roar stopped him and make him snap his head into the source of the noise.
Standing on a stone pillar was a Shuuki much different and slightly smaller than the regular Shuuki's that resided in Mato. Its skin is has armoured platings all over it except in area that would hinder its movement, the creature has 4 eyes, all like deep ember abyss and finally a long tail that ends in a sharp tip that occasionally snaps around with anything that touches it from behind. Its stomach and chest area have no protection, with thing being its black ribs protecting what seems like a beating heart.
'A special Shuuki' Xicor thought, he watched as the demon leaped down from the pillar before letting out another roar that pushed back the dust and smoke it created from landing.
Xicor got up with Ryu floating near him, its tail flicking with anticipation of the creature in below it. The demon jaws chattered together as repetitive rumble came out as it eyed the prey items in above it.
The demon made slow yet deliberate movements, trying to analyse the being in front of it. Xicor watched the creature in interest from the experience he got from unihorn and now looking at an another special Shuuki, he deduced that all special Shuuki's are unique in appearance, which made identifying them way easier.
"Ryu" Xicor said without taking his eyes off the demon in below him. Ryu immediately responded by quickly swimming. Ryu attempted to clamp its jaws around the Shuuki's arm but the demon blurred away and appeared behind Ryu before grabbing its tail.
The demon spun Ryu around and around several times before throwing him at a wall, Ryu let out a cry but its neck was grabbed and smashed against the wall before the Shuuki started to drag the dragon against the rock.
Xicor remained where he is, watching the one-sided fight, "it's got a lot of speed, I'll give it that" he commented before his form vanished.
The demon continued to drag Ryu against the rocky wall before throwing the dragon aside but Ryu managed to wrap its tail around the demons wrist before head butting the demon as both recoiled from the impact.
Ryu managed to recover faster as he clamped its jaws into the demons shoulder and throwing it violently against a wall on the opposite side of a ravine.
The Shuuki pushed some of boulders that fallen on it aside before it brought up its arm to block an arrow tipped beam of blood.
On a nearby ledge, crouched on it was Xicor with hands clapped together. Growling, the demon was about leap at Xicor but Ryu smashed into its chest causing it to let a pain cry.
The claws of Shuuki extended and slashed down on the shikigami, gritting its teeth through the pain, Ryu grabbed the demons wrist and rapidly swim up in the sky.
Xicor moved under them on the ground before shifting his arms and hands up to point at the Shuuki, "Kaichi" he softly said as the golden horn swirled and waited to be fired.
The red dragon continued to fly up as the Shuuki punched and slashed with its other arms but Ryu tightened its hold in attempt to distract itself from the pain.
Once it was at a sufficient height, Ryu sharply turned to face the ground and throw the demon down. The Shuuki rocket towards the ground but as it was still in the sky a golden horn rapidly approached the demon but as it grew closer the Shuuki twisted its around as the golden horn pierce through its right shoulder, completely cutting it off.
Xicor clicked his tongue in frustration before leaping away as the demo crashed down on the ground. Xicor eyed the dust cloud it created as Ryu weakly, yet still holding on, floated near its master.
Xicor glanced at the dragon, mainly its injuries before deciding to dispel it now as it is no condition to fight at the moment, "thank you for your support, rest while I take care of the rest"
As Ryu fully dispelled the demon let a ferocious roar that pushed the very wind back and even forced Xicor to quickly cover his face from the strong wind.
As Xicor recovered from the wind he was immediately hit in the face, his body rocketing back into wall. His body dropped to ground, his expression was dumbfounded, 'I didn't even see it move, was there a second?' He questioned mentally before quickly shaking his head and getting up.
Xicor wiped the blood flowing from his nose before a shift in air to side alerted him to something. Eyes wide, he snapped his head in the direction simultaneously jumping back.
Hunched on a hill was the very demon that punched Xicor, its right arm gone with blood flowing out as it made no move to address the injury.
Xicor glanced around, waiting for a second to show up but non showed up. He brought his eyes back to the Shuuki only to see it directly in front of him, looking down on him.
Every part of Xicor's body froze, 'I didn't even sense it move, what the hell, did its speed increase when it lost that limb?'
His body couldn't stop moving and for first time in this new life, Xicor experiences a primal instinct he had forgotten.
The fear of eminent death.
His teeth clattered together.
His entire body shakes uncontrollably.
His fingers dig into his palm, drawing blood.
The demon, sensing its prey froze, lowered its head to eye level as it let what seems like laughter but that laughter awoke Xicor from his frozen state.
Blinking a few times, Xicor coated his hands in curse energy, the red and black flames responding to its owners emotions.
"Flowing red scale:Stack" he mumbled angrily before uppercutting the demon, he used his free hand to punch its rib forcing back and onto the ground.
Xicor leaped on top of the demon with his fists flaring with cursed energy before he sent a flurry of rapid punches on the Shuuki's head.
One punch aimed to its eyes, second punch aimed for its jaw, third aimed for nose and the rest were all random all targeting vital areas.
On a high vantage point, overseeing the fight is a woman in what seems to be a black and red kimono with gold accents on the shoulders and a red bow at the back on her head, her hair is purple with snakes at the end, the small reptiles follow the woman's red eyes where ever they go and currently, they are on the sorcerer not stopping his flurry of punches on the down Shuuki like a crazed maniac.
"So you're the source of all that negative energy" she muttered, eyeing the human with clear interest.
"From what I've observed no man should possess an ability and yet you do but unlike those intruders and thief's you gained yours from your own home world" the woman said before licking her lips.
"Quite the interesting fellow you are, I can't wait to meet you" the woman said, making no move to leave yet she did lean forward slightly to get a better angle on the fight.