Search for tags pt. 26 - 30

Mission Name: Hunt for the Tags
Mission Type: Search/Combat
Mission Rank: B
Mission Goal: Search for the Tags
Description: The Mugen Castle is said to be permanently summoned as long as the tags are in place. Search the castle for tags, but be careful for any illusions that try to stop you!
Payment: 30,000 Ryo, 1 Mugen Credit
Requirements: N/A
Limitations: N/A

Tadara would emerge on the ramparts of a lower section of the castle. Here was like a medieval siege underway. He found even his own garb had changed to something more fitting the losing side. Here he would have to make his way across the battle section by section it seemed until he could secure victory against the barbarian king. The first level was mere foot soldiers. Charging him as invaders in his home might. However he had been equipped with a shield and sword. He wasn't trained in such weapons but he understood the basics. However he would find a change of weapons shortly. For now he would move through the enemy squad. Blocking hits with his shield and stabbing at thighs. Taking their footing and then adjusting them off the rampart to fall to their deaths. A simple tactic in which he was quick to remove the enemy entirely. The ground below splattered with them all by the time he was done. He would collect a tag off the ramparts watchtower door. Quietly making his way down.

Inside the watch tower he would be met with a man on the way down wielding an axe. Tadara found it challenging to avoid the brunt of the big mans blows. Using the shield first to glances the blows to the side until the hard wood gave way. Once that was done he defended with the sword alone he had been provided. Remaining calm and surprised at the speed of the attacks in such a cramped space. However even as his blade began to crack and crumble he waited. One the sword broke however Tadara would make his move as the big man came in for a final swing. Slipping inside of it and with the mans own daggers he lifted off him in the same moment he would carve the mans organs out in rapid succession and precision. Ending the man thoroughly before collecting another tag. These floors were powerful and testing in different ways but Tadara was not to be underestimated.

The courtyard however was more open. From the moment Tadara snuck out the door he could see the fighting was heaviest here. Men on both sides were dying and fires burned left and right. There were two brothers who were dominating the battle for the other side. One with rapid sword techniques and the other a heavy hammer. However Tadara felt little need for all the distraction. Once more he would prepare a genjutsu. Feathers falling for both sides. Each of them struggling to shake off the sleepy feeling. However Tadara would release a flood of a hundred bees. Letting them loose on the crowd of enemies before releasing his team from his genjutsu. The enemy both drowzy and infected with a venom slowing them down was ill equipped to continue fighting. Tadara would watch as his team slaughtered the vulnerable enemy forces before in mass descending upon the brothers. He never had to lift a finger directly as the two were both tired and weakened. Tadara would collect another tag as he proceeded further in.

The palace yard was unique in the way of how open it was. Tadara could see the two armored horsemen and the three crossbowmen. Normally the horsemen would have the advantage in speed and overrun capabilities while the archers would have the range. However Tadara had seen them first. Which gave him all the advantage he needed. Tadara would slip into the shadows and move through the garden from shadow to shadow. Hiding his presence. Once closer he would release a bee. Letting it sting the horse in a sensitive spot. Sending it bucking and throwing the rider off. The men coming to calm it down before the same happened to the other horse. Now five men gathered to check on the other two. Only to look up as a shadow loomed over them. From above Tadara faced a blast straight down with his palm. Wiping out the five men all at once before landing. Among their corpses he found one working loaded crossbow and one tag.

Finally it was the barbarian king. The man had positioned himself in the throne room. Holding the king and his daughter hostage. Tadara would open the doors and look around. Quietly Having six bees line up on the crossbow bolt and clinging on. The Barbarian king would of course speak of his conquest and monologue. Claiming with his hostages Tadara couldn't do anything. Yet alone use that crossbow. What the Barbarian king had failed to realize seemingly was two things. The people were illusions anyway so saving them held no merit....and Tadara was a sociopath to begin with. So the Barbarian King would finish his sentence and smirk. Expecting his words to hit home in some way, However Tadara would simply state "I do not care." Before firing the bolt. Letting his bees find their way in through the wound. Attacking the mans insides through the bolt in his gut before finding their way to his heart and injecting their venom there. Slowing it painfully until it came to a stop. The Barbarian king was dead. However as soon as he collected his tag....Tadara would leave and skip the illusion king and party thanking and rewarding him. They were just the mission. 

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