Reminder: The first part of this novel is about the first village of Shikari Gakure, I didn't include the important part of this because I'm focusing on the Darks and Actions of the novel. So I only included some of the things about Shikari Gakure's childhood that happens to him. This Swordsman's Era is all about stopping and destroying who destroyed them first. I straight-up changed the sequence of chapter 2 it's gonna be fighting against the Darks and traveling far. This novel chapter 1 is just about Shikari Gakure's childhood but I didn't include all of it, I included only one of them, I'm gonna put the whole story of Shikari Gakure in another novel because it's gonna be long and tragedy.

Date: Æ1264 4, 3

Coldness and warmth combined. It was morning and the sun was so shiny. The sound of the birds chirping blended harmoniously to the melody of the dancing leaves in the trees Around.

Shikari Gakure is walking around inside their house, they're gonna move out after a couple of hours traveling into another village, the north.

He has parents, he's four years old when they live in the Basilaska village, he is so young when they are in the woods in the Basilaska village, the Basilaska village is full of big red trees around it and covering a brick path and there's also a lot of people around and also big houses.

Shikari would miss this place. He was packing up his clothes and standing in front of his old bed with the good smell of the environment and leaves, he's not gonna forget about these things. He was taking his last glance at the beauty of Red big trees and his last day on his favorite bed and house. He closed his eyes and inhaled the scent of the environment. It was very peaceful. The village was peaceful.

His father is at the castle's main office. He's waiting for him to call his name for the horses to give and the bodyguards. He's finally called. He walked inside the main office and saw that the head chief is writing something on the documents on his table. He was a bit old-looking because of the small wrinkles on his face but his dark muscular body boldly shows his activeness. He had his reading glass on while reading a document on his table.

After noticing his presence, the chief raised his head to look at him. He took his glasses off and blinked twice before rubbing his eyes.

"You got everything you need for today? I tell you it's gonna be a long journey where you gonna move." The chief said in a dark voice.

He nodded. He sat on the chair in front of the chief's desk.

"The bodyguards will meet you outside this office house and there should be 2 horses with them for your family. Good luck on your journey to the north, "the chief gave him good luck in their journey.

"Thanks, chief for the good luck I hope we don't counter anything aside from other men's going to the north," he said.

"Just be careful, outside of this village is full of corruption and evil. Everything out there is the complete opposite of what's in this harmonious village," the chief warned him. "You will possibly encounter strong opponents and the possibility of encountering something you've never seen before on your way. That's why you and your family can't travel alone on this journey."

His eyebrows suddenly furrowed.

"Chief thanks for the uhmm... advice and thanks for the great and helpful info.

He looked at the chief getting more curious but the chief already pursed his lips, preventing himself to speak more.

He sighed and just nodded.

"I have to leave now we can't travel all night", he said as he stood up. The chief nodded and returned to his work on the table.

He went out of the castle's main office and walked towards the three-story house next to the castle. He's gonna be waiting here outside until the bodyguards arrive.

After a couple of minutes of waiting outside the castle. 3 armored bodyguards arrive, " Why are there only 3 bodyguards? He said, "You will be encountering a lot of armored bodyguards in our destination so don't get ahead."

One of the bodyguards gives Shikari's father a light blue scroll.

"What is this for?" he asks.

"This scroll is a key to the front north wind gate. If you don't have this, you can't get in," the guard said

"Ok, I'll hide this for now."

He goes back to his family with the horses, the bodyguards are gonna wait in the Basilaska village gate. They will get moving as soon as he comes and they need to stay alert.

The horses are on their way, 2 horses and his father is riding one of them, this is their first time riding a horse with the whole family so he's gonna be teaching them how to ride a horse.

They use horses to travel in the north where there's a lot of water and fish and other more marines animals. North, the north is one of the most prosperous nations of the three other big nations, but not only are the four nations are big, there are other nations bigger than these four nations, but what the four big nations are afraid of are the Dark mobs and the other Darks, for now, is the well -known name that is strong are the Dark Shira and this Darks was able to kill the leaders of the 4th and 5th armies of the south.

"Middle of the day"

They are now leaving at the front gate of Basilaska village they will be guarded by these 3 bodyguards and encounter a lot of armored bodyguards at their destination. Traveling this far is dangerous.

After traveling a couple of hours, Middle of the night.

"We've now arrived at the Long Dead Dark Village, halfway to our destination," The bodyguard said.

"It's super dark in our way, bodyguards should we be worrying?" Shikari Gakure's father asked. "Just keep moving don't stop there's might be something in our back but everything that gonna happen we got it under control." One of the bodyguards answered.

Shikari Gakure and his family managed to travel half of their destination safely. They see the dead village in the distance that the bodyguard said. Seeing the broken-down houses and seeing a lot of blood In the going down the river, "Dad, what is that village? It's so Dark, and I can smell from here it's terrible" Shikari Gakure asks. "Son that's a dead village. Bodyguards are you sure we're safe? "Don't worry there's gonna be a lot of swordsmans coming in here in any minute now. I also see a lot of big clear paths, It's gonna be hot at any minute now."

After riding a couple of minutes with a horse going to the north. They hear a lot of noises around them, a bodyguard speaks. "They're here! Quick Sir! we're gonna be traveling faster if we don't keep up we're gonna be in big trouble," the bodyguard shouts at them.

Shikari Gakure's father quickened the pace of the horses. The horses began speeding up and speeding up.

They've seen a dead village, dead animals, and even dead bodies, a dead village is a village where no one is living because of an unknown Creature lurking around in it.

After traveling for 3 days.

They now arrive at the north front gate, they now see the world as one of the biggest gate nations in the world, they arrive at the front gate seeing armored soldiers in the corners.

They see a keyhole, "This is where you gonna put in the light blue scroll of the gate to enter the north village please put it in so you can get in" The soldier said that lead them. They put in the scroll, after a 1400-kilometers per hour ride on a horse, they are nowhere.

"Village named North Wind"

A lot of armored soldiers are seen guarding the north wind gate.

There are two guards outside and there on the side of the wall and four guards at the top, they have a barrier in front of the gate but there is a hole in the middle of the gate you have to put something there to enter the north wind village, otherwise, you will be considered a thief or a spy who comes from hidden nations.

His father put in the light blue scroll so they can now get in. The light blue scrollwork the gate is opening.

Shikari Gakure and his family are now walking inside, Shikari Gakure turned his head around and sees that there were a lot of people back then. A lot more horses arrived at the front gate.

They saw a man to their left and not far away bound and surrounded by five guards holding spears and swords. Many people were also around, watching what the guards would do to that man.

Shikari Gakure's family is walking to the side, he's father suddenly stops. He looks at the guy that has been surrounded by the bodyguards.

He touched the man in front of him. "Why was that man tied up? He was even surrounded by high-ranking guards," he asked the man in front of him. "Because that man allegedly tried to sneak in the front gate earlier, he didn't have a light blue scroll so he tried," the man said.

The scrolls are symbolized as a key of every great nation's north, south, east, west, and other more hidden big nations.

His wife touched him and said, "We should leave here, more and more people are coming, lest we be separated, Son Shikari Hold my hand", she said. They go straight to where they are going.

Shikari Gakure and his parents are walking out to get out of the crowd. But they got lost, Shikari Gakure can't wait to get into their new home, Shikari Gakure is so tired and he's irritated, His father is looking for a guard inside the Northwind for an assistant.

He saw an armored guard guarding outside of the castle, "Do you know where's the new houses are?" "All the new houses should be on that straight path you just need to go far north straight that path and you will see a lot of new build houses. Thank you, Sir!."

He slowly turns around as the guard said and saw a lot of armored horses and an army leaving the castle and even the heads of the village, it's the heads of the village because of their wearing, they wearing full-body armor and an army with a mark rank on their shoulder it's a leaf rank.

He ignored them and straight go back for his family and go to their new home, they walk with the horses on their sides and just walk in the straight path here as the guard said.

They see a full stone path and bigger and bigger trees in front of them. "This should be where the new houses are," his dad said as they continue to walk.

The heads of the north wind village know that there's an incoming great danger in the village. But they still ignored it and leave because they don't wanna die, they wanna continue their smuggling and drugs in other big nations, but their foolishness comes to an end soon enough.

His father finally found their new home, it's a really big house with a barn next to it. Shikari Gakure leaves his horse and runs to their new house that his dad said. His father gets Shikari Gakure's horse and separates, he walked inside the barn to feed and rest the horses.

"You should go to the house and make our daughter sleep in a comfortable bed". He said to his wife. "Okay, you should be here before dinner" she answered.

Shikari Gakure opens the door and walked inside, he see the inside he sees stairs up and stairs down, he saw a fireplace on the left, he goes to the fireplace. After a few hours, later, It's nighttime. They got in the village when it was the middle of noon.

The house has a large space inside. The floor was made out of wood and there was a brown carpet that was laid on the floor on the right side with the round table and some chairs. The wooden bookshelves are placed on the upstairs right side of the room and the cabinets are placed on the first floor and the second floor both middle left And there's a fireplace on the left of the first-floor room.

His father and mother first unpack their clothes to the cabinet and are ready for dinner. After a few minutes, the dinner is ready. "Dinner is ready", His mother shouts, both Shikari Gakure and his sister are on the bed upstairs playing on their pillows. They hear their mom. They are now going down, Shikari Gakure sees a lot of delicious foods and is ready to eat.

Before he eats he smelled it first to make it delicious.

His mother cooked a lot and even delicious meals. They eat, Someone knocks on the door, his mother goes to the door and sees his husband, shikari calls his dad and says, dad, come eat with us his father comes in and eats with his family.

His father leaves a few minutes ago because he needs to register in the north wind light blue scroll for free resources in the village and he got a lot of stuff back in their house his father gonna build something for them tomorrow.

After eating Shikari Gakure and his sister go back to bed and sleep with his sister.

"Tomorrow"

Shikari Gakure woke up, he rolled around on his bed, he felt that his sister was no longer beside him, shikari sat on his bed, he saw the sunlight passing through their window.

He stood up, he approached their window on the right side of the room. he opened it and saw a very nice view outside and the sun was so shiny, he saw the gigantic tree and the birds in their nest which could only be seen on the next ground, he also saw in the distance the children playing chase.

He looked to his left and saw his father carrying something, and he was also going to their yard.

He opened the door out of the room slowly, he also went down slowly and peeked first to see if anyone was there or not, he saw no one so he went down, he turned to the kitchen when he came down and he saw his mother and sister cooking and slicing at the dinner table.

He went to the exit door

His mother sees him and ignored him. Shikari Gakure doesn't know that his mother sees him.

He managed to open the door quietly and he ran quietly back door of the house and he watched his father without seeing him. He also noticed that there were Stairs down there.

"After quite a minute"

His father sees him.

He surprises him not even noticing.

His father is building a bunker under their house for when unexpected unknown creatures attack their village when night.