Bloom 700 Terrabe
An explosion somewhere in the village shook Sahn's tent and woke him from a restful sleep. The last eighteen blooms training with Lucian honed Sahn's body, senses, and abilities to their peak although it didn't do much to change his carefree disposition, even he didn't appreciate being woken up abruptly. With an early morning sluggishness he dressed and made his way out his tent. He emerged to find the village covered in a blanket of smoke and flames. With a deep annoyed sigh he phased into the astral plane. Once there he took a deep breath and held it then returned to the material and blew out a breath of not-air that doused the flames and pushed the smoke and anything not heavy enough to withstand the force out of the village. With the smoke gone he saw foreign soldiers engaged in skirmishes with his fellow villagers throughout the village. His sluggishness waned as his excitement at the prospect for battle grew. Unable to restrain himself he rushed towards the closest battle.
A young villager was covered in blood holding his own against two soldiers, a third soldier laid lifeless at his feet. One of the soldiers lunged at the boy with his spear, the boy with only a knife parried the thrust, got in close and plunged the knife into the soldier's neck. As he was dying the soldier grabbed the boy and held him in place so his ally could finish him. Before he could, Sahn leapt over the remnants of a campfire, gripped the second soldier's face and slammed him into the ground cracking the soldier's skull then he proceeded immediately to the next fight. The young villager finished his kill and wiped the blood and dirt out of his eyes. Exhausted he flipped one of the benches upright and sat down.
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A man covered in tattoos held five soldiers at bay while non-combatants made their way to safety. In his right hand he clutched a white light in the shape of a whip. The soldiers surrounded him and one of them went in for the attack but the man stiffened the light and it pierced the advancing soldier's chest. The light went slack once again and the man flung the soldier into another detaching the light from him in the process. Two more soldiers charged the man but he used the light whip to slice through both of them in two swift motions. The last soldier raised his spear and charged, the man flung the light into the soldier's collar bone and yanked him into the dirt. Sahn arrived to the scene late and nudged disappointingly one of the soldiers with his foot. The man shrugged and gestured over to the edge of the village, Sahn nodded and darted off.
A woman armed with a saber and a shield swiftly cut through a trio of soldiers adding to the twenty-five invader corpses behind her. She pulled her blade from a felled soldier and rushed for the next approaching group. She engaged five at once while further away three enemy archers knocked their bows and waited for their captain to give the command to fire, but it never came. The archers turned to see Sahn standing where their captain was and fired at him but the arrows unable to pierce his skin simply ricocheted off of him. They turned to run but the woman warrior was behind them and Sahn watched with a wide grin as she beautifully dealt with them.
Sahn walked through the village looking for any that needed help when he came upon the body of one of the invading soldiers and recognized the armor as typical Xibalban battle armor. Confused as to why his friends would send a platoon to attack his village, Sahn ran off in the direction of Xibalba to find out.