When the comforts of civilization begin to dull our senses, we must never forget that in the beginning, there was war. And war. And more war. Long before there were empires, there were humans consumed with greed and the hunger for power. Resources, territories, information—these were the forms of sustenance upon which we preyed. Today, we call such habits vices. Oh, how arrogant we have become! Are we not still impelled by those primordial emotions? Is the advent of war so far-fetched? But alas, for you to truly understand, we must dive deeper into this land’s half-forgotten past.
There was a time when might was the only law that humankind knew. Fearsome clans roamed throughout the land, seeking amenable grounds within which they could take root and opposing forces against whom they could test their mettle. Given the irregularity of nature’s bounty, certain regions appealed more than others, and dominion over such coveted territories became the spark that ignited the earliest inter-clan wars. These fierce, internecine affairs tended to conclude only when one side had decimated their competition into oblivion, and many clans of story were rendered extinct during this period.
The victors of war, having claimed their territories, often made truces with surrounding locals, offering protection in exchange for access to the yields of agriculture. Over time, certain communities emerged as more dominant than others, either due to numbers or sheer talent, and their rapid expansion would force smaller, neighboring communities to either collapse into their fold or be devastated. When the dust settled, humankind found itself divided into the five major territories that we are familiar with today. And was the bloodshed over? With our lands obtained and our bellies filled, were we finally content?
06/01/2023 June is for Juggin
We made it y’all, another month of OTA, and fresh off the press we have another promotion ready. Leaving behind the opening bonus sadly, we welcome the jugggggg! June is for juggin AKA working hard, so we are making it a double rewards month for every mission completed! Yes we said it's double rewards, now you all can really get into the thick of those builds if you work hard enough. And who knows what you might uncover in the process. AND all jobs are free to enroll no quest EXCEPT ANBU(Black Ops) roles.
Everything went as planned for the genin his attack landed creating even more space between the two, ‘perfect.’ The battle was unfolding in a manageable way, it was clear they had differences in style but Xio with plenty of time discerned those. Dropping his seals and reaching for his back he would grip the pole of his scythe, while displaying a face of furious emotion.
As the man screamed at the top his lungs the white haired shinobi observed closely, ‘samarui?’ he’d thought as the man’s blade was engulfed in chakra without a seal in site. ‘why the fuck is here.’ thoughts that were enticed by this were immense, there was so many possibilities, but he couldn’t go through them all right now. He had to focus on the battle at hand, he wasn’t 100% sure of his capabilities, especially since it had been a while since he scraped.
“Lets see if I still remember this.”
As the bandit took off sprinting in the cloud shinobi’s direction with that devilish look on his face Xio braced himself. ‘breath.’ With that thought he took a sharp inhale while focusing purely on what was in front of him, his visual prowess allowed him to take in this moment a lot different than the normal shinobi. With each twitch, or any small gesture allowing him insight into the man’s plan it allowed him to react accordingly and probably unexpectedly by his opponent he would allow the distance to be cut to nothing. As the man started swing his blade, Xio would quickly evade to the left with just enough space outside of the projected range of his blade while swinging his own weapon in a sweeping manor aiming to cut the mans legs off.
If uninterrupted the mans legs would be disconnected from his body, causing blood to splatter everywhere while the rest of bandits body tumbled across the ground. It was actually pretty funny for the genin to watch, it had been years since he’d been in a real fight. With all the peace that was being preached in the village it wasn’t much need to keep sharp.
“Got damn. I can’t believe this shit is happening!”
Slicing through the bandits kneecaps with his scythe blood splattered everywhere.
“And to imagine, this all started cause I wanted to share some chips… I guess I should’ve probably been a little more selfish.”
Xio would sigh as he turned to the man seemingly dying off, although it was weird he could hear the man forcing a laugh out. ‘What the hell.’ He thought with his eyes still coated in red he could see all of the dying man’s chakra pooling to a central point in his chest.
“THIS IS JUST THE Beginning!”
His voice died out as the chakra seemed to condense into the weird spot on his chest, ‘Oh man.’ This situation was getting stranger by the second; pulling a cloth from his bag he would wipe away the blood from his scythe before placing it back in its holster. ‘I guess, he’s dead.’ With this assumption Xio made his way over to the bleeding man, deactivating his Sharingan he would see the natural color of things once more. On the man’s chest he could see a potent green light in the center of it where all the chakra was pooling.
“Oh shit, I wonder what this is!”
Pulling a kunai from his bag, he would cut open the man’s shirt. His eyes would grow as he revealed an ominous green jewel.
“What the fuck, oh hell na. I’m taking this back to the Reikage, she gotta know about this.”
The jewel seemed to trap all of the man’s chakra, and despite his heart stopping the jewel lit up bright as if it had reached a full charge or something. It was clear he couldn’t just leave this body here, he needed to report this back to his kage. Xio would do a quick patch job on the mans legs to avoid getting to bloody from carrying him back to village, after he was finished, he would pick up the body and throw it over his shoulder.
“Now let’s see what happens. Maybe she’ll give me some ryo?”