Title Shadows of the Silent Blade

ore labored as exhaustion threatened to overwhelm her. But even as her body screamed for re

herself forward with a ferocity born of desperation. She knew that she could not afford to fal

darkness as she struck with all the fury of a tempest unleashed. Takahashi fought back with

shi's defenses, driving him back with a relentless barrage of blows. And then, with a final, deci

er, broken only by the sound of Akari's ragged breaths. She stood over her falle

proud walls reduced to rubble by the violence that had engulfed it. And amids

n of the knowledge that she had done what was necessary to protect those she held dear. For though the road had bee

on the wind, Akari knew that her legend would endure – a testament to the indomitable s