The scene showed the Lord's servants who were all lined up like soldiers, some were battered and bruised while others were afraid of them not retriving the relic.

The Lord was angered.

The Lord: You failed to retrieve my relic?!
Neurofunk: My Lord our chances of gaining the relic were 85% but the relic was missing.
Rudechaw: Someone must've taken it away.

The Lord grunted.

The Lord: I don't want any excuses! All of you will find my relic or you will suffer my wrath.
Fayemalice: Of course my Lord.
Dark-Er: We shall not dissapoint you.

The scene changed to the Mundi castle where a coronation was host.

King Daeron congratulated the heroes who helped him defend his castle.

Daeron: Max, you and your team did a good job defending our lovely castle, without you we wouldn't survive.
Max: It's an honor to help out your majesty, it's our job to help out and stop evil.

Daeron then turned to Crow who had his arms crossed.

Daeron: And you Crow, I see you have learned your lesson and you prooved your loyalty by defending the south wall from the army of the Eastern Regions on your own.
Crow: I wasn't alone though.

He looked and nodded at Royal Magus who nodded back.

Daeron: Due to your bravery I here by give you my blessing when you fight next time, you have earned my respect little bird.
Crow: Thank you your majesty.
Lady Meow: Long live Crow!

She raised her sword in the air.

Daeron: Oh and 1 more thing, please tone a bit with your talking, it's sometimes very offensive.

Crow nodded as he turned around and began exiting the throne room.

Kat-Herine saw him leaving and she decided to follow him.

Kaori turned to Max.

Kaori: Hey where's Jozef?
Max: He said that he's gonna try and hide the Lord's sword somewhere so they can't find it.
Kaori: You what?!
Max: Yeah, he wanted to proove to everyone that he can be trusted.
Kaori: Right...

She somehow had doubts about Jozef and questioned his loyalty. Will he be loyal till the end or will he turn on them or join Corruption.

Kaori: I'll be back.

She left.

Mani: Hey can I come?
Kaori: Nah, it's something personal to handle, I'll call you if your needed.

She left.

Lindworm: She seems suspicious about something.
Mani: No doubt.

Daeron then turned to Lady Meow.

Daeron: And you Lady Meow can continue your adventures outside the castle, you did extremely well for all of us there for you have my blessing as well.
Lady Meow: Thank you your majesty, it's my job to help out Max and her team to stop Corruption for the greater good.

She kneeled to him.

The scene changed to Crow who was ontop of south wall of the castle.

He had his hands placed on the concrete wall as he looked at the night sky.

Then Kat-Herine approached him.

Kat-Herine: Mind if I join you?
Crow: Sure, what makes you happy.

She then stood next to Crow and she too placed her hands on the wall.

Kat-Herine: Congratulations, the king likes you now for your courage of volunteering on defending the south wall.
Crow: Thanks, but Lady Meow managed to talk the king into him deciding to give me a shot to proove him my worth as a fighter.
Kat-Herine: Oh, is that so?
Crow: Yeah and when I fought against the Terracotta army, I had fun kicking some stoned asses. But...

Kat-Herine turned to him.

Kat-Herine: Yes...?
Crow: People like you want me to change my behavior, but I can't it's just who I am. And remember when I told you that I only follow Max and only because I want to, it's just she's a great leader and she allows me to do what I want.
Kat-Herine: Yeah I do recall that.
Crow: She seems to accept me for who I am, but you seem to don't.

Kat-Herine sighed.

Kat-Herine: No it's not that, it's just you're too... Umm how do I say it without being offensive?
Crow: Nah, say it. I heard far more worse insults.
Kat-Herine: Well you're a bit hotheaded, stubborn and blunt, but...

Crow turned to eye her with his left eyebrow raised.

Kat-Herine: I think it's kind of hot...

She shyly smiled and Crow blushed but he looked away.

Crow: Wow... Never heard that kind of a compliment in my lifetime.
Kat-Herine: Well now you do.

Crow smiled.

Crow: I'll be honest, you're a good girl who always thinks about the well being of others.
Kat-Herine: And I'll always be there to help out.
Crow: Hey can I ask you something, why do you wear a hood?

The smaller cat blushed.

Kat-Herine: Umm, I'm embarrased of someone seeing my hair...
Crow: Hey there's no need to be afraid of it, I mean look at me I wear an eyepatch on my right eye and I'm proud of it, why don't you show me your hair it's not like I'm gonna make fun of it.
Kat-Herine: Alright.

She then lowered her hood revealing her blonde hair to be at lenght to her shoulders.

Kat-Herine: What do you think?
Crow: You look... Cute...

He couldn't help but beat his head up for saying that word.

Kat-Herine: You think so?
Crow: Yeah... It's my first time saying that someone is cute.
Kat-Herine: But I guess it was worth it.

She smiled.

Crow: Yeah... It actually is...

The scene changed to Jozef who was flying in the air whilst holding the Lord's sword.

Jozef: Where are we now?
Wings: Apparently we've been flying for hours and we passed the Eastern Regions' capital.
Jozef: I can't hold this sword any longer, can we rest for a bit and plus it's nighttime.
Wings: I guess.

Jozef then landed on the ground as be placed the sword on a tree.

Wings: And tell me why are we hiding the sword again?
Jozef: Because besides Max and the others we're not trusted since we're Corrupted, but if we can hide the Lord's sword somewhere and there's no way we can hide it and plus they might trust us for risking our lives.
Wings: Boom boom, it's a win win situation for us and the Pure monsters.
???: I knew I'd find you here.

Jozef turned around as he and his wings saw Kaori approaching them.

Jozef: Kaori what are you doing here?
Kaori: Why did you volunteer to hide the Lord's sword somewhere.
Jozef: Well it's just we wanted to-
Kaori: Save it.

She then raised her sword and slowly approached Jozef.

Kaori: I know your game, you're trying to retrieve the sword to the Lord are you?
Wings: What the fuck are you talking? We told Meow that we wanna get rid of the sword.
Kaori: Trying to trick me I see, well it won't work on me.

She backed Jozef away as he hit a tree from behind.

Jozef: Kaori what has gotten into you, aren't we on the same side?
Kaori: But it seems like you're picking the dark side.
Jozef: Are you implying that you don't trust me?
Kaori: Fine, I don't trust you okay! Ever since you became Corrupted I started having doubts about you. Your loyalty is questionable.

Jozef's wings blinked a few times.

Wings: We told Max and Meow that our loyalty lies in Lindworm and Lindworm is on your side and if Lindworm chooses to help you out then so will we.
Jozef: Yeah, why would I obey the Lord, first of all I don't even know him. Second of all I don't want innocent lives to be enslaved and three... I'm doing this so that everyone could be proud of me risking my life for the good of this Universe...

Kaori then removed her mask and then put her sword away.

Kaori: Alright, you have a chance to show me that your on the good side.
Jozef: Děkuju.
Kaori: But just to be sure, I'll accompany you to hide the sword.
Wings: Fine by us.

Jozef then grabbed the sword and they began walking in the forest.

The scene changed to the castle.

Brock and Mortis who were chatting in the throne room while the others celebrated.

Brock: Dude that battle was intense.
Mortis: You should've seen how I threw Rudechaw across the castle.
Brock: That was you? I thought that Neurofunk chucked him for being an idiot.

They laughed at the joke and then Lady Meow and Ferrata approached them.

Ferrata: Hey guys, how's it going?
Brock: It's going well and-

Ferrata gasped as she noticed that Mortis' shirt had a hole.

Mortis: Oh about that, I fought with Neurofunk but he stabbed in the chest but I easily regenerated my flesh.
Lady Meow: And what about you Brock?

Brock was sweating.

Brock: Me and Surge got tackled to a wall by Gartox, but hey I' m still alive and well.
Ferrata: You guys are sure hard to kill.
Lady Meow: Yeah, you Brock can take a huge ammount of bumps.
Brock: I broke a leg once while fighting some aliens back on Earth.
Mortis: That's something I never heard of nor seen.

Brock then raised an arm.

Brock: Well you haven't joined us by that time. And plus I'm on a quest to find my long lost dad.
Ferrata: Wait you have a dad?
Brock: Yeah when I wss young he disappeared but I still think he's still out there somewhere, I will find him one day.
Lady Meow: Hope you, maybe he's nice like you.

Brock looked at her as she looked away and whistled.

The scene changed to Jozef and Kaori as they continued walking around the Cardinal Forest.

There was a long silence between the 2.

Jozef: I see your silent, is something wrong? Is it that you still don't trust me?
Kaori: No it's not that, it's just I miss my home, the Eastern Regions.
Wings: Max told us that some bitch named Wangzhou took over the place.
Kaori: Yeah, I always knew he would sell us out one day. He's just gonna make the Eastern Regions a terrible place to live as an Emperor with an iron fist, those periods were very harsh to women like me.

Jozef felt bad for Kaori.

Jozef: Listen, I know we don't know about each other that much but you're a brave girl. You overcomed a lot and we accomplished so many great things together as a team.
Kaori: Who told you that I'm brave.
Jozef: Mani.
Kaori: It makes sense that he will tell you.
Jozef: Of course, after all we're best friends and it'll be so hard for us if we seperated.
Wings: I hate to interrupt the conversation but I just wanna point out that those 2 have been close ever since Jozef joined Lindworm, they always help out each other no matter what.

Kaori understood that their friendship was unbreakable.

Kaori: Good for you, at least you have Mani that supports you the most.
Jozef: You know I heard of you guys being a thing.
Kaori: Yeah.
Jozef: What do you think of Mani so far?
Kaori: He's kind, supportive and sometimes comedic.

Jozef smiled.

Jozef: That's the Mani I always know. I'll tell you something.
Kaori: Yes?
Jozef: If you 2 were to be together forever, Mani asked me to be the godfather of your child.

Kaori blushed madly, so much that she hid her face behind her mask.

Wings: Haha, there's no need to hide it.
Kaori: Why did he say that?
Jozef: Because he said you were special to him.

Kaori removed her mask.

Kaori: Really?
Wings: So special that he'd risk his life for you to be safe.
Kaori: Wow... He's so selfless...

Jozef nodded in agreement.

Then suddenly they heard rustling around them.

Jozef: What's that?
Kaori: I sense that we're being followed.

She turned around.

Kaori: Look! It's Wangzhou's bloodthirsty ninja!

Then Kurai Kage came out with a smirk on his face.

Kurai: I guess my reputation preceeds me.
Jozef: What do you want?

Kurai pointed at the sword.

Kurai: Give me the relic you're hiding. Ever since the Lord recieved his first 2 relics, the power of the 3rd one was easy to sense, Jaakuna Hi sensed it's power and he sent me there to find it.

He then looked at Kaori.

Kurai: But then I noticed the little samurai girl was after it too so I had to follow her.

Kaori grit her teeth.

Kaori: Why do you want it? Don't you have enough?! Your Emperor controls the entire Eastern Region.

Kurai smiled sadisticaly and raised his hands.

Kurai: Yes but he wants more, he wants the Lord to kneel before him. If the so called Lord of Corruption wants his relic, he has to ask the Emperor first.

Kaori gave him a numb look and crossed her arms.

Kaori: Wow and I thought that Wangzhou was smarter than to turn on his strongest rival 5 minutes after he took over the nation.

Kurai Kage was angered.

Kurai: You stupid fake samurai bitch, you will call him "Emperor" don't you dare mention his name!
Kaori: Tell Wangzhou if he wants the sword, he has to come out of that little room to get it.
Kurai: I'm gonna spew your blood.

He then charged at Kaori and tried to hit her with his sickles but she blocked the attack with her sword.

Kaori: Jozef, go! I'll handle him.
Jozef: No, we'll help you.

He then threw a needle at Kage but he managed to swipe it away with his other sickle.

Kurai: Your needles ain't gonna put me to sleeo doc.

He then pushed off Kaori and then charged at Jozef but he moved away.

Kage kept trying to slice him with his sickles but when the Czech ducked the ninja hit a tree.

Kurai: Stupid human!

Kaori then threw some ninja stars at Kage but he dodged them and then fired a dark stream from his hands.

It hit both Jozef and Kaori as they hit the ground.

Kurai laughed it off.

Kurai: Now to claim my prize.

He went to grab the sword from Jozef and then looked at the 2.

Kurai: You know something, samurai bitch? You failed to become the thing you dreamed off being for so long, and not only that... You failed at becoming a woman with her own rights...

He laughed it off.

Kaori grit her teeth, she got up and hit Kurai in the bad area and he yelled in pain.

The ninja fell on his knee and held the spot.

Kaori then tried to throw a punch at him but he ducked and tripped her.

Kage then sat ontop of her and licked his lips.

Kurai: It's time to die.

He raised one of his sickles and was about to slit her throat but behind him Jozef appeared and he put a chlorofoam napkin on Kurai's mouth.

The ninja tried to break free but Jozef's grip was strong.

Kage tried to use his elbows to hit the doctor's side but he was too weak and fell asleep.

Kaori raised her head and saw Jozef letting go of the already asleep Kurai Kage.

Kaori: What did you do to him?
Jozef: Put him asleep with a chlorofoam napkin, he should be out for a few hours.
Kaori: After all this time I thought you were untrustworthy and that you would run away when I battled him.
Jozef: I don't do that, I'm there to help out a friend when needed.

Kaori was speechless.

Kaori: Wow... Thanks...
Jozef: Don't mention it.

Jozef's wings yawned.

Wings: Can we go and camp somewhere, I'm feeling sleepy.
Jozef: My wings are right, I feel tired too.
Kaori: Fine, let's rest for the night and tomorrow we'll continue our search for a place to hide it.

Jozef nodded as they head to find a spot to camp for the night while they left Kurai Kage to rest on the spot they just battled.

OK guys, this was chapter 9.

Peace out!