Onmyoji, a nobleman in Heian-kyo

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Kousaka Kyosuke said to Minamoto Boya.

Kagura was not with him, because he would need her cover when he retreated later.

If we get surrounded, Ōtakemaru might actually take advantage of the situation.

"Ah."

With a thought, Minamoto no Hiromasa manipulated a demon soldier unit that his cousin Minamoto no Yorimitsu had modified, turning it into an iron plate, and then stepped onto it.

Kyosuke Kosaka exclaimed in surprise, "Minamoto no Yorimitsu's black technology is getting more and more outrageous and exaggerated."

In the original work and in reality, the Demon Army is not only amphibious, but they have even developed manned aircraft!

In that sense, his camera skills are really child's play.

With an enhanced sense of perception, the Oni soldiers following Minamoto no Hiromasa were all wielding giant swords and flying... It really felt like a sudden change in the art style.

"Heh, Kyosuke." Ootakemaru, standing at the bow of the ghost ship, chuckled arrogantly, his golden pupils calm and undisturbed, devoid of any superfluous emotion.

When Kousaka Kyosuke met Ōtakemaru's gaze, he felt a chill run down his spine.

From the beginning, he realized that Ōtakemaru was a formidable opponent, no less so than Minamoto no Yorimitsu.

On the one hand, there was indeed a scheme involved.

On the other hand, their fighting integrity is really not reassuring; I suspect they'll resort to sneak attacks just like him.

This naturally made Kyosuke Kousaka wary.

"And they were hardly affected by emotions. Didn't they say they considered the Suzuka clan members as family? So many people died and they're still so calm."

This naturally terrified Kousaka Kyosuke.

He dislikes opponents who can control their emotions.

This means that I can only fight him seriously, and I have to be constantly aware of all kinds of schemes.

Fortunately, the battle was commanded by Seimei and Minamoto no Yorimitsu, so he didn't need to use his brain.

Even if he were to use his brain, he wouldn't be able to come up with any good solutions.

However, now seems like the time to have a proper conversation, so let's stall for a bit.

“Ootakemaru, I don’t know why you want to harm the yokai in various places. Even if you have a problem with Kyoto, those yokai are innocent, aren’t they?”

Kyosuke Kosaka tried his hand at verbal persuasion to see if he could improve his eloquence.

Ōtakemaru scoffed: "What are the rules for survival in this world? Isn't it just the survival of the fittest? Isn't that how it is in the human world and the demon world?"

Kyosuke Kosaka immediately retorted without hesitation:

"All things in the world follow the principle of Yin and Yang. The strong maintain order, while the weak lay the foundation for the world. Without order, the strong will act recklessly, just like you, and the world will descend into chaos, whether it be humans or monsters!"

Ōtakemaru was right.

That's almost certainly correct.

However, no one would agree with what Ōtakemaru did.

Yes, Minamoto no Hiromasa's temper exploded!

"Whether human or demon, I will never stand idly by and watch an innocent being die before my eyes. I cannot condone your dogmatic survival of the fittest and your actions!"

As he himself said, Minamoto no Hiromasa held the most basic goodwill towards both humans and yokai.

I feel a deep disgust for Ōtakemaru's practice of blood sacrifice.

His hostility was enough to make him kill without any hesitation.

"They speak so grandly, but what they do... well, the people of Kyoto who rule the world are indeed as arrogant and unpleasant as the rumors suggest."

Ōtakemaru's smile gradually faded, and his eyes turned icy.

In his eyes, it was Kyoto that absorbed the spiritual energy of Mount Suzuka, which caused the spiritual energy to become depleted and unsuitable for the clan to live in.

This time, he came to take back everything he had lost, and everything his entire people had lost!

"Speaking of which, you've stalled for far too long."

Ōtakemaru suddenly smiled again.

Kousaka Kyosuke instinctively raised his long sword to block.

boom!

A series of surging, dark yellow stone waves crashed down on Kyosuke Kosaka.

Kyosuke Kosaka was instantly pushed backward, his figure disappearing in the blink of an eye!

"...Kyosuke?"

Minamoto no Hiromasa was extremely anxious, but he quickly drew his bow and shot an arrow at Ōtakemaru. The Oni soldiers behind him rushed towards Ōtakemaru and the sea monsters on the ghost ship.

Ōtakemaru laughed heartily and unleashed another attack with the same Yasakani no Magatama as before.

"—?!"

Minamoto no Hiromasa quickly tried to defend himself, but he was unable to withstand the powerful thrust of the surging force!

In the blink of an eye, he experienced the same fate as Kyosuke Kousaka.

"Gentlemen, charge!"

Ōtakemaru swiftly gave the order, and the sea monsters, who were already prepared, surged with demonic power, causing towering black waves to emerge.

The giant wave propelled several ghost ships with blue faces and fangs that were suspended in the air.

Cutting through the waves and soaring into the sky, the sound of the tide rises from all sides!

Tens of thousands of sea monsters stood atop the demonic seawater, their roars like thunder.

"kill!"

The nearly eight hundred demon soldiers only managed to hold them off for a moment before being scattered into steel fragments.

Kousaka Kyosuke, already firmly planted on the high wall, smirked, "This amount isn't even enough to fill a tooth gap."

Fortunately, the barrier around the Cloud Mirror was set up.

Let's hold out for a while, then kill a bunch of sea monsters first.

When they force their way in, they probably won't be able to tell that this place is already a mirror barrier set up by the Cloud Mirror.

Just as he was thinking this, Kousaka Kyosuke noticed that Ōtakemaru was approaching at an extremely fast speed.

In a fleeting moment.

A flash of light pierced the darkness, like a vast, cascading Milky Way.

Clang clang clang~

The sound of swords clashing echoed, and the rolling light of blades illuminated the dark night, their boundless sharpness reaching towards the approaching Ōtakemaru.

"Ah!" Ōtakemaru shouted, and the dust that rose around him seemed to come alive, forcefully blocking countless sharp edges.

The strange, magatama-shaped giant sword, with its extremely sharp and chilling light, illuminated the eyes of several people on the high wall.

When Kousaka Kyosuke saw that Ōtakemaru had arrived ahead of time, he was overjoyed—this guy had entered the barrier even before the army!

He swiftly countered with another strike.

Minamoto no Hiromasa fired an arrow at Ōtakemaru, Kagura unleashed a highly concentrated spiritual attack on Ōtakemaru, and Yaobikuni summoned the Peacock Spirit to aid Kōsaka Kyōsuke...

Just then, another resounding dragon roar echoed through the heavens and earth.

A dragon's shadow flashed across the illuminated world in an instant.

Kyosuke Kosaka exclaimed in surprise, "Seimei arrived so quickly!"

"Hahahaha, bring it on!"

A burst of wild laughter followed the dragon's roar.

The unparalleled, immense force once again propelled Kousaka Kyosuke, Kagura, and the others even further, just as it had before.

Kousaka Kyosuke, instinctively protecting Kagura and Yaobikuni beside him, pondered, "Ootakemaru is planning to go all out from the start... He's practically throwing away the power of the Yasakani no Magatama."

bang bang bang! ! !

Like Kousaka Kyosuke, Kagura, Yaobikuni, and his group, Minamoto no Hiromasa was pushed aside and rolled over in a slightly disheveled state, then drew his bow again and attacked Ōtakemaru.

Kousaka Kyosuke instantly released Kagura and Yaobikuni, and continued to slash at Ōtakemaru from a distance.

Kagura and Yaobikuni launched their attacks with incredible speed.

From the other side of the city wall, slightly further away from the battlefield, White Wolf glanced at the situation and continued firing arrows at the ghost ship in the sky...

Seimei, who had just arrived but was still some distance from Kousaka Kyosuke and the others, was located on a tall wooden observation tower.

He gazed calmly at Ōtakemaru, his heart filled with worry.

"From the very beginning, we planned to spend a great deal of resources to reach the heart of the formation in Kyoto..."

This idea is terrifying.

This shows that Ōtakemaru, like his other subordinates, no longer cares about anything.

I just hope that people from all over can gather together soon.