Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1566 1538. Monster Army

Yoshitatsu's goal was to capture Iwamura Castle, kill Saito Dosan, and gain control of Mino Province.

However, Dao San missed the opportunity because he was not wary of his heir at the beginning.

If they were slow at every step, they would be forced into Iwamura Castle and lose the opportunity to maneuver flexibly and extend the battle line.

This situation can actually allow the monsters to exert their greatest combat power.

As for why Saito Yoshitatsu, who had already obtained the position of head of the Saito family and was the de facto daimyo of Mino, still coveted the power of monsters and devoted himself to evil methods and heterodoxies.

As a result, it has come to this point today. After being discovered, they can only use the tough means of patricide to maintain their rule. What else are they going to do after maintaining their rule?
“This is not normal at all.”

On the way, Lan En reiterated his opinion in a low voice.

Judging from Saito Yoshitatsu's actions and decisions, they were all too abnormal.

As a history enthusiast, Lan En knew the views of the Japanese people on the Saito family's patricide.

In normal, non-magical Japanese history, Saito Yoshitatsu was indeed Fukayoshi's child.

However, Fukayoshino was once a concubine of the Toki clan, and was later awarded to the yet-to-be-made Dosan. She then became pregnant and gave birth to Yoshitatsu.

Judging from the timing of pregnancy, it is actually a bit ambiguous.

So much so that after Dosan became the daimyo of Mino, Saito Yoshitatsu suspected that he might be a descendant of the Toki clan, and therefore his father might have been suspicious and distant from him.

In the struggle between power and desire, he was worried about gains and losses, and his thoughts became more and more extreme in the chain of suspicion. Finally, he simply raised the flag of the Toki clan in Mino and attacked Saito Dosan.

However, in this magical Japanese Warring States period, the half-demon bloodline, the recognition of the guardian spirit, and the bloodline of Axiu, who are born of the same mother, are the issues that have the least reason to question.

Simply put: the guardian spirit [True God] was obtained by Saito Dosan from a dilapidated shrine in order to protect "his" children.

And the [True God] is now in Saito Yoshitatsu.

Moreover, the mother of Fukayoshino, Axiu and Yoshitatsu in this world fell in love with Dosan when he was still the leader of the Chuye Ya clan. There is no ambiguous factor in the time.

Why did she rebel so suddenly and resolutely, so that she didn't act like a normal person?

Inexplicably, Lan En's eyes narrowed slightly as he thought, and some vague and uncertain guesses emerged in his mind.

Turning around, the demon hunter saw the spear left behind by the undead warrior who disappeared in smoke after his head was pulled off by him.

Not only is the workmanship of this spear crude, but the dagger-like blade also has obvious signs of chipping and curling.

As a soldier who modestly described himself as 'somewhat accomplished', Lan En could confirm from experience that this gun had stabbed through some very hard and tough objects.

"Stab!"

He stretched out the naginata sickle, which looked like a long-handled naginata, and chopped off the neck of an evil spirit, then Wuming put away the sword with blood gushing out.

"There are more and more monsters. This means that the direction we are tracking is correct, right?"

"This is really troublesome, meow!" Flannel Ball also sheathed his two swords behind him, "These monsters are too scattered! If there was an obvious formation, we would have been able to identify them a long time ago, meow!"

If you are tracking a small, organized and well-formed force, then of course you can catch its tail and know the general trend of the army.

But the monsters that Lan En and his team faced had no discipline or rules, and were scattered and very scattered.

So much so that they were only now able to tell which path they were taking by the changes in the density of the monsters.

Moreover, Saito Yoshitatsu had a large number of troops. If we counted the 18,000 people she claimed, they would be everywhere.

Advancing in sections according to the troop's marching plan would be even more confusing for those who don't know much about it.

It is possible that they are surrounded on the big map and think they are exploring the outer circle.

But fortunately, for the time being, it seems that there is no one in this land who knows more about this than Lan En.

“We can speed up the process.”

Lan En kicked up the spear under his feet, grabbed it in his hand, looked at it, and then threw it away casually, speaking in a low voice.

"." Ah Xiu looked at him in confusion.

And Lan En just responded calmly: "Follow me."

After saying that, he started moving.

The three people and the cat all had plenty of physical strength, and most of the monsters that fell behind the team were insignificant.

With the martial arts of this world's control and recovery skills for physical strength, they are even still in their prime.

This time, Lan En took the lead and cleverly avoided most of the monsters.

Only occasionally you'll run into a few evil spirits and undead warriors.

After a period of exploration, he and Mentos had collected enough data to construct a movement model of this monster army.

Now, he will move directly sideways, first cutting off the main direction of the army's movement, and then in a parallel posture, chasing directly from the periphery all the way to the source!

Breaking away from the mainstream of the monster army would greatly increase the speed.

Ah Xiu and Wu Ming were surprised to find that they actually kept turning left and right, but on the road they could only hear a bunch of creepy roars of monsters for no apparent reason, but they couldn't encounter them head-on!
It seems like we are very close, but we just pass by each other and never meet.

They were surprised at how Lan did this, after all, they were together before. People cannot imagine what it would be like if they had knowledge that they don't have now.

They were both surprised, but the fluff ball was much better. After all, it had seen a lot of the world with Lan En.

But they were surprised that Lan En, who had received the same information as them, seemed to have grasped the situation of the other side.

Lan En was still dissatisfied with his reaction speed.

The terrain here did not offer a wide field of vision, and he did not have the skills to compensate for that shortcoming.

If there were a satellite, it would only take a moment to do the job, but here he has to run for several hours.

Worst case scenario, if Cassandra and her eagle Ikaros were here, with their connected vision, the job would be done in a few minutes.

All I can say is that everyone has flaws and strengths.

On the path parallel to the army of monsters, the trees have not yet been contaminated by the evil spirit and are not as weird and creepy.

But the branches and leaves scraping against the body and armor still made a rapid "rustling" sound.

Without detection and interference, the mobility and super physical strength of the three people and one cat are fully revealed!
After moving at high speed for more than an hour, they finally found a small hill.

From here, you can observe the forefront of this monster army with a more comprehensive view.

And when Lan En led two other people and a cat here, they indeed saw the army of monsters in full view.

"This is..." Wuming pushed the evil ghost mask on his face to his forehead in a daze, and the corner of his mouth with a beauty mole opened subconsciously, "What?!"

It was almost night, and the light of dusk shone from the sky, a warm red and yellow color. Even the pine tree on the top of the hill seemed to have more vitality under this light.

But below the hillside, a filthy and terrifying army was marching noisily!
The demonic atmosphere created by the gathering of too many monsters turned into gloomy black smoke, turning the frontier area where the monsters were densest and most concentrated into moving [permanent darkness]!
Looking from the outside into [Eternal Darkness], everything turned into a dead grayish-white hue, with blood-red red spider lilies blooming and falling on the ground.

The warm-toned dusk must have looked completely blood red from inside.

The ape ghosts, wrapped in the remaining pieces of cloth, howled and walked with the gait of monkeys, holding the spears in their hands.

The demons still wore parts of the armor they once wore as humans, but the main parts of the armor had mostly been torn and scattered by the swollen muscles.

There is also the [Wet Woman] whose lower body is like a giant green python, but the upper body is that of a woman with disheveled hair.

There are also various monsters with strange shapes, but they all have red eyes.

Among these common tall monsters, there are hungry ghosts, undead warriors, the one-eyed monk with a long tongue, the poisonous slime that wriggles like a ball of green jelly, and some unknown creatures that look like ordinary foot soldiers. There are also many small monsters in between.

A bunch of monsters of all shapes and sizes gathered together would surely be noisy and chaotic.

In just the short time they saw it, Lan En and the others found that many ape ghosts were torturing the short hungry ghosts, and would basically torment them until they died.

When a demon or ghost sees a weak monster that is blocking its way, it will just chop it with its sword.

This is already the forefront of this monster army. In theory, it should be the most concentrated and most organized place.

However, as it moved forward, it was still pulled into a fan shape, becoming more and more scattered and chaotic as it went further back.

In such chaos and with the monsters howling non-stop, only faint, rustling sounds could be heard due to the darkness.

Under the bloody light, it looks even more eerie and sinister.

The so-called "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" scroll is probably just like this.

The true forefront of the entire monster army was now exposed to Lan En and his team.

It was a huge, strange snake!
There are huge iron horns on the snake's head, and golden spirit stones are piled on the horns.

Because the life behind it is too long, it has been covered with some soil and vegetation is growing on it.

It stood up and swam its body, and two other slender black snakes with red eyes grew out from both sides of its body like swimming arms.

It seems to be the core of the mobile [Eternal Darkness] where this chaotic evil energy gathers.

And further in front of it are two modified car frames.

The one pulling the cart is a giant monk. The area of ​​the cart has been greatly expanded, and the wheels are even two monsters called Wheelindo!
The towering golden crystals piled up like hills emit a dreamy glow without any concealment.

——That is an extremely large amount of [Spirit Stones]!
Several warriors and Yin-Yang masters looked around vigilantly in the empty space on the frame, guarding the spirit stone.

Among them, the Onmyoji continued to cast spells, apparently to prevent the attraction of the spirit stone from driving the monster crazy.

A person dressed as a shrine maiden was standing on the hill of sacred stones, dancing Kagura, as if to enhance the soothing effect of the spell.

On the other cart, there were also piles of swords, spears, and bows.

"really."

While Wuming was still in a daze, Lan En suddenly murmured something.

Then he turned around and asked the two demon hunters.

"Do you know the leading snake-shaped monster?"

Both shook their heads.

(End of this chapter)