A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 53 The Unexpected Visitor

"Axiu, what are you doing?"

Looking at what Axiu handed over, Asai Nagamasa also felt a little surprised.

Of course it's not that he doesn't know these things. Identifying various rare materials has always been a required course for Onmyoji. He just doesn't quite understand why Axiu handed all the soul cores of these monsters to him?
There is no need to use magic power to explore seriously. Just by taking a casual look, he can completely judge from the shape, luster and color, etc. These are different sizes, and some of the luster is dimmed, indicating that they have been stored for a long time. Time has even caused the energy contained in them to lose a lot of soul cores. They obviously come from different types of monsters, and Axiu must have accumulated them for a long time.

This is also consistent with what Tokichiro said before. There is a solitary warrior Hime in the forest who is good at killing monsters and attacking evil spirits. He is Axiu.

Even if Axiu is not an onmyoji and cannot use them, it doesn't mean they are really worthless, at least they still have commemorative value.

Of course Axiu couldn't speak. She just looked at Asai Nagamasa with her big eyes, and then she reached out and pushed again, signaling him to take it quickly.

Upon seeing this, Asai Nagamasa did not refuse, because now he really needs them. Soul cores are not only crucial to monsters, but also to onmyoji. This means pills, magic weapons, and even shikigami, and they Everything is related to whether Onmyoji can grow faster.

Therefore, since ancient times, in addition to demon masters and ghost slayer warriors who specialize in killing ghosts to earn rewards, onmyojis are also very keen on fighting monsters.

Of course, the monsters are also happy to fight the onmyojis. They eat meat and drink blood. In addition to satisfying their appetites, they can also slowly draw some strength from them. The flesh and blood of those onmyojis who have cultivated their magic will Let them get more.

As for who will have the last laugh, it depends on the strength of both parties.

After putting all the soul cores into the damaged spirit-sealing box obtained from the cave, Nagamasa Asai thanked the other party seriously: "Thank you very much, Axiu, these soul cores are very useful to me."

With A Xiu's generous gift, even without using the soul cores of the Sakura Tree Demon and the Horse-headed Ghost, he could almost repair the spirit-sealing box, and the soul cores of these two big monsters could be used for other purposes.

As an onmyoji, the most important thing is of course the shikigami. Although summoning the shikigami requires a lot of mana, and he is still far behind now, it is always right to prepare for a rainy day.

Although Ah Xiu likes to collect things like a squirrel, why doesn't he?
However, being able to accumulate so many monster soul cores means that Axiu has dealt with monsters countless times. How many monsters will there be in the entire Nibon?
Axiu's lips twitched, as if she was imitating their smile, and then she turned around and went to clean up. She was going to stay in the forest tonight, and she didn't want to be bitten by bugs in her sleep.

Asai Nagamasa smiled and turned to work.

After less than two quarters of an hour, he returned home with a full load.

I have to admit that the meat ban is a restriction for humans, but it is an excellent protection for the wild animals here. He walked around a few times and shot two rabbits, three pheasants, and a fierce The wild wolves are not only enough for the three of them to eat, but some of them can even be used for packing.

It's a pity that this forest is not big and there are no real large animals. Otherwise Asai Nagamasa would still want to taste wild boar or wild deer.

There was nothing he could do, his food in Xiaogu City was really bad, and now that he was out, he couldn't continue to treat himself badly.

Just when Nagamasa Asai returned with many prey in his arms with great satisfaction, he discovered that there was an uninvited guest in this temporary small camp.

He was a thin, handsome young man who looked very frail. He seemed to be slightly younger than Asai Nagamasa, about thirteen or fourteen years old.

If you just look at his face, he is almost on par with Asai Nagamasa, and he is the most outstanding-looking man he has ever encountered.

It's just that unlike Asai Nagamasa, the boy's figure is too thin and his face is pale and bloodless, as if he hasn't seen the sun all year round. In addition, he has a pair of dark circles under his eyes due to severe lack of sleep, making the whole person look very unhealthy. .

Although the boy also carries a samurai sword around his waist, his slender arms and figure are even thinner than Tokichiro's. Even though he looks more than 1.6 meters tall, he doesn't feel like he has any fighting ability at all.

But since the other party dared to walk alone in the dark, he was somewhat confident. Even if he didn't know about monsters, the robbers and bandits on the road could also kill people.

Therefore, while Tokichiro treated him very politely, he still maintained a vigilance.

Hearing Asai Nagamasa's footsteps, several people turned around at the same time. Then Asai Nagamasa noticed the other person's eyes at the first moment: gentle and tranquil.

He clearly looks like a boy who is no different than Asai Nagamasa by two years, but his eyes contain the kind of tranquility that only belongs to the elderly who can see through the world and not be disturbed by the world.Asai Nagamasa immediately realized that if the young man in front of him had a sufficient stage to display his abilities, he would definitely become a big shot. No wonder Tokichiro would happily surround him. Even Axiu glanced at him from time to time, as if he was very interested. interested.

What's more, the abundant energy that is invisible to the naked eye but actually exists around the other party is also telling Asai Nagamasa that the other party is also a person with magic, and the total amount of magic power is much more than his current one. times.

It's just that he is a little confused, why does the other party release this energy instead of completely condensing it into the body?
On the one hand, this is very wasteful, and on the other hand, it is also very dangerous.

If it were hundreds of years ago, in Abe Seimei's era when there were a lot of monsters, and he was walking in the wild like this, a big monster would come to him in less than half an hour, trying to devour his flesh and blood, right?
Moreover, such abundant wind energy immediately reminded him of the sudden strong wind in Shisanying Village. Could this be a complete coincidence?
Although there were a series of questions in his mind, Asai Nagamasa did not hesitate on the surface. He said with a smile: "I am Asai Nagamasa from the Asai family. I wonder what I should call this distinguished guest?"

The young man stood up quickly and responded: "I don't dare, Lord Asai, Shimotakenaka Hanbei Shigeharu is from Bodhi Mountain City. Because he missed the village where he slept in the open and was separated from his companions, he found this fire."

"I'm rude to interrupt you." The young man's attitude was extremely humble, and he had an embarrassed expression on his face. It seemed that he was very sorry for disturbing a few people.

Asai Nagamasa suddenly understood that it was him. No wonder he behaved like this.

Takenaka Hanbei, perhaps Tokichiro only knows that he is the son of Takenaka Shigemoto, the lord of Bodhi Mountain City in Mino Country, but Asai Nagamasa knows how successful the other person will be in the future.

Together with Kuroda Hanbei, another man of extraordinary resourcefulness, he will be known as Tenka Ryōbei. He is one of the top strategists in the entire Nippon, and is good at setting up formations, breaking formations, training troops and sieges, etc. It can be said that he is a very orthodox model military advisor.

His most outstanding achievement was that he captured Mino's largest castle, Inabayama Castle, in a night attack with only 16 men.

Although Inabayama Castle was led by Saito Yoshiryu's cowardly and incompetent son after the death of father and son Saito Dozo and Saito Yoshiryu, its wisdom can be seen.

So later, some people even compared him with Zhuge Liang and called him "Today's Kong Ming".

No matter how much of it is the boast and compliment of the world, there is no doubt that his ability is recognized by the world.

It is worth mentioning that the other party later became loyal to Asai Nagamasa for a period of time by chance, and later eventually became a subordinate of Tokichiro, who had become the lord of the city.

With his wisdom and military strategy, he made many achievements. Unfortunately, because he was born with a weak body, he died young before completing his great achievements.

But now, since both of them have allowed him to meet, Tokichiro will never have any chance again.

After putting down the prey, Asai Nagamasa immediately communicated with Takenaka Hanbei very enthusiastically. Even though he was just a teenager, in any case, he was the wisest person he had ever seen since coming to this world. It was very worthwhile. Pay attention to.

Tokichiro, who originally wanted to have a relationship with Hanbei, could only obediently collect the prey and cook barbecue for a few people.

After a simple polite exchange, Asai Nagamasa began to tentatively discuss some military strategies with the other party to further judge the other party's capabilities.

He has not forgotten that this is a world where monsters exist. The past histories of those parallel worlds can be used as a reference, but they must not be completely believed.

Especially since the opponent is now surrounded by dissipated wind energy, it is not completely impossible if the original genius strategist eventually turns into a powerful spell caster due to over-reliance on powerful spells.

Naturally, Takenaka Hanbei would not choose to refuse. In fact, he was surprisingly easy to talk to, and after chatting for a while, both parties discovered something. Probably due to their natural compatibility, they unexpectedly had the same interests.

Seeing the two men chatting more and more happily, and slowly starting to talk about some military strategies and ancient legends, Tokichiro, who was having a barbecue, became increasingly incomprehensible.

While he was envious of both parties, he also inevitably felt some jealousy in his heart: even though it was just their first meeting, Lord Asai was so enthusiastic towards him, completely unlike the way he was when he first met him.
"Tojiro, be careful not to burn it!"

Asai Nagamasa's shout immediately called Tokichiro's mind back. He immediately discovered that the roast chicken in his hand was exuding a burnt smell, and he immediately knew that he was going to mess up.

He immediately bowed down and said, "I'm very sorry, Mr. Asai, I'll be more attentive!"

(End of this chapter)