I'm a thankful fox in Tokyo

Chapter 314 I test, sky fire?
"Ahem, although it's not nice to interrupt you guys, I must remind you that we are in an extremely dangerous environment. If we don't solve the problem at hand, I'm afraid we will have to stay here forever."

Higashino Yu gave a reminder, otherwise it is possible that the topic will gradually become offensive.

What's more, the current situation is quite bad. There is plenty of time to say anything, so it is better to think about how to get out of this situation first.

Liuli nodded slightly: "Does Your Excellency Ayu have any ideas?"

"The amount of information we know so far is very small. We don't know whether the loop here is triggered by conditions or simply because of time."

Higashino Yu pondered, "Maybe it will take a few more cycles, but the longer it takes, the greater the uncertainty, and I don't know if those who died here can come back to life."

The more times the cycle goes on, the more dangerous the battlefield becomes. In addition, it takes several minutes for me to get to the battlefield from the other side of the hillside. During this period of time, the casualties among the villagers and classmates may be large. Even though I arrived in time this time, many outsiders have died from cannons, bows and arrows, and spears.

Seeing that he was distressed, Liuli pondered for two seconds.

"Sanae and I were sitting in the sedan chair and couldn't get much information. We just asked a few more questions on the way. The general protecting us seemed to be Arima Tadayasu, the acting lord of Fukuchiyama Castle. This swordsman seemed to be very famous in history. Is he the same person as the old man last night?"

"Yes."

Higashino Yu nodded slightly. Since Sanae and Ruri could be trusted, there was no need for him to hide his experience with Jinguji Hiiragi Kagami.

So he told them about the old man who was related to the gods and how Shifan's body had turned into a corpse demon due to his obsession.

"So that's how it is." Liuli fell into deep thought.

Sanae straightened up slightly, moved closer to the fox's head, and pulled his fur, revealing an extremely serious and focused expression: "There are some unusual things when this cycle starts."

"Tell me in detail." Dong Ye Yu asked.

"Not sure if it counts as a discovery—" Sanae folded her armor first, then said.

"The time when the cycle started this time was different from the last time. Last time we were on the road for about half an hour before we were attacked, but this time we were attacked within two minutes."

Is it because of my arrival that the cycle time has changed? Dongye Yu pondered.

"Sir Ayu, your arrival time has also changed. You will arrive faster this time - about three minutes earlier."

Dong Ye Yu calculated the time and it was about the same time when he heard the shouting and screaming on the hillside and rushed to the battlefield. It should be that he was in sync with the people who had mistakenly entered here.

Otherwise, they would appear to be in a state of time suspension while they are still playing their roles, or as if they were performers waiting to appear on stage.

You should know that your current cultivation level is not bad in the secular world. To be able to put yourself in this state, you must be at least at Chun Yuan's level.

It seems that the ghost king created from the teacher's corpse does not have such great power.

When Dong Ye Yu thought of this, he felt more confident and relieved - if the opponent was a demon in the realm of refining the spirit and returning to the void, then it would be a bit hopeless.

Then, relying on his extraordinary memory, he recalled the last cycle and found that the time from when he met them to the start of the cycle was about thirteen minutes.

Dong Ye Yu remembered the time and deliberately slowed down his pace, preparing to see whether the loop started this time because it was triggered by exceeding the scene range or simply because the time was up.

This will lead to two answers. If the reason for triggering the loop is beyond the scope of the scene, then he, Sanae, and Ruri must investigate within the limited range.

If the loop is triggered at the same time, then the triggering condition may be due to the end of the war - just like after the game copy ends, there is a limited time to choose to exit the copy or start over.

However, the people here naturally have no choice and can only repeat themselves endlessly.

Or the triggering condition may also be related to a key person.

Dong Ye Yu recalled that on both occasions, the Normal School was hit by different cannons like a magnet, as if at this time, the other party would be sure to hit the target as long as he fired.

The hit rate of the ancient iron cannons of the island country was frighteningly low, not to mention that the cannon was fired from a distance of more than a hundred meters. The shooter himself had no way of judging where the bullet would fly.

It was very strange that Shifan was hit twice in a row by different cannons, and both times were fatal.

In the next cycle, we must first kill the arquebusiers on the battlefield. There are not many of them, only about 20 to 30 arquebusiers in total. They use the three-stage shooting technique learned from somewhere else. They are arranged in three compact rows. Only a few rows of ground fire are needed to fully cover and rescue the teacher.

As for bows and arrows, I have thick skin and flesh and can block them for him.

Dongye Yu told the two of them his guess. Liuli pondered for two seconds and added some information. Sanae exclaimed in a sarcastic tone, "So Lord Ayu also has such wisdom?"

You look down on foxes, don't you? Dong Yeyu glanced at her and was about to say something when the world in front of him suddenly began to distort and change.
Finally, Dong Ye Yu found himself at the hillside again.

Is this the beginning of a new cycle? Dong Yeyu thought to himself, and before he heard the shouts and screams from the other side of the hill, he ran towards that side at full speed.

"This time it takes ten minutes from meeting them to the start of the cycle."

"The missing three minutes are exactly the time I arrived early. In other words, the war ended three minutes early."

"So the conditions that trigger the loop are most likely directly related to the end of this small-scale attack, or to Shifan's death."

Of course, this is just a logical inference without evidence, and whether it is correct needs to be verified by facts.

With this judgment in his mind, Dong Ye Yu came to the small platform at the top of the hillside and looked down. The situation he saw this time was indeed different.

At the foot of the hill, a large group of soldiers were emerging from the woods to launch an attack, while the Normal School on the official road in the plain had already made preparations. It arranged for the evacuation of women, children, Sanae, and Ruri, while assembling its troops to meet the enemy.

The distance between the two sides was less than 500 meters. The archers and cannon soldiers took the lead in attacking.
Pong pong!
A series of gunshots echoed in the mountains, and the air was filled with smoke. A total of thirty arquebusiers were firing in turns, but only one person from the Normal School was hit, which showed the accuracy of the arquebus.

In contrast, bows and arrows have been a popular weapon for thousands of years. Even though there were not many of them, and the arrows could not even be considered a rain of arrows after being shot, they still killed several people even though they were sparse.

The foot soldiers holding spears did not run at full speed, but stopped to repair the scattered formation after running for one or two hundred meters. The cavalrymen went around the woods to the flanks to attack, and there were even several yabusa archers in the cavalry. Although the Normal School suffered losses before the enemy came into contact, they were not panicked. Many warriors bent their bows and shot arrows at crowded places. Two or three arrows could harvest a life - or, in other words, a ghost life.

Shifan himself sat high on a low horse, and in a blink of an eye he shot down all the few Yabusame knights, and it seemed that they were about to engage in close combat.

Maybe most people can be saved this time.

Dong Ye Yu only observed for a few seconds, then turned into a gray-white cloud and summoned several fire dragons that swirled in the cloud. They flew away with the wind at an extremely fast speed and with a terrifying momentum.

The situation on the front line became increasingly tense, and the commanders of the attacking side slowly came to the designated hill. Although the terrain here was not very high, most of the situation on the battlefield could be observed so that they could adjust their countermeasures at any time.

There were hundreds of personal guards, accompanying men and warriors, and leading them was a warrior on horseback, with a crescent moon on his head and all the accoutrements of the time. He was short and stocky, with his hands on his shoulders, observing the distance. Then, as if he had noticed something, he stretched his neck forward and pointed at the evacuating sedan bearers and maids.

"We can't let those two princes escape. Send out all the scouts and bypass them. We must capture them alive. If it is really impossible, in the worst case scenario, we can just shoot them on the spot."

A warrior beside him looked embarrassed: "Master Dongshan, but those two princes are of noble status."

Dongshan Masanori looked indifferent: "Afterwards, we will say that he was killed by a stray arrow. I will go and talk to Lord Tokugawa. At this moment, it is a matter of punishing the traitors. There is no room for mercy. Pass the order."

As they were talking, some warriors suddenly noticed a strange whistling sound coming from the hillside behind them. Almost all the horses were frightened and were paddling the ground restlessly and neighing. Some warriors began to comfort their horses, not knowing why, while others looked around vigilantly.

One of the warriors turned around and looked at the sound. He was immediately horrified and pointed at the sky behind him: "Look!"

Fire dragons that were looming in the clouds were seen falling diagonally towards the battlefield like meteorites. There were so many of them that it looked like fire raining from the sky. The trailing flame tails were extremely gorgeous. The piercing explosions in the air kept issuing warnings, like the final reminder before death.

"what is that?!"

"Could it be, Skyfire?"

"Did the gods punish me for offending you?"

The mixed sounds of people and horses, coupled with various speculations, made the warriors who were originally confident of victory and were chatting and laughing while waving their hands to occupy the position suddenly become a little panicked.

Nowadays, feudal superstition can sometimes even determine the rise and fall of a kingdom - not to mention that there are real gods, ghosts, demons and monsters in this world.

"Silence! Anyone who panics again will be killed!"

As a veteran of the battlefield, Dongshan Zhengze suppressed the panic atmosphere at the first moment, and then immediately issued the order to retreat. Then he silently watched the rain of fire falling on his own army formation, exploding into golden and red flames. The rough hands holding the reins trembled slightly, and a few more vertical lines appeared between his wrinkled brows.

The precious iron cannon foot soldiers were destroyed first, followed by the archers. The archer general, wearing distinctive contemporary armor, rolled on the ground with his whole body on fire. The foot soldiers' side was not optimistic either, with men and horses falling and the army in chaos.

Only the cavalry suffered less losses due to their speed, but they also ran around like headless flies in the smoke-filled battlefield.

It’s over.

Dongshan Zhengze closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He did not feel frustrated. This defeat was caused by the intervention of the gods. It was beyond human control and it was not his fault. However, he felt an irresistible feeling of powerlessness in his heart.

The warrior carrying the recognition flag galloped away after receiving the order. The many warriors present looked around and remained silent. This raid was probably going to end in failure, so no one dared to offend the commander.

Just as he was thinking this, there was a shrieking sound overhead that seemed to be getting closer and closer. Some warriors looked up in surprise. There was also skyfire?

"Master Dongshan, be careful!"

Dongshan Zhengze's heart was filled with alarm. The horse under him stood up in fear. He simply rolled to the ground.
boom!
Bright golden-red flames exploded very close, and the horrific high temperature made the armor on his body extremely hot, causing excruciating pain. Dongshan Zhengze stood up with difficulty and was about to steady the morale of the troops when he heard a continuous shriek from the sky. It was the roar of flames cutting through the air.

'It's really unfair'

He murmured, looking up at the abnormal gray-white cloud in the sky. The flames illuminated the clouds, and a fox face could be vaguely seen.

fox?

He was stunned, and before he could even recite his farewell poem, he was engulfed by the sea of ​​fire.

Seeing the military flag standing in the rear falling down under the engulfing flames, and the army being engulfed in a sea of ​​fire, some commanders at all levels were set on fire and rolled on the ground, and some were crushed to death on the spot. The morale of the army had already reached the bottom and completely collapsed.

Everyone was just thinking about escaping, and many of them dropped their heavy weapons, took off their armor and fled in a panic.

The samurai and foot soldiers of Arima Tadayasu's side looked at the rain of fire falling from the sky in amazement, but they did not whisper to each other about it. They acted like a strong army with strict military discipline.

Arima Norimune climbed onto his horse, breathed a sigh of relief, looked around, and smiled: "This time we have the help of the gods, we are the army of justice, we have the right time, the right place, and the right people, everyone, follow me and charge!"

Ze Zong is still not very calm and needs more experience. Arima Tadayoshi frowned, first glanced at the place where the opponent's main general was, which had turned into a sea of ​​fire, and then looked back at the two nobles who had run away.

Charge? When Dong Yeyu heard him say that, he was afraid that Ma Zhongkang would rush forward and die in various ways due to bad luck, so he turned into a white fox and appeared above everyone's head.

When the soldiers and warriors present saw this, they were shocked and knelt on the ground, worshipping the god.

"Now that we have repelled the enemy, you should prioritize completing your mission. Remember not to pursue a desperate enemy." After Dong Ye Yu said this, he turned into smoke and returned to heaven.

"God, this makes sense. Ze Zong, protecting the two princes is the key. Retreat."

Arima Tadayasu quickly issued a military order. He had no doubts about the god in front of him - when he was young, he traveled around the world to compete in swordsmanship. He had seen ghosts and wild monsters in the mountains, was entertained by mountain gods, and even became close friends with a god.

What's more, the enemy's command system has completely collapsed, and there are not many remnants left. They have long lost their combat effectiveness. They are now very close to Fukuchiyama Castle. As long as they enter the city, their goal this time will be achieved.

After the order was issued, although the warriors were a little disappointed, they all followed the order, organized their troops to catch up with the nobleman they were escorting, and then everyone marched quickly to Fukuchiyama Castle.

(End of this chapter)