The Warrior of Love

Shaking his head to drive away the distracting thoughts in his mind, Jiang Liu sighed: Even if we are not related by blood, she is still my sister, I cannot have any bad thoughts about her.

But on second thought, there seems to be an old saying that good things should be kept in the family.

"Drip drip!"

A sudden electronic sound interrupted Jiang Liu's thoughts, and a slightly hurried male voice came from Lixiang's watch.

"Ritsuka, Mashu, Rider, there are multiple magical reactions to the southeast of you. It seems that someone is fighting."

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"Ahhh! My hand! My hand!"

"Damn, is this guy a monster?"

"Don't be afraid, we are many, let's go together!"

"Just a human!"

The chaotic battlefield was in a mess. The corpses of monsters in various strange shapes fell to the ground, the smelly blood soaked into the soil, and the scattered internal organs were piled up randomly. It looked like hell.

In this hell, there were about a dozen monsters left, forming a circle and trapping someone.

However, even though they had the advantage in numbers, they were more nervous than the person who was surrounded.

This is not surprising. Just looking at the corpses of their companions who were hacked to death by the other side, the monsters felt a chill in their hearts.

"No, we will all be killed if we continue like this. Go notify the commander-in-chief and tell him that we have found the target."

A monster that looked like a giant wheel with will-o'-the-wisp fire wrapped around its body gave orders to his subordinates.

"This guy is so powerful, he must be the one predicted by the Lord!"

"Hey, you guys aren't going to fight anymore?"

The man standing in the middle of the Shura Field suddenly said, "I didn't start this battle, but now that it has begun, you must take responsibility and fight me to the end."

With a graceful flick of his wrist, the long and slender wild sword splashed blood. The young warrior in the elegant navy blue kimono smiled gently, but this smile made the monster leader shudder.

Monsters eat humans, not just to fill their stomachs, but also out of a desire for the devil in their bodies. The more they are attracted to human flesh and blood, the faster they will degenerate, and the stronger they will become.

After being assigned to guard the earth veins in this uninhabited place, the many monsters here have not eaten fresh human flesh for a long time. Their bloodthirsty desire has been magnified to the extreme, and some guys with poor self-control have even become mentally ill and started to self-harm.

In this case, if you encounter a lone human in the wild, would you hesitate? Of course you would rush over and eat him up!

However, as soon as the battle began, these monsters knew they had hit a wall.

The warrior in front of him was undoubtedly just a human being. Although he was much stronger than ordinary people, there were still many monsters who were stronger than him. Logically, they should have won quickly with their overwhelming numbers, but in fact they were killed continuously, and the casualties soon exceeded half. The remaining few were all frightened and woke up from their bloodthirsty state.

"Are you a demon exorcist?"

Ancient Japan was a world where demons, gods and ghosts were mixed together. Many of the so-called "eight million gods" were based on demons. Against this background, it was natural that there would be existences that specialized in exorcising evil spirits.

Some are abnormal people who have inherited non-human blood, some are monks who have developed targeted technologies, and some are priestesses who are born with the ability to exorcise demons... Most of them are passed down in the form of families, and have been active in the dark to fight against evil spirits.

We can trace our history back to the mythical Minamoto no Raikou, and more recently there are the four great demon-exorcist families whose bloodlines are still passed down to the modern day. These people often appear in history.

In a sense, they can be considered as a self-protection mechanism created by the human race to fight against malice.

Different from the Western magic system, the demon exorcists in the Far East mainly rely on talent, and there are quite a lot of people with special abilities.

As for the other side of the sea, the situation in that great Eastern country is different. It is more systematic than the chaotic Far East. It is no longer limited to family inheritance and even has institutions similar to "schools".

Of course, this all happened a long time ago. Human lifespan is very short, and human society changes very quickly. However, in just a few thousand years, those special groups have almost completely disappeared.

Now is the Edo period, which is supposed to be a time when demons and exorcists all hide from the world. After being summoned to this era by the "master", the monsters found that the humans here are indeed very weak and there are no perverted characters like the Four Heavenly Kings of Raiko. So they felt that they had arrived in paradise and became more loyal to the "master".

However, it now seems that this paradise is not completely without danger... At least, the warrior in front of him is one of them.

"Exorcise the demon? No, no, no, I am just a simple wild man."

The warrior said calmly, "I have lived in the mountains all my life, and have no other hobbies except swinging my sword every day. Although I have achieved nothing, I have no worries.

Originally, my destiny was to live a meaningless but fulfilling life like this, but recently the world has changed so much that even in the deep mountains where I live, a...

Out of curiosity, I also wanted to travel in the world, but the result was just like the calamity described in the Buddhist scriptures, and the degree of tragedy was really heartbreaking. "

"Are you saying that you are not a demon slayer, but just an ordinary samurai?"

"Yes."

"What a joke!"

The wheel-like monster leader became angry: "How could a mere warrior kill so many of our companions? Without the blessing of Buddha's light or demonic power, ordinary swords and knives can't hurt us at all!"

"Oh, Your Excellency seems very excited, as if being injured by me is something unbelievable."

The young warrior was puzzled. "But there's nothing strange about that. You're not a ghost, a cloud, or anything like that. You're just a man-eating monster. Since you're a real thing, why can't I cut you off?"

"you--"

Zheng!

The clear sound of a sword rang out, and a thin line suddenly appeared on the monster leader's body. The samurai had come close to him without him knowing, and a wisp of will-o'-the-wisp fire was stained on his exaggeratedly long wild sword.

The leader's body stiffened, and his wheel-like body was swallowed by the uncontrolled ghost fire, and soon turned into a ball of ashes.

"The boss is dead!"

"Run! Go back and tell the boss's boss about this!"

"Woo, this human is so scary..."

"Let's go eat other humans..."

Looking at the fleeing monsters, the warrior frowned. Although he had great swordsmanship, he was still a human being after all. He could not snipe so many fleeing monsters at the same time, and it was even more impossible to hunt them down in the mountains and forests.

However, at this moment, the sound of wind was heard, and three figures rushed out at the same time, each guarding one side to block the monsters' retreat.

It was none other than Mashu holding the shield, and Jiang Liu controlling the demon armor and acting separately!

Chapter 108: Tengu Attacks

"what!"

Jiang Liu swung his sword to kill a kappa-like monster, then looked around and found that the battle was almost over.

Although Mashu is a defensive type, her muscle strength alone is enough to deliver a heavy blow that crushes the monsters' bones. It is not difficult for her to deal with these monsters that are not even at the sub-dragon level. In addition, with the swordsman wielding the wild sword and the demon armor, all the monsters were quickly killed without letting a single one escape.

After taking a look at the demon armor that turned into a big sword on his right wrist, Jiang Liu nodded with satisfaction.

This is another way to use the armor besides wearing it yourself. Before it was subdued, it had already shown a considerable degree of combat instinct. Even though it had no IQ, it had no problem just following combat instructions.

In addition, if it is remotely controlled with mental power, Jiang Liu will be like having an extra body, and can fight on two fronts, which is extremely convenient.

The only pity is probably the issue of combat effectiveness.

The original Demon Armor was said to be comparable to ancient weapons called "Ares".

In fact, if a warrior with strong physical skills wore an armor that could fight head-on with the mecha Kronos, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he could be the strongest single soldier.

However, Jiang Liu was not the orthodox inheritor of Amazon O Lily, and did not know the correct way to subdue this armor. He could only forcibly beat it back to its original form, which damaged a lot of the basic attributes of the armor. Moreover, the time it had been in Jiang Liu's body was still short, and it had not had time to fully grow.

Now, Jiang Liu can probably reach the level of a top three servant with excellent attributes when wearing the armor, and the average attribute of the armor itself is only "CB", which is not weak, but it is nothing in front of a real wall-hanging heroic spirit.

It's not that Jiang Liu is weak, nor that the Demon Armor produced in "One Piece" is of poor quality, but that Type-Moon is originally a deep water area.

Let's not talk about Tsukihime, Mayo and Sora-kyō who are involved in various background characters. As for the Fate series, it's still okay in the original Fate story, but in the FGO world line, all kinds of monsters and servants don't look at attributes when fighting, they only look at the concept of restraint...

However, hot-blooded anime such as "One Piece" and "Naruto" happen to focus on attributes and believe in "the stronger the power, the more powerful the opponent", and rarely involve the scope of concepts. It can be said that they are incompatible with the Type-Moon series.

Even though Jiang Liu was confident that his physical strength would not be inferior to Lancero Cu Chulainn, he could not think of any means to avoid his Noble Phantasm... This was also Jiang Liu's limitation.

Of course, that is a matter for the future. At least these little monsters in front of us are unlikely to be able to carry out conceptual causal attacks.

【Standby.】

After passing the command to the armor, the dark demon suddenly stopped moving and stood there in silence.

It only has the fighting instinct, but no emotions or logic. It will not hesitate to execute Jiang Liu's orders. It is a good "tool man".

"Oh my, I didn't expect to meet helpers in such a desolate place. I was just wondering what to do. You guys really helped a lot."

Putting the long sword into the sheath behind his back, the young swordsman walked up, smiling and behaving very friendly.

"Let's not talk about this young man for now. I admire the lovely young lady for her bravery in fighting against monsters with such a small body and wielding such a large weapon."

"Ugh?"

Mashu blushed shyly, "No, you're too kind."

"Haha, you are just as pure and beautiful as a camellia. Nice to meet you, everyone. I am just an unknown swordsman, a so-called "barbarian samurai". You can just call me "Tsuda". "

"Mashu Kyrielight, this is——"

"Yuan Shan Jiang Liu, but you can call me Rider."

"Rider? Hmm, that's a weird pronunciation... I'd better call you Brother."

After introducing themselves, Ritsuka came over from a safe place, "Brother, Mashu, is the battle over?"

Tsuda glanced at Ritsuka from afar, his eyes swept across the demon armor who was silently waiting on the side, and finally fell on Jiang Liu who seemed to be the leader.

"Strange clothes, fighting techniques I have never seen before, and things like Onmyoji's shikigami... It seems that you are not ordinary people. As for why the world has become so chaotic, do you know the reason? If it is convenient, can you tell me?"

"About this..." Jiang Liu said with a smile, "We are also looking for the source of the chaos."

The Shura Field, which was littered with internal organs and pieces of flesh and blood, did not seem like a place suitable for greetings, so following Roman's instructions, everyone headed for a place with water to rest for a while.

The swordsman Tsuda was shocked by Chaldea's advanced technology, but immediately convinced himself with "Onmyoji's tricks".

Along the way, Jiang Liu and others communicated a lot with Tsuda. They learned that Tsuda was not a servant, but a swordsman who originally lived in this era. He had been living a peaceful life in the mountains, but this time the distortion of the singularity seemed to have affected even the deep mountains.

Tsuda, who only wanted to live a peaceful life, had to go out and see what was going on in this world.

Roman, Ritsuka, and Mashu from the Chaldea headquarters were all extremely shocked by the fact that Tsuda was a "living person". Seeing him leisurely killing monsters, everyone thought he was a free servant, or else he should be a "living person equivalent to a Servant" like Nero of Rome.

As it turns out, Tsuda is neither a Servant nor a famous historical figure. He cannot have any fame or Holy Grail bonuses. As he himself said, he is just an "ordinary wild samurai."

In this way, the swordsmanship skills he displayed were truly terrifying.

Roman made a judgment on the spot, saying that the young man in front of him would sooner or later reach a realm above the divine realm with his swordsmanship, but the time had not come yet.

Only Jiang Liu remained calm: he could probably guess Tsuda's identity.

Indeed, strictly speaking he is not a Heroic Spirit, but he will indeed be summoned as a Servant as a "Phantom Spirit" with a certain name in the future.

——Sasaki Kojiro (the unknown swordsman).

He is the ceiling of swordsmanship in the Type-Moon world. He is a rare strong man who can sublimate his Noble Phantasm with his own skills without relying on legends. He has even developed swordsmanship that is close to magical phenomena.

He is still a young man, and perhaps he has not yet created "Swallow Return", but in terms of realm, he is already a swordsman who is unmatched by his contemporaries.

Generally speaking, if a human wants to kill a demon, they need to rely on an old sword, using the sword's inherent mystery to fight the mystery, but Tsuda's swordsmanship itself is a kind of "mystery", so it can cause damage to demons.

From Jiang Liu's understanding, Tsuda is now at least in the realm of "gods and ghosts", and it is possible that he will reach the realm of "nothingness" in the future.

As for Jiang Liu himself, he has only seen the threshold of "gods and ghosts" and has not yet crossed it.

Of course, even with a high level of cultivation, Tsuda is just a human youth. He has not yet reached his peak, and no matter how strong he is, he will never be a servant above the average level, and is far inferior to Jiang Liu.

Ritsuka was afraid that Tsuda, an ancient man, would not be able to understand too much, and described Chaldea as an existence similar to the Demon-Exorcist Family. This time, he must have noticed the distortion in the world and came out to correct it.

Naturally, Jiang Liu and Li Xiang also invited Tsuda, and Tsuda gladly accepted.

You must know that since he came out of the mountains, he has seen that the world is being invaded by demons everywhere, while the shogunate with a powerful army has done nothing. In some severely affected areas, entire villages and towns have even disappeared without a trace.

Although he could kill some weak monsters, he was unable to do so and lamented helplessly several times. This time, when he met the Chaldean group who also wanted to deal with monsters, he had no reason to refuse.

After all, although this group of people may look weird, they absolutely want to correct this twisted world and have no extraneous evil thoughts.

Tsuda has mastered swordsmanship to the level of a god, so he has the ability to detect lies.

"Well, let's go to Edo first. I heard that it is the most prosperous city and the key point of the shogunate. If the shogunate is controlled by monsters and cannot send troops, then we will definitely find the source of the disaster there."

Tsuda pointed to the northwest and said, "I was originally planning to go to Edo, but when I walked to this forest, I encountered more monsters, so I stayed here until now."

"Okay, let's go to Edo--"

Before Ritsuka could finish her words, a sense of oppression suddenly descended from the sky. In a blink of an eye, Jiang Liu and Mashu were already protecting her, and Tsuda also had a serious expression and grasped the katana behind him.

"Wow, this is... a big guy."

"Are you the ones who killed Tsuchigumo?"

The sky had grown gloomy at some point. Under the lead-gray clouds, a tall and burly monk soldier with wings spread out on his back was looking down at the forest below from mid-air. A number of strange shadowy figures gathered around him.