The Warrior of Love

However, Yamata no Orochi summoned Taira no Masakado and disguised him as Nura:

Rather than targeting the people of Chaldea, this approach was more of an ambush for Shuten-douji. Once Shuten showed signs of disloyalty, Nura's disguise would be torn apart, and the invincible goalkeeper Taisho would jump out and chop off Shuten's head.

Being used as a sacrifice is not a big deal, but if someone is so wary of him, Shuten will naturally not be able to continue working for them.

What's more, turning from darkness to light, restoring order, and transforming from a demon who has done countless evil things into a hero who upholds justice... It's quite interesting, isn't it?

When Tsuda's injuries were almost healed, Arong, who had been knocked unconscious by the domineering aura, also woke up slowly.

Everyone came to the temple to take a rest, and through communication, they learned about each other's experiences in the past few days.

Jiang Liu didn't hide anything, and his experience was very simple. It was nothing more than going to hell after being rescued. Although there were some twists and turns, he finally persevered to the end.

In comparison, Ritsuka's story is much more tortuous. It took a lot of effort to recruit each of these new companions, and it was difficult to put together a team.

As for Ibaraki, although she is temporarily acting with Ritsuka and the others, her own position is questionable. If Shuten also invites her, it is almost certain that this guy will betray her. After all, there is no such thing as loyalty in the concept of demons.

Ibaraki followed Ritsuka because he thought it was fun, and the candy was tasty. But compared to Shuten-doji... in Ibaraki's eyes, nothing was more important than the leader of Oeyama.

The only one who has it relatively easy is probably Arong.

She joined the Chaldean exploration team because she had a wish that had to be fulfilled.

"I suspect that my father was abducted by ghosts! Those monsters that appeared in the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons... I don't know if it's a coincidence or something, but they all appeared in my father's previous works!"

Chapter 144: On Yaqi's Survival Skills

A Rong - Katsushika Oei's father, also the famous Japanese painter Katsushika Hokusai in the Edo period.

This painter, who is famous for his "Ukiyo-e", had a very rough life like many other famous painters, but this does not mean that he was poor and unappreciated.

In fact, compared to painters like Van Gogh and Millet who were not "discovered" until after their death, Hokusai was already famous during his lifetime.

Most of the hardships he encountered in life came from his own quirks. He was a talented but restless person.

However, the aesthetic value of his works is undeniable, and he is even considered to have ushered in an era and is a rare talent in the history of Japanese art.

His influence is great throughout Asia. The famous writer Lu Xun once said that he loved Hokusai very much and believed that Hokusai's style is very suitable for Chinese aesthetics.

——He really said that.

In comparison, although Arong inherited his father's legacy, he is not very famous, and the paintings he sells are mainly erotic paintings... although this is indeed a kind of art.

In this era when the Katsushika father and daughter were still alive, they did not have the fame they have in later generations, and Katsushika Hokusai was just a slightly famous painter. Therefore, Arong, as a person involved in the situation, could not understand why his father was abducted by the monster.

Now that he has found the monster image that once appeared in Hokusai's works, Arong is even more confused.

Jiang Liu, who knew some of the "settings" of the Hokusai father and daughter, felt his scalp tingling and made up his mind to conquer this singularity as soon as possible.

This isn't cowardice, it's just... just in case.

If something really happens to move around or reduce SAN points, Jiang Liu might have no choice but to run away with his men.

"The longer the night, the more trouble we have. We can't put it off any longer!"

After taking Shuten-douji as a companion, the Chaldean group began to plan a battle plan to defeat the Yamata-no-Orochi.

"Don't think about it, we have more people, we can just attack with a single attack and win..." - No one mentioned such stupid words.

If it were so easy to deal with Yaqi, it wouldn't have become a boss-level monster in ancient Japanese mythology.

The Yamata-no-Orochi is also known as "Ibuki Daimyojin", but the aspect of it being a mountain god was gradually added during the evolution of later legends. In the beginning, it was just a demon god born from natural concepts and the earth's veins.

It lurks in the country of Izumo and can control the tides and storms at will. Its body is as tall as a mountain, and it has a strange shape with eight heads and eight tails. Each head is as tall as a mountain, and each tail can fill the valley.

Pus and blood flow from its abdomen, polluting the earth, and moss and trees grow on its back. It is a monster that has been highly assimilated with the land.

According to legend, even Susanoo, the main god, could not kill it head-on. He had to trick it into falling asleep and then kill it with the "Ame-no-Habakiri".

Such a monster has already surpassed the level of ordinary mythical beasts. Even the world-famous evil dragon like Fafnir cannot be compared with it. It is closer to the positioning of the Bull of Heaven in Sumerian mythology.

It is not necessarily true that Yaqi can rival the Bull of Heaven.

At the very least, Yaki is slightly inferior in divinity. It is the king of demons who is more devilish than divine and was born as the enemy of heroes.

However, since we are fighting on home soil, we must not underestimate the dragons and snakes that are closely connected to the earth's veins!

Even though it is sealed up now and is almost paralyzed, it must never underestimate the enemy!

"That's about it." Jiang Liu told about his previous encounter with the Yamata no Orochi.

"Ritsuka used up all of his Command Seals to allow me to activate my Noble Phantasm, but I was only able to perish along with one of Yaki's heads. If we want to kill Yaki, even though we are very strong now, we can't just rely on brute force."

"Father has already repaired that little injury."

"His head has fallen off!" Ritsuka felt a little sorry.

"There's nothing to be surprised about. This is just one of the Eight-Headed Techniques."

Shuten continued, "Father is different from ordinary little monsters. He is almost one with the earth, and has accumulated a long experience from the Age of Gods to the present, and knows many ancient secrets.

Its spirit can connect with the "memory of the earth", extracting several powers belonging to the earth from the treasure house of the Earth Mother Goddess, and calling them "Yakitsu", and immortality is just one of them. "

"Just one of them? It sounds tricky." Jiang Liu frowned.

I believe that there is no shortage of myths related to the Earth Mother Goddess in any country, ancient or modern, both at home and abroad, and the abilities displayed in those myths are truly impressive.

For example, the poison of the Hydra, the petrification of Medusa, the immortality of Siegfried, the creation of Tiamat...

I don’t know what abilities Yaqi has, which is really worrying.

Shuten-doji said leisurely: "Moreover, it has wisdom from ancient times and has already completed its own kingdom."

"Country?" Ritsuka frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Shuten, Moe-onde, Keibu-hime, Ibaraki...these heroic spirits from Japan were collectively silent for a moment, and finally Moe-onde explained.

"Yamata no Orochi was originally just a demon god. Although it is powerful, it is not impossible to kill it. At least Susanoo did it.

However, after its death, its terrifying nature gradually began to emerge... After you came to this era, you should have also discovered that there was something wrong with the ground veins here, right?"

Mashu nodded: "Yes, the doctor said that the ley lines here seem to be polluted by humans. Even if we connect to the ley lines, we cannot summon normal servants."

"That's the problem."

The algae lady said solemnly: "Generally speaking, even gods cannot pollute all the earth veins, but over the long years, the body of the Yamata no Orochi gradually assimilated with the earth. Because of the alternative name of "Ibuki Daimyojin", it became a mountain god and became a part of the earth veins.

It polluted itself, drawing the water of the underworld into the network of earth veins, thus completing the dark transformation of the entire area, causing demons to run rampant and the day and night to be divided into two."

The fox-eared witch pointed at them and said, "There won't be any pure hero servants in this environment... For us, we all have a certain concept of "demons" in order to appear successfully."

Jiang Liu stroked his chin thoughtfully: "That is to say, after Yamata no Orochi transformed this era, orthodox heroes like Sakata Kintoki will not appear... I roughly understand its thinking."

Heroes and monsters exist together.

Just as Fafner attracts Siegfried and Hydra attracts Hercules, if something abnormal occurs in the world, the corrective power of the times will most likely summon related heroes to fight.

In the French singularity, Ritsuka and the others encountered a dragon-slaying swordsman who was summoned by Fafnir.

At this singularity, the Yamata-no-Orochi is already very well-known, and the distortion caused is extremely serious. In addition, with the local bonus, it should have been suppressed by the myth even more strongly, but Susanoo did not appear at all - neither the original body nor the possessed one.

There hasn't even been a decent hero. Orthodox heroes like Kintaro, Momotaro, Kiso Yoshinaka, and Minamoto no Yoshitsune have not even been seen until now.

The root cause is the Yamata no Orochi's transformation of the overall environment, which increased the difficulty for orthodox heroes to land here.

Really are……

So calm!

Even though he has eight heads and the immortality of the Earth Goddess, he is still so afraid of death...

In fact, even if those heroes were really summoned, most of them would not be able to defeat Yamata except Susanoo, but it was unwilling to take even this little risk, and did not even have the slightest awareness of being a mythical BOSS.

Being so cautious can be considered pathological.

However, no matter how calm Yaqi is, he cannot resist some inexplicable existence that is higher than fate.

"In short, you must be fully prepared before challenging the Yamata no Orochi."

Jiang Liu touched the red-sheathed sword at his waist.

"Let's go back to Edo Castle first. There's a companion waiting for us there."

Chapter 145: Loving father and filial daughter!

[Ding! Red Yama has joined your team. ]

——I seemed to hear this kind of game prompt sound in my ears.

Strictly speaking, the process of persuading Red Yama was not difficult, but when Jiang Liu handed her the Yama sword, the little sparrow remembered her identity, and it was she who urged others to leave quickly.

By the way, Makoto knows Princess Keibu, Ibaraki and others. It is said that they had a friendship in the "other world". As the adopted daughter of Emperor Yanma, Makoto's status in that world is not low. Many Japanese monster-type heroes have received some degree of teaching from her.

But she didn't know Momonoe, she only knew Tamamonomae.

This is because the two are not the same entity, but different existences independent of each other.

Although "Tamamonomae" is the nickname of "Tamamonomae", in fact, the two are not in the relationship of "childhood" and "adulthood".

According to Zao Nu, she lived in China most of her life, and only got the name "Zao Nu" after being summoned to Japan. Her real name is actually cuter than this.

When Jiang Liu asked her what she had done in China, she proudly mentioned Chen Sheng and Wu Guang...

Afterwards, in order to strengthen his fighting power, Ritsuka and Jiang Liu used deception and threats to get an old sword "Sato Yoshihiro" from Keibu-hime and gave it to Tsuda, so that he would be able to fight even against Servant-level monsters.

After many twists and turns, Chaldea finally assembled a "large army".

Strong DPS: Black King, Ibaraki, Red Enma;

Assassins: Tsuda, Shuten;

MT: Mashu;

Auxiliary: Xingbu Ji, Zao Nu;

Salted fish: Ah Rong;

Red Hand Opening Monster: Fujimaru Ritsuka;

The cheating one: distant mountains and rivers.

Well, it's time to gather together and fight the boss!

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Jiang Liu, who was used to fighting alone, did not think he had any "strategic" talent, and did not presume to interfere with the battle plan at this time, so Roman and Da Vinci formulated the strategy.

According to Chaldea's test results, Yaki had only recovered about 35% of his spiritual power at this time. Except for the eight heads, most of his body was still in the state of a mountain, so he could not move and could basically be regarded as a fixed target.

If Ritsuka had servants like the Golden Three (Karna, Trill, and Raito) in his team, he would definitely smile very happily at Yaki.

However, it did not happen. The only powerful laser cannon in the team was the Black King, but the firepower of the holy sword was not enough to destroy Yaki's spiritual base.

So close combat is still necessary, but this increases the degree of danger. After all, Yaki is by no means an ordinary guy, and the advantage in size means that servants like Mashu are destined to not be able to play a big role.

Therefore, Roman divided the team into four parts.

The first team is Ritsuka, Mashu and Arong. They stay on the periphery to observe, Mashu is responsible for protecting the other two, and Ritsuka has to improvise and decide the timing of using the Command Spell.

The second team is composed of the main combat force headed by Jiang Liu. They are the few people who can pose a direct threat to Yaqi. They will rush into the mountains to attract Yaqi's attention head-on.

The third team is composed of Zao Onna and Gebuhime. They will not directly participate in the battle, but are only responsible for casting spells on the combatants or removing the abnormal status given by Yaqi.

Finally, there are Shuten and Tsuda, who are responsible for sneaking into the mountain, finding Yaki's heart, and infusing Shuten's treasure into it to recreate the scene in the myth.

If all goes well, Yaqi's power will be greatly weakened, giving Jiang Liu and others an opportunity to kill it.

At first glance, it seems like a perfect battle plan, but it is all based on one premise: Jiang Liu and others can really restrain Yaqi.

If they fail to attract Yaki's full attention on the front battlefield, it will be impossible for Shuten and Tsuda to succeed in their sneak attack.

On the day of the official battle, the Chaldean group chose to arrive at the edge of the mountain range transformed by Yaqi at noon when the sun was high in the sky and the demonic energy was at its weakest.

The first enemy encountered was not Yaki, but the demon princess "Tomoe Gozen" who led hundreds of demons to guard this place.

There is nothing much to say. Tomoe Gozen may be strong, but compared with the current lineup of Chaldea, it is really not enough.

"We are righteous partners who want to save the world. There is no need to talk to her about the code of conduct. Let's all come together!"

The battle ended really quickly... But Tomoe Gozen herself is not an evil spirit. She was enslaved and corrupted by Yaki's curse. Killing her is also a kind of liberation for her.

The remaining hundred ghosts were simply unable to withstand the double crush of the Black King and Jiang Liu. Under the roar of the Wind King and the domineering impact of the Sakura Flow, the fragile monster defense line was broken without any suspense. After entering the mountain range, everyone immediately dispersed and started their own battles.

Arong stayed on the periphery with Lixiang and the others. As an ordinary person in the true sense, she could not intervene in such a fierce battle - in fact, she even doubted why she got involved in such a thing.