Original God, I am the only designated Red King God Envoy of Xumi

A pleased smile flashed across the face of the team leader. He could fully imagine the expressions of these people who would die under his knife. His brother died at the hands of the Haiji Army, and the other elite members of the team also had the same deep hatred in their bones. They were also a death squad that was not afraid of death!

The leader stretched out his hand and made a few gestures, and the team members then went to various places according to the agreed plan. According to the information they received, the Haiji army stored the food and grass in two places, one was a manually built storage room, and the other was a natural cave. It was heavily guarded, but they were confident enough.

The squad was divided into two teams. They took advantage of the cover of heavy rain to move slowly towards the place where the food was stored. There were quite a few Haiji soldiers guarding the food. After the two teams arrived at the target, they waited for the attack signal.

"The counterattack has begun." Black crow feathers fell from the wrist of Kujo Sara, who was high in the sky. Rich lightning elemental power was injected into the arrow. She pulled the bowstring and aimed at the cave with more guards.

The arrow shot out, but it did not hit any of the guards. It landed beside the four guards. When they just realized there was movement, strong lightning burst out from the arrow.

"——!" The sound of thunder resounded throughout the camp of the Kaiji army, breaking the peace in the camp. The elite soldiers hiding on the side drew their swords and rushed out. The light of elemental power flashed on their blades. This was the Yin-Yang magic talisman mastered by the shogunate army, used by the elite soldiers to strengthen their weapons.

The elite caught the guards off guard. Their fearless charge was like ferocious predators entering a school of fish. The balance of victory tilted at this moment.

Chapter 10: Retreat Again and Again

There was a commotion in the Haiji Army's camp in an instant. The soldiers who had been hiding in the tents to avoid the rain quickly rushed out. In the main tent where many elite soldiers and leaders gathered, everyone's expressions changed when they heard about the commotion.

"Oh no, it's at the granary!" The general of the Haiqi Army temporarily stationed on Bayun Island immediately identified the source of the commotion. Upon hearing this, the other elite soldiers and generals around him immediately stood up and rushed out of the tent.

But by the time they rushed out of the tent, it was too late. The fearless shogunate army squad used human lives to improve their efficiency. Each of them carried a fire pot filled with grease, which was injected with sufficient fire elements. As long as it broke, it would burst into a raging flame, and it could burn continuously even in this rainy day.

"Haiji pirates! Give me back my brother's life!" The leader of the suicide squad had a huge scar on his body at this time. All his team members had been killed. The price of going into battle lightly was that they were almost not wearing armor. Facing the siege, they were almost doomed to die.

The leader beheaded the panicked Haiji soldier with one sword, but he was hit again the next moment. He staggered a few steps and wanted to raise his sword to charge again, but an arrow pierced his chest.

The one who shot the arrow was Goro. He gritted his teeth, angry at the sudden attack of the shogunate army. At this time, some black smoke came out of the two granaries, slowly merging with the dark clouds in the sky.

"Hahh ...

The shrill screams and crazy laughter resounded throughout the camp of the Haiqi army. This scene was like a heavy hammer, causing the morale of the Haiqi army to plummet.

"Reorganize! Reorganize!" The general of the Haiji army shouted loudly. In an instant, the attention of most Haiji soldiers was drawn to the general. They seemed to have found their backbone in their panic and subconsciously did what the general said.

"——!" Goro, who was on high alert, felt his hair stand on end at this moment. He subconsciously dodged to the side and narrowly avoided the arrow falling from the sky. However, the general who was careless and exposed his position was not so lucky. A dark shadow fell from the sky, and the long knife in the shadow's hand pierced deeply into his torso from the neck.

The one holding the long sword was none other than Kujo Sara, the leader of the shogunate army, but what she was holding tightly in her other hand was not her usual bow but a pitch-black round fan. Goro's eyes widened when he saw this, and he shouted out two words, but these two short words seemed to tear his vocal cords.

“Back off—!!!”

But the lightning was faster than the sound, and Goro's reminder was ultimately in vain. Kujo Sara waved his fan, and Tengu's magic reappeared in the world.

"Thousands of lightning bolts--!" It was as if the miracle of the God of Thunder appeared on the battlefield. A raging thunderstorm descended from the sky. Faced with such an attack, even the surrounding air became a little dry, and the muddy land was in a mess under this blow. Many Haiqi soldiers gathered here. The Haiqi army suffered heavy losses in this blow. The death of the general and many former compatriots turned into charcoal in an instant, completely shattering the morale of the Haiqi army.

Kujo Sara escaped after one strike, and turned into a lightning shadow and returned to the sky. At the same time, fierce shouts and screams came from the direction of Nashiki Beach. It was the shogunate army that had been on high alert from the beginning!

Goro's face looked a little distorted for a moment, as if he wanted to bite his back teeth to pieces, but the defeat of the Haiji army was already a foregone conclusion, and even if Xinhai came in person, it was irreversible.

"Retreat! Retreat--!" Goro's voice was hoarse and full of reluctance. The time before the shogunate army advanced into the range of arrows was not enough for them to reorganize their formation. Even if a miracle happened and they successfully reorganized their formation, their morale was low and they were already at a disadvantage on the front battlefield, and they would collapse at the touch of a button. No matter how reluctant Goro was, he had to lead his troops to retreat.

Goro rushed to the road behind, and the rest of the soldiers also fled for their lives. Some fearless soldiers roared and rushed towards the shogunate army, but they fell under the rain of arrows of the shogunate army the next moment.

The fate of the Kaigi army that chose to retreat was not good either. The panic atmosphere caused a stampede. Many soldiers did not die at the hands of the Shogunate army but died at the feet of their companions. Many Kaigi soldiers also slipped and rolled down the hillside in panic and died on the spot.

The rain was getting heavier. It washed away the smell of blood, but it couldn't wash away the despair. Only the blood lily looked more enchanting under the rain.

……

Faced with the shogunate army's well-prepared surprise attack, nearly half of the Kaigi army on Yayu Island were killed or wounded in a short period of time. They were killed and wounded many more times on the way to retreat, and in the end only less than half were left. The shogunate army pursued them for a long time until the remaining Kaigi army led by Goro actually withdrew from Yayu Island.

The remaining generals of Kaigi who had suffered a great defeat seemed to have lost their energy and followed Goro like zombies. Goro's eyes were burning with endless anger - too many brothers died in this surprise attack by the shogunate army!

Even the only general of Kaigi Island, excluding the most strategic figure in Xinhai, was killed by Kujo Sara. The shogunate army's fearless attack accurately hit their most vulnerable point.

"Kujo Sara...!" Goro clenched his fists, his nails pierced his palms, and bright red blood dripped onto the ground and dissolved in the rain.

"Wulang." An extremely calm voice came into Wulang's ears. Wulang raised his head and looked over, and saw a young man with bloodshot eyes. His hair was disheveled, probably because he had fallen. His body was covered with a lot of mud and water, and he looked very embarrassed.

The rain had stopped at this time, but the sky was still overcast. The young man facing Wu Lang exuded a stagnant aura, which inexplicably made Wu Lang feel uneasy.

"I have a plan, Goro." The young man shook Goro's hand. He seemed to use all his strength in this shake, and his knuckles turned white for a moment.

"...What plan?" Goro felt a strong sense of disharmony from the young man. Goro was very familiar with this young man. His name was Takeshita. He was another deputy general besides Goro, and at the same time... he was also the biological son of the fallen general.

Takeshita is a person who cares a lot about his clothes and appearance. He will comb his hair very neatly and is also very knowledgeable about dressing. Looking at Takeshita's current appearance, he would have gone crazy in the past, but now he seems to not care at all.

"- Look there." Takeshita's voice was still unusually calm. He pointed in a direction, and Goro looked over there. He saw a huge skull standing far away from here - that was Oropus, the great god of Umi Island, who was killed by General Raiden thousands of years ago. At that time, General Raiden's sword not only killed Oropus, but also cut Umi Island in two. Even today, the huge knife mark left there can still be seen.

"You want to...?" Goro's eyes widened, he immediately understood Takeshita's idea, the death of a being like a demon god is not as easy as the death of a human being, after their death, the remaining power of their corpse will continue to affect the surrounding land, acting on this Bayun Island, causing thunderstorms to surround Bayun Island and evil spirits to appear everywhere, and the so-called evil spirits are a term used by the Inazuma people.

This theory comes from the fact that after Oropus's death, his power caused frequent strange phenomena on the Bayun Island. At that time, strange diseases were everywhere, and many people died from them. Many people also went crazy due to such "pollution" and eventually ended up dying. The Inazuma people believed that this pollution was caused by evil spirits, and the source of the evil spirits was the dead demon god.

"Omikami-sama is still protecting us, Goro." Takeshita forced a stiff smile, which looked quite terrifying in Goro's eyes. "In the past, five stone guards were built on Bayun Island to curb the evil spirit. If we find an opportunity to destroy them..."

"No!" Goro rejected Takeshita harshly. Takeshita's eyes flashed with anger when he heard that. He held Goro's hand even harder, and his words finally showed some emotion: "General Kaigi, my father! And those brothers! They all died at the hands of the shogunate army! Don't you want to avenge them!"

"Of course I do!" Goro violently broke free from Takeshita's hand. He gritted his teeth, his words filled with rage. "How could I not hate the deaths of soldiers who were as close to me as brothers? I wish I could slay the nine Tengu with my own hands to pay tribute to their spirits in heaven!"

"Then why did you-"

"—Because there are still many innocent civilians living here!" Goro interrupted Takeshita, a little blood dripping from between his fingers, "What you are doing will only cause more unnecessary sacrifices!"

“…” Takeshita fell silent upon hearing this, but he was not silent because he felt something was wrong, he was just silent out of anger.

"...I really didn't expect this, Goro." Takeshita's voice became much calmer, with a hint of disappointment in it. "I really didn't expect that you valued the lives of these Inazuma people more than the lives of the Umi people."

"These civilians are innocent..."

"-How are they innocent?!" Takeshita almost shouted this sentence, interrupting Goro's words. After saying this, he gasped for breath, as if this sentence had used up all his strength.

"Among the shogunate troops who murdered our compatriots, there might have been the husbands and fathers of these Inazuma women, as well as their children, and even the Inazuma women themselves! They might even have contributed to the shogunate army's rations!" Takeshita's eyes widened, the dense bloodshot in them clearly visible at this moment. "So, how can they be innocent?"

"Takeshita... I understand your feelings. The general's sacrifice also makes me sad, but you can't--"

"—You don't understand!" Takeshita suddenly pushed Goro away, his eyes filled with hysteria. "Do you think I'm just seeking revenge? Do you think I'm blinded by hatred? No! I'm clear-headed! I'm damn clear-headed!"

"The Kaigi army's strength has been drastically reduced due to this defeat, and their morale has plummeted. More importantly, after losing Yayun Island, the shogunate army is only a small, unnamed fort away from Kaigi Island! What will happen to Kaigi Island then? Have you ever thought about this!?"

"..." Goro fell silent after hearing this. What Takeshita said was absolutely true. The blow brought by the defeat in this war was unprecedented and fatal.

"Have you ever thought about what the Shogunate's army will do after entering Umijima? Let me tell you! They will massacre the people of Umijima! Kill our brothers, our relatives, and even Lord Coral Palace!" Takeshita's voice became even more hysterical, and his clenched hands trembled uncontrollably. "This is not just for revenge, it's the only way to stop the Shogunate's offensive and buy time for Umijima to recuperate!"

"...But, the sacrifices involved—" Goro gritted his teeth. How could he not understand Takeshita's point? The resistance army had originally been founded to resist General Raiden's irrational tyranny and to restore a peaceful life to the common people. But why—why had things escalated to this point? Why, now, had they become so mired in such hatred?

——Even he himself somewhat agreed with Takeshita's idea. The general died in front of him, and those soldiers were clearly fighting side by side with him, eating and sleeping together the day before, but they were separated from him forever just one day later. How could he not have any resentment after witnessing such a tragic scene with his own eyes?

Goro subconsciously raised his head and looked at the soldiers around him who were shrouded in despair. These soldiers heard the quarrel between the two, but most of them just lowered their heads, and a small number of people focused their eyes on Takeshita.

"No need to say more, Goro." Takeshita suddenly drew his long sword from his waist and drew a horizontal line on the ground between himself and Goro. "In ancient times, people cut off their friendship by cutting off the robe. Today, we cut off our friendship by cutting off the land."

Takeshita suddenly turned his gaze to the soldiers around him, looking at the few who raised their heads one by one. His tone was high and filled with a hint of determination: "Soldiers!"

"——Those who are willing to die with me, please leave with me!"

After he finished speaking, Takeshita didn't stop at all. He used his knife as a crutch and walked away. At his call, a small number of people stood up and followed him away. Goro looked at Takeshita's back as he left, and at the horizontal line on the ground. He gritted his teeth, and blood flowed out from between his fingers again.

Goro absolutely did not want to cause unnecessary sacrifices. He instinctively felt that this should not happen, but he had no way to refute Takeshita's words. The Dog General, who was always in high spirits, was now in deep confusion. The place was suddenly terribly quiet.

Goro raised his head and looked in the direction of the Coral Palace on Umijima Island, silently expressing his doubts. His ears drooped, and his tail, which had been well-groomed, had lost its luster and looked messy.

"Master Coral Palace...what should I do?"

Chapter 11: Going to Die

"Where are those remaining soldiers? Where are they?!"

"I don't know! We've searched everywhere, but there's no trace of them!"

On Bayun Island, it was already one day after the defeat of the Haiqi Army. Kujo Sara left half of his troops to set up camp on Bayun Island in preparation for the subsequent advance, and some of them were separated to form a search team to search for the remaining Haiqi Army on Bayun Island.

"If we can't find it again... we have no choice but to retreat given the current weather." The team leader looked up at the sky. At this time, the sky over Bayun Island was extremely gloomy. Lightning flashed in the thick clouds, and it looked like a rainstorm was about to fall.

"I see them! I see them!" A member's shout attracted the attention of the team members. They looked in one direction and saw the remnants of the Haiqi Army who looked quite embarrassed.

Those people seemed very tired. They gathered around a stone pillar. There were only five of them. Their armor was torn and the blades of the swords in their hands were bent.

When the Shogunate Army discovered the remnants of the Haiqi Army, the remnants naturally discovered them as well. They clenched their weapons tightly and squeezed out the last bit of strength in their bodies.

There were more than a few dozen of them at first, but when they were destroying the other four stone-stabilizing stones, they encountered the search team one after another, and their number dropped sharply. Now there are only five people left - but fortunately, this is the last one.

"Deputy General Takeshita, it is the greatest blessing in my life to follow you. See you in the underworld!" A Haiqi soldier looked back at Takeshita for the last time, and then rushed towards the shogunate soldiers with all his strength. Seeing this, the other Haiqi soldiers also launched a fearless attack.

This attack really made it difficult for the search team to take over for a while, and Takeshita, whose eyes were so bloodshot that they looked blood red, did not waste time. He gripped the long sword tightly and pointed the tip of the sword at the core of the stone.

At this moment, many things flashed through Takeshita's mind; he thought of the slightly awkward care shown by his father, who treated him strictly, when he was injured; he thought of the time when he slept together and fought side by side with his brothers; he remembered the teachings of Lord Coral Palace and recalled the place called Umijima where he grew up.

He knew that this strike would result in the loss of many lives, but so what? Only in this way could he curb the decline! Only in this way could he save the Hai Qi Army!

"Let's go to hell together! Running dogs of the shogunate!" Takeshita tried his best to stab the blade into the core of the stone, but the stone lost its effect at this moment. The sky suddenly changed, the wind whistled past, and heavy rain suddenly fell.

"Boom!" There was a rumbling thunder in the sky, like the roar of hundreds of thousands of dragon beasts. The blazing white lightning cut through the darkness, illuminating the place, and in an instant took the lives of the two soldiers who were fighting with each other.

The shogunate army search team immediately panicked when they saw this situation. They subconsciously wanted to hide, but where could they hide in the face of this true natural disaster?

A veritable thunderstorm raged, bombarding the ground frequently and indiscriminately striking various parts of Bayun Island. For a time, there were wailing everywhere, and tragic scenes occurred frequently in various parts of Bayun Island.

Having exhausted all his strength, Takeshita fell to the ground. He looked up at the sky in silence, letting the heavy rain hit his face.

"Oh, God of Thunder and Lightning—" Takeshita pointed the knife in his hand stubbornly at the sky, "I wish that those you wished to destroy would be resurrected, and I wish that those you wished to survive would be destroyed; I wish that all living things on earth would grow against your will, and I wish that all the stars in the sky would be extinguished because of your existence."

"I wish this Inazuma would be temporary, not eternal; I wish the Land of Thunder could last forever—but not in the way you expect."

"Boom!" The blazing white lightning struck the knife raised by Takeshita. The powerful electric current took his life in an instant, adding another corpse to the pile of corpses on the Bayun Island.

In the Kujo Jinya, the shogunate army's base in Kannazuka, the atmosphere was almost frozen.

"What's going on?!" Kujo Sara's face was filled with anger, and she slammed her palm on the table. "Can anyone tell me! Why did we suddenly suffer such a loss after such a great victory?!"

"General Kujo, please calm down. This is because the natural disaster that suddenly occurred on Bayun Island was an unexpected accident that no one expected." A man who was only one rank lower than Kujo broke the almost frozen atmosphere and tried to persuade Kujo.

"Calm down? How can you expect me to calm down?!" Jiujo glared at the speaker. "Why should the people who died there be my loyal soldiers? And not a bunch of cowards like you!"

Jiujiao's words made many people present look ugly for a moment. Her reaction today was not just because she was angry about the excessive sacrifices, but because in many previous operations, this group of cowards found various reasons to leave the front line and stayed in the rear to fight among themselves, all for their own interests.

Jiujo had long been dissatisfied with this. Previously, these people had found excuses to refuse to stay on Bayun Island because they were afraid of encountering a desperate counterattack from the Haiqi Army. In the end, only a capable general under Jiujo and those loyal and fearless soldiers were left behind. These people suffered heavy casualties in the thunderstorm, and the general also died on the spot.

Before his outburst, Jiujiao had raised this question, asking everyone present to stop shirking their responsibilities during this critical period. But they continued to shirk responsibility. Is the military just a place to brush off their responsibilities and pass the buck? Don't they feel any shame for doing this?

"--General Kujo, isn't this a bit too much?" The man's expression was not good. Faced with Kujo's behavior of not giving him any face at all, he responded immediately.

"Inappropriate? What's inappropriate about it? If you think it's inappropriate, then next time you'll be the one charging in the front!" Jiu Tiao's eyes were as sharp as a knife, stabbing the man fiercely. "Don't think I don't know what you were doing while I and the soldiers were fighting desperately on the front lines! This is not the place for you to curry favor with others, form cliques, or build relationships!"

"And you! You! And all of you!" Jiujiu turned his gaze to the others. Without exception, they all turned their eyes away, not daring to look him in the face. "Because of this loss, the army is short of manpower. From now on, we will implement emergency wartime measures! The original organization will be disrupted and rearranged! All military positions will be re-evaluated!"

"......!" As Jiu Tiao's voice fell, one could hear a pin drop in the tent. They expected that some unlucky people would suffer, but they didn't expect that Jiu Tiao Sara would make such a big move this time.

"No one may disobey the order to attack until the emergency is over! Violators will be punished by military law!" Kujo waved her hand, and her words were full of an unyielding tone. The bad atmosphere in the shogunate army has been around for a long time, and she has long wanted to start to deal with it, so why not do it this time?

Some people seemed to want to say something, but before they could open their mouths, arrows fell in front of them. Such a resolute attitude was definitely not a joke. In an instant, no one in the tent dared to express dissatisfaction.

On the other side, on Haiqi Island, the atmosphere was not very good either. After learning the battle report from the front line, Xinhai stayed in the Coral Palace for a whole day and night. After that, she walked out and after comforting the soldiers of the Haiqi Army, she disrupted and reorganized the Haiqi Army's organization.

Goro became the new admiral, and two other people filled the vacancy of deputy admirals. It is a legend for him to rise from a member of the second squad to the position of admiral, but this was achieved because of the death of the previous admiral. Goro and the previous admiral were good friends regardless of age difference, and he also had a good relationship with Takeshita. Naturally, he was not happy at all.

The news of the thunderstorm disaster on Yayun Island has reached Kaigi Island. Goro knows in his heart that Takeshita is probably dead. He can't help but think of last night, and the complicated expression on Xinhai's face when he reported the situation to her. She felt extremely sad and blamed herself for the death of the soldiers, and was angry about Takeshita's decision. But after a period of extremely uncomfortable silence, Xinhai finally chose to let Goro conceal the truth of the matter.

It was not known who spread the rumor, but this thunderstorm was seen as the manifestation of Umi-Omikami, a divine punishment sent down to punish the shogunate army in order to save Umi-Ima. Goro felt upset when he heard the news, but he could not deny that because of this rumor, the morale of the army was indeed slowly improving.

All this has little to do with Amber. She is not on either Haiqi Island or the Shogunate Army. She doesn't want to get deeper into this muddy water. She is just staying in her room and conducting simple experiments.

"Beep, beep, beep--" There was a knock on the door. Amber put down the things in her hand and opened the door. It was Xinhai who walked into the room. It was not surprising that she came here. She often came here to find Amber in the past, but this time the expression on Xinhai's face was quite complicated.

"Is there something else you want to trouble me with?" Amber understood what was happening and sighed deeply. "I won't get involved in this mess. I won't intervene in the conflict between the Haiqi Army and the Shogunate Army. Frankly speaking, if I did, you might just have General Raiden himself on the front lines."

"I know that the purpose of my coming here is not for this, but to ask you to do something that has nothing to do with the fight between the shogunate army and the rebels - in my personal name." There were various emotions in Xinhai's eyes that Amber could hardly distinguish for a moment. She seemed very entangled, but finally chose to say it.

"...Come in and tell me." Amber brought Xinhai to the table and closed the door. She picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Xinhai. Xinhai felt the warmth from the tea in her hand, and she slowly began to tell the story in the midst of the hot steam.

Chapter 12: The Nature of War

Xinhai first explained the battle situation to Amber. She told her everything that Takeshita had done and said that she chose to bury the truth and not tell the army.

"Many people are joining the resistance because the core of the resistance is the righteousness of the uprising. However, if Takeshita's decision and his disregard for civilian lives become widely known, the resistance will lose its core and transform from an insurgent army into a filthy armed organization that is no different from bandits."

"By then, many of these people may choose to leave, and the morale of the army will suffer a greater blow. Therefore, I chose to conceal it." There was an lingering depression in Xinhai's words. She could not tell these words to anyone, not even Wulang. She could only confide it to Amber, an outsider.

"It's a wise decision." Amber commented upon hearing this. She could understand why Xinhai made such a decision. War is not a game, and morality often does not bring victory. "So, why did you ask me to come this time?"

"Hu..." Xin Hai took a deep breath, her eyes closed and opened again, "I want you to... take the surviving civilians of Bayun Island to a safe place."