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A few seconds were enough time; taking advantage of the gap before she could activate the straw doll substitute, Kamo Tadayasu made his move.
"Of the five elements, metal is the most important!"
"Zhu Xie!"
Kamo no Tadayuki's voice rang out from behind Ushi no Toki, and a golden arrow pierced through her body.
"Ahhh." The eerie candlelight above her head seemed to dim, its life force dissipating.
It failed; Ushi no Toki's last resistance was thwarted.
"I'm not reconciled! I was so close..." She gasped for breath, her emerald green eyes twisted in a distorted light. "It's all your fault!!"
She wanted to have the most perfect appearance, she wanted to become the most powerful demon, so why did she have to die in a place like this?
In the final moments of his life, tears of resentment streamed down his face.
boom!
In an instant, the body of the woman of the ox hour disintegrated.
"Finally solved." Saigyouji Yuzuru breathed a sigh of relief. It had taken a lot of effort to deal with the last monster.
As a high-ranking yokai, Ushi no Toki may not be the strongest, but the strangeness of her curse abilities makes her the most difficult to deal with.
Furthermore, one can use a straw doll as a substitute to make the doll bear the brunt of one's attacks.
However, when she activates one skill, she cannot use another skill, and the straw doll substitute's 'substitute death' is not guaranteed to work.
But do monsters cry after they die?
"So-called monsters are just people who want but cannot get them." Monsters are formed by human imagination about the unknown, and they also include vengeful spirits that are unwilling to accept their fate after death.
For some reason, such a thought flashed through Saigyouji Hanyu's mind, but it vanished in an instant.
"Amazing…"
"Is that an Onmyoji?"
The girls in the shadows all witnessed the scene before them. The moment the girl of the 11th hour truly died, all their fear vanished.
"Great!"
The girls who had been hiding finally emerged from the shadows, feeling as if they had survived a disaster.
"There are so many little girls..." Saigyouji Hanyu said with a hint of surprise as he looked at the girls who had appeared. What on earth were those monsters trying to do?
“They are all shrine maidens from outside the shrine who were abducted by yokai,” Midori explained, letting out a long sigh of relief. “Thank you so much this time, Onmyoji-sama.”
Otherwise, she alone could not defeat Ushi no Toki.
"Thank you, Onmyoji." The other little girls looked at Saigyouji Hanyu and Kamo Tadashi with expressions of awe and gratitude.
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Chapter Fifteen: Shrine Maidens, Yokai, and Onmyoji
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"Are you all trainee priestesses who have been captured by monsters?" Kamo Tadashi asked with surprise, though he had noticed something about these girls.
They all possess considerable spiritual qualities and are qualified to become pure priestesses.
"Reporting to the Onmyoji, the only true shrine maiden here is Midori; most of us haven't learned any spells," a little girl said, grateful for Kamo no Tadayuki's help. "Um, I wonder if the other yokai have been dealt with by the Onmyoji?"
The others couldn't help but look a little nervous.
The terror of the monsters was a real psychological trauma for these girls. They had witnessed their companions die almost every year before.
If it weren't for Midori's help, they might not have been able to escape the demon's control today.
"You don't need to worry about that. My teacher and I have taken care of the rest of the monsters," Saigyouji Yuzuru said, which made the others cheer even more. They finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This time, we were so grateful for the help of the great Onmyoji.
A great Onmyoji is rarely seen even in a rural place like this; you can usually only see them in Heian-kyo.
The other girls looked at Saigyouji Hanyu and Kamo Tadashi with even greater longing.
"Thank you so much, young man."
"Is this young man from Heian-kyo? He looks so young."
...
The girls all gathered around to express their gratitude to Saigyouji Hanyu, but he was a little unaccustomed to the situation.
"You all shouldn't bother the Onmyoji any longer." A helpless look appeared on Midori's face. "Now that the matter of the yokai has been resolved, please help clean the room so that the Onmyoji can move in."
The girl could see that Saigyouji Hanyu and Kamo Tadashi looked tired.
Dealing with monsters is really tough.
"Okay, I understand, Midori."
"We'd like to chat with the young man a little longer."
Despite some dissatisfaction, the girls still listened to Cui Zi. Cui Zi was undoubtedly their leader.
"Onmyoji, you must be tired from your journey. Please stay at the shrine if you don't mind." She was originally a shrine maiden, and although she was only a prospective shrine maiden, she was still qualified to host Saigyouji Hanyu and his party.
Saigyouji Hanyu and Kamo Tadashi did not refuse, as they were both quite exhausted from the long journey.
Moreover, with the carriage destroyed, it will be quite a hassle to get to Heian-kyo.
"Speaking of which, why are so many girls being captured by monsters?" Saigyouji Hanyu seemed puzzled at this moment.
It's not easy for more than a dozen girls to survive.
"Some yokai capture girls with the potential to become shrine maidens simply because they value the power these girls possess, using it as nourishment for themselves," Kamo no Tadayuki explained, noticing Saigyouji Habu's confusion.
The world of monsters is so cruel to humans.
"I just didn't expect to encounter so many high-level monsters entrenched in a place like this." Kamo no Tadayuki's face was filled with worry, as if he had thought of something.
Normally, encountering even one high-level monster would be considered lucky, but this time we encountered four.
Moreover, this is on the route that is relatively close to Heian-kyo.
He didn't explain it in detail to Saigyouji Hanyu, because it was something Saigyouji Hanyu couldn't understand at the moment.
He only considered one possibility: something had happened in Heian-kyo.
However, Kamo no Tadashi is still uncertain.
"Seimei." Kamo no Tadayuki sighed softly, his feelings toward his disciple quite complicated.
Hopefully, his sense of unease is just a misperception.
"It seems everything is going smoothly." Under the moonlight, Yukari Yakumo appeared.
She was naturally fully aware of Saigyouji Hanyu's battle with the demon.
Having promised to help Yuyuko protect her brother, Yukari Yakumo wouldn't intervene unless her life was truly in danger.
She is a demon, and she will always stand on the side of demons.
"Let's go back and talk to Yuyuko first. With this power, he should be able to protect himself." Yukari Yakumo said softly, and in an instant, her figure disappeared into the shadows.
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"Something seems off about the teacher," Saigyouji Hanyu thought to himself as he sat in his shrine quarters.
If you ask directly, you probably won't get an answer. You'll have to wait for the teacher to tell you.
Having only recently begun studying Yin-Yang techniques, he had only just stepped into this 'mysterious' world.
To truly understand the world, we need to gain more power ourselves.
"The basic spell is now at Lv2, which means I can use spell power at Lv2 strength and can damage some medium-level monsters."
"As for high-level, high-ranking monsters, we cannot deal with them without relying on shikigami fusion."
There will always be a gap between humans and so-called monsters.
For human Onmyoji, there is actually no clear distinction between ranks.
However, for Onmyoji, the most important thing is to be good at using the power of nature.
By relying on the power of nature, Onmyoji can unleash tremendous power.
Relying on the power of nature to control shikigami and command them to fight for oneself is also a method used by Onmyoji.
He's not a true fan of Touhou Project, but this world may not be entirely Touhou-centric. To truly understand the reality of this world, Saigyouji Hanyu needs more systematic help.
"Excuse me, could I bother you for a moment?" Just as he was about to fall asleep, there was a knock on the door of Saigyouji Hanyu's room.
"Cuizi?" Why is Cuizi looking for me at this hour?
He still has some doubts: is Midori the same Midori from the Inuyasha world?
After all, for ordinary Japanese people, having a name is already quite an achievement; having a surname is simply impossible.
The long-awaited mission finally triggered a notification sound.
[The host encounters the priestess Midori (Inuyasha), gains her trust, and resolves the girl's troubles.]
[Reward: Achievement Points +20, One Special Summoning Charm.]
Well, as expected, she is the Shikon Jewel priestess from the Inuyasha world, but at this time, Midori is only a fourteen-year-old girl.
Chapter Sixteen: Summoning, Shikigami and Baku
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Basic Spell Lv2: 0/100.
The rest of the main skills are also Lv2. The strength of the main skills determines the strength of power that Saigyouji Hanyu can master.
Reaching level 5 means that Saigyouji Hanyu has the power to deal with great yokai.
It must be said that this task was quite crucial for Saigyouji Hanyu.
But what's troubling the girl right now?
Miko Cuizi.
The future Shikon Jewel was born through Midori's hands, but the ending was that she perished together with a demon.
However, should we remind her?
However, Saigyouji Hanyu thought about it and realized that it wasn't quite at that point in time yet. At this time, Midori wasn't yet the renowned shrine maiden of Japan.
"Should I ask him for help?" The girl was troubled.
The other party was an Onmyoji, whose status was higher than hers, so Cui Zi couldn't help but feel inferior.
In reality, her wish was to follow Saigyouji Hanyu to Heian-kyo and to learn sorcery from Kamo no Tadayuki.
The old woman who originally adopted her has already died because of a yokai. This shrine, in reality, won't last much longer.
The girl's wish for the future is to eliminate all monsters in the world.
However, her knowledge of magic was still too limited; it wasn't enough to deal with monsters.
The anxious girl soon saw Saigyouji Hanyu's door open.
"Is there something you need?" Saigyouji Hanyu looked at the girl in front of him. He had to admit that the little girl in the shrine maiden's outfit had a Yamato Nadeshiko feel to her.
"Could I ask you for a favor, young man? Lord Kamo is your teacher, isn't he?"
"I want to learn sorcery from Lord Kamo!"
The girl, with her head bowed, shouted her prayer to Saigyouji Hanyu.
"You mean you want to learn sorcery from my teacher?" If that's the case, why doesn't Midori just ask Kamo no Tadashi?
“I am a commoner, and Lord Kamo might not be able to agree to my request. I became a shrine maiden because the old woman at this shrine took me in. But the old woman died at the hands of a yokai, and now I have no home.”
"I don't know any spells, I only know how to use spiritual power to exorcise demons, and I've learned some swordsmanship, but that's not enough to face real monsters. I want to become stronger and become a powerful priestess."