A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 138 Desperate world?
There was nothing to say about the process of repelling the robbers. When Nagamasa Asai and Sakon Shima came on horseback and hacked to death three or four enemies with ease, the remaining robbers dispersed in a hurry.

Being able to choose to carry out robbery in this location shows that they are somewhat clever, but smart people often also have another characteristic, that is, they are afraid of death.

Two well-armed elite warriors riding war horses faced off against their dozen or so half-clothed robbers. How suspenseful could this battle be?The combat effectiveness of the two sides is not at the same level at all.

Even if they were lucky enough to win in the end, they didn't know how many people would die.

So even though the loot was already in front of them, they still chose to escape. If the robbery failed this time, they could come again next time, but their lives were really lost.

Asai Nagamasa was amused, and he shouted loudly: "Hey, I am a samurai of the Asai family. I don't know who your leader is. If you have the courage and ambition, how about becoming my retainer?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, the robbers ran faster. Recruit them as retainers?Are you kidding? This must be a conspiracy. He must want to find the leader and then kill him!
The little kunoichi behind him couldn't help but snicker. Asai Nagamasa was also a little embarrassed, but then he shook his head: he had given the opportunity, but the other party did not seize it.

If the other party is really capable, he actually doesn't mind that the other party has robbed for a living. After all, he was not the one who was robbed.

At this time, the person who had been robbed also came up and said cautiously: "Master warrior, thank you very much for lending a helping hand. This is a small kindness from the villain."

Seeing the fat man dressed as a businessman who offered his property, Asai Nagamasa didn't say anything, he just nodded and asked Shima Sakon to accept it.

If they don't accept it, the other party will think wildly: If you don't want this small gift of thanks from me, do you want more, for example, all my net worth?
It is not uncommon for samurai or ronin to turn into robbers when there is no one in the wild, and in order to avoid trouble, they are usually much more vicious than ordinary thieves, and they often kill all witnesses directly.

As long as all the witnesses are dead, they are still good samurai who have done no bad things. This makes sense, right?

Seeing Shima Sakon accept his wallet, the fat man dressed as a businessman finally showed a smile. He once again expressed his gratitude to Asai Nagamasa, and then took the initiative to strike up a conversation: "Samurai-sama, are you going to Kai Town?"

This sentence is pure nonsense, because there is only one town ahead.

Asai Nagamasa glanced at him: "Yes, what can you do?"

The businessman nodded quickly: "Master Samurai, my name is Sannosuke, and my master is Master Tsuda Sotatsu, a wealthy businessman from Jie Town. Sir, have you heard of him? I am the shopkeeper of his family."

Asai Nagamasa nodded: "So you are the shopkeeper of Tennojiya."

No wonder he eats like this. You must know that in the chaotic Warring States Period, being able to eat enough was already a luxury for many people, and there were really not many fat people.

As for Tsuda Sotatsu, he is one of the wealthy businessmen of Kai Town. Their Tennoya has been passed down for many years, and their shops have also developed in many places. Not only do they have their shops in Imahama Town in Kitaomi, but they also have shops here. There is also a store on the western island of Shikoku, and it is said that it has a good relationship with the powerful local daimyo Choso Gabe family.

Unfortunately, there is one thing that makes Asai Nagamasa a little unhappy, that is, in addition to Tsuda Sotatsu's relationship with the Nagasogabe family, he also maintains contact with the Rokkaku family, which is the enemy of the Asai family.

Being able to become the shopkeeper of Tennojiya, Sannosuke is certainly not a fool. Of course, he can roughly understand why the other party behaves a little coldly, but he still seems to have not noticed anything. He very enthusiastically invites Asai Nagamasa to go with him, and even Wanting Asai Nagamasa to meet with his boss Tsuda Sotatsu, it seems that he is trying to win over him.

Asai Nagamasa thought about it for a while and then agreed.

Tsuda Sotatsu is now related to the Rokkaku family, but it does not mean that he will always be like this in the future. Even if used well, it is entirely possible to give the Rokkaku family an unexpected surprise.

At the same time, he also wanted to learn more about the Southern Barbarians from the other party, so as to know himself and the enemy, so as to gain more advantages in the next strategy.

So they started marching towards the border town together, but when Asai Nagamasa mentioned the Nanman people, the businessman Sannosuke showed obvious disgust.

"Those Nanman people, some have blond hair and some have blue eyes. They have grabbed a lot of our sales with their Nanman products, and they are also trying to promote their exotic beliefs."

Having said this, the businessman Sannosuke casually took out a string of Buddhist beads and recited a few lines of Amitabha. It seemed that he advocated Buddhism, but he didn't know which temple he worshiped specifically.

Noticing the disgust in the other person's eyes, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but look down upon this small businessman, because he was actually just an ordinary person with a little bit of cleverness.

The reason why Jie Town has become the most prosperous town in the entire Nibon City is certainly related to the joint efforts of the wealthy businessmen here, but there is another point that is crucial, that is, Jie Town has almost monopolized all the industries in Nibon. Trading of Nanman goods.

Without those Nanman people and the exotic goods they brought, Jie Town would never be as prosperous as it is now.

As the shopkeeper of Tennoji House, the small businessman Sannosuke in front of him is undoubtedly one of the vested interests, but he shows a heartfelt dislike for the Nanman people. Even if it is because of different beliefs, it is enough to explain his The measure is nothing more than that.

However, Asai Nagamasa did not directly reveal it to the outside, because his target was not Sannosuke, but the big businessman Tsuda Sotatsu behind him.

So he responded casually, and then showed some interest in the Nanman people, so Sannosuke began to give Asai Nagamasa a general introduction to the situation of the Nanman people in the border towns.

Although due to his subjective factors, it is inevitable to add some exaggeration, it still benefited Asai Nagamasa a lot, and even made him worried.

To put it simply, these southern barbarians are very similar in appearance to those medieval Europeans he knew in his previous life, but in fact they are very different in culture and belief.

According to Sannosuke, although those Nanman people are from another continent, they actually have different factions within them, and they are said to be from different countries.

What they believe in is not Jesus Christ, but a bunch of gods.

For example, Mannan the sea god, Mermitia the war goddess, Thalia the mercy goddess, Hendrik the trade god, Sigma the war god, Sheri the wind god, etc.

For Shima Sakon, Ning Ning and others, this is a series of extremely unfamiliar and difficult to pronounce names, but Asai Nagamasa's expression becomes more and more serious.

Because these sounded like gods from a Western fantasy world that happened to belong to a world he was not completely unfamiliar with.

That is the medieval world of Warhammer, a world full of cruelty and death, even despair.

In this world, humans are of course extremely powerful, but on other continents, there are many equally powerful alien races: high elves, dark elves, wood elves, dwarves, lizard men, rat men, ogres, ancient Tomb King, Beast Man
Almost all races and monsters in the Western fantasy world can be found here, including but not limited to dragons, phoenixes, cyclops, etc.

More importantly, the world is facing great danger. There are four powerful evil gods born from emotions that can be called the universe level. They are watching here in unison, trying to destroy the world.

And more than once, they sent their corrupted human servants and various subspace demon armies under their command to invade this unfortunate world.

Although Asai Nagamasa knows that the coalition forces of the order camp headed by humans, elves, dwarves, etc., as well as the lonely world guardian lizard people, have repelled attacks from the four evil gods' armies more than once, but that was only a delay. This is a time of world destruction, not complete victory.

Because the demon army is a projection from the subspace, they are only killed in the physical world, and the four evil gods can all be understood as the incarnation of emotions. Unless all creatures with intelligence and emotions are dead, otherwise they will It is immortal.

Even according to the background setting, all the energy in this world, including but not limited to onmyoji and magic, etc., originally spread from the subspace where the demons live, and after being filtered by the world, they arrived in the physical universe, and finally transformed becomes energy that can be utilized.

Therefore, there will be various dangers and accidents in the process of using spells. The power from the devil will certainly not come without a price.

In a sense, as long as the spells can still be used, it means that there is some kind of channel connection between the demons' subspace and this world, and then the various corruptions they bring must still exist.

The four evil gods, or the four gods of chaos, symbolize extreme emotions. They are born from the aggregation of emotions, and they themselves also reflect certain desires. Once the emotions of intelligent creatures are the same as their tendencies, they can easily be manipulated by them. Corroded, became its loyal believer, and then wielded the weapon against its former companions.

The battle, rage, killing, and destruction symbolized by Khorne;
Tzeentch symbolizes intrigue, magic, knowledge, and even simple curiosity;

Nurgle's twisted love of life: the plague;

And Slaanesh, the youngest of the four gods, the pursuit of pleasure and pleasure, the endless thirst for all kinds of desires.

Even if the four evil gods are defeated countless times, they still have a chance to make a comeback, but if the local coalition forces in this world are defeated once, complete destruction may be waiting for them. This is the real reason why this world is full of despair.

In contrast, except for the Cathay Dragon God couple who can barely maintain their identity and structure because records are too sparse, the local gods of this world, whether they are racial gods or religious gods, compared with the four gods, They either lack strength, lack wisdom, or simply lack both, and are simply unable to compete with them.

At present, Nibon cannot even deal with some local monsters, so what power can it use to fight against the demons from subspace?
And more importantly, I didn't notice it at the time, but now Asai Nagamasa suddenly realized that the powerful enemy that once forced Huanglong to self-destruct, didn't its appearance look like the most brutal and belligerent blood god Khorne among the four evil gods? ?I now gain strength through killing, and to a certain extent, it also happens to be very suitable for those God-chosen warriors blessed by Khorne!
This couldn't help but give him a great sense of crisis. If it was the evil god who gave him power, what kind of fate would be waiting for him?

The Warring States Period in Nibon has lasted for hundreds of years. There may be blood or corpses buried under every fertile land. Coupled with the endless "lower overcoming the upper", this place is naturally suitable for the two evil gods Khorne and Tzeentch to recruit followers. .

And the rat demon ninjas who appeared in Qingzhou City are actually more likely to be those evil Skaven, right?
Is it the intention of the Ratman clan to go to Nibon this time, or is it the instruction of the subordinate evil god Big Horned Rat behind them?
But these are just Asai Nagamasa's own conjectures for the time being. Maybe those names are just pure coincidences, and this is not really a world full of despair.

Moreover, Huang Long also said that at the critical moment, unexpected power arrived to help him kill the enemy. This was a story he had never heard in his previous life.

In the story, the blood god Khorne has always been the most powerful among all gods, and he has only been injured a handful of times. It’s not that he looks down on Huang Long. If the other party is really the legendary blood god, even if it self-destructs , and it’s hard to say how much damage it can cause to the other party.

The four evil gods are all the embodiment of emotions. The blood god Khorne represents cruelty, anger, blood, killing, etc.
Can you kill the emotion of cruelty or anger?If not, how do you kill the Blood God?

When this thought arose, even Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but feel a little bit of fear. Even if he received the inheritance from Abe Seimei and had many guardian spirits to help him, if he was really facing the evil gods in his memory, , now his own strength is not worth mentioning at all.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, Asai Nagamasa finally had no choice but to give up, because his current power was too weak, and it was useless no matter how much he thought about it, and he could not refuse to obtain it through this method. strength.

Not through killing, but simply practicing. If he wants to reach his current level, even if he is a genius, it will probably take at least ten or even more than 20 years, right?

How many years will it take to reach the level of Abe Seimei?
But if the four gods are really as powerful as he remembers, even if Abe Seimei comes in person, it may not have much effect.

So even if he clearly had concerns, Asai Nagamasa could only go on without hesitation, because he had no more choices.

I just hope that above the four evil gods, there are still infinitely powerful ones who can leave a glimmer of hope to this world.
No, wait, that glimmer of hope may have actually appeared. After all, when he and Huang Long came to this world together, they themselves were already the biggest variables.Although he was still worried, the fear that Asai Nagamasa had in his heart was instantly swept away.

Starting from the island country of Nibon in the Far East, it depends on whether this little butterfly can stir up a storm that can change the fate of the entire world!

With so much on their minds, they chatted and collected information on various aspects of the Nanman people, and they soon came to Jiezhen.

Nara and Qingzhou City are already rare prosperous places at this time, but compared with Jie Town, they become so ordinary and ordinary.

Asai Nagamasa glanced around a few times and found that he couldn't see the edge at all. Although the name was Jie Town, it was actually a city. The population living here was definitely in the tens of thousands.

The only thing lacking is probably that the city has no formal fortifications, not even wooden fences.

Is it because the wealthy businessmen who control this place are stingy with money?

Asai Nagamasa didn't think so. They could even flatten and process the ground several miles away, so how could they ignore the safety at their doorstep.

The only and greatest possibility is that they are powerful enough to hide in the dark. They believe that they can protect their own safety even without building defenses, and the open towns can be used to welcome merchants and travelers from all directions.

As soon as you enter Jie Town, you will first see a very spacious stone road that is almost ten meters long. On both sides of the stone road are densely packed shops and more people.

Men and women, old and young, farmers, hunters, merchants, ronin, samurai, monks, entertainers, except for the shady ninjas in the dark and the beggars who make a living, almost all people of different identities can be seen here, and even occasionally There were several tall, blond and blue-eyed Nanman figures.

When various sounds of hawking and bargaining came into his ears, Asai Nagamasa could still maintain his composure, but Shima Sakon and the little kunoichi, who saw this for the first time, couldn't help but widen their eyes and open their mouths. I was shocked by such momentum.

Don't blame them for being petty, it's because they have never seen such a world.

Asai Nagamasa also felt a little emotional. Although the items and methods sold seemed very primitive and backward due to the limitations of the times, the lively scene was almost the same as the commercial streets of later generations.

It would be more like it if there were not low wooden houses on both sides of the road, but small buildings with several stories high.

Although Axiu, who had been wearing a helmet all day, couldn't see her expression clearly for a while, judging from her slightly slow movements, she must have been affected to some extent, because this may be the first time for her to be with so many people at the same time. Such a close contact.

Seeing Shima Sakon and the little kunoichi being shocked, Sannosuke was obviously a little proud. This was his pride as a local master.

This makes Asai Nagamasa even more amused. Mingmingjie Town is ruled by a collective composed of ten wealthy businessmen. Sannosuke is just one of the many shopkeepers under one of the wealthy businessmen. He is essentially just a high-level wage earner. Even if he wants to be proud, it's not his turn.

Then Sannosuke began to introduce Asai Nagamasa and the others one by one like a tour guide. Whenever they met the owners of other shops, most of them would take the initiative to say hello to Sannosuke, obviously they all knew him.

As one of the shopkeepers of Tennojiya in Kaizhen, Sannosuke does have some respect in Kaizhen.

Along the way, this developed commercial street has not reached the end after walking for several hundred meters. The further we go, the more shops appear.

Especially when passing by a place that looked like a snack street, the little kunoichi saw so many fresh foods for the first time and was almost crazy with joy. She muttered several times that it was a pity that she could not bring her sister Yaya with her.

When he saw a snack shop run by a Nanman, Shima Sakon also showed an expression of obvious shock and curiosity, because the other party used materials that he had never seen before.

Following Shima Sakon's gaze, Asai Nagamasa also looked over, and then he was obviously surprised. It was because the food in the Nanman's pot was too scary.

He recognized the pile of snails the size of a baby's fist, but what about those things with eel bodies and heads that looked like alien cubs?
Even though they have been made into kebabs, Asai Nagamasa still has some doubts. Will eating them really not lead to parasites?

There are so many scary-looking gadgets for sale, and you deserve it that no one around you can buy them, because everyone is just watching the excitement, waiting for the first one who is not afraid of death!

However, the size of this southern barbarian is really a bit exaggerated. He is about two meters tall and strong, almost like a giant bear standing in human form. Standing around the Nibeng people who are generally about 1.5 meters tall, he is a real It stands out from the crowd.

After looking at Shima Sakon, then at the little kunoichi who was eager to try but a little scared, and at Axiu who was standing there, not knowing what he was thinking, Asai Nagamasa took the first few steps forward: "Hello, please Give me four snails and four skewers of that kind."

Wearing a white hat, wearing a white apron, and dressed as a sous-chef, the Nanman returned subconsciously: "Okay, please wait a moment, the snail is more fragrant than the snail meat, and the meat of the wolf tooth goby is also very tender. "

Then less than half a breath later, he was suddenly startled, because the guest's words just now were clearly in the language of his hometown!

He quickly raised his head, took a closer look at the appearance of the man in front of him, and then tentatively replied in his native language: "Excuse me, guest, do you want the snails salty or sweet?"

Asai Nagamasa smiled and returned: "Let's have two portions each."

Now he could confirm that the other party was still speaking English, so his little plan should not be affected much, and now it seemed that there was unexpected progress, because under the influence of this Nanman dressed as a chef On his waist, the bulging thing was obviously in the shape of a pistol.

The iron cannons he has seen so far are still in the primitive stage of matchlocks. It may take more than a minute to fire a shot and then reload. Moreover, Miyabe Tsurujun also said before that the iron cannons used by the Nanman people The guns are better quality, but don't offer a noticeable increase in reload speed, and they're also extremely heavy.

But the Nanman in front of him had a pistol, which meant that either Miyabe Jirun and his blacksmith friend were deceived by the Nanman, or that this Nanman had a very special status and was probably the Jie Zhen Nanman. He is a middle-level and high-level leader among people, so he can own this rarer pistol!

The white hat chef was finally confirmed. This was the first local person he had seen who could speak his native language so fluently. He couldn't help being surprised and happy, and quickly stepped up the movements of his hands, and then asked : "I am Emilio Ferron, the chef and breeder of the Agote Chamber of Commerce. I wonder what the guest's name is?"

chef?Asai Nagamasa didn't believe that the other party was just a chef, otherwise it would be a waste of his thick muscles.

He still replied in English: "I am the young master of Kitaomi's Asai family, Asai Nagamasa. Nice to meet you, Mr. Philon."

"Young Master?" The man who claimed to be a chef was surprised again. He felt like he had caught something, but he couldn't confirm it for a while. It seemed that after finishing these portions of snails, it was time to go back and ask for help. The president has reported it.
Everyone around them was surprised to see Asai Nagamasa able to communicate with the Nanman people freely, especially Shima Sakon and the little kunoichi, who had a better understanding of the people they were loyal to.

In comparison, those mysterious foods that definitely didn't look like good stuff were not that important.

Sannosuke, who was born in the local area, was the most surprised, because he knew very well how difficult it is to learn the Nanman language. There are only a handful of people in the whole town who can learn it, and they basically only know a few of the simplest words. There is no way words can be as smooth as the other person's.

It was clear that the other party was so curious about things about the Nanman people before, but in the blink of an eye, the other party was able to communicate directly with the Nanman people.
Sannosuke feels that he has done some useless work, but if the other party has such ability and is the young master of the Asai family, this may be an event that cannot be ignored for Tennojiya. He must entertain the other party well and report the matter as soon as possible. To Tsuda Sotatsu-sama!

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