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

Chapter 145 The Familiar and Strange World
But he didn't want to waste time. He urgently wanted to know more about the strength of the Agote Chamber of Commerce, as well as information about the Cathay Empire, the Inda Kingdom, and the Snake Kingdoms, the three countries closer to Nibon. , because these three countries are full of fog even for him, and he almost only knows each other's names.

When it came to Cathay, the fat chef was obviously a little over-excited. He began to introduce Nagamasa Asai with saliva; "Chenian, the Shenlong Empire, is undoubtedly the most powerful country in the East. It is said that all its rulers are named Dragon." The Emperor can control a giant golden man hundreds of meters tall, as well as a snake-shaped four-clawed dragon."

Hearing this, Shima Sakon, who had been instructed by Asai Nagamasa, couldn't help but ask: "Four-clawed dragon? Does such a creature really exist and can it be driven by humans?"

The fat man laughed when he heard the words: "Although we have never seen it before, they all said that there is, so it should be there. It is said that all the lords guarding one side of the Cathay Empire, as well as their royal families, all have dragon blood. So in times of crisis, you can transform into a dragon and soar in the sky.”

"The high elves have the sun, moon, and star dragons, the dark elves have the black dragon, the Norscan pirates have the frost dragon, and even the foul-smelling greenskins have the wyverns. As the most powerful dragon in the East, In this country, it’s natural that they have other dragons, right?”

Several Niben people couldn't help but fell silent at the same time. The information revealed by the big fat man was really shocking. If he wasn't lying, it meant that the world was actually far more exciting than they imagined. !

Asai Nagamasa thought more. He had heard the word "Dragon Emperor" from Takenaka Hanbei and others several times before. At that time, he thought it was just the honorific title given to their emperor by the Cathay Empire, but now it seems , it's definitely more than that.

If all members of the Zhendan Dragon Emperor clan are divine dragons, then the guardian spirit Huanglong on him may not be as amazing as it boasted before.
But I don't know if he sensed Asai Nagamasa's thoughts, the yellow dragon in his body immediately began to emphasize that he is the incarnation of the earth element, the five spirits of the sky, and is completely different from ordinary dragons.

As it was inconvenient to speak for the time being, Asai Nagamasa did not continue to discuss or refute it. Anyway, no matter what kind of dragon the royal family of the Cathay Empire was, they couldn't possibly stand by his side like the yellow dragon, right?

At this time, another pale-faced man next to him, who looked like a combination of a drunkard and a gambler, and a somewhat decadent black-haired southern barbarian, couldn't help but say, "Yes, the Cathay Empire is really a magical country."

"Not only do they dare, they can even recruit ferocious ogres and beastmen to join the army and accept their command and orders."

"Even for the Empire or the Knight Kingdom of Bretonnia, this is something that is unthinkable. They will only choose to eat us."

The big fat man nodded repeatedly when he heard this: "That's right, those ogres have much more food and height, especially the two-headed guys are the most dangerous. As for those beastmen, it is said that you nipeng also have them."

There are two new races, but after experiencing a series of information bombardment just now, Shima Sakon and others' resistance to this has been greatly improved, and they will no longer be easily moved.

Asai Nagamasa, who knows more about this, knows it very well. In fact, he may know more than the other party in some aspects.

So he just nodded: "Mr. Fernand, right? I just heard Emilio say on the way that you are his best friend."

"Yes, and he is also the friend to whom he owes the most money." The black-haired Fernand laughed at himself.

The big fat man next to him waved his hands repeatedly: "What are you talking about? If it weren't for you, I would have turned into a rotting corpse in the sea. What does a little money mean?"

However, Asai Nagamasa had some associations with the word beastman. Beasts transformed into human beings and then acted evil, so they were called beastmen.

So, were the monsters that first appeared in Nibon were local monsters, or did they come from other places?

Of course, the black-haired Fernand didn't know the complicated emotions in Asai Nagamasa's heart. He seemed to deliberately want to show his erudition in front of him. He seemed very cold, but once he spoke, he was surprisingly talkative.

"If those horned beasts transformed from goats and wild dogs are just annoying little things, the big horned beasts transformed from cows and horses are a bit scary. They are very strong, and they can often kill a person with an axe. They can cut through ordinary shields, and because of their pair of hooves, they can run much faster than ordinary humans, making it difficult to escape even if they want to."

"If we go one step further and centaurs or even tauren appear in their tribe, it will mean a lot of casualties to many small towns. If we go further and terrifying monsters such as manticores or even the legendary Cyclops appear, If so, it would be a disaster.”

When this topic was brought up, the black-haired Fernand sighed, and then he changed his tone: "We Yinda beastmen are still noble and know etiquette. Under the influence of thousands of gods and thousands of Buddhas, as long as we offer enough meat And wine as a tribute, they are even willing to shoot for us to kill the enemies who come, even if they were once of the same kind."

The Land of Thousand Buddhas refers to Thailand in Asai Nagamasa's original world, but now it seems that it has become the Inda Kingdom.

But it's no wonder that there are so many monsters and monsters. It's not incomprehensible that a small country's national power will be weakened due to the invasion of monsters, and then it will be annexed by a big country.

Or more likely, that small country was destroyed by monsters a long time ago.

Because there is an extra Horeth hinterland and a giant Ulthuan roundabout, other continents have also been slightly adjusted, resulting in the overall area of ​​​​this world being much larger than the previous earth. However, judging from the globe just now, the number of countries On the contrary, it is much less.

Weak and powerless nations and countries should have been eliminated by the cruel environment long ago.

Asai Nagamasa pondered: "So, most of the Beastmen have an upright human form, with two arms and two legs like us humans, and"

"The head of an ugly beast, haha." The black-haired Fernand chuckled and touched his neck. Asai Nagamasa noticed that there was a rather hideous scar there, which looked like the claw of some kind of beast. There must be a sinister story behind it.

The big fat chef then added: "This is also the most commonly used method for us to identify beastmen. In fact, there are far more types of them than we imagined. Any beast is under the influence of the power of chaos, and under the influence of those green and yellow dimensional stones. If you don't, you might turn into one of those foul-smelling beastmen."

Green and yellow warpstone?But it sounds more like a spirit stone. If it is affected by the energy of a spirit stone all year round, both beasts and humans may indeed be transformed into monsters.

And as far as I know, spirit stones and dimensional stones can also turn animals into monsters
Coupled with the strangeness that happened to him, Asai Nagamasa felt more and more headache.

Monsters and spirit stones had quietly appeared in Nibon hundreds of years ago, in the era of Abe Seimei, or even earlier. If this was not accidental, but a conspiracy, then the other party's plan would be reversed. How big is it?How powerful is the opponent?
Although this is just a conjecture of mine, once it really exists, the damage it can cause will definitely be earth-shattering.

The worst thing is that there is a shadow of an evil god behind him. The power of the four gods of chaos is too powerful, even to the point of despair.

If the Four Chaos Gods hadn't put most of their energy into fighting the other three gods, treating the various races in the mortal world more like they were just having fun, I'm afraid the world would have been swallowed up by the evil gods.

Asai Nagamasa sighed secretly, so it is still necessary to pursue more and stronger power to have the opportunity to face the unknown challenge.

At this moment, he suddenly felt two blazing eyes. When he turned his head, he saw Axiu and the little kunoichi looking at him with bright eyes, obviously thinking of something. He nodded, confirming the other party's guess.

The nearby island and the two southern barbarians also noticed their strangeness.

Shima Sakon couldn't help but say: "Young Master, is it possible?"

Asai Nagamasa said with some sigh: "We encountered rat-headed monsters in Qingzhou City. They were disguised as ninjas and intended to attack Oda Nobunaga's sister Aichi, but they were killed by me, Axiu, Ningning, and the people of Qingzhou City. The samurai stopped it together."

The fat chef's eyes widened in an instant: "Rat demon? Could it be the Skaven? But I've never heard of them having ships? Could it be that they dug through the bottom of the sea?"

The black-haired Fernand, who was still smiling at first, also turned cold, and even became a little nervous: "Ninja? That is what we call assassins in the old world? Now there will be some trouble. If it is those people who are full of The insidious guy digging holes in the world.”

Asai Nagamasa waved his hand: "Don't be too nervous, there are many monsters in our native Nibon, and they are not necessarily Skaven."

Having said that, he still secretly noticed that the two foreigners in front of him were obviously warriors with good strength and courage, but they were very wary just thinking about this race. It was obvious that the Skaven Rats People pose a great threat to them.But as he said, all kinds of monsters will subconsciously transform into human appearances when they can transform. Therefore, many of Nibon's local monsters have animal heads and human bodies, and they are the same as the beastmen that the other party just mentioned. They are very similar in appearance, but what is the difference? He has to wait until he actually studies it himself to know.

The black-haired Fernand nodded: "That's true. The various monsters in Nibon are indeed very magical. A few days ago, our people encountered an unexpected attack."

"At first, I thought it was a tiger man from our Inda Kingdom, but it wasn't until it turned into a tiger with black flames all over its body that we knew it was the monster Nibon said. We fought it off with great difficulty. It, but also lost some manpower."

"Especially Camille, the vice president of our Agote Chamber of Commerce, was seriously injured by the tiger demon and is still lying in bed recovering from his injuries."

There was a bit of fear in his words, which was completely inconsistent with the bravery and fearlessness he had just shown.

Asai Nagamasa immediately felt that he had discovered something. There were no large beasts like tigers in Nibon. The largest carnivorous beast here was the black bear, and the number was still very rare.

Then there are wild boars and wild wolves. Tigers, lions or cheetahs do not exist here.

The last time I heard about the tiger demon was when I met Maeno Nagayasu, the leader of the Kawami gang, in Mino. There, he and Axiu worked together to kill some demons controlled by the tiger demon, and then It’s here the second time, it can’t be such a coincidence.
So he immediately raised his question.

The fat chef shrugged: "Maybe it was brought here by my predecessors. It has been about 200 years since Nibon was first discovered by the old world fleet."

The black-haired Fernand, who was already cold-looking, was even more serious at this moment: "As for what Mr. Asai said, we did find the body controlled by the tiger demon, and in the end we subdued it with the flames. , they are afraid of flames just like undead creatures."

Is that so? It seems that the tiger demon is probably the one in my impression.
What the fat chef said about the origin of the tiger demon is indeed a very reasonable explanation, but can a tiger demon that has been around for 200 years practice such evil spells?

The ghosts are not scary. The scary thing is that they can transform the other person into their own kind after killing people. This is simply an alien version of Resident Evil.

Fortunately, the other party seemed to be a little afraid. Not only did he not stay there, but he left quickly. There were no related rumors in the areas near Mino and Owari.

Only now did Asai Nagamasa know that the other party had actually come near Jie Town?
However, what did these southern barbarians rely on to repel such a powerful tiger monster?It can't just be their iron cannon, right?

Although Asai Nagamasa has not found any clues so far, it is obvious that they are definitely not ordinary people without special abilities.

After asking a few more tentative questions, Asai Nagamasa found out very regretfully that the other party did not know the current location of the tiger demon. Otherwise, they would also be thinking of avenging their vice-president. It seems that they will slowly search for it in the future. .

On the contrary, Asai Nagamasa's questioning aroused the other party's interest. After all, when ordinary people hear about monsters, the most correct reaction should be to feel fear, and then try every means to avoid them, instead of digging into the details like Asai Nagamasa.

Faced with the question raised by the fat chef, Asai Nagamasa did not answer directly. He just smiled, then took out the long knife and stroked it with his right hand, coating it with a layer of rising flames.

This kind of practical action is much more useful than verbal explanation.

Sure enough, feeling the sudden rise in temperature in the air, the two Nanmans were immediately surprised. They looked at each other, and the fat chef, who was more familiar with Asai Nagamasa, immediately asked impatiently: "Master Asai, what's going on?" Is it the fire spell Luyin Flame Sword that was taught to you by the disciple of Mannan, the sea god who was seriously injured?"

Of course, Poseidon Mannan is best at water spells, but his followers are not limited to that, so the two of them didn't feel anything was wrong.

Of course, Asai Nagamasa knew that his spell was definitely not called that. It was the Fire Blade Technique in Onmyoji. The other party had obviously made a mistake, but he still decided not to refute the other party so quickly.

"Sorry, I don't know it has such a name, but I know that after casting this spell, my weapon can bring fire damage to the enemy. It has a very good effect on monsters and resurrected corpses. .”

The fat chef nodded repeatedly: "That's right. I didn't expect you to be a magician."

The black-haired Fernand also showed a rare smile: "I didn't expect that I would see a magician in a foreign country, and Master Asai just used such a spell easily without reciting a spell. It's really amazing. .”

Asai Nagamasa said a few words of modesty, and then the fat man left with an excuse, saying he wanted to see how busy the kitchen was.

Just think about it and you will know that he must have tipped off his master.

He didn't pay much attention to it. Anyway, there was still someone here, so he took the opportunity to dig out more knowledge.

Then Asai Nagamasa soon learned that the black-haired Fernand in front of him came from the Inda Kingdom. His father was a captain from the old world and the same country as President Lilu, and his mother was from the Inda Kingdom. Man, he's actually a mixed race.

As Asai Nagamasa had guessed, the Inda Kingdom was a brand new and much more powerful country that was modeled on Southeast Asian countries such as India, Thailand, and Cambodia.

In addition to the caste system and elephants, the Inda Kingdom, known as the "Land of Thousand Gods" or "Land of Thousand Buddhas", also has tens of millions of monks.

The most outstanding monks among them not only have physical strength several times stronger than ordinary people, but also have some special abilities, such as golden bells, iron shirts, etc.
It is precisely because of this that they reluctantly fought against the many snake kingdoms in the hinterland of Horace.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the focus of the snake-man kingdom is currently on cooperating with the lizard-men on the Dragon Islands further away to exterminate the Skaven.

Asai Nagamasa also knew that these snake people were really a race of upper-body humans and lower-body snakes, somewhat similar to the Naga tribe in many games he knew. However, unlike other beastmen, they were not transformed from snakes. , they are just like the lizard people, they look like that from the beginning and they will look like that throughout their lives.

They also have obvious order, and will even establish kingdoms and set up various officials. They are not like the beastmen who only live for killing and destruction.

Although lizardmen, snakemen, and Skaven look like a combination of beasts and humans, they are actually special existences independent of beastmen. The reason is that they possess higher intelligence and Degree of organization.

Ordinary beastmen only plunder and kill mindlessly, but these three races can establish countries and build cities. They are civilized races.

Legend has it that the snake people were transformed from the lizard people who lost their divine leadership, but they still remember their mission like the lizard people, which is to destroy all evil and maintain the order of the world.

Beastmen, Skaven, and various exotic demons are all evil in their eyes.

In contrast, brainless green-skinned orcs or undead transformed from the dead are not truly evil in their eyes. As long as they are not deliberately looking for trouble, they will not take the initiative to attack.

Therefore, the black-haired Fernand, like most of the insiders, was puzzled as to what the snake and lizard people were basing their judgment on.

But Nagamasa Asai felt that he seemed to have caught something. The evil that the other party considered seemed to have one thing in common, that is, chaotic and disorderly evil, for killing, blood, and death.

(End of this chapter)