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

Chapter 39
As an important transportation hub nearby, in addition to having many cherry blossom trees for viewing, Shisanying Village also has some cattle and horses.

Originally, people passed by or stayed every day, renting or buying these animals, and Shisanying Village benefited greatly from this. Therefore, the area of ​​the village was several times larger than that of ordinary villages, the population was larger, and it was also richer.

This was originally a good thing, but now it has turned into trouble.

Because almost every ten meters, Asai Nagamasa could see unrecognizable corpses.

Judging from the wounds, some of them had most of their bones broken by brute force, and some seemed to have been bitten to death by wild beasts, with a lot of flesh and blood on their bodies lost. In short, almost none of them looked like they had been killed by bandits or robbers. Murderous.

At the same time, there were large areas of black and smelly flesh and blood on the surrounding ground. I wonder if they absorbed them as nutrients. Asai Nagamasa always felt that the falling cherry blossoms seemed to have a different kind of charm against the background of blood.

Whenever Asai Nagamasa approaches these corpses, they begin to crawl up from the ground, as if some preset program has been activated, and attack him with their claws or teeth.

Although their threat to Nagamasa Asai was close to zero, as long as they cut their necks to make them die again, it still took some time for him.

However, as he continued to move forward, things began to change slightly, because he found that the power of these ghouls was constantly getting stronger.

If the first ghouls were just awakened corpses, and their decaying bodies could not withstand swords at all, then these subsequent ghouls can barely be regarded as ghouls strengthened by the evil spirit.

Their skin has become as tough as cowhide, and their speed has become faster. They can walk faster than normal people, and their overall strength has suddenly improved by a level.

In addition, they only have one head, which is considered a weakness, and they don't know pain and fear. This kind of ghoul is no longer something ordinary ashigaru can handle.

Not only is it the human instinct to fear monsters and the like, but also because their strength and agility are inferior to each other. Even their simple bamboo spears can hardly penetrate the thick skin of such corpses.

Even a warrior with better equipment and better martial arts would find it difficult to deal with multiple ghouls at the same time.

However, Asai Nagamasa was not afraid at all. The thick skin of the ghouls had quite good protection against metal weapons, but after all, they were just low-level monsters, and their resistance to spells was almost zero.

With the blessing of Earth Blade Technique, Asai Nagamasa's barely sophisticated samurai sword could kill them relatively easily.

After beheading dozens of ghouls one after another, he also had some gains, which were a few ghoul soul cores about the size of half a fingernail.

Being able to form soul cores means that they already have some potential, but the energy contained in the soul cores is so scarce, which means they have little time to grow.

But this is barely usable. As long as a certain amount is accumulated, Asai Nagamasa can purify them and then use them to repair the damaged spirit sealing box.

The spirit stone contains pure energy, while the soul core contains part of the monster's demonic power and scattered memories of life. However, after being purified by magic, in a sense they are all the same and can be used as energy sources.

Even in the end, Asai Nagamasa was looking forward to the future, because in addition to the soul core, the constant killing and death were also gradually strengthening his power. Although the improvement each time was very small, the sand became a tower, and the little things made a lot. , is also considerable.

And more importantly, Jusanzakura is a large village with a population of nearly a thousand in its heyday. Now along the way, the number of ghouls who have died at the hands of Asai Nagamasa has exceeded fifty. Although these ghouls are all Very weak, but with the numbers there, it must take quite a bit of power to transform them.

So in the center of the village, in the cherry blossom forest where there is a faint aura of energy, will what is waiting for him be a powerful monster or a powerful treasure?
Not seeking speed, but seeking stability, Asai Nagamasa began to slowly kill these awakened ghouls. He was like a diligent cleaner, cleaning the ghouls house by house, street by street, and every day Use a long knife to hit the opponent's neck every time to ensure that they will never stand up again as a ghoul.

After spending more than half an hour to confirm that all the resurrected corpses around him had been cleared away, Asai Nagamasa found a relatively clean room to sit down and began to restore his mana.

These corpses were obviously just appetizers. As he got closer, he also sensed a trace of evil spirit in the center of the village, where the cherry blossom trees were the most luxuriant. There was probably a powerful monster there. He must be fully prepared for the fierce battle that may follow.

It's just that he still has some concerns in his heart.

Because he roughly calculated that the total number of ghouls that died in his hands was less than two hundred, which did not match the population of Shisanying Village, which was nearly a thousand.

For those eight hundred or so vacancies, had they escaped to other villages and thus survived, or had they all been transformed into ghouls, and then those ghouls also fled out?If it's the former, it's okay, but if it's the latter, it will be quite a disaster for Meinong.

According to Asai Nagamasa's knowledge, apart from the guy known as "Owari the Big Fool", it is rumored that he is training out-of-service professional soldiers in recent years. Among other daimyo, it is also said that Tomojima Usami, who is loyal to the Echigo Nagao family, has a family. Some professional warriors were trained, but less than a hundred of them survived.

In addition, all daimyo would only temporarily summon peasants to participate in the war as ashigaru when a battle broke out.

It's the busy farming season now, and the Saito family is not in a state of war. Even in the Saito family's headquarters, Inabayama Castle, at this time, there are absolutely no 800 professional samurai and ashigaru combined, let alone other middle-aged people. What about the territory of the lower-level samurai?
If it was really the worst case scenario that he expected, and eight hundred ghouls rushed out of Shisanying Village, he didn't know how many innocent people would be injured or even die as a result.

Although this is Mino, not Kitaomi, the Asai family's home, and Asai Nagamasa has no feelings at all from the residents here, civilians are always innocent.

More importantly, until now, Asai Nagamasa has not figured out how these corpses appeared.

If they were like zombies and could transform quickly, then the problem would be much bigger.

In this feudal era full of wars, ordinary people have no means to compete with it. Maybe in a few days, the entire Nibon will become a corpse country.

Of course, this is just his worst guess. At least in the inheritance of Abe Seimei, there has never been a big monster with similar abilities in the history of Nibon.

It's a pity that his ability is limited now and he has no skills. He cannot go to other places to explore for the time being. They can only ask for their own blessings.

Although there were many thoughts in his mind, Asai Nagamasa's thoughts were not scattered. He meditated hard and adjusted his breath, hoping to regain his fighting strength as soon as possible and move deeper into the village to find out.

But just when his mana had just returned to [-]% to [-]%, the roar of a monster suddenly came from the distance, followed by the sound of sharp weapons chopping on flesh.

He immediately realized that there must be another entrance to this village, and someone else was coming!

"Hiss, roar!"

Hearing a sudden shrill roar from the cherry blossom forest in the distance, he immediately jumped up from the ground and looked through the window.

But due to the angle, he only saw a huge black shadow jumping out of the cherry blossom forest and heading straight to the direction of the distant sound.

Asai Nagamasa shrugged, well, it's not the treasure he wants most, but the monster.

But fortunately, for a qualified Onmyoji, not only are the corpses of monsters often filled with materials that can be used to cast spells, but the monsters themselves are also a kind of wealth.

Because basically all middle and lower-level shikigami are essentially various ghosts or monsters, but they are manipulated by onmyojis, so they no longer hurt people casually.

Moreover, death energy, resentment, resentment and hatred, which are very common in monsters, can also be collected and refined by Onmyoji, and then used to make magical weapons or shikigami.

However, if you use them when you are just getting started and your magic power is not yet sophisticated, it is still somewhat dangerous. Although there is no good or evil in the power, the humans who use them will be affected.

But generally speaking, when onmyojis fight monsters, as long as they win in the end, they will definitely gain something. The only difference is how much they gain.

Of course, if the monsters win, they will also gain something. Human flesh and blood will make them stronger, and the energy-rich flesh and blood of Onmyoji is their favorite.

The only thing that makes Asai Nagamasa a little confused at the moment is why the black shadow's cry just now sounds a bit like the neighing of a horse?Couldn't it be that kind of guy?Then this battle may be a little difficult.

Although he was thinking about this, Asai Nagamasa's movements were not delayed at all, and he directly chased the huge monster.

Under such circumstances, there was someone like him who came to kill demons. He was really curious about the identity of the other person: was he a truly powerful extraordinary person, or was he a reckless wild samurai with a righteous mind?
(End of this chapter)