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

Chapter 40 Horse-headed Ghost

"It turned out to be"

Although he had expected it before, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw the figures of the two warring parties.

One of them is a horse-shaped monster that is nearly four meters tall and stands upright. It looks very much like the horse-faced image he knows from the netherworld.

In Nibon, there are soul seducers named Bull Head and Horse Face in the underworld of Huangquan. This is very similar to the Legend of Cathay. There are some extremely powerful Onmyoji who will sign contracts with them in exchange for spiritual stones or other treasures.

When needed, they will summon them as sacrifices to help them fight. Although they are nominally shikigami belonging to the Onmyoji, this is actually an employment relationship.

But not all onmyojis are strong enough to communicate with the ecstasy messengers, and not all onmyojis can afford the price.

So gradually, some Onmyojis came up with new ideas. They would use domestic cattle, horses and spiritual stones as raw materials, and then use special means to transform them into shikigami to save face. This kind of magic quickly became popular among Onmyojis. spread among them.

Since the production process is often full of blood and darkness, the transformed horse faces are basically cruel and bloodthirsty without exception, and it is not uncommon to devour the owner. In fact, they look more like monsters than shikigami, so later Onmyoji basically call them horse-headed ghosts.

It is worth mentioning that although these two horse-headed guys are very similar in appearance, in fact their combat effectiveness is often quite different.

How could a horse-headed ghost created by an onmyoji be as good as a real seducer?
The horse-shaped monster in front of me should be the second situation, because in addition to having a pair of eyes that glow with green light, there is also a pair of eyes that shine with green light on its horse head, representing that it is a monster. Its identity is also the ghost corner where a considerable part of its power lies.

Generally speaking, the larger the ghost horn is, the purer its color and texture, the stronger its owner is. This is also a rough way to judge the opponent's strength before fighting.

Of course, this method is only applicable to most middle and lower level monsters. Really advanced monsters often have one to several unique spells and talents, which cannot be observed through ghost horns.

What's more, it is not very uncommon to hide one's own ghost horns, and even transform into a human appearance.

For example, the ghost girl Hongye he met just after she came to this world. Apart from being overly gorgeous, her appearance was not much different from that of ordinary women.

But no matter what, it seems now that this horse-faced monster is a bit stronger than the original big pig demon.

Its alienated sharp claws were carrying a gigantic wooden club several meters long with serrations, smashing large holes in the ground and causing smoke and dust to fly everywhere, showing its powerful brute force.

I don’t know which onmyoji shikigami it was that lost control. Looking at the various internal organ fragments stuck to its weapon, Asai Nagamasa knew that it had killed at least four or five people, and there were two or three more people on the ground around it. The ten corpses, judging from the various traces on the corpses, might all be related to it.

The figure on the other side was much smaller. She was a young woman dressed as a ronin with flowing black hair.

Her face is slightly androgynous, but it is undoubtedly better than all the women Asai Nagamasa has seen in this world. The key thing is that her eyes are not black, but light blue like the sea, and she seems to have Exotic blood.

She looked to be a few years older than him, but definitely no older than 20.

Asai Nagamasa was immediately interested in a beautiful, powerful warrior Hime who seemed to have exotic blood. This was really, really rare in Nippon.

Not to mention who the foreign blood in her body comes from, most of the daughters of the Wu family are actually just tools used to marry other Wu families to maintain relationships with each other.

No one would let them go to the battlefield at all. After all, the cost of training a qualified warrior is really not low, even for the Wu family. Why should they waste it on women who are destined to marry other families?

Moreover, this Ji Samurai looks very wealthy. Armor, gauntlets, leggings, combat skirts, and combat boots. This series of equipment is very expensive for ordinary warriors, not to mention that this set of equipment seems to be made for her. If it is custom-made, the value must be higher. She is undoubtedly a rich little woman.

In comparison, Asai Nagamasa, who only wore a piece of light armor, undoubtedly looked much simpler.

Of course, with the Earth Armor spell on him, his defense might not be much weaker than the opponent's, and his spell armor still doesn't require any maintenance costs.

What surprised Asai Nagamasa the most was that the weapon in her hand was a giant scythe that was taller than her.

It would be fine if it were hollow, but if it were made entirely of metal, it would be difficult for ordinary people to pick up such a bulky weapon, let alone use it as a weapon. It would be better than the naginata used by the monk soldiers. More heavy.

But at this moment, this giant scythe seemed very light in her hand.

She was dodging the horse-faced attack while seizing the opportunity to launch a counterattack. During the time Asai Nagamasa was advancing towards the battlefield, the horse-headed ghost did not hit her once. Instead, she injured her thigh and back several times. Waist, it looked like she was having the upper hand.

But Asai Nagamasa does not simply think that she will win, because human physical strength is limited, and she cannot dodge forever. Her attacks can cause very little damage to the thick-skinned horse-headed ghost, but The weapon in the horse head ghost's hand was thicker than her waist, and if it hit her once, she would be seriously injured if not dead.

The horse-headed ghost can make many mistakes because it can withstand it, but if Warrior Ji makes one mistake, she will pay a heavy price.

Asai Nagamasa took a deep breath, held another long knife at his waist, and began to prepare to fight with all his strength.

Everyone in Asai's family knew that he was skilled in martial arts and would definitely become a powerful samurai in the future, but even his nominal father didn't know that what he was really good at was not the swordsmanship, marksmanship, or riding skills they thought he was good at. , but the dual sword style!
Living in war-torn Nibon, in this era full of inferiority and superiority, even a once innocent boy has his own ambitions and secrets.

"Hey, samurai-sama over there, look here, look here!"

Asai Nagamasa suddenly turned around and looked to a corner in the southwest, where there was a man squatting behind the broken earth wall and waving at him.

Because that corner was extremely dark, Asai Nagamasa couldn't see the other party's true appearance for a while. He could only tell from his body shape that the other party was a thin guy.Asai Nagamasa was certain that he had never noticed anyone there before, and why did this guy immediately think of a circus monkey the first time he saw him?

While waving, the guy was nervously watching the battle not far away. He didn't know if he and the Ji warrior were accomplices.

If there is nothing between the two, then of course it doesn't matter, but if they are companions, why is the Hime warrior fighting fiercely with the monster, but he is just hiding here?

But that wasn't an important matter, and he didn't ask for the other person's name and identity, because it didn't mean much to him now.

He just pressed the long sword with one hand, used the earth blade technique on it, and deliberately made it emit an earthy yellow energy radiance.

"The situation is so critical, why did you stop me?"

Looking at the light on the strange samurai's sword, the man couldn't help but swallowed subconsciously. He was absolutely sure that it was not his illusion, it was not a special decoration, and it was not a special scene formed under the reflection of the sun. , that light is real!

After quickly glancing at the opponent's equipment, which was obviously very sophisticated and beyond the reach of ordinary warriors, he suddenly realized that maybe this was also an opportunity.
Thinking of this, he said very cautiously: "This samurai-sama, the younger one is Tokichiro. The younger one of my companions is quite strong and should not die so easily. If she really is that identity. .”

The man's voice became smaller and smaller, and the last sentence was almost silent. Maybe he was just talking to himself and didn't want Asai Nagamasa to hear it at all.

It's a pity that he doesn't understand the current Asai Nagamasa at all. After the guardian spirit of Biyiniao gradually regained his abilities, his hearing and vision have been greatly improved. At least at this distance, he did not miss a word.

But of course the man would not know this. He just quickly changed his words and said: "In short, I wonder if you can ask me to save my companion? After that, I am willing to give you precious gold gems." !”

"Tokichiro? Gold and gems?"

The next thought in Asai Nagamasa's mind was, could it be the person and that thing in his mind?No matter how he looked at it now, he had to participate in this battle.

But on the surface, he didn't hesitate at all. He readily agreed to the other party: "Okay, I promise you."

Hearing Asai Nagamasa agreed, the man who called himself Tokichiro suddenly smiled and scratched his head. Even if he hadn't been afraid of being discovered by the horse-headed ghost over there, Asai Nagamasa had no doubt that he would dance and even jump, as if He has ADHD.

However, in the eyes of others, this only makes him more like a monkey.

"Thank you, Master Samurai. I will definitely give you the precious gold gem!"

Even in the darkness, when these words were mentioned, Asai Nagamasa seemed to be able to vaguely see the light in the other person's eyes, which represented the light of hope and future. The man who called himself Fujikiro was obviously very interested in those golden gems. Very confident.

After thinking for a while, Nagamasa Asai took out the blue bamboo tube in his arms and threw it over: "Take care of my bamboo tube and Xiaohong."

Although in normal times, the weight of these twenty kilograms is nothing to the current Asai Nagamasa, the current enemy is one that he needs to go all out to deal with, so he naturally has to be in the best condition.

At the same time, this is also a small test. If the other party is greedy for his things, haha.

Tokichiro, who was wondering what Xiaohong was, subconsciously reached out to pick it up, but because he misjudged the weight of the bamboo tube, he felt his hand suddenly sinking, almost causing him to fall to the ground.

He was about to ask something, but Nagamasa Asai didn't give him the chance: "So, Tokichiro, I wonder what your companion's name is?"

Based on the memories he has from later generations, as long as he knows the name, he has a high chance of knowing other information about the other party. After all, there are probably only a handful of Ji warriors like her in the entire Warring States Period of Nibon. of.

But when faced with this question, Tokichiro seemed to have been cast by a time spell. All his movements stopped instantly. It was obvious that he was hesitant about this question.

"Uh, this."

Asai Nagamasa snorted and stopped looking at him. Instead, he turned around and rushed towards the battlefield with his two swords in hand.

Tokichiro knew her, but he didn't seem to know her name. Coupled with the gold and gems he mentioned, things started to become more and more interesting.

Maybe he is just a spiritual stone merchant Tokichiro now, but in a parallel world, he is known as the three heroes of the Warring States Period along with Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

As the name suggests, they are the three most dazzling daimyo in the Warring States Period of Nippon. There may be other daimyo who surpass them in some aspects, but their experiences are the most legendary, because they were all very weak at the beginning.

Oda Nobunaga, known as Owari the Big Fool, innovated all the way, and finally succeeded in going to Luo and gained half of the world.

After his death, Tokichiro inherited and continued to expand his power. After Tokichiro's death, Tokugawa Ieyasu inherited his power and further expanded, and finally established the unified Tokugawa shogunate.

Although many people think that Tokichiro obtained the inheritance of Oda Nobunaga through flattery and various small tricks, so he became a man of the world.

But in addition to his hard work and extreme luck, his wisdom and ability in domestic and foreign affairs are definitely beyond ordinary people.

However, this guy really looks more and more like a monkey!

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