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

Chapter 6
When he saw the other party on a small hillside, Shinkuro couldn't help frowning slightly.

The wild boar is indeed a wild boar, but now it has changed from a four-footed monster to a three-meter-high monster that walks on its feet.

Moreover, it held a fresh tree trunk several meters long in its hand, which seemed to be used as a weapon, and it was even wrapped with a few pieces of rags and animal skins.

This shows that it already has the most rudimentary intelligence. Those rags may not only be used to cover shame, but also to keep warm and cold, and to improve defense.

More importantly, there are some jagged green horns on the top of its head that emit a faint light.

Among the various legends of Nibon, this kind of small horn only represents one possibility, that is, it is a ghost horn. Their owners are all monsters, goblins, or evil spirits.

For ordinary Nibon people, there is not much difference between these words. At least they cannot distinguish the difference between monsters and ghosts. In short, they only know that they refer to those who have unique powers and basically all have influence on humans. Malicious evil aliens will do.

The horns on their heads are where their strength and essence lies, and are also proof of their identity. The more powerful the monster, the larger and purer its horn is, which is called a monster horn or simply a ghost horn.

Of course, after reaching a certain level of strength, they can also choose to hide it, so it is not possible to judge whether the opponent is a human or a monster solely based on the presence of ghost horns.

Those with ghost horns are definitely not humans, but those without ghost horns are not necessarily monsters.

Beside the pig demon, there were several humanoid creatures with missing arms and legs, covered in blood, and even their internal organs were scattered outside.

If you only look at the other person's appearance, they are very similar to the ashigaru who were with Kosaburo just now, but Shinkuro will never mistake the guy with red eyes for his companion.

Because they have been killed by the pig demon once before, they used to be human beings and belonged to the ashigaru from Xiaogu City, but now they are ghouls controlled by monsters.

Ghouls can basically be thought of as zombies or zombies controlled by evil spirits. Without spells, attacking their other body parts will only affect their actions, but will not really kill them. The head is the only one that can kill them. is their greatest weakness.

He immediately began to reconsider his plan.

Originally, he wanted to set a trap for the opponent in the forest with relatively complicated terrain, and then take advantage of the special environment in the forest to find opportunities to slowly kill him. After all, he has mastered some spells now, even if he cannot easily defeat the opponent, he can escape safely. It shouldn't be a problem.

But now the situation is different. This pig demon actually has a lot of wisdom and even knows how to drive corpses!

In just a few breaths, the other party quickly discovered him. The pig demon's eyes turned red instantly. It first let out a long howl, and then ran straight down the hillside. Not only did it run faster than ordinary people, Fast, and because of its weight, even the entire ground began to tremble slightly.

Shinkuro immediately estimated that the weight of this big wild boar was at least [-] kilograms, but it could still maintain such a speed, which meant that its strength and physical strength were definitely not weak. The tree trunk he held was several meters long and as thick as a human thigh. . .

Incompetent!

Even if there are twenty or so ashigaru in the woods not far away, it can easily kill them all in a head-on confrontation!

And Shinkuro felt that he might be the first victim, because he noticed the right side of the pig demon's abdomen.

There, there was a scar that was more than a foot long and looked very fresh. It was exactly the wound that was injured by his long knife when it was a wild boar. Even its cubs were injured by him and all of them. All the Ashigaru leaders were killed.

And the next scene made him turn around and leave, and the thoughts he just had were completely thrown out of his mind, because the other party was not alone!
Not only did two smaller pig demons appear, but there were also dozens of driven corpses. He would be foolish to confront them head-on.

If you don't deal with these pig monsters, it is true that the big monster Hongye may be alerted, which will bring greater danger, but if he is too reckless now, he may die right here!
Returning to the forest, Shinkuro saw his attendant, Kosaburo, glaring at the ashigaru angrily. He even had his long sword drawn out, and the ashigaru all held their spears tightly, with expressions on their faces. Something is wrong with everything.

Shinkuro thought for a while, and without Kozaburo's explanation, he already understood the general idea. The Ashigaru who had been ordered by him to ambush the pig demon seemed to be ready to escape.

However, at this juncture, Shinkuro didn't say anything. It would be meaningless to scold them at this time and would only gain resentment.

If he really started fighting with the pig demon later, and these resentful ashigaru sneaked up on him a few times behind him, it would be too bad.

In this Warring States era full of "lower and higher", both the souls who came from across the world and the original Shinkuro knew this very well, and it was indeed possible for these ashigaru to do that.

Perhaps when fighting against enemy daimyo, these Ashigaru were often able to fight bloody battles for half a day, with "brilliant" records of dozens of casualties. It seemed that they were very afraid of death.

But in some remote areas, many of them work part-time as bandits and robbers.Timid, cowardly, greedy for life and afraid of death, this is actually just a disguise. They can also become very cruel to outsiders and weaker people.

Similarly, if it is to survive, they will never mind resisting themselves.

Shinkuro glanced at it, recorded the faces of the most vicious guys, and then pretended not to know anything: "The plan has changed, everyone retreat with me!"

At this time, no one had any objection, instead, all of them showed joy, the hands of the ashigaru people who were holding the spears relaxed, and even Xiao Saburo who was beside him breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he is loyal to his young master and is fearless even if he fights those monsters to the death, if he has a choice, he does not want to confront them head-on.

And if these ashigaru really decided to disobey, it is still unknown what will happen to the young master who possesses spells. He feels that he may not see the sunrise of tomorrow.

The current result is good for everyone.

The group of people then began to run quickly through the forest. Due to the complicated environment, ashigaru tripped over tree roots or debris from time to time, but they did not say a word and quickly got up and continued running.

Because they all heard the roars coming from behind and the sound of trees breaking, the monsters were still behind them.

It wasn't until they emerged from the other side of the woods and continued running for almost a quarter of an hour that the sounds behind them gradually stopped being heard.

I don’t know if the pig demon gave up the pursuit or if they lost their way in the forest, but the only thing that is certain is that they finally saved a small life.

Shinkuro breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't consume too much physical strength thanks to the blessing of spells and the continuous energy provided by the earth, his spirit was always in a state of tension, and now he can finally relax a little.

The ashigaru next to them were even more unbearable. Many ashigaru even collapsed on the ground. Shinkuro even noticed that some ashigaru had nothing in their hands. Probably to facilitate their escape, they held the items in their hands. The weapons were thrown away.

Shinkuro snorted, feeling more and more unreliable.

If they are so weak and refuse to obey orders, what use is there for them?Is it really just for making up numbers and serving as cannon fodder?

At this time, a bamboo tube was handed over from the side: "Young Master, water!"

Shinkuro nodded slightly, took the bamboo tube and drank it in one gulp.

The slightly cool water flowed down his throat, and gradually calmed his thoughts. Now it seems that this little Saburo is the only one around who is barely worth using.

Although he didn't have the blessing of spells like himself, he was running with sweat all over his face in light armor, but at this time he was able to think of himself for the first time. Can guarantee.

After taking a short rest, Shinkuro turned to look ahead to the right, where there was a village a few miles away.

He didn't choose the direction randomly, but had a plan from the beginning.

There was originally a temple named Yuji Shrine, in which hundreds of monks lived.

In the past few years, a new abbot named Miyabe Jijun was appointed. With the power accumulated in the temple for decades, he armed some monks and soldiers, seized a large area of ​​nearby fields, and used the Yuji Shrine as a Center, the original temple was quickly expanded into a strong village.

Well, maybe according to the saying here, that village with a complete wooden fence as a protection, a dozen or 20 people as guards on weekdays, and even a sentry tower several meters high for warning, maybe it should be called a city?Miyabe Castle?
Based on the current situation in Nippon, many samurai's own "cities" are essentially just wooden villages or even villages with fences. The Miyabe Castle in front of them is actually quite qualified.

After reorganizing the information in his memory, Shinkuro also made the next decision.

If you want to kill those pig demons as soon as possible, you may need to use the power of this village. The monks there are many different from the monks in his original world.

"Kosaburo, let's go to Miyabe Castle!"

(End of this chapter)