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

Chapter 78 Kappa Water Ghost
Faced with Asai Nagamasa's question, Hashihime did not respond directly, but instead let out an animalistic roar.

The next moment, green light suddenly shined, and a pair of twisted and sharp green ghost horns emerged from Hashihime's smooth forehead. At the same time, green water flowed upstream from under the bridge in defiance of gravity. Like two poisonous snakes made of green water, they actively clung to her paper umbrella.

Maybe she was originally a bridge princess with divine blood, but now she has become a monster contaminated by evil.

Although she was born with two horns, Hashihime still looked very gorgeous and glared at Asai Nagamasa fiercely, full of hatred and resentment: "All heartless men deserve to die!"

"So, I'm going to take it as you admitting your guilt?"

Asai Nagamasa stretched out his hand again, coating Axiu's weapon with a layer of earth-yellow light. This is one of the few spells he currently masters, the Earth Blade Technique. Hashihime is obviously a famous water monster. , this simple spell also comes in handy.

As soon as the spell was used up, Asai Nagamasa yelled, and recklessly charged at Qiao Ji with a gun: "Go, Axiu!"

Hashihime, who was originally a little confused because of Asai Nagamasa's performance just now, saw that he dared to rush towards her so arrogantly, and she immediately put her doubts behind her.

The smile on Qiao Ji's face became more cruel. She immediately raised her paper umbrella and launched a counterattack without hesitation: "Damn man, since you want to die so much, then I will help you!"

Axiu also quickly raised her weapon to follow. She was a little worried whether Nagamasa Asai would be harmed. You must know that she has fought many times with different monsters in the past few years, but she can speak and disguise herself as a human. This was the first time she encountered such a monster.

Even though the other party looks very weak, she will not be deceived by this. The power of the big monster is far beyond ordinary people's imagination!

But before she had time to take action, she heard a loud "bang" and one of the figures was knocked back half a step, and even staggered several times before she managed to stand still, but that figure was not what she was worried about. Asai Nagamasa is Hashihime who was just full of confidence!

Asai Nagamasa was also a little surprised. This Qiao Ji was so arrogant just now, but in the end, is the strength she showed only at this level?

It is naturally stronger than ordinary people, but it is about three to four times stronger. Although it is still slightly better than myself, it is far from being crushed.

Moreover, she used a paper umbrella as a decoration, rather than the spear used by Asai Nagamasa, which is conducive to power and attack.

The most important thing is that Hashihime obviously doesn't know any martial arts. She just fights with brute force. How can she compare to Asai Nagamasa, who has been trained by famous samurai since she was a child?

Even though Asai Nagamasa actually wanted to hide her clumsiness, she still fell into a disadvantage in the duel just now.

Then where did she get the confidence to dare to charge like herself?

The paper umbrella in her hand was very unusual. It was so thin that even iron armor might not be able to block the stabbing attack she just made. However, there was not even a white spot left on the paper umbrella. It must have been There are special magic blessings on it.

But the one who is more unbelievable than them is naturally Qiao Ji herself.

"Ah, how is that possible? How can you, a hateful man, have such power?"

"Oh, that's my secret, so why would I tell you?"

Without giving the other party a chance to react, Asai Nagamasa attacked Hashihime again.

He didn't think that just by being stronger than the other party, he could really defeat her. Hashihime had never been known for her strength. Looking at the light rain that was still falling, she knew that she was actually a monster who was good at magic.

Now that the other party has chosen hand-to-hand combat, let's make a quick decision and kill her first, and then deal with the threat hidden in the dark!
"boom!"

There was another muffled sound, and the unwilling Qiao Ji was once again forced to take a few steps back. She lost again, and she retreated further than before.

This time she immediately understood that maybe she had been able to bully ordinary people with her strength before, but the man in front of her was obviously not an ordinary person!

Thinking of this, Hashihime let out a sudden scream, opened the paper umbrella in her hand, and swept it suddenly. Two green water snakes shot out from the paper umbrella and rushed towards Asai Nagamasa and Axiu respectively. At the same time, the surrounding people The fog also gathered in an instant, seriously interfering with their sight.

Just when the two of them were dealing with the water snake, and at the same time being wary of the other party's possible surprise attack, Qiao Ji made a completely opposite move. Instead of taking advantage of the situation to attack, she turned around and jumped down without hesitation. Instantly disappeared into the rushing river.

After a few breaths, the two people who easily defeated the incoming water snake looked at the empty bridge and couldn't help but look at each other. What happened to this bridge girl that she chose to escape so simply?

"Okay, Axiu, it looks like we are here today." Before Asai Nagamasa finished speaking, Axiu had already discovered something. She pointed her weapon directly at the east side of the river, signaling Asai Nagamasa to look quickly.

Then Asai Nagamasa discovered that some turquoise back shells gradually began to emerge on the water.

Ten, twenty, thirty, their number is growing rapidly.

"It looks like the back shell of a turtle. Could it be that there are groups of turtles migrating?"

Axiu shook her head. She had always lived in seclusion in the forest and had never seen what a turtle looked like.

Asai Nagamasa felt a little strange. Could this be the threat he just felt?Could it be that they are not ordinary turtles, but Prime Minister Turtles?
To be on the safe side, he decided to return to the shore first, so that no matter whether they were real turtles or fake turtles, they would not pose much of a threat to them.But the creatures in the river seemed to feel their movements, and they immediately sped up. Just looking at the dozens of water lines behind them, you can imagine how fast they were.

Asai Nagamasa also took the opportunity to see their true appearance at this time. He immediately stopped caring about anything else, grabbed Axiu, and ran directly towards the shore.

The bird's beak, the limbs of the frog, the body of the monkey and the shell of the turtle are like a synthesis of many animals. This is not a turtle. This is clearly the legendary monster kappa!

Could it be that these were the threats he felt?
"Bang bang bang!"

With a series of dull crashes, the already decayed wooden bridge suddenly shook. In fact, even an ordinary wooden bridge would be unlikely to escape misfortune when encountering this situation. After all, this was from more than [-] years ago. The "bang bang" sound caused by the combined force of forty kappas hitting the wooden bridge was actually the sound they made when they hit the wooden bridge with their back shells!
Fortunately, the wooden bridge was not long, and Asai Nagamasa's actions were quite timely, so they were not greatly affected and successfully escaped from the crumbling wooden bridge and returned to the shore.

However, the movements of the kappas did not stop. They only heard a series of muffled sounds, and then almost a third of the wooden bridge crashed into the river, causing a large splash of water.

"Ah, damn man! And all of you, stop it too!"

With a scream, Hashihime emerged from the river again. Although there was nothing to step on, she stood in the middle of the rushing river as if she were standing on the ground.

She didn't even have time to talk to Nagamasa Asai, she just looked at the fragments of the wooden bridge drifting farther and farther with the flowing water, her face was full of distress and regret.

"So, these kappa are your accomplices and your source of confidence?"

Despite the large number of opponents, Asai Nagamasa was not too worried. He was even a little confused.

Abe Seimei's inheritance has very clear research and records on this low-level and large number of monsters.

Although kappa are monsters, as long as ordinary samurai or even ashigaru can abandon their fear and take a sickle or pitchfork, they can be killed, and they don't even have to use real weapons.

Because apart from the solid back shell and good swimming ability, they have no other advantages. On the contrary, they have a lot of disadvantages.

For example, they can only live on the ground for a very short time, otherwise they will die of thirst after the layer of mucus covering the surface of their bodies dries and evaporates completely, no matter how much water they drink, it will be useless.

For example, there is a small saucer-shaped groove on the top of their heads. The water contained in it is not ordinary river water, but physical water that is closely related to them.

Even if there is no direct battle, as long as someone can trick the kappas into bending or performing strenuous activities so that the water in the saucer above their heads drains out, they will collapse to the ground because of the loss of energy and let others slaughter them.

For another example, once the kappas land on their backs, it is difficult for them to turn over on their own. Although they also have carapace on their abdomens, they are undoubtedly much thinner than their back shells.

Not only do they combine the characteristics of several animals in appearance, but they also inherit many shortcomings. Moreover, they are usually less than one meter tall, have limited strength than ordinary people, and do not know any magic. Their combat power is really weak.

Just like 800% of the [-] million gods claimed by Nippon are just make-up, kappa has a similar status among youkai, they are just make-up. Not only is it ugly, but its ability is really weak, and it is also the same among youkai. A bullied, almost the lowest level little monster.

Can a monster like this really give me such a strong sense of threat?
"Of course, no, stop, yes, it, they!"

Hashihime said word by word, then she held up her paper umbrella to cover the hazy drizzle, and looked at Asai Nagamasa with a cold gaze.

Needless to say, Asai Nagamasa immediately knew that the other party must have blamed himself for the destruction of the wooden bridge.

Before she finished speaking, more slender figures emerged from the water.

Their pale skin, partially rotten bodies, cloudy and dull eyes, as well as the sharp teeth and purple claws that protrude outward like wild beasts, all indicate that they are water ghosts.

Now Asai Nagamasa finally knew where the teeth marks on the bones came from. Hashihime didn't eat people, and the kappas didn't dare to eat people, but these water ghosts didn't shy away from it.

Although they were originally humans and still have humanoid shapes, they are actually no different from beasts.

Is this the real threat?
Asai Nagamasa and Axiu looked at each other, feeling a little bit embarrassed.

If it were on flat ground, even if the opponent was numerous, they would not be afraid at all, but the opponent was now in the water, which added too much uncertainty to the battle.

Although there is Lake Biwa next to Kotani Castle, the Asai family does not have any water troops. Asai Nagamasa is only good at swimming, but has never had a water fight, and they don’t know if there are other hidden monsters in the water, or if they are someone. Kind of a trap.

Judging from Qiao Ji's current intelligence, this possibility is very high.

However, Asai Nagamasa changed his mind and immediately thought of an idea to change from passive to active. Although he had no idea why Hashihime, who had always been alone, would take the initiative to gather so many younger brothers, one thing would never change. Yes, that is the hatred for men engraved in Qiao Ji’s bones!

(End of this chapter)