At night, the Ezo tribe becomes particularly devoid of energy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ashidaka, with his right arm wrapped around a strap, sat in a wooden hut with the elders of the village.

All the elders bowed their heads because their current patriarch, Ashidaka, had been inscribed with an indelible curse by the demon god.

Sitting in the middle of the divination, Granny Xi lowered her head and fiddled with the stones that had fallen to the ground, and after a while picked up the branches of the unknown tree and continued to cast spells.

Cobblestone was thrown into the triangular array drawn on the blanket.

Asidaka sat quietly.

Granny Xi stopped, raised her head and said to Asidaka, "This time is not good......"

Picking up the cobblestone in the triangular array, Nozomi continued, "That wild boar is from the west of Izumo. Poisoned by severe injuries, his body was gradually corroded by pain. On the way, resentment gathered in his body, so he gradually became a demon god......"

Granny Xi picked up a yellow cobblestone again from the side and threw it into the triangular array, pausing.

"Asidakaya." Granny Xi said as she looked at Ashitaka.

Asidaka replied, "Yes." ”

"Show me your right arm."

Asidaka removed the strap from her right arm, revealing the horrible purple-black scar.

Everyone present was speechless by the horror that was visible to the bone.

"Grandma Nozomi!" The old man really couldn't bear it anymore, and begged directly to Granny Xi.

Granny Xi asked Ashidaka very calmly, "Ashidakayan, do you have the consciousness to look directly at your own fate?" ”

"Yes." Asidaka looked at his right arm and replied with great calm, "I have made up my mind when I shot an arrow at the demon god. ”

Granny Xi nodded, very pleased with Asedaka's courage.

The fact that she was hidden under the terrible injuries of Asidaka was also seen through by Granny Xi without hindrance.

"If your scars hurt your bones and bones, I'm afraid your life will be in danger......," Granny Hi said, gazing at Ashidaka's right arm, and told the most cruel truth.

Ashidaka was vaguely aware of his fate, and lowered his head and said no more.

"Granny Xi, can't you think of a way?" The old man interjected excitedly.

The bearded man on the side couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately added: "Asidaka has saved the village and guarded the girls!" ”

"If you say that Ashidaka can only wait for death...... the middle-aged man next to him said in a low voice.

The hearts of all present were filled with grief.

"No one can change their fate, not even me." Granny Xi squatted and stared into the triangular array, as if she saw something far away.

"However, Ashidaka can still choose whether to wait for death or save himself." Granny Xi added, grabbing an iron ball in her hand that had been corroded so that she couldn't see it clearly.

"Look, everyone, this is what once hit the boar's body," Granny Nozomi put the iron ball on the ground, and the elders stared at the iron ball carefully.

A well-informed elder recognized the iron ball: "Ah! Isn't that the iron bullet of the firebolt! ”

Granny Xi continued: "This iron ball has broken the bones of the wild boar, ripped off its intestines, and brought it untold suffering. Otherwise, how could a wild boar become a demon god? ”

Asidaka looked up, as if she knew something.

"Something unfortunate seems to have happened in the countries of the West." Granny Xi looked at Ashedaka and said slowly, "Go there and see the truth with clear eyes." Maybe a way to break the curse will be found. ”

"Yes." Ashidaka agreed, and despite the misfortune, Ashidaka still stubbornly chose to save herself.

The depressed elders sat silently, everyone knew that Ashidakar's departure would be equivalent to exile, and it would be almost impossible to return.

The old man said sadly: "After the defeat of the Yamato War, our Ezo clan has lived in seclusion here for more than 500 years, and I heard that the power of the Yamato king of Izumo is weakening day by day, and the combat power of the generals is not as good as before......"

"But our bloodline is still in decay, and the Ezo tribe was attacked twelve years ago, and we were fortunate enough to be rescued by the samurai Nine Empty Smoke. Now that the patriarch has returned to the land, the young man who should have been the patriarch must set off for the west, maybe this is fate......"

Asidaka drew her short knife and cut off the bun tied around her head, and her short hair fell down.

In the rules of the Ezo people, cutting off the bun tied on his head means that he is no longer a human being, but a wanderer who wanders away from the Ezo tribe, and has since severed his ties with the Ezo people.

Asidaka solemnly bowed down to the spiritual seat of the old patriarch, and then made up his mind and faced Granny Xi.

"According to the clan rules, we can't send each other." Granny Xi said that this was the last respect for the wanderer.

"Take care...... Granny Xi blessed Ashidaka.

Asidaka got up and walked straight out.

In the dead of night, the Ezo people were unusually silent.

Asidaka put on his cloak and went to the stable to lead out Arklu, who was the last one who could accompany him.

He knew that whether he was alive or dead, he would never be able to return to the Ezo tribe.

Riding up the Yaklu road, Asidaka slowly walked to the entrance of the village, and he could bear it all.

"Asidakasan......" Kaya ran out and caught up with Ashidaka.

"Kaya, don't let the ...... see you off," Asidaka lowered her voice, afraid of disturbing the sleeping people.

"I'm willing to accept punishment." Kaya handed it to him with both hands, and it was a jade knife tied with a red flower rope: "Take it, it will follow Ashida Kasan in my place." ”

Asidaka took the jade knife and asked, "Isn't this the jade knife you cherish the most?" ”

"I've injected guardianship into it. Kaya will always miss Asidakasan! Kaya said hurriedly.

"Surely, surely,......" Kaya said, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

Asidaka removed the hood and said to Kaya, "Me too, and I will always remember Kaya." ”

The delicate jade knife shone with a strange brilliance in the moonlight, and for some reason Ashitaka's heart ached even more.

【Kaya, I'm sorry, please forget me......] Ashidaka, who could hardly suppress the grief in his heart, did not dare to stay any longer, and immediately drove Yaklu and left the village.

Kaya followed to the village gate, looking at Asidaka as she faded away, unable to control it any longer, tears pouring down her face.

Asshidaka, who had severed all ties with the Ezo tribe, rode Akellu to save herself.

In the moonlight, Ashitaka rode through the mountains on the Yaklu.

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In an unknown forest, there was a loud noise.

Countless animals were disturbed and scattered and fled. And the source of the riots began to show its figure in the moonlight.

"Goo...... Roar......" The figure wrapped in a tattered black robe suddenly knelt down, and a sound similar to a roar came out of its throat.

Under the hood of the black robe, a few strands of gray hair could be faintly glimpsed messily intertwined.

The embarrassed human figure revealed a pair of slightly pale golden pupils.

"Ah...... Ahhh The black-robed man shouted in extreme pain, and a chaotic scarlet light suddenly burst out from his body.

The scarlet light flickered on and off, and it seemed that it was going to dim completely in the next second.

The black-robed "man" who was in danger, dragged the black sword weakly in his left hand, wandering aimlessly in the forest......