Chapter 2: Magical Moments

This is an era when human life is like a mustard, and a human life may not be as valuable as a loaf of bread.

The perennial war has taken a heavy toll on the country, and the people are living in dire straits.

Killings happen all the time, maybe for a piece of cloth, maybe for a piece of bread. There are many reasons to kill, and life is unimaginably low.

Every day's life, either you kill me, or I kill you, and the chains of hatred continue to extend.

Anger, sadness, hatred, the good side is completely swallowed up by the darkness.

A resentful aura permeated the air, and a large number of strange things were born from it.

Born of human resentment, it is inherently full of negative human emotions. Their appearance brought more damage to the already dire country, and resentment grew wildly, so more monsters appeared.

It's like a vicious circle, where human resentment breeds monsters, monsters create more resentment, and more resentment breeds more and more monsters.

Constantly circulating, constantly accumulating, this is a cursed era. Those who show their teeth and claws are given the name of "youkai" by humans. In order to fight against them, some gifted human beings have slowly developed spells with the "power to slay demons" after years of research.

Onmyoji, mana monks, shrine maidens, people with strange powers roam the world, constantly slaying the youkai who is the cause of the disaster.

Their appearance finally gave humans the ability to fight against youkai, and as the times changed, the land gradually developed into a balance between youkai and humans.

This is the unknown side of the Warring States period.

The wars of mankind will not be stopped by the appearance of yokai, and in order to compete for power and profit, because the prestige of the shogun has declined, the daimyo in various places have risen up one after another, and in order to become "the people of the world", they have raised swordsmen and soldiers.

"Kill!"

In a small stretch of plain, hundreds of ragged soldiers roared and ran towards the enemy troops opposite.

More than a dozen samurai armed with sharp blades took the lead and rushed into the enemy formation, setting off a bloody storm.

Iron was a scarce strategic commodity in the Warring States, and the vast majority of them only held sharpened bamboo poles, and very few owned swords, let alone armor. Even most of the nobles just have a delicate wisteria armor.

It was a war between the daimyo of the two castles, but for the yokai, these powers were not worth mentioning. Without those with special powers, a passing youkai would be able to kill these so-called "elite soldiers" with their own hands.

Perhaps some powerful samurai can slay youkai with the sword in their hand, but those people are almost always called swordsmen, and they rarely appear on the battlefield.

A young man in iron armor straddled his horse, holding a sharp sword and shouting to boost morale. Encouraged by him, the soldiers on the young side gradually gained the upper hand, and it seemed that victory was only a matter of time.

Unfortunately, today is not a good day for war.

Suddenly a strong wind hung up in the clear sky, and before the warring sides had time to react, dark clouds gathered to block out the sunlight. Immediately after, lightning and thunder roared, and the wind raged.

"What's going on?"

The military commander on horseback looked around, and no one could answer his question.

During the Warring States Period, except for the aristocracy, few people were literate, and there were very few literate people, and the level of knowledge of the people can be imagined.

"Is it a demon, a monster?"

The soldiers looked at each other, and few people living in this era had never heard of youkai.

Seeing the strange changes in the sky, the soldiers didn't care about the enemy in front of them, and they became chaotic.

No matter how vicious the enemy is, they are still humans, but in the face of monsters, they don't know how to get rid of demons.

Although living in this era of demons dancing, ordinary people still rarely have seen youkai, after all, almost all the people who have seen them are dead.

"Calm down, calm down, stay in formation, beware of enemy raids!"

The warrior on horseback brandished his sword to warn his soldiers. However, at this time, even the commanders who usually accumulate great power could not command them.

A gust of wind and sand hit, and everyone stopped what they were doing, squinted their eyes and stretched out their hands to resist the wind and sand.

"Oh, the damn sand."

Many people were blinded by the wind and sand, scolding and shouting.

However, after the wind and sand passed, they fixed their eyes on a castle that they had never seen before standing on the plain.

The dark charm of the Gothic-style castle was clearly far beyond the imagination of the soldiers and even the generals, who had never seen such a magnificent and magnificent castle.

Even the mansion of their castle lord is far inferior, and perhaps even the emperor's palace cannot be compared.

Please forgive those who have never even seen the Emperor's Imperial Palace, and they can't even imagine what words to use to describe the buildings that suddenly appear in front of them.

Was that a mirage-like phantom?

Otherwise, how could such a large castle suddenly appear in an otherwise empty place.

With such a strange happening, the war was forced to stop, and no one knew what effect the sudden appearance of the building would have on the war.

The generals of both sides gathered their soldiers, and unanimously chose a truce, and sent men close to observe the magical structure. If you don't know the face of that castle, you'll probably not be able to concentrate on the battle.

"My host, everything went well. We've arrived in the New World. ”

The Grim Reaper bowed his head respectfully and conveyed the latest news to Cangzhen.

"I didn't make a mistake in my calculations."

Between the demons' top city lords, the tense body of the cangzhen sitting on the throne relaxed.

Taking a deep breath of the resentful air, Cangzhen sensed that the demons in the castle had become very active. It seems that they love this place.

Of course, the environment here is hell and they feel very comfortable.

"Death, I feel some small bugs not far away, bringing them to me."

Just arrived in another world, Cang Zhen is still having a headache to understand the intelligence of this world, and it is certainly a good choice to get a few jobs.

"Yes, my master."

Death took the order, and soon he returned with two men who were shaking like chaff. There was still a faint amount of blood on his body, and the other little bugs were probably finished.

Death threw the man in his hand to the ground, but saluted the Immortal Majesty on the throne.

"My master, the person you want has been brought."

Cang Zhen looked at the two people below with cold eyes, one was wearing armor, although the sword was not there, but he could still see the spirit of the martial artist, and the other was dressed in gorgeous clothes, and the one with fine skin and tender flesh was about a rich and noble family. However, at this moment, they were all full of horror and looked like they were not giving up.

These two people were probably specially selected by the Grim Reaper, otherwise they would not be so distinctive.

"If you can answer my doubts, then I can guarantee to let you go alive."

For the two subordinate prisoners who were about to be frightened, Cang Zhen had no intention of coercion and temptation, and they didn't have the courage to lie.

Observing words and emotions is about the ability of every nobleman, and the man in Chinese clothes nodded hurriedly after hearing this, as if he was afraid that his life would be saved if he was slow to respond.

"Youkai-sama, please tell me if you have something, the small ones must do your best."

He hadn't forgotten that just a moment before, the cloaked skeleton of bones had floated through the air, and under his understatement, the soldiers on both sides of them had been wiped out.

That power is not something he can disobey.

"Well, tell me about the current state of the country."

Even in broad daylight, there was a strong resentment in the air, how crazy this world must be.

"Well, the Oda family's recent defeat of the Imagawa family's 40,000-strong army with 2,000 men in Tsubashisama should be regarded as the most famous event. The others, the major names are at war, maybe today they will win, tomorrow they will perish, and the little ones don't know much. ”

The man in fancy clothes had a sad face, as if he had realized that his answer might not satisfy youkai-sama.

The Oda family?

Imagawa family?

Barrel Narrow War?

If it was in the previous life, Cangzhen might be confused, and he couldn't guess the truth if he wanted to. However, I have been a diligent and studious Japanese student for more than ten years in my life, and these basic histories are like the Three Kingdoms period, even if the details are not clear, I am still generally a little impressed.

The time and place of the coming are probably clear.

The most chaotic era, and of course, the most suitable era for demons.

But what the hell is the title "Yokai-sama"?

Is it the ignorance of the ancients, or is there really a monster?

"You say...... Monster! Do you know anything about other yokai? ”

Human beings are really not interested in participating in wars, and if there are monsters, then it will be interesting.

"The ......"

The man in the fancy costume kept wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, and he couldn't speak.

I'm just an ordinary person, and I don't think I know about youkai. You don't know about monsters, how can I know!

The man in the fancy costume roared with grief and indignation in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it at all, and there was still a flattering and humble smile on his face.

You may know a little bit about this. It is said that there is a clan in the West that has established a kingdom that belongs to youkai, but because no one dares to go, I don't know if it's true or not. ”

After a period of respite, the generals were able to squeeze out some courage to answer the questions.

If anything, the courage of the military generals should be much stronger than that of the nobles. If he is facing a human being, let alone being captured, he would rather cut his stomach than be captured. But when the Grim Reaper appeared in front of him, he didn't think that the knife in his hand could deal with the guy who didn't even have meat. If he commits suicide, who knows if the youkai will be able to capture his soul.

If the soul is finished, then it is really finished, and it is more terrible than death.

There really are youkai!

Knowing this news, although Cang Zhen was a little surprised, he was not very surprised.

After all, the resentment in this place was so strong that he was surprised, and it was normal for some evil and filthy things to breed.

"In that case...... Death, send them on their way. ”

After understanding the basic information he wanted, Cang Zhen no longer looked at the two people below.

"Yes."

The sickle in his hand rose and fell, and the two heads rolled to the ground, with an unwilling expression on his face.

Didn't you say okay to let us go?

The expression that remained on his face clearly showed this question.

The Grim Reaper picked up the human head on the ground and let out a strange "whoosh" laugh.

Believe in the words of the devil, no matter how stupid you are, there must be a limit.