Chapter 16: The Lord of the Spirits

The lord of the yokai in Kyoto was defeated.

The famous lord of the modern Spirits has succumbed to the castle of demons.

In less than half a year, the four big monsters disappeared.

The four Optimus Prime of the monsters collapsed, the originally consolidated power collapsed, and the careerists among the monsters rose up one after another, and all kinds of chaotic groups sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Dusk is no longer the so-called "time of the devil", because you can encounter youkai anytime and anywhere. Even at night, even during the day, you can see some strange figures passing through the dark alleys.

The world is in turmoil, and the monsters are fighting for the throne of the Lord of the Spirits.

Decades passed, and the fight of the monsters gradually subsided as the smoke of the night walk of the hundred ghosts gradually subsided. The victor has reigned as the new Lord of the Spirits.

A youkai slippery head who seized the opportunity to disappear all the big monsters and successfully rose to prominence, and the group he established, the "Nura Group", became famous.

Composed of five diamonds, the symbol of the word "fear" written in the middle of the large diamond shape as a substitute pattern, pursuing the theme of "yokai are awe-inspiring existence", a large number of youkai attracted by the chic and righteous spirit of the slippery head gathered around him.

Forming an alliance with Hyakki, and gaining the strong trust and fetters of Hyakki's nocturnal walkers, the slippery head ghost broke through to become the fifth well-known big youkai. The group it has established in just a few decades has covered a vast land, making it the largest faction among the Eastern Japanese Yokai.

However, the veteran Hyakki Night Walk shows the confidence of the hundred-legged insect to die without stiffness.

After the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse and lost a lot of land, the Kyoto youkai of the Feathered Fox faction still stubbornly held on to Kyoto's territory even after losing the Lord of the Hyakki.

The new general of the Dog Clan, Sesshomaru, has also grown up, leading the Dog Clan to regain the land of the past and return to the throne of the Yokai Overlord.

While the yokai are in turmoil, the same revolution is taking place among humans. The Onmyoji Flower Blossom Courtyard family, which began to show its prominence because of the heavy damage of the Tuyumen family, took over the right to speak from the Onmyoji group from the Tuyumen family.

Oda Nobunaga, who later became known as the "Demon King", attacked the Nijo Imperial Palace, the seat of the Shogunate, and completely ended the Muromachi Shogunate.

In the past few decades, Cang Zhen and the Castlevania forces under his command have sat and watched the world surge, and the demons' fierce achievements have made the monsters avoid Castlevania like tigers and scorpions. took this opportunity to complete the projection operation and liberated himself from many restrictions in one fell swoop.

"Master, Oda Nobunaga has been secretly making more and more small moves lately. Hmph, he didn't want to think about how he could have won the Battle of the Barrel Narrows with a mere 3,000 troops without the help of our demons. That ungrateful villain! If we can hold him, we can hold up another man to overthrow him! ”

Leticia muttered in disgrace that the cowardly human who had once been submissive now dared to ignore their faces.

After temporarily putting aside the war with the youkai, Cangzhen stretched out his hand to the throne of the "people of the world" of the Warring States.

Naturally, he will not be the so-called "man of the world", but secretly supporting a person to become a "man of the world" can still help a lot.

The person chosen by Cangzhen was none other than Oda Nobunaga, who later called himself the "Sixth Heavenly Demon King".

Before choosing Oda Nobunaga, Cangzhen had observed for a long time that Oda Nobunaga was indeed a talented daimyo who did not lack the ambition he should have, and he was a good talent at the moment.

Strangely, Owari Castle is not powerful, and the power of contemporary firearms is not strong enough to overwhelm cold weapons.

This observation continued until the outbreak of the Battle of Barrel Sasama, when Oda Nobunaga was able to use only 3,000 soldiers in the face of a siege of 20,000 enemy troops. From any point of view, the defeat of the Oda family is certain.

After all, even Oda Nobunaga was desperate.

When Oda Nobunaga drew his sword and cut his abdomen, Sozana suddenly appeared to prevent him from cutting himself.

After a night of secret talking, the demon quietly entered the army of the Oda family.

The next day, in the Battle of Barrel Sasama, the Oda family won an incredible victory beyond the expectations of the world. With the support of the devil, Oda Nobunaga finally had the capital to realize his ambition and began his ambition of "the world to be clothed".

When the chaos between the yokai gradually subsided, the Oda family became one of the largest forces in the Warring States, owning half of the land. Oda Nobunaga, the former Great Fool of Owari, became the daimyo with the best chance of obtaining the throne of "people of the world".

However, as his strength grew, Oda Nobunaga's self-confidence and arrogance also grew.

He gradually becomes dissatisfied with the demons who are pointing fingers at him behind his back, and he wants to get rid of the demon's control and become a real "man of the world".

"Laeticia, you should consider what gives him the courage to disobey us."

Cangzhen thinks that the strength of Castlevania is impossible to fight even if Oda Nobunaga wins the world.

As a daimyo of talent and ambition, it is not surprising that Oda Nobunaga would break his covenant. But what gives him the confidence to fight the devil?

"It is said that youkai have been seen entering and exiting the Oda family's mansion."

Leticia flipped through the report in her hand and found a possible clue.

But it's not something out of the ordinary.

Living in Sengoku, an era when youkai and humans ruled night and day, respectively, it is not surprising for anyone to encounter youkai. Even the emperor, who claims to be the son of the gods, needs to worship the onmyoji to protect himself, let alone a daimyō.

"Surely it's not an ordinary youkai?"

Cang Zhen asked in an affirmative tone.

"Yes, after our people's observation, it should be the youkai of the 'Nura Gumi' who is in the limelight at the moment."

After turning several pages in a row, Leticia finally found the exact information.

"Oh, the Hundred Ghosts led by the Modern-Present Ghost Lord? I'm afraid he's a pretty bold guy. ”

Cangzhen's interest was stirred up, but when he found it interesting, the rest of the people were generally unlucky.

Compared to the eyes of other monsters, the slippery head ghost is indeed a far-sighted person, and only the former dog general Dou Tooth King can compare with it before and after. The later Sesshomaru is naturally not a problem in terms of strength, but his vision is not much worse.

"Most of the territory of the Nura Group is in the territory of the Oda family, and they may have been in contact with each other for a long time. Well, let me see it with my own eyes. ”

Cang Zhen pondered and said, after all, the land borders, and people in high positions have more or less some means, and it is not impossible to contact monsters. Oda Nobunaga was able to make a deal with demons, and naturally dared to fight with youkai.

After completing the projection, the strength of Castlevania was released, and Cangzhen didn't need to think too much, there weren't many people in this world who could fight against them.

In a mansion in Osaka Castle, a group of ghostly people are drinking and having fun in broad daylight.

In front of the gate of the mansion, the word "fear" is hanging high on the flagpole and flying in the wind.

This group of monsters who dare to carnival in the day and are not afraid of the onmyoji's crusade are the slave group that even the onmyoji dare not offend today.

"Oh, there's a banquet going on. Looks like we're here at the right time! ”

The person in front of the door heard a casual laugh from behind the door, and immediately smiled and said to his companions.

"I don't think they're going to welcome us."

Hearing this, the visitor shrugged helplessly.

It sounds like the two of them didn't receive an invitation, and they were uninvited guests.

Rewind time......

After learning the news of the Nuliang Group, Cangzhen, who had been recuperating for a long time, ignored Leticia's persuasion and insisted on pulling her to the territory of the Nuliang Group.

After a few more days of inquiry, from the mouths of those idle little monsters, they still asked about the current location of the Nuliang Group.

After obtaining the position of the slave group, Cang Zhen pulled Leticia to the opponent's door without saying a word.

So, the above scene happened.

Unable to dissuade her master despite her best efforts, Leticia is in a state of self-loathing.

However, Cang Zhen didn't care so much, he immediately stepped forward, and unceremoniously pushed open the door and walked in.

A door divides two worlds, outside the door is the world that belongs to humans, but inside the door is an undisguised group of demons dancing.

Strange-shaped yokai sit around at random, toasting around with wine cups.

Cangzhen's arrival seemed to go unnoticed, and he blended into the banquet with great ease, and even as he walked by, a drunken and hazy youkai grabbed the corner of his coat and toasted him.

Cangzhen, who has always liked to drink only human blood and grape wine, did not shirk it, so boldly took the wine cup and drank it all, and then said goodbye to the enthusiastic youkai and continued to move towards the depths of the mansion.

A few glasses of sake were in his stomach, and a slightly drunken feeling rose in his mind, and Cangzhen enjoyed it quite a bit.

At this time, it was as if he was really a guest who had come to the banquet.

Seeing her master struggling into the other people's base camp, Leticia was so angry that she stomped her feet, but she couldn't dissuade the determined master at all, so she bit her lip and followed.

Although Cang Zhen did not refuse to toast and pushed his glass without discrimination, Leticia who followed him did not drink a drop of wine.

Many youkai raised their glasses to her, and although Leticia didn't even lose as much alcohol as Cangzhen, she just didn't think that she should be so casual in the base camp of an unknown opponent, so she ignored all the wine cups handed to her.

"There's an unfamiliar face, it shouldn't be from our group."

I don't know how many glasses I drank, but I didn't stop to raise my glass since the feast, and every one of my subordinates toasted in return, and the slippery head ghost lazily leaned back on the tiger-skin chair, and opened his loose drunken eyes to stare at the guests who walked in from the door.

"Come, strange guest, it's my guest who has come here, please drink this bar! Welcome to the feast of the Hundred Ghosts! ”

Holding up a wine cup larger than the palm of his hand, the slippery head Ghost Nuliang smiled at Cangzhen and issued an invitation.

No matter what the other party is at the moment, since he is a guest at the banquet, even if he draws his sword the next moment, he can invite the other party to push the glass and hand it over the lamp one moment.

"Okay." Taking the wine cup, Cang Zhen raised his head and drank it all, and then returned the wine cup.

"It's the first time I've drunk such a delicious demon wine."

Cangzhen closed his eyes, and the unique taste of the demon wine of the Nura group remained in his mouth for a long time.

Demon Ming wine is a peculiar wine, its brewing technology is not surprising, and the quality has nothing to do with the technology. There is only one secret to getting a delicious demon wine, and that is that the better the demonic power that presides in the wine, the more delicious the wine will be.

The taste of demon wine is a profile of the nocturnal strength of a hundred ghosts, symbolizing the bond between the lord of a hundred ghosts and the ghost.

"Then another drink! There is nothing else here, and there is a good wine for receiving friends! ”

Nu Liang took back the wine cup, filled it again, and pushed it back.

Witty and domineering, the slippery ghost has gathered many happy and sincere companions by relying on such a unique personal charm.