Barrel Sayama Mountain.

It was not yet sunrise when the sky was overcast. Although the sun had not yet risen, the air was already filled with a slight chill of dawn, and the leaves and grass were already stained with a little dewdrops.

Because of the sudden thunderstorm yesterday, even today, the mountains between the barrels are still muddy and slippery, and if you are not careful on the road, you will fall on all sides, and your internal organs will hurt.

In such a situation, even the most experienced woodcutter or hunter probably would not enter the mountain at this time unless necessary.

After all, it's too dangerous, and it's already miserable enough to accidentally fall and break your bones, and if you still encounter any fierce beasts in such a harsh environment, it is estimated that it will be too late to escape-

Wild beasts do not attack humans easily, even if they are predators, unless they are aware of the threat. They do not feed on humans if they are selective. But it rained so hard yesterday that maybe they didn't have a chance to hunt for food, and now they're hungry?

Now, however, there are groups of ashigaru soldiers armed with bamboo guns, led by non-commissioned officers wearing armor and holding iron weapons, carefully searching every bush around them, and inspecting every tree that passes by...... Pulling a net to dig three feet into the ground, it went up to the top of Mt. Tsukasa.

And looking at their abnormally excited looks, it really makes people wonder what a generous reward they will be rewarded if they are promised to cut off the head of the Imagawa clan-

Maybe it was directly from a lowest-level ashigaru, that is, a low-level infantry, to the point of being the lord of a city and a country?

It may sound crazy, but given the predicament Owari Oda is facing, it's really possible that something like this will happen...... You must know that if you can't kill Imagawa Yoshimoto, their crisis can't be resolved, even if you get through this catastrophe, the next Imagawa family's retaliation and counterattack will still be overwhelming.

And Oda Shinna, the fool princess of Owari, has always been a person who does not stick to small sections. Even yesterday's surprise attack, in terms of the mainstream concept of people in this era, is an extremely despicable act, but she can really make a desperate bet and do this desperate strategy.

- As a result, it really relieved the tension of Owari being overwhelmed by the Imagawa family's army, and even forced the dominant Imagawa Yoshimoto to fall in one fell swoop.

Although the current situation is only temporary, as long as the head of the Black Nao Nao Country Lord has not really been cut off, or has not really been forced to surrender by her, then it is impossible for the comprehensive strength of the two sides to have a real reversal.

However, it can't change the fact that she is beautiful in this chess move, so if it is for the head of the Imagawa family and the most powerful name in Tokaido, it is not impossible for Oda Shinna to take out the position of a castle lord as an incentive.

In contrast, Miss Imagawa Yoshimoto, who is extremely proud and willful, has learned a lesson because of this - in the mouth of the lord of the country, the "Owari fool" who has always been on his lips has also been promoted to become the "mountain monkey of Owari......

One can imagine how annoyed and angry she was at this.

Mu Xiu didn't feel anything, after all, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and in his opinion, this is really normal.

Not to mention history, he knows the Battle of Julu, the Battle of Weishui, the Battle of Guandu, and the Battle of Chibi...... And so on and so forth, these battles are all examples of winning more with less. Even when I was a student in the past, I didn't see the scene of watching others fight in groups, and ten or twenty people being beaten by one or two people.

The mountain is not high, and there is a fairy name.

There are not many people, just win the war.

However, he also knew that everyone's ideas were different, and things that didn't seem to him were anything that the lord of the country might value very much. After all, he had also heard that in the era when etiquette was the strictest, a woman's feet were seen and she had to look for death and hang herself into the river, and she could only say that the concepts were different, and they could only be more tolerant and understanding of each other.

It's just that now, Imagawa Yoshimoto can obviously only swallow her anger at first, and she hasn't gotten out of Oda Shinna's counterattack yet. Even if you want to retaliate, you have to get out of the enemy's rhythm and return to your position as a chess player before you can start planning.

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In the dark col, the weeds trembled slightly.

The lord of the country was so nervous that he grabbed the palm of the young man next to him, his beautiful eyes were round, and he stared closely at the dozen or so Oda Army soldiers who were slowly walking towards the front of the defense line. She pursed her lips vigorously, and although she wanted to be as calm as possible, her body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

- You must know that the group of soldiers on the opposite side are all holding arquebuses, if they are really exposed, how can they escape when a volley of buckshot comes over?!

Ahh——!h Why are you here?

"Don't be so nervous, the dozen or so people on the other side can easily solve it......"

Mu Xiu looked at her nervous appearance and felt a little helpless, so he kindly reminded her.

Now the two of them were surrounded by dense bushes, so to speak, in shadow, shrouded in mysterious light. Because of this, although they were only separated by a distance of hundreds of meters from the dozen or so soldiers on the opposite side, the two of them were not noticed.

But this situation is only temporary, and as the night fog slowly clears, the sky slowly brightens, and the day is approaching, the situation is very different.

"You, you, you, you—it's easy to say, and once you make a sound, you'll let others know! And those are muskets! Muskets! No matter how good your swordsmanship is, can you still beat that kind of thing?! Let's stop talking and see how we get around......" Yoshimoto-sama said with a bitter face.

Muxiu: "......"

In fact, he was really able to pass quickly, and with his foresight and reflexes, he had no problem dodging the silenced pistol from behind. If it was a bullet fired head-on, even if it was a sniper rifle bullet, Mu Xiu felt that he had a certain chance to intercept and block.

But obviously, before seeing the absurd scene of swordsmanship and slashing bullets with his own eyes, the lord of the country is still a girl who mainly thinks rationally, maintains her own opinions and questions her nature.

So he didn't go on on with that.

"Come, Lord of the Kingdom, follow me to adjust the rhythm of your breathing...... Relax a little, it's downwind, they can't hear it. And after searching so carefully, it will take a while to get to us......"

Mu Xiu didn't seem to pay any attention to the slowly approaching enemy on the opposite side, he first glanced ahead, and then sat quietly cross-legged next to him, and whispered to the extremely nervous and focused black straight girl beside him.

Then he set an example and carefully demonstrated to the girl how to control the pulse, heartbeat and other frequencies by adjusting her own breathing rhythm.

This is the main skill in the D-class skill "Breath Masking", once fully mastered, it can effectively reduce its own sense of existence, as long as it is not directly captured by the eyes of ordinary people, if it makes any noise and is noticed, then even if the other party rubs your side, it is possible to ignore the past directly.

It's just that Mu Xiu himself has not invested much in this skill, and his attainments are not high, but he just happened to master the skill of aura obscuration that belongs to the D-level, and he has not explored the know-how of a higher level or anything.

But relatively speaking, this is actually enough - you know, even the lowest D-level evaluation of the "Lord God" is the limit that ordinary people can reach.

A lot of technical mastery that sounds very profound, and there is not even a level evaluation in the big light ball, such as a model worker, an eighth-level technician or something, and the skills mastered are definitely not worth a D-level side plot. Even the "Basic Sword Mastery" that Mu Xiu had redeemed before was the same, which could only be said to be a general weapon mastery skill, not a specific skill.

- The real skills of the "Lord God" are all techniques that can be used in real life to play the effects of the game.

In the same way, the D-level stealth breath gathering skill can probably only be mastered by those thieves and ace agents who are particularly famous in history.

"Be quiet, be quiet...... Oops, I see, you don't have to repeat this......"

Imagawa Yoshimoto was so nervous that she listened to Mu Xiu's words as carefully as she could, and turned her head to look ahead from time to time, for fear that the subtle sound of the two of them would reach the ears of a soldier, and suddenly a volley of muskets would be fired.

But after all, she is the most outstanding Ji Daming, and her psychological quality is outstanding. Soon, in such a tense and dangerous environment, he was able to calm down and carefully follow Mu Xiu's instructions, slowly controlled his breathing rhythm, and then began to try to affect the pulse and heartbeat, and the astringent breath was released.

Originally, she didn't understand the meaning of such an act, but after seeing Mu Xiu demonstrate it in person, she just turned her head slightly, and immediately had a feeling that there was no one behind her, and she immediately understood what kind of technique the other party was teaching her.

In order to successfully escape in the following harsh environment, she spared no effort to start studying hard.

However, Mu Xiu didn't expect the Lord of the Kingdom to master such a skill all at once.

He just wanted the other party to learn as much as possible the ability to restrain her own aura and reduce her sense of existence, so that when there was an inevitable conflict later, at least she would be able to hide it so that she would not be immediately exposed to the eyes of the enemy. - If it doesn't work, it can also give her something to do, so that she won't be too nervous in the end.

You must know that the young man is not worried about the Oda Army who went up the mountain to scatter the search now, and he didn't pay attention to them, but he still took measures not to confront them head-on. It's because he doesn't want to get out of the way and understands what matters right now.

The Lord of the Kingdom is too fragile to easily take away her life with a single arrow, a stray bullet or a knife and a shot. Mu Xiu didn't want to let her lose her life if he was not careful...... So, crossing the line of fire is not a problem, but taking people across the line of fire is.

But after a minute.

Mu Xiu, who had been smiling to soothe the girl's emotions, observing the position and distance of the enemy in front of him, and silently calculating the best time to act, soon the expression on his face froze slightly.