The next day, before dawn, Levi came to his senses. He felt as if his body was getting more uncomfortable, the serpent's erosion was steadily increasing, and the cracked skin was beginning to spread to his forearms.

Even without a fight, the erosion rate continued to rise steadily.

Time is running out.

The cold wind blew through the house, and Levi saw the little girl who called herself Shanbuki turning in the pile of carbon that was about to burn out, her immature face looked at the fire, not knowing what she was thinking, and there seemed to be an indissoluble sadness on her face.

Seeing that Levi had woken up, a smile appeared on her still sad face: "Lord Swordsman, you are awake." ”

Levi frowned and ignored it.

In this dark age, he just wants to get rid of the snake as soon as possible and leave this world.

He pulled up his coat and tied it to his head, and set off again, ready to follow the road to find the next place of people, and ask someone to ask for the direction of Shendu.

Yamabuki didn't know where to get a coat and hat, and trotted to catch up with Levi, this time she didn't follow a few dozen meters behind, but came to Levi's side, almost walking side by side with him.

The rain and snow in the sky have decreased a lot, and the cold wind has eased a little, but in the early morning, the low temperature has covered the muddy ground with a thin layer of ice.

"Ahem......" The girl next to her coughed a few times from time to time, which seemed to be the only voice in the whole world at this time.

Levi didn't know the specific direction of Shendu, so he could only follow the main road all the way east according to the mission prompts.

Along the way, he passed a place called the Nine-Headed Dragon Shrine, but by the time Levi got there, it was completely in ruins. The remnants of dozens of surrounding houses remained, and the shrine's onmyoji was killed, his body hollowed out, and hung on the statue.

There was no trace of the demon around, and it seemed that it had been gone for a long time.

He didn't linger too long, and swept away the shrine with nothing left, driving away the scavenging crows.

"Swordsman-sama, is that a shrine?" Yamanbuki asked.

"Hmm."

"Then why can't Onmyoji-sama stop the demons?"

Crows howled in the sky, the flames drove them away, and the newly emerging barley seedlings in the fields had begun to be taken over by other weeds because they were left untended.

And Levi didn't answer Yabuki's question, he just held the Tianyu Feather Slash, and the cracked skin on his hand that was almost like scales seemed to be starting to ooze blood due to too much force.

"My mother told me that the gods are all by the sea, the most prosperous place, where the Onmyoji and the powerful swordsman are guarded, and there is the best doctor......" Yamabuki coughed, wondering if it was caused by the smoke from the flames, "Why was Onmyoji-sama killed by demons as well......"

The two continued to walk along the main road towards the east, and as time passed, the sky darkened.

Before he knew it, he had walked east for a whole day, and Levi didn't find any living people along the way, not even demons. Along the way, you can only see one destroyed settlement after another and small villages.

It wasn't until dusk that Levi saw a figure from a distance, and when he walked in, he realized that it was an old cow that was a little thin, an old man with white hair was leading the cow, and the cow was carrying a lot of things on its back, and a woman was sitting on the cow's back.

Horses are very precious livestock in this country, and even the Fujiwara family, which is the main world of Kyoto Temple and Shrine, have less than four horses in total. It can be said that a horse is more precious than a high-ranking swordsman.

There are many more cattle, and most of the capacity is transported by oxen and ox carts.

The old man in the distance saw Levi, he hurriedly tied the ox to the nearest tree, took out a knife from the ox's back and stared at Levi vigilantly. The body exudes a faint fluctuation of spiritual power, and it seems that the old man should have been a swordsman when he was young.

Walking in, the tracking technique did not emit red light, and it was not a demon.

"Hey! Who are you? The old man shouted.

Levi raised his hat slightly, revealing his face, and the mountain blow next to him directly took off his belt and saluted slightly.

Seeing that it was a person, the old man instantly relaxed, and when he saw the gorgeous Tianyu Feather Slash in Li Wei's hand, he was also slightly stunned, and then bowed slightly: "Please forgive the contemptible person for the offense just now." This is the eldest daughter of my family. ”

The woman on the back of the ox also came down and saluted. Her movements were not convenient, and her lower abdomen was slightly bulging, as if she was pregnant.

The old man led a few men to a ditch, tied the oxen, and lit a fire. The woman took out the cutlery from the cow's back and a thick piece of kelp tied together like a knotted rope.

It seems that they should be a slightly wealthy family, judging from the old uncle's initial reaction, he should be a swordsman who disarmed, and ordinary farmers will not have a cow in their family.

"Do you think you're heading to the Divine Capital?" The old man asked.

Levi nodded.

"Go back, listen to me, don't go to the Shendu, run. The Shendu had already ended a few days ago, and it had completely become a territory for demons. Several of the great swordsmen died, and even the great onmyoji known as the Divine Son, Lord Ampei Qingming, failed. All the people who can run out of it have run away, and the rest will be eaten by demons sooner or later......"

The old man hurriedly waved his hand, as if he wanted to persuade Levi to stay away from Shendu.

"It's just that this god capital is gone, there are almost no living people in Hihara Village dozens of miles away, and they are all demons. Listen to me, run west, the farther away from the god capital as possible, run to the west, run to a place where there are no demons and hide, maybe you can still live, go to the god capital and die. ”

"The swordsman is very powerful, and all the demons along the way have been killed by him." Yamabuki said hurriedly.

"Awesome? What's the use of being powerful, no matter how powerful you are, you can be stronger than a big swordsman? Can it be stronger than Haruai-sama, who is called the son of God? It's full of big demons over there, and I even heard that there is a demon god-like existence. Anyone who goes is a death. ”

Yamabuki didn't speak anymore, as if he was overwhelmed by the old man's eagerness and excitement.

The woman brought over a pot of kelp soup and smiled at Levi.

"Don't talk about Lord Qingming, you know that the great sword is known as the world's first sword? That great swordsman is also said to have been killed by demons. Listen to the old man's advice, run to the west, and run to that side to live. The old man was still chattering, and every time he mentioned God, he looked very scared.

"Thanks for the reminder." Levi replied to the old man.

"Why don't we go together, run west, run to Kagoshima, the westernmost part, or go west, and go out to sea to beg for a living, it's better than being eaten by the demons." The old man began to smile and propose to Levi, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to be squeezed together.

From what the old man has seen, I can also know that he has a wide range of knowledge, and it seems that he has been to many places when he was young. And seeing what he meant, after finding out that Levi and the two were not bad people, he wanted to take the two of them and escape together.

Levi looked at it, an old swordsman could not protect the ox he was leading, and many things on the cow's back.