Sunlight shines through the thick clouds over the dark red ocean.

At this moment, the tsunami wave has subsided, and the whales control more than a dozen skeletal whales, parading in formation on the sea.

Whoop –

The water is rippling.

The remnants of the wave demon flicked its huge tail fin, and approached fearlessly.

Large, glowing barbed bone spurs hooked to the bottom of the blue-gray fishtail, smashing like an anchor into the whale queue.

Because most of the wave demons were wiped out in the fish bombing operation of the Kamiya River, the remaining point could not pose much of a threat to the Kamiya side.

It's perfectly possible to deal with it head-on.

The whales are connected to each other, forming a "white bone land" that floats above the water.

Kamiya and the Aragami work together to defend themselves against the waves that attack from all directions. Even if it is Inugami and Mary, whose combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced in the water, it is no problem to stand on the bone land and fight a defensive counterattack.

Bang!

Pull the trigger of [Banshee: Change], and the cold metal fits tightly to your fingertips.

The iron projectile pierced the humid air and let out a sharp whistling sound, and the firelight erupted from the muzzle of the gun, drawing a fiery and terrifying arc, and quickly burst into a whirlpool of purple lightning and white light, directly sinking a wave squeezing demon.

In the interval between killing one, another wave demon flicked its tail hook and rushed up to the phalanx of the wrecked whales. The shark-like elite monster has its mouth wide open, its body is huge, its muscles are hairy, and its eyes reveal wildness and ferocity.

Kamiyagawa does not dodge or dodge, puts away the funeral banshee, and her body is stable and flexible.

When the Wave Demon pounced, he quickly bent down and swung a word vigorously. In an instant, the blade that swirled around the Bright Glory Yang Thunder flew up from below, cutting out an elegant and fierce arc of light.

The knife touched the abdomen of the Wave Demon, making a dull and violent tearing sound, and the sharp blade easily pierced the hard flesh.

Blood gushed out, and the Wave Rider let out a howl of pain, and its body froze for a moment, before being slammed into the back of the wreckage whale by Kamiya.

Buzzing.

The sword was drawn from the belly of the Wave Demon.

Kamiya shook his knife and slashed a piece of writing on the feather fabric in his left hand, wiping away the remaining blood and seawater.

The gorgeous array of feathers was stained with blood, stained with the smell of blood and a touch of red, which was even more bewitching.

Although it will be hard to go home and clean Haori later, it is very convenient to wipe the blood like this, and the action is very handsome!

There were only a dozen wave demons on the sea, and the first wave of attacks on the skeleton whales was blocked, and the second wave of attacks was even more unrepresentable.

Kamiyagawa's side successfully dealt with these remnants of the defeated generals at the cost of zero battle losses.

"There may be one or two more fish that slip through the net underwater, but it should be out of the way."

Kamiya summoned the Shikigami back to his side and observed the situation in the ocean for a while.

There is no longer too obvious demonic aura of the Wave Calming Demon here, but the strange transcendent aura that permeates the ocean still exists.

He put away his weapon and pulled out the Kabuki Puppet from the Mirage Cloth Bag.

Hold the puppet puppet in your hand slightly.

Transparent silk threads begin to form on the puppet's head, limbs, and torso.

There are six in total.

The six filaments stretched longer and longer, reaching the back of the whale.

Where the threads touched, a humanoid slowly formed and stood up.

The figure was vague at first, but slowly began to grow in size, become clearer, and finally became as tall as Kamiyagawa.

The face is covered with white powder, the sword eyebrows are starry, and the samurai in the Kabuki performance is dressed like a mad dead man.

At the moment when the Kabuki puppet was formed, Kamiyagawa shared and its "sensory consciousness", which was in parallel with his own consciousness, as if he had an extra image of the operation of a prop such as a "drone" in his mind.

"After so many days of delay, I finally have a chance to go down and take a look, what is down here?"

Kamiyagawa sat down on the back of the whale and controlled the "Mad Death" to jump into the sea.

Puppets are dead creatures and have no need to breathe, so it's just right to go into the sea to explore.

……

The puppet, pulled by the silk threads that had become invisible, was wrapped in salty and cold water, and dived deeper and deeper. The sound of the waves on the surface of the water faded away, and the light passed through the water through the ripples, refracting a dim and pale light.

The water is desolate, with only the silent and solemn rocks and gravel covering the bottom of the sea, washed away by the long years, lifeless and gloomy.

The puppet in the deep sea explored everywhere and the whale on the sea surface cooperated with the movement of the dive position, and it took about more than forty minutes for Kamiyagawa to find the goal of this trip-

It was an island that had sunk underwater.

In fact, it has merged with the rocks at the bottom of the sea, and it is difficult to distinguish.

But here is the remains of a building, a glimmer glimpse of the underwater ruins that once served as a shrine.

Scattered with broken stone pillars and collapsed walls, this shrine was supposed to be glorious and noble. What remains of the structure is pale and fragile, and the surrounding sand and gravel are half-buried with broken statues and decaying ornaments, washed by the undercurrents of the deep sea, ready to disappear into the merciless waves.

"The mermaid said that there used to be a shrine on Tagido Island, and this is probably it."

Kamiya used the puppet's bodily senses to look around, wandering around the wreckage of the shrine for a while, and found a narrow cavern formed by the collapse of the building.

The adult body can't pass through this passage.

However, kabuki puppets can change in size, and the smallest can become about the size of a child as old as seven or eight years old.

With the advantage of his changed body size, Kamiya successfully squeezed into the passage.

After groping his way through the dark passage for dozens of meters, the water level around him fell, and the Kabuki puppet emerged from the water.

It seems to be an air cavity area on the ocean floor, and there is air in the confined environment. Of course, this is the case, and it may also be due to some other remnant force in the palace.

The golem climbed out of the water and stood on the damp stone slabs of the shrine.

Now I must have come to the depths of the interior of the collapsed Jingu building.

"The internal structure of this shrine doesn't seem to be too badly damaged, and the area inside is unexpectedly quite large, which seems to be worth exploring. And the transcendent aura that I have always been able to feel is much stronger here, maybe this shrine is the source of that strange aura. ”

Kamiya didn't hesitate, and the control puppet shook off the water stains on the gorgeous costume, and walked forward.

The surrounding walls are covered with frescoes, but the colors have long since faded and become mottled. After looking at it for a while, those images were also mutilated and obscure, and I didn't know exactly what they were pointing to.

However, you can see the two scenes of the ocean and the moon frequently appearing on the murals.

The moon is particularly eye-catching.

Even in many of the murals, the image of the moon is clearly overshadowed by the ocean, depicted so realistically and otherworldly.

The moon hangs in the center of the mural as a full-length and bright ball of light that emits a soft and warm glow that illuminates the entire scene. The surface of the moon is painted vividly, as if you can feel the soft texture and cool breath. The delicate and smooth lines outline the mountains and tear-like textures on the moon, three-dimensional and realistic.

When you look closely at the moon on the mural, you will feel the mysterious and tranquil atmosphere permeating the air.

[…… Su Hu Wu Zun neglected to manage the Plains of the Sea, and during this period, the Sea Plains were managed by his sister Night Eclipse Plains Moon Night Zun for a long time...... The three goddesses of the sect statue were born, taking over the original authority of the sea, and were blessed by the moonlit night......]

Kamiya had stood for a long time in front of a certain mural, and he could vaguely make out the words.

Sukutsu is another name for Susanoo.

The origin of the sea refers to the land of the sea.

According to Kamiyagawa's understanding, after Susanoo was assigned by his father Izanagi to govern the sea country, he was grief-stricken because he missed his deceased mother, and he did not go to the post for a long time, which was indeed "negligent management".

The "Eclipse of the Night" mentioned in the mural refers to another kingdom of God, the "Land of the Night".

If the information on this mural is correct, Susanoo should have been his second sister during the time when he was not in charge of the sea, and the Tsukiyomi on the Night Eclipse Plain, that is, the "Moonlit Night Tsuzun", was in charge of this place.

In addition, in the foundation of the myth, the gender of the moon is not specifically described.

There are folk sayings that the moon is a male god, a goddess, or simply a sexless god.

However, according to the mural, the second of the three nobles should be a goddess.

"The moon has been governing the country of the sea for a long time, so it's no wonder that the sea and the moon are often drawn together."

"According to the mythology and the information I have about the divine war, Susanoo has never taken office to cross the sea country, and after leaving Takamagahara, he first walked the world, and then went to Huangquan...... In other words, the country of the sea should also be indirectly controlled by Yue Yu Ming later, and the three goddesses of the sect statue that appeared later may actually be their aunt Yue Yu...... It seems that Susanoo has caused a lot of trouble for his eldest and second sisters. ”

"The strange aura of this area, could it be related to the moon reading life?"

Kamiya refined the key information, and then continued to walk along the collapsed stone wall and stone pillars.

Ahead is a large courtyard supported by four intricately carved stone pillars, and the surrounding walls are shimmering with light, making the view much brighter.

Under one of the stone pillars, Kamiyagawa saw a corpse.

The human body is fishtailed, leaning against a stone pillar in a seated position, and is supposed to be a woman.

The surface of the mermaid's carcass has been severely dehydrated, dried up and turned into a dry corpse, and the skin resembles the scales of a dead fish, rough and dull.

But even so, this corpse still retains a trace of luxury and majesty, and there are no distorted parts of the body.

Kamiya had a feeling that this mermaid must be beautiful and noble when it was still alive.

"Is this the queen of merfolk? Isohime's mother. ”

Kamiya controls the puppet and crouches down in front of the dead merfolk.

Perhaps, before they were polluted and degenerated into evil kraken, Isohime was also a noble and beautiful mermaid image.

The Kabuki puppet raised his hand and gently touched the mermaid's corpse.

Lifeless stiff touch.

But at the moment of touching, Kamiya saw that among the two empty eyeholes of the dead mermaid, there was a sudden flash of faint fire.

Click.

The shriveled skull's jaw opened and closed, shaking incessantly.

The fire in the hole in his eye became a little stronger, jumping and burning, and the fire spread to the eyes of the Kabuki puppet, burning more and more.

Some messy picture information, through the link of the firelight, poured into the puppet's mind.

Well, puppets don't have brains.

So that information simply appeared on the surface of the sea, in the mind of Kamiya, who was the controller.

Not bad.

It's not too uncomfortable.

It's nothing compared to the indescribable whispers of the Eastbound fellows and the feeling of the vast amount of knowledge that burrows into the brain.

……

An island with lush vegetation and beautiful scenery.

This island is not the sunken island of Tagido, but the unpolluted island of Ichikudo more than 200 years ago.

I don't know why, Kamiya just knows this.

The Shanghai breeze on the island of the city is soft and caressing.

A bright and beautiful figure of a mermaid sat on the reef on the coast.

On the top of the head, there is a pair of white jade-like horns, clear and crystal small horns, and a fishtail on the human body.

No, maybe not just a fishtail.

The tail is thinner and more flexible, the scales are bright and shiny like glass, and the end of the tail grows soft and natural white hairs that flutter gently in the wind.

Perhaps it is more appropriate to say that it resembles the tail of a dragon.

Seeing this figure in his mind like a movie picture, Kamiyagawa naturally "associated" information related to her.

The previous statue of the mermaid clan was the young Jiaoji of the dragon girl.

That is, the mother of Isohime now.

Sitting on the reef and singing a tune without lyrics, her voice clear and ethereal, the sea swaying in her aria, docile as a tamed domestic animal.

"Little sister."

After singing for a while, the childish Jiaoji paused.

Someone behind her was calling her.

Turning around, there was a half-fish, half-human figure standing behind him.

Unlike the beautiful childish Jiaoji, the newly appeared figure has a fish upper body and a humanoid lower body.

Similar to the current rockfish owner on the merfolk's side, but not as ugly as those rockfish.

The figure was tall and mighty, dressed in cyan armor, not angry and self-assured, and quite like a general.

"Brother, are you back? Did the crusade against the Hand Wash Ghost go well? ”

Childish Jiaoji responded happily to the visitor.

Just like knowing the situation of the childish Jiaoji, seeing the half-fish, half-human figure appear, Kamiya's mind naturally appeared with information related to it-

His name is "Big Fish Ascending Tower".

Nominally, he is the elder brother of the young Jiaoji, and the eldest son of the mermaid clan who can fight well.

But in fact, he has no blood relationship with Jiaoji, and is the adopted son of the leader of the mermaid clan.

He is an indigenous kraken in the sea country, without any god-descendant blood.

"Well, that stupid big monster has been honest, and it is estimated that he will not have the courage to interfere with the landing ceremony of the Lord of the Sea Country in the future." Ascending stairs nodded.

At the time of the alternation of the old and new sea kingdoms, the monsters on the sea are ready to move.

It's not just the old rival crab clan, some powerful monsters on the sea, and some of them have also moved their minds.

Like the hand-washed ghost, who is entrenched in the strait, he has attracted a youkai to become the leader of the power, and he wants to interfere with the succession of the lord of the country without any means.

The stupid big demon was obviously not even a sect statue, and he was vulnerable, but he just listened to the absurd rumors that had recently spread on the sea - "As long as you get the third sect statue, you will be eligible to enter the sect statue shrine and ascend to the position of the lord of the country".

It is clear that the body of the hand-washed ghost has the blood of inferior and inferior youkai flowing from it.

Just like yourself.

It is impossible for an inferior Kraken to compete with the sister of the noble god to become the lord of the country.

It's ridiculous and pathetic.