What the lantern monk said, "the battle between the great rivers and mountains and the human race" should refer to the one in which the source of Laiguang fought against the great rivers and mountains.

Therefore, it can be basically concluded that the war between humans and ghosts that exists in the legend should be real.

According to the countermeasures room, during the Heian period, when the power of the Great River was active, Japan was an era of coexistence between humans and ghosts.

It is speculated that the stage where humans and ghosts are active is in the present world, or that the distinction between the present world and the ordinary world is not as clear as it is now, and that the two worlds may have a more convenient way to communicate with each other at that time.

It is probably because of the existence of the great rivers and mountains in the present world that it endangered Kyoto in the human world at that time, so there was a conflict with the Genjia, who was guarding the human side.

After talking with the lantern monk, Kamiyagawa repeated his old tricks, continued to use soul crystals to throw stones to ask for directions, and asked several strange stories in the city that seemed to be relatively docile.

The information I got was pretty much the same-

It can now be determined that Yuan Laiguang's crusade has indeed greatly damaged the vitality of the great rivers and mountains. directly caused the tiger bear and stone bear among the four ghost kings to die in that battle; The status of the drunken boy and the Ibaraki boy is unknown, and they have not been seen for a long time.

In the upper echelons of the ghosts of the great rivers and mountains, only the Star Bear and the Golden Bear are left to support them, and they are the people who speak on the surface of this monster force.

After experiencing the crusade of the Yuan family, it is likely that Dajiangshan hid back in the ordinary world in some way, and it has not been revived until now.

These are almost the basic overviews related to this force that Kamiyagawa can ask in the monster city.

"It seems that the wine swallowing boy and the Ibaraki boy have not directly appeared in the power of the great rivers and mountains, could it be that they no longer exist? But the strange gossip in the city seems to firmly believe that the great rivers and mountains are still ruled by the drunken boys......"

Kamiyagawa thought and guessed in his heart.

Then he raised his head again, his eyes constricted, and looked towards the north side of the city.

Now he is in the middle of the main street of the great city, surrounded by strange monsters.

In the cracks of the stone bricks of the street, there was a constant overflow of cold ghostly energy, gathering ghostly mist on the ground, so thick that it trickled like a stream from the feet of the feet. The white and red paper lamps above floated out of thin air, fluttering up and down, and the white or blood-red ghost fire glowed like long slippery tongues hanging from a high place, tirelessly licking everything around them.

Looking north from here, the line of sight penetrates the layers of ghost fog and ghost fire, and you can see the outline of a gorgeous palace in the distance.

The palace was like a sleeping beast, lying on its stomach in the northernmost part of the monster city.

Kamiya stared at the pupils and could see that the top of the head of the giant beast made of bricks, stones, and earth was entrenched with an immeasurable aura of ghosts and gods, twisting into a huge vortex and turning uncontrollably, and in the dark vortex, hideous grimaces bulged and dissipated, roaring and roaring.

However, after unlocking the ability to perceive vision, this strange and terrifying scene is no longer visible.

"The overall aura of this monster city is very strange, and there must be something very special and powerful on the side of the palace...... This may also be the reason why the demons of the great rivers and mountains now believe that the drunken boy is still leading them. ”

"The situation is still unclear. If possible, I'd like to explore the palace. ”

Just as Kamiya was thinking about his next move, the strange talk around him suddenly boiled.

A large number of sane strange chatters crawled or ran or flew in the direction of Higashi City.

"What is this doing?"

Kamiya, which was still standing, was still out of condition.

He looked around and saw the little lantern monk who had asked him at the beginning stumbling past, the little lantern in his hand swaying.

"Hey, little lantern monk."

Kamiya, who was quick-eyed, grabbed the little monk by the collar and dragged him to him.

"Wow! Ahh......h It's you again. ”

After the little monk with the lantern saw who the strange talk about him was, he was not particularly flustered.

After the previous simple contact, he felt that this white, vaguely illegible strange talk was still strange.

After simply answering a few questions from him, he got more than thirty soul crystals from him.

"What are you doing here?"

"Oh, you've just arrived here, so I don't know. The ring, the ring is about to begin. ”

The little monk with the lantern didn't ask Kamiya for soul crystals this time, as a very weak weird talk, he couldn't keep too many soul crystals on his body. Otherwise, for the other monsters in the great rivers and mountains, it is like a moving money bag, which will blow him up in minutes.

"Ring?"

"That's right, the point of the great rivers and mountains will be in the ring. Go up and win a game, you have a chance to become a ten-captain, and if you can win a streak, you can also be a ghost general! ”

The little monk with the lantern scratched the back of his bare head:

"It's because there's going to be a ring today, and all the weird talk about coming to the city is going to be so much. Even those visiting places such as Mt. Atago and Wakasa Bay will come to join in the fun. If you can fight, you can also try it, if you can be a ghost general, not only can you get a lot of soul crystals, but also ...... Uh, a beautiful female ghost banshee as a reward. It's just that there is something dangerous in the ring. ”

"How dangerous?"

"There are a lot of strange stories about dying in the ring lately."

"Oh."

Kamiya roughly understood.

The point general ring seems to be a means for the big country forces to select "militarized talents", which is simple and rude.

When you come to the stage to fight, whoever has the big fist can get a position in the army of the great forces.

Dajiangshan has recently expanded to the surrounding areas, so the frequency of holding such points will be high.

However, it is obviously a competition for selecting talents, but it seems that life and death are allowed, and it will definitely lose some strange talk that can still be beaten, so this method is really primitive.

In contrast, Kamiya felt that his power was managed in a much more civilized way.

"I'm going to the East Market!"

After answering the question, the little monk with the lantern hurriedly ran away with the paper lamp.

Kamiya thought about it and followed.

Point to the ring, this sounds like a way to understand the combat power of the country, and it is not a loss to see the excitement.

And...... Beautiful female ghost banshee.

I want to see how beautiful it is.

……

The east side of the castle is a large river.

There was an open field, surrounded by a ring of hemp rope and bare mud and potholes. The ghostly aura that flowed above the mud seemed to smell more blood than the rest of the city.

This is the location of the Grand River Mountain Castle Venue.

In the middle of the clearing, there is an old locust tree.

The canopy of the trees is towering, and the dense foliage is like a man's hand.

On one of the thick branches, a white "rope" hangs from the end of which is attached to a large horse's head.

The two round eyeballs of the horse's head twitched, and from time to time they let out a "bang-bang-" roar.

And the whitish "rope" that connects the horse's head to the locust tree, perhaps something like a trachea, is constantly squirming with the neighing of the horse's head.

This strange existence should be a monster named "Ma Hanging".

In Japan, there is a type of yokai that suddenly hangs from trees, and there are many things that hang down, such as human heads, horse heads, babies, bamboo baskets, tea bags, fishing bottles, and a fire. The things that fall from the legends of each region are different, and they are very distinctive.

And "Horse's Head" tells the story of a horse's head hanging down from a tree-

[In Okayama Prefecture, one night, a man was walking alone on the road, and when he passed an old tree, the branches rustled incessantly, even though there was no wind. The man felt strange, and when he looked up at the tree, he saw a horse's head hanging from the tree, and it barked. ］

This horse is not a monster participating in the ring, but more like the host in the ring.

When Kamiya arrived here with the big stream of monsters, he could see that there were already two other youkai fighting in the clearing.

As the battle became more and more intense, the youkai who hung their heads down and watched became more and more excited.

Soon, the battle in the ring was decided.

One of the youkai fell to the ground, and the audience erupted in cheers and mockery. The horse hanging from the locust tree neighed and hissed, and its mouth and nose exhaled violently, blowing its broad lips out of shape:

"Atago Yama Shiba Tengu wins!"

Mt. Atago is located near the mountains of Oesan.

There is a legend of a tengu in that place, and "Shibatengu" is one of the tengu youkai.

The one in the ring was only about 1.4 meters tall, bald, and although he had a pair of wings on his back, the skin on his body was covered with smooth scales like an aquatic weirdo.

Shiba Tengu is a youkai that lives in the waters, and has some of the characteristics of both a tengu and a kappa.

"Atago Yama Shiba Tengu chooses to defend! "The horse hanging from the tree bowed its head and roared again.

"Roar!"

Hearing this, the atmosphere of the onlookers was high, and the mountains shouted a tsunami.

The rules of the ring are not so much about absolute fairness, and the monster who wins the fight can choose to stay in the ring and directly meet the challenge of the next monster.

Standing on the sidelines, Kamiyagawa quickly condensed his pupils and looked up and down at Shiba Tengu, who was showing off his martial arts.

"It's probably a D-grade, but it's definitely not a C-grade anyway. It's much worse than the Utengu, and it's far less beautiful than my family's cubs. ”

In the process of his observation, many of the onlookers were already ready to move.

Kamiya thought about it briefly, set aside the demon group in front of him, and strode into the hemp rope circle of the venue first.

It's all here, why not try the local specialties.

And by experiencing the big rivers and mountains, you can also roughly feel the strength of the monsters in this place.

"Warriors enter the battle, report the name!"

The horse lowered his head and glanced at Kamiya before shouting.

"Tokyo, Inujiro."

Kamiya's own name belongs to a human as soon as he hears it, and although strange stories like ghosts can also have human names, in order to avoid trouble, he chose to report his own dog god's "real name" before his death.

The dog's real name is only known to the strange people who live under the same roof in the real world, and even the strange people in the ordinary world call it "Inugami-sama".

So there won't be any trouble that way.

Moreover, as far as Kamiya's vague appearance of [Oni's Leather Coat] is concerned, no one can question anything if it is a dog demon.

"Shiba Tengu vs. Inujiro!"

The horse lowered his head and roared again, "Bang" and screamed.

Kamiyagawa walked to the center of the ring, glanced at the jubilant crowd of onlookers, and then turned his attention to Shibaten.

In the same way, Shibatengu is also looking up and down the new opponents.

This aquatic tengu, the force value is not bad among the strange talk of the same rating, but the perception ability is not very good.

"Dog demon?" He cocked his big red nose with a slight disdain, and didn't take Kamiya in his eyes.

Arrogant, maybe as long as it's a tengu, it's more or less a bit of a character, even if it's the black tengu of the Kamiya family. It's not a bad thing to be arrogant, but it's arrogant to be arrogant.

Kamiya didn't pay attention to the opponent, and calmly put on a posture.

Bow your legs, bend your waist, and hold a word hilt in your right hand.

On the other side, Shibatengu was holding a large knife and dancing. Although it is a little funny to have his extremely short stature dancing the big knife, the victory is that the technique is fast, the pace is flexible, the knife moves with the step, the killing machine is chaotic, and the dance to his figure is very mixed with the knife light, and the leaves of the locust tree are scattered, and they are cut into shreds before they hit the ground.

Such exquisite and fancy skills caused the strange talk around to roar and cheer again.

"Hmmm......"

Kamiya's pupils condensed, maintaining the posture of Iai's slash, and he also followed the Shiba Tengu Dance Knife for a while.

Then his left hand unsheathed his sword, flipped over the hem of his coat, and a sandal-red musket appeared in the palm of his hand.

Without any superfluous movements, just raise your gun and shoot!

Bang!

The muzzle of the musket burst into tongues of fire, and a whistling sound like a banshee's weeping erupted.

Unstoppable iron projectiles burst out.

Shibatengu, who was still proud, finally reacted, and danced with an impenetrable sword light to cut off the iron bullet.

But the speed of the bullet was much faster.

"Poof".

The iron bullet pierced directly through the base of Shibatengu's right flank.

The blood blossomed, and the battered Shibaton Dog fell to the ground in one fell swoop.

His speed was quite fast, and he quickly clenched the hilt of the knife on the ground and raised his head.

But he only saw that the white vague strange talk had turned into an afterimage and rushed in front of him, and the light long knife in his hand slashed down, stirring up the ghost mist with the smell of blood, and tearing the mist apart, forming a strange visual effect like shredding space.

The dexterous sword light is solid and unpretentious, but it is wrapped in terrifying power.

Clang!

The swords collided, making a crisp sound like striking iron.

Nashiba Tengu only blocked the knife, and his short body smashed like a broken sack outside the hemp rope ring of the ring.

Kamiyagawa's attacks were still spared, and none of the swords and guns were carried into the thunder method, leaving Shibatengu's life.

Otherwise, after these two rounds, you can effortlessly drop the opponent back.

To this day, a D-class weird talk is really no match for him.

The winner is decided.

Shiba Tengu slammed to the ground with a dull sound, but the strange talk of the onlookers was silent at the same time.

Even the horse hanging on the old locust tree hung his head with his mouth wide open, unable to speak.

This makes the sound of the landing particularly harsh.

Halfway through, the horse-headed monster hanging on the tree finally reacted and shouted, "Inujiro, win!" ”

"Roar!"

The strange talk of the onlookers followed by the raising of arms and howling, and the shouts shook the entire strange talk city.