The Hydra Dragon River is no longer calm.

The ferocious battle under the water stirred up the undercurrent, and it was unabashedly reflected on the surface of the river.

The turbulent river rushed wildly, setting off huge waves crashing against the shore with a terrifying sound.

This is the revenge that belongs to Yamiko Koko.

Long before Kamiyagawa infiltrated Oeyama, Yamiko brought the information of Oeyama back to Dreamland.

After confirming her good friend Paper Mai and her favorite Paradise Market, the little kappa returned to the vicinity of the Kuratsu River once again.

Yamiko's thoughts are very simple-

Since Forging said that the Sichuan Ape appeared near the Nine-Headed Dragon River, then she was waiting here.

The area around the Nine-Headed Dragon River was originally garrisoned by the mountain man's troops, so Yamiko couldn't get too close, so she could only wander around.

But for some reason, after some time all the garrisons were withdrawn.

After confirming that there were really no other strange activities in this area, Yamiko took advantage of the situation to enter the water and lurk.

She was thinking, at the very least, to see her enemies with her own eyes.

As for the complicated changes in the situation over there, this is not within the scope of Yamiko's thinking, and she is not very good at thinking about things that consume brain power.

Of course, Yamiko missed a little.

She didn't expect that the river ape had also completed a promotion, and the rating was a long step higher than hers.

The little kappa didn't think about this, she just stubbornly waited in the nine-headed dragon river day after day.

As her good friend Paper Dance said, Yamiko is a tendon fool with a single-threaded brain.

As long as she is sure of what she wants to do, she will not give up no matter what.

Then again, because of her contact with Paradise, the current little kappa Yamiko can barely be regarded as a follower of Protestantism in Takamagahara.

After all, it is not uncommon to hear the missionaries of the Cropokuru villains preaching.

In Protestantism, there is a goddess who spreads good fortune and administers angry punishment, Miss Mary.

Yamiko would sometimes pray to Miss Mary, asking the goddess of good luck to bless her for picking up good things when she was scavenging, and for the goddess of good luck to bless herself for avenging the dolphins.

Anyway, if you believe in religion and don't want soul crystals, you can believe a little bit.

Maybe it's really the goddess of good luck.

A tendoned kappa ushered in her good luck -

Her wait in the Nine-Headed Dragon River was not in vain, and she finally waited for the appearance of the enemy.

Waited until the river ape, which was C-grade, but was seriously injured and was already disabled.

The goddess of good fortune is fair, and sometimes good luck favors stubborn fools.

Even if it's only once.

……

The chaotic grappling under the water continues.

The river ape bites the baby kappa's shell.

However, the ape's fangs have been broken, and its state is weak, and the [Iron Wall Shield Defense] of Yamiko's hard shell is outstanding among the strange stories of the same rating.

So this bite left only a few messy shallow tooth marks on the smooth and hard turtle shell.

Seizing the opportunity to grapple, Yamiko threw punches hard.

The small green webbed fist erupted with great power, and this explosive force was not weakened by the resistance of the current, but was pushed by the current and became a little more rapid.

Bang!

Yamiko's fist smashed into Kawasaki's chest like a torpedo.

The black ape's chest had already collapsed, and it was the vulnerable part, and the little kappa's punch directly smashed out a large area of dark red blood.

Blood mingled with the water, and the smell of rusty blood filled the nostrils of both sides.

Immediately, the ape's struggle suddenly weakened......

Bang!

The waves of the river crashed violently against the shore, and the pale waves jumped high, teeth and claws, deafening.

As the last wave subsided, the Hydra River finally quieted down, and only a small stretch of water near the river bank continued to spread its crimson color.

Rushing.

A wet figure emerged from the shore.

He is small with light green slicky skin, a cat-like face with a yellow beak, and his hands are webbed by frogs, and his back is covered with a heavy black shell.

With a little difficulty, Yamiko climbed to the shore and lay down on her back, gasping for air.

"Shhhh

The pain in his body was incessant, as if the bones all over his body were falling apart.

"Why is that stinky monkey so bad, it's obviously injured like that."

Even if the C-level strange talk is a big cripple, but it has just been on D, and it is not so easy for Yamiko, who mainly specializes in defense, to win against the other party.

But in terms of results, it was still Yamiko who won.

The little kappa doesn't think about things like "if that monkey doesn't get hurt, I'll lose" and doesn't know anything about it.

It's useless for her to think so much, and winning is winning.

After winning the battle and successfully killing the Kawa ape, Yamiko got some loot-

The first is the heart of this ape.

The last punch of the little kappa smashed into the chest of the river ape, pinching the beating heart in the chest.

It was only by this fatal blow that she won.

However, the moment the ape's heart detached from its body, it turned into a fierce and powerful surge of power, which merged into Yamiko's arms.

The little kappa has a little bit of insight now.

The heart of the river ape may be similar to the small photo she sold to the two imperial sisters last time, as if it was called a "strange relic".

There is a strange talk of phase, and it is possible to inherit the ability of the relic to produce objects by absorbing this kind of relic.

As for why Yamiko and the river ape have a compatibility.

Probably because they are all aquatic weirdos.

In Japan, kappa and monkeys have always been sworn enemies in folklore. In some folk sayings, the two forms are also reversed, for example, if a kappa goes ashore, it will become a monkey, and if a monkey goes into the water, it will become a kappa.

Maybe even the legend of the kappa originally had a little bit of the "water monkey" color in the Chinese region.

Of course, Yamiko can't figure out this kind of thing, she only knows that it's a good thing to absorb relics.

That's enough.

In the previous battle, the left arm of the little kappa seemed to have been broken in the middle of the struggle, but as soon as he absorbed the heart of the ape, the sharp pain in his left arm disappeared and was replaced by a strong sense of strength with blood surging.

Therefore, Yamiko probably inherited the strange power of the ape's hands.

In addition to the [Heart of the River Ape], the little kappa also got a small stack of soul crystals.

It was all precipitated in the process of the black ape turning into ashes and dissipating.

Being able to squeeze out the soul crystals that can be produced in his corpse to the greatest extent at the moment of Strange Tales of death, and relying on the automatic pick-up of "Strange Tales of Things", this is a privilege that Kamiyagawa has only had.

Other weird stories don't enjoy such a special selection.

Yamiko carefully collected the soul crystals before they sank to the bottom of the riverbed.

After working in the paradise for so long, the little kappa knew very well that these small gray hedrons were very difficult to earn, so they must not be wasted.

And then there's the last loot -

【Kawasaki no Shirikodama 】

Also produced in the process of ape dissipation is a jet-black, glossy spherical jade.

After Yamiko's victory over the enemy, the overall harvest was very good.

"Whoa—whoa—ha—"

The little kappa's yellow beak was half-open and continued to gasp for breath.

Those soul crystals, as well as the black Shiriko jade, were scattered on the lawn beside her.

"I won!"

After about half a minute, Yamiko sat up from the ground.

At first, she felt cheerful and happy, as well as extremely relaxed.

The big stone that had been pressing on the little kappa's heart finally rolled down with the death of the ape, rolled into the deep pool of past memories, and sank deeply, never feeling the heavy weight again.

It's just that the deep pool called "memory" fell because of this huge pressure, and it became a mist.

The past of the Azuma River, the noisy and carefree daily life with the fish-eared dolphins, and the fear and helplessness of being invaded by the river ape, filled the heart with the non-existent water vapor.

Gray and wet.

The stirring made the heart feel stuffy and painful.

"Hmm......"

Yamiko finally realized that she felt other emotions in her chest.

It was an emotion that had nothing to do with pleasure, filling the ribcage and spreading wet, like an endless rainy season that could never be dried.

Confused, the little kappa raised his hand to wipe his eyes.

"I won! I've always wanted revenge...... I should be happy now, and I've got a lot of soul crystals, and I've got ...... I should...... Should...... Woo......"

As she spoke, Yamiko's vision gradually blurred, probably because the damp mist in her chest needed an outlet for catharsis, so she gushed out from the corner of her eye.

And when the tears came out, they couldn't stop, they couldn't wipe them away, and the tears fell down their smooth cheeks.

"Did you see that? It was I who won wow......"

Yamiko choked up at first, and shook her shoulders with sobs.

Then I finally couldn't bear it anymore, and raised my head and "wow" and cried loudly.

The little kappa may be a fool, but she's not completely empty-headed.

The wind and waves on the Hydra River were calm, and the river could not give any response, but only trickled, and the waves gently brushed the shore, and with the sobbing sound on the shore, they surged far away.

……

Great river mountain city.

After the battle with Ibuki Orochi ended, according to the agreement, Kamiya let Ibaraki Boy drag Ibuki's broken body back to the depths of the palace.

I think I went to the shrine inside.

Looking at Ibaraki's appearance, he should want to save the drunken boy, but it is still unknown how to do it and to what extent.

But even if the wine swallow survives, it will definitely not be in the form of a god.

Because the serpent precipitated the bones of the gods when he was dying—

[Ibuki Daimeijin's broken god bones]

The god's "flesh and spirit bones" trinity, flesh and spirit are the carriers of bones, and it is clear that although the Ibuki snake is still hanging in one breath, the broken god body can no longer carry the god bones.

Ibuki's bones are currently in the custody of Kamiyagawa in the form of trophies.

As for the flesh and blood that was scattered in the battle, of course, it was fed to the dog god in time.

Not wasting is the fine family style of the Kamiya family.

The Ibaraki boy seems to have resigned himself to this.

According to her previous oath, as long as the Kamiya side helps solve the crisis of Dajiangshan, then she has the right to control Dajiangshan to a certain extent in the future.

It is reasonable that the bones of the god of the Ibuki Orochi are kept by Kamiya as part of the Great River Mountains.

Moreover, Ibaraki Boy was in a hurry to perform a ritual to save the dying wine swallow, and he had no intention of wasting time with Kamiyagawa again.

Among the techniques that Ibaraki had mastered that might save the sake swallow, the Ibuki Divine Bone was already going to be eliminated.

This is also part of the so-called "huge cost".

How easy is it to reawaken an S-class god who has lost his mind and bring it back to normal?

If it can really be done, then Ainu's Acheng Thunder God doesn't have to beg for death in the first place.

Weaken the strength of the ghost of the great river and mountain to the greatest extent, and then give the ghost king's residual consciousness a new life through the technique, this is probably the method process that Ibaraki mastered.

During the time that Ibaraki entered the depths of the palace, Kamiyagawa was not idle.

He directly erected a platform like a moon in the big river mountain city.

Through the Ruyue Train, the members of the High Heaven Hara forces were brought to the city of youkai, which was now vulnerable.

That's right, it's a power shift on the surface.

Kamiyagawa will seize the opportunity to take over and take control of the country.

Before the collapsed palace on the north side.

The mermaid princess dragged her thin golden tail and walked in front of Kamiyagawa with her steps, bowing and saluting. Then he began to report on the current situation of the country:

"The hosts. The casualties are currently being counted. As for the crab her, she has already begun to lead the standing army to initially control order in all parts of the city......"

"Well done." Kamiya nodded, "What about the situation of the army of Dajiangshan?" ”

"The troops composed of the ghost clan, whether it is the generals or the soldiers, have suffered huge losses, and it is difficult to form combat effectiveness, which should be affected by the fog you said. As for the non-ghost troops, at least half the personnel. ”

Isohime continued to add unhurriedly.

"Well, did you get any resistance to control these troops?"

"Because of the assistance of Aragami-sama, there was no obvious resistance."

In the process of controlling the Great River, Kamiya's Shikigami all participated and assisted. It's not just Crab Hime's side, even if Isohime is now active in Dajiangshan City, there will be a dog god who will follow him as a bodyguard throughout the whole process.

Kamiyagawa: "Good. There are many types of strange stories in the big rivers and mountains, and there are many strange stories with a skill. After that, you have to work hard to do a statistical count of the number of surviving strange stories, and send those useful strange stories to our own territory, and then manage them by the lords of each place. ”

"I understand." The mermaid princess bowed her head in obedience.

"Also, when we have full control of the country, we have to think about rebuilding this place. There's no rush for the time being, let's take a look at the situation of the Ibaraki boy and the wine swallowing boy first......"

Kamiya and Isohime talk calmly about the affairs of the Oeyama.

Then suddenly I heard the rattle of the chains, and an angry roar came from behind me: "Inujiro, what are you doing!?" ”

As soon as I turned around, I saw the angry Golden Bear Boy and the somewhat dazed Star Bear Boy walking towards this side.

The two Heavenly Kings in the Great River Mountain were injured to a certain extent, and because of the inhalation of the Ibuki Divine Mist, their breath was chaotic and weak, and they were generally embarrassed. (End of chapter)