Onmyoji, a nobleman in Heian-kyo

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The crucial moment hasn't arrived yet; there's no need to waste even a single bit of energy.

Like Ōtakemaru.

He truly treated his people as expendable resources.

Although it's unclear whether he truly cherished the people of Suzuka Mountain as depicted in the Onmyoji storyline, Kousaka Kyosuke showed absolutely no such sentiment during the war.

That's true, life is worthless in war.

If a commander acts on emotion, then failure is inevitable.

"start!"

A command suddenly sounded.

The surging waves—no, the tsunami—almost crushed the entire Mount Ooe, rose high like a giant curtain.

Countless waves of seawater, mixed with demonic power and miasma, swept towards the human army and the demons of Mount Ooe like a roaring beast.

A truly terrible disaster has struck!

"A tsunami!" Xiaobai cried out, quickly protecting Qingming.

Kyosuke Kosaka also felt the power of this tsunami, which was much, much stronger than any before.

He glanced around and saw that the Onmyoji and samurai in the army were all prepared and ready to defend and resist, and he nodded in approval.

Minamoto no Hiromasa, the brother-in-law, is not worried.

Hikigaya, Ayanokoji, and their brothers-in-law had already prepared a backup plan.

As for him, all he needs to do is hold onto Kagura, right?

That's what Kousaka Kyosuke was thinking.

Like Kagura, she covered herself with spiritual energy, preparing to fight the sea monsters in the water.

When the surging seawater crashed in, Kyosuke Kousaka and Kagura began their battle together.

The countless other Onmyoji and samurai around them were unable to withstand the impact and were swept away by the current, only the humans and demons with considerable strength were able to resist it.

"Kyosuke, eight hundred nuns..."

Suddenly, Kagura, who was standing next to her, quickly reminded her.

At this moment, Kousaka Kyosuke quickly looked around and found that Yaobikuni was being pushed far away by the waves as if in a daze.

Confused, he hurried over.

They moved swiftly toward Yaobikuni, and the surging waves of stone and the overwhelming ocean waves merged ingeniously, striking Kousaka Kyosuke and Kagura.

"—?!"

Kousaka Kyosuke hadn't expected that Ootakemaru would attack him at this moment, so he hurriedly grabbed Yaobikuni and took Kagura with him to escape.

Don't push yourself too hard during such a rushed phase; it's exhausting and draining. Along the way, Kyosuke Kosaka sensed something was wrong. Why did his hands feel so soft? What...?

220. Design the Siren/Inner Demon Illusion/Strengthen Shuten-dōji and Ibaraki-dōji/Battle Record

Kousaka Kyosuke instantly realized he had placed his hand in the wrong position, but ultimately didn't correct it.

The best course of action is to quickly take Kagura and the panicked Yaobikuni away to avoid the attack.

At this moment, they were all in the sea.

Ōtakemaru's attacks have likely been enhanced, and their power should not be underestimated.

Kousaka Kyosuke, believing that a hasty response would only make things worse and make it harder to protect Yaobikuni, quickly led her and Kagura to hide.

Finally, he narrowly escaped at the last second.

Fortunately, Kousaka Kyosuke knew that the sea monsters of the Sea Kingdom would definitely summon waves to turn Mount Oe into their main battlefield, so he had specially trained Kagura in combat and movement techniques. Otherwise, they would have suffered a minor loss during this rescue.

Kousaka Kyosuke quickly moved his hand down to Yaobikuni's waist and began to call for her.

"Yabikuni, what's wrong with you? Why are you spacing out at this crucial moment?"

Seeing that Yaobikuni seemed to be in a daze, he couldn't sense that there was anything seriously wrong.

"Oh...sorry, I think I just remembered something."

Yaobikuni's dazed eyes cleared, and she immediately came to her senses, even apologizing embarrassedly.

Upon seeing this, Kyosuke Kosaka released Yaobikuni.

"Thank you," Yaobikuni said with a smile.

Kousaka Kyosuke met her calm yet alluring eyes and smiled slightly.

He immediately began to help Kagura fight against the surrounding sea monsters.

Due to the change in environment, the sea monsters were much stronger than they were on land, and they were dragging the monsters of Mount Ooe, as well as Onmyoji and samurai, into the deeper parts of the sea to kill them.

However, the Oni-bō (Demon Army) created by Minamoto no Yorimitsu was no joke.

These ghost soldiers had already transformed into ships when the group realized that the sirens wanted to summon the tides and waves.

The yokai from Mount Oe, who had already received orders, were standing on the ship along with human onmyoji and samurai.

Upon seeing this, Ōtakemaru immediately realized something was wrong and tried to climb to higher ground.

However, they were stopped by Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Minamoto no Hiromasa.

Shuten-dōji, having made arrangements for the other demons, also rushed over with Ibaraki-dōji.

Seeing this group attack, Kyosuke Kosaka decisively chose to eliminate the other sirens.

"That's what you call 'I predicted your prediction'."

After all, Suzuka Mountain could never have imagined that the demons of Mount Oe would cooperate so closely with humans.

This information gap is precisely why Suzuka Mountain doesn't have much of an advantage.

In fact, there are quite a few disadvantages.

Because an ambush was set up at a high place.

The situation is indeed flooded.

According to Suzuka Mountain's logic, the flooded yokai of Mount Oe, or the humans who planned to take advantage of the situation, all went to higher ground to avoid getting involved in water combat, which they were not good at.

The monsters of Suzuka Mountain, of course, took advantage of the time to summon the waves to quickly ascend the mountain and then began to act as "fishermen".

Unfortunately, it's definitely not going to work out this time.

"The Demon King of Mount Ooe... I never expected you to be so cunning."

After finishing his battle with Onikiri, Ōtakemaru retreated to the side of the canyon, laughing arrogantly without showing any fear.

Shuten-dōji controlled his sake gourd, levitating it in the sky, his madness constantly amplifying his power: "Heh heh, you dare come to my territory? Then let's have a fight!"

"You filthy, stinking siren, just accept your fate and die!"

Ibaraki-dōji, his demonic hand wreathed in raging demonic flames, coldly continued Shuten-dōji's words.

Ōtakemaru glanced at Minamoto no Yorimitsu, who was smiling at him, and Minamoto no Hiromasa, who was looking furious, and laughed out loud.

"How could I possibly fight you when I'm at such a disadvantage?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a fierce light erupted from Ōtakemaru's body.

Minamoto no Yorimitsu was extremely fast; his arm holding the katana was already raised.

An invisible yet undeniably sharp blade aura suddenly erupted!

"Well!"

After a faint groan of pain.

Ōtakemaru's figure moved rapidly towards the higher ground of Mt. Ōe.

"A siren is a siren, she can't change her nature, she has no qualities of a leader!" Ibaraki-doji's eyes were flashed, and he subconsciously blocked an attack that seemed powerful but was actually quite ordinary. He immediately became angry.

At this point, even a fool would realize they'd been tricked!

swoosh~

Standing on the ship, Minamoto no Hiromasa aimed an arrow at Ōtakemaru, who was still in sight.

The arrow vanished from his hand without a sound, without a trace.

However, in Minamoto no Hiromasa's eyes, he could still see the figure of Ōtakemaru, who was about to disappear, stagger for a moment.

"Although I'd prefer a direct confrontation, I don't think that's possible anymore..."

Minamoto no Hiromasa said calmly.

He disliked being shot in the back, but the situation was different this time.

Kyoto will be in danger if the culprit of the war, Ōtakemaru, is not captured.

Now, Kagura, who is also involved in the battle, is also in danger.

Let's try to end the battle as quickly as possible.