manynovel Chapter 106 The Prophecy Dream of the Priestess of the Land of Demons [Please Subscribe]
Chapter 106 The Prophecy Dream of the Priestess of the Land of Demons [Please Subscribe]
Chapter 107 The Prophecy Dream of the Priestess of the Land of Demons [Please Subscribe]
Maitreya slowly got up from the bed, walked to the desk, and lit a candle.
The flickering candlelight dispelled the darkness in the room, illuminating her tired face.
"Was that dream a new prophecy?" Dressed only in a thin gauze robe, Maitreya sat down at the desk, her slender fingers touching her forehead. The dim candlelight illuminated her graceful figure, but could not dispel the worry between her brows.
Those purple eyes were filled with unease about the future.
As a member of a priestess clan, Miroku inherited the power of priestesses from a young age, and one of his important abilities is to foresee the future.
Basically, the prophecies made by the priestesses would come true. Therefore, in the land of demons where there was no daimyo, the priestesses held a very high status. They were not only objects of worship for the people, but also the nominal rulers of the land of demons.
In recent years, Miroku has sensed that the sealed entity is becoming increasingly restless, and a bad premonition has been rising in her heart.
Therefore, she is also making preparations. If there is any danger of breaking the seal, Maitreya will not hesitate to sacrifice his own life to seal it back.
In this way, she can buy her daughter, Ziyuan, time to grow up.
Thinking of this, Maitreya, who was holding his forehead, turned his head slightly and gently looked at the sleeping Shion on the bed.
The shrine maiden's prophetic abilities are mostly related to herself, but in that dream, Miroku saw herself with her daughter, and the darkness that shrouded the ninja world was completely different from what she had foreseen in her previous dreams, and it didn't have that kind of aura.
This is at least good news, indicating that in the prophesied future, the monster did not break the seal, and she was able to accompany her daughter as she grew up.
The witch's power is passed down through generations. After the daughter is born, Maitreya's power will gradually be passed on to her. Therefore, Maitreya has already prepared for the worst-case scenario.
But now we've seen another completely different prophecy!
"But what kind of darkness could plunge the entire ninja world into this?" Miroku frowned deeply, recalling the prophetic dreams he had heard before, none of which depicted such a terrifying scene.
"And that shadow—did he save the ninja world?" Miroku closed his eyes and pondered, trying hard to recall the details of his dream.
Boundless darkness enveloped the ninja world, but a ray of dawn pierced the long night, bringing light and hope to the ninja world. And in this ray of dawn, a figure stood tall in the sky.
What does this dream mean?
Miroku tried hard to make out the features of the figure that brought light to the ninja world.
In the dim light, a star streaked across the night and landed before her.
Maitreya suddenly opened his eyes.
"Stars?" She quickly got up and started looking through the books next to her.
They quickly found a map of the ninja world and located the Land of Bears, which borders the Land of Demons. On the map of the Land of Bears, a star icon stood out prominently.
"Star—." Miroku stroked the star representing the Land of Bears on the map, lost in thought.
Although the Land of Demons has no ninjas, it maintains good relations with its neighboring countries. It shares a quarter of its border with the neighboring Land of Bears, and there are frequent exchanges between the people of the two countries. Miroku has naturally heard of the legends of the Land of Bears.
Legend has it that two hundred years ago, a meteorite fell into the land of the Bear Country. A ninja used this meteorite to comprehend a special ninjutsu, and based on this, he founded the Star Village and called himself the First Star Shadow.
Star Village is also the closest ninja village to the Land of Demons.
"Is it here?" Miroku was unsure, because the prophetic dream was too vague.
Furthermore, a major upheaval occurred in the Land of Bears last year. It is said that the Star Ninja Village launched a coup, massacring the daimyo and nobles of the Land of Bears, plunging the Land of Bears into chaos.
Of course, all this information was given to her by the nobles of the Land of Demons.
Although the Land of Demons has no daimyo and its ruler is nominally a priestess, the Land of Demons also has a class system. The nobles support the priestess Miroku and are even quite pleased with it.
The priestesses basically do not participate in the management of the country; all the power in the Land of Demons is in the hands of these nobles.
As for priestesses, in the eyes of many nobles, they were nothing more than tools for suppressing demons.
"Mama~" A soft, sweet voice came from the bed, interrupting Maitreya's thoughts.
Little Shion woke up sometime earlier and, finding her mother missing, sat up, rubbing her sleepy eyes as she searched for her.
"Ziyuan, go back to sleep." Miroku quickly came to the bed, hugged his daughter, and patted her back while humming a lullaby.
With the gentle singing, Ziyuan quickly drifted off to sleep again.
The next morning, Miroku changed into her formal shrine maiden attire and sat behind the bamboo curtain at the shrine.
Little Shion beside her was also kneeling and sitting in a similar manner, just like her mother.
Maitreya summoned the priest who had served the priestess clan for generations.
"Lord Miroku!" The priest was a man in his thirties. His family had been priests of the Oni Kingdom Shrine for generations, and they were also responsible for protecting the shrine maidens and taking care of their daily lives.
"Priest Ashishi, how much do you know about the situation in the Land of Bears and the Village of Star Ninja?" Miroku's voice came from behind the bamboo curtain.
"The Land of Bears and the Village of Star Ninjas?" Priestess Ashigishi was somewhat surprised. Why was the priestess, who usually paid no attention to outside affairs, suddenly asking about the neighboring countries?
He was sent to a shrine at a young age to take care of the shrine maiden clan, and he was a priest of the Oni Kingdom Shrine when Miroku's mother was still alive.
For more than twenty years, it has been rare to hear a priestess inquire about the situation in a neighboring country.
The last time Lord Miroku asked him this question seemed to be right when the Third Shinobi World War had just broken out. The Sand Village of the Land of Wind and the Stone Village of the Land of Earth were fighting fiercely. Lord Miroku was worried that the war would spread to the Land of Demons or affect the loosening of the seal on the demons, so he asked him this question.
This time?
"Lord Miroku, the rebellion in the Land of Bears has been over for half a year. It is said that the daimyo and nobles of the Land of Bears have been slaughtered, but the Land of Bears has recently resumed production and even trade with neighboring countries has become more frequent. It is said that this is because of some policy changes that have occurred in the country." As a priest of the shrine, Ashigishi had limited access to information.
However, this information differs greatly from what the nobles from the Land of Demons who came to the shrine to worship, whom Miroku encountered.
In the mouths of those nobles, the Land of Bears was nothing short of a living hell; the ninjas of Hoshigakure not only slaughtered the daimyo and nobles of the Land of Bears, but also...
They didn't even spare ordinary people; many cities were devastated.
The Land of Earth and the Land of Wind, two of the five great nations, were unable to intervene militarily in the Land of Bear for certain reasons, so they called on neighboring countries to blockade the Land of Bear.
Faced with these two completely different opinions, Miroku decided to send someone to find out for himself: "Priest Ashikagashi, send someone to the Land of Bears under the guise of diplomacy. I want to know the true situation there."