"My name is Kagerin (Felix), you might know me."
At this moment, he also wanted to know what the relationship was between Ibuki and Shuten-dōji.
Was it a vague, undefined unity of two consciousnesses, or were they separate?
"Know him? What a joke!"
Shuten-dōji felt very wronged, wondering why anyone could bully her.
It was bad enough that she was chased and slashed by Minamoto no Mitsunaka back then, but to give his sword a name that she felt extremely ashamed of—the Doujigiri Yasutsuna.
Now, not only had she failed to regain her dignity, but she had also been treated like a chicken by his child!
As she pondered, two barely perceptible tear tracks streamed down her alluring and delicate face. The unfair treatment nearly broke her, and her fragile body, wrapped in loose robes, trembled uncontrollably.
When a beautiful face, as lovely as a flower, was sadly shedding tears, any normal person would feel sympathy and want to cherish this lovely girl who was as cute as a doll, yet whose temperament was full of provocation and charm.
Even if her true identity was a demon.
This scene made the blonde loli Ibaraki-dōji feel even more sorry for her.
Unfortunately, she couldn't do anything.
Minamoto no Yorimitsu was watching them intently from the side.
If it weren't for the existence of Ibuki-dōji, they would have been eliminated long ago.
Felix had no intention of taking care of this adorable little demon Shuten-dōji. He simply asked the already despairing Shuten-dōji calmly.
"I know Ibuki-dōji, and we're on good terms. So, what's your relationship with her?"
"Ibuki? Why are you talking about her..."
It's that woman again, it's that woman again!
Shuten-dōji clenched her fists, her eyes filled with hatred.
Seeing this, Felix immediately guessed the reason.
Although they all appeared to be children of the Yamata no Orochi, there were still distinctions of rank and social status among them.
Like the sons of Zeus in Greek mythology, who seemed to be everywhere.
No matter how hard they tried in their entire lives, they could never surpass Heracles, who was also a son of Zeus and stood at the pinnacle of Greek heroes!
"It's nothing, I just think you're really weak; the gap between you and Ibuki is too big."
"Really."
Even Minamoto no Yorimitsu couldn't help but agree.
Now, even with all her might, she could only barely fight against Ibuki-dōji, who was only slightly serious and hadn't used her powers much.
"You guys are infuriating!"
Shuten-dōji didn't hesitate to breathe like a angered kitten until her gaze fell on the pink-furred fox on the boy's shoulder. Those golden eyes, symbolizing nobility and full of divinity, like the sun, made her hair stand on end, and her body involuntarily curled up.
It was as if she had encountered her lifelong enemy, a conceptual god whose teeth she could never defeat!
"For the sake of Ibuki-dōji, I won't do anything to you. I'm just curious to ask you when Ashiya Dōman arrived and where he went."
Originally intending to hurl a few curses, Shuten-dōji couldn't help but glance at the pink-haired fox who hadn't made a move. Still feeling a deadly threat, she obediently replied.
"Yes, it was three days ago. As for where he was hiding... I have no idea."
As expected, it had to be Tamamo-no-Mae. With her sun-like qualities, she made Shuten-dōji surrender without a fight with just a glance!
Just then, a hearty laugh, like that of a dove, rang out from the surroundings, immediately attracting the attention of Felix and the others, who all looked toward the Onmyōji standing on the top of the City Lord's Mansion.
He wore a cruel yet perfect smile, and his effeminate appearance made him seem unlike a heterosexual man.
His image practically revealed the answer to Felix's face.
"Ashiya Dōman, you lackey of the alien god, how dare you show yourself?"
Before Ashiya Dōman could say anything, Felix's words completely shattered his composure and confidence, leaving him stunned for a long while.
"I won't say anything else. Just hand over the Imaginary Tree to me. Don't try to fool me. I've known your purpose from the beginning."
Ashiya Dōman took a deep breath and looked at the boy with a fox perched on his shoulder again. His eyes were filled with wariness, but he pretended not to know anything and replied with a smile.
"Haha, this humble monk truly has no idea what you're talking about."
"Izpapalotl, the goddess of Aztec mythology."
"Chernobog, the evil god of Slavic mythology."
"The Evil Spirit's Left Palace."
Felix rattled off all of Ashiya Dōman's Spirit Origin components as if reciting a menu, causing his expression to gradually darken.
Perhaps I shouldn't have come here in the first place!
I was originally going to mock them, but who would have thought I'd get eliminated before the fight even started!
"Who exactly are you?"
Ashiya Dōman had already decided to retreat and was about to escape when he suddenly discovered that the space around him had been imprisoned by a powerful divine force.
Moreover, it was something he was extremely familiar with.
Ashiya Dōman couldn't help but look at the pink-furred fox, which had no trace of demonic nature and was full of noble spirit, and suddenly understood everything.
It was her who forced him to stay here!
Damn it!
Why did she recover so quickly?
"Hmm... I'm thinking about what identity to use; maybe this one is pretty good."
Without giving a direct answer, Felix gently raised his hand and pointed to the blazing sun that was suspended high in the sky, breaking through the dark clouds. At this moment, countless rays of light fell on the earth, purifying the darkness of the ghost city.
"The form of the star, the form of the universe, the form of the god, and the form of myself."
"Celestial bodies are voids, and voids are emptiness."
"The void exists with God."
"You!"
Normally, Ashiya Dōman would have rushed up and interrupted Felix's chanting long ago.
The longer the incantation of a magic spell, the greater its power. Not to mention that this boy was directly connected to the sun, allowing him to use the sun's power to perform celestial magic that depended entirely on the spellcaster's skill or the environment.
However, the threat posed by the Jade-Faced Golden-Haired Nine-Tailed Fox/Tamamo-no-Mae, coupled with the symbolic meaning of Felix's chant, made him hesitate for a moment.
He was at least a core member of the Department of Astrophysics.
"Are you an enemy or a friend of this humble monk?"
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"If you can't tell even when it's so obvious, then it's definitely there."
Thanks to the Nine-Tailed Fox's favor, the Imaginary Number Space connected to the sun did not require a long chanting time.
The reason he said this was purely to scare Ashiya Dōman.
Ashiya Dōman, sweating profusely, frantically pondered the true identity of Felix but could not find any information that matched it.
"Then i must fight with you!"
Minamoto no Yorimitsu was the first to draw his katana, unleashing a giant bull's head crackling with lightning, blocking Ashiya Dōman's path.
Taking advantage of the lightning that filled the sky, Tamamo-no-Mae quietly made her move. Countless golden beams of light descended from the sky, instantly binding Ashiya Dōman's limbs.
After that, she suppressed her hatred and didn't move again, focusing all her attention on the evil Onmyōji.
If I were to pull out that Reincarnation Sword that could pierce through the void again, just like last time, wouldn't I be an idiot, always losing at the same point!
"I'll say it again, you'll never become a Beast. You, who try to control vengeful spirits to attack peace and kill humans, will never understand the true meaning of Beast in your entire life."
At this moment, Felix deliberately revealed a trace of Tiamat's aura, and the star symbol on his forehead suddenly appeared. The pure malice excited the terrified Ashiya Dōman.
What followed was endless pain and hatred.
"You, you! You became a Beast before me?"
"No, that's impossible! I went through so much trouble to come to this era because no one can stop me!"
"This humble monk will definitely become the Beast!"
Knowing full well that he was going to die and there was no chance of turning things around, he still wanted to become a Human Evil and use words to refute Felix.
Almost at the breaking point, he leaped forward, but missed Felix. Instead, he was struck by the sun falling from the sky. The intense heat burned his entire body, and even the "Life Extension Technique" of the Bōdō Master could not be activated. His Spirit Core and flesh evaporated instantly, along with the Ghost City, and were purified. The dazzling light enveloped the entire land.
Why!
HERE!
Heian-kyō
When the most powerful Onmyōji, Abe no Seimei, looked around and saw what a scene it was, he felt both happy and helpless.
The joy lay in this era, with its abundance of new things.
However, the arrival of so many forces in this era, with their complex and diverse nature, almost gave him a headache.
"Well, what does this have to do with me? The water's already this muddy, so you, who caused all this, should clean it up yourself."
...
Having killed Ashiya Dōman, Felix was certain he couldn't survive, but he still cautiously used the power of the sun to look down at the earth but found nothing unusual.
"The Imaginary Tree, he probably planted it somewhere."
It seemed that Dōman was not completely dead.
Perhaps he left a trace before setting off to facilitate his resurrection.
Come to think of it, Ashiya Dōman couldn't possibly be so foolish as to believe that without the help of the Samsara Sword, he would be a match for Felix and Minamoto no Yorimitsu.
After all, if a real fight broke out, he would definitely be severely tortured by Ibuki-dōji until he knelt down and begged for mercy.
Even though she possessed the divine nature of a jade-faced, golden-haired being, it would be greatly weakened by her presence, rendering her unable to use her powers at all.
Otherwise, she would have been resurrected long ago thanks to the characteristics of the nine-tailed fox.
It was also possible that Ashiya Dōman was too confident and came down without looking at anything.
"Pity."
Since things had come to this point, Tamamo-no-Mae was too lazy to pretend in front of Minamoto no Yorimitsu and said with a hint of regret.
"Isn't that enough to vent your anger?"
"Hmm, let's think of eliminating him along with the person sitting on the seat."
The pink-furred fox extended its sharp paw and gently squeezed, completely disregarding the differences between Ashiya Dōman and the real Ashiya Dōman.
From the moment she was severely injured, she harbored hatred for that name.
She never wanted to see anything related to Dōman again in her entire life.
"It's good that it's been erased. That guy, Dōman, will keep causing trouble as long as he gets involved with the alien god."
Minamoto no Yorimitsu quietly approached Felix's side, silently observing the perfectly in sync human and fox.
They... seemed so familiar.
If it were an ordinary fox spirit, Minamoto no Yorimitsu would have drawn his sword without hesitation.
The problem was that Tamamo-no-Mae's newly revealed strength made her seem like an incompetent husband, allowing Felix to be humiliated and trampled on, completely unable to resist.
"I thought you would think I was cruel."
"Thinking too much."
How could he possibly have a problem with Tamamo-no-Mae over something like this?
Having been stripped of his divinity, Felix would be surprised if he didn't retaliate in this way.
Moreover, even if Tamamo-no-Mae regained her strength and took action, she was still the same figure he knew well.
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