"start."
Takahashi Kisaragi raised his hand and waved.
Four people immediately came forward and took out compass-shaped spiritual tools for inspection.
"Most of the ruins here contain traps."
Takahashi Kisaragi glanced at Haruhiko and introduced, "Therefore, the first thing is to look for traps."
"I see."
Haruhiko nodded and asked, "Is there someone in charge? Then what do I do?"
"The four people you see now are good at sensing and detecting traps, barriers, etc."
Takahashi Kisaragi paused and said, "As for you, you are a combatant."
Haruhiko was thoughtful.
In fact, fighting is the easiest thing in the ruins.
After all, it is a visible enemy and not scary.
If you encounter someone you can't defeat, someone will naturally help you.
Unless the group is destroyed together.
"There's something wrong down there."
The young woman among the four spoke up.
"Let's go take a look."
Because Takahashi Kisaragi received orders from Tsuchimikado Mari, she tried her best to take care of Haruhiko.
But in the ruins, pure care is difficult. The best way is to let him become a veteran with rich experience.
Haruhiko followed her, walked a few steps, and then stopped.
His eyes fell on, well, a rather ordinary white slate, nothing wrong with it.
"There are special psychic fluctuations."
The young woman analyzed and said, "It should be an illusion."
"This is quite rare."
Takahashi Kisaragi raised his eyebrows and said, "Illusion is a spiritual spell that mainly affects the eyes and ears. It is not difficult to break. You guys, step back and be prepared."
The four people immediately retreated and told everyone the news. They immediately took out special sunglasses and earplugs.
Haruhiko was slightly startled, is he so professional?
"for you."
Takahashi Kisaragi put the sunglasses and earplugs in his hands and said, "These two are enough to block out all sight and sound."
Haruhiko isn't actually worried about genjutsu.
He has snow pills on his body that can block spiritual spells below the fourth level.
But there is no need to be exposed.
He put on his sunglasses and earplugs, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
But it's not completely invisible. There seems to be a faint light in the middle of the night, and the outline can barely be seen.
Takahashi Kisaragi threw out a spell.
After a while, bursts of melodious music suddenly appeared.
It was like a whine made by a conch.
Haruhiko looked around, but there was no change.
After a minute, he felt someone tap him, so he took off his sunglasses and earplugs, as did everyone else.
The four people from before came out again and pried open the white stone slab, revealing a deep pit like a well.
Takahashi Kisaragi glanced at it and jumped down. After a while, he came out with a conch.
"Third-level spiritual tools, illusion-type ones, not bad."
She commented, put it away, and said, "Continue."
After about half an hour, the trap was cleared.
Haruhiko's horizons were also opened.
For example, the third-level spell master from the ninth team.
Just like demining, it can dig out talismans in the ground without triggering them.
Unlike Haruhiko, a third-level spell master who rose to the top purely through plug-ins, he appears to be quite technical.
In fact, this is normal.
Because the average spell master upgrades too slowly, he has to study other things.
"The entrance is here."
The young woman pointed to a location not far away from her and said.
Takahashi Kisaragi waved his hand, and someone quickly cleared a tunnel.
Without waiting for her instructions, a middle-aged man recited a spell.
Four seconds later, a white spirit appeared.
It is not human-shaped, but dog-shaped.
Driven by the middle-aged man, the dog spirit entered the tunnel.
Haruhiko looked at it curiously.
But I didn't see any reason why.
"This is a special Yuyao."
Seeing this, Takahashi Kisaragi explained, "It is quite sensitive, especially to spiritual bodies. If there are any spiritual bodies below, we can know through it. And its vision is shared with its owner."
Haruhiko secretly thought that he was indeed a professional.
Everything is there.
Monster control like this can only be used as decoration in the hands of ordinary psychics.
But at the Edo Archaeological Bureau, it was quite useful.
"There is a group of evil spirits taking over."
The middle-aged man opened his eyes and said, "But there is no fourth level."
"It seems to be just a small ruin."
Takahashi Kisaragi smiled and said, "Go on down, finish it early, and call it a day."
"Captain Kisaragi, you already knew that, right?"
Haruhiko glanced at her and asked after the others entered the tunnel.
"Um."
Takahashi Kisaragi said softly as he walked, "Since it's an ambush, I definitely won't choose a dangerous ruins."
"Too."
Haruhiko looked around curiously and asked, "Do you know what's inside?"
"That's not clear."
Takahashi Ruyue shook his head and said, "I just checked in advance to make sure there were no high-level spirits, but I didn't come down."
Haruhiko said nothing.
His attention was now on the writing on the wall.
The tunnel was initially made of mud and stone, but as it went deeper, it turned into white jade.
There are no patterns on it, just words.
Curved, like a snake.
"What text is this?"
Takahashi Kisaragi also noticed the writing on the wall and couldn't help but ask.
"It's a text from the age of the gods."
Someone immediately replied, "It was found in several ruins before, but it has not been deciphered until now."
At the end of the tunnel, there is a black bronze door.
The bronze door was locked, but there was no lock. There was only a crack in the door and a line of text.
"The text should be key information, but we have no way of knowing it."
Takahashi Kisaragi raised his hand and said, "The only way is to crack it violently."
After saying that, she started chanting a spell.
A golden light appeared on the fist, and the scriptures could be vaguely heard.
It is the only attack branch of the monk profession, Vajra.
The next moment, she smashed her fist down.
The whole space trembled, but the door did not open. Instead, she was knocked back a few steps.
"nice one."
Takahashi Kisaragi looked at the bronze door and said, "It is a good material that can withstand fourth-level spell attacks without being damaged at all."
Just then, a dull voice sounded.
A very strange language is used, which makes people's hearts tremble.
Haruhiko's eyes suddenly widened.
He understood the meaning.
"No outsiders are allowed to enter without the order of Ibuki Daimyojin."
At this moment, the game prompt sounded.
[Achievement: First contact with God. 】
[Reward: Permanent title. 】
[Lucky Snake God: Master the language and writing of the Snake God. 】
Haruhiko was thoughtful.
Ibuki Daimyojin is the honorific title of Yamata no Orochi.
Because he is a ventriloquist, he can understand the languages of all animals.
I didn't expect that the game would define the snake god language passed down by Yamata no Orochi as the language of animals.
Therefore, he was lucky enough to trigger a new achievement, a first contact with God.
Furthermore, a new permanent title was obtained.
This lucky snake god is of no use outside, but here, it can be said to be a passport.
After all, the ruins of Takamagahara are the tomb of Yamata no Orochi.
There are so many things related to him.
While he was thinking, Takahashi Kisaragi began to attack again, but all failed.
This made her frown and ordered: "Try whatever means you have."
Haruhiko didn't act, just looked at the words on the door.
Seven words, long live Ibuki Daimyojin.
He secretly thought that this could not be a password, right?
Haruhiko hesitated.
If he said it himself, wouldn't that reveal the fact that he knows the language of the snake god?
But if only Takahashi Kisaragi knew about it, it would not be a big problem.
She is someone Tachibana Yui and Tsuchimikado Mari trust.
Haruhiko was not in a hurry to speak.
What if it can be opened?
But as he said, it was of no use.
Things related to gods are unlikely to be cracked by brute force.
Haruhiko thought about it and stepped forward and whispered a few words to Takahashi Kisaragi.
She looked surprised, but still chose to trust.
"You guys stand back."
Takahashi Kisaragi said, "Stay far away and I'll try a new spell."
The rest of the people retreated immediately after hearing this.
When they arrived at the tunnel, no one could be seen, so Takahashi Kisaragi asked them to stop.
Haruhiko didn't move.
Although they were confused, they didn't dare to ask.
At the Edo Archaeological Bureau, strength is valued and there is nothing to say.
After all, everyone is theoretically an ordinary psyker with no background.
Takahashi Kisaragi began to recite a spell.
Eight seconds later, a King Kong appeared in front of her.
Then he clenched his fists and struck out quickly. For a moment, the shadows of his fists were confusing.
Haruhiko took this opportunity to say those seven words.
After a roar, the bronze door opened, revealing the situation inside.
To be more precise, it is a dense mass of evil spirits.
Seeing this, Takahashi Ruyue secretly said it was a coincidence.
She controlled King Kong to begin purifying evil spirits.
Haruhiko took out the Fire Dragon Talisman.
Very simple, grab monsters.
The spell turned into flying ash, flames swept across, and a giant dragon flew out.
"Be careful not to damage anything nearby."
Takahashi Kisaragi reminded.
The rest of the group also joined the battlefield.
All of a sudden, all kinds of spiritual energy surged.
Haruhiko threw the charms as if he didn't need money, which attracted many people's attention.
But no one commented.
After all, they are not players. On the contrary, they have to thank Haruhiko for helping them save psychic energy.
After a few minutes, the battle was over.
The game prompt sounds.
Haruhiko gained 320 points of psychic energy, which was a really good harvest.
When all evil spirits are purified, an altar appears in front of everyone.
Surrounded by floating corpses and a piece of snake skin covering his forehead.
"Eighty-one bodies in total."
Takahashi Kisaragi looked around and took a deep breath, "They all match the evil spirits we just eliminated."
Suddenly, the people nearby were a little shocked.
Evil spirits are born because there is huge resentment after death.
Under the influence of psychic energy, new monsters are generated.
In other words, all eighty-one people here died abnormally.
"Check it out."
Takahashi Kisaragi pointed at the altar and said.
Immediately a middle-aged man came forward.
"He is a theologian and has great knowledge."
Takahashi Kisaragi turned to explain to Haruhiko.
"It is an altar to communicate with the gods."
After a while, the middle-aged man said with a trembling voice.
Takahashi Kisaragi and others fell silent immediately.
But it's not particularly shocking to say that I was shocked.
Thousands of years ago, communicating with gods was common.
"Eighty-one people were used as sacrifices. This god is probably an evil god."
Takahashi Kisaragi said in a deep voice, "Check carefully."
"yes!"
Everyone was a little excited when they heard this and started working.
Haruhiko came to Takahashi Kisaragi and looked at the corpse floating in front of him.
She was wearing a witch costume and her face was calm, as if she was sleeping rather than dying.
"This piece of snakeskin should be the key. You stand back."
Takahashi Kisaragi thought about it and took out a pair of gloves. After putting them on, he slowly grabbed the snake skin.
When he touched her, she breathed a sigh of relief, because nothing happened.
Just after picking up the snake skin, the body suddenly turned into fly ash and disappeared without a trace.
"It's a third-level material."
Takahashi Kisaragi looked at it carefully and said with some disappointment, "Sure enough, there aren't many valuable things."
At this moment, the entire ground shook.
After a few seconds, it stopped again.
Haruhiko and Takahashi Kisaragi looked at each other.
They all felt familiar fluctuations.
The ruins over there may have begun.
"what's the situation?!"
The rest of the people looked puzzled.
"Don't panic."
Takahashi Kisaragi said calmly, "Finish what you need to do first, and then I'll go out and see what's going on."
The battle at the fifth level will not end in a while.
"Take this and wait for me."
Takahashi Kisaragi put the snake skin in his hand and walked out.
Haruhiko suddenly felt shocked.
[Name: Ibuki Mountain Snake Skin. 】
[Rank: Third level. 】
[Effect: Collect eighty-one pieces to summon the spirit of Yamata no Orochi and curse specific objects, up to the fourth level. 】
[Note: If they are all fourth-level Ibuki Mountain Snake Skins, they can be cursed to kill fifth-level ones. 】
After the shock, it became boring.
Mount Ibuki, where are there so many high-level snakes?
The third level is okay, but the fourth level is just a dream.
There are eighty-one third-level snake skins here.
Maybe the Tsuchimikado clan can find a way to acquire it.
Under normal circumstances, things produced by the Takamagahara Ruins will be sold outside.
However, good things are often auctioned internally.
Because the price was so high, survivors emerged.
After all, everyone is definitely more willing to do business without capital.
Ten minutes later, Takahashi Kisaragi returned.
He just looks bad.
"Captain, what happened outside?"
Seiichiro Watanabe stepped forward to ask.
He is the vice-captain and one of the only fourth-level psykers present today.
There was also a fourth-level person who didn’t come.
However, his strength is far inferior to Takahashi Kisaragi.
He only reached the fourth level this year, and his profession is swordsman.
At the fourth and fifth levels, the gap between the same levels is very large.
The reason is simple, the accumulation of time and psychic energy.
"This matter is somewhat troublesome."
Takahashi Kisaragi frowned and said, "The Utsunomiya clan developed the ruins privately."
"What?!"
Seiichiro Watanabe's face was shocked and he looked extremely surprised.
Developed privately and made such a big noise?
Now it's troublesome.
As a psyker with no background, he was unwilling to provoke the Utsunomiya clan.
However, according to the regulations of the Edo Archaeological Bureau, it must be processed.
"I'll notify Director Kaneda."
Takahashi Kisaragi narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "The noise they caused is too great, we cannot ignore it, otherwise, they will also be dealt with."
"The captain is right."
Seiichiro Watanabe came to his senses, nodded and said, "With Director Kaneda's instructions, we can't be blamed."
Takahashi Kisaragi nodded and took out his mobile phone.
Seiichiro Watanabe and others suddenly fell into silence and waited quietly.
Soon, the call ended.
"Leave seven people to guard here."
Facing everyone's gaze, Takahashi Kisaragi said, "The rest of the people come with me, Director Kaneda will arrive soon."
The seventeen people were immediately divided into two groups, and Haruhiko was one of the ten people who went out.
They left the ruins and headed north.
In fact, it goes without saying that you already know it.
At this time, the northern sky was filled with colorful spiritual energy fluctuations.
As they approached, a strong sense of oppression hit them.
Many people groaned and felt quite uncomfortable.
Haruhiko was fine.
Because he has a third-level demon body.
Not long after, we finally arrived at the edge of the ruins.
But the psychic energy fluctuations suddenly stopped.
Everyone looked at each other.
They hurried forward and saw Utsunomiya Mina with a gloomy face.
All around her were corpses, no one alive.
In other words, all the men she brought with her died.
As the murderers, Yui Tachibana and Mari Tsuchimikado escaped early.
Utsunomiya Mina was a little confused just now, but now that she saw Takahashi Kisaragi and Watabe Seiichiro, she immediately understood the reason.
This is a serial set.
But this time she jumped into the trap because of the temptation of the gods.
"Good! Very good!"
Utsunomiya Mina gritted her teeth and said.
The Utsunomiya and Yagyu clans lost at least one-fifth of their high-level psykers.
And this is just the beginning.
Next, being weak, they broke the rules of the Imperial Palace and the Edo Archaeological Bureau, and countless people suddenly showed their fangs to them.
Utsunomiya Mina is even more frightened than angry now.
She clenched her fists, secretly saying that surviving was her only purpose.
Utsunomiya Mina glanced at Haruhiko, and finally looked at Takahashi Kisaragi.
Just as he was about to speak, he saw a golden light flying from a distance.
Falling nearby was a middle-aged man, Kaneda Oo, director of the Edo Archaeological Bureau, a fifth-level psyker.
He looked around and his eyes suddenly narrowed.
Here are the remains of his disciple Morikawa Teru's transformation into a divine messenger.
"Utsunomiya Mina, I need an explanation."
Kanedao asked coldly, "The Utsunomiya clan discovered new ruins, why didn't they report it?"
"..."
Utsunomiya Mina's heart was bleeding, but she still defended herself and said, "I didn't discover it, it was the Tsuchimikado clan."
"Tsuchimikado clan?"
Kanedao raised his eyebrows and said, "I didn't see any of them, but there are quite a few of you, the Utsunomiya clan and the Yagyu clan."
"You'll know once you check it out."
Utsunomiya Mina took a deep breath and said, "It is true that I violated the rules of the Imperial Palace by not reporting it, but the Tsuchimikado clan is also guilty of the same crime."
"I'll find out."
Kanedao thought for a moment and said, "But you must stay temporarily and accept the investigation."
Utsunomiya Mina nodded helplessly.
"Ruyue, notify the Exploration Department to clean up the ruins."
Kaneda Xiong turned his head and ordered.
The ruins in front of us are huge and cannot be handled by Team 9.
"yes!"
After Takahashi Kisaragi answered, he contacted the Exploration Department.
She asked Seiichiro Watanabe to stay, and she left with two people, including Haruhiko, on the pretext that another ruins needed to be taken over.
Returning to the ruins, the two got a chance to be alone.
Five thousand words. As with the previous treatment of the Dragon Ascension Ceremony, the relevant battles are omitted because the protagonist is not involved. Now that Utsunomiya Mina has lost power, Haruhiko's confrontation with her begins, officially beginning the journey of degradation and surrender.
(End of chapter)
