[Special map has been opened, the country of tide and sea! ]
[Regional mission: Support the new leader recognized by the Kingdom of the Sea to take office. ]
What appeared in front of Kamiya was a beach and a vast ocean.
The time here seems to be the same as in reality, it is night now.
The full moon, like a jade plate, hangs in the sky.
The moonlight shines on the sea, causing faint ripples, like a plate of brilliant pearls colliding with each other.
But what is incompatible with the tranquility and beauty is this ocean. The water is extremely turbid, and the waves are a strange and ominous red, like blood.
"The ocean this time?"
Kamiyagawa observed the surrounding environment, and at the same time saw the sacred tree and shrine building complex on the beach around him. The yellow-green fluorescent dots were flying, matching the moonlight on the sea.
Seeing Shen Tong made him feel relieved.
No problem, with this thing replacing the dead paper man, it can function normally.
Then he took out his mobile phone and saw the new text message on it.
"This is the country of the sea?"
Kamiyakawa was a little surprised when he saw the name of the newly opened dungeon.
The Kingdom of the Sea is the sacred residence of Susanoo in mythology.
According to mythology, when Izanagi returned from the underworld and washed away all the dirt on his body, many gods were born, among which the strongest and most representative was Mikiko.
That is, Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi, and Susanoo.
After experiencing what happened to Huangquan, Izanagi seemed a little disheartened, so he retired to Izumo, and the Kingdom of God was given to Mikiko.
Amaterasu guards Takamagahara, which is now controlled by Kamiyagawa, and Tsukiyomi is in charge of the Kingdom of Night.
And Susanoo was assigned to the Kingdom of the Sea.
Although Susanoo later did not go to govern the Kingdom of the Sea because he missed his late mother, and just cried on the beach, this place was indeed his divine residence.
"According to the information I have, Susanoo turned to Huang Quan in the divine war. Since this is his divine kingdom, shouldn't it also be Huang Quan's territory?"
"Did I run directly into one of the enemy's strongholds? Will there be any difficult Yinshen in this place?"
Kamitani couldn't help but become vigilant.
But looking at the new tasks, it seems that this is not the case.
"Supporting the leader of the Kingdom of the Sea to ascend to power?"
The mission of this place is not to kill the underworld god?
Support the Lord of the Kingdom of the Sea...
Does this mean that you want to indirectly control the Kingdom of the Sea?
It's weird, I can't understand what I'm going to face here for the moment.
Looking at the turbid ocean again, Kamiya called out to the little old man and asked him to come out.
It is better to act according to the original plan first, and let myself and a clone of the little old man explore this place. If you feel something is wrong, you will evacuate first.
When the scout's clone appeared, Kamiya motioned for him to explore the surrounding area.
And at this moment, a strange feeling came over——
Like a heavy breath, like a sigh.
It is soothing at first, like the sound of the tide lapping rhythmically on the beach, like the lullaby a loving mother sings as she caresses her baby to sleep.
Then the gentle sound became stronger for no reason. In the sight, I seemed to see the dark red sea water, rolling up the huge waves as high as the city wall and rushing in. The formation was like thousands of galloping horses charging into the battle, noisy, shouting, desperately washed up on the beach.
The wave of madness is filled with shuddering terror and inscrutable mystery.
After a while, this feeling dissipated, and Kamiyakawa stood on the beach slightly in trance.
He looked around, but the scene around him remained unchanged.
Under the quiet full moonlight, the turbid dark red ocean is still in the dormant state it first saw.
"Aba whining?"
The little old man on the side noticed the owner's abnormal reaction. He came closer with doubts and raised his head to observe the owner's condition.
"Didn't you feel it just now?" Kamiya asked him, "a very strange feeling, similar to the surging tide, the subtle feeling of the ebb and flow of the tide."
"Whew."
The scout clone shook his head.
"ah?"
Kamiyakawa was confused.
The little old man's perception was stronger than his, even the clone's.
He himself felt something strange, but the scouts didn't, which was unusual.
Something is very wrong in the Kingdom of the Sea.
Kamiyakawa stood there and continued to feel it, but no matter what, he could no longer feel the strange tidal movement just now.
I have no choice but to give up first and keep this abnormality in my heart.
…
Kamiyagawa held a monji and tied the Onikiri on his back.
With such a prepared attitude, following behind the little old man, the two of them explored along the beach in one direction for nearly an hour.
Still haven't seen where the boundary of the coast is.
There is no doubt that this is another very large map.
After walking for a while, the little old man seemed to notice something and gave a warning with excitement.
Kamiyakawa looked around intently, but didn't see anything unusual for the time being.
In other words, what the scout felt was far beyond his range of perception.
After experiencing the strange "tidal rhythm" for a moment, Kamiya was still doubtful, wondering whether the little old man's perception ability was weakened in the Kingdom of the Sea for some reason.
But that doesn't seem to be the case now.
Scouts can feel things they can't feel.
In other words, the little old man's perception ability is stronger than Kamiyagawa, which is normal.
"lead the way."
The master and the servant rushed forward quickly. After traveling for about ten minutes, Kamiya River also sensed a strange movement.
There is the smell of monsters ahead, not very strong, but there seems to be a lot.
Continue to rush towards the target location and arrive at a short cliff with a wide view. Below is a yellow-brown beach, and the scene on the beach——
"What is going on? A group of seafood are fighting in a scuffle?"
Kamiya saw a group of marine monsters fighting fiercely, and the two sides clearly belonged to two different forces.
One of them is, crab?
[The foreign visit catalog has been updated. ]
[Ghost story name: Heike Samurai Crab]
[Grade: D grade]
They were huge crabs that were more than two meters in size. The head and breastplate were wide and hard, with a medium bulge, wide in front and narrow in back. The surface was smooth and seemed to have an iron-like hard sheen.
The pattern on the back of the crab's armor resembles an angry human face.
Heike crab is a real crab that exists in reality. It is distributed along the coasts of Asia. It is also called samurai crab. In coastal China, this kind of crab is called Guan Gong crab.
It got its name because the pattern on its carapace resembles a calm and confident face.
The Japanese think it resembles a samurai's face, while the Chinese think the back pattern resembles Guan Gong's facial makeup.
Of course, the Heike crab in reality will not grow to be as big as two meters. It is obviously not a normal creature to grow like this. It is more reasonable to say that it is a monster.
In Japan, there is indeed a monster legend about the Heike crab.
This legend is related to the Genji brothers whom Kamiyagawa met in Santukawa. When the two major samurai family groups, the Minamoto clan and the Heira clan, fought in Danpu, the entire Taira clan was wiped out, and most of the Taira clan samurai were buried in the Seto Inland Sea.
The Japanese believe that this kind of crab that appears in the Seto Sea and has stripes on its back that resemble the face of an angry samurai is the soul of the Taira samurai, so it is called the "Taira crab".
And these giant crabs on the battlefield here really look like warriors, showing their teeth and claws and running rampant.
On the side of the Heike crab, Kamiyagawa also observed a strange figure.
It is a humanoid existence that looks like a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old.
The small head is supported by a big crab shell.
The same goes for his body. He wears a solid carapace like armor, and also wears a white feather fabric, with cute beads on his waist, a handsome short sword hanging on it, and thick leggings tied to his legs.
Unlike other Heike crabs whose shells are different in color, the crab armor on this crab is red.
It is much brighter and more handsome than the pitch-black iron color, but considering that she is most likely a crab, the red armor has an inexplicable and inconsistent feeling of being cooked.
In her hand she held an exaggerated giant hammer, with a huge, strange conch covered in spikes on top of the hammer.
Wearing a suit of crab shell armor and a giant weapon seemed a bit heavy for Crab Lady, so her movements were a little slow, but the conch hammer swung down with such force that the ground shook.
[Ghost story name: Crab Princess (alienated body)]
[Grade: C grade]
"Crab Lady?" Kamiyagawa fixed his eyes on the little Crab Lady who performed very domineeringly on the battlefield. "Is she the alienated form of the Heike Crab? She seems to have the highest rating over there. Is she the leader of the crabs?"
The other side of the battle with the crabs is not so uniform in appearance.
But generally they are all fish.
Those things could be considered mermaids or fishmen?
[Ghost story name: Iwaobo master]
[Grade: D grade]
Some of them are fish-man monsters wearing bamboo hats and monk robes.
The upper body is a fish, with a fish head but four limbs.
When the dark blue monk's robe hangs down and covers his legs, it looks a bit like a smooth fish body.
These should be the heads of Iwaobo, they look somewhat ugly.
[Ghost Story Name: Iso Girl]
[Grade: D grade]
There is another kind of strange story on the mermaid side.
The upper body is human-shaped, and the lower body has a fish tail.
The bare skin on the upper body is gray. Some bodies are covered with messy water plants covering key parts, while others are simply naked.
These weird stories are all about women, with body structures like mermaids in fairy tales, but they are not really beautiful.
Their mouths are slit to the point where their ears are removed, they have sharp teeth, and they have two antlers like antlers on their heads.
The shape is better-looking than the Ama's room that Kamiya had seen in the secret school, but it's not too good-looking. It has an evil and sinister feeling that goes deep into the bones.
In Japanese legend, Iso-me is a terrifying siren.
Legend has it that they hide on the coast where there are strong winds and waves. Whenever someone approaches, they will ride on the waves and attack, twisting the person's body from head to head and eating their blood.
The monsters on both sides were fighting fiercely, with the sound of killing boiling, sand and rocks flying, and the beach was already covered with corpses from both sides. The dark red tide became even more monstrous under the smudge of blood. The tide lapped back and forth at the feet of the monsters, occasionally sweeping away the corpse of a crab or mermaid.
Because Kamiyagawa is standing on a slightly higher ground, he can see the overall situation. Judging from the situation on the battlefield, it seems that the Heike Crab side has a slight advantage now.
"this……"
He and the scout at his feet looked at each other, and for a moment he was a little at a loss for ideas.
Suddenly encountering a fierce battlefield with monsters, should I do something?
But the question is which side is better to help?
Just when Kamiya was hesitant, a more critical change in occupation occurred on the battlefield below.
The problem was with the leader of the Heike crabs, the little crab girl.
She swung the huge conch hammer and struck it down fiercely, smashing the head of a rockfish boss into pieces and sinking the body into the sand.
With one successful blow and another enemy executed, Crab Girl seemed a little proud.
"Hmph!"
She raised her hand to wipe the blood stains on her face arrogantly, and the red crab armor on her body trembled.
At this moment, the sand under Crab Girl's feet trembled and bulged, and a black shadow emerged from the ground. It was a Sand Girl.
The girl who suddenly appeared seemed to have C-level strength and should be the strongest one on the mermaid side.
She attacked like a predator and waved her hand.
The sandalwood girl's hands were connected with webs, and her nails were as sharp as the claws of wild beasts. When she raised her hand, several sharp fish scales shot out with a thick smell of blood.
Crab Princess didn't react in time and was hit by those scales.
The red crab armor made the sound of gold and stone colliding, and the fish scales actually dented the seemingly extremely strong crab armor deeply!
"hiss--!"
The mermaid banshee opened her big mouth full of fangs and roared angrily, her hair like dead algae shook out like a dexterous python, and she pecked at Crab Girl's face cunningly.
In this attack, several holes were probably drilled out of the Crab Lady's little head.
And at this moment——
Buzz!
A crisp sword cry sounded, and a light blade of indigo color cut down from top to bottom like a cold crescent moon.
The direction of the blade is clear and clear, and can separate morning and dusk.
The banshee's black hair was cut off instantly, and the broken hair fell on the wet beach.
Haori, dressed in black attire, fell down, and a tall and straight figure stood between the banshee and Crab Princess.
Kamiyakawa, who was watching from the sidelines, finally took action.
He didn't think too much about choosing to help Crab Girl, and the chaotic battlefield didn't give him time to think deeply.
Maybe it's simply because this little crab girl is the prettiest one on the battlefield?
It may also be because there is an evil siren like Iso on the mermaid side, and the overall impression is not very good.
However, Kamiyagawa has always adhered to the principle of counterattack and self-defense in this world.
Usually, he will kill the monster Kaitan only if he is obviously hostile to him and attacks him.
So after blocking Iso Girl's fatal blow, he didn't pursue her any further.
His appearance and the power of the sword just now were so unexpected that both Crab Princess and Iso Girl were obviously sluggish.
In the end, it was Crab Girl who reacted first.
"You only do sneak attacks, so I know you bad guys have always been so mean!"
Crabhime crossed the Kamiya River and struck an aggressive blow at Isome.
puff!
The dull sound of a blunt instrument hitting flesh and blood was heard, accompanied by the sound of bones breaking.
Iso Girl intentionally shook her scales to block the blow, but in hindsight, the half-human, half-fish body flew out like a torn sack and slammed into the shallows in the distance.
Crab Girl screamed and was ready to chase her.
But the rest of the Iso girls and Iwaobo masters all stopped the fierce battle between the Heike family crabs and turned around to rush to the place where their leader landed.
Crab Princess and her party were blocked, but in the end they were unable to prevent the mermaid-like monsters from escaping into the dim red sea.
"If you can, don't run back into the deep sea with your tail between your legs! Duel with this general like a samurai!"
Crab Girl waved her conch hammer, stamped her feet and yelled angrily.
No one responded.
Waves splashed on the sea surface, and some scales flickered in the water, and then disappeared into it without a trace.
The mermaids fled. (End of chapter)
