I don’t know if the crabs are not as fast as the mermaids underwater, or maybe the mermaids are more vicious in the water than on the shore. After the mermaids retreated, the warrior crabs did not go into the sea to chase them.
The little crab lady just banged the ground in the shoal with the huge conch hammer, unable to do anything but rage.
After venting for a while, she finally thought of her savior and ran back dragging the hammer.
"You helped us fight off those bad guys and saved me. You are a good person!"
Crab Girl is dressed in red crab armor, paired with white feather fabrics, and a crab shell-shaped star pocket helmet on top of her head. Only a fair and exquisite little face is exposed, with a few strands of soft yellow hair hanging from the temples. At first glance It looks like a moving can.
But it is undeniable that she does have the aura of a majestic ocean general.
Crab Princess is much shorter than Kamiyagawa, and she has to raise her head when talking at close range.
Perhaps it was because the crab shell on top of her head was too heavy, so it always seemed a bit difficult to see her raise her head.
This may be due to the illusion caused by the combination of the little crab girl's petite body and heavy armor. After all, this guy is also a C-level monster, so he is probably not that weak.
"A good man..."
Kamiya Chuanxin said that I saved you just because you are good-looking.
However, it was impossible to express such inner thoughts directly, so Kamiya just pondered for a moment and then nodded matter-of-factly: "Yes, I am a good person and I don't want to see those evil sea monsters do bad things."
"Yeah! Those rock fish and Iso girls are so bad!"
After hearing Kamiya's words, the little crab girl's big eyes twitched under her head.
As long as you scold those rock fish and sandy girls with me, you will be my friend!
Looking at her look, Kamiyagawa had an inexplicable urge to knock the crab shell on the top of her head with the handle of his knife.
He was actually a little curious as to how this set of crab shells that looked like being cooked would feel when knocked.
However, considering that it was the first time to meet and the other person was still a little girl in appearance, this impolite impulse was suppressed in the end.
"I haven't seen you on Crab Island. You look a bit like Iso-me..." Crab Princess began to look at Kamiyagawa seriously, but changed her words mid-sentence, "No, no, no, you are somewhat similar to me. where u from?"
Perhaps she thinks that all girls are evil, and the "good guy" in front of her should not be classified with those bad things.
So it's better to say that he looks like me.
"I come from beyond the sea."
"Outside?" The little Crab Lady's eyes flickered even more intensely, gleaming with curiosity and excitement, "How did you get into the Sea Country from the outside?"
"This..."
Before Kamiyagawa could answer, all the samurai crabs on the beach gathered around him.
Those two-meter-tall giant crabs approached sideways and stood behind Crab Girl, forming a high iron-black wall. The eyestalks in their eye sockets protrude, and their eyeballs sway, slightly wary of focusing on outsiders.
This scene is a bit oppressive, but Kamiyagawa will not be afraid of a group of D-class monsters.
Even if he doesn't call out his Aragami, he can easily overthrow these monsters just by relying on his personal strength.
Therefore, Kamiyakawa just held a monji in his hand, stood with his back straight, and smiled calmly at the big crabs.
Um……
It seems that the little crab lady is quite innocent and very easy to talk to, but these big crabs seem to be quite vigilant.
"Crab Girl, is it okay if I call you this?"
"Yeah, sure!"
"Are you in charge of what you say?"
"what do you mean?"
"Listening to what you just said, it seems that no one has come into Haiguo from the outside, right? That's why I am special."
"Yeah! Very, very special. I have never seen anyone from outside."
"Then, as a very, very special guest, and also a good person." Kamiyagawa put Yimonji into the scabbard, "Then I should be qualified to meet your leader, right?"
Crab Ji thought for a while, and seemed to have figured out something. She nodded vigorously, and the heavy star bag above her head shook twice, and then she raised her hand to straighten it: "I understand, I will take you to see Grandpa Crab Shop!"
With that said, she turned around to lead the way.
The warrior crabs around me were like high walls. The eyes on their shells poked out and retracted, and they looked at each other, and finally gave way.
These big crabs are wary, but it is an indisputable fact that Kamiyagawa just took action to save Crab Princess.
With such a premise, the Samurai Crab will naturally not regard him as an enemy without any good intentions.
The little crab girl just turned around and saw the large bodies of warrior crabs left on the beach. The excitement on her face quickly disappeared and became dim.
"You...can you wait? My people cannot stay here. I want to take them home."
This little girl really doesn't look like a wealthy person, her happiness and anger are clearly written on her face.
"certainly."
Kamiya nodded.
After that, he didn't rush Samurai Crab, but just waited quietly on the beach.
After the crabs carried the corpses of their own kind on their backs, Kamiyagawa followed the mighty giant crab team from the beach into the jungle behind.
…
Not long after entering the jungle, Kamiya River came to a forest road.
Originally, this was not a road, but the huge warrior crabs often walked back and forth in this area, knocking down and crushing trees along the way. After walking too much, a road naturally formed.
After trekking along the muddy road for a while, Kamiya also had some exchanges with Crab Princess along the way.
However, this little canned crab's mood was obviously not as good as it was at the beginning. The joy of winning the battle and seeing people in the outside world was only temporary, and now it has been completely overshadowed by the sacrifice of his own kind.
Kamiya got bits and pieces of information from Crab Princess's mouth.
For example, why did they start a fight with the mermaids?
According to Crab Girl, she was suddenly attacked by a group of mermaids when she was leading a group of her fellow humans to check the sea water conditions.
The two camps, the samurai crab side and the mermaid side, seem to have never been able to deal with them.
Crab Girl only said that mermaids are evil bad guys who often infest Crab Island and conflict with the residents of Crab Island.
But this is the first time for a large-scale battle like today.
"Those bad guys must have been holding back their bad intentions early in the morning and want to attack us." Xie Ji said.
As for why they wanted to check the situation of the sea water.
Crab Ji only said that the situation of the sea has deteriorated greatly, and those worsening red waves have begun to erode Crab Island.
She didn't know why this was happening. Samurai Crab seemed to know very little about the changes in the ocean, but she felt it must be the fault of the mermaids.
Just like this, chatting one after another, the forest cover in front of Kamiya River was reduced, and a huge and primitive tribal-style building complex appeared in front of us——
Ahead is a huge cliff with dense caves covering the cliff.
The air here is humid, and the rock walls are covered with mud and moss, as well as some less lush flowers and plants, making it slippery and difficult to climb.
But in front of almost every cave, you can see wooden platforms made of tied wooden piles. Each wooden platform is fixed on the wall and connected by a long wooden rope ladder to form a giant corridor.
On the ground and on the rock walls, you can see many samurai crabs with human face patterns on their back shells.
However, most of the crab residents in these territories are less than two meters in size, and they do not seem to have a D-level rating.
Therefore, the warrior crabs who follow the little crab girl to fight should be the elite warriors of the crab side.
In the center of the entire tribe, under the cliff, Kamiya River also saw a huge stone sculpture, ancient and majestic.
The stone carving has soft curves, but the surface is somewhat mottled, so it is difficult to identify specific features. It can only be seen that the carving is of a woman, with her arms folded in front of her chest in a gentle gesture of holding a baby, looking down lovingly on all living beings from a high place.
“Are these crabs still carved?”
Kamitani thought as he looked up at the stone statue.
The Crab Princess on the side noticed his gaze, and after bowing respectfully in the direction of the statue, she took the initiative to speak: "That's our god, Lord Munakata, Lord Shinhime. We, the Crab clan, are all descendants of Lord Munakata."
Munakata Okanda Shinhime, also known as Otsushima Himimei, or Taki Rikihime.
Kamiyagawa is relatively knowledgeable in ghost stories and myths, so he knows the situation of this pillar of gods.
Tianxinhime is one of the three goddesses of Munakata. She was a god born when Susano'o and his sister Amaterasu cleaned each other's artifacts on Takamagahara to verify whether Susano'o had the idea of attacking Takamagahara.
It is recorded in "Kojiki":
"The two gods came to the Tian'an River to make an oath. At that time, Amaterasu Oikami took the ten-fist sword worn by Susanoo, and also made the eight-foot magatama string on his body vibrate. He also took the water from Tian's True Name Well to wash the broken sword, He bit his sword into pieces and blew a narrow mist from his mouth. In the mist, three goddesses appeared——"
"The name of his god is Taikirihime, also known as Okatsushimahime; the god who appears secondly is Ichisumashimahime, also known as Saoyihime; and the god who appears again is Taki Tokihime."
The three goddesses of Munakata were all later ocean goddesses, and Tian Xinji was the eldest daughter of the three goddesses. In the real world, the three sea goddesses are worshiped by more than 7,000 Munakata shrines across Japan, and because they are all washed from Susano's tail feathers, they are considered to be the daughters of Susanoo.
"Taxinhime, one of the three goddesses of the ocean. What is known now is that Susanoo took refuge in Huangquan during the God War, but we don't know what the position of his three daughters is. Since these samurai crabs think they are this goddess Heir, then it’s hard to say whether he is my enemy or my friend.”
Kamitani thought secretly in his heart.
"You wait here for a moment, I will explain the current situation to Grandpa Crab Shop." Crab Ji pointed to a huge cliff cave not far away. This cave has the lowest terrain and the largest entrance. "Grandpa is right there. "
After saying this, the small red crab can trotted along the wooden corridor wooden platform, dragging the conch hammer.
Because she was wearing heavy armor, the little girl was probably incredibly heavy including all her stocky equipment. The wooden corridor creaked and swayed as she ran upwards.
Kamiyagawa looked down and was really worried that this primitive large building would collapse.
However, you can also see a lot of giant samurai crabs moving around in this corridor, so it shouldn’t be a particularly fragile and dangerous building... right?
…
I waited under the statue of Tian Xinji for a while.
During this period, many Samurai Crab natives were observing the Kamiya River from a distance. Among the giant Samurai Crabs returning from the beach, there were also a few crouching nearby, seemingly resting quietly.
Kamiya didn't pay much attention to them, just waiting.
Waiting is necessary.
Since these warrior crabs are indigenous residents of the Kingdom of the Sea, they must know a lot about the situation here.
It doesn’t matter whether they are enemies or friends.
Now that we have gotten a little closer to their camp, we just want to collect some information from them.
To avoid being blinded by the map of Sea Kingdom.
After a while, a blue crab about one meter long came down from the corridor. A pair of large jaws in its mouth opened and closed, and it made a loud human voice: "Foreign guests, the Crab Shop owner is very grateful to you for helping Crab Ji and her party. The boss hopes to talk to you. But the boss is too old to leave the cave, so please come with me."
"good."
Believe it or not, in addition to the little crab girl, there are also crabs that can talk.
As an immortal, Kamiyagawa was fearless and followed the blue crab directly to the wooden corridor. After walking for a short while, he arrived at the entrance of the huge cave.
"The Crab Shopkeeper is waiting for you inside."
The blue crab who was leading the way had his pincers tucked in front of his chest. He seemed quite polite and stayed at the entrance of the cave.
Kamiya nodded and walked into the huge cave.
The environment in the cave was much better than expected. It was relatively clean and there was no unpleasant smell. It was just a little damp and cold.
Soon after entering it, you can see a huge deep pool.
The light in the cave is dim, but with the extraordinary visual perception of [Qiu Hao Zhan], Kamiya River can roughly see the area of the deep pool. The pool of water covering the surface of the cave alone has a diameter of a hundred meters, and the structural space deep below It could be bigger.
The little crab girl is not here, but before Kamiya River came to the deep pool, she saw two ripples in the pool water, and a pair of crab eyes as big as truck wheels poked out from under the water.
"This foreign guest, on behalf of the Crab Clan of Okatsu Island, I would like to greet you and thank you for helping the children of the clan."
Huge bubbles emerged from the pool, and a sound like a loud bell sounded, but also aged.
Although the sound came from underwater, it could be heard very clearly and echoed for a long time in the huge cave.
Okatsushima…
It sounds like the name of this giant island should be named after Tian Xinji's god name.
Crab Ji called this place Crab Island before, so it should be a common name.
"Are you the crab shop owner?"
Kamiyagawa stared at the pair of crab eyes in the center of the deep pool, mentally speculating on the strength of this huge monster.
He may be at the level of an Aragami, but his aura is like a gossamer and he seems to be very weak.
"It's me. As you can see, I'm too old to walk. I can't come out to greet you. Please forgive me." The old man's voice echoed in the cave again.
"It's out of the way."
"Guest, where are you from? You seem to have a divine aura similar to Munakata's."
The owner of the crab shop seemed to have noticed the aura of Takamagahara on Kamiya.
However, it specifically pointed out that this aura is similar to Tian Xinji. Perhaps it is expressing the crab clan's position?
Did Tian Xinji side with Gao Tianyuan in the battle between gods?
"Your Lord Munakata and I come from the same place." Kamiya thought briefly and replied.
"That's the man from Takamagahara."
There weren't many changes in the Crab Shop owner under the deep pool, and there seemed to be a bit of joy in the old tone.
This can't help but deepen Kamiya's suspicion just now.
Seeing this, is Tian Xinji really on Gao Tianyuan's side in the battle between gods?
Speaking of which, neither the Samurai Crab's tribe nor this huge cave has the filthy smell of Huangquan.
Logically speaking, after being exposed to the power of Huang Quan, even gods as powerful as Acheng Thunder God may be infected.
So, the crab clan forces are not enemies?
"……Um."
The owner of the crab shop said with a little respect and expectation in his tone: "So, sir, why did you come to Otsushima?"
"I'm here to witness the birth of the new king of the Sea Kingdom."
(End of chapter)
