191 - - 189. Fuso no Yagi.

When I wake up at the inn, it is almost midnight because I went to bed early. In the real world, I would never wake up, but in this world, there is no extra sleepiness. Peter was sleeping next to me, and I found a text message he had sent me before he went to bed.

Peter: I'm going to take a nap. I'm sleepy as expected. I'll run and catch up with you tomorrow.　

Yeah, right. I think I'm going to sleep for three hours.　Ukon and the others are enjoying their journey, moving on foot without cavalry, and stopping at any famous places of interest. They can catch up with us even if they sleep the whole day here.

You said you'd stay the night because you're afraid of coming back from the dead.　That was a lie.

You can use the list of partner cards to transfer to any person's location <>. He realizes that if he dies now, he will be sent back to the Temple of the Isle, but he can return as long as Peter and Ruba are there. They leave the inn and go for a walk off the road. Off the road, but still on the soma-michi.

Looking at the map, the road in Fuso is located along the sea, on the edge of the mountain. The mountains are close to the sea. The roads are narrow and minimally maintained when they are far from the towns, probably because of the lack of skills. Instead, there are many unmaintained somma roads here and there that are sometimes used by hunters and people who live on the bounty of the mountains, which are not shown on the map.

The night vision was quite accurate, like a black-and-white movie with a hint of color, but in Fuso (here), the moon looks like a bright night. The enemies are certainly stronger than those of Eir, but they are not difficult to deal with due to the fact that they are fully equipped.

Cloak appraisal result [I'm serious, I'm serious, I'm serious...

Hand armor appraisal results [......mm]

......Well, it doesn't matter, since his status has been raised irregularly for his level.

I saw a red fire fly out of the darkness and I dispelled it, and I saw that it was a bee. It seems that this bee is covered with red fire only when it flies, and its name in the [appraisal] result is also [red bee]. They must have a hive somewhere, and the further I went, the more bees flew toward me. They are fast and small, and if they touch you, you get the [Burning] anomaly, so they are quite troublesome.

After dropping five or six red bees, a black monk-shaped thing, like a dark shadow, comes at you with a tin can in one hand. Only its teeth, which peek out from time to time, are white. Only when its teeth are peeking out, you can touch this monster called "Yinboju". In the first encounter, I was damaged by a tin cane that reached my shoulder when I was supposed to be hit by a sword.

Since we cannot fight with it, we have no choice but to avoid it. It is quite troublesome to avoid them on the path where tree roots and branches reach out to you. Moreover, the opponent can not only reach the branches but even the trunks of the trees and swing his tin cane at you. With the "carry" feature, the footing is not a problem, but the space to move is limited. It would be more efficient to fight with fists like Shin, or with daggers like Peter.

As soon as we get a distance, Yin-bonin opens his mouth and shows his white teeth. He closes the distance at once and cuts off all the branches in his way. Shukuji] was useful only for avoiding the enemy during the fight with Babel, but it is very useful against demons. Some foxes and raccoon dogs attacked the demons, but this shadowy monk was the most troublesome of them all.

Ruba's <>, with its [Zanmoku Growth], is very useful in the field where fine (・・・・) monsters attack us without interruption. The more demons you kill, the more damage you can do. It is not so effective against bosses, however, because it returns to its initial value after a break or when the field is switched.

The rank is 65, and thanks to the [equipment rank limit removal] characteristic, I am able to equip myself at my level, but the level of Fuso's enemies starts at 60, so it's not as easy as it used to be. The level of the enemy at night will also go up one level. I'm biting a hot dog with chopped onions and pickles on it, and hunting red bees to increase my attack power.

Sausages with crispy crusts, soft dog rolls lightly grilled on the surface. Mustard and ketchup. The sausage is tasty, but could be improved, the chopped pieces fall off when you eat while moving.

You can hear the sound of joyful laughter, which does not suit the mountainous surroundings. I follow the dark path toward the sound of laughter, and suddenly my vision opens up. In the dry field, blue devil's fires were floating, glistening in the night dew. In the end, we did not find a hive of red bees, but instead we seemed to have found something.

At the center of the demon fires, a woman dressed in a juni-hitoe (twelve-layered robe) dances with a fan in her hand, and two young girls dressed as white clappers dance to the rhythm of the woman's movements. Two young girls dressed as white clappers dance to the accompaniment of the woman, and demons watch them.

The ogres are reddish-bronze in color and have bristly hair on their arms and backs.

The two horned demons with skin the color of earth, as if they had been stained with greenish-blue.

One-eyed, one-horned.

Each holds a large cup and seems to be eating sake. Some of them look almost human, but it seems to be a banquet of demons. If you look closely, you can see a dancing woman with a faint smile on her face and a red mouth spitting fire.

I looked at her.

"I can smell it, I can smell it, I can smell the sun!

The woman stopped dancing and said.

"Oh, oh, sure."

Who's peeking? I'll eat you."

"Yes, let's have a feast."

"Shall we eat meat?"

"Oh, well, I'll have the eyeballs."

The demons laugh at the woman's words. Do I smell that bad?　No. Does the sun smell good?

"Hey, you."

A male demon, who is almost as human as the woman, calls out to her. It's me, I think.

"Sorry to interrupt. I was just passing by."

He meekly slips through the trees and says.

"What, man?"

"I'd rather eat a woman."

"I want the flesh of a child."

"Wait a minute, men are not so bad if they're soaked in alcohol."

There were many small, half-naked demons who looked like a mixture of beast and man, but there were also a few men dressed in cowries. They look human, but like the women, they breathe fire from their mouths and sometimes change their faces to those of demons with horns. The clothed ones, who look almost human, seem to be in charge of the place.

"Shut up!　Shut up!　I'm talking to you!"

Among the men dressed like Heian aristocrats, only one large man in a samurai-like costume yells at them. He is the demon who first approached us. He is the only one wearing a sword, and he is not wearing a crown or a crow's cap like the other men.

"Oh, you! Come kill with me!"

The man says something boisterous and joyful.

"That's all drunkards do," he says.

No, I'm not good at drinking either.

"You are a savage man."

It's Shutsugen-doji. He's the boss of the class.

"Oh, you two dance instead of me."

A woman laughs, covering her mouth with a fan. Her lips peek out from around the edges, red and upturned.

"If the drunkard draws his sword, I will be the one to watch. I will give up my place.

"Well, if it's more interesting than the dance of the autumn leaves, I'll forgive you."

"No, no, no, it's not as good as the autumn leaves.

"But it's good to have a chance once in a while, isn't it?

"Yeah, it's good sometimes."

The demons admitted that they had to go to the center of the circle.

I think Oniyo Momiji is one of the famous ones. ....... I don't think it was Sugawara Michizane or Emperor Sutoku. ...... No, it wasn't a demon, but a vengeful spirit. No, demons and vengeful spirits are similar.

It seems that Shuten-doji saw the drawn sword I was carrying and wanted to make a match with me. I don't want a fighting brain.

On behalf of Momiji, I and Shuten perform a sword dance in the center of the circle of demons. I was in no mood to refuse, and if I refused, I would have to fight against all of them. Sake-drinkers seem to prefer to fight against the stronger ones. Before the fight, he gave me an E! He was fair enough to let me heal my E!

If ...... is weak, it will soon lose interest and won't give the other ogres a second glance, no matter if they try to bite or tear it apart.

He will take the sword of the sake-drinker with the back of his sword and fling it away. A sword so hard that it would spill if not caught at the peak.

The black-haired, black-eyed swallower has now become a grotesque figure with flame-red hair and piercing golden eyes. His muscles are heaped up and his arms seem to have swelled to twice their size, and his chest is covered in red patterns.

"It's a pleasure, human!"

"Unfortunately, I'm not human now."

Well, I was human at first, and of course I am human in the real world, so my senses are human. The drinker's smile deepens as he steps forward and avoids the side-swipe with ease.

Good, good!　I haven't had this much fun since I fought Ikaruga."

The name of the former emperor of swords has been mentioned. He dodges the sword as it is swung at him, and passes through the side of the sake-drinker. The surrounding demons (the gallery) are cheering, but their attention is so focused on the sake-drinker that they are unable to make sense of what is going on.

The movements are easier to predict than those of the succubus. No wings, no tricky moves. However, dealing with them is a different story. The speed and weight of the sword that slashes at you. They will read your second and third moves. If you don't win the battle of reading each other, you will have to receive a heavy blow with your sword. Fortunately, there is a little room enough to receive the blow with the sword, but even with the jump in status, he is losing power and his hands are numb.

He can keep up with the speed.

The succubus was using teleportation. What did you do about it?

How were Peter and Amane fighting?

He slides his sword across the floor, and steps toward the drunkard. With his fist gripped by the sword, he releases the force of the sword by pulling it back lightly and slashes at the knee.

"Pssst!"

They switch places again, and the sake-drinker jumps back. I turned around and lightly avoided the blow, but I too turned around and got into a position to face the drunken man.

We switched positions, dodged, and exchanged blows.

A wind of sword pressure grazed my face.

A foot steps forward, a white blade flashes.

My vision widens, and I get the strange sensation that I am looking down on him.

The presence and the smell are far, far away, but you can see them clearly.

Sounds and vibrations are felt with the skin of the skin, with the whole body.

The movement of the opponent's nerves in front of you, the movement of the flesh of demons far away.

I see and grasp without seeing.

The mind is calm, yet I feel an indescribable elation.

Oh, I'm so hungry!

"Sorry, E! I'm out. I gotta eat."

It's not tight and it's not cool, but if you don't pull it off here, it'll be a disaster.