Volume 11 - Yamata no Orochi: Chapter 10 – Battle! Lord Kamakura

Volume 11 - Yamata no Orochi: Chapter 10 – Battle! Lord Kamakura

Although the sky was fairly bright today, the mountains and forests were veiled in a grim gray

1, casting a gloomy and oppressive mood over the land. The maze was teetering on the edge of destruction, with the opposing side’s treasure displaying a fierce might that eclipsed that of ordinary artifacts due to its sacrificial activation. Lily knew that if the maze fell, a deluge of Yomi’s forces would overwhelm Cherry Blossom Valley; even she could not withstand them all at once.

“Don’t even think about destroying the maze!” Lily’s presence at the formation’s edge was marked by an explosive release of her aura. She glided on air currents, her movement as swift as if she were sprinting across the earth, and she reached the sorcerers in a flash. The sight that greeted her was one of chaos: sorcerers, enraptured by phantom beauties, exhibited a wild ferocity, their lifeforce draining before her eyes.

With no time to hesitate, Lily unfurled her scroll painting, releasing nearly a hundred demon projections including the formidable Raccoon Mita and a six-tailed fox demon. They plunged into the sorcerer’s ranks, causing havoc and death.

“Stop! Where did this crazy woman come from?!” Despite Lily’s striking beauty in her red attire, her abrupt appearance bewildered the demon generals, who were too distant to fully appreciate her looks. She unleashed a swarm of demons, mercilessly decimating the sorcerers, leading the generals to label her as deranged.

The two black-armored demon generals surged forward at a breakneck pace, their movements sending shockwaves through the air as they barreled towards her.

Lily’s gaze, however, was locked on the half-bird, half-woman treasure hovering aloft. With a flick of her wrist, she cast a starry ribbon that snared the treasure. She met resistance as she infused it with her spiritual energy, but her determination was fierce. When she realized she couldn’t wrest control due to its strong inherent power, she relinquished her hold and unsheathed Dojigiri-Yasutsuna.

“Stop! Return my treasure!” Hikomoto, imbued with a mighty aura from the quadruple-soul Big Dipper Stage, morphed into a red ghostly flame, charging at Lily in a bid to reclaim his possession.

Yet, Lily did not hesitate; her sword met the treasure, and despite its resistance, Dojigiri-Yasutsuna left a mark on the low-grade spirit artifact, causing it to falter and malfunction. This unexpected turn led to the gruesome end of the demon sorcerers who remained.

“You’re seeking death!” The generals, now upon her, wielded their longswords with ferocious might, unleashing sinister streaks of light aimed to cleave Lily in two.

Lily executed a swift pirouette, dodging two deadly arcs of light with extraordinary agility. She then positioned herself adjacent to one of the demon generals and with an effortless gesture, released a stream of crimson sword light

2 from Dojigiri-Yasutsuna. This ribbon of light was slender and radiant, holding within it a paradoxical beauty of destruction. Almost without a sound, the general’s head was neatly cleaved from his body.

With her next move already envisioned, Lily’s sword light carved into her opponent, splitting into two scarlet beams—one boring into the head and the other into the chest—decimating both the stellar soul and the origin soul within the spirit sea. These scarlet energies were not overwhelmingly powerful; they would not suffice to breach the flesh of an adversary of equal might or one with exceptional resilience, at most inflicting deep lacerations.

Furthermore, any comparable spiritual energy would have mitigated these attacks. However, Lily’s formidable strength outshone the demon generals’, enabling her to perform this feat with ease. The remaining general, witnessing his ally fall from a singular blow, was stricken with shock and hastily withdrew.

In the midst of this, Muyu Hikomoto, clad in red armor, made his appearance. He unsheathed a blade that exceeded his own height, conjuring a maelstrom of bloody luminescence teeming with sorrowful feminine wails. These sounds, intermingling with the apparitions of tormented female figures, human and demon alike, were designed to pierce the soul and bewilder the mind. However, such soul-rending tactics held no sway over Lily, who deftly avoided an incoming, thunderous strike. Beneath her, cherry blossoms scattered as she leapt into the air, drawing the Himiko longbow not to target Hikomoto, but the retreating double-soul demon general.

Arrows sliced through the air, their flight silent but deadly. Lily’s archery skills were beyond reproach, a blend of fluid grace and commanding strength. The demon general, hampered in his aerial retreat, narrowly dodged one arrow only to be fatally struck by the others—one shattering his skull, another impaling his heart.

“This woman is unbelievably strong!” Hikomoto couldn’t hide his astonishment. Unperturbed by the soul attacks hidden within his barrage of sword lights, she had decisively beheaded one adversary and shot another dead in the mere flutter of an eyelid—both formidable demons at the double-soul Big Dipper Stage.

At that moment, a suffocating black aura emerged from behind, spreading across the sky like a myriad of thick ink strokes, ominously expanding their domain. Lord Kamakura, a towering middle-aged samurai stretching ten meters in height, made his presence known as he traversed mountains and forests, his steps creating ripples on the inky waves beneath him.

“You witch! I’ll make you suffer all the punishments of Yomi!”

A massive shadow swept by, “Talk less; be careful of this woman! We must join forces to confront her!”

The towering figure of Lord Kamakura, ten meters in height, rushed past Hikomoto. He feared the younger demon might suffer further due to his arrogance.

“Kagami Lily! Less than two years ago, we met for the first time here in Kanto. Did you ever imagine this day would arrive?” Lord Kamakura’s voice rumbled, heavy as thunder, a resonant force in the sky.

Lily’s mind was awash with memories of their first meeting. Back then, Yoritomo seemed an immovable deity, a presence beyond reach.

Now, she faced him directly, her heart swelling with the enormity of the moment.

“Lord Kamakura, shouldn’t I be the one to say that?” Lily retorted with a sneer.

“If I had known this day would come, I would have simply ended you back then to avoid this trouble! Alas, the world is full of surprises, and I, Minamoto no Yoritomo, am no deity. I saw your potential from the start. Revealing your identity as a mirror girl was merely entertainment. Watching a young and capable woman like you grapple with peril and ambition was fascinating!” For once, Lord Kamakura revealed his true sentiments, viewing Lily not just as an amusement but as a genuine adversary.

“Hmph, play with fire and you get burned

5. Lord Kamakura, regardless of your past intentions or the evils you’ve done, your desire to harm me, or any other twisted motivations, you’ve inadvertently aided my growth. I, Kagami Lily, may be a woman, but I adhere to principles of integrity! In today’s duel, I will allow you three moves

6!”

“What??!” The surprise and indignation were evident on Lord Kamakura’s rugged features, his anger palpable. “How dare you belittle me like this!”

Footnotes:

Robinxen: My spellcheck doesn’t like gray.

Robinxen: Ah she’s definitely a Saber class.

Robinxen: Merciless? Lily?

Robinxen: Uh..... we’re nowhere near your so called city. Carefree City is a weird name though... I feel like it might have been intended to reference something specific.

Robinxen: She said it!

Silva: Is Lily so confident she can beat the clone?