Chapter 768 Enemy

Chapter 768 Enemy

Miao Yan’s driving speed exceeded Chen Xiaolian’s expectations. The speed of the jeep never went below the 150 mark and it took them merely two hours to reach Izumo, where the Izumo-taisha was located.

Strangely, during their two-hour trip to Izumo, nothing peculiar happened.

No landslides, no changes to the terrain, no monster attacks. Not even attacks from the other game participants.

Thus, the two of them were able to peacefully drive all the way to the foot of the mountain where the Izumo-taisha was located.

As Miao Yan was driving, Chen Xiaolian brought out his cell phone to browse through the related Japanese mythology.

Only after Miao Yan had stopped the jeep within a parking lot did Chen Xiaolian put down his cell phone. Then, he pushed open the door.

“This moment of peace is really rare.” Miao Yan looked at Chen Xiaolian. “Did you find anything?”

For this instance dungeon, the prompts given by the system were too scarce. It was almost non-existent. Strength wise, Chen Xiaolian no longer feared anyone. However, getting a better understanding of the instance dungeon’s situation would still be beneficial.

“A rough picture.” Chen Xiaolian nodded. “Simply put, it is the story of a fight between a foreign conqueror and a local lord.”

The two of them walked towards the main gate of the Izumo-taisha. In front of them was a huge torii gate, followed by a tree-lined pathway.

As they walked forward, Chen Xiaolian briefly informed Miao Yan about the information he found earlier.

According to the Shinto religion of Japan, the Gods can be roughly divided into two sides, the Gods of Heaven and the Gods of the Land.

Although the various myths were different, with many conflicting and confusing stories, it generally depicted the same thing. It can all be summarized with one sentence – the foreign Gods of Heaven defeated the local Gods of the Land to take over this land.

The Supreme God, the High Creator and the Divine Creator were the first three Gods to emerge alongside the formation of the world. They lived in the Plains of High Heaven.

Subsequently, more Gods were born. The seventh generation of Gods was a pair of siblings who were also a couple, Izanagi and Izanami. These two Gods gave birth to three very important Gods, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo.

Amaterasu was the Goddess of the Sun, in charge of the Plains of High Heaven while Tsukuyomi was the God of the Moon, in charge of the kingdom of the night. As for Susanoo, he was the God of Destruction, in charge of the seas.Vissit novelbin(.)c.om for updates

In Japanese mythology, these three Gods were the most respected Gods, and the strongest.

However, Susanoo, who stayed in the Plains of High Heaven, would constantly be up to no good. Once, he frightened Amaterasu, causing her to hide inside the Heavenly Rock Cave. This caused the world to lose its light, falling into a state of darkness.

In order to restore light to the world, the other Gods tricked Amaterasu out and exiled Susanoo.

Exiled from the Plains of High Heaven, Susanoo came to a place known as the Central Land of Reed Plains. There he killed the infamous Yamata no Orochi.

His descendant, Okuninushi, became the ruler of the Central Land of Reed Plains.

One day, Amaterasu violated her former oath and sent forth her grandson, Ninigi, and Takemikazuchi. They led the other Gods to defeat Okuninushi and took over the Central Land of Reed Plains.

According to this myth, the Emperor of Japan was the direct descendant of Amaterasu and Ninigi.

“In other words, Susanoo, Okuninushi and the others are the Gods of the Land that the system mentioned while Amaterasu and the others are the Gods of Heaven?” Miao Yan nodded. Chen Xiaolian had gone to great lengths to make it as concise as possible. Thus, it was not hard to understand. “Our objective is to unravel the seal of the Gods of Heaven and release the Gods of the Land?”

As it was a Monday, there were not many tourists and worshippers here. They walked in twos and threes and everything there appeared peaceful and harmonious.

“Yes.” Chen Xiaolian nodded. “If the setting of this instance dungeon conforms to the information that I have discovered, the one sealed here must be Okuninushi, the Master of the Great Land.”

The Izumo-taisha, one of Japan’s oldest shrines, was dedicated to Okuninushi.

They made their way through the pathway. After passing through the last copper torii gate, they reached the prayer hall...

After the prayer hall, through yet another gate, was the Izumo-taisha’s Kagura Hall...

Only...

“But the magic array was still intact.” Miao Yan followed Chen Xiaolian, who used the right mountain trail. “You mean to say, if some other participants had beat us to this place, they must have been brought in by an insider?”

Chen Xiaolian did not reply. Instead, he continued to leisurely walk forward. He did not appear anxious at all.

They had been walking on the mountain trail for over 10 minutes, but still there was no one. Finally, they reached the end of the mountain trail.

Before them was a large wooden gate. There was no paint on it, thus, retaining the colour of wood. Its two wooden doors were tightly closed. Again, there was no one standing guard over it.

“We’re finally here.” Chen Xiaolian walked towards the gate with a smile. Glancing back at Miao Yan, he suddenly kicked the gate.

Bang!

The gate was bolted shut from the inside. However, the thick bolt was naturally incapable of withstanding Chen Xiaolian’s kick, which snapped it. And so, the two large doors flew into the courtyard.

“Who?!”

Roars of fury rang out from behind the gate.

Ignoring them, Chen Xiaolian strutted his way in through the gate.

Behind the gate was a vast courtyard. Two lines of men stood on either side, all dressed in kariginu robes with voluminous sleeves and black caps on their heads.

It was the typical priest attire of Shintoism.

Every one of them wore a face of shock and rage.

“Visitors.” There was a faint smile on Chen Xiaolian’s face, indifferent to the looks of rage on the faces of the priests there. “This place seems... more fun compared to the bottom of the mountain.”

“This is not a place for tourists! How did you come up here?” The leader of the priests walked forward, a dark look on his face. “Please leave quickly, or else...”

Although both Chen Xiaolian and Miao Yan were wearing ordinary-looking clothes, no one treated them as ordinary tourists.

Would an ordinary tourist enter by kicking down the gate?

In the priest’s hand was a small wooden stick, no more than one metre in length. Two zigzagging paper strips were tied to the tip of the wooden stick. He was slowly waving the stick.

Chen Xiaolian recalled that it was a type of magic weapon in Shintoism known as gohei.

“Hey, so fierce?” Chen Xiaolian smiled, but he did not stop moving forward. “What if... I insist on entering?”

Upon hearing those words, the faces of all the priests there changed in unison.

No further questions were needed.

This was an enemy!

[TL: Better late than never, right? Sry. >_<]

Notes:

The Supreme God aka (Ame-no-Minakanushi)

The High Creator aka (Takamimusubi)

The Divine Creator aka (Kamimusubi)

The Heavenly Rock Cave aka (Ama-no-Iwato)

The Central Land of Reed Plains aka (Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni)

Okuninushi aka (Master of the Great Land)