Chapter 136: New Area Opens, Key Of History Mutation, Proficiency Surge
Shangshan Che walked into the forest and waited for a good while, but Two-Foot Adult still didn’t come over.
He turned his head to look and discovered the girl was still there, taking one step and laughing once, with an extremely exaggerated smile, saliva nearly dripping from the corners of her mouth, not knowing what she was thinking.
Shangshan Che got tired of waiting, so he strode over and grabbed Two-Foot Adult’s nape like picking up a chick, making her cover her mouth, clamp her legs tightly, and let out a surprised “po” sound.
Then the girl blushed deeply, tightly closed her eyes, and revealed an expression of anticipation mixed with a hint of tension.
Shangshan Che put down Two-Foot Adult, stared at her speechlessly for a while, and perked up in spirit when he finally saw the progress bar fill up.
Huala~
Rings of Buddha light like halos bloomed from behind Two-Foot Adult’s head, completely at odds with her current appearance and expression, creating maximum contrast.
Ignoring Two-Foot Adult, who was lost in fanciful thoughts in her mind, biting her lip with her teeth, and even slightly twisting her waist.
Shangshan Che opened her attribute panel and let out a surprised “oh.”
——It seems that choosing to let Two-Foot Adult walk the God Bestowal Path and consume Buddhist incense wish power was a good choice.
【Hachishaku-sama】
【Quality: Rare+】
【Rank: Two-Star】
【Rank Cap: Three-Star】
【Talent: Curse Positioning, Two-way Healing, Illusory Entity, Illusory Weapon, Affinity Aura.】
Two-Foot Adult’s quality rose from “Rare” to “Rare+”, and she gained two new talents from this promotion, with her previous talents seemingly enhanced as well.
“Letting Two-Foot Adult consume Buddhist incense actually produces such a strange but beneficial chemical reaction.”
Shangshan Che thought, stroking his chin.
He had originally thought that a supernatural phenomenon like Two-Foot Adult, who clashed with Buddhism in the main story, promoting this way would only yield basic promotion effects, even inferior to devouring other demons.
But unexpectedly, not only did Two-Foot Adult gain an extra talent, but her own quality also stepped up a level.
Shangshan Che first looked at the talents she originally possessed—
【Curse Positioning: After Hachishaku-sama conducts two-way observation with any target, she can continuously position that target. Positioning cap is two.】
The cap for Curse Positioning increased from one to two, a moderate strengthening; originally, positioning one meant abandoning the other, which was quite limiting.
【Two-way Healing: After being embraced by Hachishaku-sama, it causes continuous healing effects on both parties. The higher the embraced target’s Charm/Spiritual Arts（choose one） attribute, the stronger the healing effect.】
“This is truly… an unexpected surprise.”
Shangshan Che murmured, rubbing the girl’s small head under her wide white hat, making her purse her lips slightly and let out a soft, melodious “po.”
Even in human form or White Hannya incarnation state, as long as Shangshan Che wore the Four-tailed Fox Jade Pendant, his Spiritual Arts attribute could reach a full 40 points!
With 40 points in Spiritual Arts attribute versus 9-15 points in Charm attribute recovery effect, Shangshan Che felt no need to overthink which was stronger.
This turned Two-Foot Adult from a “post-battle continuous small blood potion recovery” into a “big blood potion that can be kept on even in battle”!
Although the “Illusory Entity” talent wasn’t enhanced, Two-Foot Adult having no vital points and only a health bar put her far ahead of most demons.
And—
【Illusory Weapon: Hachishaku-sama can draw from remaining health to form imagined weapons. The higher the “rating” of the imagined weapon, the more remaining health is drawn from Hachishaku-sama.】
Another surprise!
Shangshan Che carefully read the detailed description of this talent several times and found it seemed like a truly idealistic skill.
Compared to it, the last extra talent wasn’t much.
【Affinity Aura: Hachishaku-sama, promoted by Buddhist incense wish power, is no longer restrained by Buddhism and has greatly increased affinity.】
【—Little Buddhist Bodhisattva Two-Foot Adult has evolved!】
“Po… popopo, Che Adult, something is surging out from inside me!” Buddha light bloomed above Two-Foot Adult’s head, her entire body becoming more real and substantial. “Woo oh oh oh—!”
As for what surged out?
The answer was naturally power! Power!
Shangshan Che rubbed his throbbing forehead and flicked the girl’s forehead with his finger, making her “mm” and open her eyes.
He stared at the girl who was covering her forehead and giggling: “Two-Foot, you should feel yourself getting stronger too. Come, try your new ability.”
“Okay!” Two-Foot Adult clenched her small fist and nodded vigorously.
Then she spread her hands, closed her eyes again, and after dozens of seconds, still couldn’t conjure any weapon.
Two-Foot Adult scratched her head in confusion and asked puzzledly: “I feel a bit, but how exactly do I do it?”
Can’t use it?
Shangshan Che realized Two-Foot Adult couldn’t see her own attribute panel—ordinary supernatural phenomena and demons usually need time after promotion to master new talents and abilities.
Some dumb demons with insufficient intelligence can’t even use their new post-promotion abilities at all.
He thought for a moment and said: “Then close your eyes and imagine holding a daito you’ve seen with your own eyes.”
Two-Foot Adult nodded and activated her imagination ability again.
Seconds later, a grayish-white daito appeared in her hand without warning.
“Po! Success, Che Adult!” Two-Foot Adult felt the weight in her palm, raised the blade, and cheered, “Look!”
Shangshan Che’s pupils contracted slightly as he saw the panel pop up on the daito.
【Daito】
【Rating: 3】
【Evaluation: An utterly ordinary daito.】
“Rating”—this was a unique attribute of Two-Foot Adult’s ability, roughly equivalent to the strength of the conjured weapon and indicating how much health it cost her.
“Two-Foot Adult, how do you feel now?” Shangshan Che asked, wanting to see the impact of conjuring a 3-rated weapon.
“Feels like nothing at all.”
The girl swung the daito clumsily twice, then paused, brought it to her eyes: “Che Adult, words actually pop up on the blade, ‘Daito, rating 3, utterly ordinary’.”
——Two-Foot Adult could see the panel of her conjured weapon too?
Shangshan Che pondered for a moment but said nothing more.
——This was a good thing, helping Two-Foot Adult understand each conjured weapon faster.
“Let me try it.”
As soon as Shangshan Che took the daito from Two-Foot Adult’s hand, it suddenly turned into a cloud of grayish-white gas and dissipated.
Can’t be used by others, huh.
Though restricted, it was no big deal.
“Next, Two-Foot Adult, conjure a handgun.” Shangshan Che said, “You’ve been surfing the internet these past two days, so you’ve seen plenty of handguns, right?”
“Po!”
Two-Foot Adult closed her eyes; this time she was much more proficient, conjuring a grayish-white handgun in under ten seconds—
【Handgun】
【Rating: 10】
【Evaluation: An ordinary thermal weapon that shoots ordinary bullets when the trigger is pulled.】
Strange.
Shangshan Che stared at the handgun in her hand; it didn’t resemble any handgun he’d seen, more like a Frankenstein assembled from random parts.
Key parts like the safety and hammer were even missing!
“Indeed an idealistic skill.”
Shangshan Che glanced at the “Evaluation” and couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement.
He glanced at the “10” rating and asked again: “Two-Foot Adult, how do you feel now?”
The girl gripped the handgun and replied listlessly,
“A bit dizzy, but no big deal.”
Shangshan Che, after putting on the Four-tailed Fox Jade Pendant and holding Two-Foot Adult’s small hand tightly, thought:
——A weapon around 13 rating applies debuff to Two-Foot Adult, so to keep her mobile, best to limit to 3-40 rating per battle.
And if Two-Foot Adult stayed attached to him, it was a different story.
In short, this ability had infinite potential and was already quite usable—but first, expand Two-Foot Adult’s knowledge and physicality.
The former for more wild ideas, the latter to conjure more practical weapons.
Even now, if Two-Foot Adult pulled a “full-power rifle with exorcism effects” from under her skirt, her combat power would rise more than a notch.
Just the art style would be a bit weird…
“Alright!” Shangshan Che scraped the girl’s dainty nose, signaled her to dissipate the handgun, and encouraged, “This evolution is great! Two-Foot Adult has become even stronger.”
“Popo~”
Two-Foot Adult tilted her head back, hands behind her, blissfully enjoying the praise.
But good times didn’t last; soon cold raindrops fell, splattering her face and interrupting Two-Foot Adult’s reverie.
“Po…”
The girl frowned unhappily, but saw Shangshan Che with a “finally waiting for you” expression, and after a daze asked: “Che Adult, are we going to do something soon?”
“Mm. Could I trouble you, Two-Foot, to return to the Ksitigarbha Statue first?”
After the rain started, Shangshan Che saw the already sparse tourists vanish completely; he hung Kaga Kiyomitsu at his waist and said to Two-Foot Adult,
“We might head to an unfamiliar place for battle soon, so prepare yourself.”
“Po!”
Two-Foot Adult didn’t suspect anything and immediately returned to the Ksitigarbha Statue.
“Alright…”
Shangshan Che glanced at the nearby prompt and exhaled a heavy stream of scorching qi sword.
【Enter the historical projection “Battle of Okehazama”?】
“Yes.”
……
“Everyone listen up! The enemy has been marching since last night, first transporting grain from Ōtaka, then bitter fighting through Marugane and Wakazu; they’re at the end of their strength! Our army awaits rested—how could we not win!”
A majestic, raspy voice came from ahead, pulling Shangshan Che’s thoughts from the darkness.
He came to his senses and found himself clad in heavy, movement-restricting armor, with unfamiliar shrines and people before him.
Shangshan Che blinked, recalling encyclopedia knowledge—if he remembered right, this should be Zenshō-ji Temple.
According to the encyclopedia, Oda Nobunaga would pray here, encounter a sudden downpour, and then the legendary Battle of Okehazama would begin.
Shangshan Che turned to look around; after a full circle, he realized his height was among the tallest.
——Aside from the figure ahead in pitch-black armor, presumably Oda Nobunaga, he was likely the tallest in the entire army.
Oda Nobunaga’s height was about equal to his own.
Looking back, there were heaps of soldiers under 1.5 meters; Shangshan Che couldn’t tell if they were samurai or armored ashigaru.
Less than 1.5 meters and still on the battlefield was pretty absurd.
Shangshan Che silently complained inwardly—he didn’t know that in this Sengoku era, average adult male height was only about 150cm; over 160cm counted as “tall.”
His near-180cm height was undoubtedly giant-like.
Besides, the average strength of Oda army soldiers and generals was utterly unremarkable.
Shangshan Che sensed carefully and felt no one reaching Three-Star level.
——The strongest seemed to be Oda Nobunaga ahead of him, with qi at Two-and-a-Half Star that was exceptionally powerful.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in this historical projection was also thin.
Perhaps because of that, he detected no onmyoji with spiritual power fluctuations in the ranks.
As Shangshan Che pondered, a gentle voice came from ahead,
“Lord Nobunaga, a rare visit to Atsuta Shrine—why not pray to the Divine Lord for victory?”
Hm?
A woman’s voice?
Shangshan Che looked up and saw a beautiful armored woman standing not far from Oda Nobunaga’s left, stunning him momentarily.
What was this? A female warrior?
Her position suggested high status too.
Shangshan Che hadn’t heard of any famous female warriors in the Oda Clan.
“Mm—fair point.”
Oda Nobunaga nodded.
Then Oda Nobunaga stomped heavily on the shrine’s stone steps, bent down with hands on knees, and declared: “Hey! Listen up, you!”
“—This under heaven has been chaotic long enough; time for a qualified successor to guard it! Got it? If you do, let me win!”
Oda Nobunaga’s voice was loud and clear; these irreverent words carried far, silencing the entire Oda army.
Shangshan Che’s eyebrow twitched—hearing this, bro, is this how you ask?
These deities might not be pure fiction but very possibly real…
Yet the next moment, a serpentine lightning dragon, dozens or hundreds of meters long, lit up from the night sky with earth-shaking thunder, as if Atsuta Daimyōjin responded.
Hualala.
Torrential rain fell, cold raindrops splattering Shangshan Che’s face.
Oda Nobunaga satisfiedly retracted his foot, turned crisply, his crimson cloak arcing behind him.
“Undoubtedly, Atsuta Daimyōjin blesses us!”
He drew his tachi and raised it to the sky:
“—With this downpour, full army, charge the Imagawa main camp!”
“Ooooh!”
Mountainous cheers echoed around, lingering in the rain.
Then Shangshan Che felt that highly aggressive gaze land on him.
Oda Nobunaga’s voice came,
“General Che, would you lead the charge into the enemy main camp?”
Huh?
What, me?
Shangshan Che hadn’t expected that; he just wanted to follow the Oda army to pick off heads for the mission, yet inexplicably became the vanguard general.
More crucially—he didn’t know the way!
Without navigation, first-time at Okehazama, he’d surely take wrong turns to reach the destination.
If he truly led, it’d likely lag historical timing by several beats, possibly letting Imagawa Yoshimoto escape.
But these lifelike historical projection figures were real as could be; saying he didn’t know the way would demoralize and might anger the eccentric Oda Nobunaga.
Shangshan Che thought briefly and devised a plan: “If Lord Nobunaga is confident, why not lead the charge personally to boost morale?”
“As for safety…”
Shangshan Che cupped his hands slightly, slowly shedding the cumbersome armor piece by piece: “Before I fall, Lord Nobunaga won’t suffer a scratch.”
The female warrior immediately anxiously said: “No!”
But Oda Nobunaga laughed: “Good!”
Vassal generals’ objections rose around, but Oda Nobunaga ignored them, asking curiously instead,
“General Che, what do you mean by this?”
Shangshan Che feigned pulling the White Hannya Mask from his bosom and donned it, laughing loudly: “Mere armor—how can it compare to a well-trained body?”
With that, he activated Corona Breathing Technique, shattering nearby ten meters of rain into mist, transforming into White Hannya meanwhile.
Mist cleared, revealing White Hannya taller and burlier by a third than original Shangshan Che, vermilion daito at waist, two-meter-plus plain spear in hand, standing in the downpour.
Near-tangible scorching white qi wafted from Shangshan Che’s body, silencing everyone instinctively.
He stood still in the rain, aura coldly solemn, like a steel-forged ghost god.
Oda Nobunaga stared stunned at the transformed Shangshan Che, then clapped delightedly,
“Good! General Che is truly valiant! We’ll do as you say!”
Oda Nobunaga had his own tall steed brought, and another sturdy horse placed before Shangshan Che.
Shangshan Che eyed the fearful horse: “I need no horse; I’ll go on foot.”
——Besides the horse seeming very afraid of him, Shangshan Che didn’t know how to ride anyway, zero mounted combat experience.
On horseback, he might not handle sudden situations.
Stamina-wise, even without summoning Two-Foot Adult, two drops of Awakening Spirit Mist sufficed for such exertion.
Oda Nobunaga didn’t press, smiled, and had the horse led away.
Then he raised his tachi again, using a breathing technique Shangshan Che hadn’t seen to shout: “All Oda army, hear me! The enemy is at Okehazama!”
“—Follow me to assault the Imagawa main camp; target only Imagawa Yoshimoto!”
“Ooooh!”
……
In the downpour, Oda Nobunaga-led Oda army charged down the mountain into Okehazama.
Shangshan Che kept pace beside Oda Nobunaga, quietly observing this “Sixth Heavenly Demon King,” future unifier of under heaven, one of Sengoku’s three great celebrities.
Such close contact with a living historical icon might be once-in-a-lifetime.
Next meeting, possibly enemies.
——Figures like Oda Nobunaga, household names, likely entered the Eternal World post-death as ghost warriors or ghost daimyo.
Kajiwara Kagesue, whom he’d met before, was such.
Oda Nobunaga’s status and strength in the Eternal World were probably even higher.
“This presence… as expected of the Sixth Heavenly Demon King.”
Shangshan Che gazed at Oda Nobunaga’s confident-smiling profile, sensing the unparalleled domineering aura around him.
In presence alone, Shangshan Che felt Oda Nobunaga comparable to ghost god level figures he’d met.
Whoosh—
Amid rain, two faint whooshes of air came.
Shangshan Che’s eyelids lifted slightly; Kaga Kiyomitsu’s blade flashed, shredding the kunai from nearby forest into pale powder.
Only then did Oda Nobunaga react, laughing approvingly: “Fine blade, fine swordsmanship!”
——Shangshan Che guessed the kunai weren’t meant to hit Oda Nobunaga but alert him to forest ambushers, slowing vigilance.
With him here, Oda Nobunaga didn’t slow but sped up.
“Sengoku ninjas… Hattori Hanzo?”
Shangshan Che didn’t know “ninja” wasn’t a Sengoku concept.
He just guessed at the lurking foe—qi vanished post-strike, strength not weak.
Soon, Oda army clashed with Imagawa vanguard stragglers.
“Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”
A warrior yelled hoarsely, trying to rally the still-numerous arquebusiers for a volley on the hundred-meters-distant Oda army.
But before turning to grab his arquebus—matchlock—he suddenly saw a horrific evil spirit before him.
——Impossible?!
——Oda army was over a hundred meters away, with checkpoints in between…
Next instant, plain spear tip shattered rain, piercing the warrior’s throat precisely, dropping his hand toward waist tachi.
Shangshan Che hoisted the high-status warrior, deep-breathed, and roared: “Kill!”
Just then, pale lightning flashed across the sky behind him.
This ghost god’s might terrified nearby Imagawa ashigaru and scattered samurai, who screamed and fled every which way.
The remaining dozen-odd resisting Imagawa samurai offered no proper defense; half slain by Shangshan Che, half beheaded by Oda generals.
Shangshan Che barely swung his spear a few times before surrounding enemies were all dead or fled.
“This Imagawa army is too trash…”
He was stunned, suddenly at a loss for words.
Oda Nobunaga, without even drawing tachi, saw vanguard cleared; delighted, he approached Shangshan Che, extending a hand,
“General Che! Care to come up?”
Hm? Oda Nobunaga inviting me to share his horse?
After the easy win, Shangshan Che’s thinking shifted slightly.
——This was a total smooth sail; riding behind Nobunaga, charge at enemies when spotted.
“Certainly.”
Shangshan Che gripped Oda Nobunaga’s hand, leaped aboard behind him.
Just seated, he heard Oda Nobunaga yell back angrily: “You lot, stop taking these small fry heads! I want only Imagawa Yoshimoto’s head and victory!”
Then the horse beneath galloped forward.
Soon, Oda army reached the Imagawa main camp in Okehazama.
Ashigaru and samurai panicked from the surprise but maintained basic discipline due to numbers, raising weapons to counter.
Oda Nobunaga drew tachi, roared,
“General Che, go on! No need to mind me!”
In wind and rain, White Hannya grinned ferociously.
Patter.
Shangshan Che’s toes landed in muddy water.
Next instant, thick bluish-purple thunderbolt struck the Imagawa general coldly eyeing him.
Lightning spread via rain, electrocuting over a dozen centered on him into charred sleepers.
Shangshan Che pocketed his folding fan, spat dense fine thunderbolts before Imagawa army: “This is divine punishment! Surrender or perish!”
Ashigaru around the general froze in terror, but another general stepped forward.
He beheaded a dazed ashigaru, bellowing,
“Enemy before us! What are you dawdling for!? Nock arrows! Fire cannons!”
Before words finished, Shangshan Che thundered over dozens of meters to the general.
Foot down, thick mud splashed to sides and sky; snowy plain spear snaked out from it.
Sizzle!
Bright sparks flew from tachi and plain spear clash, illuminating the tachi-wielder’s face.
Shangshan Che narrowed eyes; first in Imagawa army to parry his strike.
Mimicking taiga drama style, he roared: “Name yourself!”
General’s eyes bloodshot, roared back: “Ii Naomasa!”
As Shangshan Che registered the name, his spear lightened—Ii Naomasa suddenly released tachi, stepping forward to draw daito.
Ii Naomasa knew he couldn’t win this evil ghost general, so risked all in desperate gamble!
“Come on!”
Shangshan Che thrilled instead, released plain spear, hand to Kaga Kiyomitsu’s hilt.
In this brief instant, all Corona Qi in him erupted, infusing White Hannya’s fine steel body with incomparable power!
Ii Naomasa was about to sever Shangshan Che’s neck, but a stark pale line appeared at his daito and center.
Iaijutsu·Kui-mae Nukitsuki!
Ii Naomasa’s motion froze; aware of doom, he grinned “gotcha” ferociously.
For in this brief life-death clash, rear ashigaru had nocked arrows, lit arquebuses.
Boom boom boom!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Dense arrows and shot flew at Shangshan Che, momentarily obscuring him from view.
Spotting Imagawa Yoshimoto’s hatamoto—personal guard—Oda Nobunaga whipped around, shouting,
“General Che!”
Seconds later, smoke from colliding shot cleared, revealing Shangshan Che blood-drenched yet more robust.
Berserk, effect half-active!
Evil spirit grinned, swung plain spear shredding nearby ashigaru like tofu, replying to Oda Nobunaga,
“I said it—a well-trained body trumps mere armor!”
Even Oda Nobunaga stunned momentarily, then joyfully told Shangshan Che now beside him,
“That’s Yoshimoto’s hatamoto! Charge with me!”
Shangshan Che looked—amid rain, hundreds fleeing rapidly into Okehazama’s mountains.
Target couldn’t be bigger.
But these hundreds, at least One-Star with many Two-Star samurai guards, tricky…
Shangshan Che glanced back; their forces outnumbered foes six- or sevenfold.
——In this rain, foes mostly scattered; their side arrived with how many, still had that many.
Shangshan Che smiled.
Three thousand versus three hundred—need to think?
Advantage ours!
Rest was simple: Shangshan Che on Oda Nobunaga’s horse, dismounted on arrival.
Then swung plain spear, carving a bloody path through samurai encirclement.
Basic Plain Spear Technique fused through at rapid pace in this brutal battlefield.
He withdrew plain spear from a short female general’s neck, gazing at her eyes thick with overflowing despair and unwillingness as she fell slowly, somewhat surprised.
——Unexpectedly, Imagawa Clan had female generals too, Two-and-a-Half Star strength, fierce fight for a while.
“Pity; in this era, hard for women to reach such strength.”
Shangshan Che regretted for her a second, then turned back to rare battlefield slaughter for more proficiency.
After who-knows-how-long killing, cheers around made Shangshan Che’s vision blacken again.
……
Mortal Realm, Okehazama attraction sign.
Shangshan Che shook his head, eyed the suddenly lighter rain and flood of prompts compared to before, smiling faintly.
——Entering Battle of Okehazama historical projection for real battlefield feel yielded substantial gains.
Not just massive proficiency, but fully mastered Mastery Level Basic Plain Spear Style.
Now, Shangshan Che could consider plain spear an extension of his body.
One regret—didn’t glimpse Imagawa Yoshimoto’s true face.
Shangshan Che recalled history calling Imagawa Yoshimoto a slow short-legged fatso.
Yet till end, no sight of that conspicuous big fatty target.
“Whatever, regret it is; at least saw dashing Oda Nobunaga… nothing like the legendary fool.”
Shangshan Che shook head, letting past go.
He ducked into a pavilion for rain, drying clothes with handy Corona Qi while eyeing the barrage of prompts—
【Your area unlock mission complete!】
【Enter current area?】
Completed, where’s my reward?
Shangshan Che checked prompts; this area unlock truly stingy, no reward.
He pursed lips, decided not to nitpick—area unlock rewards were mosquito legs anyway, with or without same, just attitude.
And Shangshan Che cared least about “attitude.”
Better check proficiency gains—
【You have fully mastered Basic Plain Spear Style·Mastery Level!】
【Your skill, Natural Reason School proficiency +188!】
【Your skill, Corona Breathing Technique proficiency +592!】
【Your skill, Five Thunder Technique·Qi Union proficiency +481!】
Of three skills, Natural Reason School grew least; Five Thunder Technique·Qi Union near upgrade threshold.
——Main goal was plain spear fusion; only drew Kaga Kiyomitsu when forced.
Latter two trained via breathing; post-bloodbath, huge gains.
Thinking this, Shangshan Che flipped his palm, noticing wounds didn’t come back with him.
Good thing, saved healing time.
Thus, why not open new map right away!
“Enter.”
As Shangshan Che braced for familiar water pressure, a pearly white prompt jumped out.
【—Use “Key of History”?】
Shangshan Che blinked, saw surroundings turned deep blue, knowing he’d reached the boundless deep sea between Mortal Realm and Eternal World.
Normally, water pressure then new Sengoku-related map, formulaically light shrines.
But now stalled by Key of History in pack.
Shangshan Che mentally opened Storage Bag; Key of History glowed pearly white, screaming “use me.”
Use it?
Shangshan Che smiled.
——Need to hesitate?
——He’d wanted to use it before but no chance!
Mythical item personally from faction backer Magatsu-kami, even per former Lord of the Eternal World.
Plus, his Walker’s Chronometer awaited unlocking.
Miss this village, no next store!
【You used special item·Key of History!】
【Note! Current area unlock halted!】
Post-prompts, blinding infinite white light from Key of History in Storage Bag blinded Shangshan Che, blocking final prompt.
【Entering Key of History designated era·Sengoku Period mid-stage!】
This instant, dizziness a thousandfold beyond “vision black” enveloped Shangshan Che tightly.
Without gaps, plunging his consciousness into deep coma.
……
When Shangshan Che regained awareness, damp thick thatched scent rushed his nose, like home.
“Cough, cough.”
As he reached to rub half-closed eyes, he found himself five-flowered with tattered straw rope to a damp wooden pillar.
Even fingers bound; binder quite meticulous.
But Shangshan Che raised brow, slight force made rope groan in strain.
What situation?
This demon so underestimates me?
As he puzzled, faint footsteps came from outside the thatched cottage.
