On the snow-covered lands of northern Oku in winter, blizzards raged relentlessly.

Thwack!

Foul blood splattered across the vast white snow.

The axe-spear wielded by the doll in the form of a young girl cleaved through the head of a monster in the snowy plains with a single blow.

"The number of enemies is quite high…"

Renjo Senjuro sighed, taking a deep drag from his pipe before exhaling.

The caravan had encountered a blizzard on their journey, forcing them to abandon their carriages and proceed on foot across the snow plains, only to be ambushed by a band of monsters along the way.

"The road ahead is fraught with peril~~"

He tapped his pipe with a "clink," scattering ashes onto the snow.

"Annihilate them."

As Renjo Senjuro issued his command, the other two dolls swiftly rose to action, dashing forward like arrows.

The battle dolls' enemies were wolf demons known as "Fang Assault Demons." These wolves scraped the snow on the ground with their front paws, their sharp teeth clicking, as they charged from the side on all fours. Numerous, they advanced in a crane-wing formation towards the three dolls rushing towards them.

The wolf demons pounced, and a flying scythe pierced an eye socket and brain.

Simultaneously, the doll lowered its stance and leaped up in one breath, delivering a sharp kick to a crouching wolf demon.

The seemingly slender right leg of the girl-shaped doll, "Oisa," unleashed an astonishing pressure, sending another wolf demon tumbling in the air before crashing to the ground, its head and neck bones shattered.

Whoosh!

The axe blade roared violently as the doll "Karakusa," gripping its long-handled weapon, continued its assault. The doll girl actively plunged into the enemy ranks, her attacks bisecting several charging wolf demons, scattering crimson entrails and blood across the ground.

"Explode!"

Chunin Saizo launched fireballs from his hands, firing them like missiles into the pack of demonic wolves. In the explosions, flames and flashes engulfed the wolf demons' ranks, and the surviving monsters advanced through the smoky haze.

"…Looks like things are almost over here."

Renjo Senjuro puffed on his pipe, exhaling sparks with the smoke.

"However, I don't know how things are on the other side…"

His gaze shifted towards the distant canyon, from which continuous explosions echoed, indicating a fierce battle.

"I wonder how things are going on their end…"

Within the hazy mist of the canyon, a massive dark shadow emerged.

It was a shadow so immense that it truly demanded one crane their neck to look up.

As the shadow drew nearer, its form expanded endlessly.

Hyakusuke tried to follow the shadow, tilting his head back until he could no longer raise it any further.

With a "whoosh," an extraordinarily large right foot burst forth from the mist.

In that instant, the oppressive feeling was like a skyscraper falling from the sky.

It was overwhelmingly astonishing, so vast that it made one's head spin.

Hyakusuke already knew that this demon was enormous, but witnessing its behemoth-like body firsthand still left him speechless with shock.

"What a foolish bunch of humans, daring to challenge this king."

The words came from a monster, a beast resembling a dog or a fox, but so large it was like a small mountain.

"Besides being ignorant of your own mortality, I don't know how else to describe you filthy vermin."

This was a canyon located in the snow plains of northern Oku, geographically close to Mount Iwaki, known as the "Tsugaru Fuji."

According to the local Emishi people, this canyon was inhabited by a monster known as "Siddhartha King."

Legend had it that Siddhartha King was a general under the command of the "Tyrant Owl and Ferocious Beast of Five Heinous Deeds, the Flying Demon," also known as the "Winged King of Flying Demons."

—The Flying Demon King was the infamous demon "Nue." It was an ancient monster with the face of a monkey, the body of a tanuki, the limbs of a tiger, and the tail of a snake. Without wings, it could still fly, making it a bizarre demon resembling the "Chimera" of Western mythology.

His demonic power was immense, and he had repeatedly threatened the rule of the imperial court. He was a great demon king who had been famous since the Heian period.

Siddhartha was a general under Nue, and also a member of the Blood-Soaked Six Gate Warriors. However, this monster had long abandoned the Six Gate Army and fled to the northern lands, proclaiming himself king. He had occupied this canyon for at least a century.

"What a joke."

Siddhartha King let out a hearty laugh, causing the thick fog to ripple slightly.

"A few mere vermin, presumptuously claiming to subjugate this king. Do you really think you still have a chance to leave this place?"

Boom!

A second foot emerged from the dense fog—Siddhartha King's left paw. The massive thing descended from the sky with tremendous impact, and the huge claw pressed down violently.

"If we get hit, we're dead for sure."

Hyakusuke moved in an instant, raising his spear and unleashing his spiritual power. A dozen or so glowing arrows followed in quick succession. However, this attack was like a joke to Siddhartha King.

The attack struck the skin covered in coarse fur, leaving almost no trace.

—Siddhartha, meaning "Jackal," is recorded in Buddhist scriptures as a monster with a bluish-yellow color, moving in groups like dogs, howling at night with a voice like a wolf.

After five or six hundred years, Siddhartha had gradually grown from an ordinary monster into a powerful evil being. Even if one disregards his power, he could overwhelm with his sheer size.

Boom!

The strong right claw shattered the earth.

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Explosions blew in all directions, raising countless dust and white smoke.

"…This is too troublesome."

Old Man Matsudaira, witnessing this scene from afar, also wore a grim expression.

"With that size, just moving his limbs would crush an army to pieces. Ordinary methods won't work at all…"

"Not necessarily."

Yami stepped forward, the girl's speed faster than the wind.

"Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! Ooo!"

She timed the moment when the right limb stepped out, gripped her sword with both hands, and delivered a blow from bottom to top with all her might.

In the instant of approaching, Yami unleashed the power she had tempered.

Vast spiritual energy instantly transformed into deep blue lightning.

The lightning surged, aiming at the left paw, and climbed up the left hind limb at the speed of light.

This was the Thunder Cutting Blade!

In the blink of an eye, four lightning serpents surged up, and fur and flesh burst and splattered.

Yami's body also rose upward, leaping as if ascending into the sky, and she swung this terrifying lightning slash upward.

Amidst the crackling explosions, after the four bolts of lightning that rushed to the heights, half of Siddhartha King's left hind limb had been charred.

This right paw, along with the hind limb, could no longer support its own weight and shattered and scattered from the base.

In an instant, Siddhartha King roared in anger.

"Vermin, you're courting death!"

The great demon roared, and at the same time, its huge mouth, hidden in the mist, opened wide.

Boom!

A blue flame spewed from the monster's mouth, like a waterfall, like a tide of fire. Not only that, but there were also dense sword blades in the firelight, a breath mixed with swords and flames.

The temperature of the flames was extremely high, a poisonous flame that could burn through bones, and the sword blades were countless slender blades. Attacking with both steel blades and flames, even if one avoided the flames, they would be pierced by ten thousand swords.

This breath attack was aimed at Yami. Fortunately, Yami, who was now the main attacker, had activated the "Curse Reversal Barrier." Her powerful spiritual power was injected into her gauntlets, and a powerful barrier formed a hemispherical defense, disintegrating and reversing the blue firelight and sword blades the moment they made contact, as if time were flowing backward.

"Curse Reversal Barrier!"

Siddhartha King's eyes, hidden in the thick fog, also flickered with shock.

"That's right, it's useless against me."

With an explosive sound, the blade thrust forward like a comet, and the girl kicked off the ground and soared into the sky, her body rising in one breath, her tied-up hair dancing in the wind.

Black wings sprouted from her back, and like a storm, she pierced diagonally towards Siddhartha King's jaw.

In that instant, Siddhartha King had no time to defend, and the sword blade pierced out from under the jawbone, scattering blood in all directions.

"Die!"

The moment she hit her target, Yami decided not to hold back any longer. She poured her power into the Mizutsuchi Sword, and a spear of lightning erupted from the tip of the blade, blasting Siddhartha King's entire head to pieces.

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