"My situation aside, I have a question about the book." Adrian stated as he looked at Enma-o with great seriousness.
"By book do you mean the Book of the Dead, your Eminence?" Enma-o asked Adrian with a careful tone.
"What book will I even ask about? It is not like there are other books in circulation in hell?" Adrian stated in a displeased tone because he could feel that Enma-o is hiding something from him.
"Oh! You might not have heard, your Eminence. Hell has changed a lot these days and as the mortals says 'You must get with the times'. There is even internet in some parts of hell as some of the demons find enjoyment in dramas.
They are even clamoring about greeting their favorite influencer when they come to hell. Even demons get bored torturing people when those dead people get used to the pain." Enma-o stated which shocked Adrian but did not make him happy.
"Whatever it is happening to hell does not concern me. I have passed the baton to Raguiel anyways. What I want to know is the status of the Book of the Dead. There is some callous individual raising or releasing evil spirits unto the mortal realm." Adrian stated.
"As you know, your Eminence. The Book of the Dead that you gave us is nothing but a shell of the real book. The real Book of the Dead is situated in the deepest parts of hell. The danger of it escaping hell is immeasurable as someone could change the date of death of someone. Someone could even kill another person by just writing the name in it." Enma-o stated with a serious tone.
"I am asking if someone took out the book from the pits of hell." Adrian stated as his aura flared up.
"I will check, Your Eminence. Take this talisman as I will contact you using it after checking." Enma-o stated as he stood up and bowed to Adrian.
After Enma-o bowed to Adrian, the place they are in became illusory and the two of them appeared at the empty lot with the Torii. Dustan also woke up from his sleep. He stood up immediately which made him feel disoriented.
"Where is he?" Dustan immediately asked as he became wary of his surroundings.
"While you became sleeping beauty, I already completed our objective. Look here." Adrian stated as he showed the talisman to Dustan.
"What is a piece of paper going to do for us?" Dustan argued.
"This is something like a communication talisman. He promised to tell us once he investigated the issue." Adrian stated.
"Did he ask for compensation?" Dustan asked as he knows nothing is free in this world.
"He did. I told him that he can have your soul after you die." Adrian replied in a monotone fashion.
"Very funny." Dustan rebuked with a serious tone.
"Come on then. At least accompany me in a shopping spree. I need new clothes since my previous place burnt to the ground." Adrian stated.
"You are on your own as I have better things to do than accompany you shopping for clothes." Dustan argued and is about to walk back to the inn when Adrian stopped him.
"What?" Dustan asked with irritation as he is still stressed out about what is happening.
"We have company right now. It seems that you can release your stress." Adrian stated as he felt numerous gazes filled with bloodlust directed towards them.
Dustan is not one to quickly dismiss someone's warning about people trying to kill them. He looked at Adrian and even he had this face full of vigilance. His companion is not joking right now and even he could feel it as Adrian is releasing some sort of aura that makes him feel fear.
When Adrian detected the bloodlust directed at him, he immediately sent out his intimidating aura to scare the attackers. Adrian does not have any form of attacks as of now because he just awakened. He could stretch his aura because it comes from the strength of one's soul.
The intense bloodlust that is directed towards them greatly lessened when Adrian released his aura. One enemy even ran away or reported back to their main camp. Dustan immediately loosened his stance in order to block any attack that comes towards them.
It seems that the enemy does not know their abilities and stuck to throwing weapons. The enemies threw what looks like shurikens and kunais that became deadlier as it is coated with poison. The enemies are trying to test Adrian and Dustan's abilities.
Dustan just casually waved the metal weapons away like they were flies or insects. Another volley of throwing weapon is sent towards them but increased in numbers. Dustan looked a bit irritated as the number of weapons increased but he can still swat away the amount.
"Are the locals blind or something?" Dustan stated.
"Have you not put two and two together that we are inside another spell formation? The street is still deserted you know. It seems we are dealing with ninjas and the one who made the spell formation should be an onmyoji. The spell formation is like a box, so we are inside what they call a 'kekkai'." Adrian stated.
"Any idea how we are going out of this barrier?" Dustan asked as the number of weapons directed at them is steadily increasing that he is having trouble diverting them away.
"The only way to release the barrier is to find the onmyoji and disrupt their concentration." Adrian answered.
"I got an idea then." Dustan replied as he did not fling away the next volley of throwing weapons.
Dustan used his maximum concentration that made his nose bleed and threw back the weapons. The trajectory of each weapon returned back to where they are thrown. A series of metal clanging sound is then heard as the attackers blocked the weapons returned to them.
Adrian did not idle and helped Dustan by locating the onmyoji. Adrian might now have a great deal of attacking capability, but he still has the best extrasensory perception. He followed the source of the energy that kept the kekkai running and managed to pinpoint it.
Adrian immediately tapped into the kekkai and released the horror of what people felt during the invasion of the old gods. The fear that the onmyoji received is enough to make a normal person lose their mind but it only made the onmyoji faint.
A sound of a glass shattering is heard and the kekkai is released. The weather inside the barrier is mildly sunny but it is actually raining in the real world. Adrian and Dustan immediately got soaked while their aggressors escaped the scene since the kekkai is no longer present.