The wind blows with a special force over the mountain where the castle rests and the rain hits the wood of the castle hard, making a beautiful pealing sound all over the place.
This whole scene would fall within the beautiful, ideal and even idyllic. Sure, if yokais of different shapes and sizes weren't moving all over the facade of the structure and even mysteriously emerging from the ground.
"Help. Monk, ahgh."
Without being able to finish his words, the soldier is assaulted by a spider yokai and it devours his entire upper body. It was a horrible scene to live through, his bones were shattered, flesh was ripped off and his screams of pain could be heard all over the place, but this was not an isolated situation.
The yokais were superior in both numbers and strength. Making resistance an uphill struggle for the castle forces and this could be seen as they were losing ground little by little.
*Roar*
With a cry of pure reluctance, the spider yokai disappears completely and the only thing left behind is a single arrow stuck in the wood. But that doesn't happen to him alone, as all over the castle and with blinding speed multiple yokai are completely eradicated.
"This confirms it. The noise of the bell was a sign, the barrier below will be gone by now."
Speaking in a low voice and keeping an analytical eye on the situation. On the wall stands a beautiful young woman with fair skin, long black hair tied with a white ribbon, priestess attire and carries a longbow which eliminates any yokai unlucky enough to be targeted.
...Kikyo pov…
The situation was not as bad as it might seem on the surface. The soldiers proved to have rigorous training, they gradually retreated in an orderly manner towards the wall where the monks are located and the space is smaller thus avoiding being easy prey.
"Reach me more arrows"
"Y. Yes! Priestess!"
Hearing her shaky reply and without taking my eyes off the changing situation happening below, she released the arrow that was ready in the bow, thus erasing another yokai from the pile.
Finishing that and heeding my trained senses, I leap in place, landing on a fleshy surface before sticking my arrow into it and taking advantage of its speed as it moves sliding along the ground, I create a wound all along its back.
Finishing that, he landed softly where the previous soldier was devoured and picked up the arrows from his corpse, without giving it a second glance.
"I've taken care of the strongest ones. Shouldn't be a problem for you guys to finish these here."
Walking along the section of the wall that is in a catastrophic state. Braziers with their spilled oil burning, the occasional dead archer and the body of the centipede yokai slowly disappearing behind me.
I talk to the group of monks nearby, and then start moving towards the castle dungeon, it's time to end this.
...Christopher pov…
Striking my flaming fan, right against the center of a spear he just created, he destabilized his stance easily. With that done, he stabbed four of my tails in his direction without changing our positions, though he dodges it by readjusting his body quickly and in the process creates dista nce from me.
"There he goes!"
Opening my fan fully and positioning it horizontally high up, he swiftly swung it down, causing a wave of orange flames to advance towards his direction.
*boom*
"Oh, damn, again I had forgotten we were still in a city... Good thing he controlled the feudal lord and I won't have to pay anything!"
Bringing my fan that still burns in flames closer to give me some air, I start to control the surrounding fire so that the shadows can't be created.
Watching everything in front of me go up in flames, although due to the control I have over them, they don't burn anything I don't want them to.
"Just die already, are you even a fucking bug?".
Slamming my fan shut and putting a smile on my face, which is not a smile, I watch as from the residual flames that seem to fight with the rain for supremacy, a cluster of shadows with no apparent shape emerges.
This accumulation of shadows suddenly explodes, it was absolutely unexpected and before I can do anything to stop it, a cloud of dark particles covers all the surroundings.
"Because you're an extension, I can't assassinate you unless I erase the main body... Maybe I'm not an extension per se..."
Something seems to click in my mind, but due to the little knowledge I have in the realm, I can only letit go and move on.
*Boom* *Boom*.
Gliding gracefully over the ground and dodging the occasional monstrous limb that forms from the dark particles, my brain begins to put the pieces of this puzzle together.
Trying to destroy it is completely useless, it seems to me that it has to do mainly with the amount of negative emotions in the surroundings.
If it can't be destroyed... it will have to be purified. Kikyo did that and it worked, albeit only in small pieces.
"#&&€%/%"
The unrecognizable and highly disturbing voice of the masked one sounds from all around, it seemed to come from every dark particle, from every monstrous limb that was formed and even from the air itself.
"That 's enough!"
Taking a step back, thus dodging a deformed arm that was coming towards me by a small margin. I feel how the fragments of the newly destroyed floor try to pierce my skin, though they don't succeed and enjoying this strategic move away, I prepare my next action.
I open my fan to the maximum, let out my seven tails, set them on fire and without considering for a second the dizziness this is going to cause me, I start spinning on my own axis.
It was a literal tornado of flames, but this wasn't enough, I had something even more powerful planned to finish this bastard off.
"Hehehehe. more fire! more power!"
Releasing my inner pyromaniac due to dizziness, though it may also be due to the rapid extraction of energy from within me that has left me half dumb, I begin to notice the changes in the tornando.
The flames went from an orange color to an intense yellow, then changed to a lighter color and then took on a whitish color. Yes, it was increasing the energy in them, thus increasing their purification power as well.
*Booooooom!
Regaining consciousness after all the commotion, I find myself lying on the cold, wet ground, as drops of water fall all over my body. The only thing that gives me a certain amount of calm, are my flames that are still all over the place.
"Ha... This isn't fun."
My whole body feels like a wet sandbag, my limbs can barely move and my head still hasn't escaped the dizziness resulting from so much spinning.
The good thing was that this state of weakness barely lasted a few seconds, before as if a dam had broken, my body was once again filled with energy.
"I guess you were right when you talked about me having too much unused energy. Look at just a few seconds and I'm back to my best self."
"Tell me after you look in a mirror."
Hearing Saya's words, I use my right hand to wipe the sweat from my forehead. It was a natural reaction, since thanks to the rain the sweat disappears the instant it appears, but thanks to that I could notice something unexpected.
"I'm... shivering?"
"It was too much stress on your body the discharge and recharge of energy almost instantly."
Taking a deep breath and assimilating Saya's words, I stand up from the place where I am and thus start walking towards the castle. I may be done with... well whatever this thing is, but it's certainly not the main body and was most likely just buying time.