I Save The World In A Doomsday Text Game

Chapter 222-2: Dragon Embryo Yokai Art, Ishiyama Shrine (2)

Could the Karasu Tengu have had some connection with the Dragon Marsh Temple’s lineage?

He prepared himself for battle at any moment. The Calamity Mage before him was at least as powerful as the Veiled Aberration Overlord, if it really came to a fight, it would be another grueling struggle!

[The Calamity Mage’s gaze grew distant. After a long while, it let out a heavy sigh and explained the truth to you.]

[The Karasu Tengu was a member of an extraordinarily powerful yokai lineage, once a mighty force under the Dragon God’s command.]

[But because the tides of fate had turned against the yokai, even such formidable creatures as the Karasu Tengu could only hide in the mountains, evading the pursuit of the new gods’ believers.]

[Somehow, the Otaki Clan of Iya Palace captured a Karasu Tengu and sealed it beneath the earth in an absolute barrier, using it as bait to lure other yokai into rescue attempts…]

[Yokai came to save the Karasu Tengu time and again, but every attempt ended in failure. One after another, they were captured by the onmyoji of Iya Palace, suppressed, and turned into mindless shikigami for others to command.]

[By now, it had been a very long time since any yokai dared set foot in the Otaki Clan’s domain.]

[The Calamity Mage let out a deep sigh. For Lord Dragon Heir to slay the Karasu Tengu was, in a sense, granting it release…]

[As it spoke, the Calamity Mage abruptly started, remarking that the Absolute Barrier of the Ten Directions laid down by Iya Palace was unbreakable and impervious, all but impossible to overcome.][The Karasu Tengu was immensely powerful. Even after long suppression, it still surpassed most yokai by far, let alone that the Otaki Clan commanded countless formidable onmyoji…]

[For Lord Dragon Heir to break through every obstacle and set it free…it was truly astonishing.]

“Countless formidable onmyoji?”

When Lin Xun destroyed the Otaki Clan, he’d only encountered a few lower-ranked onmyoji, nothing remotely like what the Calamity Mage described.

[You told them honestly how you had razed the Otaki Estate and wiped out the Otaki bloodline.]

[The Calamity Mage and the Dignitary Bull Demon were both struck utterly dumb. They could not believe it for a long time, but the dragon embryonic aura you carried was undeniably from the Karasu Tengu, which forced them to accept it.]

[As the two great yokai were still doubting their very existence, a chorus of dog barks rang out, followed by rapid knocking at the main hall door.]

[The Calamity Mage gestured, and the door swung open. The Night Escort Dog tumbled inside, shouting in a loud voice: “Temple Master, the Dragon God has manifested! The Dragon God has manifested!”]

[It had run so hard its tongue was lolling, panting for breath. Only after the Dignitary Bull Demon handed it a cup of water, which it drained in one gulp, did it regain its composure.]

[The Night Escort Dog first bowed deeply to you, then turned to the Calamity Mage and began its tale.]

[It had been in the city, purchasing the finest incense, when it saw a towering column of fire rise in the distance.]

[When it checked the direction, sure enough, it was coming straight from the Otaki Estate.]

[High in the sky, a bizarre-looking dragon was spewing pitch-black flames that turned broad daylight as dark as night.]

[It forgot all about the incense and rushed to the Otaki Estate to see for itself, only to arrive and find it already reduced to a sea of fire and ruin, not a single living soul remaining…]

[Truly the Dragon God has manifested! The Dragon God has manifested! The Otaki Clan enslaved and twisted countless yokai into shikigami, this was the fate they deserved!]

[The Night Escort Dog rattled off its story in one breath and was about to ask for another cup of water, only to see the Calamity Mage and the Dignitary Bull Demon staring at Lord Dragon Heir as if seeing a ghost.]

[Realization struck it, and its eyes turned to you, full of bewildered suspicion.]

[The Calamity Mage drew a deep breath and solemnly instructed that none of this must be spread. Only those in the hall were to know, and no one was to gossip about it with the little yokai outside.]

[After the Dignitary Bull Demon and the Night Escort Dog had sworn before the statue of the Chaotic Origin Dragon, the Calamity Mage dismissed them and remained alone with you.]

[Seizing the opportunity, you explained that you had lost all memory of your past and could only recall events since awakening. You asked the Calamity Mage about the Calamitous Fallen Dragon Embryo.]

[The Calamity Mage began to explain slowly…]

[The Dragon Embryo was a weapon the Chaotic Origin Dragon had bestowed upon the world. Once, both humans and yokai could gain the Dragon God’s blessing through devout incense offerings or diligent cultivation.]

[But later, when the Ancient Heavenly Enma descended, humanity turned their faith to the new gods. From then on, the Dragon Embryo became a power exclusive to the yokai.]

[Other than the two methods it had already described, there was no other way to grow the Dragon Embryo. Legend held that only the Dragon God’s descendants could draw that power from stronger yokai.]

[So when it sensed the Dragon Embryo aura on you originating from the Karasu Tengu, it immediately realized you had been to the Otaki Clan’s domain…]

[The Dragon Embryo’s power was an extremely special force. It possessed no inherent supernatural qualities, only manifesting its mysteries when combined with arts granted by the Dragon God.]

[But ever since the Dragon God’s defeat, it had ceased to answer the world’s prayers and no longer bestowed its arts.]

[Those great yokai who once commanded the arts all perished in the War of the Gods, and their powerful techniques were lost.]

[Today, all the arts yokai practiced were methods painstakingly devised by clever yokai of later generations. They dared not claim the same names as the divine arts, so they could only call them yokai arts…]

[Those great yokai who once commanded the arts all perished in the War of the Gods, and their powerful techniques were lost.]

[Today, all the arts yokai practiced were methods painstakingly devised by clever yokai of later generations. They dared not claim the same names as the divine arts, so they could only call them yokai arts…]

“So that’s it, Karmic Fire belongs to the human faction, while the Dragon Embryo belongs to the yokai. No wonder after joining the Chaotic Origin Dragon’s oath, the Karmic Fire attribute stopped increasing.”