Epic of Caterpillar

Chapter 2430: Demonic Mythological Spirit: Koga Saburo



ВАААМ!

Although Frank managed to survive, the leftover energy was enough to send him and his friends flying, hitting the walls behind them. If it hadn't been for his own Aura and the protection magic of Matsuo, they would have all been cooked right there.

"You cling to life so meaninglessly..." the man sighed, looking down. "It's pointless. Life, your life... it is nothing but illusions."

He slowly began walking towards them, his huge body towering over them. Although he looked human, he was no human at all...

He was more like a demon.

"Hahh... Hahh... This man... I've heard of someone... like him before..."

Matsuo quickly realized something as he glanced at his man, and noticed how he named his techniques, and his powers.

"A-Ahh...!"

Frank began to fall into despair as the man started conjuring more, and more, and more, and more, and more snakes.

Endlessly...

"{Great Curse of Yamata-No-Orochi}: {Endless Cancerous Snake Flesh}"

Truly endlessly...

"You will die today. By Mount Ibuki, I promise you."

The man spread out his arms as they turned into giant three-headed snakes, rushing towards Frank and everyone else.

"Dammit!"

Frank quickly stood up, drinking a potion and also feeding one to Harumi who seemed to have burned her skin, she rapidly recovered.

"Cough, cough...!"

She coughed blood, noticing she the poison was spreading faster through her body than everyone else.

"This poison... It is consuming my energies the fastest! Why?!"

She slowly stood up, as she conjured more spheres of blood, without even wasting the blood she vomited and turning them into spiraling spheres.

"It's probably because you have no blessing like me and Frank!" said Matsuo. "The two of us are still below the protection of our Clan's Ancestor, directly connected to Amaterasu-sama."

"Is that so?" sighed Harumi, as she kept rotating her blood and then her eyes glowed red. "Well, this is annoying already..."

FLASH! FLASH!

Her two eyes shone brightly, as suddenly, all snakes coming their way instantly became paralyzed!

TRUUUM!

Even the man behind them widened his eyes as he could no longer move.

"Cursed Eyes of Paralysis isn't it?" he spoke. "Interesting... Vampires are very interesting indeed. I wish you were present in my era. It would had been a worthy battle."

"Your... Era?" wondered Harumi. "You... Just who are you?!"

"Hah... There's no need for you to know," the man said. "You will die... anyways. Just as my master has told me. I am here for your deaths. I am your Shinigami. And you will not leave this Domain..."

"Dammit, fucker!" Frank lost his mind, attacking all the snakes with his many spears, even as they died one after another.

Harumi's Paralysis timing lasted only a couple of seconds!

They had to kill all the snakes while they could and get to the man in time.

"Ruby!"

"RAAARRR!"

Ruby suddenly grew thrice as big out of nowhere, using her size alteration Skill and unleashing a storm of flames that bombarded, burned, and destroyed the paralyzed snakes one after another.

BOOOM!

At the same time, Harumi's eyes were beginning to bleed.

"Your power is strong... but you're not as strong as it is," the man said. "You lack training with it, don't you? Only a few seconds more."

"Frank! I know who he is!" Matsuo rushed to the side of Frank, slamming the heads of snakes with his staff turned into a hammer of light.

"Wha...? You figured him out?!" Frank asked.

In that moment...

TRUUUM!

Harumi cried in pain as she had to close her eyes before they were to burst and leave her blind, the snakes began moving once more, but they were only half of what they were before.

"SHYAAAH!"

They jumped towards Harumi, Frank, and Matsuo at the same time. The trio quickly gathered together, the two guys protecting the vampire girl that had risked her life and eyes to buy them some time.

"Yes, I know who he is! He's... an ancient evil of Japan! Both mythical and perhaps even historical...!" said Matsuo, crushing snake heads while protecting Harumi with shields made of light that appeared from paper-made amulets.

"What?!" Frank asked. "Who?"

As he asked, Frank continued fighting alongside Ruby, the two unleashing endless magical and physical attacks with metallic spears and deadly claws made of fiery crystals.

"He's... I think it might be him..." Matsuo muttered. "Koga... Koga Saburo!"

"Huh?"

"Eh?"

For a moment Harumi and Frank were left completely lost, it wasn't as if they knew anything about Japanese history and myths to even recognize such a name.

"I-It's a very famous tale! I think..." Matsuo muttered. "He's a character from local Folklore of the Suwa Region... But this is a bit twisted! It seems that the form we're seeing might be a

Demonic Spirit based on his Folk Tales!"

"A what?!"

"Just like Yokai are not only formed from Dark Mana and Emotions, but they are also born from Tales, Folklore, History," said Matsuo. "Koga Saburo, the man we're fighting right now, is a twisted version of this ancient tale. A man that was once a renowned warrior that in pursuit for his wife, a princess, ended walking through Mount Ibuki... It is said that he became a Snake-like Demon after walking through the endless realm-filled caves of that accursed mountain, where Yamata-No-Orochi existed! The Ancient Calamity Dragon!"

"W-What?!" Harumi and Frank were shocked.

"In those tales it says..." Matsuo glared at the man, unleashing a barrier of light that slammed several snakes away. "That later, Buddhist priests helped him return to normal, and then he was enshrined as a god with his wife! But this Yokai version of himself... it's much different

than that!"

"..." the man remained in silence as he listened to Matsuo's words. "Heh... Hahaha...

НАНАНАНАН!"

And then he began to laugh, loudly, maniacally.

"That's right!" he roared. "That is my true name, young priest! I am Koga Saburo! Or was...

him. I am merely what was discarded out of him! I am merely his reflection, the curse that Yamata-No-Orochi planted into his flesh and blood! Do you understand now? I am the embodiment of a curse! I am Despair, I am Calamity... I am Death! And my master commands

me, that you must PERISH!"

RUMBLE!

The man stepped forward, his clothes merging with his snakes, revealing white colored ninja

clothes.

"This dream ends today, the hopeless dream made out of your meaningless lives!"

FLASH!

And he rushed to fight them head-on.Nôv(el)B\\jnn