Chapter 428: Three Weeks Later
Kazi Hossain was officially level 83.
Three weeks of training, monster killing, and travelling throughout the north of Honshu Island. Matsue and Izumo were the unlockable regions of the island. Everything else was blocked by a reflective barrier. Any who walked into it would start on a path of endless ground or water. It was impossible to break out of. The barrier itself did not shatter.
No wonder the rest of Japan could not aid them. It was like Matsue was cursed to battle the Bake-kujira on its own.
Kazi Hossain ran with messy blood and hair. The number of monsters was wracking up to the thousands. If he wasn’t around to protect so many areas, the players might have been overwhelmed. Kazi Hossain’s existence is what stood between control and total chaos.
Morning and night. That was when they appeared. Two times at over twenty towns and areas. Right now, it was night.
His next stop? Yaegaki Shrine. He had not been here since his duel with Yoemon. Kazi would have preferred to politely greet and walk through the front entrance. Alas, there was no time. He landed on the front yard between the two large lamps. The shrine was a small, beautiful place said to bless couples with the love of marriage.
Kazi did not look back at the actual temple. He smiled and waved at the shrine maiden who had dropped her broom from the sudden intrusion of the brown-skinned temporary-samurai.
"Sorry, Lord Mosuke’s orders. I’m here to protect you people!"
People were visiting, praying, and buying omamori. People were living in their lives in a hurry. Yaegaki Shrine and its immediate area was unharmed by monsters. Partially because it was directly south of main Matsue and largely because of the power of the shrine itself. Kazi read and personally witnessed shrines warding off monsters. With the monsters attacking, many people naturally gathered and prayed harder—and so did the barrier around the shrine intensify. It was a phenomenon noted in the history books.
Not that it mattered. The monsters weren’t quite here yet.
"Any of you have bread?"