Rescuing Afon Tasuke

"Whoaaaaah! Shirou-senpai, isn't your binding skill maxed out yet?... Waaaaaah!... Waaaaah!... Waaaaah!!"

After that, Gudako's calls were reduced to a series of busy sounds.

"I don't have that kind of skill! And don't give me that kind of sarcastic comment at a time like this!" Shirou shouted!

"What do we do now, Shirou?" Musashi asked anxiously.

"Take care of the monsters here first, then go find her. Gudako has always had incredible luck; she can't be this short-lived!" Shirou fiercely Projection a giant golden battle axe, activated his Noble Phantasm, and shouted, " --Nine Lives Blade Works!!!"

The golden streaks of light transformed into dozens of meteors, hurtling towards the serpent monster and the endless stream of demons rushing towards them from the ground, creating a series of explosions.

Crackle, crackle.

Inside a cave somewhere, a small campfire burned from a pile of wood.

The orange-haired girl was lying on a gravelly ground covered with animal fur, talking in her sleep.

"Shirou-senpai! Stop making excuses! If your bondage skills aren't good enough, even if you hate Golden Flash, at least give me a little bit of Amazon mother's skills! Do you really think that just being able to cook is enough to satisfy your harem?!"

Gudako shouted in her dream and suddenly sat up!

"It hurts..." When the girl got up, she moved her leg and felt a sharp pain in her ankle.

Just then, a distinctive Kyoto accent drifted from not far away; the voice sounded very familiar.

"It's always better to be careful. Although I was just bored and played a prank on you by tying a cloth around your foot and performing a treatment, like a doctor's game, it will still take some time for the wound to heal completely."

Gudako only knows one person who speaks like that.

"Shuten-doji!" Gudako exclaimed, turning her head to look in that direction.

"Well, it's me. I saw something fall down the mountain and caught it out of curiosity. You don't need to thank me." The black-haired girl with horns said with a smile, holding a wine bowl in one hand and drinking from it.

"Thank you for saving me, and please give me back Afeng and Tsuke!" Gudako said earnestly to the girl.

Shuten-doji looked at the girl with surprise, then laughed and said, "Hehehe, you're quite interesting. You actually got thanked by me, a demon? And now you're asking a demon for something back?"

"Whoever saved me, I should thank them. You kidnapped the children, and now that we're here, let's return them!" Gudako shook her head and replied.

"Sure," Shuten-doji replied.

"Huh? Is that alright?" Gudako asked the woman in surprise.

Shuten-doji smiled and agreed, "Yes, as a demon, I may lie, but that doesn't break my promise. They're with that cow-like woman; she won't harm children, so don't worry."

"That's great! I knew it! Raikou wouldn't do something like that," Gudako said with a smile.

"Yes, but before that, I have to do something for you to thank me for." Shuten-doji smiled, stepped forward, and wrapped his arms around Gudako's neck.

"Eh, eh? In a place like this!?" Gudako blushed and looked around. This was a cave! How exciting!

"It's only right to do that kind of thing in a place like this," Shuten-doji whispered seductively in Gudako's ear, his hand slowly moving from top to bottom, roaming over the girl's body.

"Ugh!" Gudako's eyes suddenly widened as she felt as if her body had been pierced by a sharp weapon!

A hand covered the girl's mouth, preventing her from making a sound.

"You can cry, but don't shout, or you'll attract trouble. That guy with the same hair color as you is super cool; if I weren't in this state, I'd definitely be a fan. But because of that, absolutely do not make a sound, we don't have much time left..."

"Ugh..." Gudako felt as if her body had been pierced through, and something inside her was churning inside.

"Hmm, it won't hurt so much if you cry it out. Good boy, good boy." Shuten-doji's voice was still as gentle as ever.

"Ugh..." Gudako's eyes were blurry with pain.

The pain was excruciating, like being struck on the bone with an awl or hammered repeatedly.

Bones... the bones inside the body were forcibly bent and repositioned.

"Good child... I like the taste of your tears. A good night's sleep will make you feel better. I was forcibly summoned to this world and have been manipulated by others. This is the least I can do in terms of resistance."

Gudako's vision went black, and she vaguely heard the Oni Tribe girl's last words to herself...

Chapter 379 Rescuing Afeng

Inside the dilapidated temple, Afeng awoke from a deep sleep.

"Mom... Mom!... It's not there after all..." Afeng sat up and looked around carefully, but still couldn't find the figure that appeared in her dream.

"Ahhh~!" At this moment, Tsuke was also awakened.

"I mistook the older sister for my mother... I..." Afeng said, lowering her head in disappointment.

Minamoto no Raikō comforted the girl, hugging her and saying, "It's alright, Afeng. You're still a child. It's normal to mistake a long-haired woman for your mother after a long period of longing."

"Big sister, you're so gentle... I like you too." Afeng enjoyed the warmth the woman gave her, Tian-Shu also showed a happy smile.

"Is that so, is that so?" Minamoto no Raikō rarely showed a gentle smile. Even though she had fallen into the fate of Heroic Spirit Swordmaster and become a demon and executioner in hell, she still had her own principles, the principles called maternal love.

After dealing with the basilisk and the monsters, Shirou and Musashi rushed down the mountain to search for Gudako, who had fallen.

"Hehehe, you're moving faster than I expected. It seems I can look forward to the duel at dawn." Standing at the cave entrance, Shuten -Shuten-doji chuckled as he carried his magic gourd. He recklessly leaped onto the mountainside, stepping on the protruding rocks and climbing up the mountain step by step, completely unconcerned about the loose rocks rolling down and hitting the ground, making a clanging sound.

Shirou and Musashi heard the sound and quickly ran over. By then, Shuten-doji had already disappeared into the night.

However, following the traces of residual magic, they found a cave. Shirou and Musashi went inside and soon discovered Gudako. The girl was lying unconscious in a pool of blood, with a large hole in her stomach, as if her abdomen had been violently churned.

However, since the other party had treated her wounds, Gudako's injuries were not as serious as they had imagined. After Shirou tried to treat her again, he let Gudako continue to sleep.

When she woke up, she could already crawl and roll over. After getting used to it for a while, she was able to stand up and walk around.

At this moment, Shirou was by the campfire, roasting two wild rabbits he had hunted with a bow and arrow. They were just cooked, and to take care of Gudako's illness, he carefully roasted the meat over a low flame until it was very tender and easy to eat.

Gudako and Musashi kept saying how delicious it was, their mouths greasy from eating.

After eating well, I regained enough energy.

"Let's go!" Gudako her mouth, stood up, and said loudly.

"You're injured, but there's still time. You can rest for another two hours," Shirou said.

"No, I'll only rest after I pick up Afeng and Tasuke and go back to Shirou-senpai's house to rest in bed!" Gudako shook her head firmly and said seriously.

"Alright, let's go!" Shirou sensed the girl's determination and nodded firmly in agreement.

They were inside a dilapidated temple.

"Sleep a little longer, someone will come to pick you up later," Minamoto no Raikō said softly, patting Afeng and Tasso's heads.

"Grandpa? Did Sister Musashi and the others come to rescue us?" Afeng asked.

"Okay, I need to go and say a few words to them first, so you all need to wait here obediently," Minamoto no Raikō replied.

"Big sister... can you hug us again? Tasuke said he wanted to do that too." Afeng seemed to sense something and asked again.

"Yay~!" Tasuke seemed to sense something and looked at the woman expectantly.

"Ah, of course, come here." Minamoto no Raikō opened his arms and embraced Afeng and Tasso.

Minamoto no Raikō lulled the children to sleep again before standing up and walking out of the temple. The full, red moon shone brightly outside the mountain, the perfect moment for a duel. Her destined enemy was almost upon the mountaintop.

Now it was clear that the pink and red figures were walking up step by step.

"Oh dear, oh dear, you're here much faster than I expected. Well then, I won't be polite and will twist your heads off and drink them." Shuten-doji sat high on the rock at the top of the mountain, lifting her smooth, white feet up and down, and said with a smile.

"I don't need this kind of drink, but I'm following the destiny of Heroic Spirit Swordmaster to slaughter everyone. Now I'll cut you down without hesitation." Minamoto no Raikō said coldly, drawing his Dojigiri Yasutsuna.

"Thank you for waiting for us here. Now, please return the children to us as agreed!" Musashi said, looking at his two powerful opponents.

"Yes! Give us back Afeng and Tadasuke first!" Gudako shouted.

Shuten-doji said with a wicked grin, "What a pity! As for the child, I've already eaten him. Because it's been a long time since I've tasted a child, so I ate him whole, head to toe, flesh and bones, not a single piece left."

"What!" Musashi and Gudako glared angrily at the demon sitting on the rock.

"Let's forget about meaningless lies. Raikou, my children are easy to take care of, aren't they? Even in your current state, you must find it quite manageable, right?" Shirou stepped forward, directly slashing at the tall woman on the other side, and asked.

"Hmm, torturing and abusing them, making them... Hah? Don't you even suspect that I would harm those children?" Raikou agreed without much thought, originally intending to use psychological warfare tactics to first pry open the enemy's mind, but he didn't expect the other party to do so from the start.

Shirou nodded and said, "I guess so. After all, I was quite familiar with you in another world. I also suffered a lot from your excessive maternal instincts."

"Oh, handsome young man, aren't you worried about me?" Shuten-doji asked curiously as he looked over.

"At least with Raikou around, you can't do it. And in this situation, even the sake won't taste very good, will it?" Shirou said.

"Such a resolute answer!" Shuten-doji said, covering his mouth. "This is bad. If it were a younger boy, I probably would have already fallen for him."

Shirou smiled helplessly and said, "Then forget it. But as long as you're still willing to get along with humans, I can still drink with you a little bit of sake."

"Ah... I've already been exposed. It's true, I was born into this world to become a mother, but in this world, I'm helplessly manipulated, driven to madness. I clearly believe this world is hell, my hands are stained with blood, beyond redemption..." Minamoto no Raikō sighed sadly, then gently wiped his face, his gaze returning to its cold intensity, and said, "Further words are useless! Let's end this tonight!"

"Ahhh, I'll kill you all with all my might!!!" Shuten-doji shouted with a maniacal laugh.

The two, who already possessed immense magical power, unleashed an even more terrifying aura. Their magical power surged continuously, like water flowing from a tap into a water tank, seemingly without end.

Raikou's sword was both fast and heavy, while Shuten-doji's sword thrust forward with the force to pierce through a person's body with each strike. The Heroic Spirit Swordmaster magical power far surpassed the Monstrous Strength and speed of Superman.

Shirou and Musashi were already giving it their all in defense. Even if one of them managed to block an attack, the other would launch a second wave of attacks before they could counterattack. They were completely overwhelmed and forced to retreat steadily.

Minamoto no Raikō, a renowned demon slayer, and Shuten-doji, the leader of the Oni Tribe, were both formidable opponents. However, this combination was not without its weaknesses. If their alternating attacks could be paused for even a second, a counterattack could be launched.

"Gudako! I'm counting on you for support!" Shirou shouted to the girl behind him, ready to entrust his life to her.

"Yes!" the girl answered loudly.

Shirou gritted his teeth and charged directly at Raikou and Shuten-doji, his black and white swords slashing simultaneously at the two Heroic Spirit Swordmaster, one in front and one behind.

"Senpai! The Sands of Osiris!!!" Gudako activated her Mystic Code!

At the critical moment, golden Magecraft runes flashed, forming an absolute golden shield around Shirou's body, firmly blocking the fatal blows from the two Heroic Spirit Swordmaster.

"Well done, Gudako!" Shirou fought desperately and successfully deflected the weapons of the two Heroic Spirit Swordmaster, bringing them to a stop.

"Now!!!" Shirou shouted.

"Leave it to me! Haaaaaaah!!!" Musashi attacked from behind before the words even finished.

Compared to the clumsy teamwork between Minamoto no Raikō and Shuten-doji, the teamwork between Shirou Gudako, and Musashi is far superior!

The woman's third eye emitted the color of a clear sky. She saw an opportunity to win. As her sword clashed with the female warrior's, Myojin-giri suddenly changed angle and struck a vital point. Then, she turned and thrust at Shuten-doji.

"What!?"

Both Shuten-doji and Minamoto no Raikō were caught off guard, their bodies trembled, and they staggered backward.

Shuten-doji lowered her head, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, but even then she maintained that nonchalant, playful expression.

She laughed and complained, "That's really too much! I haven't felt this kind of pain in a long time. But it's understandable, considering there's a huge hole in my body." As Shuten-doji said this, he glanced at Gudako and said with a smile, "But even so, I guess I struggled and tried my best."

"An attack you should have been able to block, but no, is that your strength? An immature swordsman, under our encirclement and annihilation, is finally about to blossom?" Minamoto no Raikō said, looking at Musashi.

In her final moments remaining in this world, the corrupted swordsman hero Servant Minamoto no Raikō spoke with a soft laugh.

"How could I possibly harm such young children? They were in a dilapidated temple in the mountains. Afeng is the best older sister, and Tian-zhu is very obedient. They are both good children. Please apologize to them for me. I suddenly kidnapped them, and I was too rough. I frightened them."

"Your image has already been established because of what you did to them."

"Yes, that's good..."

When Shirou arrived at the dilapidated temple, the little girl heard the noise and came out carrying her younger brother. When she saw Shirou, she smiled and ran to greet him.

"Grandpa! And my sisters too!"

"Yay!"

Musashi examined the two children, then smiled brightly and said, "Hmm! There are no signs of injury anywhere on their bodies, they're in excellent condition! Very healthy."

"That's great!" Gudako exclaimed happily.

"Right? Where is the eldest sister of the samurai? She said she wanted to say a few words to you, grandpa, and let us sleep here and wait for you, grandpa." Ah Xiu asked doubtfully.

"Ah, that older sister had to leave because of something urgent. She's the one who told us where Afeng and Tasso are," Musashi replied with a smile.

Afeng and Tanabe understood that they would never see that older sister again. Afeng sighed sadly, "That older sister... although she was a ghost, she wasn't too bad..."

"Yeah, it's not too bad." Gudako in, nodding.

"Yes!" Afeng and Tian-Zhu replied with smiles.

At that moment, Gudako stood up and exclaimed, "Ah, I'm hungry and tired. I feel like taking a nap and then having a delicious meal."

"Alright! Let's go home now!" Shirou picked up the two children and agreed.

"That's great!"