The Eight-Headed Serpent's Rampage / Musashi vs. Kojirō

Unexpectedly, he also received a signal from BB during this time, and contacted BB-chan, who had disappeared when he encountered the Forest Witch, so he summoned her to help.

Although quite some time had passed, it was indeed thanks to the assistance of the Moon Butterfly (Cancer) that he was able to successfully defeat the avenger Amakusa Shirou, who possessed superhuman vitality, forcing him to retreat and unleash his Noble Phantasm.

Chapter 386 The Yamata no Orochi Rebellion

At this very moment, within the Inherent Domain: Shimabara Hell Scroll.

"Yamata no Orochi! Let's break this barrier first!" Shirou said.

"Hmph! Very well! Let me show you the true power of my form!" The serpent controlled the female ninja's body, leaping high into the air, the gold in its eyes becoming even more dazzling!

Rumble!

The earth within the Inherent Domain began to shake; mountains and cities were swayed from side to side.

"You arrogant humans who have repeatedly offended me! You tricked and deceived me in Takamagahara! And you vengeful demons from hell who dared to provoke me and try to use me! Now! Let me tell you who the true master of this land is!!!" A roar that shook the heavens and the earth came from underground.

A sudden earthquake shook the earth, followed by a deafening roar.

Bang!!! With a deafening roar like thunder, a massive Black Shadow crashed through the ground and shot into the sky!

It was a serpent monster even larger than the one in Tsuchi-ki Castle, waving eight enormous snake heads. It was not one of the previous serpent monsters, but the real Yamata no Orochi, dragging its long body as it emerged from the ground. It broke through the magic array that had been set up to transform humans into demons, and the Inherent Domain created by the sorcerer.

In Small Town outside the Tsuchi-ki Castle, fox dancer in a blue kimono, one hand above her eyes, gazed at the battlefield and cried out in alarm, "Whoa! The barrier has been broken! It's Yamata no Orochi! And her true form has been brought here!?"

"That's my enemy. Once Shirou defeats the sorcerer, that snake will be our new greatest foe," Illya said, raising an eyebrow.

"No, no, we can't win against a monster like that! It actually came here! And its soul and true form appeared at the same time! If its soul really returns to its body, that would be terrible! I want to run away!" Tamamo-no-Mae twitched her fox ears, speaking with some fear. This wasn't a matter of being cowardly; as Golden-haired, Jade-faced Nine-tailed Fox with deep ties to the Land of Wa, she knew better than anyone the terror of the number one monster in this land.

"What a huge snake!" Kiyohime exclaimed, her eyes widening with excitement.

"Ah... well, you might even be considered relatives," Tamamo-no-Mae -closed.

Especially in the land of Wa, the Yamata no Orochi is a great monster in mythology, the chief god and ancestral god Amaterasu Omikami, Susanoo had to defeat with a scheme. In a sense, it is a chief god-level monster that can only be confronted head-on by Amaterasu Omikami after she has collected all her tails.

"Mere mortals! Since you dare to use my clone, then be prepared for retaliation!" The eight snake heads of the Yamata no Orochi let out a shriek! They lashed out at the Demon City like whips. When the hard snake heads smashed into the Demon City, it was just like Godzilla from a tokusatsu show crashing into a miniature building model.

The barrier Enri-eido Castle was shattered by the eight snake heads using brute force. Even the castle tower was affected, splitting in two from the castle tower to the ground.

"Why! Why!? Tokugawa slaughtered us, Musashi wants to stop me! Chaldea wants to stop me! The Counter Force wants to stop me! Now even Yamata no Orochi! Even this calamity beast wants to stop me?" The sorcerer Amakusa Shirou roared in resentment.

The giant serpent opened its golden vertical pupils and said in a deep voice:

"Are you mistaken? I am the local serpent god, and I demand young women as sacrifices from humans simply because they live in my territory and are my property. This is only natural."

But the gods of Takamagahara sealed me away, so naturally I will take my revenge. When did I ever say I allowed you to turn my territory into this state! Being frightened every day, even the flesh of a young woman will become unpalatable."

"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!!! Aaaaaah!!!" The sorcerer Amakusa Shirou roared in fury.

In that instant, Shirou's eyes flashed with white light, and he drew his sword and swung it out!

The Drawing Sword Slash! It incorporates the ultimate skill of a blacksmith's sword-testing technique, unleashing the full potential of a weapon in a single strike.

The blade flashed through the sorcerer's body, reaching the very essence of his being and destroying the very source of his constantly regenerating and healing energy.

"Ughhhhhh!!! Damn it! Tokugawa! Shirou Emiya!!!" Amakusa Shirou was annihilated by the flash of the sword.

His remaining Inherent Domain, burned by flames, gradually dissipated, like a peeled eggshell. In the center, where Shirou stood, the castle tower began to revert to its shattered state.

"If you become an Avenger, then your ultimate fate is destined to be like this. Just like how he bestows upon his Servant the destiny of Heroic Spirit Swordmaster, this is also the destiny of an Avenger." A certain Earl, whose eyes flashed with lightning and whose hat was pressed down by one hand in the wind, said coolly.

"Heh heh ha ha ha! All the humans here are destined to die anyway, so offer them to me. I haven't tasted human flesh in a long time!" At this moment, the giant serpent twisted its body, its eight heads poking around and flicking their tongues, seemingly searching for the humans around it, and roared triumphantly.

At this moment, Shirou made his move! In fact, he hadn't drawn the sword he had forged and activated his Noble Phantasm for this very moment. Now he had finally gotten the chance to take down Amakusa Shirou and Orochi at the same time.

He raised his hand, and a huge white beam of light descended from the sky, enveloping the Inherent Domain and attempting to trap the giant serpent's enormous body within its Inherent Domain.

"Human! Shirou Emiya! How dare you betray me!!" The giant serpent, pinned to the ground, roared in defiance.

Shirou's eyes flashed with white light, unmoved, calmly watching the Inherent Domain slowly close and disappear. The giant snake opened its mouth, trying to break free, but the white light blocked it back like a protective glass.

"Sorry, but I didn't agree to your request," Shirou said. Since Orochi still wanted to eat humans, he couldn't just let it go.

Indeed, he opposed the white god's overcorrection. If Hall of Heroes were closed, he wouldn't be able to see Artoria and Jeanne d'Arc. If there were no god, Illya, now a fusion of goddesses, wouldn't be here to meet him.

However, this does not mean that Shirou would accept a collaboration proposed by a man-eating monster.

"Waaaaah! Roar!!" The Yamata no Orochi was unwillingly sealed inside the hell in Amakusa Shirou's heart.

Everything was over; the majesty emanating from the serpent's body vanished from this world.

The surroundings quieted down, leaving only Shirou and the others with the shattered Tsuchi-ki Castle.

"Ah! So the Holy Grail was here all along." Illya looked at the chaotic scene after the battle. She walked forward and lifted the broken and collapsed rubble. Sure enough, a bright gold gleamed from the mound of earth. Only then did the magic power, like an expanding and bursting balloon, sweep outwards, revealing its presence.

The girl, who was once the Lesser Grail of Fuyuki City, has a special affinity for golden cups of similar nature.

The ground beneath Illya's feet cracked open, revealing large boulders and chunks of dirt. The ground trembled, as if some enormous creature beneath was about to overturn it.

"Illya! Watch out!"

"Huh?" the girl exclaimed in surprise.

Shirou lunged forward, scooped up Illya, and jumped to the side.

Suddenly, a snake's head sprang out from the ground, opened its blood-red maw, and swallowed the Holy Grail.

The giant serpent's head looked exactly like the Yamata no Orochi's, only much larger, like a stump connecting all the tree trunks. After swallowing the Holy Grail, it seemed to receive energy, and its body continued to grow wildly. Its head alone was more than two meters wide, and its mouth could open wide enough to swallow an elephant. The Yamata no Orochi coiled its long body, bulging into a ball, its length indistinct, but at least 30 meters long.

"Are you alright, Illya?" Shirou asked worriedly as he put the girl down.

"Yes, thank you, Shirou," Illya said.

Above the serpent's azure vertical pupils, two small bulges protruded, as if something keratinous was about to break through the surface of its black scales. A hoarse, sinister voice came from the serpent's belly.

"Hehehehehe, although the humans of this land call me Yamata no Orochi, you surely know that I also had another name in the primordial era: the Nine-Headed Dragon God? The tail that has always been hidden in the earth is actually one of my heads!"

A young girl emerged from the snake's mouth; it was none other than the female ninja, Mochizuki Chiyome, who had vanished from the attic. It turned out that the voices had all come from her mouth.

Shirou activated his Magic Eye and assessed the female ninja's current state, saying, "Be careful, she's no longer Servant. She's in a completely different state, seemingly transformed by a god, and has fully become the body of Yamata no Orochi."

The Yamata no Orochi roared in despair, "Humans! You infiltrated alien gods! How dare you sabotage my plan to revive you! It's a disgrace! Unforgivable! Unforgivable! I will devour you all!"

Those who possess the bloodline of demons, or are blessed by the Great God, even if they have died and become Servant, cannot escape the bondage imposed by their bloodline.

Only Shuten-doji, who possessed the highest bloodline, seemed to have resisted Orochi's control and left this world.

However, Fuma Kotaro is not among them.

Just as the sorcerer manipulated Orochi, Orochi also manipulated the sorcerer, making half of the Heroic Spirit Swordmaster he summoned into Orochi's pawns.

"Tomoe Gozen, Fuma Taijiro! Since my daughter, Shuten, is unwilling to help, there is still my son, Kojiro."

"Kojiro!!!" Everyone looked at the Blue-haired Man beside them in surprise.

"Don't underestimate me. The so-called Kojiro is just a way of saying I'm the second son in my family. There are countless Kojiros around the house every day," Sasaki Kojiro said awkwardly from the side.

Shirou said, "The 'Orochi' he's referring to is probably Soma Kojiro, also known as Taira no Masakado. After all, this is within the territory of Sono Province, very close to Taira no Masakado's fiefdom. Legend has it that he was the son of a dragon and a serpent. Because his body was licked by the dragon and a serpent at birth, he possessed an indestructible body and the ability to create clones. He was only able to be killed by an arrow after Fujiwara no Hidesato saw through his true form. When he rebelled, he united with the forces in Kanto and proclaimed himself the 'new emperor.' He is the only person in the entire history of Japan to have staged a large-scale rebellion and established his own imperial title."

Gudako exclaimed in surprise, "Taiba Taira no Masakado, one of the four great vengeful spirits of Wa Province! Even with his head chopped off, he's still a monster capable of harming people!"

"Hmph! I am the new emperor of the Kingdom of Wa, replacing the Emperor, the true chosen one! Junior! Who will come forward to die!" Taira no Masakado split into seven, each clone possessing the same sturdy body and immense brute strength.

"If that's the case, then we'll use Servant to fight Servant! The Heroic Servant that can suppress Taira no Masakado is..." In Shirou's mind, the image of the burly man who was used by the Master Xuanzang as his eldest disciple 'Wukong' still appeared, laughing heartily.

Shirou attempted to Projection that image; a white light flickered, and with the help of the Eye of God, he summoned and contacted the Servant in Hall of Heroes.

"Didn't expect to run into an acquaintance here? Okay, then I'll lend you my arrows." The archer, with one bare shoulder, agreed with a smile.

"Thanks!" Shirou replied, his Spirit Origin changed, and his Spiritron Dress transformed into the attire of an ancient warrior wielding a bow.

"It's His Tawara Toda's bow!" Sasaki Kojiro exclaimed.

"Ah! Although I actually prefer his rice bag." Shirou said with a light laugh. He nocked a steel arrow, aimed at the body emanating a huge black demonic aura, and released the bow.

Historically, the court of Wa was weak, and Taira no Masakado no Masakado, who had the support of some local daimyo, rebelled and declared himself new emperor. The capable and skilled Taira no Masakado captured many cities and prepared to march on the capital.

The capital city quickly mobilized troops to quell the rebellion.

It was during this battle that Fujiwara no Hidesato rose to prominence and became a legend. He carried his precious bow to the front lines and, incredibly, killed Taira no Masakado with a single arrow just as the main army was about to engage in battle. The enemy army, leaderless, collapsed and fled in disarray before the fighting even began.

However, in other stories, although Taira no Masakado no Masakado was killed by Fujiwara no Hidesato through a scheme, he became a vengeful spirit. Even after being beheaded, he still caused the deaths of the Emperor and ministers in the imperial court, taking revenge for everything.

Neither the Onmyoji nor the monks could do anything about him. In the end, they built a temple to enshrine him before they were satisfied.

But whether it's a vengeful spirit or a monster, Shirou won't give him any chance!

Under the influence of the Magic Eye, the true and false identities of the seven clones were clearly revealed. Arrows bursting with intense red magical energy pierced through the seemingly invincible, impenetrable defenses of Taira no Masakado no Masakado's body. The tips of the arrows gradually pierced the area between his eyebrows.

"Damn it...!!!"

The red magic arrow pierced through, and all seven clones vanished instantly, leaving only the original body that had been struck by the arrow. At this moment, it too lost its life force and collapsed to the ground.

Chapter 387 Musashi vs. Kojiro

On Yamata no Orochi's side, Taira no Masakado was blown off by Shirou's arrow, which struck right at his Spirit Core, and he was already dead beyond any doubt.

Orochi had previously intended to swallow Illya along with the Holy Grail. Since he wanted to harm his important family member, Shirou no longer held back when he attacked.

"Kojiro! My son! You hateful humans! Shirou Emiya! All of you, attack! Kill him!" The serpent opened its golden vertical pupils, glaring angrily at the man holding the bow, wishing it could swallow him whole and turn him into acid.

"Yes, Ancestor!" The silver-haired girl, a demon warrior, and the red-haired boy ninja with his eyes covered jumped out.

Previously, when the sorcerer Amakusa Shirou released his Inherent Domain, she and Musashi were teleported to the other side, becoming separated from Shirou and the others. After the Inherent Domain was broken by Orochi, they returned to the attic and ran out to reunite with everyone.

At that moment, Tomoe Gozen Fuma Kotaro jumped out, followed by a black-haired female ninja.

"Huh? Isn't that the archer from the previous Heroic Spirit Swordmaster?" Musashi said, looking at the silver-haired female warrior.

"Kotaro..." Gudako looked at the ninja who had bypassed her and joined the battle.

"I'm sorry, Master. I have already made a vow to fight for our ancestor." The red-haired boy bowed deeply, then leaped high into the air, attacking Shirou alongside the Oni Samurai.

"How could this be!" Gudako was at a loss, torn between her senior and her Chaldea comrades. But in this strange world, her comrades had somehow ended up on the enemy's side. She simply couldn't understand what was going on.

"Alright, alright, Gudako-chan, that guy doesn't seem to listen to you. We'll have to teach him a lesson when we get back to Chaldea!"

"BB, you came from Chaldea?" Gudako asked the purple-haired girl who was holding her, puzzled.

The purple-haired girl shook her head and smiled, agreeing, "No, the BB-chan here is Shirou-senpai. Gudako-chan's junior BB-chan is still at Chaldea. Well, even so, BB knows she's a bit of a flirt, but that's the fate of a popular idol, so please forgive me, senpai!"

"Hmm? I don't quite understand, but I know!" Gudako nodded in agreement. In short, it's Shirou-senpai's harem, right? For her to live a happy life with her mother's meticulous care in the future, harmony in the harem is very important.

"Tomoe Gozen, Kotaro, and the mecha ninja in this world who has a close relationship with Kotaro." Shirou looked at these opponents who were not entirely unrelated to him, and tightened his grip on the bow and arrow.

Battles with Servant are inevitable.

Regardless of the attributes or stances of the Servant, even Servant who are both of good, conflict is inevitable if their beliefs differ.

Just like the summoning system that Chaldea built to save Human Order, it initially selects beings who share the same ideals as the summoner. If someone is indifferent to Human Order, then even an absolutely righteous and kind hero will inevitably be excluded from the start. Conversely, even an anti-hero or a fictional Servant, if they are willing to uphold Human Order in their hearts, can still receive Chaldea's summons.

Shirou held a longbow in one hand, and with his other hand, he slowly Projection a crimson sword with barbs, transforming it into an arrow that emitted a bright red, blood-like blast. He nocked the arrow and fired it.

The arrow transformed into a red meteor, colliding with Tomoe Gozen's flaming arrow. The strong wind it created blew away the shuriken thrown by Kotaro and Kengyō.

The meteor shot out from the fiery explosion, splitting into three pieces that pierced through Tomoe Gozen, Kotaro, and Kengyō, pinning them to the ground.

"Mother... Kengyō!" Kotaro nervously tried to turn over, looking at the black-haired woman beside him.

"Don't worry, I didn't damage her core. You can just lie on the ground and heal your wounds in peace," Shirou said softly.

"I'm fine, Prince Kotaro. Are you in a lot of pain? We need to treat your wound as soon as possible," Kato Danzo said worriedly to the red-haired boy.

Shirou's arrow cleaved the three men in vital points. However, since they were already lacking in fighting spirit, they no longer struggled or resisted.

"Looks like I've won first. Orochi, will you choose to obediently return to your original mountain, or will you seal it here?" Shirou turned to look at Orochi and asked.

"Human! You have provoked me time and time again. I have seized my territory by force, and other humans have voluntarily offered incense and tribute to me at the shrine. What right do you have to stop me! I am immortal. No matter if I live this life or any other life, once I am resurrected, I will fight you and your descendants to the death!" The serpent knew that its time was up, and roared angrily, uttering a vicious curse. Its long dragon whiskers swung as it roared from its ninth, enormous head.

Japan is a country that believes in spirits. Perhaps because they live in an environment prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, they have a more reverent attitude towards nature than other countries.

When disasters, diseases, and plagues occurred year after year, even Emperor of past dynasties were not spared. As a result, the status of the evil spirits that caused these disturbances was greatly elevated.

The four great vengeful spirits of Japan are all famous for their association with the lives of the Emperor or his ministers.

Emperor Taizong of Tang had Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong as his guardian deities, which allowed him to suppress the grudges and hatreds caused by the deaths of his brothers and nephews.

Wu Zetian was afraid of cats, yet she still lived to be around eighty years old.

However, the Emperor of Wa was driven to despair by one vengeful spirit after another, and ultimately lost his life.

The story of an Emperor being killed by demons is something that only appears frequently in the writings of Chinese people.

"It's a pity! Although those who don't know the truth may inevitably follow the crowd and worship harmful evil things, now that I've seen you, I can't just leave you alone. Moreover! I've already found a way to seal you," Shirou said.

"I'll eat you! I curse you to never have peace for all eternity!" The giant serpent glared at Shirou, wishing it could devour him whole.

"Yamata no Orochi! You stubborn and ferocious beast, I have no interest in gods, but if you refuse to let go of your old ideas and still dream of seizing land and devouring humans, then accept your suppression!" Shirou shouted.