"Susanoo... Susanoo-no-Mikoto?" Lara asked in surprise.
Because her father had come to Japan on an expedition, she had done a little research into Japanese history and knew of Susanoo.
Jiang Hao nodded. "There are many legends about Susanoo in Japan. The most famous is the tale of Susanoo slaying the Yamata no Orochi. Of course, myths are just myths, but this skeleton before us is very likely Susanoo's."
Lara turned to look at the scattered dry bones on the ground. "So this is a god from legend? In the end, he was no different from an ordinary person. After death, he was just bones. Legends are ultimately just legends, nothing more than something people turned into mythology."
She suddenly thought of something and asked, "Queen Himiko had the ability to create Undead Samurai, so why didn't she grant her younger brother immortality and let him stay with her forever?"
Jiang Hao shook his head. "We just fought those Undead Samurai. You should have seen it too. Those Undead Samurai didn't truly gain eternal life. Their skeletons could still move, but their real souls had long since vanished."
"You could even say that part of their souls had been sealed inside their skulls by Queen Himiko's sorcery, unable to reincarnate. They had no emotions, not even thoughts. They had become killing machines, or perhaps robots with primitive Intelligent Programs added in. Nothing more."
"Susanoo was a highly capable man. You could say that the true ruler of Yamatai, and even all of Japan at that time, was Susanoo. Queen Himiko remained secluded in the inner palace, immersed in cultivation year-round. Queen Himiko reigned for seventy years, and Susanoo ruled Japan for seventy years as well. The entire nation was actually under Susanoo's control."
"Queen Himiko loved her younger brother deeply, and