The Genji Clan withdrew decisively.
Whether they were the Demon Corps, which lacked independent consciousness, or the clan's onmyoji, all began disengaging from their respective battlefields the moment they received their leader's orders, retreating toward the outskirts of Mount Oe in an orderly tide.
Such unified execution was proof of the absolute authority Minamoto no Raikō, the clan's new leader, held within her family!
Soon, the fully regrouped Genji expeditionary army assembled at the entrance to Mount Oe.
Keeping close on the human army's heels, facing them from a distance, were ferocious monsters spread across the surrounding wilderness.
Although Mount Oe's monsters held a certain advantage in physique and numbers,
their haphazard formations, coupled with the fact that most fought barehanded and without armor, prevented them from fully exploiting those advantages.
This was a war without a true victor.
Clop, clop, clop.
As their leader returned from the depths of Mount Oe under the escort of Oni Cutter and the others, a burly warrior in full armor led a tall, lightly armored horse to her.
Minamoto no Raikō promptly swung onto its back. Taking the reins, she abruptly looked toward the place she had withdrawn from.
When the time came, the initiative would be entirely hers.
It was a demand that offered the Genji Clan a hundred benefits for a single drawback, and the embodiment of Minamoto no Raikō's ambition, unlike that of the clan leaders before her!
Dragging his entire clan, which had been uninvolved, into this over a single woman would inevitably carry risks.
The Genji Clan was a blade suspended over those evil monsters' heads.
Still, since I failed, let me wait and see how much resolve you have!
Even Minamoto no Raikō herself had succumbed when she first felt the Evil God's power and experienced its