A demon warrior was a monster that wore a demon mask, armor, and a samurai sword at its waist.
Legend had it that when soldiers died, their homeless spirits wandered the battlefield. Over time, they turned into Ghost Samurai and attacked anyone living who strayed onto the battlefield.
Ghost Samurai were fairly powerful and extremely loyal monsters. The Iron-Cast Palace employed large numbers of them as police to maintain order.
Seeing a group of Ghost Samurai at his door, Fang Cheng remembered the gate commander who had laughed at him gleefully when he entered the Inner City of the Iron-Cast Palace.
He counted roughly fifteen Ghost Samurai blocking the entrance. At their head stood one who looked like a commander. His armor was finer than the kind worn by lower-ranking samurai, such as the cuirass.
Fang Cheng asked, "What do you want?"
As Fang Cheng sized them up, they were sizing him up, too.
Then their leader stepped forward. A muffled voice came from beneath his demon mask. "Are you Yuguang Qingxue's husband?"
Ghost Samurai were born wearing their demon masks and never took them off, even in death. Supposedly, they were afraid their lord would see them defeated and were too ashamed to remove their masks.
Fang Cheng couldn't tell what the man looked like or what expression he wore, but he could hear the restrained fury in his voice. The man had clearly come looking for trouble.
He nodded. "That's me. What about it?"
Hayakawa Hideki looked at Fang Cheng's handsome face, then remembered that he was nothing but a lowly Chang Ghost. He couldn't help feeling angry.
Yuguang Qingxue had once been a pure, elegant snow lotus in the Iron-Cast Palace, with countless admirers. Hayakawa Hideki was one of them.
They had known each other since they