All of Kyoto shook wildly, comparable to a major earthquake. At the same time, at a certain shrine in Kyoto, the ground was not merely trembling—it began to split apart!
It was as if some colossal creature was about to burrow out from underground, and it was definitely enormous!
"It's the Great Serpent—the terrifying Yamata no Orochi is about to emerge again!"
"How is that possible?! Only twenty years have passed. Why has it broken through the seal again so soon?!"
"Quick, summon the onmyoji of the Tsuchimikado Clan..."
"Another bloody calamity is about to unfold."
Nearby onmyoji, shrine priests, and mages rushed to the shrine at once. When they saw the cracks spreading across the ground before it, their expressions changed drastically.
Especially those elders who had experienced the previous suppression of the Great Serpent. Even now, they dared not think back on it... the price they had paid to seal it away again with the Four Gods Barrier.
They had yet to recover, and the new generation had only just grown up... Was it happening again?
Once it was confirmed that Yamata no Orochi might be emerging, Kyoto's onmyoji rushed over. The Tsuchimikado Clan, which had inherited Abe no Seimei's bloodline and onmyoji arts, came in full force, led by their clan head along with the few remaining members of the main family and over a hundred onmyoji from branch families.
Hundreds of years had passed. The three great onmyoji families of old had long since faded away. Now, the Tsuchimikado Clan was the only onmyoji family with any real strength left.
"Everyone, this is a critical moment, so I'll keep it brief. Let us use the power of the Four Gods Barrier to seal the Great Serpent again." Upon arriving, the Tsuchimikado Clan head immediately addressed the