Campaign Against the Big Monster Legion

The daimyo, missing his nose and ears, had gone mad and fled all the way from the north toward Kyoto.

The distance was over three hundred kilometers. Injured and terrified, he ran only forty or fifty li before exhausting himself, collapsing on the road, and passing out. Fortunately, a traveling merchant rescued him.

One look at his clothes told the merchant that he was a daimyo.

The merchant was well-informed and knew that Big Monsters had destroyed Mulberry Leaf Country, so he immediately took the daimyo and fled toward Kyoto.

When the crazed daimyo met the Emperor, the Emperor was enjoying a dance in the court.

More than a dozen singing girls had their faces covered in white powder and their teeth painted black. They danced in the hall with fans in their hands.

The Emperor and his ministers watched the performance with great delight.

Then the crazed daimyo burst into the Emperor's hall, shoved aside the dancing girls, and screamed like a madman:

"Big Monsters destroyed the country! The Big Monsters destroyed the country!!"

The court was in an uproar. How could a daimyo lose control so completely? And where had his nose and ears gone?

The ministers hurriedly questioned him. The daimyo revealed what little information he knew in fits and starts, then passed out.

The Emperor, who had been happily watching the dance moments ago, was now filled with terror.

A Big Monster over six meters tall—this was the tallest one to appear in nearly a hundred years!

According to historical records, the tallest Big Monster had only been four meters tall. A thousand elite warriors armed with spears had needed to form a spear formation on the plains just to barely kill it.

Now, a terrifying creature six meters tall had appeared, and it could even