Chapter 400: Amenosagume × The door opens × Awakening
Just as when Beyond and the others had slain the red-skinned monster, the door remained closed after the clicking stopped.
The reason for all of this lay with the long-haired monster, who still showed no sign of being defeated!
The monster had been fighting Kakin's people as leisurely as if he were strolling through a courtyard. The two sides seemed to be on entirely different levels.
No matter what attacks Kakin's Personal Guards launched, they posed no threat to the long-haired monster.
By now, everyone had actually formed a guess about these monsters' identities. In particular, the large white dog, though called Great Tengu, actually resembled the legendary Inugami more closely.
Of course, that was only an urban legend.
And judging by appearance, the red-skinned monster looked more like the legendary Great Tengu instead.
As for the last one, the long-haired youth, his method of attack was quite unusual. Moving with effortless grace, he would briefly possess anyone fighting him after making contact with them.
This ability was extremely bizarre, with practically no way to defend against or counter it.
Fortunately, he seemed unable to kill those he possessed directly. This meant the lethality he displayed in battle was not particularly great, but everyone he possessed was left weakened after breaking free, causing Kakin's fighting strength to steadily decline as the battle continued.
And it was not as though the long-haired youth could not attack. When he was not possessing someone, he was perfectly capable of killing.
The corpse of a Personal Guard he had possessed, lying outside the safe zone with his head severed, was the best example.
In their weakened state, the Personal Guards could not evade his attacks at all.
Although no one knew why he was in