The Eastern Country.
An underground palace.
A figure with long, purplish-red curls emerged from the stone chamber where he had been sleeping all this time.
A white bone mask covered his face, somewhat resembling a Poison Flood Dragon's external skeleton.
He wore purple robes beneath battle armor, a red sash at his waist, and cloud-patterned boots on his feet.
Overall, he had quite a commanding presence.
This was none other than the Eastern Country's Great Demon King: Kirinmaru.
"In about three years, the Demon Spirit Star will once again pass through outer space near this planet. And for some unknown reason, Tenshin-ō's prophecy revealed that the meteorite fragments falling from the Demon Spirit Star will still strike the land under my rule!"
"Those old fellows who practice the way of immortality barely concern themselves with worldly affairs. They only look after their own little patches of land, not caring whether meteorite fragments ravage this land and leave it withering."
"But I cannot do that..."
"After all, I have received Tenshin-ō's favor. I cannot stand by and watch this land turn from flourishing to desolate."
Tenshin-ō was the supreme ruler of all the Stars Across the Sky in the Island Nation's Celestial Realm.
That being's prophecies concerning the starry sky could not possibly be wrong.
Especially when they concerned the Demon Spirit Star incident, which could destroy more than half the Island Nation.
"Once every five hundred years."
"Last time, Tōga and I worked together in perfect coordination. Only by joining forces could the two of us send all the meteorite fragments falling from the Demon Spirit Star, along with the mindless dark demons lurking inside them, into the Underworld in that single instant."
"But Tōga died long ago for a human woman as insignificant as an ant. What great demon