A trace of mockery appeared at the corner of Takiyasha Hime's lips as she withdrew the magatama.
With the aid of the Aragami Spirit of Myojin, Takiyasha Hime had obtained evil arts such as curses and summoning, but that was far from enough.
She had already failed once before. This time, upon her return... she had obtained the Sun Queen's power from the Yamatai ruins.
Though this power carried hidden dangers, no power came easily.
This was nothing.
The Sun Queen's power allowed even the undead to live beneath the sun. Even during the day, these ghosts and monsters retained one hundred percent of their strength.
Moreover, Himiko had never truly died. She had been waiting for an opportunity to truly revive.
She was the Miko of the sun. Before Yamatai became ruins, she had left behind many contingencies.
Yamatai's undead legion, the soldiers of hell! And the hidden realm... Sun City.
Himiko possessed immense ambition, as could be seen from something she had once said.
Wherever the sun's light could reach was the domain of Himiko, the Sun Queen.
However, the most important artifact, the Yasakani no Magatama, had fallen into the Emperor's hands.
At this moment, beside the Sacred Tree in Kaede Village, Musashi Province...
"Sure enough, compared to last time, I can clearly sense this power of space-time now."
Sirin stood beside the Sacred Tree, both hands resting against the trunk of the divine tree.
The last time, when she had still been the Witch of the Fallen, she knew this tree was far from ordinary, but she had not understood the specifics.
But now, from the perspective of Sirin, the Herrscher of the Void, it was a divine tree whose roots connected to the Bone-Eating Well. A special power lay within it, filled with space-time