"So this was... Taotie? It didn't seem as strong as the great demon we encountered last time!"
With the appearance of the vicious beast, Asou Yuna actually relaxed. Unlike Suzuki Yukiko... she had witnessed a great demon's battle before. The beast before them was powerful, but it was nowhere near the level of a great demon.
Sister Seele could even drive back a great demon, so this beast naturally wouldn't be a problem.
"This isn't Taotie at all. It's just... some vicious beast he somehow created."
Seele corrected Asou Yuna. The beast before them could not be considered Taotie. That Onmyoji had probably heard something about Taotie from somewhere and simply given the beast that name!
"I see, Yuna understands..."
Asou Yuna nodded as if she understood. If Sister Seele said it was not Taotie, then it definitely was not Taotie.
"Caw caw caw caw... you meddlesome little girls, you should feel honored... to be eaten by the Taotie I so carefully raised. That should be your good fortune!"
"This truly is a wonderful place! If I hadn't relied on this place... how could I possibly have raised such a powerful shikigami? What Inugami... it's nothing more than Taotie's food."
"Taotie, go eat those meddlesome humans."
Seeing the vicious beast appear before him, the Onmyoji let out a duck-like laugh, his eyes filled with confidence in the beast.
The Onmyoji of this world mainly fought through shikigami. He had always wanted to raise a sufficiently powerful shikigami. But he lacked both talent as an Onmyoji and family resources. He was not qualified to become an Inugami User, much less one of the Onmyoji aristocrats known as Izuna Users.
His shikigami was merely a Floating Spirit. In order to grow stronger... he began raising Dog Demons. Because of the brutal