"When it comes to dealing with yokai, warriors are only amateurs. Their true nemeses are Onmyoji, Miko, and mages. And within this estate, there is an Onmyoji of considerable skill."
"A powerful Onmyoji?"
"Mm, he's already on his way!"
Mei looked toward the inner courtyard and could clearly sense an Onmyoji whose strength was definitely far from weak in this world rapidly approaching.
"Yokai, do not run rampant!"
Sure enough, at that moment, a two-meter-long demon-subduing staff fell from the sky and plunged into the ground, impaling a yokai outright.
Then, a bald Onmyoji who looked much like a monk leaped into the air and landed directly atop the demon-subduing staff standing upright on the ground. A powerful wave of spiritual energy spread outward in a circle from the staff.
Most of the surrounding yokai instantly turned to ashes the moment they were struck by the spiritual wave.
"Kaikain Kongō Jōmajutsu!"
A mysterious rune gathered in the bald Onmyoji's palm. The muscles in his arms and across his body swelled instantly, bursting apart all his upper garments. Then he jumped down from the demon-subduing staff, pulled it from the ground, and charged through the surrounding yokai like a mighty Vajra warrior, smashing them apart.
In less than a minute... all the yokai around the Onmyoji had been eliminated.
"Elder Hideyoshi... sorry!! We were late."
After dealing with all the yokai nearby, the bald Onmyoji was about to pursue the other yokai scattered throughout the estate when several young Onmyoji hurried over to his side and apologized.
"It's fine, you're not late... There are still a few yokai hiding in the estate. Go look for them, and deal with them while you're at it." The bald Onmyoji spoke to the young Kaikain Onmyoji before him. After surveying the surroundings, he picked