[Onmyoji] Deep Sea Girl

"Tomorrow, let's go and see the thorn vines together." Qiong Lang invited, "It's been a few days, and I don't know what those vines look like."

"En." The big tengu responded in a warm voice, with soft brows and eyes, quietly and patiently listening to Qiong Lang's rambling about recent events.

Datengu is a very experienced and capable monster leader, and Qiong Lang never minded sharing his ideas with him.

In addition, his idea of ​​ruling Nachi Mountain is closer to his own, and the two can always get a lot of inspiration from each other after in-depth conversations.

The next day, the two woke up early as agreed, and set off towards the forest outside the island when the mist filled the early morning.

Shuweng was called away by Huang in the morning. Taking advantage of his absence, Ibaraki had a rare chance to meet Qiong Lang, but unexpectedly he missed it.

His mood was a little low, subconsciously ignoring the loss in his heart, Ibaraki looked around for Qiong Lang.In the end, he saw the back of her walking away side by side with the big tengu in the faint morning mist, and was stunned for a moment.

Obviously Shuweng is not here, he can quickly catch up with Qiong Lang, but for some reason there is a thousand catties under his feet.

The sense of loss in his heart turned into sadness in an instant. Ibaraki stood alone by the sea, the cool sea breeze in the morning gently lifted his silver hair, and the red demon lines on his cheeks looked coquettish and charming under the reflection of the rising sun. beauty.

He is no stranger to this feeling. Usually when Jiu Tun shows disgust towards him and doesn't like his pursuit, he will feel sad like this.

But this time, there was an inexplicable feeling in his heart, like tiny ants lying on it and nibbling on it, with an uncontrollable pain in the itching.

This seems to be a bit different from the emotion of being sad for drinking.

"...This is... what's wrong?"

Ibaraki murmured, unconsciously covering his left chest with his big hand, curling his fingertips slightly.

"The sea breeze in the morning is a bit strong, and it's already autumn."

The big tengu looked at Qiong Lang beside her. Her long black hair was constantly being played by the wind, and her fair skin and black hair contrasted even more delicately and beautifully.

Almost subconsciously, he asked with concern: "Is it cold?"

Qiong Lang shook his head and gave him a strange look, "It's not cold, I'm a sea monster, how can I be afraid of cold? The temperature in the deep sea is much colder than this."

Big Tengu smiled, "That's right... I forgot."

In his mind, he always deeply remembered how Qiong Lang was rescued in the sea.She was shivering from the cold, and unconsciously clutching his sleeve tightly even when she was unconscious.

The young and fragile girl in the past has grown into a towering tree without knowing it.

"But Mu Mei's child is afraid of the cold." Qiong Lang sighed, "I hope with her help, we can plant a lot of food and demon fruits in the forest and plain on land next spring."

Hearing this, Big Tengu couldn't help asking: "Why are you so obsessed with this matter?"

Basically, the leader of the monsters in every territory will always occupy the territory and improve the combat effectiveness first. Because the struggle between the monster groups is very common, so the strength is always the most important thing for the monsters. middle.

Big Tengu never questioned Qiong Lang's strength, but felt that she didn't put much thought into military affairs.On the contrary, they pay more attention to basic food, clothing and housing, and even the education of monsters.

I talked a lot with Ootengu these days, and Qiong Lang understood what he meant.

"Plundering the territory, that's a headache for the monsters on your land..."

Qiong Lang sighed, and looked into the distance, "This is the sea, the endless sea. We sea monsters are not as careful as you in the planning of the territory. Moreover, the monsters who want to invade here are either no match for us, or they can't fight at all. Can't survive in the sea."

There are very few human towns near here, and there are not many monster colonies, because the food here is too poor.

When the monsters in Dajiang Mountain clashed and fought for pleasure, the monsters in Luochahai were still struggling for food and clothing.The sea area is too vast, and hunting for food is a difficult top priority for monsters.

Qiong Lang analyzed slowly, and said seriously: "I am a monster who worked hard in this sea area, and I am very familiar with the situation here. In fact, when monsters near the sea area fight, most of them are for food. .Before the market was built, the monsters in Rakshahai often had conflicts, and the situation has only gradually improved over the years."

At that time, these monsters were still cannibalistic, but she was the one who strongly stopped the monsters from doing so, and subtly instilled the concept of living in harmony with humans.

"Now you see that every one of my people will not go hungry no matter they are strong or weak. It's not because the other monsters are so kind and willing to give the food they have worked so hard to give to others."

And because she enforced a self-determined currency system, all monsters staying in Rakshahai must follow it.

Those monsters who are capable and able to find food can exchange excess food for currency, or let some little monsters run errands for them, and those weak monsters can also find a way to survive.

Monsters are not as kind as humans. In fact, there is only crushing plunder and enslavement between the strong and the weak.It's just that Qiong Lang, as the person standing at the top of the Raksha Sea, is forcibly changing this situation with his own will.

Datengu was silent for a while, as if he was thinking deeply about something, and after a while he realized, "It's because I didn't think carefully enough."

The monsters on their land generally have no shortage of food. Even if they can't plunder the food of other monsters, they will plunder human things.Moreover, in order to reach a peaceful agreement between many human cities and monster territories, there are usually tribute exchanges of various items, but the monsters in Rakshahai are not as lucky as them.

Food is the most important thing for the monsters here.

"The monsters here... To put it simply, they will support whoever feeds them."

"But that's not enough. What I want is more than that." Qiong Lang said in a deep voice, "Everything I do is to gain the heartfelt loyalty of every monster here."

What she wants is their love for this sea area, not just clinging to it for survival.

Datengu obviously also understood her ambition and ambition, his face could not help but move slightly, he was silent for a while, and he said softly: "The righteousness I have been pursuing is exactly the same as what you said."

"In the early years, I also thought like you, but the more I did, the more difficult I found this road. Sometimes no matter what you do, the world will not change anything because of your efforts."

Therefore, he will feel more and more thirsty for power.If you have the power to crush everything, you can forcefully bring a new order to this world, instead of struggling so hopelessly...

Qiong Lang couldn't help but glanced at him, noticing that the topic of discussion seemed to be a bit serious, she eased the atmosphere and smiled slightly, "What you did to Nazhi Mountain is several times better than what I did to Luochahai, and you actually said this Such negative words really surprised me.”

"No... I'm nowhere near as good as you."

Not everyone can insist on fighting alone for decades, and after seeing all the ugly and pathetic appearances of monsters, they can still maintain the original state of mind as always.

If it was him, Datengu was not sure that he could reach Qiong Lang's level.

Big Tengu's eyes darkened slightly, he hesitated for a while, and finally asked the question that had been lingering in his mind for many years.

"Qiong Lang, in your heart... demon power or reason, which one is more important?"

"The so-called pursuit of righteousness depends on these two things."

Over the years, he has been walking a tightrope between the two, which made his mood more and more depressed.

But these days with Qiong Lang made him feel more relaxed than ever before.Seeing her enthusiastically sharing with him her plans for the future of Luochahai and how to let the monsters live a happy life, etc., he will always be unconsciously infected by Qiong Lang's relaxed and happy mood.

Obviously they are standing in the same position and the same angle, why are they in such different moods?

Ootengu's voice was very soft, with a kind of confusion and tension that couldn't be hidden, as if her answer would be the correct answer to this question.

Qiong Lang couldn't help but secretly glanced at him a few times, she felt that there was something wrong with the big tengu's mood.

This monster is too stubborn, from getting along with him, Qiong Lang always felt that his ideal monster clan was too ideal and beautiful.From the overly serious temperament of the monsters in Mount Nachi, it can be seen that the rules made by Otengu are very strict.

As the saying goes, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. The more you strive in this direction, the greater the sense of gap will be.

Such monsters can easily go astray.

Hearing this question, she thought for a few seconds before she slowed down and turned her head to him and said softly, "Which one is more important?"

"Without a strong demon power, your reasoning is just a few noisy nonsense in the eyes of others. But if you insist on going your own way with no demon power, it will become bullying and slavery. Which one is more important, what do you think?"

The footsteps of the big tengu stopped suddenly, and the waves in the distance came one after another, and the sound of the tide was everywhere.The sea gradually calmed down, but his heart began to stir up great waves.

Qiong Lang didn't bother him, and after a while, the other party's face showed a bright look, and the blue eyes burst into a moving brilliance.

"You're right...Only when monsters with powerful monsters speak the truth is the so-called righteousness."

And he, almost lost his way to the latter.

The dark clouds that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time dissipated at this moment, and his brows and eyes also stretched out. His blue eyes were as beautiful as the vast sky.

"Qiong Lang... thank you."

"Ding", the favorability of the big tengu has increased by 100 points, the current favorability is 100 points, and the maximum is only 100 points.

"Ding", the loyalty of Ootengu has increased by 100 points, and the current loyalty is 100 points.

"Ding", the third main task, subduing SSR-level monsters (3/3) is completed.

Hearing the notification sound of the system, Qiong Lang's eyelids began to tremble uncontrollably, as if he had been in shock for a long time and couldn't recover.

Wait, what, what is this... Favorability has exploded?

What is loyalty, isn't it said that the monster lord can't be subdued! ! !

At this moment, Qiong Lang was completely shocked.

"What's the matter with you?" Big Tengu looked very relaxed, seeing Qiong Lang's stupid look, he couldn't help asking.

"No, it's nothing..." Qiong Lang replied subconsciously, and slowly withdrew his gaze, his face was a little numb.

"I'll take you directly to fly there." The big tengu stared at her closely, with a trace of enthusiasm that could not fade deep in his eyes.

Seeing that Qiong Lang didn't reject him, he smiled slightly, hugged her waist, spread his wings and flew towards the forest on the other side of the sea.

It wasn't until reaching the bank of the small river that Qiong Lang finally came to his senses after landing.

However, before she could speak, two strange voices came from a place where thorn vines were planted in the distance.

"What should I do... Big brother is going to be strangled to death by this cane..." A girl's anxious voice came, and then she exclaimed, "Ah! Brother, big brother is not moving, has he been strangled to death? Already!"

"..." The boy on the other side seemed a little helpless, he sighed and said, "He just fell asleep, so he wasn't strangled to death."

"Our brothers and sisters are zombies, okay! Big brother was already dead, how could he die again!"

Hearing this conversation, Qiong Lang and Datengu looked at each other, twitched the corners of their mouths, raised their feet and walked towards the thorn vines.

In the distance, a blond boy was tightly entangled by thorns and vines, and two shorter boys and girls beside him were struggling to pull the vines.

The three brothers and sisters had blue skin tones, a few pieces of yellow talisman paper were pasted on their bodies, and there was a rotten wooden coffin beside the vines.

Seeing this scene, Qiong Lang was stunned.

"Zombie, zombie???"