Tokyo: Starting with the Shrine Maiden

Her pretty face was deathly pale, and she was panting heavily.

Is it a third-tier spell?

Haruhiko kept talking to himself as he thought about it.

Celestial Fox - Thunder Spell!

Lightning flashed again.

And it was far more dazzling than the previous two times.

Because at this moment, the middle-aged man was in the water formed from the arrow feathers.

Thunder, aided by water, generated tremendous power.

Screams sounded.

Haruhiko let out a breath.

He has used the Heavenly Fox Thunder Spell three times in a row.

Most of the psionic points in my body have disappeared.

If we continue fighting, problems will arise.

"do you died?"

Hoshino Rin stared intently at the source of the smoke.

"No."

Haruhiko answered affirmatively.

Because he did not receive the game's notification sound.

As soon as he finished speaking, a roar accompanied by surging psionic energy swept across the entire area.

Haruhiko and Hoshino Rin froze on the spot.

It's actually a mental spell?

The snowball that Yukihime gave her suddenly lit up.

Haruhiko regained his mobility.

At the same time, the Kagura bell in Hoshino Rin's hand moved without wind, emitting a melodious ringing sound.

She also recovered from her stiff state.

As the dust settled in the distance, a humanoid monster appeared.

The face only has a mouth, with no other facial features.

A blood-red horn protruded from his forehead.

At the same time, the arms disappeared, replaced by tentacles made of chunks of flesh.

The middle-aged man had been transformed into a demon.

Moreover, it is approaching the third stage, commonly known as the two-and-a-half-stage stage.

Because tentacles are the mark of a third-tier demon.

However, the middle-aged man was not a pure demon; his aura became extremely agitated and unstable.

It looked as if it would disintegrate at any moment.

Seeing this, Haruhiko thought to himself that he could still fight.

If it really was a third-tier demon, he would definitely turn around and run away.

The third stage is the dividing line between the weak and the strong.

The gap widens as time goes on.

It is difficult to make up for it with talismans or spiritual objects.

As for now, there shouldn't be any major problems.

He possessed the snowball that Yukihime had left him.

As the heir to the largest shrine, Hoshino Rin is bound to possess powerful methods.

Haruhiko immediately threw out a handful of Bright Flame Talismans.

The air waves rolled.

The temperature rose rapidly all around.

The water surface was reflected in a bright red color.

Flames filled half the space.

The middle-aged man reacted quickly.

His tentacles, like weapons, waved in front of him.

Each time, a stream of red energy bursts out.

The flames were perfectly contained.

Hoshino Rin glanced at Haruhiko.

After the Bright Fire Talisman, he chanted again.

It's still the Heavenly Fox Thunder Spell.

Hoshino Rin pondered for a moment.

Second-tier spells are not very effective against middle-aged men.

To win, you must use the twin shrine maiden tradition of Izumo Shrine.

Although there will be a period of weakness afterward, with Haruhiko around, there won't be much danger.

The Kagura bell in Hoshino Rin's hand seemed to have activated some kind of mechanism and began to tremble.

The sky was filled with psychic energy, which danced and transformed into white specks of light.

They fly, converge, and change along specific trajectories.

Suddenly, a phantom dressed as a shrine maiden and holding a bow and arrow appeared behind Hoshino Rin.

Haruhiko was drawn by the startling noise and subconsciously looked up.

The illusory figure was none other than Hoshino Rin herself.

But he was expressionless and extremely indifferent.

Haruhiko suddenly felt that the phantom figure looked more like Hoshino Hotaru.

next moment.

The illusory image of the witch drew her bow and nocked an arrow.

An arrow flew from the bow.

The entire space was filled with a piercing sonic boom.

The accumulated garbage and puddles in the sewers were all shattered by the tremors.

The middle-aged man felt a strong sense of crisis.

A red mist enveloped his entire body.

Under the pull, it gradually coalesced into a hollowed-out shield, protecting him.

There was a bang.

The arrow pierced the shield and entered the middle-aged man's body.

Celestial Fox - Thunder Spell!

Haruhiko quickly unleashed a bolt of lightning.

The arrow followed closely behind, engulfing the middle-aged man.

[You defeated the special yokai Ōmiya Naotsune, gaining 90 points of spiritual energy.]

Haruhiko breathed a sigh of relief.

He had little spiritual energy left in his body, which gave him a slight feeling of weakness.

Hoshino Rin, who was not far away, was in an even worse situation than him.

After the shrine maiden's phantom disappeared, she could barely stand.

"Ahhh!"

Just as Haruhiko was about to go over, the foul smell broke the quiet atmosphere once again.

He instinctively looked at the middle-aged man.

By this time, he had been blown into a charred mess, with only his mouth barely visible.

He opened his mouth, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, and then a stream of red energy shot out, its target being Hoshino Rin.

The middle-aged man was instantly drained of his energy and became completely still.