Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1463 1435. Cherry Blossom Tree

Lan En originally wanted to find an opportunity to solve the problem that Stuart had told him.

That is to find an invincible leader for the current Embers Knights so that they can exert their maximum combat efficiency.

But thoughts are one thing, reality is another.

Lan En has an elven beacon that can record the world coordinates, but this beacon can only be used when the tide of chaotic magic has not yet surged towards the intersection of the celestial sphere and the rift.

When the unstoppable tide of chaotic magic surges in, the enormous force will even wash away the world itself, causing it to drift in all directions and its coordinates to become chaotic.

Lan En could only follow the agreement with the Lady of the Lake and fulfill his duty as the gatekeeper to go to the unknown world first, and he could not take the Elf Beacon to the worlds he was already familiar with.

When Lan En, covering his head, and the equally dizzy Fluffy Ball and Kirin stood up, the first thing they saw was a huge cherry tree in full bloom.

"Japan?"

The overall style of the scene made Lan, who had studied and fought in Ashina, react immediately.

The demon hunter murmured in a low voice, somewhat uncertainly.

It was a very large cherry tree, and five or six normal people holding hands probably couldn't circle it.

It must be at least four or five stories high.

The huge cherry tree was lush with branches and leaves, and the pink petals fell quietly and leisurely like beautiful snowflakes, piling up under the tree.

This unusually large and lush cherry tree seems to be regarded as some kind of magical symbol.

A carefully woven thick hemp rope was tied to the tree trunk, with many white paper strips cut into lightning shapes hanging on the rope.

In Shintoism, this thick hemp rope is called 'Shimenawa'.

It is a representation of the boundary between the sacred and the mundane in Shintoism.

When Lan En's gaze moved down from the lush and eye-catching crown of the cherry tree and saw the Shimenawa rope, he was completely sure of where he was.

"Hmm, not sure?"

Lan En muttered, pinching his chin.

Although Shintoism is a native religion of Japan, Lan En has also been to Ashina.

That place is said to be the end of the Japanese Warring States period, but there are a lot of things that he, a history lover, has never heard of. It can basically be considered a parallel world with a high degree of similarity.

Maybe the same situation is true here.

"Boss! I'm fine, meow!"

The flannel ball grabbed the rune cloth hanging from the Qilin with its little claws. It first lowered its head and made a retching sound, then immediately raised a thumbs up in defiance, stubbornly indicating to Lan En that there was absolutely no problem at all.

"well."

Lan En casually praised the fluff ball.

Then he used a few [Alder Seals] to blast out towards the surroundings with reduced power.

Suddenly, the cherry blossom petals that had been falling and piling up on the ground flew everywhere in a disorderly manner.

When they came out of the celestial sphere intersection crack just now, the change in air pressure had caused some petals to show obvious and regular airflow direction.

He is clearing away the traces of the celestial sphere intersection rift.

In mid-air, the strange sight like broken glass had disappeared, and Lan En had made the traces of petals on the ground a mess again.

"Boss, do you know this place? It seems familiar, meow!"

The flannel ball also ran on the petals on the ground, making the traces scattered. The unicorn could fan up a large piece of the rune cloth with a slight fan.

"Not familiar. How can I say familiar?"

Lan En responded to the kitten a little uncertainly.

A fallen cherry blossom petal now fell on his palm.

It was daytime, but it still felt cold.

This kind of temperature should be expected in January and February, and normal cherry trees will definitely not bloom.

And according to Lan En's observation, even under the light of day, the petals showed a faint self-luminescence at the edges of the petals.

I believe that at night, the sight of petals flying all over the sky under the moonlight will be even more breathtaking.

But this also means that this petal is indeed not a normal thing.

Whose cherry blossom petals are naturally fluorescent?!

"Well, there are no traces left, let's leave first."

Lan En turned over easily and rode on the Qilin. He stretched out his hand to the side, and the fluffy ball jumped up from the ground tacitly and sat on the Qilin's back along Lan En's arm.

At this time, the roaring bear head pendant on the demon hunter's neck had stopped jumping because it could no longer sense the chaos magic, and the smell was also covered up by the rich floral fragrance.

The footprints were washed away by the [Alder Seal].

There are mysterious cherry blossom trees surrounded by shimenawa ropes, and this place is obviously a place of worship.

Suddenly showing up next to someone's shrine or altar is unfriendly no matter how you look at it.

The Qilin snorted, and the hot air from the powerful body of the ancient dragon of the New World formed two white mists at this temperature.

Then a flash of lightning appeared under the rune cloth, and Qilin's body rushed straight towards the mountain wall behind the cherry tree!
Only a few petals were left, which were swept up by the wind and fell down again quietly. Just after Lan En and the others left, a key was inserted into the lock of a large wooden door in the direction of the huge cherry tree and then turned.

An old man wearing a tall black hat and dressed like a Shinto priest walked in.

He looked puzzledly at the cherry blossom tree which was still silently and endlessly falling petals. He only felt that the petals piled on the ground were a bit messy, but he discovered nothing.

I thought I had been kneeling in the temple outside for too long, and when I stood up suddenly I felt dizzy, so I heard a lot of wind noises.

And on the top of the mountain wall behind the Evercherry Tree, Lan En was riding on the back of a Qilin, quietly watching the scene below.

The fluffy ball lies on the Qilin's head.

But when he saw the old man, who should be a Shinto priest, turn around and leave, Lan En's brows were still furrowed.

The expression was not one of distress or pain, but confusion.

"嚓~"

The leather part of Smaug's gauntlets gently rubbed against the protrusions of the breastplate, making a low, soothing sound.

Lan En looked down at his chest thoughtfully.

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"Flannel Ball, Qilin, do you two have any special feelings?"

"Meow?"

"Whoops?"

Qilin turned his neck to look at its back, and the ball of fluff also turned his head away in confusion.

Just by looking at the two of them, Lan En knew that they felt nothing.

But the demon hunter himself had a distinct feeling that he seemed to be entangled by something.

It’s an indescribable feeling. Maybe this is how people who are targeted by evil spirits feel?

——An invisible and intangible thing is looking at you and sizing you up.

But surprisingly, this feeling that should have made people shudder, or even terrified and angry, Lan En subconsciously felt that it was not bad. It was not dangerous.

Lan's eyes became deep.

【Clairvoyance】is used by him to observe himself.

I saw that above his whole body, which was round and warm, there were wisps of invisible power entwining around it, as if outlining some patterns.

[Shen Guang] did not show any stress response to this.

This is completely different from the previous situation of spontaneously suppressing the power of the ancient god of Yharnam and isolating the wish-making skills of the divinities.

Under Lan En's [Spiritual Vision], he discovered that this invisible and intangible power seemed to be gathering towards the flannel ball and the Qilin.

Just because they both have no [Body Light], these forces directly entangled into their inner selves.

The power on the flannel ball and the unicorn gathered slowly, and they did not have as sharp a sense as Lan En.

Therefore, it is reasonable that you cannot feel anything abnormal in yourself.

"What happened meow?"

The fluff ball looked at Lan En's eyes, stood up on Qilin's head, and confusedly felt its furry body up and down with its little paws, rubbing its belly and scratching its ears.

In the end, I still didn't feel anything.

"As soon as we arrived, we seemed to be entangled by some mysterious things."

Lan's index finger and thumb made a pinching motion and held it in front of the kitten's eyes.

The fluffy ball fluttered its big watery eyes and looked closer, but still could not see anything.

"Meow. No way."

But in Lan En's vision, he forcibly used the [Body Light] on two fingers to pinch off a strand of silk.

But it was of no use. The thread broke cleanly under the [Body Light], but was reconnected the next moment after Lan En stopped interfering, as if nothing had happened.

"Xilulu?"

'Is it a bad thing?'

As Qilin asked, he lowered his head and looked around suspiciously, sniffing himself.

"It doesn't feel like it, but better be careful."

Lan En patted Qilin's neck.

"Keep your body healthy and vigorous. Normally, those evil spirits and vengeful ghosts will only take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in after scaring people to death."

Similar to those zombie and ghost movies in my hometown world, although the demon hunter is not a Maoshan Taoist priest, he has also summed up a similar set of standards.

A healthy body and a resolute spirit can greatly reduce the danger of monsters like demons, and this also applies to ordinary people.

Not being scared into a trance is a prerequisite.

That’s why you can see many demon hunters, who can even turn their backs to the darkness in the dark and cold tombs without any care.

While in the tomb, they would eat and drink, and even take the time to read the pages of books and documents left by the tomb owner to increase their understanding of the mission.

(End of this chapter)