Zongman: A journey through time starting from the Supreme

Morax thought so in his heart.

This is the contract he made with the people of Liyue, and even if the sky falls, the contract must be fulfilled.

His eyes were sharp, and he noticed that people from other villages were coming to the village at the foot of the mountain with their products and were bartering. He said thoughtfully:

“… Although barter can satisfy the needs of each household, it is inefficient and unfair.”

"If there is something that can serve as a general equivalent, circulation would be more convenient and fairer."

"...My friend, what do you think?"

Morax asked the Dragon King Rhodra beside him.

The Rādhāra Dragon King was silent for a moment, then he said, "...Well, you are right, I see with my eyes."

For a moment, the two stopped talking, and the wind blowing past was slightly awkward.

The Dragon King Rudra also feels aggrieved. He is just an elemental life, not a demon, and he doesn't have any special feelings towards humans.

However, the contract and three rules signed with Morax made it willing to protect the people of Morax.

But that’s all. If we want it to understand the laws of human social development and human culture in detail, it is impossible.

Just when both parties were feeling awkward, a gentle female voice suddenly intervened between them and saved them from embarrassment.

"Morax, you are here."

The tone of the voice was surprised, with a hint of smile.

Morax's expression remained unchanged. He turned his back to the visitor and said, "...Long time no see, 'Demon of Dust'!"

"Hey, I called you Morax, but you called me 'Demon of Dust'. Don't you think that's a bit strange?"

The owner of that voice sounded quite familiar.

Morax had no choice but to turn around, his expression as calm as a rock, and he said calmly: "... Long time no see, finally!"

……

Not far away, a group of beasts were watching this place. Counting carefully, there were more than a dozen of them.

"That woman is looking for the Emperor again. Every time she uses the excuse that she has something to ask for advice, in my opinion, this excuse is really ridiculous."

A crane saw Morax and Guizhong talking about something and spoke up.

Another crane beside her asked, "...Oh? What do you think of keeping the clouds and borrowing the wind?"

Liu Yun spread his wings with the help of the wind, and said in a leisurely tone: "...There is a word among humans that best describes the emperor at this moment."

"What word?"

The immortals asked again.

As if waiting for this question, Liu Yun raised his beak and said, "...it's just that the Emperor doesn't understand romance!"

As soon as she finished speaking, many birds and beasts took a step back. Seeing this, Liu Yunjiefeng said angrily, "...Could it be that what I said is wrong?"

No, you are right, you are absolutely right, if you can speak, please say more!

The immortals complained in their hearts.

"Well, we will just listen and see what the Emperor says. The Emperor has foresight and must have made some mistakes. There is no need for us to speculate!"

"...You should practice hard and fulfill your contract with the Emperor!"

A deer tried to smooth things over, and the fairies listened and let the matter go.

……

In the Japanese-style cottage in the gap of the Great Barrier of Gensokyo, a beautiful woman with blonde hair and purple eyes suddenly opened her beautiful eyes. She looked serious and shouted loudly: "... Lan, are you there?"

Chapter 9: The Yokai Sage of Gensokyo

In the Japanese-style hut in the gap, Yakumo Yukari sensed something. She opened her beautiful amethyst eyes, looked serious, and suddenly sat up from the tatami.

But this big monster had a hot body and a slender waist.

Her golden hair spread out, and the thin quilt slid down her fair skin, revealing a few traces of her pink and white skin.

Usually when Yakumo Yukari wakes up from hibernation, she is charming, tender and affectionate, with a hint of laziness.

But this time, Yakumo Yukari looked unusually serious, and there was imperceptible anxiety and panic in the depths of her eyes.

"Master Zi!"

Hearing Yakumo Yukari's call, a beautiful girl wearing a Taoist robe, a strange-style hat, and nine tails appeared in the small bedroom.

Just from the girl's figure, one can guess that she should be the legendary nine-tailed fox.

But unlike the charming nine-tailed fox in the legend, the nine-tailed girl in front of him was less charming and more dignified.

Yakumo Aoi was originally a nine-tailed monster that was tamed by a monster sage a thousand years ago and became the other party's Shikigami, and got the surname Yakumo.

Since then, the nine-tailed fox has been serving the monster sage for a thousand years, never leaving him and always staying by his side.

Yakumo Aoi, who was cooking in the kitchen, suddenly heard her master calling her. She quickly put on her clothes and came to the room where Yakumo Yukari was hibernating.

Yakumo Yukari, who was supposed to wake up in the spring, suddenly woke up during hibernation.

Moreover, the other party now had a stern look in his eyes and a graceful and steady temperament, which made Yakumo Lan feel as if he saw again the demeanor of the monster sage from a thousand years ago.

How long has it been since I last saw this side of Lord Zi?

If you think about it carefully, it has been more than a hundred years.

Ever since the Hakurei Great Barrier was opened more than a hundred years ago and Gensokyo was completely isolated from the outside world, Lord Murasaki seemed to have completed what he was supposed to do and became lazy from then on.

This once powerful monster sage has since completely turned into a monster idler, in simple terms, he has given up.

It was as if Yakumo Yukari already knew that she was going to "send" it, so she started to mess it up in advance.

But who would have thought that more than a hundred years later, he would be able to see Lord Zi in this posture again.

"In this way, Master Zi should be motivated to improve himself and stop being a useless person."

What made Yakumo Lan happy was not that Yakumo Yukari suddenly came to her senses and turned back.

But ever since Yakumo Yukari gave up, all matters have been left to her, the Shikigami.

Not only did she have to complete the various strange tasks given to her by Zi, she also had to take care of Zi's daily life, and when she had nothing to do, she had to repair the big barrier.

This would last for a hundred years without a break, so she had to work diligently and not slack off.

Compared with Yakumo Aoi's job, 996 is really a blessing.

In this kind of working environment, Yakumo Aoi was under so much pressure that she even had some mental problems.

If Lord Zi could return to his former sagely demeanor and help her with some work matters, she would surely cry with excitement.

"Something big is happening. Lan, come with us!"

As she spoke, Yakumo Shigeru stood up gracefully and stepped her pair of jade feet on the tatami.

As her sexy figure turned around in place, she put on the purple long skirt with lotus leaves and lace.

"Master Zi, is there something wrong with the great barrier?"

Yakumo Ai's expression changed slightly. She thought that the only thing that could make Lord Murasaki so concerned was the Hakurei Great Barrier.

"Something has entered Gensokyo from outside the Great Barrier."

Yakumo Yukari simply answered Lan's question briefly, and as she moved, a gap opened up behind herself and Lan.

That is the place where realms intersect. There are cute bows tied at both ends of the space crack, but there are countless strange eyes in the crack, which makes people feel scared when they look at it.

Yakumo Aoi has long been accustomed to these eyes.

She was puzzled, as it was common for things from outside the Great Barrier to come into Gensokyo.

Even when the number of humans in the human world decreases, Lord Zi will disappear from some people.

But this time Lord Zi mobilized a large army. Could it be that the thing that appeared in Gensokyo from outside the barrier was some extremely terrifying forgotten person, or a monster?

Although she was full of doubts, Lan did not ask any more questions because she knew she would know the answer in the next moment.

Before being swallowed by the gap, Lan was ready to fight.

At the same time as a gap opened in the Japanese hut, another gap opened in Gensokyo.

Yakumo Yukari walked out with her shikigami. Her silk-gloved hands held a parasol and her eyes fell on the grass at her feet.

After coming out of the gap, Lan was ready for everything. She found that this place was not far from the Hakurei Shrine.

But she was alert for a long time but still couldn't find the enemy, and her eyes slowly fell on the black paper that Lord Zi picked up from the lawn.

"Master Zi, this thing..."

Just one look at the black paper caused the hair on the nine tails behind Lan to stand up, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.

Yakumo Lan showed fear on her face and subconsciously took a step back.

After realizing that his action was not very good and it was as if he was abandoning Lord Zi, he quickly stood still and returned to his original position.

"As you can see, Lan... the power contained in this thing is truly terrifying. Even if there is only a trace of it, it can make people feel the nobility of the owner of this power."

Yakumo Zi narrowed her beautiful eyes, and her vigilance reached its highest level.

It was this thing that suddenly appeared in Gensokyo that woke her up from hibernation.

"Master Zi, what on earth is this? Could it be related to the moon..."

Yakumo Aoi spoke cautiously, his voice becoming lower, as if his voice was too loud and would attract the attention of the owner of the black paper.

"No, you overestimate those people on the moon. They don't have such ability."

"…If this thing suddenly appeared on the moon, the entire Moon City would probably be in a panic."

As Yakumo Yukari said this, she suddenly had an idea and wondered whether she should throw this thing onto the moon.

But she gave up the idea in the end. This thing appeared in Gensokyo, and maybe it had some deep meaning that she couldn't understand.

"So what is this thing?"

Yakumo Lan asked hesitantly. She actually roughly recognized what the symbol on the black paper was, but she didn't dare to be sure.

"Lan, did you notice it too? This is the symbol of Zoroastrianism, 'Faravaha'."

"…But what's strange is that the image on the 'Faravaha' should be a male, but this 'Faravaha' has a female head."

"This thing is very valuable for research. Let's take it back and study it first."

Hearing what Yakumo Yukari said, Yakumo Lan's expression changed drastically: "...Master Yukari, this thing is too dangerous."

"Ah, we know that, but Lan, maybe the appearance of this thing is God's will, and it is also 'hope'!"

Yakumo Yukari murmured, "...Zoroaster is the name given by the ancient Greeks. To be more precise, he should be called 'Zarathustra'!"

……

Saigo left the darkness, walked out of his own palace, and headed towards the arena.

Chapter 10: Feedback on the Invitation

The overall geographical background of the game Yggdrasills is the world tree in Norse mythology.

The location where the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick once stood is Helheim in the underworld.

When the game was still available, the Great Tomb was once a secret dungeon. It was through the joint efforts of the members of Ainz Ooal Gown that it was conquered and became the base of the guild.

The entire tomb is divided into ten levels, namely the tomb, underground lake, glacier, jungle, magma, wilderness, royal suite and between the thrones.

The first three floors were guarded by Shalltear Bloodfallen, and the ninth and tenth floors were inaccessible to anyone except certain NPCs.

Each of the remaining levels has its own level guardian.

When Saigo reached the sixth floor of the Great Tomb, the guardians of various classes were kneeling on the ground.

And Flying Squirrel stood in the VIP seat of the arena with full majesty, looking down at the numerous alien monsters.

Of course, what Feishu calls majesty is probably just how these NPCs with souls look like.

Saigo, who was very familiar with Momonga, knew that Momonga was actually at a loss at this time, so he was embarrassed and stood there.

His majesty is embarrassing!