Chapter 202: Sea Shrine
With the agreement between Yuzuru Nagayama and Kawataro, the Kappa Clan was officially incorporated into the Ryugu Palace. Half of the Kappa above the third level joined, Kawataro became the right marshal, the three fourth-level Kappa became generals, and the seven third-level Kappa became the royal guards and stewards.

For a time, the Kappa tribe became the most powerful small organization in the Dragon Palace. Nagayama Yuzuru didn't care about this kind of thing. He trusted the people he employed and would not employ them if he didn't trust them. With Prime Minister Turtle guarding the Dragon Palace, the Kappas could not cause any trouble.

As for the remaining kappa, they were arranged according to discussion in the mountains of Futtsu City, Chiba Prefecture, where there are coasts and rivers, and most importantly, there are few humans in the area, and there are not even many small towns.

Monsters like Kappa are indeed very strict about the environment. If the water quality is too bad, they will peel off and die of dehydration. Aquatic monsters can actually die of dehydration.

After the arrangements were completed, Kawataro formally signed the contract. Since he was illiterate, he drew a turtle, but fortunately, it was still effective in the system's eyes.

"Ding, Kappa joins the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons."

[Half-Immortal Strength +120]

[Half-Immortal Strength: 2413/2413]

【Kappa (Kawataro)】

[Demon Power: 1976/1976]

【SR】

"Ding, Kappa becomes the right marshal"

[Magic Power +500]

[Demon Power 2476/2476]

After Kawataro felt his physical strength increase, his inner resistance instantly disappeared, and he even felt that he might have won the prize.

In addition to Kawataro, three fourth-level Kappas will also join the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, bringing him another 90-point bonus, and seven third-level Kappas will also bring 7 points.

[Half-Immortal Strength: 2573/2573]

The semi-immortal power finally reached the sixth level, and at this time a prompt appeared in the system.

"Ding, the semi-immortal power has reached the sixth level, and the new talent has been successfully activated: Cultivation Genius (A)"

[Cultivation Genius: As long as the energy level is two levels higher than your own level, you can activate your talent and increase any cultivation speed by 100%]

Yuzuru Nagayama was shocked when he looked at the cultivation talent. If it was really estimated according to the introduction, wouldn't he be able to increase 700 experience points a day by practicing together with Fujiwara Iori who had just broken through to the fourth level?
Going up one level a month is really terrifying.

In a good mood, Yuzuru Nagayama asked Kawataro why the Kappa clan left their hometown.

When talking about his own tribe, Kawataro's face instantly turned depressed. The scene of the tribe leader being killed to cover their escape is still vivid in his mind.

Kawataro's wife, Kawamiko, saw that her husband was depressed again, so she was afraid of offending the new leader, so she quickly began to tell the story of her kappa tribe.

The Kappa clan has lived in a large river called Midorikawa for three hundred years. The clan originally had thousands of Kappas. In addition to the clan leader who is a sixth-level monster, there are four fifth-level monsters, and Kawataro is the strongest fifth-level monster.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. A god named Takamagahara took a fancy to the river where they lived and multiplied, so he ordered his servants to massacre these indigenous people. In the end, only the last elite members of the Kappa clan escaped from Lijie.

As for the other residents of the river, they had already been killed by the minions of the gods.

When Kawataro talked about the gods, he gritted his teeth and his already ugly face became even more hideous.

“That monster started the massacre without even mentioning it, otherwise the old chief would definitely lead the tribe away from the river.”

Yuzuru Nagayama didn't feel much about the story, but was more interested in the gods he was talking about. According to Kaori Mikawa's description, only gods with top-level strength could ascend to Takamagahara and become gods. The power contained in gods was much stronger than that of ordinary top-level gods. Unless they were gods who were not good at fighting, they were at least the best of the top level.

So strictly speaking, if Yuzuru Nagayama faced an ordinary god without using any external force, he might not be the opponent's opponent.

Soon it was 6 o'clock in the morning, the fog in Tokyo Bay began to dissipate, and Yuzuru Nagayama led the team back to Ryugu.

The situation in Tokyo Bay was calm now, but outside the bay it was much more lively. The Raging Sea Tribe had chased the dragon several times but still could not catch its tail. Instead, it attacked a cruise ship and a cargo ship again, choosing targets that were larger in size.

Ryugu's operations in Tokyo Bay went very smoothly. In three days, it recruited the sirens in Tokyo Bay, both on the surface and on the seabed. In two days, it cleared out the dangerous sirens in its territory, such as the shark monster just now. No less than 100 humans died in its mouth every year.

In two days, more than 30 sirens were captured, ranging from level 3000 to level , successfully providing points of electricity to the Monster Suppression Tower.

And the number of members of Dragon Palace has increased again.

[Dragon Queen: 0/1]

【Dragon Queen 1/4】

[Left and Right Prime Ministers: 1/2]

[Left and Right Marshals: 1/2]

[General: 6/8]

[Maid: 7/16]

[Patrol Yaksha: 21/36]

[Soldier: 174/300]

[Personal maid: 2/3]

[Royal Guards: 18/36]

【Shangshu: 1/6】

[Manager: 4/30]

174 first-level sirens, 41 second-level sirens, 15 third-level sirens, 6 fourth-level sirens, 3 fifth-level sirens, and 1 sixth-level sirens.

After successfully unifying the interior of Tokyo Bay, all the patrolling Yakshas of Ryugu were sent out on patrol, each with 5 soldiers, just like the monsters patrolling the mountains in movies and TV shows.

However, they would avoid the main shipping lanes and set up bases on the seabed or cliffs, equipped with daily necessities and waterproof communicators. They would report any disturbances in Tokyo Bay, which was the main role of the patrol Yasha.

Of course, it is unrealistic to monitor the entire Tokyo Bay with such a small number of people. The inner bay is 922 square kilometers in size, and the number of people would have to be at least doubled to fully control it.

At the same time, the main hall of the branch in Oshima Town was finally completed after five days with the help of hundreds of people. It was built on the beach next to the Izu Oshima Lighthouse, across the sea from Miura City, and three kilometers away is the only airport on the island.

Because the location was quite good, the price was higher than originally estimated, reaching 12000 per square meter. A total of 5 square meters were purchased to build the shrine. Including labor costs, the shrine consumed 7 million in cash from Yuzuru Nagayama.

Of course, he could just find a random place to build it, but out of obsessive-compulsive disorder he chose the best option, taking into account the possibility of upgrading it to level 3 or 4 in the future.

The Longjun No. 1 branch is very special, not only is it an island version, but it is also a sea version. The main hall is adjacent to the beach to the north, Okada Port to the east, and a residential area km to the south.

When the last piece of wood was installed, the system upgrade was also delivered.

"Ding, the branch shrine is built, activating the island shrine version. The shrine architecture is a little different from the inland ones."

【Longjun Branch (First Level)】

【Occupancy: 50000 square meters】

【Incense: 5】

【Level 1】

[Prosperity: 5]

[Shrine Fund: 0] [Shrine Maiden: 1 (Goddess)]

[Priest: 0]

[Shrine Building: 0]

【Believers: 3 general believers, 0 true believers, 0 devout believers, 1 fanatics, 0 saint】

[Economic income 0/day, incense income 6 points/day]

When Nagayama Yuzuru checked the building through the system's building vision, he was shocked by the construction information. He thought it was exactly the same as the Mikawa branch, but after a closer look, it was completely different. A level 1 branch can build 6 first-level buildings, and the function of a first-level building is 5% of the main hall.

The extra building space is the result of the expansion of Mikawa Shrine.

In the future, every additional Dragon King branch will add a building space to all branches. In addition, when you open the shrine building, you will find some very useful first-level buildings.

After some thought, Yuzuru Nagayama finally made a choice. The powerful may not be suitable, so he still arranges it according to talent.

First, the four types of buildings are necessary, which cost a total of 1500 million and 70 points of incense.

[Worship Hall. Special (Level 100): A 50-square-meter waterproof worship hall. Worshippers can achieve the effect of calming the mind and soul when they visit, and increase the spiritual energy density within meters around by %. ]

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[Zhu Liansheng (Level 1): Generates a low-level Level 3 barrier, and the overclocked state barely reaches the Level 4. ]

[Demon Suppression Tower (Level 1): A tower that imprisons and extracts the energy of monsters. 】

【Energy 15000】

[Level 0-Level 3: /]

[Level 0-Level 15: /]

[Shinto Tower (Level 1): Can mobilize the power of incense from all Dragon King Shrines, generating a Dragon King Shinto in the sky that shuttles between the shrines.]

The fifth building is something new.

[Sea Torii. Special (Level 1): A Torii that is half submerged at high tide and fully exposed at low tide. At high tide, the Torii can guide the dead souls in the sea into the shrine and make them the guardian spirits of the shrine (Level 1). The shrine gives the dead souls a place to live, and they will fight for their home.]

Construction money 400 million, incense 100
The sixth building is also of island-specific type.

[Storm Pillar (Level 1): It can protect the shrine area from damage caused by storm waves, with a range of 2,000 meters. It cannot affect other disasters except the above two disasters.]

As Yuzuru Nagayama thought about it, Hikaru Takahashi, who was far away in Oshima Town, once again saw the miracles of the gods she believed in.

Six shimenawa pillars surround the shrine in a square shape.

There are relatively high mountains and forests on both sides of the shrine, and only the beach where the shrine is located is lowland. The main hall built by workers covers an area of ​​1.5 square meters. The pine wood chassis supports the entire main hall and is meters high.

On days with the strongest tides, the high tide can reach the main shrine. If the storm pillar were not there, it is possible that the entire shrine would be flooded by the waves in the future.

At this moment, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of the main hall, and a worship hall that was no smaller than the main hall rose from the ground. It was also built on a wooden base to prevent flooding during high tide. It had a red exterior and a turquoise roof.

The worship hall and the main hall are connected by a red corridor, and the orange-yellow floor has no cracks at all.

Suddenly, two five-story towers appeared, one on the left and one on the right behind the main hall, just far enough away to avoid the high tide.

The entrances of the main hall and the worship hall face the sea. 50 meters away is a stone pillar engraved with dragon patterns. The pillar has a radius of one meter and is 30 meters high. A lifelike stone dragon is perched on it.

150 meters ahead of the Storm Column is a red torii gate that suddenly appears in the sea.

The torii gate is 16 meters high. At this time, the tide has reached its peak, so one-third of the torii gate is submerged. When the tide recedes, the original appearance of the torii gate can be fully exposed.

As the Torii gate appeared, some wandering ghosts wandering in the nearby sea began to move towards this side.

Soon the first ghost approached the Torii. It was a female ghost who was soaking wet, with swollen skin and long black hair covering her face. She could not help but mutter words to curse the living.

When the female ghost passed through the torii gate from the sea water, her body began to change. The edema turned back into fair skin, the white clothes turned back into a blue dress, and her long hair turned into a ponytail again, revealing her beautiful appearance when she was alive.

The female ghost touched her own beautiful appearance again, and there was no disgusting resentment in her body. She immediately knelt on the beach and sincerely believed in the Dragon King enshrined in the shrine.

"Ding, devout believers +1"

Before the tide receded, ghosts kept appearing, and soon the number reached 30. However, the speed slowed down a lot afterwards, probably because most of the ghosts in the close range were consumed.

At this time, Tokyo was facing a weather change. The light rain that lasted for a few days turned into heavy rain, flooding some low-lying areas.

On top of Longshan Mountain, the power of the sacred tree could not completely stop the rain. The entire Longshan Mountain finally began to drizzle, and it became much quieter.

In the mural of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, the Ryukun Shrine is an absolutely forbidden area, and even Fujiwara Iori has never been there.

At this time, Yuzuru Nagayama was looking at the figures on the wall and felt annoyed. Just now, he did some mental calculations outside and found that his team of One Hundred Demons Night Parade had unknowingly reached 38 people, and the weakest one was only at the third level. He wanted to come in to appreciate the murals, but who knew that he would discover something unexpected.

The mural of Hatsuyukino was cracked. Although she was not dead yet, she was in a very weak state and was in danger of death at any time, otherwise the mural would not have cracked.

Yuzuru Nagayama frowned and took out his cell phone to make a call. He didn't know if it would work, and he couldn't figure out what kind of existence in the snowy mountains could cripple Hatsufuyu Yukino.

If he remembered correctly, Hatsuyukino's demonic power had reached 3500 points in dual cultivation, making her a leader among the sixth level.

"Dudu."

The phone was finally connected two minutes after it rang, but the voice on the other end looked very childish. If I was not mistaken, it was that of a young girl.

"Hey, hey."

When Yuzuru Nagayama saw that it was not himself, he felt even more solemn.

"Where's Hatsufuyu Yukino? How is she?"

A girl's surprised voice came from the other end of the phone, followed by some confusing words.

"Ah, so this is Sister Snow Girl's phone. What should I do? Yes, tell Sister's friends, and..."

Yuzuru Nagayama interrupted the other person's nonsense, and this time his voice became gentle.

"Don't be afraid, tell me slowly, how is the Snow Girl you mentioned?"

"She was taken away by a very big wolf. My sister was dealing with monsters in the Valley Village at the time. That damned wolf attacked her from behind and took her to Hakkoda Mountain. She might have been eaten by the wolf. It's all my fault. I killed my sister, Snow Girl."

The emotionally broken girl needed Yuzuru Nagayama to comfort her before she began to tell him about their location and the situation at Hakkoda Mountain.

Yuzuru Nagayama gave a calm answer.

"Don't worry, I will take care of it."

Inside the cave, Yuzuru Nagayama had a gloomy face. She had agreed to escape and go home to be a stay-at-home girl, but she was defeated and kidnapped in less than a month. Judging from the murals, the situation was obviously not good.

Soon, Nagayama Yuzuru walked out of the cave. Although he complained that the other party had an accident during such a troubled time, he could not ignore it. Not only was she his new woman, but she was also a member of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. If Hatsufuyu Yukino died, the increase in half-immortal power would be reduced by 240 points, which would just stop the genius talent.

However, this time when leaving Tokyo, we must be fully prepared and must not discover anything like Ryusawa Otomo again.

(End of this chapter)