Chapter 938 – Burial Mountain
Lin Qiye looked at Jia Lan’s sleeping face and stood in place, lost in thought.
His heart, it had never hurt …… so much before even when the Tian Cong Yun sword pierced into his body and pierced through his chest.
This feeling was like someone carrying a knife, cutting his heart, which had just felt warmth and fondness, into hard pieces and throwing it into the abyss of coldness and despair.
Memorial felt the heavy sadness coming from Lin Qiye and fell into silence, a moment later she opened her mouth and was about to comfort something when the door to the room was opened once again.
The knight stood outside the door and said to Memorial:
”Chairman …… you come for a moment.”
After hesitating for a moment, Memorial sighed and patted Lin Qiye’s shoulder before following the knight out of the room.
Within the empty room, only Lin Qiye was left standing alone.
The breeze whisked through the white veil by the window, and Calan’s black hair that was spread out over the eaves of the bed was gently lifted up, and those eyes that were as quiet as water were tightly closed, just like a rock that loomed in the long river of time and existed for all eternity ……
After a long time, Lin Qiye stepped away and slowly walked to the bedside to sit down.
He returned Jia Lan’s black hair that had been draped over her back into the quilt and held her soft palms, like a silent sculpture, not moving a muscle.
Honshu Island.
A sedan was speeding rapidly on a deserted road.
Yuzurina sat in the backseat, turned her head to look out the window, and through the gap of drifting cherry blossoms, she could see a huge mountain covered in snow, towering under the sky, and opened her mouth in surprise:
”Mount Fuji? How did we get here?”
”This is where we deduced that the last Banezu Sword is located.” Hoshimi Shota shrugged and said, “From the nine prophecies given by [Muji], we have temporarily screened out three correct prophecies, which are ‘snow-covered ash’, ‘the place where cherry fires drift away’, and ‘place of sacred pilgrimage’.”
”All three of these prophecies were pointing vaguely, and I had traveled to every possible place before without being able to find the last Banezu Blade, and it wasn’t until yesterday morning when Shouta got the last prophecy that we ended up locking on to this place.” Amamiya Haruhide said.
”What prophecy?” Yurina asked curiously.
”‘The Peak of Wrath and Destruction’.”
Yuzurina nodded in realization.
In Japan, the only mountain that could bear the name of destruction was presumably this immense and incomparable active volcano, and combining that with the white snow, the cherry blaze, and the place of pilgrimage, it was almost confirmed that the last of the Banezu Swords was in this place.
”But isn’t this a natural scenic spot? Where did the danger come from?”
Sitting in the driver’s seat, Furuhara Ryoki spoke in doubt.
”Just because there was no danger before doesn’t mean there isn’t now.” Amamiya Haruhide spoke again, “In the prophecy, there is another one called ‘Corpse God Arching Place’, at first, we had actually classified this prophecy as a false prophecy based on what the other prophecies pointed to, because there is no so-called ‘Corpse God ‘ gathering place.
But it wasn’t until recently that we realized …… what this prophecy really means.”
”Corpse gods ……” Yuzurina looked like she thought of something, “Corpse beasts? There are Corpse Beasts gathering around here?”
”Uh-huh.” Amamiya Haruhide nodded, “That’s why I said that if the prophecy is wrong, it means that there won’t be any resistance to this operation, but if this prophecy is correct, then the danger factor here will be greatly increased.”
”However, even if there really are Corpse Beasts here, with the four of us Banezu Blade Masters joining forces, we shouldn’t have any difficulties?”
”Let’s hope.”
While the several people were talking, the vehicle had already driven to the foot of Mount Fuji.
Corpse beasts have descended, coupled with the frequent occurrence of social riots, the entire “human circle” has become a mess, the originally lively and incomparable scenic spot, at this moment, even a shadow of a person can’t be seen, some buildings under the mountain have even been bombarded with robberies, and the ground is filled with broken glass crumbs and dried blood stains.
”Let’s go, drive the car straight up.” Amamiya Haruhide looked around, “The prophecy mentioned ‘snow-covered ash’, which means that the elevation where the last Banezu Sword is located must not be low, so there’s no point in wasting time down there.”
Furuhara Ryoki hmmm’d, and with one foot on the gas pedal, the vehicle quickly climbed up the mountainous highway, shaking Yuzurina’s small face pale.
When the vehicle reached the end of the road, Yuzu Rina and Hoshimi Shota rushed out of the vehicle at the same time and went to the side of the road to vomit, while Amamiya Haruhide stepped out of the vehicle as if it was nothing, his eyes gazing at the snowy peaks above his head, his eyes slightly narrowed.
”It’s so cold here.” Furuhara Ryoki closed the car door and rubbed his hands together, exhaling a mouthful of watery air.
”It’s not too bad here now, the further we climb to the top of the mountain, the colder it gets.”
”Are we going to the top?”
”Uh-huh.” Amamiya Haruhide nodded, “If that sword is really on this mountain, then the biggest possibility, it’s at the top.”
Yuzurina, who was at the side, let out a long breath after spitting, slowly stood up and asked:
”Then again, this Banezu Sword, what exactly is its name?”
”The second of the Nine Blades of Banezu, [Burial Mountain].” Amamiya Haruhide spoke calmly, “Ever since this sword was forged, no one has seen it, much less a sword master …… It only exists in legend.”
”[Burial Mountain]?” Hoshimi Shota looked up at the massive mountain in front of him, “No wonder it’s in the mountain …… But, how did you know that it’s at the top?”
”It’s just a guess, since the [Burial Mountain] has never appeared before the eyes of the world, it also means that it is located in a place that is extremely difficult for humans to reach, and in the entirety of Mt. Fuji, the only place that fulfills the conditions is that huge crater at the top.”
”I see… ……”
”Little Yuzuru-ni, we may need your [Thousand Cranes] next, to help us find the location of the [Burial Mountain].” Amamiya Haruhide pointed to the top of the snowy mountain above, “Even if we reach the top, it’s too big for the four of us to find, and our climbing tools aren’t specialized, so we can’t go up some particularly steep locations.”
”Leave it to me.”
Yuzurina put her hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist and pulled out the [Thousand Cranes] by half an inch.
Clank-!
With a soft sound, the snow-white long sword at her waist transformed into a sky full of paper cranes, fluttering their wings and dissipating into the air.
After doing all this, Amamiya Haruhide took a deep breath, looked at the top of the towering mountain peak in front of her, and slowly spoke:
”Let’s go, let’s go up the mountain.”