Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn As An Ice Dragon With A System

Chapter 2285: Oda Nobunaga’s Endless Castle [3]

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"T-Those bastards...! They’re Susanoo’s Three Fools! The Leaders of his War Band that led a great war against the Shuten Doji, the Oni King, and my son..." Orochi muttered, making Drake glance at him for a second.

"Wait, what? You had a son?!" Drake asked. "I had no idea..."

"I once had... something with a human woman. I disguised myself with my Sorcery as a man. I wasn’t just a monster. I was worshipped by various Mountain Villages and Tribes as a Serpent God, both feared and respected," Orochi explained. "I brought calamity, but I also protected those who worshiped me."

"Huh, that’s new..." Drake smiled. "I thought you were a total jerk, but you’re not that bad."

"Hmph... I had allied with my son back then, naturally... But these three bastards and Susanoo were able to slay me before I could help the Oni and the Yokai unify against them...!" Orochi groaned, furious. "The Yokai you’ve been fighting are not the same as those that existed before. The ones you’re fighting are Specters born from Curses, while Yokai originally belonged to hundreds of tribes of non-humans from Zipangu. These Specters take on their forms and shapes because that’s what Nobunaga wants them to look like. They have no true shape."

"Got it, thank you for the info," Drake nodded, barely holding back his anger. "Are you angry at your death or at Amaterasu’s death?"

"Both..." Orochi groaned. "That girl I once loved... she was someone who worshipped Amaterasu, one of her shrine maidens. She died not long after giving birth to our son... I was a monster, so I couldn’t take care of him myself. I left him in a Mountain Village, where the boy was raised as a Monk... not long after, something awakened the powers he inherited from me, and he became an Oni."

"Ah, that makes sense..." Drake nodded.

He had no idea Orochi had such a long history and past. He actually loved someone, a human woman at that. His anger against Susanoo wasn’t just because he was killed, but because Susanoo targeted his son and the army he was building and had also slain Amaterasu, the goddess his beloved worshipped.

What’s more, by now, perhaps his son had already been killed by Susanoo... Orochi, however, held the hope that such a thing had not yet happened. He had never revealed to his son that he was his father and was going to do so during the war. He was going there to protect him, to fight by his side.

But he failed him... His resentment and lingering attachments most likely caused his soul to fuse with the Sin of Gluttony, where he ended up finding his way to Drake.

"Hmm? What is that serpent?"

"He seems awfully familiar..."

"Yeah. I have seen him before. That’s... Orochi?"

The trio instantly recognized the white serpents around Drake’s back. As they gazed at the Gods with anger, the Gods glared back at him with confident smiles.

"So it seems the Calamity Serpent remains, as a vengeful spirit of sorts~?"

"Pathetic! Truly pathetic! Don’t you know when to give up, you wretched beast?!"

"It must be Fate that we’ve found your Soul here. We’ll make sure to slay you once and for all and finish the job that Susanoo-sama started."

"You damn lapdogs! You think you can actually beat me now?! HEH... HEHEHEHE! OI DRAKE! LET’S SHOW THEM WHAT WE CAN DO!"

"Hmph... I was going to do that anyway."

Drake stood still, holding Celestia, still sheathed, in his hand as he looked at the three gods, who had fallen silent after those words directed at Orochi.

The atmosphere grew still as silence permeated the area. For a moment, not even the Spectral Yokai coming from behind bothered Drake or made any noise.

Whoever made the first move would have the advantage... and although Drake was confident in his strength, these three Kami were not to be underestimated either.

Oda Nobunaga had gathered them and personally sent them to eliminate him. It couldn’t be a coincidence that he met them, especially since they were moving through strange black portals.

As if they had been given part of his powers...

RUMBLE!

"Hm?!"

Drake’s eyes widened.

His Venerable Senses were at full power as they spread around him ahead of time.

All three of them moved to attack him at the same time!

"Heheh, you’re too slow, you damn giant lizard~!"

A pair of thunderbolt-shaped swords rushed toward Drake, piercing his neck and electrocuting his body as divine lightning bolts erupted from all over his body.

BOOOM!

"It’s over already! Hahahahahaaaaaaaggh?!"

CRASH!

Takemikazuchi’s eyes widened in horror as he screamed amidst his confident laughter. The other two Kami had not acted, thinking he had already killed him.

However, that was not the case.

Drake let him strike because he knew he could take that and even worse things.

"I just love seeing confident pieces of garbage like you find out I’m not as easy to kill as you think."

Drake smiled viciously, grabbing Takemikazuchi’s face with his giant claws.

The Kami was rather large. All three of them were much taller than giants, enough for Drake’s claws in his contained dragon form to easily grab his face without crushing it instantly.

No, he couldn’t do that. He had to savor it.

Their pain.

"You never thought about what your goddess went through when you did that to her? When you betrayed her, you walking garbage?"

"What the hell are you talking about?! What do you even know?! Why do you care so much?!"

Takemikazuchi screamed. His two thunderbolt swords rushed toward Drake, stabbing his arm, and yet...

Drake remained unscathed!

"I told you to answer my questions!"

CRAAASH!

Drake struck Takemikazuchi onto the floor and dragged his body across hundreds of rooms. The energy of his attack burned his face and hair, his horns shattered into pieces, and his third eye exploded into a bloody mess.

"A A A A G G H !"

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