WebNovels

Chapter 95 - Backstory Chapter 1: Tsurugi Arc (Entity POV)

The battlefield reeked of shit and blood—mostly shit.

For nine centuries, I'd watched humans die, and they always soiled themselves at the end. No matter how pretty the songs made it sound, death was messy and gross. The poets never mentioned the shit part.

From my formless vantage point, I observed today's carnage. The Ōnin War, they'd call it later. Brothers killing brothers over who received the Emperor's blessing. Yoshimasa hiding in his fancy pavilion while Kyoto burned. Civilization's entire spectacle fell apart, and it was all so terribly dull.

The samurai below me were a disgrace. They swung their swords like angry woodsmen, all brute force and clumsy footwork. There was no art here, no harmony. It was just panicked, sweaty men trying to murder other panicked, sweaty men. It was an insult to the blade.

This is the end of Part One, download Chereads app to continue:
More Chapters