Deep into the night, moonlight climbed in through the window.

Horii leaned against the wall and sat under the window. Her back was close to the wall. The cool feeling spread throughout her body through the thin witch costume. Her fingers couldn't help but tremble twice. The cold moonlight shone on her side, outlining the beautiful silhouette that only belongs to a girl.

Mao was sleeping beside her. It was inappropriate to say that she was asleep. She opened her eyes, and there was no hint of sleepiness in her bright eyes. The moonlight was cold and the night was quiet.

She stared at Horii for a long time, then gently tugged at her sleeve. Horii lowered her head to look at her. "What's the matter?" Her eyes were filled with such inquiries. "What are you thinking?" Mao did not say anything, only writing in Horii's palm.

"I was thinking … something very strange." Horii's hand paused for a moment before continuing, "Village Chief, Akiko, and the shrine." "Do you think there was something wrong?" "There are many concerns." Horii frowned and her fingertips slowed down, making Mao itch. "And don't you think this village is too quiet?" Yes, the village was too quiet. Normally, there would be some people's voices in such a medium-sized village, but nothing could be heard here. "It's really too quiet indeed." Mao nodded.

"I suspect this village……" Horii was about to write something else but she heard a miserable scream from the silent night. She exchanged glances with Mao and immediately jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the direction of the shrine.

The shrine was naturally the same shrine in the daytime, but the barrier that enveloped it had disappeared for some unknown reason. Before they could get close, a black shadow wrapped in dense evil energy suddenly rushed out of the shrine and pounced towards the two of them. Mao quickly picked up the bow and loosened her finger. The spirit power of the Demon Breaking Arrow quickly flew to the black shadow. The blue Spiritual Energy burned the body of the monster like a flame. The shadow gradually turned into a Spiritual Child in the air with an unwilling scream.

However, it's not over yet!

The moment this thought flashed through Horii's mind, four or five more black shadows immediately rushed out of the shrine. She silently chanted an incantation in her heart as she picked up the talisman paper and threw it in four directions, hoping to form a Five Elements Formation to temporarily suppress the black shadow.

However, the idea was good does not mean a perfect implementation. The black shadow's strength was more powerful than she had expected. A Five Elements Talisman was actually intercepted and deviated from its original position.

What should we do? Horii did not know who can answer this question. She looked at the Yōkai charging towards her. She had no choice but closed her eyes to take out the last Spirit Cleansing Talisman.

"If you don't have the ability, don't be brave. Get out of the way!" A familiar voice suddenly sounded. Horii felt that someone had pushed her out of the range of Yōkai attack. She opened her eyes and saw that Mao's thin figure was standing in front of her.

She picked the bow, put on the arrow, and release it. In just a few seconds, these three movements were completed in one go. The pace was so fast that Horii didn't even have time to see them clearly. The Demon Breaking Arrow shot out like lightning. Blue Spiritual Energy was even more dazzling than it was as if the flame is going to burn all the filth in the world.

"Boom!" the longbow touched the ground. "Mao!" Horii immediately got up from the ground and rushed to Mao's side. "I'm fine." Mao's face turned slightly pale. She held Horii's hand and stood steady. Then, she said, "Let’s come into the shrine and have a look."

…

Mao immediately felt regret when they entered the shrine. She suggested entering the shrine only aim to find out the origins of Yōkai, but if she had known in advance the real situation, she probably wouldn't have made the same decision.

In the shrine, a young witch in white pants stood with a long sabre in hand. There was a beautiful blood flower blooming on her chest. However, the tip of the sabre pointed straight at the giant spider in the middle of the room, not wavering in the slightest.

One person and one Yōkai confronted each other, even if Horii and the others did not divert the slightest bit of their attention. "It's … a spider Yōkai." Mao said softly.

It was only now that she saw the true appearance of the Yōkai hiding in the shrine, and the transparent threads that extended from the heads of the black shadows-those were spider threads.

They fall into a trouble condition obviously. It seems that it won't be so easy to get out again. Mao tilted her head to look at Horii and realized that Horii also understood what kind of situation they met.

Perhaps it was because they had been silent for too long, or perhaps the Yōkai try to take advantage of the chance, the giant spider let out a low roar and suddenly split out a few black shadows. Shadows pounced toward Horii and the others.

This was a smart strategy, Yōkai tried to defeat the weakest enemy. Horii did not stop her mudra when she was analyzing her enemy. At the same time, she even took the time to look at the strange young witch.

Her fight seemed to be even more miserable. There were even more shadows surrounding her. They attacked the young witch constantly. There was no chance for her to catch a breath. Sooner or later, she'll die if this goes on. Horii understood that they need to find a way to kill the big spider, the command centre of these shadows. That was the turning point.

She wasn't the only one who discovered this. The witch had also aware it. "Two of you, back off!" Just as Mao was trying to shoot an arrow at the spider, the young witch began her action. She told Horii and Mao to retreat, while she went up to get close to the spider.

Raising hand and waving the sword. The silver blade was dazzling as the moonlight reflection. Horii pulled Mao to hide behind the door and closed her eyes. She didn't open eyes again until the screams of the spider disappeared.

"Are you guys sent by Witch Reiko?" The weak female voice was questionable, but it carried a certain tone. "Yes, may I ask if you are witch Haruko?" Mao walked out and took a step forward to ask her."Yes, I am." The young witch nodded. "I know you have any questions. What I want to tell you is that the monsters' purpose is to break the seal on the Evil Dragon's bones." "Evil Dragon's bones?"

"That was a very powerful monster several hundred years ago. After its death, the demonic energy of the corpse did not dissipate. So the corpse becomes the target of many other Yōkai. If the Yōkai obtained the corpse, they could greatly increase their demonic power. In order to avoid this situation, a witch sealed the Evil Dragon Bone."

As Haruko spoke, she suddenly covered her chest and coughed softly, "Cough cough …"

"Are you all right?" Mao asked with concern.

"Cough … I'm fine. Right now, the most important thing is to prevent the Yōkai from breaking the seal."

"Where is that place?"

"It's in a dry well behind the village!"