The man is called Seki-chin.

　He was originally a warrior monk who practiced martial arts at a temple in the mountains.
　At the temple, there was a nearly defunct training method called the "Asceticism of Beasts".
　It is a life-threatening training that takes several years of running through the fields and mountains, training one's body against beasts, demons, and nature. The training is so severe that few people take it up nowadays. But Ishimakura completed it.
　When he completed his training, he brought back the stone he had used as a pillow to sleep in the mountains and made it his pride and joy.

　The Caenis Empire was very active in finding talented people.
　Hoshihuan, the Blue General at the time, wanted Stone Pillow's mentor to be a talented man who could play a trump card in the army.

　Ishimakura accepted this offer without hesitation.
　He believed that it would be a great thing to be a part of the strongest army on the continent and to protect people with his strength, and he also believed that fighting would help him improve his martial arts.

　Fighting the elves was different from fighting humans.
　I thought it would be a different perspective and a good experience.
　But I soon grew tired of the stone pillow.
　The elves' methods of warfare are not rational at all, and they stubbornly do not change their fighting style even when they are losing.
　The elves who were being beaten were becoming pitiful. This battle should be ended as soon as possible.

　In order to stop the strange magic, the stone pillow tried to break through by itself and successfully defeated the sorcerer who was the source of the magic.
　It's a big deal. He would be rewarded and promoted, but that didn't matter to Ishimakura. Rather, he was happy to be fighting against elite warriors.
　The elves' methods of warfare were poor, but it was exciting to die against a strong man who had spent a long life training for battle. This battle must have provided the stone pillow with food for its ascent to greater heights.

　He had killed all the enemies that came at him, and had achieved his goal. Now, however, I will not go into the depths of the forest alone without a plan.
　I contacted my captain with a caller, and was thinking about how to get rid of the elves who had been killed by the main body and were fleeing into the forest.

　That's when she showed up.

　A young woman. She had a well-proportioned body, and her glossy blue-black hair was pulled up in a bun on either side of her head.
　On her face, there was a tag with some kind of ceremony written on it, but just by looking at the parts not hidden by the tag, I could tell that she had a charming face like a girl. However, her face is bloodless and miserably pale.
　Her brightly colored, fluttering, fairy or spirit-like robe, however, was frayed and tattered, as if it had been wandering for a hundred years, and looked like something an undead person would wear.
　Yes, she was undead.

　Kyonshi. A corpse set in motion by evil arts.
　It is said that when a person who was a master of martial arts before death becomes a Kyonshi, they become terrifyingly strong.
　It is said that those who drink blood or are bitten also become Kyonshi, but this is a confusion with vampires. However, her claws and fangs were poisonous, and that was the problem.
　However, since she wears a huge hand armor that is as big as a stone pillow, there is no need to fear the poison in her claws. ......

　It's not that I don't like it, but it's not that I don't like it.

　The stone pillow felt as if its limbs were tied up with cold ice ropes.

　--No, no, no way!

　As if to disguise something, he clasped his huge dragon-like hands together and took a bowing stance.

"You are a warrior of great renown, I see!
　My name is Ishimakura.
　My name is Ishimakura. My training name is Gudo.
　I am a warrior who was taught by Master Kurilyu at the Golden Spring Temple!

　The undead do not respond to Ishimakura's cheerful name.

"...... Speak your name!

　She just came at me.

"[Giant Body].

　She muttered quietly in a voice that sounded somewhat familiar.
　It's a key word for the use of kneading techniques.
　Unlike ordinary magic, the art of kneading and kneading does not necessarily require chanting, but there is a way to utter the key words to clarify the activation and switching, and Ishimakura ...... and his peers were taught by his teacher to do so.

"Gosh, ......【Boyant Body Gong】!

　One and one intersected as a thunderbolt.
　They kicked the earth, kicked the sky, and even used the leaves flying in the air as footholds.
　A special kick and a blow of the hand armor were exchanged.

　It was very similar to Ishimakura's martial arts, and since he knew the movements, it was easy for him to receive.
　However, the enemy also seemed to know the movements of Ishimakura from the beginning, making it difficult to attack.
　When fighting in a tournament or on the battlefield, it is enough to defeat your opponent before he sees your moves and gets used to them. But when you fight in a temple, you know each other's moves so well that this is often the case.

　--No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

　The tag attached to the face of Kyonshi was so strong that it seemed to be a part of her body, and the part attached to her forehead would not come off no matter how hard she moved.
　But I can see underneath the fluttering tag.

　The face.

"What the ......?

　The stone pillow's movements were disrupted. And it was a stumbling block that could not be ignored in the midst of a tightly contested battle.
　It was a stumbling block in a tight battle.
　The same as the stone pillow's, the dragon's hand armor ...... No, no.

　--This cuirass has been modified!　It's been modified. ......

　If it had been a stone pillow, it would have observed the enemy carefully and without preconceptions.
　But the stone pillow now was not.
　He was so intent on seeing the face beneath her tag that he neglected to pay attention to anything else.

　There was a small section protruding from the back of her hand, resembling dragon fangs.
　And as soon as it hit his shoulder, he felt an uncomfortable heat.

"Guh ......!

　His shoulder seemed to be burning with numbness.
　The poisonous venom that the claws of the hyungsi emitted. The poisonous venom from the Kyonshi's claws flowed through the basket.



　In exchange for the wound, the stone pillow saw.

"I see you, ......, your face hidden behind the bill!

　The undead was poised and facing Ishimakura with no small amount of trepidation.
　At least that's what it looked like to Ishimakura.

I'm not sure why you're here.
　Why are you here? ......!　Why are you like that ......!

　As she coughed up blood from her poisoned digestive tract, Stone Pillow screamed as she coughed up blood.

　The girl who would be Chency. She was a girl when they parted .......
　This is the first time that I've ever seen such a thing.
　Hair that shines in the wind. Beautiful, flowing technique. A smile like the sun. The beautiful mountains we saw together.
　But she grew thinner and her smile grew darker. And then.

"Since you left the temple, ......!　I just!　If I had more power back then, I would have been able to protect you. ......!
　d*mn it!　This can't be happening!　This can't be happening!

　Ishimakura was shocked as if his entire life had been denied.
　One day, I want to be able to protect her from any opponent and go on a journey to find her.
　It was a pipe dream. It was a dream that he didn't know if he really wanted to carry out.
　But it was one of the most fundamental and core elements of the stone pillow.

"Lesson Four.
　When the mind is disturbed, the breath is disturbed. Disturb the breath and you disturb the technique.
"Chen Shi ......!
I'm sorry.

　Chen Shi quickly slipped into the stone pillow's bosom, which was slowed by the poison.
　In the end, it's the only way to get the best out of it.

"Haha......!

　A powerful shock burst through the body of the stone pillow.
　It was as if the outlines of everything he could see had doubled in size.
　At the same time, more poison flowed into the body of the stone pillow.

　The stone pillow rolled over, unable to catch itself.
　As he rolled in a heap, drenched in the juice of the crushed grass, the stone pillow landed ...... on a tree.
　But it stopped when it hit someone's foot.

"Guh......Ruei............

　The presence was so faint that Ishimakura realized who it was.
　It was the Ryukage, a man who, like Ishimakura, had been assigned to the star ring.
　An eerie man clad entirely in black. He had been supporting Ishimakura in his search for the enemy, and now he was showing up.

"Give me ....... You have to kill the strong ones and offer them to the princess.

　The flowing shadow didn't take any notice of Chen Shi's words and slammed something into the ground.
　With a nice popping sound, there was a strange colored smoke.
　It's a smoke screen. It's a high quality item that can even mess with your magical senses.

　As soon as the smoke screen was put up, Ryukage lifted the stone pillow on his shoulder and began to cross the branches of the trees with agile movements.

　--Why, why, why, why: ......

　I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what's going on.