The Heavenly Strike : Yasushira Must Die!

There was this musician sitting and playing music on a big stone with bonfire to keep him warm day and night, calling me for an unknown motive. His name is Yamato. There were dead bodies lying on the street, that for me, when I reached there, it was a mystery why they were killed that way.

Yamato, a humble musician, playing his instrument, begin his story. He witness the fearsome warrior killed all the man nearby, lying dead on the streets, for the fearsome warrior wanted Yamato to tell his story to me. A tale of Shigenori's Heavenly Strike. The fearsome warrior seeking an answer, for those man poorly butchered by his rage has no answer that he's seeking for. Yamato, then, tell me a story from the time that Tsushima first settled, to the beast of lightning appearance that killing and destroys innocent, to the legend of Shigenori that defeat the beast using his Heavenly Strike that he create and mastered to the max.

Yamato, a respectable story teller, told me everything. The fearsome warrior is a dangerous fellow, if he mastered the Heavenly Strike, there will be a new chaos in Tsushima. Yamato, wish me to take care of it. He guide me where did that man heading, which was chasing a women headed to the nearby bridge. It's seem to me, the so called fearsome warrior has lost his mind in seeking a power that he did not deserves. He must answer for the cruelty he did here.

I reached River Fall Bridge, the one that Yamato mention. Then, I met the women who has been chased by the crazy man, underneath the bridge, hiding, and traumatizing. Many of her fellow refugee slaughter without mercy, and the man who did this was Yasuhira Koga of Yarikawa Clan.

Before tracking up Yasuhira's trail on the other side of the bridge, I took a picture of this bridge from different angle. The beauty of it caught my attention, with the fog covering the atmosphere around it, it's stunning.

The fog, cleared by the sunny, making our trails tracking time a lot easier. The horse's trail leave a vivid marks on the main road. That's will narrow the search for the trails.

The trails lead us to a watchtower, controlled by the Mongols, with some Tsushima people as their slaves. After defeating the Mongols who guarding the place, the people there told me, Yasushira is working with the Mongols, but he already left. He was looking for someone who can teach him the Heavenly Strike. After searching for clue at the watchtower, I found a picture of white leaves tree, a picture with full of meaning about learning the Heavenly Strike.

Then, I leave the women with other refugee at the watchtower, as they are safe there, and I am better off alone to face Yasushira. After a while, walking on my feet, I reach the top of the hill that grow the biggest white leaves tree, and is the highest tree. I can see stunning view from this place.

I took out my flute, start playing some music, which I currently learn so far. Enjoying every moment, every view from up here, and the sunset make it even more phenomenal atmosphere.

I got a clue about where Yasushira is heading, and then I start to tracking the trails down. It lead me to a village, not far from the top hill I came from just now. There were Mongols guarding the village, that the sign of Yasushira present (I guess). I took a picture, of killing a giant, with a single hit (stand off challenge) which is quite rare occasion for me. The giants were always hard to deal with, but this time, I one hit killed one.

The moment I stepped into the village, fighting and killing was unavoidable. Took a night picture killing the last one of the Mongols here. Still no sign of Yasushira around. Lucky me, there was one villager that survive, that has info about what happened in the village.

According to this man, Yasushira, come here for their grandfather. The purpose was obvious. Yasushira is hunger for the Heavenly Strike. He took their grandfather away, heading to his old training ground, a dueling ring on the Komatsu coast.

I leave the house, and hope that I reach the dueling ring on time to save the grandfather, so he can return to his home, his home again. The chance ot that happen is slim since Yasushira is a crazy brutal traitor of Tsushima.

Yasushira brought heavily armed Mongols with him. When I reach the place, it was heavily guarded by them. It was a fight which I hard to deal head on and demand my full focus, so no picture time, only a picture that taken before the intense fight begin. I manage take the guards down.

Finally, I met Yasushira Koga, the bucther of the rebellion. He really underestimate me, and called me boy. Well, when Yarikawa clan destroyed, Jin Sakai still a little boy, I guess that's what make him looking down on Jin. Yasushira also dream of killing Shimura, Jin's uncle. Before the battle begin, I found out the grandfather was already fall, dead. Yasushira killed him after learned the Heavenly Strike from him.

Lighting thunders and heavy rain really make the duel much more intense. I have hard time to capture the lighting strike, it's just almost impossible to take a screenshot of it.

Oh yeah! How awesome is that. Lucky strike on lighting thunder, as if it hitting on my sword.

The battle was intense, fun, lots of lighting thunders, and I don't want it to finish so fast, I want I last for longer. It was a kind of fight that I've been waiting for this whole time. Yasushira's skill attack faster, and his Heavenly Strike is deadly! One mistake cost my vitality close to an end.

After exchanging hits with Yasushira a lots, I don't know what happened, somehow during the fight, I learn the Heavenly Strike skill as well. At first, I failed to land a hit using the skill, but after successfully launch the strike perfectly, it kill Yasushira!

Yasushira's final moment. I must thank him for the fight he gave me. It was a whole different experience for me. Yasushira fought well with his newly mastered skill, but he must admit it, I mastered it better.

Respect for the grandfather. If not his final teaching, Heavenly Strike will perished from Tsushima. As a final respect, burying his body in this training ground will at least give him the final honor that he deserve so much.

Like Disciple like Master. The Grandfather got his honorable funeral in this Shingenori's Rest.

Before leaving, I took some photos of Shingenori's Rest. So, that all for today. Thank you so much for you support, until next post! Have a nice day!

Note : All photos were screenshots taken by me while playing Ghost of Tsushima game. My thumbnail picture was edited using PixeLab apps, and it is my face with samurai's attire generated by ToonMe app