YOZUKI

**YOZUKI** (世 (よ) ツキ, *Yozuki*β) is the primary location of the Uesama Village Arc. The residence and domain of the hellion Yoemon under the order of the Einvald's, it is a vast extra-dimensional space that serves as the lair of Niku and also serves as the den of a few **Valda**-ranked hellions, such as Schama, Yoemon, Yamiyari, and Uuzugomaru.

## History

After the death of Shub-Niggurath's true form, as well as the revelation of Niku being immune to total atomization, Niku gathers all of the hellions in the country and applies the Bölvun onto them, turning them less intelligent and partly feral but each with the strength of a weak deity. These hellions would later be seen as cannon fodder to be used against the various deities.

### Origin

During the final assault against hellions by deities, the castle held many notable battles. These included Yamiyari's clashes with Grid and Skadi; Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma facing Yog-Sothoth; Uuzugomaru's duel with Frigg; Lakshmi's encounter with Yoemon; and the deities' war against Niku. Preceding this was the initial confrontation of the deities and Niku, with other deities joining the clash in order to poison the Sovereign of the Underworld with a special drug, the Anti-Niku Drug, though it did not have any effect on him whatsoever. When the deities converged on a midway restrained Niku in Uesama Village, the ability **Passing of an Archon** was used by the latter, leading to instantaneous atomization of the whole pocket dimension and everything that was in it, including the other universes inside the dimension, though the pocket dimension was then recreated by him.

## Layout

YOZUKI is a seemingly endless, large extra-dimensional space of wooden rooms, endless halls, and moving corridors. It possesses a warped direction of gravity, allowing hellions to stand upright, upside down, or perpendicularly on the walls, or move in physically impossible directions; this is mainly due to the many extra-dimensional spaces scattered all around that all seem to infinitely generate.

Situated within Niku's room in Aosagibi's 171st floor, YOZUKI's range seems to extend beyond its already incomprehensibly large area.

Due to its unusual warped gravity, impossible structures can be formed within YOZUKI. During Yamiyari's path to the Fête Désordonnée, she fell thousands of stories past the corridors and halls and flew past a large and leafy maze, only to fall further past, reaching what seemed to be the bottom and landing onto the floor. This was then revealed to be a wall that was formed in the direction of the shifting columns below her and she was then thrown back down even lower through doors, walls, and vertically-placed houses, coming across a massive Temple in which she met Niku, much to the latter's annoyance.

## Locations

* **Yojin Temple:** **Yojin Temple** (用心 (ようじん) 神殿 (しんでん) , *Yōjin Shinden*β) is the primary home of Tempestas-ranked hellion Niku, Tempestas-ranked hellion Enikle-Exoxilb, Higher Valda-ranked hellion Schama, Higher Valda-ranked Yozuina Kirikibishini, Higher Valda-ranked hellion Yoemon, and Valda-ranked elated ghost Yamiyari.
* **Yojin Castle:** The **Yojin Castle** (余燼 (よじん) 城 (しろ) , *Yojin-jō*β) is a portion of the Yojin Temple location group. It is the principal residence of Skadi alongside Schama and Yoemon. The castle is also partly habited by an unknown woman.
* **Uesama Village:** **Uesama Village** (上様村 (うえさまむら) , *Uesama-mura*β) is a pocket dimension resembling a crowded town in the Kyoto period that was directly created by Niku's **Allrakinēsia** and Enikle-Exoxilb's **Timekeeper** used by Niku.
* **Eihitorijanai:** **Eihitorijanai** (永 (なが) 一人 (にん) じゃない, *Eihitorijanai*β) is a pocket dimension wherein the principal location is an infinitely unorthodox desert filled with blood-red sand and millions of massive trees, many people walking around aimlessly and mindlessly.
* **Kokuyotsu Island:** **Kokuyotsu** (穀 (こく) 四津 (よつ) , *Kokuyotsu*β) is an island originally created on Earth by the former goddess Schama during her deity-days. It is where resides Asmodeus, Niku's slave.
* **Suune:** **Suune** (脚 (すうね) , *Sūne*β) is an island situated to the left of the Yojin Temple. However, unlike anything normally seen, it is placed underwater.