Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Diaries - Part 4

Erin continued a journey

- Erin McAllister

Welcome back to my Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Diaries, a collection of connected articles where I recount my experiences of running headlong into a brick wall over and over again until enough of the bricks fall out that I can sneak through. Previously, I had finally managed to defeat the Shinobi Hunter, complete my first Prayer Bead Necklace, and make some headway at the Hirata Estate...

But before I could explore any further, I had to rest at the nearby Sculptor's Idol, as my health bar was criminally low. Once I returned to full fighting strength, there was only one way forward left to me at the Estate: a bamboo-covered path leading uphill. However, there was also one path behind me that I hadn't yet explored. In the previous miniboss arena, there was a large bridge leading up to the fight. During some of my failed attempts, I had jumped down there to rest on the various branches until the Hunter and the soldiers forgot about me and how I had just stabbed half of them to death. The water underneath had looked dark in the night, the river flowing down from somewhere higher up. I didn't want to abandon the fight before, but now that the Shinobi Hunter was never going to return, I thought to myself, "Why not have a look?"