Chapter 4: The first battle with the evil spirit

Walking quickly on the path between the fields, Mika and Tanjiro had tired looks on their faces.

But even so, it still couldn't hide the excitement in their eyes.

Before, both Micah and Tanjiro were still just teenagers.

Micah is twelve years old and Tanjiro is thirteen.

Mika is learning how to be a hunter, and Tanjiro is just selling Tanjiro.

The two people who had never embarked on such a long journey suffered a lot along the way, and finally arrived near Mount Samagiri today.

"Take a rest and recover your strength. I'm afraid you'll have to stay in the mountains tonight."

After hearing Mika's suggestion, Tanjiro nodded and found a darker place to put down the box behind him, then sat on the ground and rested.

After taking out the water bottle from the backpack behind him and handing one to Tanjiro, Micah drank water while observing the surrounding environment.

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This place is not far from the Sagogiri Mountains, and there should still be some villagers around.

But now they no longer need to live in villagers' homes.

After all, the Rintaki Sakonji they were looking for lived in this mountain range, and they needed to find it themselves.

As a result, spending the night in the mountains is unavoidable.

Even though the mountains are very dangerous.

"Tanjiro, when you enter the mountains, you must pay attention to your surroundings and don't be careless!"

"I understand!"

After Mika's explanation during this period, Tanjiro has become very clear about the harm and cruelty of ghosts.

But it was precisely this that made him worried.

"Micah, do you think I really have any hope of finding a way to turn ghosts into humans?"

Apparently, even a gentle and optimistic person like Tanjiro becomes worried after learning from Micah that there is almost no precedent for ghosts turning into humans again.

"How do I know such a thing?"

Without looking at Tanjiro behind him, looking at the distant mountains and feeling the breeze, Mika said calmly: "I only know that roads are made by people. If no one walks on them, there will be no roads. Birth."

"And we just need to keep moving forward towards our goals."

Turning back and looking at Tanjiro sitting on the ground, Mika put away the water bottle and put on his luggage again.

"Let's go, keep going!"

"Um!"

Different from his previous worries, Tanjiro put a smile on his face again after being awakened by Micah's words.

"Let's continue towards Mount Sagiri!"

"Huh? Mount Sagi? Just climb over the mountain in front of you, but it's getting so late. Isn't it too dangerous to enter the mountain at this time?"

After hearing Tanjiro asking for directions, a woman living nearby kindly advised: "There have been frequent disappearances nearby recently, so be careful."

"Please don't worry, we are fully capable of dealing with danger."

Rejecting the woman's kindness with a gentle smile, Tanjiro, who had already decided to stay overnight in the mountains, kept moving forward carrying the box where his sister was.

Micah followed closely behind him.

Compared with Tanjiro, Mika is indeed not as good at dealing with outsiders.

Therefore, Tanjiro was responsible for asking for directions or staying overnight on the road.

"Please be careful along the way!"

"Thanks!"

In this way, under the worried eyes of the villagers, Micah and Tanjiro embarked on a journey to climb the mountain.

"According to what the previous villagers said, there are either wild beasts or evil spirits in this mountain. Otherwise, there would not have been many missing people."

Walking at the back of the team, Mika told Tanjiro his thoughts in front.

"Then we really have to be careful!"

Holding his sister Nezuko's hand, Tanjiro responded with concern.

Because the sun had set and night had fallen, Nezuko, who had been in the box during the day, came out of the box, slowing down Tanjiro's gravity.

"There is no need to worry too much. After all, our argumentative power will never be too low."

At this time, among the three, the strongest one is undoubtedly the demonized Nezuko.

With her, there is no need to worry when encountering ordinary ghosts.

In the original work, what the Tanjiro brothers and sisters are about to encounter is an ordinary evil ghost, which is not worth mentioning at all.

But no matter how unworthy of mentioning it was, Micah had already planned in his mind the tactics he should use when encountering that ghost.

After all, Tanjiro is too enthusiastic.

"It smells like blood."

"This road is too dangerous. Someone should be injured."

After saying that, the boy and girl rushed out and ran towards the Buddhist hall above.

"What did I say?"

Helplessly stroking his forehead, Micah couldn't help but sigh and quickly followed.

However, because of the luggage on him, Micah couldn't keep up with the Tanjiro brothers and sisters in terms of speed.

When Mika rushed to the temple and saw Tanjiro again, what caught his eyes was Nezuko, who was staring at the corpse in the temple, and Tanjiro who was thrown to the ground by the evil spirit.

Without any hesitation, Mika immediately drew his crossbow and shot towards the evil ghost's head.

"Is there anyone else?"

Sensing a hint of threat from the weapon in Micah's hand, the evil ghost immediately planned to dodge to the side.

But the speed of the arrow was far beyond his expectations.

Although it didn't hit his head, the powerful arrow still hit his neck, and the powerful kinetic energy knocked him out of Tanjiro's body.

"Don't hesitate, Tanjiro! Pick up the axe and prepare for battle."

"Yes!"

Although he had heard Mika say before that the devil was terrible, when he saw the devil standing up slowly with the arrow piercing his neck, Tanjiro couldn't help but waver.

On the contrary, Mika, who was also fighting a devil for the first time, was terribly calm at this time.

After shooting the arrow, he abandoned his luggage and drew out his hunting knife, and quickly rushed towards the devil in front of him.

Although the devil was not fatally injured after being pierced through the neck by the arrow.

But the existence of the arrow still affected the devil's movement and recovery.

Taking advantage of the devil's unpreparedness, Mika jumped up and swung the hunting knife in his hand to chop his head off his body.

Then he kicked the devil's head in front of Tanjiro.

"The demon is not dead yet, so I'll leave the head to you, Tanjiro!"

Then Mika stepped on the body of the demon lying on the ground.

Before the demon regained control of his body and continued to fight, Mika stepped on his body and raised his crossbow to shoot at his limbs and torso.

The powerful arrows quickly penetrated the demon's body, nailing him firmly to the ground and unable to move.

"Asshole, let me go, I'm going to kill you!"

Before Mika recovered from the battle of controlling the demon's body, he was awakened by the shouting of the demon behind him.

Looking back, he saw that the demon's head had been nailed to the tree trunk by Tanjiro with an axe.

"It seems to be solved!"

Slowly exhaling, Mika also recovered from his previous calm state.

Then came the trembling of his body.

This was not a reaction caused by fear, but excitement.

This feeling of fighting between life and death made Mika extremely excited.

This feeling of joy, he may never forget it again.

On the other side, Tanjiro, who was also in a state of excitement after the war, soon discovered that his sister was different, and he hurried forward to bring her back.

Then he walked to the head of the demon and pulled out the knife he carried with him.

"Are you going to make the final blow next?"

Looking at the demon in front of him who kept talking, Tanjiro couldn't do it.

At this moment, a voice came from behind him.

"You can't give him the final blow."

As the voice was transmitted, a samurai dressed in a tengu mask appeared behind Tanjiro.

Looking at his figure, Mika's eyes showed a lot of joy.

He knew that the old man in front of him was the former water pillar they were looking for, and the demon slayer trainer recommended by the current water pillar Tomioka Giyuu, Urokodaki Sakonji.