After successfully killing the Demon Mother, Tanjiro and Inosuke left the forest and arrived at a small river. They followed the river upstream, though neither of them had any clear destination in mind.
"Inosuke, you should head down the mountain first." Tanjiro saw blood flowing from the wounds on Inosuke's shoulder and waist.
"Hmph, why should I listen to you? I'm telling you, what happened just now already pissed me off."
"But we worked well together, and we killed that demon. I want you to go down the mountain because your wounds look serious." Tanjiro pointed at the wounds on Inosuke's body.
"Nonsense. I'm not injured at all."
As the two spoke, a tremendous crash suddenly came from the forest beside them.
They both turned toward the source of the sound.
"What was that? Thunder?"
Tanjiro sniffed the air. Other than the ever-present stench, he could not smell rain. Besides, it was a full moon tonight. There was no way it could be thunder.
Just as the two of them were at a loss, a huge figure suddenly sprang out of the forest and swung a fist at them without warning.
At first, Tanjiro thought it was a gorilla. After all, in a forest, the only animal large enough to leap several meters at once would be a gorilla.
But when it landed, they realized in shock that it was not a gorilla at all, but another demon.
This demon was enormous, over two meters tall. Its skin was covered in black stripes, and it had a human body with a spider's head. Its appearance was terrifying.
Tanjiro had always thought the woman in white they had just slain was the only demon in the forest. He had not expected there to be another one, and this one was clearly