After hearing the eerie laughter coming from the wooden house down the mountain, Kamizuki formed Hand Seals and created a small barrier, trapping the three unconscious people inside. Only then did he turn and race toward the house.
As Kamizuki sprinted toward the wooden house, his eyes never left it.
He saw the man who had been kneeling inside the house get up and head toward what looked like a basement.
The two naked girls who had been lying in front of the man had also disappeared from the house.
At last, Kamizuki reached the house. As soon as he opened the door, he saw that the floor was covered with all kinds of offerings for some kind of ritual. Among them were two piles of something that looked like ashes.
It didn't take a genius to figure out that those two piles of ash were the remains of the two girls!
What puzzled Kamizuki was what the man was doing with these women. What was this ritual for?
Kamizuki felt that something was strange, but he couldn't put his finger on what was wrong.
He didn't dwell on all these confusing matters. The most important thing now was to take down the big boss as soon as possible. Maybe, like in a game, defeating the boss would earn him some top-tier equipment or some ridiculously powerful technique.
Ahem... he was getting off track!
Although Kamizuki had thought about all that, his body hadn't been idle. In fact, after entering the house, he had only glanced at the offerings and the ashes before chasing after the passageway.
After descending a few steps, Kamizuki reached the basement. He followed the winding passageways, turning corner after corner, until he came to a large door.
A symbol was painted on the wooden door—or,