"Heh."
Haruto gave a quiet laugh, his voice cold. "Sorry for the trouble. You're already ridiculously weak yourself, yet you still came to threaten me.
I'm curious. After that Rank Replacement Blood Battle, how much of your strength can you still use?"
"..."
Lower Five said nothing. He watched Haruto, his brow creasing slightly, then swiftly retreated into the darkness.
What sounded like Tanjiro's furious roar rang out through the woods, leaving Haruto uneasy.
There were far fewer swordsmen here than Cang Kong had said.
Where had the others gone?
And what had Tanjiro's roar just now been about?
Haruto turned to look at the swordsmen, his brows drawn tightly together.
His mission was... to slay Lower Five and wipe out the demons on the mountain.
But if he left and those spiders appeared again, would these children... survive?
"Mr. Haruto..." Murata said with difficulty. "Let me... let me help!"
This swordsman had taken part in the selection on Mount Fujikasane alongside Haruto, Sabito, and Giyu, but his lack of talent had kept his strength from improving.
He looked earnestly at Haruto. "Please let me help too. If it's just killing as many spiders as possible and cutting their threads, I can be useful!"
Haruto watched him, then nodded gently.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Murata."
On little Mount Natagumo, the situation changed rapidly.
Working together, Tanjiro and his two companions quickly slew the demon controlling the threads, but that was not the only demon on the mountain.
Amid tremors like an earthquake, a towering demon suddenly appeared and hurled Tanjiro away. Inosuke looked back in bewilderment, and Zenitsu had vanished at some point too.
Huh-what?
So I'm the only one facing this gigantic demon now?
Damn it! Despite the enormous difference in their heights, Inosuke remained utterly