"Aaaaah!!"
"You damned Demon Slayers! May you all die horrible deaths!!"
Muzan had been skewered on a thick iron rod and suspended over an iron rack, his hands still locked in seastone cuffs. Beneath him, Kyojuro Rengoku was concentrating on fanning the flames, while Sanemi Shinazugawa grinned and turned the rod so the fire roasted Muzan evenly all over. Tanjiro silently piled on more firewood.
The sight would bring any Demon King to tears and break Muzan's heart.
"Speaking of which..." Ye Chen could barely stand to look at the Trash Boss's miserable state. He turned to Gyomei Himejima instead and noticed that he wasn't doing very well either.
"You activated your demon slayer mark, and you're already over twenty-five. Looks like you're barely clinging to life now."
"Namu Amida Butsu. It's nothing serious. I should be able to hold on long enough to see Muzan Kibutsuji die..." Gyomei Himejima was shedding tears as always.
Seeing how little he cared, Ye Chen couldn't help admiring how unflappable these people were.
They would throw their lives away at any moment just to kill the Demon King.
And just to see the Demon King die, they could stubbornly cling to lives that should already have ended.
Come to think of it, I wonder if the Curse-Removing Hand I bought earlier works on other people. Ye Chen thought it over and decided it was worth trying.
"That demon slayer mark of yours is pretty interesting. Can I touch it?" Ye Chen asked, looking at the mark on Gyomei Himejima's arm.
"Hmm? If you're curious, go ahead. Namu Amida Butsu..."
Without another thought, Ye Chen reached out and touched it. Then he discovered that the Curse-Removing Hand he'd bought from the system really did work on other people!
In an instant, Gyomei Himejima also