Creak-
With the sharp creak of the door being pushed, a blood-soaked figure collapsed to the ground with a thud before he could push it open.
Hazy moonlight spilled down. The man raised his head, and by the moonlight, Su Chen finally recognized him.
Demon Slayer Corps member, Murata!
Su Chen stepped forward in two strides and immediately helped Murata up.
"Murata! What happened to you?"
Murata gasped twice and clutched Su Chen's sleeve. "At the foot of the mountain below the Butterfly Mansion, there are powerful demons! Extremely powerful!"
"Extremely powerful?"
It seemed Murata had indeed encountered a powerful enemy. To think that what Su Chen feared most had still happened.
But honestly, it was very rare for Murata to have managed to walk back with such serious injuries.
Generally, missions ended in only three ways for members operating alone.
Some finished their missions with slightly dirty clothes, some suffered minor injuries but could return on their own, and others ended up in a demon's stomach and never came back.
So Murata's return could be called a miracle.
"Murata, don't say anything else. Let me treat you first!"
Su Chen was about to pick Murata up and carry him inside, but Murata suddenly grabbed him.
Under the moonlight, Murata's expression looked somewhat twisted, his eyes filled with terror.
"No! Su Chen, listen to me. An incredibly powerful enemy really has appeared at the foot of the mountain!"
"Run! Tell everyone in the Butterfly Mansion to run!"
"Otherwise, everyone in the Butterfly Mansion will die!"
By then, Su Chen had begun to sense that something was wrong.
Murata had always been a steady person, and his unusual behavior immediately set Su Chen's heart churning.
Su Chen crouched beside Murata and asked gravely, "Murata, what exactly did you encounter?"
Murata said