At last, Tetsu no Sosuke reached the end of the tunnel.
To his surprise, it echoed with a sound he knew all too well...
Forging!
A large group of villagers crowded around furnaces and anvils, making weapons and armor.
Tetsu no Sosuke could hardly believe his eyes.
For a moment, he thought he had come to Swordsmith Village instead of a demon's lair...
But even Swordsmith Village did not pack its furnaces this close together.
No one would willingly put themselves through this. They probably had no choice.
Making a racket in the mountains would attract attention.
So they had gathered inside the cave. But... what was the point?
Were they arming the villagers with weapons and armor, then sending them into battle formations to fight?
Was Kibutsuji Muzan planning to conquer the world?
Aside from the villagers forging weapons and armor, there was nothing else of note in the tunnel. Tetsu no Sosuke watched for a while, then shook his head and turned back.
The gap in skill was too great. These villagers could hardly be said to know how to forge at all. What they made was crude, and its quality was probably the lowest of the low...
"Is this just for their own amusement?" Tetsu no Sosuke returned to the fork in the tunnels and looked toward the last passage. "I should've taken this one first."
Chapter 453: Really Want to Kill You
The last tunnel also had the most people.
Tetsu no Sosuke had nowhere to hide!
But the people in this tunnel differed from those in the others. Instead of ordinary villagers' clothes, they wore identical robes, like monks of some religious order.
The robes were bright red, with a black figure embroidered on the back. It struck a wild, threatening pose, like a demon!