Chapter 1468 1440.【Eternal World】
‘What happened? '
After the moment when the fallen hungry ghost got up again, whether it was the militiaman who had just taken a brave step and overcame the fear of the monster to last a last hit, or whether it was the militiaman who took a few quick steps to pull Kikuchi Sadayoshi, who wanted to kill him at close range, had such thoughts in his mind.
Everything happens in an instant.
When the hungry ghost stood up, he opened his horrifyingly twisted mouth and let out a strange scream.
And after that strange scream
Sadaikichi Kikuchi, whose footsteps originally showed a hint of stability, almost visibly weakened his knees.
It's like standing up suddenly after squatting for a long time, and the blood flow is not smooth.
But it’s impossible!
He has been patrolling, and he just cut out the [upper configuration]! How could mistakes like weak legs and irregular breathing occur at this time?
As for the militiamen who were closer to the hungry ghosts than Kikuchi Sadayoshi, his performance was even worse.
Although fighting is the most physically demanding sport, the militiamen faced monsters for the first time.
But it didn’t matter, so I went up and stabbed it with a knife, and then I was out of breath, as if I had run a few kilometers, right?
Shouldn’t it be possible to recover more than half of this sudden physical exertion by just taking a few breaths?
Why is it that you are out of breath as if you have reached the limit of aerobic exercise?
Abnormal manifestations of body and physical strength were the first to be sensed, and then other abnormal feelings came one after another.
Kikuchi Sadaikichi felt as if his nose and throat were blocked by some invisible viscous gas.
His eyes could not see anything, but the abnormality of touch was real.
——Beside this hungry ghost who stood up again and roared, something was making his body uncomfortable, preventing him from recovering his physical strength!
The eyes of the hungry ghost protruded like light bulbs, widened, and flashed with blood.
It screamed excitedly and looked at the brave militiamen closest to it.
[Hungry Ghost] is a miserable soul who has fallen into the realm of hungry ghosts. Their appetite can never be satisfied, and legend has it that any food stuffed into their mouths will turn into ashes before reaching their throats.
Because of this, I feel hungry and thirsty, and therefore I hate those creatures who can still eat and live.
“Wow wow wow!”
With the strange cry, the hungry ghost’s thin, twisted jaw suddenly opened!
The sound of the joints turning almost makes a mechanical "click" sound.
Its mouth opened to at least 150 degrees!
And without stopping for a moment, he rushed towards the militiamen beside him who were panting and tired and could not move!
The twisted mouth on the huge head looked like it was going to bite off the militiaman's neck when opened!
Kikuchi Nobuyoshi's pupils were so nervous that they shrank. The militiaman, whose physical strength was so exhausted that he could not move, even stopped breathing subconsciously.
Monsters, for the villagers living in this world, are things that can kill people so easily.
But
“Bang!”
A big hand!
A big hand that still looks bigger even if it is held on the hungry ghost's deformed head! Abruptly and simply stopped the hungry ghost from attacking!
The bone-white gauntlet, which seems to be called a cage hand in Japan, stopped the hungry ghost's head as if he was casually holding a smashed apple.
Its skinny limbs and swollen, round, diseased belly were in mid-air, and it swung forward due to its momentum before stopping completely.
Then without stopping.
The arm that crossed from the side of the militiaman threw the hungry ghost in his hand directly.
“Wow wow wow!”
The hungry ghost floated on the ground and flew far away, making strange screams of pain from its mouth.
The militiamen who were so frightened that they had not yet recovered, and the confused Dingji, stared blankly at Lan En's tall body walking out from behind them.
They only saw this strange cat-like pair of strange cat eyes glancing at the empty ground.
After taking a step forward, he frowned.
After this step, Lan En's body is considered to be standing with the militia.
And in the demon hunter's [spiritual vision], he clearly saw: just where the hungry ghost stood up again after falling to the ground, a circle of circular ink stains with a diameter of two meters was surging.
It is said to be ‘ink mark’, but it is obviously not real ink.
Because from the information observed from the corner of the eye, it seems that the young warrior and militiamen in front of them cannot see the ink stain at all.
This is not something ordinary people can see.
The strange cry after the hungry ghost got up seemed to call for some kind of power in this place.
Without leaving a trace, Lan En gently pushed aside the militiamen and young warriors as he passed by.
After the two of them staggered away from the circle of ink on the ground, they subconsciously took a few deep breaths and broke out in a cold sweat, as if they were surfacing.
But even so, the brave militiamen who were suddenly too tired to walk now felt much smoother and could stand firm on their own without the help of others.
Looking at his expression, he was confused.
Even after Lan En stepped into this ink circle, he subconsciously took a deep breath.
I want to use this regular method to make up for my reduced physical recovery speed.
But it was useless.
It seems that the power summoned by hungry ghosts in this circle does not belong to the human world and has nothing to do with life.
Human life will only be consumed here, and it is difficult to recover.
But the impact of this circle of ink on Lan En.
"Although the essence of this power is deep enough to touch [Body Light], the force that suppresses me is worse than diving."
Lan's hand tightened and unclenched, and [Smaug]'s gauntlet was on his There was a sound of armor plates biting on his hands, and the demon hunter muttered in his mouth.
Then, he walked straight through the two-meter diameter ink circle and looked at the hungry ghost who was thrown away by his slap.
"Or is this because you are too weak?" Under the dim moonlight, Lan En's hair was like flashing silver, and his cat eyes were glowing slightly.
"Wow wow wow!"
The hungry ghost stood up again, and the strange cry came from unknown sources, calling for inexplicable power.
With its feet as the center of the circle, another ink circle is shaped.
But the moment after it finished screaming.
“Bang!!”
Lan En's big hand pressed directly on the hungry ghost's sparse head!
The height of the hungry ghost is no more than a knee for him.
Bend down and press!
The hungry ghost who just stood up was directly pressed until his head was crushed to the ground!
Then Lan En straightened up and raised his steps, "Bang!!!"
Earth and rocks splash! A circle of loess smoke was shaken out from Lan En's foothold, which was under the hungry ghost's head!
The hard bones and skin, which even the veteran who had practiced swordsmanship for more than ten years felt pain when cutting with a knife, made a series of cracking sounds of 'Carrara' under the crushing of Lan En's soles.
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The strange cry of ‘wow wah wah’ left only a particularly shrill wail in the end, and then fell into silence.
Lan pulled out the stuck foot from the earth.
By the way, he shook it to shake off the dust.
The militiamen were swallowing dryly, and the young samurai, whose hand holding the knife handle was nervously opening and closing, didn't know what expressions to show.
So they could only look at each other with blank faces, but they were speechless.
"What an impressive martial arts skill."
At this time, a sound came from the darkness of the village, breaking the brief silence.
Daisuke Kikuchi, who was only wearing a yukata and nightgown, walked out holding the handle of the knife.
The single clothes on his upper body were not even tied up, and his arms were open. When we met during the day, Haori's jacket was nowhere to be seen, and Tsukiyo's head was scattered, looking like a bald, long-haired non-mainstream figure.
It was obvious that he had just woken up from his sleep, and he hurriedly took the knife and went out.
When he saw the young warrior who was helpless but not injured, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he bowed to Lan En: "Thank you for your help. Dogs are ineffective. I have never really fought against a monster."
He looked at Lan En's feet. The motionless body of the hungry ghost had now turned into the same black air as the ink circle summoned by it, and dissipated into nothingness.
But at the same time, Daisuke Kikuchi seemed to have the ability to see two ink circles on the ground called out by the strange cries of hungry ghosts.
The warrior with disheveled hair had a solemn and frightened face. He bowed deeply to Lan En again, making the witcher feel a little uncomfortable.
"Two [Eternal Worlds] have actually been summoned. This hungry ghost might have almost eaten something in its mouth just now, right? Fortunately, fortunately. Otherwise, it would have been really big trouble! ”
【Eternal World】? Is this the name of the ink circle?
In an instant, Lan En analyzed something from this name.
In the Japanese context, the so-called ‘permanent world’ is not the ‘ordinary world’ in the Chinese context. Rather, it is a concept corresponding to the ‘human world’.
In other words - it refers to the 'underworld'.
Hungry ghosts who fall into the realm of hungry ghosts can call upon the power of the [Eternal World], and in the [Eternal World], living creatures in the world will of course be suppressed.
"Bastard!" Daisuke Kikuchi had already walked up to the young samurai, slapped him on the helmet, and then yelled.
"I told you before! Be careful when you meet monsters! Don't panic in any situation! Just kill them with a clean cut! Did you just defeat the hungry ghost once, then missed, and didn't kill it all at once? Huh?!" br>
“Did you know that the hungry ghost just now wouldn’t be far away if he stood up again? , you might be exhausted just by standing next to it!”
“It doesn’t matter if you get eaten by it!”
It’s a big deal in the village! Dingji didn't dare to take a breath in front of his father. This may be the reason why he had narrowly escaped death just now.
‘Big deal? ’ Lan En was thinking next to him, ‘If the hungry ghost really gets what he wants, what will he eat, and what other changes will happen? Becoming more dangerous? ’
The old warrior, who had finished training his son angrily, finally calmed down a little and turned to look at Lan En again.
The way he looked at the witcher was a little confused this time.
“That.” The old warrior pointed to the two [Eternal Worlds] on the ground while other ordinary people looked puzzled, and said politely to Lan En, “Aren’t you going to exorcise [Eternal Worlds]? ”
“Please rest assured , this is entirely your honor, Quanzi didn’t help at all, don’t worry about him.”
In the old warrior’s words, it seems that the exorcism of [Eternal World] is a ritual for the warrior who killed the monster. An act of honor confirmation?
But it's a pity that Lan En only knows the concept of [eternal life]. How could he possibly know how to 'eliminate' this power of the underworld?
So Lan En opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. He just wanted to find an excuse to excuse himself.
But before he could speak, Daisuke Kikuchi seemed to have understood.
"Oh, I understand, are you the kind of person who is more taboo about dirty things?"
"Actually, there is no need to worry. The village chief can use the power of Shenying to purify and kill monsters, Eliminate the [residues] of [eternal life]”
"However, if you still feel uncomfortable, then let me do it?"
With that said, Daisuke Kikuchi pulled out the knife from his waist.
But Lan En had no idea that he wanted to chop anything.
In line with the principle of ‘if you don’t know, just watch quietly’, Lan En calmly took two steps back.
Signing that he really would not interfere.
The old warrior held a sword in hand and entered the ink circle [eternal world].
(End of this chapter)