Comprehensive manga: Starting from picking up a goddess by mistake on the ground

Chapter 4 The First Battle with the Evil Ghost
Walking quickly on the path between the fields, Mika and Tanjiro had tired looks on their faces.

But even so, it still couldn't hide the excitement in their eyes.

Before, whether it was Micah or Tanjirou, both of them were just teenagers.

Micah is 12 years old and Tanjiro is 13 years old.

Mika is learning how to be a hunter, and Tanjiro is just selling Tanjiro.

The two people who had never embarked on such a long journey suffered a lot along the way, and finally arrived near Mount Samagiri today.

"Take a rest and recover your strength. I'm afraid you'll have to stay in the mountains tonight."

Hearing Mika's suggestion, Tanjiro nodded and found a darker place to put down the box behind him, then sat on the ground to rest.

After taking out the water bottle from the backpack behind him and handing one to Tanjiro, Mika drank water while observing the surrounding environment.

This place is not far from the Sagogiri Mountains, and there should still be some villagers around.

But now they no longer need to live in villagers' homes.

After all, the Rintaki Sakonji they were looking for lived in this mountain range, and they needed to find it themselves.

As a result, spending the night in the mountains is unavoidable.

Even though the mountains are very dangerous.

"Tanjiro, when you enter the mountains, you must pay attention to your surroundings and don't be careless!"

"I understand!"

After Mika's explanation during this period, Tanjiro has become very clear about the harm and cruelty of ghosts.

But that was what made him worry.

"Micah, do you think I really have any hope of finding a way to turn ghosts into humans?"

Apparently, even a gentle and optimistic person like Tanjiro becomes worried after learning from Micah that there is almost no precedent for ghosts turning into humans again.

"How do I know such a thing?"

Without looking at Tanjiro behind him, looking at the distant mountains and feeling the breeze, Mika said calmly: "I only know that roads are made by people. If no one walks on them, there will be no roads." Born.”

"And we just need to keep moving forward towards our goals."

Turning back and looking at Tanjiro sitting on the ground, Mika put away the water bottle and put on his luggage again.

"Let's go, let's move on!"

"Ok!"

Different from his previous worries, Tanjiro put a smile on his face again after being awakened by Micah's words.

"Let's continue towards Mount Sagiri!"

"Huh? Mount Sagi? Just climb over the mountain in front of you, but it's getting so late. Isn't it too dangerous to enter the mountain at this time?"

After hearing Tanjiro asking for directions, a woman who lived nearby gave kind advice: "There have been frequent disappearances nearby recently, so be careful."

"Please don't worry, we are fully capable of dealing with danger."

Rejecting the woman's kindness with a gentle smile, Tanjiro, who had already decided to stay overnight in the mountains, kept moving forward carrying the box where his sister was.

Micah followed closely behind him.

Compared with Tanjiro, Mika is indeed not as good at dealing with outsiders.

Therefore, Tanjiro was responsible for asking for directions or staying overnight on the road.

"Please be careful along the way!"

"Thank you!"

In this way, under the worried eyes of the villagers, Micah and Tanjiro embarked on a journey to climb the mountain.

"According to what the villagers said before, there are either wild beasts or evil spirits in this mountain. Otherwise, there would not be many missing people."

Walking at the back of the team, Mika told Tanjiro his thoughts in front.

"Then we really have to be careful!"

Holding his sister Nezuko's hand, Tanjiro responded with concern.

Because the sun had set and night had fallen, Nezuko, who had been in the box during the day, came out of the box, slowing down Tanjiro's gravity.

"There is no need to worry too much, after all, our combat power will not be too low."

At this time, among the three, the strongest one is undoubtedly the demonized Nezuko.

With her, there is no need to worry when encountering ordinary ghosts.

In the original work, what the Tanjiro brothers and sisters are about to encounter is an ordinary evil ghost, which is not worth mentioning at all.

But even if it wasn't worth mentioning, Micah had already planned in his mind the tactics he should use when encountering that ghost.

After all, Tanjiro is too enthusiastic.

"It smells of blood."

"This road is too dangerous. Someone should be injured."

After saying that, the boy and girl rushed out and ran towards the Buddhist hall above.

"What did I say."

Helplessly stroking his forehead, Micah couldn't help but sigh and quickly followed.

However, because of the luggage on him, Micah couldn't keep up with the Tanjiro brothers and sisters in terms of speed.

When Mika rushed to the temple and saw Tanjiro again, what caught his eye was Nezuko, who was staring at the corpse in the temple, and Tanjiro who was thrown to the ground by the evil spirit.

Without any hesitation, Mika immediately drew his crossbow and shot towards the evil ghost's head.

"Anyone else?"

Sensing a hint of threat from the weapon in Micah's hand, the evil ghost immediately planned to dodge to the side.

But the speed of the arrow far exceeded his expectation.

Although it did not hit his head, the powerful arrow still hit his neck, and the strong kinetic energy knocked him out of Tanjiro's body.

"Don't hesitate, Tanjiro! Pick up the ax and prepare to fight."

"Yes!"

Although Micah had heard that demons were scary before, Tanjiro couldn't help but be shaken when he saw the demon standing up slowly despite having an arrow pierced through his neck.

On the contrary, Micah, who was also fighting an evil ghost for the first time, was terrifyingly calm at this time.

After shooting the arrow, he abandoned his luggage, took out his hunting knife, and quickly rushed towards the evil ghost in front of him.

Although the arrow penetrated the neck, the evil spirit was not fatally injured.

But the existence of the arrow still affected the action and recovery of this evil ghost.

Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, Micah ran wildly, swung the hunting knife in his hand and chopped off his head from his body.

Then he kicked the evil spirit's head in front of Tanjiro.

"The ghost isn't dead yet, so I'll leave the head to you, Tanjiro!"

Then Micah stepped towards the body of the evil spirit that fell to the ground.

Before the evil ghost regained control of his body and continued fighting, Micah stepped on his body and raised his crossbow to shoot at his limbs and torso.

The powerful arrows quickly penetrated the evil spirit's body, pinning him firmly to the ground and unable to move anymore.

"Bastard, let me go, I'm going to kill you!"

Before Micah could recover from the battle to control the demon's body, he was awakened by the scolding of the demon behind him.

Looking back, he saw that the evil spirit's head had been nailed to the tree trunk by Tanjiro with an axe.

"It seems to be resolved!"

Slowly exhaling, Micah also recovered from his previous calm state.

What followed was a tremor in the body.

This was not a reaction of fear, but of excitement.

This feeling of wandering between life and death made Micah extremely excited.

He might never be able to forget this refreshing feeling.

On the other side, Tanjiro, who was also in an excited mood after the war, soon discovered something strange about his sister, and he quickly stepped forward to bring her back.

Then he walked up to the evil spirit's head and pulled out the knife he carried with him.

"Is the final blow coming next?"

Looking at the evil ghost in front of him who kept biting his tongue, Tanjiro couldn't do anything.

At this moment, a voice came from behind him.

"This kind of thing can't give him the final blow."

As the voice passed, a samurai dressed in a Tengu mask appeared behind Tanjiro.

Looking at his figure, Micah's eyes showed a lot of joy.

He knew that the old man in front of him was the former Sui Hashira they were looking for, that is, the Demon Slayer Cultivator recommended by the current Sui Hashira Tomioka Giyuu, Nintaki Sakonji.

(End of this chapter)