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

Chapter 8 Cultivation

The next day, near noon, Mika and Tanjiro came to the mountain again under the leadership of Nintaki Sakonji.

Feeling the thin air and thick fog nearby, Micah's mind immediately recalled the tragic experience of the night before yesterday.

Due to lack of physical strength, he was unable to avoid many traps even if he discovered them. He could only resist with his body, so that when he came back yesterday, he was scarred.

Even after using the special medicine given by Mr. Kintaki, he can still feel the slight pain coming from inside his body.

"Today and for a long time to come, the training of the two of you will be repeated up and down the mountain from here. Only after you can complete the down mountain training without any injuries can you enter the next stage."

After saying that, the figure of Nedaki Sakonji disappeared into the mist again.

"Go down the mountain unscathed?"

Even Micah, who had known this would happen for a long time, couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.

This journey down the mountain brought him the saddest memories so far.

Micah really didn't want to experience this kind of pain again.

But this is not possible.

If he wants to learn breathing techniques and sword skills, Micah must pass this trial.

"Then let's go, Tanjiro!"

"Well, you have to be careful too, Micah!"

"Do not worry!"

After some exchanges with Tanjiro, Micah ran towards the mist ahead without hesitation.

Unlike yesterday's situation, this time Micah and Tanjiro did not walk on the same downhill road, which means that no one can lead the way for Micah this time.

Mika was not surprised by this. After all, Nintaki Sakonji had trained many swordsmen in the past, and it often happened that he trained several swordsmen at the same time.

So it's not surprising that there are other paths.

At the same time, without Tanjiro's guidance, Mika would not feel the slightest fear.

After all, he came here to receive training and improve himself.

Tanjiro does have a keen sense of smell, but that's not his ability.

He needs to develop his 'smell'.

"Oh!"

After being knocked away by the flying beam, Micah quickly stood up and continued running.

What follows is more and more traps.

Different from the trap the night before, this time it was more hidden and more perfect.

So much so that Micah couldn't quickly see through these traps.

Here his experience is bound.

He was targeted.

Therefore, Mika, who does not have Tanjiro's keen sense of smell, can only detect their specific presence until the other party approaches.

The fog obscured his vision.

As an ordinary person who relies on vision, Micah seemed to be trapped in darkness at this time.

"No, we can't continue like this."

When Micah fell into the pothole for an unknown number of times, he fell into thought while lying in the trap looking at the darkening sky.

"This trial of going down the mountain in traps not only exercises our physical strength, speed and dexterity, but also exercises our ability to perceive danger."

"Using thick fog to block our vision requires us to develop other sensory abilities that don't rely on our eyes?"

Recalling Tanjiro's training in the original trajectory, Mika spread his thoughts and felt that he understood everything in an instant.

Unlike him, Tanjiro, who was born with a keen sense of smell, did not need to develop new sensory abilities at all. His sense of smell itself was his most perfect danger perception ability.

Therefore, he only needs to continue to exercise his sense of smell.

But Micah is different, he is just an ordinary person.

He doesn't have the talent of Tanjiro.

Therefore, he needs to re-develop his new danger perception ability.

"Among the five human senses, apart from vision, hearing is probably the most acute. In other words, do I need to develop the ability to hear sounds and identify locations?"

"Listen and argue, can I do it?"

Staring at the stars above his head, Micah straightened his waist and abdomen and jumped up.

“There is no question of whether or not it will work, only whether or not it will be done!”

Climbing out of the pothole again, looking at the foggy road in front of him, Micah closed his eyes silently and ran forward again.

This time, he fell even more miserably.

"Micah!"

Looking at Mika crawling out of the forest again, Tanjiro, who was standing outside the house, quickly ran over and helped him up.

"Micah, why are you injured so badly!"

Tanjiro looked at the bruises and redness on Micah's body. Although there was no blood, it was still scary.

This kind of injury seemed to Tanjiro more serious than the injury he suffered the day before yesterday.

But it shouldn't be!

Mika was so seriously injured the day before yesterday. According to Tanjiro, it was because he exhausted his energy during the previous run. After resting today, Mika should be more relaxed now that he has enough energy!

After all, that's what he is.

But the situation of Micah in front of him made him very puzzled.

Of course, the same puzzler was Sakonji Ninataki on the side. He had the same idea as Tanjiro, thinking that Micah should be more relaxed today.

"I'm fine!"

Although his body was scarred, Micah had a smile on his face.

On this road full of traps, Micah, who had closed his eyes from the middle, finally dodged a flying log after being knocked away and falling into deep pits countless times.

Although I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, this means that Micah’s idea is possible.

Even though he was knocked away again immediately afterwards, the smile on his face never stopped.

At this moment, Micah's heart was extremely hot.

"Mr. Lintaki, I have found the way forward."

Feeling Mika's eager eyes, although he didn't know what was going on, Rinataki Sakonji, who had been a teacher for many years, knew very well how to answer at this time.

"Now that you have found it, let's keep moving forward along this road!"

"Yes!"

Looking back and forth between Mika who was full of smiles and Mr. Kintaki who smelled something wrong, Tanjiro became more and more puzzled, but he still laughed along with Mika.

Such a scene undoubtedly made Nintaki Saji even more confused.

"It's getting late now. Mika, please go back to the house and have dinner. After dinner, let Tanjiro apply medicine on you and rest immediately. We have to train tomorrow!"

After saying that, Nintaki Sakonji turned around and walked into the darkness.

"Yes!"

After Mika responded seriously, he returned to the house with Tanjiro's support.

The next day, although his whole body was still sore after getting up, with the support of Micah's fiery heart, he stood up without any hesitation.

After breakfast, he followed Nintaki Sakonji and Tanjiro to the mountains again.

This time, he kept his eyes closed the whole time he went down the mountain.

Therefore, his injury is worse than yesterday.

But that day, Micah successfully evaded three traps.

In this way, in the following days, Micah continued to repeat this kind of training. Under the torture of various traps, Micah's physical strength, speed and agility were greatly improved.

Apart from that, the thing that improved the most was his hearing.

After more than a month of constant injuries, Micah's hearing has allowed him to avoid most traps. Although he cannot remain unscathed like Tanjiro at this time, it is already very powerful.

After all, Tanjiro's sense of smell is naturally very keen, and it has become even more terrifying after training.

At this time, Tanjiro has entered the second stage of downhill training, and the traps around him have become more tricky, faster, and more dangerous.

In a sense, Micah has been left behind by Tanjiro at this time.

But Micah didn't panic at all.

Because he is also improving every moment.

(End of this chapter)