12 Ch 12: Against Cursed Spirits
"Grrr…Grrowwl"
He flew high making sure that he was outside the cursed spirit range but he still maintained his vigilance.
He first observed the changes that he felt before in his eye, but he couldn't notice any difference.
He again looked at the dog that was jumping, trying to reach him.
He noticed that cursed spirits have two auras, blue and white.
He knew the blue aura, it was cursed energy he had seen in Shoko before but what's the white aura?
'Woah'
He flew higher to dodge the fire breathed out by the dog.
'It seems I need to kill it before I get to know the answer'
He flew to the side and picked up one of the cursed tools lying around.
This is a Grade 2 cursed spirit with normal strength and high speed and can breathe fire, doesn't seem anything special.
He tried to attack the blind spot of the cursed spirit but it would always dodge, though he could see its movements he wasn't able to keep up.
If he didn't have the Mephista ability he would have surely died in that hall.
His illusions were broken this time, he thought his speed was good because he could keep up with Toji in training.
He thought that Toji would have slowed down a bit to fight with him but he isn't able to keep up with Grade 2 means Toji was just playing around with him.
He now didn't know how to deal with this dog.
Although he could control cursed energy very well, he never fought using it, Toji can't use the cursed energy.
'I must hire a Grade 1 sorcerer to teach him after Toji dies'
He planned his future and decided to go one-on-one with the dog.
He covered his body with cursed energy because he had a good amount he decided not to risk his life.
As he dived towards the dog, the dog breathed out fire but that didn't affect him.
He flew within the fire wanting to deliver a fatal attack but the dog turned at the moment causing him only to leave a deep scratch.
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"Ha…ha"
"rrr…Grr"
He was high in the sky as he looked down at the dog growling.
He had just cut out off its third leg. (Literally)
He threw the sword in his hand, it flew straight and pierced the dog's head.
The dog disappeared, he saw the white aura coming out and entering his eye, while the cursed energy just stayed there.
He flew down, he had guessed what the white aura was.
What is a cursed spirit?
It is a mass of cursed energy that has sentience.
Having sentience means having a soul.
If blue represents cursed energy, then, white represents the soul.
But humans too have a soul, so why didn't Shoko and everyone else have a white aura?
It seems he needs to learn more theory.
He looked at the blue sphere in his hands, it would dissipate if he stopped controlling it, but he didn't have any use for it.
'Hmm?'
He wondered if he could spin it… he could use Rasengan but he sensed danger while doing it, so he stopped.
Anyway, things like this aren't possible with cursed energy as well as inefficient.
He wanted to leave but Mephista's door could not be far from where it opened and the hall was very deep so he couldn't go out.
He decided to just let the cursed spirits enter his world after his rest.
He still hasn't learned the Reverse Cursed Technique so he just bandaged his wounds with the supplies he had arranged inside.
He was very proficient in first aid, after all, he learned it from Shoko.
He opened Mephista and stepped out to take Quick Silver back and after it flew back to his hands, he returned.
He let the cursed spirits enter and stopped after he sensed a Grade 2 entering.
He got ready for the fight.
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He finished fighting, he was tired as hell but he felt proud.
He killed many cursed spirits including five Grade 2.
The dog was second strongest among them, the strongest was a cursed spirit with sickle-like hands.
He almost died fighting it twice, fortunately, his eyes could predict the opponent's next move.
He felt his eye could gain a tomoe if he killed these many cursed spirits two or three times.
Since he was fighting in his world, time flowed slowly, only four hours had passed in the real world.
He decided to wait, anyway, he couldn't open the door other than breaking it but he didn't want to do that.
He realised that his means were very limited and he needed to do something about it.
After the door opened he stepped out.
Looking at his appearance, he had bandages all over his body.
He looked like he had a very bad experience inside.
"Did you do it?"
"Hmm"
He nodded, he didn't have much energy left.
"Thank you for today"
He said before climbing upon the back of a shadow.
The shadows slowly started to walk towards his room.
"Four, you go and look for a girl named Rika Orimoto, after you find her just look at her from a distance and keep reporting to me, don't interfere with her life in any way"
The shadow nodded and was about to leave but he continued.
"Don't interfere in any way…Remember it"
The shadow nodded seriously and left.
There were ten shadows originally, the first two shadows had already died protecting his father.
He didn't bother to change their name, so their names started from three and went to ten.
'Haa…I am tired'
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Seiko went and looked inside and found that the hall was truly empty.
She didn't find a single cursed spirit or any traces of battle.
Her first thought was to tell her husband about it, after all, he saw Tenshi as his enemy but she hesitated.
If she told, that man would further pressure Toshi…she didn't want her son to suffer more than he was already suffering.
She sealed the hall back, hesitating whether she should tell him or not.
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The Cursed Technique will be introduced in the next chapter, though I changed its name from Five Heavenly Spirits to Seven Heavenly Spirits.
I have corrected it in previous chapters, please mention it if you find it elsewhere.
Thank you!
