"Just this? It's really weak! Besides being disgusting, it's completely useless."
Hidan was still mocking.
After all, a monster with that kind of strength didn't deserve the title of 'monster' at all.
It was trash!
Shinji also felt that something was wrong after hearing this, because if it was just a [Level 3 Cursed Spirit], the escort personnel sent by the Land of Grass wouldn't have been disastrous defeat.
But the fact was that they couldn't even send out a message, and were suspected to have been completely destroyed.
So where was the problem?
Shinji glanced at Hidan, and suddenly remembered something. They might have fallen into a misconceptions.
Although that old man had been emphasizing that there was a monster eating people, he had never said that there was only one monster!
It was impossible for there to be only a mere [Level 3 Cursed Spirit] to turn this three-no-manage the land into the dead land it was now.
In other words, there were likely more and more powerful cursed spirits entrenched here.
[Level 2 Cursed Spirit] or [Level 1 Cursed Spirit]?
Or even the most terrifying [Special Grade Cursed Spirit]?
Shinji suddenly felt a toothache. It was clearly just an ordinary task, so why had it suddenly become so troublesome.
He wanted to leave, but he couldn't bear to part with the [Cursed Soul Value] that was so close at hand.
And it was probably too late for them to leave now.
So many days had passed, and neither the Land of Grass nor the Jashin Sect had received any information about the 'monster', or even knew of the existence of this, which meant one thing.
The monster had turned this place into its hunting nest, and no human was allowed to enter without leaving!
Once someone wanted to escape, they would inevitably be caught and eaten at the first time.
Shinji vaguely felt that his guess was not far from the truth.
"Tonight's night is probably not going to be quiet."
...
In the cellar of a certain house.
"Mommy, I'm hungry"
"Good child, be patient, Daddy will bring food back soon."
In the darkness, a mother and daughter were leaning against the corner, embracing each other for warmth, covered with a tattered blanket.
Because they were afraid of the monster coming to their door, they didn't even dare to light a candle.
If it wasn't that she was really too hungry, the woman's husband wouldn't have risked going out to find food.
And at this time, more than an hour had passed since the man went out, which was far beyond the agreed time, which couldn't help but make the woman have some bad guesses.
Whether the man had abandoned them and ran away alone, or had been caught and eaten by the monster, she and her daughter would definitely not be able to survive.
The woman's face showed a miserable look. She gently stroked her daughter's hair with her right hand, and told the fairy tale story that had been told no less than hundreds of times in a gentle tone, to divert her daughter's attention, as if this could reduce hunger.
After a long while, the story was finished again.
The daughter suddenly raised her head and asked with innocent eyes: "Will there really be a brave man riding a white horse who will appear and defeat the evil monster?"
"There definitely will be!"
The mother affirmed her daughter's question with an extremely firm tone, and also seemed to be comforting herself.
"Is that white horse delicious?"
Faced with her daughter's innocent and sad question, the mother could only say with a wry smile: "White horses are for riding, not for eating, they are the brave man's partner."
Hearing that white horses couldn't be eaten, disappointment immediately appeared on her daughter's face, and then she asked: "Then as long as we can also become the brave man's partner, we won't be eaten, right?"
"Mommy, I don't want to be eaten, can I go find the brave man-sama..."
The woman's heart suddenly trembled, and she hugged her daughter tightly with force, her face was both self-blaming and afraid.
She blamed herself for being useless and not being able to feed her daughter. She was afraid of losing her.
After all, the plots in fairy tales were all lies, there would be no brave man riding a white horse and wielding a long sword to kill all the monsters to save them.
But her daughter naively thought that as long as she became the brave man's partner, she wouldn't be eaten, how ironic!
Just as the woman couldn't help but shed tears, there was suddenly movement overhead, someone was moving the wooden board covering the entrance to the cellar.
The woman was startled at first, and then asked in a trembling voice, mixed with joy and uneasiness, "Runichi, is that you Runichi?"
"Ah, it's me. I'm back, and I found a lot of food. Wait for me, I'll come down right away"
"It's Daddy!"
Hearing Daddy's voice, and saying that he had brought back food, the little girl broke free from the woman's arms with a smile on her face.
However, the woman suddenly hugged her daughter back like crazy, and immediately used the wood that had been prepared in the cellar to prop up the position of the cellar exit.
"Mommy, what are you doing? It's Daddy, Daddy's back, and he brought delicious food."
"Shut up! That's not your daddy, it's a monster!"
The woman said through gritted teeth, suppressing her voice, and tears were already streaming down her face when she turned her head.
Although the monster outside was disguised very well, and there wasn't a trace of flaw even in its voice, they had already set a code between them as husband and wife.
Runichi wasn't her husband's real name at all, it was just a test, but the other party answered without hesitation, as if he didn't remember the code answer that should have been between them.
So although it was very painful, the woman had to take a gamble in order to save her and her daughter's lives.
"Thump, thump!"
The sound of hitting the wooden board began to come from above, but because the door was propped up, it couldn't be opened.
So the voice came from above again, "Why can't I open it? I'm Runichi, let me in quickly, I found a lot of food."
The woman didn't answer, huddled in the corner, tightly hugging her daughter, and covered her daughter's mouth with her hand, so as not to attract the monster's attention again, hoping that the monster would find out that it couldn't get in and leave on its own.
And the 'person' above began the next round of performance after not getting a response for a long time.
"Who are you people? No, don't rob my things, that's my food, my water!"
After a while...
"Quick! Let me in quickly! There's there's a monster, the monster is coming!"
"Please let me in."
Perhaps hearing that Daddy was in danger, the daughter immediately began to struggle desperately, trying to let Daddy in.
But the woman burst out with great strength at this moment, no matter how much her daughter struggled, even if she bit her, she would never let go.
Finally, gradually, there was no sound outside, and the monster seemed to have left.
As soon as the woman relaxed, her daughter successfully broke free and pushed the wood hard, wanting to let Daddy outside in.
The woman quickly went over to try to stop her.
But at this moment, a cracking sound suddenly came from above their heads.
The woman looked up and suddenly felt like she had fallen into an ice cellar, her whole body was chilling!
The wooden board at the entrance had been split open with a sharp weapon at some point, and at this moment a terrible and greedy eyeball was staring at them through the crack.
"Found you, food~"
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