Volume 1, Chapter 90 – Encounter with Rokurokubi

Volume 1, Chapter 90 - Encounter with Rokurokubi

Translator: Sigma

Despite shouldering the Sakura Parasol, the torrential rain soaked Lily.

The girl’s eyes were dark yet sharp, thinking nothing of the raindrops that hit her. While the katana in her hand glowed beneath the curtain of rain.

Standing a couple dozens of meters away from her was a man and a woman wearing ragged clothes. They had gray skin and released a terrible stench of rotting flesh. At the same time, they emitted vehement eldritch energy and vengeful spirit. Apparently, these two weren’t humans. At least, they were no longer one.

They only stood still but still managed to block the path due to their extraordinary height of two meters, they were much taller compared to your average joes. However, they didn’t possess any weapons. Judging from their eldritch energies, they were more or less designated as a Superior Low Ranked monster, which was equivalent to a High-Tier samurai.

‘Since they don’t have weapons, does that mean they are able to use sorcery or arcane arts?’ Lily increased her vigilance after her analysis. Who knew what kind of unexpected surprise would they have in store!?

Lily even used Spirit Armor, which wasn’t her specialty, to guard against the unexpected. She had plenty of spirit power to spare anyway, it wouldn’t do any harm to be a little wasteful.

The other side did not take any action, but they wouldn’t give way either. Regardless of what they were, Lily thought that since they looked like humans, maybe she could negotiate with them.

Lily tried to suppress her fear and disgust, using a comparatively prouder but humble tone, she said, “You two are already dead. Although I don’t know the reason, seeing you guys lingering here, I know you have something you hold onto or feel resentful toward. But I am in no way related to your resentment or grudge, and I’m not afraid of you two either. Can we not fight? I will be eternally grateful if you could stay away from this path for a moment and let me pass. If you die by my hands, you won’t be able to take revenge on your real enemy, is that worth it?”

When the man and the woman heard her voice, their bodies began to shake entirely. It looked like they were affected by her words but they still continued moving toward Lily with swaying motions.

The man laughed hoarsely. “Hehehe. We’ve long forgotten who our real enemy is. Now I just know I smelled the sweet aroma of a woman, a young and healthy human girl. It’s the smell of food.”

“Yeah, right, Yujiro, I smell her too. Young girl... the best food! I, I only feel... hungry, so hungry...” The woman also staggered as she approached Lily’s side.

This made Lily even more cautious. It was indeed a bit disadvantageous for her that she didn’t have a bow to deal with unknown enemies! Just how would her enemies respond, what kind of weapons would they use? That’s what she was most worried about.

“Ah—!!!” The woman screeched out of the blue. Her neck instantly elongated dozens of times. Her head spun while flying fast toward Lily. The amber eyes on her pale-purple face emitted strange light. From her head and neck, thick eldritch energy and vengeful spirit were released. Her mouth opened, revealing her fangs, as she aimed to bite Lily’s neck!

“Rokurokubi!” These days, Lily had frequently visited Sakiko in the dojo to study many things, and among them was information about the demons of this world.

A moment later, the man’s head also flew out, his neck stretching as long as a sticky candy could. He rolled his eyes, which accompanied by disheveled hair outlined his ugly, middle-aged face. He opened his big mouth that was no longer human to bite Lily.

The two powerful Superior Low Ranked demons attacked Lily, one from the top and the other from the bottom!

Lily wielded her sword with full strength, and a cute “Yaahh!” left her mouth.

The Seiwa Tamashi drew a large curve as she turned her body around.

“Puff —!” It cleaved the demon’s head against a big tree trunk!

It sank deep into the wood!

“Swish —!” Lily drew her sword back. The monster’s flying head was already halved as it slid along the tree trunk, leaving streaks of black blood.

Lily retrieved her sword and shook off the black blood. She was a little surprised as she looked at the big tree she had slashed and the cut on the monster’s head.

“It seems the Seiwa Tamashi much sharper than before.”

“Is it because of the red glow on my sword?”

At this moment, the Sakura Parasol flew out from Lily’s back. “Master, did you see the might of the katana’s Spirit Tempering skill?”

“Spirit Tempering?”

“Yeah, Master, your Blade Maiden’s runes can take most of the anima’s essence into your body, but some will be left on your sword, giving it a nice power-up, and thus, making your sword sharper and more durable than ever. These kinds of katana would at least be Grade-Three,” explained the Sakura Parasol.

“Grade-Three?” Lily was pleasantly surprised. She had paid for the price of a Grade-Two katana, but it had upgraded to Grade-Three after killing several monsters?

“However, I vaguely feel that the Spirit Tempering skill on the blade is slowly dissipating. Perhaps if I don’t collect more animas, it will scatter within one day.” Lily felt slightly disappointed as she looked at the dim red glow of her katana.

“Hehehe, it’s because your sword is just an ordinary katana, Master. It’s not a Cursed Katana. That’s why it couldn’t store the animas permanently.”

“What?” Lily’s eyes brightened up. “It works like that because it isn’t a Cursed Katana?”

“Yes, Master, didn’t I tell you I’ve remembered more things? The Blade Maiden is formidable not because of her power only. They are even more terrifying when they have the Cursed Katana!”

“Then what’s that so-called Cursed Katana?” Lily asked excitedly. Her bosom, which was drenched in the rain, heaved up and down.