Hand Demon

"Fish without spices is so bad..."

Rio is currently grilling the fish he fished upstream, because he doesn't have a match, he eats chert to get sparks.

Eating the fish that tasted bland, Rio looked up at the night sky.

"The night sky in the Taisho era was very beautiful, the stars could be seen clearly from the ground, it was very different from the sky in modern times."

"If only there was soda... I miss drinking soda..."

Air pollution in the Taisho era was not as bad as in the 21st century, the air in this era is still very healthy and clean when inhaled.

In addition, there is no haze of pollution so people in this era can observe the beauty of the night sky without equipment.

Finishing the grilled fish that didn't taste good, Rio extinguished the fire in front of him so as not to burn the forest, then he stood up and walked to look for the Demon.

"I can't believe today is the last day of Final Selection..."

"I've only managed to exterminate 32 Demons so far... The demons bred in Mount Fujikasane are so weak, it can't be a good experience."

As a solo player, Rio can only talk to himself, he complains how difficult it is to find Demons nowadays.

Demons will always be hiding somewhere when Rio gets close, because of this he can only eradicate a few Demons.

*Clank Clank*

"Mmm… This is the sound of battle?"

Rio stopped his footsteps as soon as he heard the clash of metal not far from his location.

"Let's see what happens."

Tired of just walking around aimlessly, Rio decided to watch the ongoing battle.

The location of the fight is not far, Rio just walked 2 minutes and arrived.

"Eh? The one fighting is Charlotte?"

"Besides, Osas was captured by that strange demon."

Rio was hiding behind a tree and observing the battle scene, he didn't immediately help like the protagonists of a shounen manga who would directly help people in trouble.

Taking this opportunity, he wanted to see how strong Charlotte and Osas were as players in order to compare the strengths of himself and other players.

"Looks like that Demon has eaten up a lot of prospective Demon Slayers."

The reason Rio said that was because the Demons Charlotte and Osas faced were very different from all the Demons he had met.

The demon had a green veined body measuring 3 or 4 meters long, beady yellow eyes with cross-shaped pupils.

The strangest thing was that his body was filled with hands wrapped around his own body.

"Let's call it a Hand Demon because it has many hands." Rio thought giving the other party a name.

*Clank Clank*

Charlotte swung her sword at the Hand Demon in front of her, but all of her attacks were easily parried by the other party.

"Why is your skin so hard." Complained Charlotte jumped backwards avoiding Hand Demon's punch.

"This is my first time seeing a woman as beautiful as you, your meat must be very delicious." Hand Demon said looking at Charlotte like food.

"I'm not happy to receive that compliment."

Charlotte was constantly running to dodge the dozens of hands from the Hand Demon that was extending and chasing after her.

"Osas!"

Seeing the Hand Demon opening its mouth wide about to eat Osas, Charlotte ran towards the Hand Demon.

"Cherry Blossom Breathing, San no kata: Ono Senkō (Third Form: Flash of Cherry Blossoms)!"

Charlotte lunged at the Hand Demon, Nichirin's blade blurred into a dozen or so shadows that swung swiftly like a clock pendulum and vibrated to an extreme frequency.

Seeing this attack, several hands extended from the Hand Demon's body trying to stop Charlotte's attack.

*Swoosh Swoosh Swoosh*

Hand Demon was forced to stop his action which was about to eat Osas because his hand was cut off by Charlotte.

"You're strong enough cute girl, but this is where your struggle ends."

Hand Demon didn't really care about his severed hand, a few seconds later his hand grew back.

"This is really troublesome… Demon's regeneration ability is really annoying."

Charlotte stomped her feet on the ground showing her annoyance.

"Huh...."

Charlotte took a deep breath, and prepared to attack the Hand Demon again.

"Cherry Blossom Breathing, Go no kata: Ada no Sakura (Fifth Form: Cherry Blossoms of Futility)"

*Shua Shua Shua*

Tens of Hand Demon's green arms extended from his body towards Charlotte.

With agile movements, Charlotte maneuvered to avoid the Hand Demon's hand. Sometimes she turns left, right, jumps up while cutting off the hand.

"You move like a monkey."

Hand Demon found it difficult to catch Charlotte who had such agile movements.

"Thank you for the compliment." Charlotte said in between slashing hands from the Hand Demon.

"But...."

Hand Demon narrowed his eyes looking mockingly at Charlotte.

Noticing the Hand Demon's sinister gaze, Charlotte felt that something was wrong, just as she was about to keep her distance, dozens of hands appeared from the ground and grabbed her feet.

"Ahhh...."

Charlotte screamed as she was suspended in the air.

"Hehehe... Finally caught..." The Hand Demon laughed at Charlotte who was still struggling to break free.

"You perverted demon! Let me go, I don't have a hobby of playing S&M!"

Charlotte felt insulted that she had been hung up like a toy.

"Stop struggling little girl, and become one with me."

The Hand Demon opened its mouth wide and aimed Charlotte near his mouth. He chose to eat Charlotte first before Osas.

Charlotte's face turned deathly pale at the sight of the huge, disgusting-looking mouth nearby.

"Shin! If you keep hiding and don't come out to help me now, I will definitely haunt you even if I die."

Closing her eyes, Charlotte screamed as loud as she could.

"What a troublesome woman."

Suddenly a third party's voice was heard in the gloomy forest.

"Thunder Breathing, Roku no kata: Dengō Raigō (Sixth Form: Rumble and Flash)!"

*JEDER*

Along with the deafening sound of thunder, a series of white lightning bolts from afar grabbed the hands that gripped Charlotte and Osas to pieces.

"Argghhhh!!!" The Hand Demon screamed in pain, he found his body stunned by the white lightning earlier.

Rio's figure enveloped in white lightning closed the distance in an instant, he caught Charlotte who was about to fall to the ground in a princess embrace, then her figure appeared before the unconscious Osas, grabbed the other party's collar, Rio appeared tens of meters away from the still stunned Hand Demon.

"Phew~ I thought you'd keep watching…" Charlotte complained, poking Rio's cheek with her smooth fingers.

"Can you come down, you are very heavy." Rio said expressionlessly.

"Ahhh! How dare you call me heavy!"

"I didn't say that."

"You clearly said that."

"No, it's just how you feel."

Charlotte got down from Rio's arms sulking.

Rio didn't care if Charlotte was in a good mood or not, he slapped Osas in the face several times.

"Wake up Osas, being unconscious during a battle can lead to death."

Due to the pain on his face, Osas opened his eyes slowly.

"Ouch ouch… Stop slapping my face."

Seeing Osas awaken, Rio stopped slapping the other party.

"Everyone dodge!" Charlotte exclaimed from the side.

Rio and Osas immediately jumped away thanks to Charlotte's warning.

*BAM BAM BAM*

Dozens of elongated green veined hands slammed into the place where the three of them had been before.

"No matter how many people come, your destiny of being my meal remains unchanged." Hand Demon said confidently.

"Who won and lost is still undetermined." Rio said nonchalantly.