[Mission: Completely eliminate all the {demons} on Mount Fujikasane]
[Mission Completion Reward: Obtain Wood Breathing (Mastery); Ghost Soul Devourer Level Upgraded to D-Rank. D-Rank Ghost Soul Devourer can devour those with Blood Demon Arts]
[Mission Failure Penalty: Host's lifespan reduced by 20 years (Current host lifespan remaining: 81 years)]
As soon as Ryuji stepped into the depths of Mount Fujikasane, the Super Dimensional Transmigration System suddenly issued a mission.
After reading the details of the mission issued by the system, Ryuji was speechless. Was the system trying to kill him this time? Could it be a little more low-key? Why did it have to be a complete extermination?
And what did this remaining 81 years of lifespan mean? Was he that short-lived? This was too inconsistent with his identity as a dimensional transmigrator!
Ryuji muttered to himself, feeling helpless. Especially after knowing his exact lifespan, although as a human, living to 100 was considered long-lived, but the mission failure penalty would reduce it by 20 years. This made Ryuji feel particularly uncomfortable. Was his life so worthless? It could be reduced just like that!
However, this disrupted his original plan.
Without this mission, according to the selection requirements, he only needed to survive for seven days on Mount Fujikasane with Tanjiro and then go down the mountain.
Because Ryuji thought that the number of {demons} imprisoned on Mount Fujikasane shouldn't be too large, at most, it wouldn't exceed two hundred. Plus, Mount Fujikasane was so big, the chances of bumping into {demons} wouldn't be very high.
And {demons} only came out at night, so there were 12 hours of safety every day.
Calculating this, Ryuji felt that his and Tanjiro's survival rate would definitely be 100%.
But after the system issued this mission, the situation completely changed. He couldn't use the method of stalling time to pass the selection anymore.
After all, Ryuji didn't want to lose twenty years of his life. Even living to eighty was enough. The remaining twenty years didn't matter. But, no matter what, it was his life. Could he just say he didn't want it anymore?
This meant that he had to search the entire mountain for {demons} and kill them all.
This was a huge project!
Ryuji was also a bit puzzled about the mission reward. Wood Breathing didn't seem to be one of the five main breathing styles, and it didn't seem to be a derivative of other breathing styles. It felt like a breathing style independent of these breathing styles.
What was the use of this Wood Breathing? Would it improve his strength?
"Senior Ryuji, what's wrong?" Tanjiro called out to Ryuji, who was suddenly in a daze.
Tanjiro's call brought Ryuji back to his senses. He shook his head and said, "Tanjiro, we'll have to split up after we enter the mountain."
Hearing this, Tanjiro didn't understand. He asked, "Why split up? Master told us to try not to get separated."
"Because I have something to deal with. If you follow me, it will only be more dangerous." Ryuji explained calmly.
"Tanjiro, you have to believe in your own strength. Even if you don't follow me, you have the ability to survive. I'll carve water ripple marks on the tree trunks where I've been. As long as you see this kind of water ripple mark on the tree trunk, it means that place is safe. Don't follow me, because it will be very dangerous."
As if he wasn't sure about Tanjiro, Ryuji encouraged him and gave him his final instructions.
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