On the big tree in the backyard of the city lord's mansion, Su Mo sat on the trunk of the tree with Esther in his arms, and looked at the demon slayer and his party who were talking to the man who should be the son of the daimyo not far away.

Although no matter whether it was the courtyard or something else, there were heavy guards everywhere in the City Lord's Mansion at this time, which was rumored to be a monster, no one could find Su Mo and Esther sitting on the tree so grandly at this time.

After all, although the flow of magic in his body could not be used, the technique of concealing aura that he had cultivated for a long time to reduce his sense of existence was not affected in any way. Not to mention the youkai and demon slayer present, if there is no accident, then even the nose is extremely sensitive and the night son who is good at detecting the breath will not be able to find him here.

"There are indeed some youkai here."

Unconsciously combing Esther's soft silver hair with his hands, Su Mo said lightly.

It's the height of summer, the branches and foliage of the trees are quite luxuriant, and the birds and cicadas are singing in waves - fortunately, the backyard of this mansion is large enough to be planted with trees that can almost be regarded as a small forest, so the cicadas elsewhere can provide sufficient cover for the fact that there is not the slightest sound around the tree where Su Mo and Esther are located.

In the final analysis, Su Mo and Esther actually belong to the kind of people who have a relatively quiet personality, although they don't have any excessive irritability about the so-called birds and cicadas in nature, but the tolerance of letting them keep making noise in their ears does not exist.

"Then, I will entrust you with the removal of the monsters in the house."

With the sharpness of Su Mo and Esther's five senses, trying to hear clearly what the people who were only one place away from the courtyard were completely hand-to-hand.

"Do your best."

There were a total of five demon slayer masters who came to this city, and the leader of them was a middle-aged man with a square appearance and a beard on his face, who responded solemnly.

He was holding a huge bone weapon in his hand that was turned away from the middle, although it was not tall, but the muscles that couldn't even be covered by armor were quite strong, and in Su Mo's perception, this man was also the most powerful one among the demon slayer present.

- Because these demon slayers do not have the power of magic used by Su Mo and the magic power of the mage, the spiritual power of the witch, etc., they only cultivate their own physical bodies, and they constantly polish and temper their bodies and use weapons made from the body of monsters, these guys are also one of the more powerful forces in the existence of human beings against monsters. For these people, the standard for measuring the strength of their flesh is basically the strength of the blood, the stronger the body, the more active the blood and muscles will be, and the stronger the blood.

I have to say, after all, mages and shrine maidens who rely on special abilities to eat require certain qualifications, so in fact, for most people, if they want to have the power to fight against youkai and protect themselves and their families, then demon slayer is definitely the best choice.

But relatively speaking, the so-called drawbacks also exist as a matter of course - after all, these demon slayers do not have the legendary alchemy or anything, so their cultivation is all about the crazy squeeze of their own bodies, burning their potential and youth without limit.

The result is also quite obvious, that is, short life!

"Probably fifteen years or so more to live?"

This is Su Mo's estimation of the prime-aged man in the lead, and the other four people he led are all quite young, it is obvious that the new generation of demon slayers has been brought out to increase their knowledge and experience, but even if it is them, Su Mo optimistically estimates that the luckiest among them should live for twenty-five to thirty years.

Don't look at that man's body is strong now, but Su Mo, who is closely connected to life and nature, can easily find the hidden wounds in his body - even if Su Mo wants to heal it, it will take a lot of effort, because it has already hurt the foundation.

But of course, if you are not related to the other party, you don't even know who he is, Su Mo naturally said What does your life or death have to do with me?

A cultivation method that is quite devastating to the body.

But Su Mo did not mean to intervene, not only because he was not related to the other party, but also because in fact, in this troubled world, due to problems such as diet and medical care, plus various monster attacks, the average age of people is estimated to be thirty or forty years old, and as demon exterminators, they have no worries about eating and drinking, and their bodies are quite strong when they are young, so in Su Mo's eyes, early death is estimated to be normal in this era, and even a relatively long life.

Well, each has its own way of living, just let them go.

Then, just when Su Mo hugged Esther and began to wander outside the world to think about some things

"It's all set! Youkai is coming out soon!! ”

The lead man shouted.

Soon after the five demon slayer took out something and ignited it and fanned the smoke into the house, the breeze that had been relatively gentle changed, becoming faster and more vicious!

"Here !!! come"

As soon as the words fell.

"Roar-!!!!!!"

With a roar, a monster with a human-faced orangutan body and a pair of yellow wings stuck in its back suddenly crashed through the roof and came out.

"Youkai has really appeared!"

"Stupid humans, let me die!!"

In the midst of the guards' fearful shouts, the monster suddenly jumped up, and its palm, which was bigger than a person, slapped down from the sky!

"Uh-"

"Have you forgotten what you were taught? The last thing you need when you encounter a youkai is to be scared and stunned!! ”

Seeing that the juniors he brought were stunned one by one when they looked at the monsters coming from the mountains and seas, the leading man burst into a shout, and then lifted the huge weapon in his hand and threw it directly at the monsters: "Flying bones!! ”

Click-

The huge bony weapon called the flying bone spun and flew out, and then it tore the left half of the monster's body like a knife cutting through tissue paper!!

Blood poured like rain.

Rumble!

The youkai that had been directly hit halfway through the way slammed into the ground after slashing past the five demon slayers, and the smoke and dust filled the entire backyard with a roar.

"Roar"

Although it was so badly injured just by looking at it, the youkai was still not completely dead, and it roared in its throat like a bellows.

"Don't be frightened by its appearance, this beast's demonic aura can be regarded as a mid-level monster at best, with your strength, if you are not intimidated, you can completely solve it! So you know, the real combat and the training in the village are not at the same level at all!! ”

Reaching out and easily catching the flying bone that flew back like a boomerang, the leading man said: "I have saved its life now, and the four of you can use it to practice your hands!" ”

"Yes!" *4

"Then, eat my Hanzo-sama with an arrow!!

Of the four young men, one carried a small scythe, one carried a katana, one carried a hammer, and the last one was armed with a bow and arrow.

And when the other three melee demon slayers rushed forward, the man named Hanzo confidently opened his bow and arrows in the subtle expression of the leader behind him, and then shot out with gusto!

Whew-!!

Syllable!

The leading man covered his face with a slap, because

"Hanzo, I told you that you really don't have the talent of archery."

Speechless.

Obviously, the distance between him and the seriously injured youkai who fell to the ground was not even ten meters, but Hanzo shot the arrow from above the youkai

"Well, it was just an accident, hehe, an accident, because"

The honest-looking Hanzo rubbed his head and smiled embarrassedly, while he was about to explain

"Yes, this arrow is very casual."

A clear male voice resounded through the audience with a thick depression.

"Who?!"

The lead man shouted vigilantly.

But the voice didn't change in the slightest.

"Young man, I think you owe me an explanation."

Su Mo, who was not smiling, led Esther to jump from the tree with his left hand, while holding an arrow in his right hand.

Hanzo's arrow. (To be continued.) )