
Tanjiro does not want to hurt Rethusa but this fight is necessary to prove that Tanjiro can do something.
"you can go first" there was no mockery in his words, it seemed that even though Rethusa gave ease but he remained serious in this match.
ssshhhhh
Tanjiro breathed in and prepared the horses to attack.
"hooh" praise Rethusa for seeing the tanjiro horses
"it looks like you know how to fight" another voice came from next to the tanjiro that was probably the voice of the shakti.
Hyaaappp
Tanjiro moves quickly to make Rethusa off guard due to the speed shown by the tanjiro, the tanjiro attack directly leads to his neck but the tanjiro does not use its sharp blade but rather the tanjiro uses the blunt blade of his katana.
Rethusa dodged back to dodge but the tanjiro kick came next, Rethusa who did not have time to survive was finally thrown 6 meters back.
ngaaahhhh, cried Rethusa, but as an experienced adventurer Rethusa managed to take the correct falling position and could stand back up easily.
As Rethusa looked towards Tanjiro, she saw that Tanjiro was still standing where Rethusa had been attacked before.
"Rethusa-san, can you be serious now"
"you surprised me, well I'll be serious too" Rethusa replied as she pulled out her short sword.
hyaaa
hyaaaapp
Seeing Rethusa seriously, Tanjiro also prepared to exert his power, with the leap along with Rethusa their swords clashing to cause sparks.
Ting .... Ting...
Sringg.
Tanjiro continues to clash with swords until he sees an opportunity in front of him when Rethusa jumps up and tries to attack the tanjiro from above.
Tanjiro jumped in and prepared his water breathing technique.
Mizu no Kokyu, Shi no Kata (Water Breathing: The Fourth Technique)
When dealing in the air tanjiro is quite confident with this fourth technique of water breathing, because Tanjiro plans to attack many tiles in the air tanjiro choose to use modifications of this technique
Uchishio Ran (Revolving Attack Wave)
The first slash of the tanjiro makes Rethusa inevitably have to hold it up to make Rethusa fly higher, the second slash of the tanjiro slightly twisted his body and attacked the hip of Rethusa, but again Rethusa managed to hold it.
Rethusa also did not stay still, using the momentum of the tanjiro attack, she spun in the opposite direction and tried to kick the head of the tanjiro that was slightly below her
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Seeing the attack from above, Tanjiro took a breath back to change his technique as a defense as well as a counterattack.
Mizu no Kokyu: Ni no Kata (Water Breathing: The Second Technique)
Positioning his sword while still in mid-air was preparing to use another modification technique from his second breathing technique.
Gyaku Mizu Guruma (Reverse Water Wheel)
Tanjiro turned his body upside down so that he could use this technique as a defense while countering the kick from Rethusa.
Although the tanjiro used a blunt blade but it seemed like the tanjiro attack just now managed to injure Rethusa's leg quite seriously.
"Rethusa-san are you okay" asked Tanjiro worried about Rethusa bleeding from her legs.
"i'm fine, it's just a scratch, I admit it, you won, I lost this match" Rethusa exclaimed with a smile
"no, winning is not important at the moment" Tanjiro replied.
"just accept Tanjiro's praise, you are so great and you won this match" this time the reply was Shakti who had noticed the tanjiro fight.
"Varma-san, I understand, but I just want rethusa-san to understand, I became a swordsman is because I want to save people who are in trouble so that they can live peacefully together with their families, so when I hear stories about monsters threatening people I feel like helping them because this is why I became a swordsman" Tanjiro explained bushido or his samurai path "I know I'm weak, but I can't just run away when I can do something" Tanjiro added with determined eyes.
When Shakti and Rethusa heard it they were very surprised by the determination the youngster had in front of him, they could only fall silent because they felt ashamed of themselves who had more strength but only had a determination that could be said to be still below his.
When the atmosphere became awkward just arrived from behind the tree the voice of the woman who came out from there.
"son of man (hito no ko yo) you have an incredible determination, I on behalf of Artemis praise your brave soul" exclaimed the woman, he was the god Artemis of the Artemis family who participated in this expedition.
"ahs.. Artemis-sama, thank you very much" replied Tanjiro. actually tanjiro already felt and smelled the smell of the Goddess who had been hiding behind the tree, but she was still there, but not smelling any animosity, Tanjiro only ignores him because Tanjiro thinks he just wants to see the Tanjiro fight and the members and captains of his family.
He walked up to the front of the tanjiro then he stroked his head gently.
"i can feel the sadness from you, I don't know what happened but I highly praise the nature that you have, unfortunately I only accept women in my Family, she said, if only you were a woman I'd want to recruit you" he replied to Tanjiro.
"by the way about the family, Tanjiro really have you never been given any blessing from the gods?" this time the one who asked was Shakti who was curious about the power that Tanjiro had "with the power from your attack you should be strong enough to become level 3" he added.
"no, I haven't" replied Tanjiro.
"he's telling the truth, because I don't feel any trace of any god who's ever given him falna before" explains god Artemis helping the tanjiro.
Hoh..
"if it is like that then you are indeed great tanjiro, do you continue to practice" asked Rethusa into the conversation.
"yes, I used to train a lot to defeat the creatures that threatened the humans where I came from" Tanjiro replied.
"what kind of creatures are they?", asked the god Artemis.
Tanjiro is confused as to whether to tell them about the devil, the god Takemikazuchi also warns Tanjiro not to tell anyone about the condition of the tanjiro that used to come from another world.
Seeing that Tanjiro was only silent Artemis understood and did not continue to corner him, "I understand, you don't need to tell us, you must have your own reasons, but if the monster threatens human life, we also need to know to address it "
"Artemis-sama, thank you, but me and my other comrades have managed to defeat them all" he exclaimed in light of Muzan's defeat
"So like that.thankfully, then I will go back to sleep, Rethusa drank this potion (posion), I originally thought I would use this herb for her"
ughhhh, Rethusa groaned slightly in embarrassment, but she also felt guilty for doubting the power of the previous tanjiro, so she accepted the insinuation in silence.
After the god Artemis re-entered the tent, Tanjiro, Shakti, and Rethusa returned to guard.
Due to the potion given by the god Artemis, the injured rethusa's leg had already healed back without a scar.
The atmosphere became very awkward, to melt the atmosphere of the tanjiro asked Shakti Varma about the city of orario, because Tanjiro planned to return there after this expedition ended, tanjiro also asks Rethusa about his adventure with his family which is no less amazing.
The three of them were very comfortable talking to each other and without feeling the sun was almost up, some people had also come out of their respective tents.
No one knows about last night's Tanjiro and Rethusa match except for the gods Artemis and Shakti.
When they had breakfast and settled down, the expedition group was ready to continue the journey as the hidden kingdom of Beltane was getting closer.