Honestly , I had not title for it so let's just go woth locations.
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"Hello , where can I find your village chief."
Just from the frightened looking young man cowering at Genya's question, it was clear that the village had been seriously messed up by demons.
After pointing to a larger grass house about 70 metres away the young man hurried along on his way making sure not to look into Genya's eyes at all.
'Well , it doesn't really matter , as long as I can finally get to eat."
Though he wasn't showing it , Genya's hunger was beginning to reach critical levels. He probably only had a day before the full torture of hunger begun but he could hold out and make it to three days if he forced himself.
When Genya arrived at the chief's hut , he was immediately recieved with joy and renewed hope.
"Thank you so much for coming to help us great warrior.
Though we don't have much , we have prepared for you quarters and all living necessities for your stay."
Hearing that line from the chief , Genya got abit irritated but maintained his smile and humbly rejected the offer.
"Though I am grateful for your hospitality , I cannot accept it because my purpose is to hunt down demons.
I will deal with the demon's today , any information you have on them would be very helpful."
The chief and three elders hesitated then ultimately respected Genya's wishes so they begun explaining from the first disappearance they remembered.
Apparently , a very old black Smith family used to live higher up in the mountains but they had already dwindled until only five remained alive.
The five , a mother , father and there three children despite there now more humble standards of living made sure to flaunt their ancestral name everytime they visited the village without fail.
The villagers continued to ignore them and treat them as a bunch of delusional fools , until the day they vanished.
Apparently , these people were so insignificant and such a nuisance that no one cared to check for over 2 months. But in the third month , more disappearances started and all trails pointed to the old family's ancestral house.
By the time the chief finished explaining , Genya already had a pretty good guess of who the demon's were and he didn't hide it from the chief.
"I am sorry to say , but I think that the first family to dissappear did not dissappear at all , they may be the demons or it may just be one of them."
All faces in the room went through an identical switch from praying and hopeful to confused then straight to anger.
"If it is them , then I beg you samurai , destroy them."
Leaving behind his sincere promise , Genya left the village as the sun begun to set leaving behind a crowd of terrified villagers who placed all their hoped on him to end their nightmare.
He followed a well made path up the mountain without any hindrances or problems until he found the larger path that branched off towards the ancestral home.
The silence and complete lack of obstacles would have completely unnerved any ordinary slayer and even probably made a hashira alert but Genya seemed just as relaxed as when he started climbing the path.
In his mind he was wondering how stupid the demon's honestly were and a part of him wondered if maybe they had the strength to play games like this.
He had already seen , smelt and even heard three demons trailing and watching him from among the trees along the path. Bit he ignored them because he wanted his food all in one place.
Now as he approached the ancestral home , Genya smelt the bloody scent of two more demons ahead , they were apparently hidden in the upper ceiling beams , or so they thought.
Now that he had managed to confirm the location of all five demons and also affirm his suspicions of it only being the five , Genya turned and locked eyes with one of the younger demons on a nearby tree then smirked.
This put all the other five demons on high alert and Genya realized that they seemed to share a connection or channel of communication , but it didn't matter.
After his time at the Batterfly mansion training in total concentration breathing while practicing actual swordsmanship from childhood memories which he had previously memorized but failed to truly learn , Genya was now surprisingly proficient in both.
The constant state still eluded him , but that was expected since it was more a mental thing than a physical thing , he probably just didn't have the willpower or mental discipline to reprogramme breathing.
Currently , he could maintain his peak total concentration breathing for about 2 hours maximum but that was enough for his current body to work with.
Considering his enhanced Ghoul physiology , Genya had both enhanced Strength and an enhanced physiology so he could boost his already immense strength by an even higher amount.
Taking in a slightly deeper than normal breathe , Genya felt his strength grow by nearly 60% and with a blur of speed he leaped at the nearest demon and cocked his fist back for a punch.
The barely 4 foot demon initially retreated alarmed but when it saw a fist instead of a gleaming blade It's expression changed into a wide mouthed phsycotic glee.
"Foolish meat.....DIE!!!!!!!!!!"
The squeaky childish voice annoyed Genya more than worrying him and he brought down his fist with his current full strength.
A muffled sound of shattering bones followed after that as the small demon was launched back and smashed through a tree before getting impaled onto a tree branch.
Genya swung on the branch the Demon was on then landed on a higher one then blurring straight to the next demon who tried to leap into the air but was caught and crushed by Genya's Kagune before getting impaled on another thick branch.
Much to Genya's surprise , the third demon didn't actually run away and activated what seemed like a blood Demon art.
"No brother , you can't weild the blood Demon art alone."
"Don't do it big brother."
Without listening to his brother and sister , the eldest demon leaped down and smashed into the ground causing a strange transformation as the stones on the ground were absorbed by his flesh.
The previously lean 5,4 teen suddenly shot up to 6,2 and his body bulked up with the sound of ripping as his body shifted and tore apart to adapt to the sudden absorbstion of rock into his body.
When the blood Demon art somewhat stabilized , Genya frowned with irritation wondering if the demons were intentionally spoiling his food.