819 Run off into the distance, young man! (2/2)

After dealing with this Samurai Demon, a second one soon appeared together with even more weak mobs.

Seiji felt that things would only become worse. He was soon proved right.

Before he and Natsuya could defeat the second Samurai Demon, a third one appeared. This third Samurai Demon immediately jumped over Seiji and Natsuya and directly attacked Hoshi and the others!

The group was prepared for such unexpected situations. However, plans were only plans. No matter how good a plan seemed, carrying it out during actual combat would always be different.

*Bam!!!* A certain person was directly sliced by the Samurai Demon. This person was sent flying limply backwards by the Samurai Demon's giant greatsword.

This person was Hisashi!

Seiji's heart clenched from seeing this scene. He immediately roared in anger and explosively used his most powerful attacks, using [White Calamity] to immediately kill both Samurai Demons and all the mob monsters!!

Hisashi was severely injured and bleeding all over.

Seiji unhesitatingly loaded.

He repeated this battle. Since he was now on guard beforehand, Hisashi and the others all remained uninjured. These two Samurai Demons were successfully dealt with.

As everyone kept progressing, the number of small fry mob monsters kept increasing more and more. The mob monsters' power level was also evidently increasing. Two more Samurai Demons also suddenly appeared together with a Snake Demon!

The Samurai Demons attacked in unison, while the Snake Demon, which was several dozen meters long, opened its mouth to shoot a tremendous wave of Mana Bullets. That was when Seiji loaded for the second time today.

After successfully going through this battle with zero injuries, Seiji had everyone stop.

”We've barely started progressing through here, but we've already met three waves of Samurai Demons already. There will likely be only more and more as we go on. It will become too risky for everyone to keep going as a group,” Seiji told everyone.

It was too risky, so everyone else would have to retreat… apart from Seiji and Kazuko.

This was Seiji's backup plan that he established before taking everyone into the Realm of Cherry Blossoms. If it became too dangerous, he would give up on having everyone come together with him, and he would do all the fighting by himself!

Kazuko needed to stay with him as she was the only one who could open the portal between the Realm of Cherry Blossoms and the real world. There was no need for Seiji to kill every spiritual monster that he met here. He could simply try to break through and reach Shigure's body all by himself.

Of course, this would also be highly dangerous. It was also possible that Seiji would have to fight some sort of boss monster upon reaching Shigure's body. Kazuko didn't know whether this would be the case.

Yukari and the others objected to having them go back. They felt that they could continue onward. However, Seiji adamantly refused. Shika wanted to stay behind with him, but Seiji also persuaded her otherwise.

Seiji didn't want to see his companions being hurt anymore.

If he was the only one he needed to worry about, it didn't matter how many times or how severely he was injured. He could cure any injuries to his physical body by loading as long as he didn't die instantly!

”You have to be careful, Seiji.” Natsuya took a long look at her boyfriend.

”I will be.” Seiji smiled. ”Relax. I definitely won't die.”

As long as he had the time to load, he was confident that he wouldn't die.

Kazuko opened a portal for Natsuya and the others to leave.

Seiji cast the most powerful buff spells possible on himself along with the most powerful barrier. After finishing these preparations, he rushed forward at high speed towards the group of monsters that appeared.

This was unmistakably a dangerous run.

Seiji ran through all the mob monsters and dodged most of their attacks while taking a few attacks. He did his best to avoid all Samurai Demons and Snake Demons… It was as if he was playing an extremely difficult action game while trying to do a speedrun. However, there were no places where he could rest in this level.

Run! Run! Run! Run off into the distance, young man!

The Samurai Demons and Snake Demons became ever more numerous along the way. With all their combined powerful attacks, dodging eventually became impossible.

*Bam!!!* Seiji was knocked into the air by a snake tail swipe.

All around him, numerous Samurai Demons raised their swords in unison. The Snake Demons in the air also prepared their Mana Bullets, aiming directly at Seiji. Kazuko screamed in terror at seeing this…

...

Seiji's knight order was now completely silent.

Their leader was fighting his hardest by himself. Yet, they could all only wait back in the real world on the sidelines for him. This made everyone feel somewhat dissatisfied.

They all trusted Seiji's judgement as well as his abilities. However… this still didn't feel right.

Everyone could only handle their dissatisfaction in their own ways.

As they digested these emotions, they waited.