The brave Simmel wants to resign

"Am I late?"

Chapter 24 [Empress. Monk Sacerdos]

"This is a package."

Simmel casually tossed a head to Xia Youjie, who caught it and examined it.

It is the remains of the herpes god.

That's right.

The brave warrior Simmel defeated his opponent while Xia You and Hei Mu were locked in a fierce battle.

Superior Cursed Spirit. Herpes God, Withering?

"How did you solve it? Didn't that cursed spirit over there have a domain?"

Xia Youjie stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Xinmeier.

He glanced at her and noticed that Simmel had quite a few wounds on her body, indicating that she had been through some fierce battles.

"Ah... you used [that]?"

"Ah."

【that】?

Which one is that?!

.............

...

Let's rewind a few minutes —

boom!

Another tombstone fell.

Simmel completed the operation of 'chopping the coffin, piercing the ground, and shattering the tombstone' in less than 0.1 seconds.

This is the 31st time.

boom! boom! boom!

The blue-haired hero kept dodging, but was eventually caught in the effects of the sure-hit spell. The surrounding forest was completely destroyed by the spell's effects, and even the time to rest was completely gone.

During those 31 attempts, he tried many different methods.

For example, before the coffin and tombstone are generated, he charges directly towards the caster at terrifying speed to launch an attack.

That is, to catch the pre-animation.

But all of them failed.

The priority of the technique's guaranteed hit effect was even higher than Simmel had thought.

Without a domain, the best approach for him is naturally a two-on-one fight, where he can exorcise the cursed spirit the instant the opponent's spell effect hits the other person.

However, in a one-on-one situation, it is indeed a disadvantage.

That being said.

Simmel showed no signs of panic.

He has three reasons for remaining inactive.

First, I want to understand as many details as possible about this world's 'domain', test my current state, and assess the strength of the cursed spirit in front of me.

Secondly, it was because Simmel hoped that Xia Youjie, who was far away, could come. Since Xia Youjie's technique was the Cursed Spirit Manipulation Technique, Simmel wanted to leave the Cursed Spirit for him to absorb, and it didn't matter if it delayed a little.

three.....

It's because of the [eye]

The culprit behind this large-scale, unknown viral infection is indeed the herpes virus right before our eyes.

Born from humanity's fear of disease, cursed spirits are naturally powerful, so it's not surprising that they can cause such a large-scale infection.

But—it was too fast.

Based on Simmel's observations, the top-tier curse spirits possess sentience, but precisely because they are rational, they would not choose to use curses on a large scale in a particular area, as this would attract sorcerers.

Moreover, the persecution of humans by cursed spirits stems from instinct, without any other special reason.

The curse would not be promoted in such a planned way.

He made the same deduction as Xia Youjie.

Simmel believes there was a 'mastermind' behind this.

The evidence is that even though he deliberately delayed for so long, Xia Youjie still didn't arrive.

Simmel didn't doubt that Xia Youjie might have the cowardly thought of 'not daring to venture into the territory'. He understood at a glance that Xia Youjie was the type who would be happy to sacrifice for his comrades.

So someone is holding him back.

An existence capable of holding off a top-tier sorcerer doesn't appear out of nowhere.

So, at this very moment, the 'pusher' must also be watching the battle, and Simmel is not very willing to reveal his hand to him.

Simmel was thinking the exact same thing as Xia Youjie.

Can...

It's like a reversed prisoner's dilemma.

Although Simmel could continue to delay, he was unaware of Xia Youjie's situation.

Conversely, Xia Youjie was also unaware of Xinmeier's situation.

Both were worried that the other might not be able to handle the enemy.

If both sides choose to hide their cards, they worry that defeating the enemy too slowly might cause their teammates to get hurt.

This is a really troublesome situation.

boom!boom!

Once again, she shattered the tombstone and escaped with a flourish.

He made his decision while moving at high speed.

—I don't want to think about it anymore.

The most troublesome situation arises when even 'delaying' is within the other party's expectations, for example, if their target is a patient in the hospital.

A judgment must be made immediately.

The brave warrior, possessing exceptional decisiveness, stopped moving at that moment.

And the coffin finally caught up with him.

【Boom】

Confined in a sealed environment, Simmel calmly recalled the technique.

First, the coffin.

Two, the tombstone.

Third, burial.

Fourth, countdown.

Fifth, contracting disease.

Sixth, death.

The first three steps are guaranteed to hit, and there is no escaping them, but they have 'time' involved.

It takes about a second.

enough.

【Technique: Astral Cross】

Behind Simmel, a cross the size of an adult quickly materialized.

The cross trembled incessantly, as if it were about to rotate to one side, emitting an echoing clicking sound.

Simmel once used the spell [Left Position Warrior Strider]. Under this spell, the body is greatly amplified, becoming almost impossible to be damaged by physical attacks, while speed and strength reach an abnormal level.

Among all the sorcerers in the world, probably only Satoru Gojo could withstand the holy sword swung by Szymme in her Azer form.

Using this form, we might even consider defeating the domain from within.

As mentioned before, if the numbers are sufficient, it is also possible to defeat the domain from within.

But Simmel had no intention of trying.

Instead, it directly turns the cross towards the next position.

【kang】

The heavy echoes were like the tolling of an ancient bell.

[Back Position]

Water behind

【Monk Sacerdos】

A phantom image reappeared behind Simmel.

A tall man in a huge robe, wearing a slightly relaxed smile.

Those were the monks from the Simmel Warriors' Squad.

He doesn't have any special combat abilities.

but.

In fact, Simmel had always been thinking about it.

In this world of Jujutsu Kaisen—