I have a hero simulator

Shen Yuan glanced at her and smiled without saying anything.

He says one thing to one person and another thing to another. If Shinobu Kocho had the same gentle temper as Kanae Kocho, he would not have deliberately teased her.

"Sister, this guy obviously has bad intentions!" Shinobu Kocho said anxiously and angrily, "You are a pillar, how can you let him lead you by the nose?!"

"Hold on!" Butterfly Kanae glared at her sister. It was rare to see her be so stern. "If it weren't for Shen Jun, I might have died at the hands of that 'ghost' who controls ice. After all, he is my savior. Even if he bullied me, so what? You can't be so rude to him."

"Woooooooooooooo!"

Shinobu Kocho's stubborn temper flared up. It was so abominable that even her beloved sister was thinking about such a stranger.

"Ms. Kanae, don't say that. If you don't mind, let your sister take me to visit the Butterfly House. I will clear up the misunderstanding between her and me."

Shen Yuan looked at Shinobu Kocho calmly, and the girl glared at him, as if to say, "That's what I've been waiting for."

"Well, please bear with it."

Kanae Kocho smiled cheerfully again, not caring about these little things, which made Shinobu Kocho endure her depression and look at Shen Yuan with a tense face as if she was angry.

"My sister asked me to take you to learn about the Nichirin Sword and the Demon Slayer Corps. You must follow me. Don't blame me if you get lost!"

"no problem."

After the three of them chatted for a while, Shen Yuan followed Shinobu Kocho and went out for a while.

However, in addition to these two sisters and some ordinary students of the Demon Slayer Corps, there is also a youngest loli who never speaks, Kanao Kurika, the adopted sister of the Butterfly sisters.

She just stared at Shen Yuan blankly without saying anything.

However, Shen Yuan did not ask her anything, because Shinobu Kocho was still very wary of him, and it seemed that he had to teach her a lesson.

In the Butterfly House, you met Shinobu Kocho and Kanao Kurika, but you were surprised by her cautiousness and vigilance. So you decided to dispel her vigilance, spend time with her alone, and use this opportunity to investigate the internal situation of the Demon Slayer Corps.

It's getting dark. Along the way, Shinobu Kocho showed both curiosity and resistance towards you. However, as she got to know you better, she was astonished by your record of defeating Upper Rank Two Douma and slaying multiple demons without the Nichirin Sword. She also expressed a hint of admiration for you. However, due to her pride, Shinobu Kocho challenged you.

The next day, you accepted Shinobu Kocho's challenge and defeated her with ease. You gained a small amount of experience points. Then, realizing you could accumulate a small amount of experience points even through combat, without having to kill, you came up with a bold idea: to challenge the nine highest-ranking swordsmen, the pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps.

Day 3. Shinobu Kocho has completely surrendered. You show no mercy to a woman, bullying her to the point of tears and whimpering, demanding revenge on her sister. You take advantage of this opportunity to challenge Kanae Kocho. She seems eager to see your true strength and agrees. Soon, after expending considerable energy, "Hana-Hashi" is defeated by your wind sword. You realize you possess strength comparable to the Pillars, your confidence soars, and you begin to intensify your training.

A week later, you reached Level 6 and learned "Sealing Absolute Thoughts Slash," your ultimate move. When you once again battled the "Flower Pillar," Butterfly Kanae, you overcame her defenses with a single blow, striking her with dozens of blows in a split second, instantly slaying her. This earned you the admiration and respect of everyone in the Butterfly House, and even made the Butterfly House caregivers like Kanzaki Aoi your fans. Your prowess also astounded the "Rock Pillar," Gyoumei Gyoumei, who had come to watch the battle. Driven by a desire to fight, you challenged him to a draw. Then, you discovered the "markings" on the Rock Pillar's arms, piqued your interest, and learned how to activate them.

[Half a month later. You learned the "Markings." Activating them significantly improved your physical fitness, but they also placed a heavy strain on your body, and you weren't expected to live past 25. But you didn't care, because you were confident you could kill Muzan Kibutsuji before you turned 25, and then you could leave this world.]

Next, Ubuyashiki Kōya invited you to become a new pillar again. You didn't refuse, but told him that you would join the other pillars as long as they could defeat you. Your arrogance surprised the other pillars, and they appeared one after another to challenge you.

A year later, you still haven't become a new Pillar, because your strength has surpassed everyone else. But you feel that this is not enough. The pressure brought to you by the Upper Moon Demon is even greater than that of the other Pillars. You are familiar with the plot and know the existence of Kokushibo and Akaza, so you don't feel proud of being able to defeat the other Pillars.

During this time, you knew you could no longer advance in the Demon Slayer Corps and discussed your future with Kocho Kanae. Your close relationship with the Kocho sisters, coupled with your status as their benefactor, made you the most important person in their hearts. But one night, you decided to break through and reach level 16. Under Kocho Kanae's reluctant gaze, you left the Kocho Kanae.

Three years later, you roam the mortal world as a ronin swordsman, slaying the demons of this world. Your record is 168 kills, surpassing even Tsugikuni Yoriichi's 150 kills. You have become a legend in the Demon Slayer Corps, though you are not yet a Pillar.

Winter arrives. You encounter the Twelve Ghost Moons, but the hunting time has arrived, and you decide to leave the mountains!

Chapter 9 The time has come, get ready to go out!

[Winter is approaching, and you feel the time has come to go out!]

[But before that, you need to retrieve your weapon, so you head to the forest where the swordsmith is...]

......

Night, in the mountain stream.

In the dark and lightless forest, the bright silver moon cast a tragic white light, letting the quiet and terrifying atmosphere quietly spread.

In the wooden house, the swordsmith who was sharpening his sword slowly raised his head and looked outside the door.

"Finally, it's here."

From the vaguely visible grass, there was a rustling sound of snakes and insects fleeing.

On the mountain road, a man wearing a conical hat and a red devil mask gradually approached. He was 22 years old, tall, and his well-trained muscles showed perfect lines, and he looked full of power.

"As expected of the most mysterious demon hunter in the Demon Slayer Corps, my name is Tsukasa Tsuchiya, and I'm here to give you a sword—"

"Lord Shen Yuan!"

With a clang, the crows in the woods suddenly flew up. At some point, a black-haired young man with two swords hanging on his waist appeared in front of the man. His movements were so silent that people could not even notice them.

"This is your knife. It's four years late."

Tetsuka Tsukasa stretched out his hands, held the knife in both hands, and presented it to the masked man in front of him.

"The Demon Slayer Corps' Nichirin Blade is forged from Gorilla Scarlet Iron and Gorilla Scarlet Ore, changing color depending on its owner. As your swordsmith, I actually spent a full three and a half years just to reforge your Wind Sword. How ashamed!"

"It doesn't matter."

Shen Yuan lowered his head, pulled the knife out of the scabbard, and then gently stroked the blade. Under his influence, the snow-white blade gradually turned scarlet.

"color?"

The one who was surprised was not Shen Yuan, but the swordsmith.

"Such a strong murderous aura. May I ask what breathing style Lord Shen Yuan uses?"

“I didn’t learn the breathing techniques.”

Shen Yuan spoke calmly. In the past few years, he had been concentrating on hunting ghosts and left the steel sword in the swordsmith's village.

"incredible!"

Tsukaya Kotetsu swallowed his saliva and said, "The color of the Nichirin sword will identify a portion of the owner's power. This means that the demons you have killed in the past few years are enough to dye any sword red!"

"Sharp Gust!"

Shen Yuan did not respond, but drew his sword and slashed towards the outside of the wooden house.

In an instant, an invisible sword energy flew along the sea of flowers. In an instant, a bunch of flowers dozens of meters away suddenly broke into two halves neatly, and even the half-human-high boulder in the distance was cut diagonally.

"Such a sharp aura! It seems your strength has greatly improved compared to before!"

"That's it."

Seeing the swordsmith's surprised look, Shen Yuan put the sword back into the sheath, smiled slightly, took out his purse and expressed his gratitude.

"This is?"

"Sword forging fee."

"Need not......"

"I'm not from the Demon Slayer Corps, so please accept it."

After noticing Shen Yuan's gaze, the swordsmith hesitated to speak and had to accept it.

"Where is Mr. Shen Yuan going next?"

"I found something and I'm going to take it back. How is the headquarters doing now?"

"Everything is fine. I wonder what you brought with you?"

"A flower, a blue flower."

"A blue flower? Is there anything unusual about it?"

"You talk too much."

"Feel sorry......"

"I'm leaving. Tell headquarters to prepare for a meeting of the Pillars."

"I'll pass it on."

......

After the swordsmith left.

Shen Yuan stared at the Sun Wheel Sword in his hand, which was specially made based on the Wind Sword.

During this time.

He had been using the Azakana Blade and the ordinary Sun Blade to kill demons, accumulating a large amount of experience points and gold coins, and his level also increased from the initial level 3 to level 16!

“It’s too difficult…”

Shen Yuan sighed secretly.

He originally thought the upgrade would go smoothly, but that turned out not to be the case.

You only last hit 168 times, and you want to upgrade to level 18?

Dreaming.

Starting from level one, the first six levels are relatively easy to improve.

However, after level ten, the experience points required for each level doubled, especially when upgrading from level 15 to level 16, which took Shen Yuan almost a whole year.

Shen Yuan stared at his system panel and fell into silence.

[Hero Template: Demon Sword Soul Yongen]

【Level: 16】

[Skills: Jade Cutting (Level 5), God Slashing (Level 5), Barrier Breaking Edge (Level 3), Sealing Thoughts Slash (Level 3)]

[Current record: 168/1/12]

[Rune: Fatal Rhythm (S-Rank)]

[Equipment: Wind and Sun Sword, Azakana Blade]

Gold: 35

[Hero Proficiency: 90%]

Shen Yuan currently has a lot of gold coins, but he did not choose to buy weapons and equipment.

It’s not that I don’t want to buy, but it’s difficult to buy something that suits my needs.

"System, refresh the store!"

[Do you want to spend 500 gold coins to refresh the mall? ]

"Yes!"

[System prompt: After each successful refresh, you can choose to purchase three different types of equipment between F and S levels. There is a certain chance of refreshing Mythical equipment. The cooldown period is 24 hours. Please select the equipment you want to purchase: Ash Knife (3.5 gold coins), Hail Blade (3.5 gold coins), Moonstone Regenerator (25 gold coins)...]

"Close the mall!"

Shen Yuan looked at the junk equipment in the store with an expressionless face.

No desire to buy at all.

Two broken jungle knives, with a very high probability of appearing, as well as various eye stones, auxiliary equipment and some equipment for mages.

Talk about it.

Shen Yuan once refreshed the "Blade of the Ruined King", but unfortunately the high price of 32 gold coins made it beyond his reach.

But later, the weapon disappeared because people could not afford it.

Now that I can afford it, I can no longer refresh the excellent weapons and equipment.

Not to mention mythical weapons, even the weakest legendary equipment will do!

"Never mind, a Nichirin Sword would be nice too."

Shen Yuan held high the wind steel sword that was glowing red.

Now, combined with the Demonic Blade Azakana, it can completely cause a devastating blow to all the "ghosts", one breaking the body and the other breaking the soul.

[Demon Sword: Blade of Azakana]

[Features: When attacking an enemy, half of the magic damage on the spirit body will be added.]

......

[Mortal Sword: Fengyang Sword (Sun Blade)]

[Features: When attacking ghosts, it has a fatal restraining effect and can also inflict additional sunlight burn damage.]

......

The strengthened wind sword looks more beautiful and sharper, and faintly emits a solar halo.

Calculate the time.