Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1306 - 939: An Unpleasant Encounter

Chapter 1306: Chapter 939: An Unpleasant Encounter
Reiger silently sighed in his heart, then turned to Nanami Kento and the others.
"Given the current situation, it’s not suitable to delay any further." Reiger said, "I’ll go ahead, you all be careful."
With that, a blue light flashed over Reiger’s body as he activated the derivative technique of [Blue] for high-speed movement, disappearing instantly from the spot.
Seeing this, Itadori Yuji and the other two exchanged a glance and immediately began to accelerate, running forward.
Unfortunately, this time, even before they arrived in front of the [Barrier], an obstructive presence appeared.
"Hah..."
"Guh..."
A number of Curse Spirits were actually wandering on the streets, like ghosts appearing in an uninhabited modern city, either flying in the sky, climbing on skyscrapers, or wreaking havoc on cars and streetlights on the roads, turning the streets and alleyways into scenes filled with monsters.
"Have they finally appeared? Curse Spirits!"
"Are these the thousands of Curse Spirits summoned earlier? Or are these birthed by the highly intelligent Curse Spirits?"
"No matter where they’re from, exorcise them."
Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Nanami Kento could no longer advance and had to stop and engage in battle with the Curse Spirits.
The Curse Mages who caught up from behind had to do the same.
"Between the first [Barrier] and the second [Barrier], it’s the Curse Masters that show up."
"Between the second [Barrier] and the third [Barrier], it’s the Curse Spirits that appear."
"Then... what’s inside the third [Barrier]?"
Zenin Naobito seemed to realize something, staring at the pitch-black barrier of the interception, but couldn’t think further, as he began to exorcise the Curse Spirits along with the other Curse Mages.
It’s not just Zenin Naobito’s side, but the Curse Mages from other directions were in the same situation.
In the direction where Reiger and others arrived, there were Curse Mages like Zenin Naobito, but they weren’t the only ones blocked by the second [Barrier]; there were also people from other directions.
For instance, Kugisaki Nobara was with Zenin Maki, Panda, and others in another direction, also blocked by the second [Barrier] earlier and had clashed with the Curse Masters.
This time, a lot of Curse Mages were dispatched to Shibuya, including those from the Tokyo Curse Technical College, the Capital City Curse Technical College, and the Kamoi Family and other Curse Mage families.
They were spread out in different locations, yet all blocked by the second [Barrier], similarly encountering Curse Masters, leading to various battles with differing levels and situations.
Until the second [Barrier] was destroyed by Reiger, the Curse Masters from the other directions had to temporarily retreat, and the Curse Mages swarmed in, entered the space inside the second [Barrier], and saw the third [Barrier] and the Curse Spirits filling the streets.
Now, outside the third [Barrier], the commotion caused by the fierce battles between Curse Mages and Curse Spirits was frequently erupting in the streets and alleys, compounded by the interference of Curse Masters, turning Shibuya directly into a large battlefield.
...
At this moment, Reiger had already passed through the third [Barrier].
Yes.
Just like the first [Barrier], the third [Barrier] did not obstruct him and allowed him to enter easily.
"...This [Barrier] is probably the same as the one that appeared at the Curse Technical College last time."
Looking at the pitch-black barrier he easily passed through behind him, Reiger had this intuition.
In other words, the third [Barrier]’s effect might very well be the same as the one that appeared at the Curse Technical College last time, affecting only Gojo Satoru.
However, in terms of strength, this [Barrier] is much stronger than the one that appeared at the Curse Technical College.
"Last time, the [Barrier] that appeared at the Curse Technical College was effective only for one person, so its strength was heightened to an extreme, even making Gojo Satoru take some time to break it."
"This time, the [Barrier] likely has even more stringent restrictions, causing its strength to rise again."
"If it’s such a [Barrier], even if Gojo Satoru can forcefully break it, it would require quite a bit of energy, wouldn’t it?"
Reiger shifted his gaze towards the interior of the [Barrier].
"It seems I’m very close to Gojo."
What appeared in front of Reiger was no longer the city but an entrance to an underground station.
It was the subway entrance.
With a transparent sheen flashing in his eyes, Reiger saw quite a few things.
"There are many lives wandering around... Curse Spirits?"
"And another [Barrier]... that should be the last one, right?"
"Looks like Gojo is right behind that [Barrier], inside the subway."
The fourth [Barrier], and also the last one.
Because if they went any further, there would not be much space left.
After passing through that [Barrier], the remaining space shouldn’t be enough to set up a fifth [Barrier].
"Are Geto Suguru and those highly intelligent curse spirits also there?"
Thinking of this, Reiger took a step forward and entered the metro station.
It’s not easy to use the [Blue] high-speed movement here, because there are too many obstacles and limited space.
Teleportation magic is also difficult to perform, as there are many curse spirits wandering inside, almost filling every space.
However, Reiger was already close to his final destination and didn’t need to use teleportation magic or high-speed movement to hurry.
"Just kill my way through directly."
With this thought in mind, Reiger, upon entering the metro, quickly encountered the very first thing that made him extremely unpleasant since coming to this world.
...
"Ah...ah..."
"Ugh..."
In a rather spacious metro passage, a group of monsters wandering here were holding human corpses, gnawing at them.
While gnawing, they were crying as well, emitting sobbing sounds, as if they were very pained, very despairing.
"Roar!"
A few monsters near the metro entrance saw Reiger and immediately let out hysterical roars, charging at him frenziedly.
In response, Reiger didn’t stop, nor did he take any counteraction, yet the circular blood pool hovering over his head abruptly vibrated, shooting out blood-spears, piercing towards those monsters.
"Pssh!" "Pssh!" "Pssh!" "Pssh!"...
The blood-spears continuously penetrated the bodies of the monsters, killing them instantly and even absorbing the blood flowing from them, merging into the blood pool, increasing its reserve.
The blood pool floating mid-air was like a red water globe, constantly fluctuating, yet never enlarging.
It seemed the blood pool was only the size of a soccer ball, storing not much blood, but actually the blood gathered was highly compressed, so that even a single drop splashing out would burst into the amount of a fountain’s worth of blood.
The blood continuously gathering into it was rapidly compressed, contracted, condensed, making the blood pool grow increasingly red, its oppressive aura growing stronger.
"Roar!"
A monster just happened to pass through countless blood-spears, roaring as it lunged in front of Reiger.
Reiger’s expression didn’t change at all; he merely extended his hand, abruptly grabbing the neck of the attacking monster, halting its biting motion.
Just as Reiger was about to kill it at will, tears unexpectedly flowed from the monster’s eyes.
"Kill me...kill me..."
The monster spoke.
The monster uttered a sound.
This...was a human voice.
This monster was actually not a curse spirit, but...a human.
"————"
Suddenly, Reiger stopped his steps, and the actions of his hands halted as well.
He no longer wore a cold expression, nor did he ignore the monster before him, but stared at it dazedly, watching it cry.
"Kill me...I beg you..."
The monster cried while still struggling, yet it was saying these words.
Those words were indeed filled with pain, filled with despair.
"..."
Reiger fell silent.
"[Brilliant Radiance]."
After a while, Reiger activated magic.
This was a holy-type magic, capable of causing excessive damage to the undead and purifying malice.
The radiant brilliance suddenly spread from Reiger’s hand, engulfing all monsters present.
By the time the brilliance dissipated, the monsters had all vanished.
"Ah...ah..."
At the very end, all Reiger could hear were voices filled with peaceful relief.
In this moment, Reiger’s expression...was very cold.