How did you bunch of silly group members also time travel?

The blunt knife wrapped in patterned cloth was dripping with a liquid that couldn't be red. Nanami Kento looked at the alien whose limbs he had severed and asked.

Once you drink the HP potion, as long as you still have some health left, any injury can be healed, provided that you still have some health.

The two aliens released by the cursed spirit appear to be still alive...

“They had already died from shock. The only thing keeping them moving was their magical power keeping them alive. The medicine was no longer effective, and... these two bodies seemed to be stored away for reuse.”

Although Miss Fox lacks professional knowledge and skills, she can still make a simple judgment about the cause of death using spiritual scanning.

Moreover, the moment these two aliens appeared, Miss Fox could see their souls dissipating rapidly, far too fast for them to catch up.

"Is that so?" Nanami Kento nodded, his gaze falling further into the sewers.

"They should be coming out soon enough. They deliberately left behind filth to lure us here."

Miss Fox also stood up and stood next to Nanami Kento.

New cursed spirits, new spells, and the unknown are always the most troublesome things.

"These are the addresses of people who have recently gone missing."

"It seems like they're all concentrated in one area, Ms. Nanami."

"I am not a faculty member, so you don't need to call me teacher."

"So, do we need to investigate all these locations?"

"No need, we can handle these places. You have other tasks, Itadori."

So both Nanami Kenji and Miss Fox coincidentally sent Itadori Yuujin away and went directly to find the Cursed Spirit.

The process unfolded exactly as expected. The cursed spirit deliberately left behind remnants along the way, quickly leading them into the city's sewers, where it then released two alien creatures to attack them.

Now it's not just filth, but the very source of filth is here, watching them.

"Oh, that's great, that's great. If it were Gojo Satoru, I would be very troubled, but if he comes too weak, I won't be able to do the experiment."

The figure is that of a young man around twenty years old, with his body and face covered in stitches.

Medium-length blue hair, with heterochromatic gray-blue eyes.

A black shirt with a grid pattern paired with jeans.

"Humanity?"

"No, it's a cursed spirit, a cursed spirit that looks like a human."

It is a cursed spirit, its appearance is no different from that of a human, and it also wears clothes.

Gojo Satoru explained to Miss Fox that the birth of a cursed spirit is formed by the concentration of overflowing cursed power from humans.

The most concentrated source of magical power is undoubtedly fear.

Fear of the earth, fear of the forest, fear of the ocean, fear of the sky, darkness, and even fear of people.

Then.

"The fear between people, the creation of cursed spirits?"

“Bingou! You guessed right~” the humanoid cursed spirit replied happily.

It seemed to regard both Nanami Kenji and Miss Fox as prey that it could easily obtain.

Nanami Kento stretched his neck and glanced at the time.

"We'll talk about the rest later. I hate working overtime."

Swinging his blunt sword, Nanami Kento was the first to charge forward, and the humanoid cursed spirit also channeled its cursed power to meet Nanami Kento's attack.

Thump, thump, thump.

It was clearly a blunt knife and flesh, yet they made this dull sound when they collided.

Nanami Kento's blunt blade relentlessly pursued the humanoid cursed spirit, relentlessly pursuing it. Each time it missed, he would swiftly strike again; if blocked, he would quickly adjust his stance and attack once more, using his feet and blade in a crisscrossing attack, creating an atmosphere of intense pressure as if he were racing against time. Even so, the humanoid cursed spirit handled the situation with remarkable ease.

He blocked one strike, dodged another, and occasionally raised his fist to launch a pointless attack, as if playing a game, teasing his opponent with his superb dodging awareness and counter-attack skills.

Miss Fox watched from the sidelines, showing no intention of joining the attack.

Emerald green eyes lit up with fluorescent light, and with the support of cold spiritual power, every inch of this humanoid cursed spirit could be clearly seen. Beneath its genderless and non-human appearance, there was only a chaotic mass of cursed power that outlined the shape of human internal organs and bones.

However, this guy's stomach and throat were stuffed full of densely packed, dried fish-like things...

Miss Fox's pupils suddenly contracted!

Upon closer inspection, they were all humans! Compressed humans!

It's unclear what method this humanoid cursed spirit used, but the compressed humans didn't die; they were still conscious, emitting faint groans from its stomach and throat!

"You bastard, just how many humans have you harmed?!"

"Huh?" The humanoid spirit exclaimed in surprise, its attention momentarily drawn to the fox lady—

Click!

Nanami Kento seized the opportunity with great shrewdness, using a technique to break through the curse's defenses and sever the humanoid curse spirit's wrist along with the bone, leaving only a bit of skin attached.

There was no fluid oozing from the wound; only the bone and muscle tissue inside were exposed.

The humanoid cursed spirit was stunned.

"Should I use my magical power to catch it? Is this the kind of technique?" With its two eyes turning in different directions and its hand still partially attached to its arm swaying, the humanoid spirit chatted as if nothing had happened.

"And that lady over there, did she see something on me?"

"This kind of thing?" Nanami Kento frowned. Cursed spirits also feel pain when they are injured, and they also spray out liquids that cannot be red.

But the humanoid cursed spirit in front of us had nothing; inside the severed wrist, there was only bone and muscle tissue, no fluid.

In other words, the blow did not actually injure it.

"I hate abstract questions that are simply thrown at the other person."

Nanami Kento glanced at Miss Fox without leaving a trace, and Miss Fox shook her head at him.

In Miss Fox's eyes, Nanami Kento's attack had no effect; the cursed power within the humanoid cursed spirit remained intact, and its wrist was not broken.

Visually, the severed wrist looked like a torn, detached glove, being tossed around by the humanoid cursed spirit.

The specific reason is unknown due to insufficient information.

"Until we find the cause, ordinary attacks will probably be ineffective against it," Miss Fox cautioned.

"Hey, that lady over there really does have some special ability; she can actually see!"

The humanoid spirit cast an interested glance at Miss Fox, its excited expression as if it had seen a rare treasure. "You clearly don't have any magical power at all, so tell me, what abilities do you possess?"

"No, it's too difficult to explain, and you wouldn't understand even if I told you, so I refuse." Miss Fox replied irritably, her gaze fixed on the humanoid cursed spirit's stomach.

"Oh, I see. I really don't want to understand anything too complicated..."

The humanoid cursed spirit let out a affected sigh, but quickly changed its expression, deliberately placing its hand on its stomach—

"So, what do you guys think, which came first, the soul or the body?"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Chapter 518 But I'm having a great time

Which came first, the soul or the body?

Miss Fox was puzzled for a moment, but quickly realized that the humanoid spirit was explaining the principles behind its abilities.

The soul and the body must be the key elements of that technique.

“Think about it, isn’t there that kind of question, which came first, the chicken or the egg?”

The humanoid spirit spread its hands, "Is the body a vessel for the soul, or is the soul enveloping the body?"

"The former...?" Miss Fox asked tentatively.

According to Miss Fox's understanding, the body houses the soul. After all, at her current level, her soul is already very powerful and can even leave her body. At the same time, she can clearly see the soul condition of ordinary people whenever she wants.

With the aid of spiritual observation, the soul and body are completely and tightly joined together, and there is no question of any inhabitant or envelopment.

But Miss Fox can shrink the volume of her soul and even change its shape, like playing with clay. In contrast, an ordinary person's soul fills the entire body evenly, and whatever defect appears in the body, the soul will take that shape. Therefore, it is believed to be the former.

but...

"Since you've asked that, it must be the latter, right?"

It's normal that different worlds have different rules and different settings for people in different worlds.

She belongs to the type where the soul resides in the body. It is also normal for people in this world to have their souls enveloping their bodies. Moreover, the explanation of the humanoid curse spirit clearly indicates that the principles of the spell are related to the soul.

"Wow, this young lady is quite extraordinary. You guessed right, it's a soul encasing a body~"

The humanoid cursed spirit raised the hand that Nanami Kento had severed. The muscles were writhing, and the severed parts were reattached. The torn glove was put back on by the humanoid cursed spirit.

No, according to the theory of this humanoid cursed spirit, it should have wrapped its hands back in the gloves.

"Whether it's appropriate or not, the soul is before the body, and the shape of the body is influenced by the soul. This is not healing; it's just about firmly maintaining the shape of your soul."

The humanoid curse spirit took out a compressed alien human. In its hand, the human, compressed to the size of a palm, slowly deformed and swelled.

"You should understand now. The principle behind my technique is to contact the soul and change its shape."

“Inaction transforms.”

The human in the hands of the humanoid cursed spirit rapidly swelled, expanding back to the size of a normal person into a dark green alien with sunken eye sockets, making the eyeballs completely invisible. It also quickly lost its life. Miss Fox could clearly see that the person's soul dissipated in the form of the alien, turning into specks of light that fell to the earth and finally disappeared.

I'm finally free.

The humanoid spirit continued to produce two compressed, brown human figures, each about the thickness of a finger, and said with a smile, "I've stored humans."

"This is actually quite difficult. Usually, three people will die very quickly after their shape is changed. I wonder what will happen if a spellcaster does it?"

Elf Leap.

A straightforward dash skill that closes the distance, instantly smashing through the humanoid cursed spirit and then kneeing it in the face with a wall made by humans.

The humanoid cursed spirit seemed completely unconcerned about being attacked by Miss Fox. It could have blocked the knee strike, but instead of raising its hand, it took the blow head-on, even though half of its face was dented.

"You're very brave! You know about the power of non-action and yet you still willingly come to it!"

Her hand grasped her calf, and Miss Fox keenly felt her soul being captured through her body.

So, the soul filling the leg shrank upwards, pulled out the mortal bone, and stabbed it into the bewildered humanoid cursed spirit—

Armor-piercing impact!

The powerful shockwave shattered the humanoid cursed spirit's head, and a large number of the compressed humans stored in its throat were also blown out.

But the humanoid cursed spirit was not dead; a new head quickly grew back on its neck.

"Huh? You can actually control your own soul." "Enough with the nonsense."

The furious charge closed the distance again, but this time it dodged the attack, narrowly missing it.

In an instant! Miss Fox suddenly emitted a golden-brown light, and her body, as if in a frame out of time, turned around and slammed her shield into the face of the humanoid cursed spirit!

*Snap!* Sword and Shield Assault! COMBO x1

Elf Knight, also known as Dance Knight, is a unique yet extremely niche class in pixel-art side-scrolling adventure and simulation games that other developers never imagined would survive for over a decade when the game first launched.

The reason this class is called the Dance Knight is because of the combos that come with leveling up and having more skills.

Fatal Thrust - Sword and Shield Assault - Guardian Deer - Sword and Shield Assault - Wheel of Destruction - Sword and Shield Assault - Divine Tree Strike - Sword and Shield Assault - Natural Binding - Sword and Shield Assault - One Slash in Two - Sword and Shield Assault - Hurricane Spinner - Sword and Shield Assault...

COMBO×2,×3,×4,×5

One skill after another slammed into the face of the humanoid cursed spirit. Often, before the effect of the previous skill had even finished, the burst of golden-brown light would interrupt the previous skill. Accompanied by a shield slap, the next skill would seamlessly follow. There were frame gaps in between, with no transition process. It was as if several people were overlapping in one position, attacking a single target with a 0.5-second interval, creating the illusion of one person unleashing three pairs of arms.

The process was dazzling, like a strange dance performance. Nanami Kento was stunned, holding his blunt knife but unable to find an opportunity to strike.

As Miss Fox's skills are forced to end their animation and then she unleashes a barrage of sword and shield attacks, the damage of the next skill is continuously accumulated until the x6 stage, at which point the damage will nearly double!

Finally, I will naturally use a high-damage skill to finish it off. Before I reach level 70 and have learned Sword and Shield Assault, the strongest skill is naturally the three-hit combo I just learned, the level 45 skill, Heavenly Meteor Sky Slash!

Miss Fox slashed the mangled humanoid spirit high into the air with her sword, then leaped up herself, leaving the ground and rising to the sewer ceiling with her enemy!

Pfft!

A horizontal slash! The waist of the humanoid cursed spirit was severed by the mortal bone, and the compressed humans stored in its stomach fell out, turning into various shapes and squeezing onto Miss Fox, but it was completely useless!

Even if the shape changes, the material composition remains the same. The flesh and bones of an ordinary person are not even enough to tickle Miss Fox; a single burst of spiritual energy sends them all flying away!

And then the final blow!