"In exchange, the Lord is willing to give everything..."

Hearing this Lorien felt puzzled as he didn't know what this 'everything' exactly ment

"Everything?"

Seeing that he wanted further details Shinobu gave off a long sigh full of complex emotions as she continued

"All the industries his family has, all of its influence and...His life if needs be"

As she said this the atmosphere instantly quieted down

Lorien didn't know how to respond to this

'It seems that I really underestimated those demon slayers, their resolve and decisiveness are really...astonishing'

'Kagaya Ubuyashiki, Rengoku, and many other hashiras in the original sacrificed their lives without a second thought'

Truthfully speaking Lorien didn't have such willpower

Compared to those demon slayers he is really lacking in this aspect

He may be more powerful than them, but his power came relatively easy, he didn't have to work that hard to get it, nor did he face what many of them faced in the beginning

He really couldn't be compared to those who constantly lived on the edge between life and death

And apparently, he couldn't compare to Kagaya Ubuyashiki who carried a 1000-year-old mission without wavering, willing to lay his life for it

But even though Lorien felt fascinated by such resolve, he still analyzed things logically not letting emotions influence his decision

And it only took a few moments before he responded with a nod and said

"I Agree, I'll deal with him by the end of this year!"

Hearing this Shinobu finally heaved a sigh of relief and laughed lightly, After all, she wasn't sure he would agree

Even though no one was sure Lorien could kill Muzan, his ability to gather all of their information and his powerful strength still gave them some hope

Not to mention that the contract will only take effect if Muzan is killed

If Lorien doesn't kill him then the Demon Slayer Corps wouldn't lose anything

So whatever the result may be, they won't lose anything, on the contrary, they got someone who was neutral to join their side without paying anything

Thinking of this the smile on Shinobu's face grew even bigger as she responded, lightly clipping both of her hands together

"Then you could come with me to the headquarters for further details, moreover you could start the training there immediately"

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But Lorien didn't agree to this as he had other plans

"I want to go to Urokodaki on Sagiri Mountain first!"

".."

'How did he know where a past hashira lives?'

But even while feeling curious she didn't continue asking and agreed as it was also a part of the deal

Seeing everything go smoothly, Lorien tried his best to hold back his laugh

'Luckyy∼∼'

This trade is a huge gain for Lorien, mainly because even without them paying him to do it, he would have killed Muzan

If Shinobu asked him to do it 5 days ago he may not have agreed so easily or even agreed at all

Because at the time Lorien didn't consider Muzan as a true enemy that absolutely needs to be killed

But after 5days of brainstorming Lorien changed his mind, this is mainly because he got a new ideas

Afterall Lorien is a normal human being, his position and decisions change as new things pop up, if he finds a past plan bad, he'll just change it, after all, they are not set in stone

You cant expect a normal human being to act like a fixed computed program

In the past few days Lorien didn't absorb any dreams energy nor did he train, most of the time was passed either training Saiga, relaxing with her, or just chilling on and about thinking about the future

It was at that time he thought about the specialties of this world

They are the Demon Slayers with their 'Breathing Techniques' and 'Demon Slayer marks'

And Demon with their 'Flawed Immortality' and 'Blood Demon Arts'

From the Demon Slayer side, Lorien has gotten all they have to offer, all he needs to do now is just go and get it

But as he started thinking about the Demon side, it was then that an idea appeared, and this idea is the one that caused him to change his thoughts about Muzan

'What if I can modify the flawed immortal body of a demon using my abilities and perfect it, removing the fear of the sun, the decapitation weakness, the inability to eat normal human food, the need to devour humans...'

All in all, simply remove all the defects, perfect it and turn it into an immortal body for humans without the need for demon blood, basically an immortal body like Deadpool's

Moreover, it doesn't end there, as every demon awakens a Blood demon art

When thinking about this Lorien could conclude that it's the awakening of a physical talent

Talent can be either be derived from the origin/root (existence), From the Soul, or from the body

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Origin/Root Talents are the core talents at the core of one's existence, they originate from the world, Absolutely unchangeable, Similar to Lorien's [Dream/Reality], Saigai's [Doom]

Soul Talents are talents that originate from one's own soul, they are also very difficult to change but doable, Similar to the Zanpakutos in bleach, they can all count as soul talents

And finally Physical Talents, they originate from one's body, it could be an innate talent, a gene mutation...etc, they are much easier to modify and create, and they are the most popular ones

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Ever since fighting Akaza, Lorien felt greedy about that regeneration ability not to mention the lifespan (immortality) as a bonus

It wasn't just for himself, as after perfecting this immortal body Lorien could also copy it and give it to those close to him such as Saigai

And with that, he wouldn't have to worry about life span and safety issues for the most part

And to make things even more favorable to Lorien, he already has a candidate that defeated the weakness of the sun in the original and that is Nezuko

So with everything ready all Lorien has to do is start using his abilities to make modifications and perfect it (demon blood/body...) and then Copy paste it as much as he wants

Actually if possible he didn't want to make things so complex, if doable he would have directly realized an immortal body and be done with it, but the issue is, as usual, the energy required

Modifying and Copying things is much easier and requires less energy than directly creating them

And so with this plan in mind, Lorien remembered someone, and that is Muzan

Muzan always wanted to become perfect, 'defeat the sun', in the original history when Nezuko defeated that weakness he did all he can to devour her

And of course, Lorien wouldn't allow such a thing, if he was to do all the work and perfect that body, and the Muzan just comes in and gets the final 'fruit', then at the time Lorien should simply just of a cliff

And so like that, Muzan jumped from the middle of Lorien's kill list to the absolute top of it

And now the Demon Slayer Corps just came in and basically paid him to do something he was originally going to

Basically paid to do nothing

Moreover...