Episode 200
Episode 200: New Quarter
“Then let’s take care of this body and leave. “Mr. Kim will organize the rest.”
Seo Cheon-seul swept up the corpses and fragments of the Douoksini that were scattered around Samneung in Paju, dancing and singing while holding a net, and also cleaned up the corpses of animals and other difficult things.
What’s left are just the neutralized cult members of the Gourmet Expedition, and this is something I don’t really need to sort out.
That’s why I waved my hand with peace of mind.
“okay. Be careful. “Please convey my regards to King Mangeum.”
“Bahahaha – yes, but this body will come back soon.”
“huh? “You’re coming again?”
“Didn’t Mr. Kim say he would give you a gift? “I have to come get a gift.”
It’s a promise to the goblin.
Unlike humans, goblins always keep their promises. I will remember it forever and will definitely come back.
“Besides, there is something else that King Mangeum ordered me to do. “Even if it’s not your promise with Mr. Kim, you have to come down again.”
“Ah, I guess this isn’t the end?”
“that’s right. But I have work to do at Cheongeumdang, so I won’t be coming back right away, I guess-”
Seo Cheon-seul pauses for a moment and mumbles. It looks like they are probably calculating the date.
“Maybe tomorrow?”
“tomorrow?”
“Oh, is it too early? Well, it could come in about 30 years.”
This is the goblin’s concept of time.
You may remember the promise, but no one can know the date by which the promise will be kept.
“Bahaha – see you then!”
Seo Cheon-seul dancing backwards and doing some tricks.
Floating Floating-
The sound of drums is heard again.
“Yaha- hehe- uh-huh- the butterfly sleeping in the flower, flying away without a trace- the shadow seen in the night- could it be a piece of gold dropped by the moon?”
After that song, Seo Cheon-seul disappeared.
As if it never happened from the beginning.
“Kko-ki-oh!”
And once again, the sound of a rooster crowing is heard.
The sun rises from the far east, emitting golden light.
“phew. “It’s really over.”
With the pouring light, the magic techniques created by the two emissaries were completely destroyed.
Paju Samneung, which was maintaining the boundary between dreams and reality, has now completely returned to reality.
The barrier created with the power of animals, the traces of the fallen demons, the images of the souls sleeping in Samneung, and the goblin that laughed loudly all disappeared.
For a moment, I was almost deluded into thinking that even the fact that I was a crazy wizard trapped in [Cthulhu World] had disappeared.
[System: Penalty attribute ‘Destroyed Mind’ is activated. Since you currently have 1 madness, a random madness will appear.]
“Sheesh, that can’t be possible.”
Seo Cheon-seul captured the Doo Eoksini and disappeared, but the nightmare and madness surrounding me is not over yet.
“You’ve been giving me crappy stuff in a row, so give me something easy this time.”
The fear of blood that followed from the fear of fish was very painful.
[System: ‘Insanity – Puppet Phobia’ is granted to your mind.]
“doll?”
There was a madness that was difficult to define.
It’s a keyword that can be avoided if you’re determined to avoid it, so it’s a bit easy, right? But even so, we cannot let down our guard. Because I don’t know what will come out or how.
So, my situation is finally summarized as follows.
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Shinhwa Kim
Class: Wizard looking into the abyss
Level: 51
Magic Level: Level 5
Madness: [Mask Obsession (Potential)], [Doll Phobia]
Strength 5 + 4 (Residual heat of Bukraksamun)
Health 7 + 3 (Sain True Sword (Nokzon))
Dexterity 8 + 2 (Night Shroud Wings)
Intelligence 30
Spirit 18 + 2 (Necklace of the Body Snatcher)
charm 20
****
Nothing has ever been easy, but this time, I gained a lot more than I worked hard for.
Having finally reached level 50, not only have I gained new powers, but I have also been able to access locations and content that were blocked due to level restrictions.
Not only that, I gained new things and secured new relationships.
‘More important than that is information about other [supper offerings].’
Anyway, let’s look into this area as soon as the accumulated fatigue in your body and mind has recovered.
“Phew, then… … .”
I looked around for a moment.
“Hi! You monster! goblin! Don’t look at me! “Don’t look!”
“Ugh! goblin! goblin!”
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The cult members of the Gourmet Expedition go crazy as soon as their eyes meet and cause a fuss.
How should we deal with these people?
“Well, there’s no need for me to worry about this.”
I called without hesitation.
“Uh, ma’am. Could you please report it to the Foreigners Management Office through an unknown line? yes. Just tell them that there are a lot of people in Samneung, Paju, who were attacked by aliens. Yes, don’t say anything else, just say that and it will be sorted out.”
It’s salt money.
“yes? Cheongeumdang? Hmm – wouldn’t Captain Cheongeum visit the lady in person later? Uh, maybe? Hey, that’s not something I can guarantee. However, since it is Captain Cheongeum’s guarantee, it will definitely be kept. “We are a race that always keeps its promises.”
It’s the goblin’s promise.
In order to keep his promise to take her to Cheongeumdang, Seo Cheon-seul will appear in front of Yeom Geum-ja again.
“When do you think it will come? “Maybe tomorrow or-?”
Because it’s a goblin’s sense of time.
Maybe 30 years later?
There is no need to even talk about this.
* * *
A round face with no hair left, lumpy skin, and a red complexion that always looks like he’s drunk.
He is a man who is reminiscent of a grapefruit in many ways. He wriggled and opened his mouth as if the suit that was constricting his body was uncomfortable.
“so-”
The reporter looks very nervous at the point made by Grapefruit, or more accurately, one of the government’s ‘higher-ups’.
“-What the hell is that, that, Kim Shinhwa? “What is that?”
“Ah yes. So, Kim Shin-hwa is what you see here… … .”
The reporter, or rather the director of the Foreigners Management Office, points to the beam screen with a perplexed expression.
A pitch-black shadow of a humanoid captured between the dark buildings of Sejong City. The background is dark and the image quality is unclear.
Although it looks like a person stretching his body out, it is unclear whether he is soaring or jumping from the sky.
And dozens of buzzing masks floating next to the shadows.
“no no. So, I know it’s Kim Shin-hwa. So he said what is that? Is this some kind of urban legend? Or a new type of surreal entity that has never appeared before?”
Grape Dream’s ‘High One’ questions again as if grumbling. The head of the Foreigners Management Office gave a low answer, as if he had finally given up.
“… … “It’s unclear.”
The other ‘elevated figures’ sitting to the left and right of the ‘high man’ in the grapefruit statue are once again buzzing.
Unclear? What, you don’t know? It’s like this again. Huh, what kind of briefing is this? Do you know how much money you’re wasting? Are you kidding me? I can’t do anything right.
Among the murmuring ‘higher people’, someone opens his mouth. He is long and skinny, and if I were to compare him, he looks like a cucumber.
“Anyway, it’s not a hostile entity, right? “You said earlier that there was testimony regarding the fish man, right?”
“yes. Specifically, it is a testimony to the effect that a person named Kim Shin-hwa saved a person who was kidnapped by a fish man. Please check the attached page C-12 for the details.”
The ‘high-ranking people’ sigh or grumble and rummage through a mountain of folders piled up on their respective tables. This time, the ‘High One’ with hair as curly as broccoli speaks.
“If you’re a fish person, isn’t your level of danger level 6? “Isn’t the danger sign here strange?”
“That’s right. The code number is CD-2-35. This is a surreal entity commonly referred to as a deep sea person. Since it is presumed that a cluster was taken, the risk level has been raised to level 3 in accordance with regulations.”
“But what does it mean that there are sightings in 17 local governments across the country?”
“We confirmed that the Deep Sea People kidnapped more than 60 civilians from all over the country, and that a person named Kim Shin-hwa rescued them.”
‘High-ranking people’ murmured in unison again.
Still, it’s a bit hard to say that it’s a particularly friendly being, right? Just the cultists are giving me headaches, so do we have to hold a meeting about these urban legends? Is there any more specific information?
“There’s more to it than this, right? Something like that to be sure. Is there anything like that?”
The head of the Foreigners Management Office said, ‘What is that? ‘Damn,’ I thought as I switched the screen.
“Please look this way.”
A frontal photo of a coward-looking man wearing a fedora is displayed on the screen.
“The name is Park Gwang-rim. I am a broker from China. He was once active in the Paju and Gyeonggi areas, but has now moved his activities to the Gyeongnam area. Recently, he has volunteered to be the exclusive broker for a troubleshooter named Kim Shin-hwa. “This is the appearance of the ‘fighter’ he mediates, Kim Shin-hwa.”
Kim Shin-hwa’s photo displayed on the screen.
However, it is an unclear screen that only shows that he is wearing a bright red muffler around his neck and a blue uniform.
“I know the screen is blurry, but isn’t your head too big?”
“That’s because they are wearing masks and hats. And please look at the next screen.”
The screen switches.
“This is the most ‘reliable current appearance’ of Kim Shin-hwa discovered in Daejeon. “An expert analysis result confirming that this video was not fabricated is also attached.”
A vertically long video is played as if it was filmed with a smartphone. Wow! Wow! Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! Wow! noise.
The person who filmed the video may have been unstable, so the screen shook dizzyingly and then turned off.
“What is that thing doing? “What’s coming out of your hand?”
“It’s a gun.”
“You have four arms?”
“It is presumed to be a mutation or body augmentation modification. “It was confirmed that he could freely handle eight firearms with his four arms.”
“Hehehe, is this because he’s a mutant gunman?”
“Daejeon City Hall declared that it would pay a bounty of 30 million won for each arm of Kim Shin-hwa.”
A murmur erupts again.
what? Is the mayor of Daejeon crazy? That was probably done through an unofficial channel. Is there a big observatory on a mountain somewhere in Daejeon? Oh, it collapsed recently? I heard that’s what Kim Shinhwa did? Oh, it’s worth it.
“And please look at this person.”
The screen now displays the image of a middle-aged woman wearing a thick coat.
“Who is that?”
“This is Yeom Geum-ja, the leader of one of the criminal organizations operating in southern Paju.”
Among the ‘high people’, there are those who recognize the face of Yeomgeumja.
Ah, that woman! Bongil Cheonpa, right? That woman who distributes drugs. She’s a pain in the ass. Is that woman also related to Kim Shin-hwa?
“Yes, he is believed to be the instigator of top-level crimes, not just drugs, but also murder contracts and human trafficking, but he has recently started claiming that he can work for a goblin named Kim Shin-hwa.”
goblin? What is this goblin suddenly? Aren’t you just taking the wrong drugs and saying strange things? Isn’t that neighborhood like that? Oh, well, Paju is a bit like that.
And the endless rumors, ghost stories, and strange legends created in modern times.
“It’s funny to hear. Is there any other testimony? “I wouldn’t be able to laugh if Kim Shin-hwa with three heads and six arms was spotted around Wonju.”
“In Wonju, the whole body shines golden and flies in the sky-”
“stop! stop! Is it a golden bat this time? “I know you’re a mess, so stop now!”
“It’s a shame.”
A woman’s voice suddenly interrupts.
Due to the seating arrangement in the conference room, the voice came from a place where people of lower status than the head of the Foreigners Management Office, who reports to ‘higher people’, were sitting.
Nevertheless, the once noisy conference room suddenly becomes quiet.
The ‘High One’ of the grapefruit statue said while waving one hand.
“Team Leader Yang. “What do you regret?”
Yang Seo-ho, who silenced all the ‘high-ranking people’ in the conference room just by opening his mouth, slowly continued speaking.
“Now it’s time for a more interesting sighting.”
“Team leader Yang! Team Leader Yang!”
The head of the Foreigners’ Management Office tried to stop Yang Seo-ho in a desperate voice, but Yang Seo-ho ignored such desperate pleas and continued speaking.
“Recently, a new religion following Kim Shin-hwa has emerged in Paju.”
“religion?”
fantasy,
