Chapter 265
Episode 265: Bongamdang
“Ugh, damn it. what’s this?”
A small Hanok built in a traditional style.
This is the place where the last successors of those who guarded this place to prevent the descent of the [Great Source] even before the Great Collapse occurred.
So this quest is that kind of story.
First, there is a place under Mt. Seorak where one can seek the descent of the [Great Source], a being of the abyss.
Second, Yeonam Construction ended up reaching that location while ruthlessly digging into the land of Mt. Seorak.
Third, the Sokcho-based cultists who served the [Great Source] are targeting this time.
Fourth, problems arise.
And at this point, the player approaches Mt. Seorak.
Usually, it involves fighting against a Judgment-level cultist who has become powerful thanks to the power of the [Great Source], or fighting against monsters created by the power of the [Great Source].
In the worst case scenario, the [Great Source] itself may descend.
‘If the atmosphere is like this, it would be most likely that Advent will occur.’
In short, if you can’t stop it, the ending will be ruinous.
The player explores various places in Seorak Mountain and Sokcho and gathers rare clues to prevent the coming destruction.
And the next five.
Fifth, the solution part.
After all, this is a game, so there is a solution.
The player reaches Bongamdang (封巖堂), this fortune-telling house that I reached.
The [Guardian of Bongamdang] who is waiting at Bongamdang lends her strength to the player, and the player can work with her to defeat the cultists.
It’s okay even if you couldn’t prevent the cultists’ plan in advance.
[Guardian of Bongamdang] holds an extremely old magic book called [Bongamgiseo], which contains spells to prevent the descent of the [Great Source].
“It’s because it’s difficult to protect the guardian grandmother, but the method of clearing it itself was an intuitive quest.”
Why did things happen like this?
What was waiting for me at Bongamdang was not the [Guardian of Bongamdang].
What was waiting for me inside the gate was-
“Whoa-”
sigh.
It was truly a bizarre and terrible sight.
Rather than simply being scary and disgusting, it is an unpleasant and heterogeneous sight mixed with religious piety. Just seeing it was something that could have a special effect on the human mind and emotions.
[System: ‘Abyss Madness’ activates. Nullifies the mental shock you received.]
Phage support-
Okay, it’s better now.
“Who are you? “Who did this?”
Are you a cult member?
A scene so blasphemous and grotesque that the word cult immediately comes to mind.
Pure white paper is spread throughout the square yard of Bongamdang.
Headless corpses sitting in a reverential posture on the burial ground.
Not just one or two.
“Three, four… … . “A total of eleven?”
[The guardian of Bongamdang] is an old woman. She has no students, successors or family.
If so, it would mean that these eleven people were brought in from somewhere else.
Why on earth are eleven people dying here in such a bizarre way?
It is not an ordinary corpse, nor an ordinary death.
Headless corpses dressed in white hemp clothes sit dead in strange positions.
“No, is this a zazen posture rather than just sitting?”
It seems so.
They were all lying cross-legged, with their hands in a dead posture, as if they were frozen statues of Buddha.
Again, this is no ordinary death.
A death with religious intent and magical context.
“Kkiiing-”
Red, standing on the fence, cries out as if he is worried.
“don’t worry. “It doesn’t seem like there are any special risk factors.”
I have already confirmed it with my senses.
“So, Red, take a look around the building. “If there’s anything strange around, please let me know.”
“Kkii-”
Red flying up with a crackling sound.
I made a similar request to Doldori and then went further into the yard.
Sensitivity that is more sensitive than usual conveys the elements inside Bongamdang in detail.
“Keu-”
Because of that sensitivity, I was able to realize how these corpses died and why they remained in such an upright position.
There are iron stakes embedded in their knees and hands.
Even the stake-
Damn it, these people were alive when stakes were driven into their limbs.
The traces left on the corpse’s skin and the stiffened muscles testify to me the terrible situation at that time.
Someone forced them into this uncomfortable position by driving stakes into their bodies –
‘The head was cut off as soon as that posture was completed.’
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The person who carried out this work carried out this act very easily and quickly with utmost coldness, cruelty, and force exceeding human standards.
“Damn, I don’t want to know this much detail.”
It is truly a blasphemous and terrible method of killing. The murderer carried out this gruesome ritual with a determination so firm and strong that it could perhaps be considered pious.
“Besides, these people… … .”
They have no heads, but they still have hands.
I was able to identify them through small tattoos on the backs of their hands.
All eleven corpses here have the same tattoo on the backs of their hands.
They were not ordinary corpses or ordinary deaths, but they were not ordinary people to begin with.
“Really, what happens with this quest?”
Passing through the yard where such a terrible scene unfolded, I opened the paper door of the temple, which was placed facing the main gate.
Rumbling
“Uhm. excuse me.”
What is beyond the paper gate is a folding screen in colorful shades, similar to the type commonly found in fortune tellers.
Although it has been reinterpreted in a Korean way, it is a folding screen depicting the symbol of an ancient god, a transcendent being that opposes the [Abyssal Beings].
And what is that?
Did you burn an amulet? There is a trace left in the corner of the room as if a wad of paper had been burned.
No, that’s not important.
The most important thing is… placed in the center of the room. … .
It was a square coffin.
“Now I know roughly what I wanted to do. Probably not your will. “Isn’t that right?”
Lying in the coffin is an old man wearing a white suit.
therefore… … It was [Guardian of Bongamdang].
Unlike the bizarre corpses placed in the yard, I get the feeling that the grandmother’s body was handled very respectfully.
Bodies murdered in a magical way and the body of an old woman arranged as if to worship a spiritual being.
So- this is… … .
“It’s an anti-soul art?”
Half-marriage drinking.
It is a spell to revive a dead person. In any case, it is a technique that falls within the category of magic. Because of this, you feel as if something is stirring under your skin. I want to burn down this entire Bongamdang building.
Calm down – calm down – let’s calm down.
“Can you please tell me?”
The anti-marriage technique has not yet been completed.
That’s why I wasn’t talking to the lying corpse.
A blurry spirit appeared from behind the folding screen in the shrine.
The spirit of [Guardian of Bongamdang] slowly shook its head.
“okay. sorry.”
Even when I was alive, I couldn’t speak. He never thought he would face the dead.
“What about what I asked earlier? Are you using the law of anti-marriage to seek resurrection?”
At the same time, I did that ugly, nasty thing – did you do it? I mumbled the words in a low voice.
She looked at me with sad eyes for a moment and then shook her head.
“Then who is carrying out this evil and evil technique against your will? Well, this is-”
It was too messy for the [Guardian of Bongamdang] to have someone work on it.
It’s just cruel, and it’s a cruder and more sloppy method than what Heo Ju did to Heo Sang-hyeon.
In fact, several requirements are missing. Proper resurrection is impossible with this method.
[Guardian of Bongamdang] approaches me with his lips slightly sweet.
“uh? No, I know what you mean, but don’t come any closer. I am-”
[System: ‘Abyss Madness’ activates. Nullifies the effect of possession.]
Let’s go!
[Guardian of Bongamdang] is pushed out with great shock.
“Grandma, I don’t have the constitution to be possessed.”
I said that, but you probably didn’t quite understand. She retreated as if she had been burned and hid behind the folding screen.
“It’s hard to help with what’s going on here. Where is [Bongamgiseo]? Bongamdang’s protection is on the verge of breaking.”
I don’t think I can cast a spell to prevent the coming of the [Great Source], but I have to do something.
If you have any information that might be helpful… … .
A grandmother’s small hand reaching out from behind a folding screen.
What’s in the direction she pointed… … .
“That’s it?”
Traces of a burnt wad of paper in the corner of the room.
“Ugh, damn it.”
A few pages barely survived, but most were burned. And it’s just that it’s only a few pages… … .
“Is it half-soul drinking?”
Seeing this, it looks like someone tried that crude anti-marriage technique. Thanks to this, one thing I was curious about was answered, but instead of feeling refreshed, it only added to my frustration.
This quest really failed.
Even if there are no other problems, it is ruined because of absurd madness. How can it be double and triple ruined like this?
All of the people at Yeonam Construction, who were supposed to be protected, have disappeared, and the person who was supposed to be the solution to the quest has died.
And the last remaining solution was burned down?
* * *
Now the sun has completely set.
The sky is pitch black, and the moonlight appears to be trickling out from beyond the billowing dark clouds.
“I think it would be difficult if I were to be late.”
I think I should quickly go back and take a closer look at the construction site.
There are still things left to look at in this house.
I sensed it from the beginning, but at the same time, I also checked what state he was in, so I put it off as a later priority – I left the temple and headed to the warehouse on one side of the yard.
Mei profit-
A musty, dusty smell.
Anachronistic junk.
Amulets attached to the wall.
And an elderly man passed out while tied to a pillar in a warehouse.
“Hmm.”
He is wearing a torn suit and is even wearing a shoe on one foot. This means that only the sock is worn on the other foot.
Judging by the leaves and dirt stuck to his clothes, he must have been wandering around in the mountains for a long time dressed like that.
Blood is seeping from his left foot, which is wearing only a sock.
I am not a stranger.
But why is this guy being held here like this?
“Hey. Uncle, Seonghwan Kim.”
I called his name and shook his shoulder.
“Ugh-”
He groaned briefly, opened his eyes, and when he saw my face – no, the mask – he screamed.
“you! You you you-!? “What are you?”
“Umm… … . “I know what you’re misunderstanding, but I’m not that kind of person.”
Isn’t the appearance and attire clearly unsuitable for a place that is evil, evil, and shamanic?
A scroll that flutters even without the wind, magic stones hanging from one’s waist, and a strangely shaped Sainjeongjeong sword. And the [Carcosa Mask] covering the face.
“… … .”
I can’t help it if I misunderstand.
“Anyway, come on. Seonghwan Kim. “Why are you tied here?”
“Uh-uh-you, what are you? “How do you say my name?”
I lifted my hand and tapped the back of my left hand with my right index finger.
“Ugh-”
He is tied to a pillar and wriggles.
In fact, I can’t see the back of his hand, but I know what is drawn on the back of his hand.
“It doesn’t matter how I know you. “Who killed the few members of your church like this?”
Kim Seong-hwan, a cult member who serves the [Great Source], broke into a cold sweat, trembled, and opened his mouth as if struggling.
“[Sangnok Mountaineering Club]! “Those crazy old men made us like this!”
“Sangnok Mountaineering Club? “You guys didn’t hire the Sangnok Mountaineering Club?”
“We hire the Evergreen Mountaineering Club? What nonsense is that! The conqueror of [Sangnok Mountaineering Club]! “That monster attacked us!”
What kind of development is this again?
Why are you twisting and twisting an already complicated quest like this?
I tried to ask him more, but-
[System: The ‘Feast Offering’ attribute is activated.]
A message window pops up with a tinnitus buzzing.
The problem did not occur nearby. In the distance, at a construction site – one of the command golems has been destroyed.
“Oh, shit.”
I don’t have time.
fantasy,
