Episode 80
Episode 80: The Hungry Mansion (4)
[Remote Detection]
A wide-range detection spell was activated.
Even though you are sitting in a car, you can perceive a wide range of surrounding situations.
There are only 5 minutes left to reach the destination.
Trivial spirits are rushing in from all directions, front, left, and right, but they are unable to break through the previously activated [Barrel of Tindalos] and [Beacon of Ibn Ghazi].
What you need to keep an eye on are the nine wild dogs chasing behind the car.
At first glance, it looks like a wild dog, but it is actually a corpse possessed by a ghost.
It is a [Corpse Golem].
‘Those are the guys you should meet inside the mansion… … .’
Why did everyone crawl out of the house?
“Oh, I don’t know. “That’s not important now.”
Animal skin will provide the least resistance to magic.
– Wow!
In fact, one corpse golem with a more unusual obsession than the others jumped out.
It’s a joke!!
[Tindalos’ Shell] burns its skin black… … .
– Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Break through screaming!
The claws of a monster, neither a human nor an animal nor a ghost, cling closely to the car.
Before I can respond, Jang Hyeon-deok suddenly shouts.
“At least to that extent… … I am!”
Wow!!
Jang Hyeon-deok suddenly slams on the brakes.
Quaaaang!
The corpse golem sticks its head, not its claws, into the rear of a slowing vehicle.
– Wow!!!
Even though the speed was suddenly reduced, it did not mean that it stopped.
The corpse golem bounced and landed on the road.
Clunk, rattle!
Jang Hyeon-deok changes gears in an instant.
Buaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
I pick up the pace again and shake it off.
“good. good job!”
But the enemy is not just one.
The remaining eight also rush in at high speed, perhaps trying to emulate the fighting spirit of the ghost that jumped in earlier.
– Wow!
– Kyaeeeeee!
There wasn’t much left until the mansion.
My senses caught what was waiting in front of the mansion.
‘There’s something waiting in front of the mansion too.’
If you arrive at the mansion with these wild dog pups like this, you will be surrounded.
“Get out all you little bastards!”
These guys are getting out of here.
I picked up the butcher’s hook that was neatly placed under the seat and cast a spell.
[The unique function of the S-class weapon ‘Butcher’s Hook’, ‘Evidence of Butchery’, is activated.
// Evidence of Slaughter: The power of necromantic magic increases by 100%.]
[Muddy current]
It is a large-scale attack magic that combines water and spirit properties.
It’s difficult to activate in a place without water, but there’s a lot of water here right now!
pop!!!
The sound of underground water bursting.
Kwagwagwagwagwagwagwa!!
And this is the sound of rainwater flowing back like a river.
The magical power of the negative dimension becomes entangled, and a powerful torrent of black polluted water surges up from all directions, creating huge waves around the car.
The waves mixed with soil and trees literally turn into landslides and sweep away the ghosts.
– Wow!
– Stop, stop!
“Even the ghosts are being swept away by the waves!?”
“It’s really that kind of magic!”
It is not a spell that simply inflicts physical damage.
Because it has the added spirit attribute, those caught in this wave suffer damage to the spirit body itself.
And thanks to the butcher’s hook, the effect is double!
‘I can sweep away small ghosts like this with just this.’
Kwagwagwagwagwagwagwa!!!
The wave that swept away the ghosts and corpse golems that had gathered around them swept down the mountain and disappeared.
As the waves blocking my view disappear, I see a mansion in front of me.
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We have now reached the immediate vicinity of the mansion.
That moment.
[System: The effect of the penalty attribute ‘Feast Offering’ is strengthened.]
Quaaaaaaa!!
The tree in front of the road explodes and something huge pops out.
Jang Hyeon-deok screams before me.
“bear!?”
A monster with a terrible appearance that seems to have a grotesque mask sprouting all over its body.
They are dozens of ghosts tangled in bear skin.
Although it barely resembles a bear, it is actually made up of hundreds of faces.
[The ghosts trapped in the taxidermy collected by the owner of the mansion begin to awaken.]
At the same time, the message window displays incorrect information.
[These stuffed animals were not just decorations. Stuffed animals growl and approach you.]
This is the message that should have been sent when a wild dog originally appeared.
[If you see a ghost, then you will be shocked with amazing eyeballs / Null
Restoring… … .
Recovery complete… … .
The souls of the sacrifices imprisoned in the stuffed giant bear begin to awaken.
Dozens of souls forcibly injected into one body are each struggling to take control of this body. The faces of the souls trapped in the bear’s body swell to create a hideous mask. This is a powerful being that can no longer be called a ‘corpse golem’.
The essence of necromancy, the ‘Necromancer Golem’, stands in your way.
Their madness, pain, and despair inflict terrible wounds on the psyches of those around them.]
[System: Attempts to resist fear using the mental strength stat. Mental strength test… … failure.]
[System: The exclusive attribute ‘Abyss Madness’ is activated. Removes fear effect.]
“Ha, that’s not even funny!”
It’s a middle boss, right?
Damn it, why does the mid-boss keep coming to meet me at the entrance?
“That, that! “What should I do!”
Fortunately, Jang Hyeon-deok also seems to have succeeded in his mental strength test.
Then there is no problem!
“Just go! “Crush it!”
“yes? “Yes??!”
“Step on it!!”
The car’s speed increases.
The body of the giant spirit golem swells.
You can’t even call it a bear anymore.
It is a 5m tall monster with dozens of gigantic faces and messy fur.
-Kyaaaaa!!!
-Keeeeeeeee!!
– Kkkkk!!
Dozens of snouts on its body let out different screams at the same time.
Ibn Ghazi’s signal fire, which was floating around the car, was brought to the front of the car.
Kiiiiiii… … .
[The unique functions of the S-class accessory ‘Corrupted Flame Ring’, ‘Red Element Concentration’ and ‘Flame Knowledge Passage’ are activated.
// Concentrate red element: The effect of all fire-type magic increases by 50%.
// Passion of knowledge of fire: Understanding of ‘fire magic’ increases.]
A fierce fire concentrated in one point.
It is amplified and turns into a glowing plasma mass.
The firepower is so enormous that pouring raindrops evaporate and turn into steam as soon as they hit the nearby area.
Instead of stopping here, the spirit attribute is forcibly injected via [Butcher’s Hook].
[Howling Fire]
As it condenses, the condensed magic power is released as a single point.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
A noise like a scream of death, coming out of pouring raindrops and tearing the air.
Kwazijijik! Quad deud deud deuk!!
A beam of highly compressed magical power penetrated the body of the ghost golem.
A huge hole in its body.
The imprisoned ghosts pour out through the hole.
– Wow!
– Freedom, freedom!
– I hate you!! die!!!
-Keeeeeeek!
Some have scattered in search of freedom, but those bound by necromancy are moving their broken bodies and trying to attack us!
“Woah woah! Argh!”
Jang Hyeon-deok tried to apply the brakes reflexively, but-.
“Don’t stop! Step further!”
“Aaaaa!!”
Right in front of you! Collision!
In addition to [Tindalos’ Shell], [Protective Circle], [Distortion Field], and [Guardian’s Prayer] that surrounded the entire car, a new magic is activated.
[Flame of Hatred]
A magic that converts received shock into fire damage and reverses it.
The target of the magic is this entire car.
“Eat it up!”
It absorbs the weight and speed of the car, the quadruple protection magic, and even the attacks of the ghost golem!
Kwahiah Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!
[Flame of Hate] literally caused a huge explosion.
Burning flames and a huge flash with the power to cover the world.
The command golem at the center of the explosion was completely shattered without even leaving a trace.
Bear skin and corpse fragments flying everywhere.
Burning ghostly bodies.
And before I knew it, the mansion was right in front of me.
Ouch, I stepped on it too much!
“Hey, stop! stop!”
“I know!”
Kkkkkk!!
Jang Hyeon-deok slams on the brakes.
The car was unable to keep up with the speed it was running at and skidded for a long time.
The place where the car stopped was really right in front of the mansion.
The gap between the wall and the car is really not even 5cm.
If Jang Hyeon-deok hadn’t turned the steering wheel so exquisitely at the last moment, it would have just crashed.
“Phew… … .”
Jang Hyeon-deok buries his face in the steering wheel and sighs.
“… … .”
Jang Hyeon-deok raised his head without saying a word.
His face has turned completely white.
There are tears welling up at the corners of the eyes, and the lips are strangely twisted and trembling.
The expression on his face was completely eye-opening, but… … Well, should I at least praise you?
“Great. “You must be a professional driver.”
“… … thank you.”
The sky is still dark and heavy rain is falling.
First, [Distortion Field] is activated.
After getting ready to avoid the rain, I picked up the duffel bag I had left in the backseat and got out of the car.
‘It’s a bit heavy.’
Although the strength has increased a bit, it is still a low stat.
The duffel bag filled with various items feels heavy.
Anyway, have we arrived?
[The Starving Mansion].
It is a large two-story building rising out of the darkness.
Now that I’ve come this far, it’s like my home.
I looked at the exterior of the mansion to figure out where and how to repair it.
“I… … “Wizard?”
“huh?”
Before I knew it, Jang Hyeon-deok got out of the car and approached me, his legs shaking.
“This is the place you were talking about, right?”
“that’s right.”
“What on earth are we doing here?”
“hmm… … Jangmyeongsan’s… … pension?”
“This building that looks like a haunted house is a pension?”
Jang Hyeon-deok’s words are not an exaggeration.
It is a Western-style mansion with an old exterior that is not suitable for being located in a remote forest in Korea.
The area around the mansion is covered with strange, unidentifiable weeds.
It looked like an abandoned building rather than a well-maintained building.
Jang Hyeon-deok, who looked up at the mansion a few times, came up to me with a frightened expression and whispered.
“2nd floor, there’s something on the 2nd floor!”
“Of course there is. “This request is to deal with the things inside.”
“It wasn’t over?”
“It starts now.”
Jang Hyeon-deok glares at one of the windows on the second floor.
It’s a strange window that gives off a gloomy atmosphere that makes you wonder if it was installed to monitor the surroundings rather than for daylighting.
“There will be more things than what we saw before… … ?”
“That’s roughly the case.”
“Hehe… … okay… … okay… … .”
Jang Hyeon-deok nods his head with a meaningful smile and then continues.
“Well, I’m going back now…” … .”
“hmm. Okay, go back.”
“… … “Aren’t you going to catch it?”
“Why are you holding me?”
“Jang Hyeon-deok is quite useful!”
What does this bastard want to do?
“Hurry up, man.”
Afterwards, Jang Hyeon-deok went back and forth and talked nonsense several times.
It seems scary to go back alone, but it is more dangerous to go in here together.
And Jang Hyeon-deok has one thing to do.
“Take this with you on the way.”
“What is this again?”
“This is something that Jang Hyeon-deok, who is quite useful, should do.”
“Well, couldn’t I just go home?”
“Let’s stop somewhere on the way and do just one thing.”
Then I went closer and explained to him what he should be careful about and what he should do.
“What if the ghost appears again?”
“I removed all the large lumps, so the amulet will block them all.”
“It’s really okay, right?”
“As long as you don’t get out of the car, you can go back.”
Jang Hyeon-deok whined a few more words, but in the end, he said he understood in a dying voice and started the car.
“hmm… … “Do you think you can trust that guy?”
I don’t find it easy to trust.
However, Jang Hyeon-deok’s car has already disappeared out of sight.
“Hey, I don’t know.”
What to do now?
I turned towards the mansion.
“good. “Then shall we begin work in earnest now?”
The stairs leading to the mansion’s entrance were covered in moss and were very slippery.
‘It’s not managed at all.’
Biiiiii-.
When I rang the old bell next to the front door, I heard a creepy electronic sound.
“I guess I’ll have to change the bell too… … .”
I rang the bell, but no one came out, so I had to ring the bell again several times.
After a while, a shout of presence was heard from inside the mansion.
Sigh… … .
A young man with a gloomy appearance.
The owner of a starving mansion.
Heo Sang-hyeon greeted me.
“You’re finally here.”
fantasy,
