Ch.634Chapter 24. Real Estate Never Die (12)

It’s worth noting that demons can be born from the most diverse circumstances.

While some become demons for reasons anyone would understand, there are times when you think, “That’s enough to become a demon?”

This is one of those times.

‘Becoming a demon over an Americano.’

“KYAAAAH!!”

The husband of an Italian couple had become a demon honey sucker.

His form resembled a typical bee, but it was as if a bee had been reborn with mechanical parts attached.

A massive bee, about 3 meters long.

“Darling!!”

The wife screamed at the sight of the bee, but her voice didn’t reach the honey sucker.

“Give me the honeyㅡㅡㅡ!!”

The honey sucker spread its bee wings and charged at the Goblin.

The Goblin frowned momentarily, startled by the honey sucker’s speed as it rushed forward creating sonic booms.

“Tch.”

Whiiing.

The cable car swayed violently.

The entire cable car, along with the wires, shook.

It felt like the bee’s wings were making the entire wire undulate, and the impact was strong enough to reach me on the opposite side.

The mechanized demon-man was targeting the Goblin.

And the honey jar that the Goblin “believed it had taken.”

“If you hand it over quietly, I’ll spare your life!!”

It sounded more like something a villain would say than a demon, but there was desperation in the demon’s words.

“Hmph. Coveting something from another country like that. Do you think I’d give it to you? Not a chance! No way!”

And that desperation didn’t reach the Goblin.

“Someone with such a weak mentality that they become a demon over espresso with water! You’re not worth sparing!!”

The Goblin misunderstands.

He’s completely misunderstanding that this man went berserk over diluted strong coffee.

‘He probably has no intention of understanding.’

The young old-fashioned man with a typical Hwalbindang-like double standard mindset is the Goblin’s self.

If the one who had taken the vocal cords had been a certain Mr. Giwoo from Busan, he might have let it slide, but he couldn’t tolerate that it was a foreigner.

In other words.

Conversely, that man is angry at the Goblin’s Hwalbindang-like double standards.

There is room for legal dispute about secretly taking Korea’s natural resources and sucking honey without permission from the authorities.

But he probably doesn’t think he did anything wrong himself.

The desire of an ability user to become stronger, and especially if that desire to become stronger isn’t for personal gain but for some kind of mission.

‘But in the end, they’re both the same kind of people.’

One side is ultimately those who seek their own benefit.

The other side is those who stole from nature without even getting permission from the Forest Service.

If asked which is the worse person, they’re both equally bad.

They’re just bad in different ways, but both are definitely villains that need to be dealt with.

[Not worth killing… Disappointing, but I’ll have to subdue them with Zenros.]

If they had killed someone while collecting honey, I would have smashed their heads before they even became demons.

If they had killed the wife while stealing honey, I would have destroyed the Goblin’s cradle first.

Therefore.

Fairly, I’ll Zenros them both.

[A bee and a goblin. Their natures are different so it’s difficult to handle them at once, but the priority is clear.]

I gripped the daegeum I brought as Seonbital tightly.

[Since I’m here, should I try ‘that’ in this state too?]

Whiiing.

I removed the lower part of my mask with magical power.

“Give me the honey!”

“It’s not like you left it in my care!”

“You stole it!!”

“You’re the thieves! Don’t you know what stolen goods are!”

The honey sucker pointed the lance attached to his fingertip at the Goblin as he flew in, and the Goblin deflected it by swinging something like an iron pipe.

Neither of them paying any attention to me.

In that case.

Wheeeeee.

I blow the daegeum, making a sound.

The Goblin and demon are startled by the sudden sound, but ‘that’ has already begun to rise from the ground.

Gugugugu.

A black rock rising high enough to reach the rope I’m standing on.

I moved my feet to the tall pole-like structure, and soon I felt traces of powerful mana below me.

[Preparations complete.]

Right below me.

Inside the rock with just enough width for a person to enter, she, Hundun Seong Ji-eun, is now inside.

Judging by the empty cable car going up far away, Baek Seol-hee must have jumped to the ground carrying Seong Ji-eun.

Baek Seol-hee is watching from a distance, and Seong Ji-eun has created a pillar to come up and grab my ankle from below, transferring magical power to me.

And that magical power is now flowing into the daegeum I’m gripping.

The daegeum, just the right size to grip comfortably in my hand, gradually grew larger, becoming long and solid enough to easily fit a human head inside.

“You, w-what is that…!”

[Let’s first return the demon to human form before we talk.]

Click.

[Jijachongtong, Hundun Cannon.]

PAAANG!

As soon as I put the magical spark into the hole, magical flames exploded inside the daegeum that had become a cannon.

BOOM!

“GAAAH!!”

Simultaneously, something shot from inside the cannon hit the honey sucker’s back.

Though it didn’t fly like a bullet at the speed of light, the pain of being hit in the back by a heavy stone like a shot put is hard to endure even for an ability user.

Above all, the root of the wings, the part where the wings connect to the body, took a major hit.

The honey sucker plummeted to the ground, staggering like a mosquito hit directly with killer spray.

“Y-you just fired a shell…?”

[Why? Is there some law against using this in the Korean Peninsula?]

“……”

Just because I’m Seonbital doesn’t mean I always have to physically swing something.

Just because I’m a scholar doesn’t mean I always have to shoot arrows with a Korean bow.

‘We developed firearms ourselves, so why not use them.’

How many cannons did we fire during the Joseon Dynasty?

In that sense, the Jijachongtong I’m firing is no ordinary cannon.

[Hwanpo, fire.]

An attack backed by the will of Hwan.

If this world were a constellation story, it would be like borrowing power from the “Will of Hwan,” the culmination of the Korean Peninsula’s constellations.

In other words.

[You won’t be able to avoid it.]

Though it looks like a crude cannon, its suppressive power is no less than any modern missile.

“You bastard!”

The Goblin runs down the cable car wire.

He escapes precariously down the swaying cable car wire as if skiing.

[I won’t let you escape.]

Gugugugu.

The pillar I was standing on began to tilt downward.

It wasn’t because it had taken damage, but because Seong Ji-eun was using her magical power to make the pillar fall.

TANG!

Once more, the Jijachongtong on my shoulder exploded, firing a shell.

The sphere, larger than a fist, flew in a parabolic arc, and its trajectory seemed like it wouldn’t reach the Goblin.

“Haha! Where are you aiming! How can a man have such poor aim!”

[I don’t need to aim precisely.]

I utilized the mana I received from Seong Ji-eun, drawing magical power from the external core attached to my lower body to use my ability.

[I never miss.]

It’s not about hitting the target.

It’s about firing first, then making sure it hits no matter what.

[You let your guard down.]

“!!”

The magical bullet that seemed to have passed by didn’t fall to the ground but began to spin around the cable car, following the line downward.

“W-what?!”

[It’s a guided missile.]

If the opponent dodges, just control it until it hits.

It’s just one magical bullet, but if I concentrate all my attention on it, there’s nothing I can’t hit.

Moreover.

Roll roll roll!

The spherical magical bullet gained speed as it rolled down along the cable car.

The speed of the magical bullet, which didn’t slide off the side of the cable car but went straight down with gravitational acceleration, was not slower than the Goblin’s speed—rather, it began to accelerate and close the gap.

“Tch!!”

The Goblin finally jumped off the wire.

Leaping sideways with great force, he grabbed a new line.

The cable car wire right next to the pillar I’m standing on, the one I was standing on before.

[Going in reverse, huh.]

Fwash!

Running along the line, the Goblin pulls something out from inside his sleeve.

It’s something like a blade that looks like it would come from a butcher shop in a historical drama.

[So you’re a butcher wearing Seonbital?]

“Not a butcher, a Goblin!!”

The Goblin shouted his alias, pointing what looked unmistakably like a butcher’s knife at me as he spun it in one hand.

“I’ll kill you! Mysterious interferer! Before I deal with the demon, I’ll deal with you first!”

[Your will to kill is admirable, but if you’re going to do it, don’t shout while charging—shout after you’ve done it.]

I loaded another magical bullet into the Jijachongtong and fired it at the Goblin.

TANG!

The magical bullet flew in a straight line toward the Goblin’s body.

Similarly, after spinning around the cable car several times, it quickly descended along the cable car wire, targeting the Goblin.

“That mere magical bullet, I’ll cut it down!”

The Goblin aimed his butcher knife forward, glaring at the magical bullet.

He glared at me with sunken eyes, as if intending to cut the bullet when it jumped at him and then charge at me.

However.

[Ah. Let me tell you one thing. What just went down is the N bullet.]

“What—”

[And what I just fired is the S bullet.]

By the time I finished explaining:

[You’re already shattered.]

TANG!!

From front and back, two magical bullets drawn by powerful magnetism struck the front and back of the Goblin’s cradle.

As if sticking together.

[They’re magnets, you see.]