Chapter 146: Nine-tailed fox (2)
by fnovelpia
“I’m getting angry!”
Ah, I was momentarily distracted.
The young girl is arguably the strongest being in the world, aside from certain conditions.
That girl was now glaring with wide, intense eyes.
Just what was she trying to do?
In this unpredictable moment, the fox must’ve sensed something, as it began hurling fireballs.
“Huh? What’s that, falling from the sky?”
“Oh, the fireballs?”
The fireballs turned into candy as they fell.
As expected of the strongest—those fireballs had turned into candy and were now raining down like a shower.
Naturally, this was a perfect opportunity to counterattack.
We rushed toward the Gumiho.
“Huh? Why mint chocolate candy, of all things? This is blasphemy!”
The elf slave picked one up from the ground.
“Maybe because the young girl likes it?”
“Who cares if she likes it! It’s still blasphemy!”
“Why are you so sensitive about it? Did you eat one or something?”
Seems like she did.
Honestly, that Succubus talks big for someone who never actually does anything useful.
“What the hell. Why are the fireballs like this?”
“Young girl, we’re counting on you. Now then—let the counterattack begin.”
“Hyaaaaah!”
With a shout, the orc punched the Gumiho’s front paw.
At the same moment, the Gumiho staggered back, and Battle mage’s spear lunged in sharply.
Of course, everyone was holding back—trying not to kill her.
Following up, Cheonma’s sword slash and Ttaengchili’s punches rained in.
The Gumiho scoffed.
“Ha! Like a pup barking at a tiger. You pests!”
“Huh? Something white’s flying in—wait!”
The fox whipped her nine tails.
Korea’s pride, who had been creeping nearby for a surprise attack, got hit by a tail and was sent flying.
With a loud smack, they soared through the air.
For a moment, I wondered if they were dead, but looking in the direction they flew—
“Ufff?”
Korea’s pride somehow survived.
“Damn. Still alive, huh?”
Looks like they held on.
“Seriously, this is pissing me off. And what’s with this Gumiho?”
“Huh? What do you mean? What should a Gumiho be like then?”
“Obviously, a Gumiho is a woman in a white hanbok with nine fox tails!”
“Ooh, you just raised a flag.”
No need to intercept that attack, huh?
“Was it you? Just a mere bug?”
“Tch. Dammit. This Gumiho isn’t normal!”
The orc stepped in front of the Young girl to block the blow.
But the Gumiho’s power was stronger than expected, and the orc barely held on.
Or so we thought—until we saw the next attack.
SMACK!
A pale-white hand slapped the orc’s cheek.
“Huh? What’s this? Why is my hand like a bug’s?”
“Kekekeke. Serves you right, you damned fox bitch!”
The Young girl, now excited, jumped and clapped like a child.
“Holy crap, this is gold. What the hell is this, some kind of…moe transformation?”
“The Young girl’s sudden burst caused it.”
The fox was turned into a human—just like a character straight out of an anime.
Snow-white hair, fox ears, light whisker-like markings on her cheeks, sharp pupils, and nine fluffy, lively tails.
White hanbok.
She had completely shed her beast form and become fully human—young and vibrant.
“She really is the strongest in the world. Just changes everything on a whim.”
The Succubus clicked her tongue.
Maybe that sudden outburst was part of her power.
Meaning: when her mood swings go extreme, she can trigger certain powers—like “playfulness.”
If map-making is her passive skill, then “playfulness” is something that triggers with emotional highs and lows.
If used properly, maybe it could even bring about world peace.
Anyway, the Gumiho was now extremely cute.
That huge fox had become like a girl her own age.
“Now that she’s shrunk, maybe she’ll be a little easier to fight?”
“You think I’ll lose to the likes of you just because of this body? Huh?”
The Gumiho tried to throw another fireball—but of course, it turned into… the world’s most controversial creation—mint chocolate candy.
“You should just surrender. It’d be better for you.”
CRACK!
I smacked her in the stomach with the back of a sickle.
With her now-slim form, even that hit made a big difference.
“Guhh!? How can a mere bug be this strong…”
“Seems like I’m stronger than you. One more hit!”
“Ugh!? What is this power… this bug strength—”
Still calling me a bug, huh? Wow.
“I’m an angel, okay? An angel. An angel who cracks skulls. An angel who punishes the guilty.”
“What kind of angel does that—”
SMACK!
Another clean hit to the stomach.
“Okay, seriously—why are you even here?”
“And why should I tell you that?”
Still not getting it, huh?
Seems like she needs a proper punishment.
“Tch. This damn bitch still doesn’t know her place. Fine then. A wild animal needs to be disciplined before it understands anything.”
“Well, one day I just woke up and found myself here.”
“So it was the Great Cataclysm.”
So it’s connected to the Great Cataclysm after all.
That means this might not be limited to Korea—other countries might be experiencing the same thing.
But since you don’t really see this kind of thing online, maybe it’s concentrated in Korea.
And if that’s the case, there’s a chance nearby countries like China could be affected too.
“So how many people have you killed?”
“Hah, only the ones who came at me first.”
At Cheonma’s question, the fox answered lightly, almost as if it were a joke.
Strange.
Only those who attacked first?
What nonsense is that?
The tiger actively hunted people down.
But then again, if the creature is intelligent, maybe it has its own reasoning.
Maybe it follows a different moral compass.
“You only killed people who attacked you? Then you didn’t go hunting them down? The tiger seemed to go out of its way to do that.”
Yeah, there’s a slightly different vibe here compared to the tiger.
“Hmph. Like I have any reason to explain myself to you.”
“Stomach punch!”
I drove my fist hard into the fox’s lower abdomen.
Strong, enough to cause internal injury.
Thanks to the Young girl’s nerfing, it probably hurt a lot.
“Ah, w-wait! Stop—ah, that hurts! F-fine! I really didn’t go out killing! Would you go around picking up random rocks on the street? Would you go out killing flies for fun?”
Oh.
That… actually makes sense.
“Mm. I see. That’s very kind of you. I’m really glad I don’t have to bash your skull in.”
“Now turn me back! Give me back my reliable, strong body!”
“Sorry, but that’s not possible.”
The now-human fox clung to the Young girl, begging, but the Young girl just casually denied her request with a candy in her mouth.
The fox looked devastated, while the Young girl frowned.
“What? You have that power, so why—”
“Because you’ll just start acting up again, right? Do you know how much I suffered because of you?”
“Wait, why the fox in particular?”
“There were tons of foxes in the world I lived in!”
“Ah… so that’s why you had a meltdown.”
The returnees shook their heads at the Young girl’s reaction.
They didn’t know much about her world’s circumstances—and honestly didn’t care.
They just assumed she got triggered for no good reason.
“Fine. I won’t attack anymore. So just stop already!”
“But seriously, why are you even here? I mean, you’re a nine-tailed fox stuck in a cramped place like this. Doesn’t that seem a bit odd?”
So we know now that she came from a parallel version of Earth.
But she treats humans like bugs—hates them, even—so why’s she staying on the Korean Peninsula, living a life she clearly finds disgusting?
When I asked, she tried to ignore me again, but when I raised my fist, she finally responded cautiously.
“The dragons from the White-Caped Mountain keep bothering me! The bugs here are different from where I lived. Those damn snakes that followed me here kept interfering!”
“White-Caped Mountain… you mean Mount Baekdu?”
“Those lunatics trapped me here and stopped me from moving around! They said it was to protect their territory! So even if I wanted to go kill the bugs myself, I couldn’t!”
“Wow. Smart bastards.”
So basically, they placed the fox here to scare humans away and prevent them from encroaching on their turf.
Just beasts, yet so cunning. In the end, it’s all the dragons’ fault.
They even mastered teleportation, which is how they sent the hero to England.
Are they strong?
Well, if the hero could hold back and still beat them, that says a lot.
They’re probably weaker than the hero’s party.
In that case… maybe we could take them down.
But the Korean government currently needs this fox.
Anything that brings in money is fair game for them.
And we need to secure the peninsula by taking down the dragons too.
“Well, we could take care of those dragons for you.”
“What? You guys?”
“You saw her power, didn’t you? She turned a fox into a human with just one move.”
“Well… yes. But still. Why should I trust you?”
She still doesn’t get the situation?
Seriously…
“On one condition.”
“Typical angel—wait, no. Bug? Angel? Make up your mind.”
This bitch keeps flipping between calling me a bug and an angel.
Should I just beat the crap out of her now?
“The condition is simple: Just live here peacefully. If someone attacks you, sure, defend yourself—but stop going around destroying and attacking stuff. Do that, and we’ll take care of the dragons. We’ll even help you survive in your current form. Can you do that, Young girl?”
“It’s not impossible…”
Because she’ll have to become a tourist attraction, of course.
Korea’s going to need a lot of money in the future.
And I’m sure the Blue House will handle the rest just fine.
***
Blue House
President Han Sang-jae, who had been happily scolding the Guild Alliance again today, suddenly received a strange report from his chief of staff.
“Let me get this straight. Where did you say the Kanora church is?”
“North Korea.”
North Korea.
The chief of staff had abruptly brought up the Kanora church just before the fox capture and suggested letting it go.
But this is what he meant?
That it was in North Korea?
Han Sang-jae started sweating bullets.
“Wait… when did North Korea become part of China?”
We told them to go to China, and they went to North Korea?
I mean, sure, we didn’t order them to go to China, but that was kind of the idea.
We just thought if we hinted at it, they’d take the hint and go there.
It’s a bigger market, after all, for spreading that Kanora cult nonsense.
Who knows—maybe that would trigger a second Taiping Rebellion or something even crazier.
That was the plan. So why the hell are they in North Korea?
“Maybe they wanted to deal with North Korea first?”
Sure.
That makes sense. But still…
“Yeah, I could’ve guessed that. But doesn’t that seem weird? North Korea’s not exactly urgent right now.”
Right now, North Korea is basically a lawless wasteland.
Shouldn’t spreading the Church in China be the top priority?
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