episode_0018

I entered the company through the lobby.

I didn’t feel burdened by the office workers’ gazes toward the three of us.

Right now, I was only thinking about one thing.

To successfully complete the request and repay the favor I received!

Some office workers reacted to me in various ways. Those people were probably there at the time too.

The troubleshooters hired by the company also boarded the elevator with us.

“….”

The two office workers who came to us to entrust a request now play the role of guiding us.

The two people said nothing as the elevator went up, vibrating slightly.

-Ding!

Light operating sound.

However, the atmosphere on the floor we arrived at was extremely unpleasant.

Blood splattered everywhere and a red light that could not be seen on other floors was turned on.

It was as if I could tell through my skin that this was a place where people should not enter.

The two office workers could hardly move their feet at this bloody scene.

But we are different.

Sylvia and I left the elevator first, followed by Youngmin.

The same goes for other solvers in the company.

We were beings who lived to solve these problems.

A little courage seemed to have bloomed in the hearts of the two office workers at the sight of them jumping into limbs as if nothing had happened.

“Is your boss’ location specified?”

“…Ah, yes! We somehow succeeded in sealing ourselves off in the existing office, and have been maintaining our position there ever since.”

The male office worker answered Sylvia’s question as if he were a subordinate reporting to a strict boss.

“I’m inside the station master, right?”

“Yes, it is a triple force field that is stronger than the one installed on the exterior wall of the company.”

“…So the manager inside will never come out?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

…wait for a sec? Stronger than the force field outside the company wall?

“So the exterior wall of the company is a double force field?”

“Ah… That’s right.”

Is that somehow why the gargoyles were able to block the outer wall of the company and enter?

Even though it is a subcontractor, it would have been better if the company had invested more in the exterior wall since it is a company developing a 5-layer force field.

“Then, what should I do if the target moves outside through the outer wall of the company?”

“Please make sure that doesn’t happen.”

“You are saying that you have to deal with an entity that may attack you within the limited space of the office.”

“….”

Although Sylvia was merely summarizing what the male office worker said, it sounded as if she was questioning whether it made sense.

“Silvia.”

I changed into the form of a baby bat while calling Sylvia’s name.

“Chris?”

“Don’t worry too much. There’s me and Youngmin.”

I have had experience cutting up gargoyles before.

I sat on Sylvia’s head, flapping my two cute wings.

“…Chris? I don’t think that appearance will be useful as there is a battle coming soon.”

“Rather, wouldn’t that gargoyle manager be able to take advantage of the moment you are off guard?”

I hope you think of me as an ordinary baby bat.

I don’t know if he has that level of intelligence.

“Here I am.”

The male office worker partially disarmed the force field at the entrance of the office.

“We will also enter.”

“No, please wait outside for now.”

Sylvia prevented the company’s other solvers from entering.

He then added that if we rush in too hastily, the damage may increase.

“For now, please provide cover for us outside.”

“…Okay.”

The other problem solvers in the company did as Sylvia said when the male office worker nodded.

***

So we moved into the office.

Meanwhile, before the station closed, a female office worker shouted at me.

“You kid! I’ll ask the manager!”

“Yes!”

As soon as I finished my brave answer, the force field appeared again.

As if responding to the sound of the station master, a massive gargoyle was looking at us from what was assumed to be the seat of the highest person in the office.

The magic tool was present on the gargoyle’s head.

It is a crude, formal crown-shaped magic tool that looks like something used by medieval kings.

“….”

“….”

While I don’t make any movement.

Sylvia and Youngmin began to distance themselves from each other at a certain distance to the left and right.

It was as if the gargoyle was asking which of the three it would attack.

Despite the movement that forced the opponent to make a choice… the gargoyle did not move at all.

‘Are you maintaining your senses?’

I wasn’t sure. There is only one way to check.

How to face it directly.

As I took short steps forward, the gargoyle’s eyes turned to me.

“Chris.”

Sylvia said my name.

As if the gargoyle in front of you would attack you if you went any further.

“Phew….”

I took a deep breath and moved forward.

At that moment, the gargoyle raised its heavy butt and approached me.

A slow movement reminiscent of an early exploration battle. But I didn’t feel any gaps.

-Crash.

But there are three of us.

I had no intention of dealing with them one by one fairly.

Sylvia aimed the shotgun she had prepared in advance at the gargoyle.

But the gargoyle approached me, paying no attention to the gun pointed at it.

Immediately, Sylvia pulled the trigger, and a blue and purple magical bullet was fired.

A wide-spreading bullet hit the front of the gargoyle, and various small wounds appeared on the statue’s dry surface.

‘Is it because it’s a stone statue that it doesn’t take much damage?’

While I widened the distance for a moment, Youngmin turned completely behind the gargoyle.

A golden opportunity to attack from multiple directions.

“Slow.”

A heavy sound filled the entire office.

“What! I can say…”

I couldn’t even finish speaking.

When I came to my senses, I could see my regenerating body pushed to the force field in my office.

“Chris!”

A series of gunshots followed by the sight of Sylvia shouting my name.

While I was away from the front line for a moment, Youngmin was somehow blocking the approach of the gargoyle.

“…Wait a minute!”

If I get hit by the same attack again as before.

I didn’t know what would happen to the other two. I didn’t even want to think about such an outcome.

As if the solvers outside couldn’t just sit by and watch, they started shooting at the gargoyle through the limited force field.

Then the gargoyle resisted the shot with its thick and heavy arms.

“Wait a minute!”

Thanks to this, Youngmin had enough time to distance himself. And before I knew it, I had arrived at the station near the outer wall of the company.

-Buuuuk.

He tore the force field with his right hand and glared viciously at the gargoyle.

-Wheee!

-Wheee!!!

Then, as if they had been waiting, the mosquitoes flying over the company building began to flock to a disgusting degree.

The gargoyle showed no reaction to the appearance of a swarm of mosquitoes swarming around like a single creature.

“…!”

But the swarm of mosquitoes moved just as I thought.

Covering the gargoyle’s eyes.

I wondered if covering the eyes of a stone statue would work, but it seemed to really work.

“Slow! Slow!”

I don’t know what was so slow, but the gargoyle was desperate to get rid of the swarms of mosquitoes that were trying to stick to its eyes.

“Let’s go again.”

“Chris, are you okay?”

As I approached Silvia and Youngmin again, Youngmin asked.

“Yes!”

Absolutely!

***

The three people each rushed at the gargoyle at a certain distance.

Sylvia started targeting the gargoyle’s legs first.

It looked as if the gargoyle’s legs were being corroded in real time as the buckshot was fired over and over again.

-Flash!

Youngmin, who rushed in after him, started delivering several slashes in a short period of time.

I wasn’t sure how effective the sword would be on the statue, but it didn’t matter.

A situation where the view is blocked by mosquitoes.

Attacks coming from all directions.

A situation where you are forced to make a choice.

That was enough.

“…!”

When the gargoyle looked at me, it was already too late.

My vicious right hand raised high! Now all I have to do is hit it!

My right hand, which resembled a dragon, cut off the gargoyle’s right hand in an instant with the force of cutting through the air.

As part of the statue breaks, stone dust flies.

There was even the sound of a swarm of mosquitoes buzzing.

I feel like my sight and hearing are paralyzed.

By the time I sensed something, the gargoyle’s massive fist had already come flying in front of my eyes.

A blow like a guillotine struck my face as if to avenge what had happened a moment ago.

ah….

ah……!

In an instant, the vision in my eyes disappeared and I felt extreme pain all over my face.

When I came to my senses again, I found myself blown away by the force field in my office.

The blood splattered around me was like a self-portrait showing how miserable I had just been.

-Kkiik!

My eyes instinctively turned to the ominous sound.

Unlike me, whose damage was regenerating, Gargoyle’s damage continued to accumulate.

Two legs shaking and squeaking.

My right hand was cruelly cut off by my attack. Now, the only thing that was intact was my left hand.

Even he had scratches here and there due to attacks from Sylvia and Youngmin.

In addition, the company’s other solvers fired fire beyond the force field that was released to create an opening for me to recover.

From the gargoyles’ perspective, defeat is imminent no matter who they target.

“Phew….”

I stood up from my spot like a ottogi.

Manager, wait just a moment!

Is there anything more absurd than attacking someone for someone else’s sake?

“Youngmin, get out of the way!”

Before Sylvia and Youngmin were aware, I returned to the front line again.

The sharp right hand cut off the gargoyle’s left hand this time.

However, the gargoyle responded by swinging the severed sides of its two severed hands as if they were blunt weapons.

“There will be no end to this!”

“It would be nice if I could remove the magic tool… but it seems too dangerous!”

Youngmin and Sylvia were right.

I took the two people with me and retreated to a sufficient distance.

“But wouldn’t it be better to give it a try?”

“…Can you call a swarm of mosquitoes like before?”

At Sylvia’s request, I headed straight to the station on the outer wall.

The force field was torn apart so simply, and a swarm of mosquitoes entered through it again.

Now, here we go again!

The sight of a swarm of buzzing mosquitoes flying towards the gargoyle was like an angry wave.

The swarm of mosquitoes was instantly swatted away by the gargoyle’s swinging arms, but there was someone the gargoyle could not see.

-Soak.

A small baby bat suddenly reached the gargoyle’s head.

As soon as I lost my transformation, I returned to my true form and pulled on the crown-shaped magic tool that adorned the gargoyle’s head.

But blue sparks began to fly around.

“Slow down!”

What’s so slow?

It feels like magic tools and gargoyles are resisting me.

“Chris! Be careful!”

As Sylvia said that, she started firing the shotgun again at the gargoyle’s legs.

In addition, Youngmin, who followed me up to the head of the gargoyle, joined us.

“Ugh!”

“Youngmin! Pull more!”

The two kids, Youngmin and I, did our best to pull the crown.

At that sight, the force field in the office was lifted, and other problem solvers from the company began to approach.

Their equipment was suited to the purpose of neutralizing gargoyles.

The Fixers’ equipment came from all directions to capture the gargoyle, and a few quick-witted Fixers came out and started pulling the crown to help Youngmin.

“Can’t I just cut this?!”

“No! Just pull!”

In response to my cries, other problem solvers in the company shouted in urgent voices.

“Aaaah! Fall in! I’m falling!”

I started to feel something peeling off my hands.

-Bow!

A sound similar to when a gargoyle plucked my wings from the wall of this company.

Meanwhile, the crown fell off the gargoyle’s head and flew up to the ceiling due to the force of nowhere.

After a while.

“….”

“Chris, are you awake?”

“We succeeded, right?”

“Yes, the request was completed successfully.”

“…Then that’s enough.”

I closed my eyes as if I had no time left.

***

Meanwhile, I successfully completed another request.

A church in eastern Maguspol.

Inside the church building, blood splattered everywhere and pieces of bloodsucking vampires were strewn about.

“Ugh, what is all this?”

In response to the reaction of a deacon who was horrified by the sight around him, a priest who was piling up the corpse of a vampire like a pyre responded.

“What is it? What does this look like to you?”

“Of course he’s a vampire.”

“Yes, a vampire.”

The priest wearing a white priest’s robe and a blue bandana answered bluntly.

His hands were glowing as if they were surrounded by divine power.

“No, I’m not asking that. Why do these guys suddenly not realize that they value their lives…”

“Well.”

The priest recalled the conversation between the vampires he had heard before he had taken care of all the vampires.

It was definitely a comment or something.

The priest’s expression changed as if he finally remembered something.

“Oh, is it because of that comment from last time?”

“Comments?”

“There is such a thing.”

That’s right.

The person who received the most recommended comments on 1-year-old Jinjo’s video.

He was a vampire hunter that the Church of Maguspol was proud of.

The priest decided to use this attack as an opportunity to track down the one-year-old Jinjo in the video.

If his hypothesis was correct… something had to be done before the number of Jinjos increased further.