episode_0029

“Kkkk!!”

“Kiyaah ah ah!”

“Turn it off!!”

Just listening to it makes my skin go crazy, sends my emotions down to the abyss, and causes a profound shock as the scream spreads out, shaking the air.

Although it has no effect on me and I have never felt it, this scream even possesses powerful physical power.

Still, to be honest, I was worried that it would also work on intangible ghosts, but fortunately, those worries were unfounded.

-AA AA AA!

The shapes of the ghosts passed by the scream waver unstably and blink repeatedly.

-Please stop it! Don’t do it!

-mom! Mommy!

-help me! Save me!

Seeing ghosts in pain makes me feel relieved.

“Tsk!”

“Ouch! It touched my teeth! I feel bad!”

“Hangil is lighter than I thought. I need to exercise more.”

Gyeong-gyeong accepted me as I fell.

While my body had scratches and bruises here and there, there was not a single wound on their bodies, which were soaked in ‘invulnerable throat lozenges’.

“Whoa…is everyone okay?”

“Is now the time to say something like that? You should worry about me.”

No-eul, who scolded him with a serious expression, looks at Gyeong-hyeong.

“Oppa Gyeong-gu! What are you doing!? I have to swing the space charm quickly!”

“Huh? Oh, yeah! Sorry!”

After putting me down, he started swinging his ‘space charm’ at the swarming ghosts.

[Howl of Despair, Pain, and Grief] is definitely a powerful attack tool, but it felt like it lacked the attack power to make a decisive finish, but ‘Space Crush’ solved that problem.

Quaaa! Wow!

It may be new, but the magnificence of ‘space charm’ was beyond imagination.

Even though it looks like a kitchen knife at most, it cuts through everything within a range of several to tens of meters along the knife’s path.

-Aaaah!

-Ahh! I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die…!

-Help me!

The ghosts cried desperately and disappeared without a trace.

I don’t know if it’s attaining Buddhahood, but it gave me a strange sense of pleasure to see the raindrops flying and disappearing every time Gyeonggyeong swung the space charm.

Patter! Quang! Cooo!

As the ghosts disappear, the remains of the mansion that were floating in the air fall one by one due to the poltergeist phenomenon and are scattered.

How many minutes have passed like that?

“Whoa…”

“Oppa Hangil! I think you can stop yelling now! My ears hurt!”

It stopped screaming at Heo Sae-ron’s shout, but did not retract its muzzle just in case.

“……”

We stood there in a daze for a while, looking at the mansion that had collapsed to the point where its original shape was unrecognizable.

“Are you done?”

“I think so?”

“Then why aren’t we going back? Weren’t we able to go back if we cleared the quest?”

Hyung Gyeong and Saeron looked at us with puzzled eyes, but we didn’t know either.

“Could it be that the guys I just killed weren’t evil spirits? I don’t know what they are.”

“That’s right.”

“There is nothing to gain and no points given…there is no gain whatsoever!

I listened to the voices of Gyeong-hyeong, Eun-no-eul, and Heo Sa-ron talking with one ear and looked at the collapsed remains.

“Uhm…”

“What’s wrong? Did you find something?”

“No, that’s not it. It’s something…sinister.”

“Ominous?”

“Yeah. Something…”

I feel like something is watching us.

And that too with subtle hostility.

But strangely, there was nothing where the owner of the gaze should have been.

“This is strange… Am I the only one who can feel it? Can’t everyone else?”

“We’re okay?”

“Are there any ghosts left? I heard Han-gil can read your attack in advance? You can’t know their location?”

“I can see it. It’s here.”

When I pointed to the remains of a building not far away, their expressions showed confusion.

“huh…?”

“There’s nothing…?”

How can I not feel this feeling?

Is it perhaps because of the ‘invulnerable throat lozenge’?

“Uhm…”

It’s ominous and unsettling.

My instincts stir slightly.

I want to escape from this space as quickly as possible.

“Should everyone move first? There’s nothing to be gained by staying here…”

The moment I tried to leave the place with that excuse.

“uh?”

“W-what!?”

The mansion that was split and cut by the ‘Space Crash’ has begun to be restored.

The wreckage, floating without any sound, regains its original form as if time had been rewound.

-Kihahahahaha!

-Kyahahaha!

-Ahahaha! Ahahahaha!

It would have been fortunate if that had been the end, but disappointingly, the mansion was not the only thing that was restored.

The resurrected ghosts laugh mockingly and fly around dizzyingly.

The number of ghosts was so great that it almost covered the sky.

“Welcome, guests.”

At that time, a familiar person approaches us as we stare blankly and bows.

“My name is Rael, the maid here. I will guide the guests, so please follow me.”

“……”

“……”

“……”

“……”

As she spoke with an expressionless face, we watched her turn around and walk away, but we were frozen like stone statues and unable to react in any way.

“Guests, please follow me.”

As she urged us, we looked at each other’s faces and exchanged thoughts in silence.

-Kihahahaha!

-Are you scared? Are you scared?

-Follow me! Follow me!

-To our cozy home!

-To the hateful place!

“……”

First of all, running away seemed impossible.

So, you have to choose before all the ‘invulnerable throat lozenges’ in your mouth melt.

Will they test how many times they can be revived, or will they follow the guide and enter the mansion?

Since we don’t have much time, it’s impossible to take both options.

After much contemplation, Eun No-eul finally made a choice.

“Whoa…I can’t do that. Let’s follow.”

“Are you okay? Sister.”

“It doesn’t attack right away, and seeing as it keeps trying to lead you somewhere, it seems like it wants something. Maybe it’s possible to make the evil spirit Buddha through a peaceful method?”

“…shit.”

We chased after Rael, trembling with fear and with a little bit of hope and despair.

***

However, Eun No-eul’s hopeful observation was wrong.

And very grandly.

They did not even consider the means of dialogue.

They thought of us as nothing more than toys, nothing more than playthings or food to be played with with malicious intent.

That was proven by what Rael, who led us to the restaurant, said.

“I’ll cook for one of you here.”

“…what?”

“What are you talking about?”

As we stared at her blankly, unable to understand what she was saying, the corners of her expressionless mouth parted.

All the way to the ears, exposing the red gums and inner skin.

“Choose one person and have your colleagues cook for you.”

This time the meaning was conveyed properly.

Of course, we had no choice but to vehemently reject it.

“There’s no way you would do something like that!”

“No. I have to.”

This time, she took a step closer with her eyes rounded and smiling.

“If you want to survive as long as possible and die with less pain, it would be better to do so.”

-Kyahahahaha!

-Ugh, heh heh…!

-I want to eat a woman’s flesh…!

-no! I like men better! There are more sheep!

-Can’t we just kill them all?

-no! You have to be patient! You should eat sparingly!

I realized that it was just entertainment that brought us here.

They suffered brutally and brutally for a long time, and endured the troublesome process to see and appreciate it.

“Ugh…!”

“……”

Numerous eyes glued to the window are staring at us.

Numerous voices are making noise outside the door, a creepy presence is felt as if something is inside the spacious restaurant, and the positions of objects are reversed.

“Oh, brother. Sister. What should I do…?”

A pale-faced Heo Sae-ron asked in a desperate voice, but we also had no choice.

Even though the entire mansion was torn apart and all the ghosts were killed, he came back to life unharmed.

Is there anything more we can do?

“Go ahead and do it. Oh, I think it would be best to kill it last. That way you can produce the freshest meat.”

Lael, who calmly urges people with a bizarre smiling expression, feels even more alien, which incites fear.

“shit…”

I desperately shook my head.

I thought about why they didn’t die and why the mansion was restored even though it was torn to pieces, but of course I couldn’t find the answer, so I turned my attention to the means available now.

We thought about the items we brought one by one, hoping that they might be a breakthrough.

To escape from the coming crisis.

However, the situation was quite hopeless.

The weapons prepared to deal with the ghost were useless, the emergency food was meaningless in the current situation, and the ‘potion’ brought to treat injuries was also useless because no one was hurt.

I used everyone else’s ‘Invulnerable Throat Lozenge’ except mine, and ‘Space Charm’ seemed to work once, but it was all in vain.

All that’s left is ‘attacker detection sunglasses’… will this help in the current situation?

I tried on sunglasses, feeling like I was grasping at straws.

According to the explanation I heard in advance, it is a supernatural phenomenon that shows a being that is hostile to me or is trying to attack me.

“…Ugh!?”

“Oppa? What’s wrong?”

I stopped Eunno-eul from approaching and stared at the figure revealed in front of me.

“What the hell is this?”

Although it looked dark due to the nature of the sunglasses, it was immediately clear that the floating ‘thing’ had a terrible appearance.

She must have been old-fashioned and gorgeous, but she was wearing an old, torn, and unsightly dress, and her broken, torn, cracked, and torn translucent body was floating in the air, gently shaking her spilled internal organs.

The abnormally large eyes were bloodshot and half protruding, and only a few teeth were safely attached to the gums.

There is no doubt that it is a ghost, or ghost.

The problem was that it was staring at me from a distance so close that our noses were touching.

“…!!”

Seuuu!

I fired a ghost bullet as a conditioned reflex.

“what…!?”

The ghost bullet fired silently clearly pierced the guy’s body, but nothing happened.

There are no holes and it is not painful.

Why? Is this entity so powerful that ghost bullets won’t work?

Could that be the evil spirit that is our target?

“Oppa Han-gil? Why on earth are you doing that…?”

“Everyone! Put on your sunglasses! There’s an evil spirit that’s probably our target!”

“what!?”

The eyes of the group members, who hastily put on sunglasses, all turn to him.

“Come out! I’ll handle it!”

Gyeong-gyeong quickly stepped forward and swung the ‘space charm’ without hesitation.

The ghost bullet didn’t work, but if it was a ‘space attack’ that cuts through space, it would be able to eliminate it in one blow.

Fugwagwak!

-Kyahahahaha!

-It’s no use! It’s no use!

We believed so, but surprisingly, the ‘space charm’ only distinguished between the mansion and the ghost and had no effect on the evil spirit in front of us.

It was not blocked or evaded, nor was it passed.

It feels as if I was trying to attack a being in a completely different dimension.

“What!?”

“Nonsense!”

The shocked companions feel a sense of crisis and distance themselves from him.

-Kihihihi, kihihihi…!

It was quietly watching our actions and sneered with an extremely unpleasant smile.

“Guests. What are you doing now? Unfortunately, we don’t have much patience.”

“Hahahahaha! Is it our turn? Is it our turn now!?”

“I’m excited! Me! I’m going to do it! I’m going to rip, rip, and cut!”

“Ahahahaha!”

The ghosts that came into the restaurant show off their elegant flight and threaten us.

“…is something strange?”

“I know…”

But rather than taking a fighting stance or shaking with fear, we felt doubtful.

Because I couldn’t see them through the sunglasses.

The ghosts laughing loudly could be seen only through the cracks of the sunglasses and in the scenery seen with the naked eye.

In other words, they have no intention of attacking us.

“……”

Just in case, I took off my sunglasses and used my ‘emotional eye’ on them.

‘Fake lace.’

‘Fake Specter.’

‘Fake banshee.’

“…FALSE…?”

It was an incredibly concise emotional result, but that was why I couldn’t understand it.

Are you saying that everything flying vividly before your eyes right now is fake?

If they’re fake, what exactly are they?

“Hahaha! I’m going first!”

“Ugh!?”

At that time, one of the flying ‘Fake Specters’ seeped into Hyeong-gyeong’s body.

“Ugh, ugh…!”

“Oppa Gyeong-gu!?”

“What! What on earth happened? It definitely wasn’t visible through the sunglasses!?”

Gyeong-gyeong, who was glowing as if in pain, soon turned white and pointed his ‘space charm’ at us.

“What on earth is going on…!”

Since it wasn’t reflected in the sunglasses, there was no intention to attack us.

However, my intuition sensed hostility and murderous intent, and their attacks also showed clear intent and effect.

However, inexplicably, Gam Gam-an calls them ‘fake’.

Are your sunglasses broken? Or is there something wrong with my intuition and emotions?

My mind is filled with confusion because it is full of things I cannot understand.

“Kaaa!”

Immediately after, Gyeong-hyeong, who appears to have been possessed, swung the ‘space charm’!

Sugeook!

“Kaaa!?”

“S-Stop it! Gyeong-hyung!”

We were clearly included in the trajectory of ‘Space Cham’.

I narrowly avoided it, and Eun No-eul and Heo Sae-ron didn’t get hurt at all because they still had the ‘Invulnerable Throat Lozenge’ on them.

Kuzuzu that is!

Instead, a huge scar was carved into the wall of the restaurant behind us.

Although it was quickly restored.

“Ugh…!”

Ssssuk! Sssseu!

I fired a ghost bullet at my brother-in-law.

If you shoot it at a person, it will have the effect of paralysis and mental attack, but it had no choice but to do this now.

“Ugh, wow…!?”

“Now!”

“profit…!”

While Gyeong-gyeong was paralyzed and struggling, he attacked him and snatched the ‘space charm’.

“Huh! Huh…!”

“Ahh, ahhh…!”

Brother Gyeong-gyeong collapsed and was struggling to continue moving.

“What should I do now…?”

We were unable to give any answer to Heo Sae-ron’s words.

However, the reason why Eun No-eul and I remained silent would be completely different.

She probably kept silent out of despair and helplessness at not being able to come up with any solution, but I was close to being frozen by the newly added information.

‘Fake Kwon Kyeong-gu’

‘Fake Heo Sae-ron’

‘Fake Eunno-eul’

The appraiser said that even they were all fake.