episode_0078

The blade of the military sword I was holding was currently held in the hand of the man wearing the coat.

This meant that the distance between me and the man wearing the coat was close. It was the first time in my life that I had seen the face of the Grim Reaper this close.

A pale face with deep shadows.

The moment he made eye contact with me, the face of the man in the coat changed. As if he was experiencing rapid aging, his pale skin rotted and became dull and the flesh was torn off. Under the torn skin, the ugly outline of the skull was revealed.

“Qu… .”

The moment I saw the changed face, a chill ran down my spine. I couldn’t figure out what was going on. I felt like I was facing a walking corpse.

At that time, the man in the coat opened his torn mouth. The flesh around the mouth had been torn off and the mouth was opening incredibly wide.

“You’re afraid.”

It was the voice of the Grim Reaper that I had heard for the first time in my life.

A voice that resonated harshly, as if it were made of metal, lingered in my ears.

Are you afraid?

Me?

I made eye contact with a walking corpse. Isn’t it normal to be afraid?

I said to the man in the coat.

It was the first time something resembling a conversation was established.

“What is the face? Did you change it on purpose to scare me?”

“I didn’t change it on purpose, it’s my original face. This is what happens to everyone who gets close to the fire of hell.”

Was it your original face that looked like it had been exposed to radiation?

It was completely different from the grim reaper seen on TV programs. It was not the shape of a pale human walking around wearing a fresh coat, but rather the shape of a corpse. The man in the coat said to me as I swallowed my saliva.

“Ahaha. Today is not the day that will take you to the underworld. Make way so I can take the girl who saw the list.”

“Shut up! Today is not the day Sarah dies! Would you kill a living person just because you saw the fate of people you barely knew?”

“The girl will be taken to hell. If you interfere with the execution of the sentence, you too will go to hell.”

The man in the coat let go of the blade he was holding and grabbed the ax with both hands. The man in the coat no longer looked at me.

It was a moment when I blinked.

In a split second, an ax with a sharp blade flew towards my neck. The moment I opened my eyes again, the ax blade was flashing before my eyes.

He quickly raised his sword and blocked the axe.

“Pfft!”

The ax blade contained tremendous power.

Although I barely managed to get cut, my body flew backwards after blocking the attack. When I came to my senses, I found myself falling in front of the front door of my house. The hand holding the sword was torn and blood was flowing out.

This is absolutely not an opponent you can fight head-on.

I opened the front door and went inside the house. The living room leading from the entrance was dark because the lights were off. Suddenly, a thought passed through my head as I looked at the living room.

‘Now that I think about it, there was an amulet, right?’

Not long ago, we received an amulet from Princess Hongryeon as a gift. I’ve never used it before, but I heard it’s an amulet that explodes when lit. I didn’t want to use dangerous items like explosives inside the house, but I had to use an amulet or something to stop the Grim Reaper right away.

The two amulets I received at that time were stored in the living room dresser.

I immediately opened the dresser and took out two amulets and a paper shopping bag. It was impossible to just throw away the fluttering amulet. If you throw it in a shopping bag, it will fly much farther.

━━Beep beep beep beep

The sound of the door lock breaking on the front door rang out. The door lock that had been working fine until just now broke. The locked front door slid open and a man in a coat came into the house.

The shape of a man wearing a coat appeared in the middle of the dark living room.

It was right now.

I took out a lighter, lit two amulets and put them in the shopping bag. Not only the amulet but also the cloth shopping bag began to burn black.

The man in the coat looked at me from the dark.

I threw away the shopping bag.

A shopping bag containing an amulet fell at the man’s feet.

However, contrary to expectations, no explosion occurred.

The man in the coat snapped his fingers.

At that moment, an incomprehensible phenomenon occurred. The fire burning the shopping bags went out. The amulets inside also went out at once. I didn’t even throw water on it, I just snapped my fingers.

‘What on earth?’

The amulet given as a gift from Princess Hongryeon exploded only after burning to a certain extent. It’s like the fuse of a bomb is burning. If the fire was extinguished while burning, of course there would be no explosion.

Even the talisman was blocked by a strange force.

The man in the coat ran towards me and swung an axe. It was not an attack that could be countered. The moment I ducked to avoid the axe, the dresser behind me broke in two.

━━Kwasik!

A drawer about the same size as my body split open and the contents came out. A frighteningly sharp cut came into view. The clothes and various household items contained within were all cut off if they came into contact with the ax blade.

“Ugh!”

My heart was pounding like crazy.

The man in the coat slashed his ax at me. Every time I dodged an attack, the furniture in the living room was horribly destroyed. The leather sofa was torn apart and the TV, which had been smashed by an axe, made a crackling noise.

What happened to Sarah?

Now, it would be difficult if we couldn’t communicate. Taking time while avoiding the Grim Reaper’s axe blows also has its limits. If we continue like this, it won’t be the furniture that will split, but our heads. Becoming companions on the underworld with a childhood friend is an absolute no-no.

I threw the smashed TV at the man in the coat. The wide TV screen briefly blocked the view of the man in the coat. The moment the man in the coat hit the TV with an axe, he turned his back and ran towards the shrine.

*

That night when the grim reaper came.

Sarah thought while praying inside the shrine.

‘It’s coming.’

The sound of fighting outside the shrine echoed loudly. The sound, which had initially been heard from the yard, was now echoing inside the house.

It was clear that the Grim Reaper had entered the house.

‘What happened to Jinwoo?’

While praying with a nervous heart, Sarah was worried about Jinwoo. There was no way to check inside the shrine what happened to Jinwoo who went outside.

However, it was impossible to leave the shrine just because I was worried. What Sarah had to do now was to contact her with her own strength. Even if he gave up praying and went outside, he would only be brutally killed by the Grim Reaper.

“6th Deputy Marshal, 440,000th Minister, 12th Minister, Left Deputy Marshal, Right Deputy Marshal… !”

Sarah sat in front of the altar where the bells were placed and recited the sutra. Although I had been reciting sutras since morning to the point where my throat was in danger, there was still no sign of receiving a message.

‘Is this really something I can do?’

At this point, I was starting to question my own abilities. Sarah continued to pray while suppressing the anxiety creeping up in her heart.

At that time, the door to the shrine burst open.

Sarah quickly looked back. Should I say it is a blessing among misfortunes? The door opened and it was Jinwoo who entered the shrine. What happened outside made Jinwoo stumble as if he would fall down at any moment. My hand was torn and blood was flowing.

Jinwoo said to Sarah.

“Sera! Did you contact me?”

“Not yet.”

“You have to do it quickly! He’s here!”

Sarah fully knew that she had to do it quickly.

Heavy footsteps echoed outside the shrine.

It was the sound of a man wearing a coat walking towards the shrine.

I locked the door when Jinwoo came in, but it was no use.

They began to forcibly break down the door, which was locked from the outside.

━━Kwasik! Kwasik! Kwasik! Kwasik! Kwasik!

A sharp ax blade broke through the door of the shrine. There was a hole in the door. A man in a coat had chopped down the door with an axe. Every time Dok2 hit the door, Jinwoo and Sarah’s hearts also beat loudly.

The door became tattered in an instant.

A hollow eye appeared through the hole made by the axe.

“… … .”

Unfocused eyes that cannot see a single ray of light.

The red, bloodshot eyes spun around and stared at where Jinwoo and Sarah were.

After some time, a pale hand came through another hole and turned the doorknob of the shrine. A man wearing a coat appeared beyond the open door of the shrine. Unlike when Sarah saw her before, her face looked as hideous as a corpse.

A man in a coat approached Jinwoo and Sarah.

Now was the time to summon Hongryeon.

“… General Suun, General Noegong, General Yulnoe, General Dae-eul, General Taeul Shinjang, etc. are all armored.

Omg salary rate decree! Please!”

Sarah squeezed her neck and recited the sutra one last time.

But this time too, a miracle did not happen.

Even though the man in the coat was right in front of her, Sarah’s body did not contain any red lotus.

“Run!”

Jinwoo grabbed the military sword with his injured hand and rushed towards the man in the coat.

The plan was to buy time until Sarah could escape.

The man in the coat and Jinwoo collided.

However, Sarah could not run away and leave Jinwoo behind. If Sarah ran away now, she might not be able to survive, but Jinwoo was finished. The Grim Reaper who missed Sarah would slaughter Jin-Woo horribly.

“Please… ! Please come now!”

Sera shouted in an earnest voice towards Hongryeon in the distant sky.

In front of her, Jinwoo struggled to block the ax blade. The strength in the hand holding the military sword loosened, and Jinwoo’s movements slowed down. The man in the coat did not miss that moment.

━━Swish

The ax lifted above his head fell towards Jinwoo.

The sharply polished ax blade came down right in front of Jinwoo’s nose.

“Ah… !”

A moment of desperation was seen in Sarah’s eyes.

“No!”

Sarah hoped more earnestly than ever.

I didn’t want Jinwoo to die.

At that very moment, Sarah’s prayer reached the sky.

A vision appeared before Sarah’s eyes.

It was a vision of a fairy dressed in wings coming down from the sky.

A beautiful fairy with flowing black hair as fine as silk.

Sera had once seen that fairy’s face in a dream.

‘Hongryeon!’

The illusion of Hongryeon that came down from the sky reached Sarah.

Finally, God came into Sarah’s body.