episode_0091

“Rael! I’ll explain the situation later! Just give me some time!”

-All right! Haaaap!

Kwakwaang! Cooo!

“Humanity, annihilation?”

“Humanity? Extermination?”

Kwasik! Wedge!

-It’s no use!

The compatibility between the human-annihilating robot and Rael was amazing.

Rael could attack them as much as he wanted, but their attacks passed through Rael in vain.

By the way, can robots see ghosts?

“Wow!? Um, what is that!?”

“A ghost? It’s a maid’s ghost!”

No, looking at the passengers’ reactions, it seems that everyone can see Rael due to the special nature of the dream.

“Whoa…!”

It would have been nice if we had time to say hello and introduce ourselves, but unfortunately, there was no time for that right now.

This is because all consciousness had to be devoted solely to ‘imagination’.

Now, what kind of imagination should be added to which summoned object?

It’s good if it’s strong, but if it’s too strong, it won’t last long and will disappear quickly.

It must be possible to protect ten people sitting side by side and fight against many.

If it ends there, unfortunately, it doesn’t.

Since you never know what Pandora of the Savior will do outside of your dreams, it must be an entity that can respond flexibly, taking into account possible variables.

I thought of ways to not just fight, but to call Noeul, force her to wake up from a dream, or even destroy the ghost story itself… but honestly, I felt uncomfortable touching on that.

The reason is because I have no idea about the mechanism and structure of this ghost story.

I don’t know how he can attract so many people to dream the same dream and even influence reality.

Even, it is not an ordinary ghost story, but an alien space that Pandora of the Salvation has even undergone some transformation so that she can control it.

Wouldn’t they have prepared for something like that?

“…good.”

decided.

“Barut.”

As soon as the name was chanted, the ‘Biotechnology Giant Barut Robot’ was summoned.

It is a mechanical life form that is moderately powerful, cannot be defeated by the violence of numbers, and is impervious to supernatural phenomena, spiritual attacks, and curses.

“Kwaaa!?”

“W-what is that monster!?”

“Another monster!? Hey! Do something!”

Passengers screamed and trembled in fear when a spider the size of a torso with a metal body was suddenly summoned above their heads.

“Don’t worry. That spider is on our side. It will never attack you…cough!”

“W-what!?”

“What’s wrong!?”

“Gwae, it’s okay…huu, it’s okay.”

Their eyes widened as they vomited blood without speaking.

It looks like he gave more of his soul than expected.

I quickly summoned the Holy Grail and drank the holy water twice and sprinkled it over my head.

“Whoa…”

“Beep, beep!”

Meanwhile, Barut, who howled high and long, quickly ran towards the ‘human annihilation robots’ that Rael was blocking with his telekinesis, stuck out his fangs and swung his legs.

Kwasik! Kujijic!

“Humanity, annihilation…”

“Humanity…Humanity…Chizijik!”

“Say, live…”

Even though it looks like a toy, the ‘human annihilation robot’ that pushed the alter ego of Averill Hinds, who was a hero from another world, to the brink of death is destroyed as easily as if it were some kind of cookie.

Knock knock! Wudduk, wudduk!

Even though the Barut robot had a metal body, it started moving lively like a real spider and started eating the ‘human annihilation robot’, and it was moving so fast that you could see its stomach swelling in real time.

“Wow, that’s amazing… Hey, bro. Did you summon that too?”

The young man stuck his head out and his eyes sparkled.

“Whew, that’s right. So you can rest assured.”

“That’s amazing…how did you do that?”

“Well, how did it happen?”

I looked around vaguely.

The area around the monkey train was still blurry and unrecognizable.

Except for the tracks that extend in a straight line.

[…The next station is Galgalgi Station.]

After the ‘human annihilation robot’ was wiped out, the monkey train set off again.

“Beep, beep!”

“Why are you doing that?”

As Barut made a long, high-pitched mechanical sound and contracted his plump belly, a man who looked like an office worker asked with an anxious face.

“Preparation for breeding.”

“Huh? Reproduction? It looks like a machine?”

I smiled at the young man who opened his eyes round.

“It’s a dream. Anything is possible.”

“Ohh…”

It is easily accepted even without any explanation.

As expected, the keyword dream is omnipotent.

“Hey…are you okay?”

Seol Yu-ri wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth and looked worried.

“Oh, thank you. I’m fine, you don’t have to worry.”

-Hangil. Now I’d like to hear an explanation, but what happened?

At that time, Rael quickly approached, took Seol Yu-ri’s hand away, and wiped away the blood with his own hand.

“Hmm, that’s right… I feel like I’m in a ghost story.

-You mean a ghost story?

“It’s a ghost story called ‘Monkey Train’. What kind of ghost story is this…”

“Hey, can I explain?”

The young man raised his hand and looked at Rael with interest.

“Yes, well, that’s right.”

Since you seem to be very interested in this area, you will probably be able to explain it better than me, who only vaguely knows about it.

“That’s right. ‘Monkey Train’ is a ghost story in the form of an experience story posted on a community site…”

The story of the young man, who raised his voice with excitement, soon ended.

It’s not that long of a story to begin with.

“Oh, it was something like that.”

“So, this is the situation in the story?”

“That’s really interesting…”

The passengers nodded and looked anxious as if they had finally understood the situation properly.

My explanation was so condensed that I guess I didn’t understand the situation properly.

-okay. Hmm, it’s definitely not normal for something like this to happen all of a sudden…

Lael glances this way.

When I quietly lowered my head to tell her not to ask any more questions, she nodded slightly as if she understood.

-Then, since there are ten passengers, does it mean we only have to endure ten stations?

“huh?”

“…is it?”

-is not it? Considering the context of the story, it seems like there should be as many stations as there are people.

It certainly is.

Unless Pandora of the Salvation is involved.

However, the passengers who did not know this began to smile with hopeful faces.

“So, if I just hold on 10 times like I did before, I can return to reality? Wait? How many stations have I passed?”

“The sashimi cutting station, the cutting station, the chopping station…there are seven left.”

“Seven… Is that possible?”

“Of course. Rest assured, I will protect you.”

The passengers let out a sigh of relief at my words and relaxedly stretched out their bodies.

[Arrived at Galgalgi Station]

Wow!

“Ugh!”

“Kwaaaah!?”

When the monkey train suddenly stops without warning, screams come out from all over.

“Kwoaeook!”

“Geouuu!”

And a heavy and loud roar, different from before, came closer.

“gulp…!”

“What kind of monsters will be this time?”

Although the passengers were nervous and scared, they did not panic or scream like before.

The reason is that, before I knew it, the Barut robot that had laid an egg was taking care of hundreds of babies.

“Kwaaah!”

The monsters that appeared armed with chainsaws, saw blades, etc. seemed like something I had seen many times before.

A monster with a pig’s head, a monster with a bird’s head, a tentacle monster, a huge muscular monster…etc. It was like something I saw at a relief restaurant, but something was different.

“Kwok?”

“Kuuuu…?”

“Kuhhh…?”

I found myself laughing at the idiotic figure who was running furiously and then froze with a bewildered expression when he saw a group of hundreds of Barut robots.

Ah, I see.

Those guys can’t speak human language.

The monsters at the rescue restaurant spoke Korean very fluently… but it’s strange when I think about it now. How was that possible? Do you provide language training separately?

“Beep!”

“Beep! Beep!”

“Beep!”

The disgusting baby barut robots wriggled like waves and glared at the monsters with glowing red lenses.

“Beep!”

“Chooo!”

“Kiyaaa!”

As Queen Barut cried long and high, the baby baruts bounced at unpredictable angles like bouncy balls and climbed up the monsters’ bodies at incredible speeds.

Kwajikkwajik! Wow!

Although the baby Barut was only the size of a palm, it had tremendous killing power.

If you rotate your legs like a drill to dig into the monster’s body or bite it with your molars to spread the poison, any monster will die in an instant.

“Kaaa! Kaaa!”

bang! Quaaaang!

Of course, the monsters were not left alone.

They swung huge saw knives, thrust out fists as big as their heads, or trampled on them using their massive weights.

There was even a guy who recklessly swung a chainsaw and ripped off the flesh of a fellow monster.

However, none of the attacks killed the baby spiders.

It looks weak because it is light and small, but it is so strong that it was not even scratched.

“hmm…”

I was preparing to join in if the situation turned around, but I don’t think it was necessary.

“Wow…! That’s amazing!”

“Good job! Spider robot!”

“That’s right! Dig in! Wow, even though it’s small, it’s amazing!”

When the monsters couldn’t even get close to them, the passengers even cheered leisurely as if they were watching a match.

“Heehee…!”

“Ugh…!”

Well, because it was a sight of blood and flesh being splattered, some people trembled with their eyes tightly closed.

Seol Yuri, who sat next to me, was also of that type.

“Don’t worry. I will protect you no matter what. For sure.”

“Thank you…”

Her hand, which was fumbling as if she was looking for something to rely on, grabs my hand tightly.

-……

Rael glares with mischievous eyes.

But in the end, I couldn’t say anything and just pouted.

It’s okay to be angry… but isn’t it because you have too little confidence?

I sigh without realizing it.

***

Although I continued to remain tense, nothing changed after that.

After the Grinding Station, we passed the Smashing, Burning, Cutting, and Ripping Stations.

Various types of monsters appeared at each station, but none of the monsters could handle Barut and became just a meal.

[The next station is Pickling, Pickling Station]

“Ha…I hope it ends quickly.”

“That’s right. How many more are left?”

“Including the pickles, there are two left. Let’s hold on just a little longer.”

The passengers, who were tired of watching the battle, chatted leisurely and showed no interest in whether the monkey train was moving or not.

“…Somehow it’s really easy.”

“Huh? Is that so?”

Seol Yu-ri, who was still holding my hand, opened her eyes wide at my muttering.

Wow, I said it softly, but did you hear it?

“I guess Mr. Han-gil has a lot of experience like this, right?”

“Hmm…you could say yes, or you could say no.”

As she awkwardly smiles and hesitates, her eyes turn gloomy.

“Mr. Han-gil has a lot to hide.”

“I-I’m sorry.”

“There’s nothing to be sorry about… but is it a problem that it’s easy?”

“Not really, but it’s a little annoying.”

Since Pandora of salvation was involved, I knew that great hardships and adversity would definitely await me.

A monster so powerful that it is impossible to fight against.

The number of deaths increases one by one.

I, shedding bloody tears, desperately struggle to protect the passengers.

I was even prepared to do that, but no matter how many times I passed the station, only the monster that was there came out, so I was a little dispirited.

“Is it bothersome? What is… odd?”

“Mr. Yuri?”

In an instant, her eyes fluttered open and she trembled.

What’s going on? No, let’s start by spraying holy water.

Sigh!

I sprinkled holy water as a spinal reflex.

“…What are you doing now, Mr. Han-gil?”

“hmm?”

The atmosphere has changed.

“What? Are you possessed again?”

“Yes. But how on earth did they know it was me and sprinkle water on me?”

He looked at her and burst out laughing, as if frowning in displeasure.

“Who is angry at whom… That’s holy water. It’s good for your health.”

“Holy water…?”

After a moment of looking at the dripping water, she opened her mouth wide.

“Oh my…this…!”

She held my hand so tightly that her eyes popped out.

“Sell this to me!”

“What? You don’t like it? Why me? Why don’t you tell me about your possession again?”

“Uh, how much is it? Ten million? Twenty million? I can pay as much as I want, so please sell it! Please!”

“Business.”

“Ugh…!”

Grinding her teeth in exasperation, she made eye contact with the passengers who were staring at her at the sudden commotion and snapped her fingers.

Then all the passengers fell asleep.

“Whoa… Mr. Han-gil. I lost this time. Even if I reached the end point, I didn’t think I would be able to kill a single person. You’re so amazing.”

“Endpoint…? There is an end? Aren’t you supposed to be able to control this dream?”

“Ha, if that were possible, I would have killed them all a long time ago, right? This dream is both a ghost story and a supernatural entity.”

Is it a supernatural entity in the form of a dream? There is something like that.

“I lost today, but attacks like this will happen again and again. Pandora of the Redemption is persistent and vicious in these areas. Why don’t you just sign the contract?”

“Do you think I’ll do it?”

“…Then, please sell me the holy water. If you do that, I promise that at least our ‘Marchen Walkers’ will not attack.”

“Why on earth do you want holy water so much?”

“Of course, it can heal the soul!”

“…Are there people around you whose souls have been hurt?”

“Of course there are many! Including me! So, I definitely need holy water! Just to enjoy more dreams and fantasies!”

“…I refuse.”

“Are you okay? No matter how strong you are, if the attack continues, it will be bothersome and annoying, right? Then, if you let your guard down, it could become dangerous. Just sell me the holy water and I won’t approach you anymore. Okay?”

“I don’t like it. I don’t want to deal with people who treat human lives like toys. Besides, if your souls are healed, don’t you think more humans will be sacrificed? Still, do you think I’ll sell holy water?”

“…Tch. I can’t help it. We’ll see.”

Her body glared at me once…or, to be more precise, Seol Yu-ri’s body went limp.

Honey!

And then, the world around me shook and my consciousness sank in an instant.

“……”

When I opened my eyes, I was looking at the familiar ceiling of my room.

“…No, what is this? This is so vain?”

Those words came out without me even realizing it.