episode_0173

“So what can I do to help you?”

“Start with treatment first.”

Vivi asked confidently, but I first sutured her wounds.

“If you use Sunna’s miracle, it will end in one shot.”

“Don’t do it. You’ll die”

“I know, so I’ll treat it with a potion like this.”

The goddess of the sun and righteousness, Sunna’s divinity was the utmost superiority to the impure beings.

Of course, Changgwi was also an evil being.

“This should be enough.”

“Mister, what about me?”

“…Please wait a moment.”

Ellis didn’t suffer any major injuries, so she didn’t need to use a potion, but she had no choice but to use an expensive potion in case Ellis’ wish came true.

This is one gold coin.

‘When I see a child becoming weak, I think to myself, I’ve become a father too.’

When Vivi was surprised by her own change, she casually expressed her gratitude.

“Thank you.”

“Don’t worry, it’s not that difficult.”

“If you say so, I will think so.”

From Vivi’s cool-headed response, I could guess what kind of woman she was in her life.

“So what do you want me to do for you?”

“I wish you could see the soul of a person.”

“Soul? Is it really necessary for you to come and ask for it yourself?”

“It seems like some bad guy has possessed the poor girl’s body.”

After thinking about what I said for a moment, Vivi gave an unexpected answer.

“Is that so? I’m sorry, but I can’t grant that request.”

“Yes? Why?”

“Have you forgotten who I am? I am a crow. I can’t resist the urge to prey when I see a living person.”

“Just watch from afar. You don’t have to get close.”

“If it’s visible to the naked eye, I’m already blinded by greed and can’t maintain my sanity.”

Oh my, it’s really annoying to have to deal with the window.

“I can’t control my appetite even more when I’m already hurt like this.”

“So, how many people do you need to be happy?”

“There should be at least fifteen now.”

“Alice, you heard? Bring me 15 criminals from the empire.”

“Sian, am I your bread shuttle? Do whatever you want?”

Allie, who had overcome her fear of me, glared at me with an arrogant expression.

“Do you know what happens to people who get eaten by the window?”

“I know, but so what?”

I also looked at Ellie, and she started to shiver.

“What’s the problem with me using useless trash?”

“If you ask that kind of favor to that nymph, do you think she’ll listen to you?”

“…If it doesn’t work, there’s no need to force it.”

Ally spoke strongly, but judging by the way she was shaking, it seemed like she still hadn’t gotten over her fear of me.

“I didn’t intend to use this method, but I guess it can’t be helped.”

“What are you trying to do…?”

I kindly explained to Ellie, who was worried about what I would do.

“Do you know that the power of the window is divine?”

“Of course I know… I’m the Tower of Wisdom’s Tower… ”

“Allie, if you want to be respectful, be respectful. If you want to be informal, be informal.”

“Ah, I see. But, shouldn’t it be like this from the beginning?”

“Oh, this is so fucking tasteless.”

Other people may not know, but divinity also has a taste and aroma.

The ‘Bottom Walker’ that I personally ate felt like eating hard ice, and in the case of Taranis, the stinging sensation was excellent.

And the death divine that the spearmen used had a texture like maggots bursting out of a rotting, dirt-tasting corpse.

“If you lived until after the great disaster, you must have eaten a corpse in your past life, right? It tastes exactly the same.”

“Ugh, why do you have to use that as an analogy?”

“There is no other analogy than this.”

Allie started to feel nauseous, perhaps because her PTSD had been triggered.

On the other hand, Vivi and Ellis, who couldn’t follow the story, tilted their heads.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but should I feed you a shadow like last time?”

“Okay. The lady is hurt, so rest this time.”

After speaking to Vivi, I approached the werewolf.

The guy must have realized that his life was in danger because he started to squirm so hard that his front paws became his hind legs.

“Please save me. I will do anything if you save me.”

“I’m seeing you for the first time.”

With Vivi’s help, I met all the flesh-and-soul level ghosts that live in the dark forest.

Although they didn’t become as close as mother and daughter, it was enough to get to know each other.

I haven’t seen a guy like this among those ghosts.

“Are there werewolves in the Dark Forest in the first place?”

Although werewolves are a fairly famous monster, they are quite lacking compared to the average Dark Forest monster.

To my question, the werewolf scratched his head and answered.

“Hehe, I’m from the North.”

“North? The north would be a hundred times safer than here.”

“That’s because something strange happened in the North.”

I really didn’t like the way he spoke like a traitor, but I was worried about the Irina who was in the North.

“What’s going on?”

“The mythical Ice Dragon has appeared.”

“Bingryong?”

There was only one Bingryong that I knew.

Oronak, the goddess of cold and resistance worshipped by the northern tribesmen.

He is Sylvia’s ancestor god.

‘But considering her condition, I don’t think I can come forward myself.’

There were many things that were puzzling, but the werewolf in front of me didn’t seem to know anything more than this.

“Not very helpful.”

“Please, save me!”

He was about to cut off the guy’s head with his sword, but Allie got in the way.

“Cyan, I’ll take this guy.”

“Suddenly?”

“The rare soul-level spear ghost is worth studying. Maybe it can save the soul of the spear ghost.”

“Is that so? That’s so nymph-like.”

“What does that mean?”

“What does it mean? Literally.”

Although Ellie was usually lazy and looked sloppy to the point that you wouldn’t call her a nymph, sometimes she was like a nymph like this.

“Okay. I’ll leave this guy’s life to you.”

“Thank you. Thank you!”

“Instead, I eat about 90%.”

“Yeah, if you give me some strength, I’ll be the one thanking you.”

“Sa, weren’t you going to save me?”

At the sound of being eaten, the werewolf whined like a puppy and was scared.

“Stop barking, I’m the one who’s having the hardest time.”

“Kyaaak! You said you’d save me! You said you’d save me!”

As I swallowed the shadow of the window, the moisture in my mouth disappeared. Then, a rough and bitter crumb choked my throat. A mysteriously sticky liquid that I felt in the middle lingered in my mouth along with an unpleasant smell.

“Ugh—Even if I hold back, I really can’t eat this.”

For several hours, I forced the Shadow Divinity into my mouth, holding back my nausea.

…

“Ugh, ugh… ”

By repeating the process of ingestion and vomiting, I was barely able to swallow the shadow divinity that the ghosts were handling.

However, the divinity obtained through such efforts was only a small amount.

“I’m going crazy.”

Compared to other divinities, the power gained from the effort was so insignificant that it was too little.

‘In a way, it’s natural.’

The ghost is just a being that accidentally came into existence by going against the rules of the world.

The divinity that was created in the process was small.

In contrast, the divinity I have gained so far is amazing.

Hestia’s patronage, the legacy of the external gods, and finally the divine water, the body of the god.

But I can’t just ignore something that doesn’t taste good.

“Are you okay?”

Allie magically gave me some cool water as I was suffering.

This is pretty convenient.

“Thank you.”

“So you can see the soul?”

“Yeah, to some extent.”

When I focused my eyes on the Shadow Divinity, I could see Ellie’s soul.

‘It’s definitely murky, just like Vivi said.’

The souls of Ellie, the reincarnated person, and Vivi and Ellis, the mother and daughter of the Changgwi family, were like clay mixed with various colors.

On the other hand, my soul…

“What the fuck is this?”

“What, what is it?”

Vivi said that my soul was similar to hers, but it wasn’t on that level.

‘This is… so ugly.’

My soul was so disgusted that I couldn’t even describe it, to the point where I forgot the divine taste of the shadow I had just eaten.

“…Is it because of my soul that I’m ugly?”

“What are you saying?”

“There is something like that. Anyway, let’s catch the guy who thinks he’s a bomb maniac or a bomb nerd with this. ”

Although it cannot perform the miracle of shadow manipulation that the ghosts basically use, it was enough for me.

You little spy, just wait.

“Are you going?”

Vivi saw us off as we were about to leave, but she seemed to have some regrets.

Now that I think about it, I forgot.

“I have something to tell BBC separately.”

“Thank goodness, the village caught me owing you money.”

“Can you read a map?”

“To some extent… But why the map?”

“Please make it from here to here. There is a hot spring here, and I plan to use it as a tourist attraction.”

“…..”

He made a face of incredulity as he looked at the table.

Unlike her, Ellis tilted her head and asked.

“Mister, what is a hot spring?”

“This is where the hot water comes out.”

“Amazing!”

“Ellis’ size should be able to finish it quickly.”

This is why I wanted Changgwi.

Because the amount of work that monsters can do is incomparable to that of humans.

Even if it was a ghost, it was easy to order him around since he had human-level reasoning.

To be honest, if it weren’t for the constraints of the spear that was trying to eat human souls, I would have taken the mother and daughter in front of me to the village.

“Can you do it?”

“Whew… I can do it.”

As Vivi sighed and answered, Allie chimed in.

“Xian, you’re really useless.”