Episode 050
“What is the guild leader doing in this emergency situation where a guild member has been murdered?”
An older man with messy hair and a scruffy beard clicked his tongue arrogantly.
Then another man suddenly chimed in.
“That’s right. “Well, I guess they’re talking about broadcasting and dating somewhere else.”
Now that I think about it, such a big deal happened, but there was no announcement or interview from the guild leader of the Amhyeon guild.
Seo Ji-han said that he has a very free-spirited personality, so he might be hanging out somewhere like they said.
“Can’t you see the barrel these days? “Where are you and what are you doing?”
“I guess they’ll be hanging out with female models. Tsk. “There was an article about it a few days ago.”
“It’s good to sell. Some people get hit and run because they are worried about a dead person.”
“Haha, let’s take it easy and go home. Anyway, I don’t have any relatives, so no one came to visit me.”
Judging from the conversation, the body the two are concerned about is probably that of Hunter Kim Young-gil. It’s a
good thing we don’t have to search the entire morgue.
And there’s no one to be sad about the body disappearing.
“Really? But that’s true.”
The messy-haired man suddenly lowered his voice,
“Isn’t that wound a bit strange?”
“why?”
“A production hunter was hit by Seo Ji-han, but ended up with an abdominal stab wound? It’s not strange if my body gets cut in half. Moreover, the cause of death was not an abdominal stab wound, but poison. Was the Reaper’s scythe a poison-attribute attack?”
I was a little nervous.
Maybe he will realize that Seo Ji-han is innocent.
“To put it bluntly, it’s a dark attribute, so isn’t it similar? “It would be similar to eating away at your body.”
“is it? Still, the wound is too shallow.”
“I guess they were intentionally trying to cause minor harm and torment me. Anyway, rankers are not sane people.”
“Well, that might be possible.”
His hair was dull and he scratched the back of his head.
I think I just raised a conspiracy theory because I wanted to look good.
“Haha, you too, brother. It’s also a yard with CCTV. “I guess you’ve seen some mystery comics?”
“Tsk. Let’s go get something to eat. The key… I left it inside. Wait a moment. “I’ll have to bring my keys.”
“Let’s just go, bro. I’m just going to eat for a bit anyway. It’s annoying.”
“okay? “Of course.”
Still, I’m glad I didn’t lock the door.
I stood there until the two people completely disappeared up the emergency stairs, and then I winked at Seo Ji-han.
This means check the inside again.
-There’s no one inside. There is a body on the workbench, so be careful not to startle.
I carefully entered the morgue.
As Seo Ji-han kindly warned, Kim Young-gil with a pale complexion was lying on the work bench.
He must have been in the middle of praying, so he was dressed in a shroud.
It is similar to the face seen on the news, but the blood vessels on the face are prominent, making it look closer to purple.
“You’re Kim Young-gil, right?”
A little suspicious, I asked for confirmation, and Seo Ji-han nodded.
– That’s me. I started and
received confirmation, but when I tried to collect it, I couldn’t get my hands on it.
I suddenly felt skeptical because there was a really dead person in front of me.
Is this okay?
I don’t think it’s disrespectful to the dead.
– what’s the matter?
In the end, I bowed deeply to Kim Young-gil’s body.
Mr. Kim Young-gil, I will do my best to resolve your injustice. sorry.
After bowing twice, I looked up and saw Seo Ji-han standing back slightly and looking at me with a puzzled look on his face.
Even if it was pretentious, I still wanted to be as polite as possible.
When I finally used the gathering skill, my right hand became golden.
This is my first time using skills outside of a dungeon.
When I touched it in a slightly nervous state, the body just disappeared.
– I can’t believe this happened.
Seo Ji-han, who had heard that I had rooted him but had no idea how it was done, looked a little dazed.
Once I had achieved my goal, I tore up the space movement scroll.
After my vision became a little blurry, I was standing in the front door of my house.
“It’s over.”
It’s so easy to end that I’m shocked.
– Are there any soul stones in your inventory? Check it.
At Seo Ji-han’s urging, I opened my inventory without even taking off my shoes properly.
Let’s see, there’s too much junk.
A white, small stone.
Where do you want to be?
But no matter how much I looked, there was no soul stone in sight.
But after going through my inventory several times, I finally found something.
“There is something.”
– I found it?
“It’s not a soul stone, but there is something called a grudge stone.”
– Won Han-seok?
Won Han-seok.
Because it was black and rough, I thought it was a monster’s magic stone and passed it by several times, so I found it late.
In the end, I finally found it by checking the item names one by one.
Without even thinking about it, I took out the Grudge Stone from my inventory and felt a cold sensation in my hand.
Soon, a gloomy energy began to flow from Wonhanseok.
It had a dull aura, as if all the colors around it were being sucked in.
I quickly tried to put it back in my inventory because I had an unusual premonition, but my body wouldn’t move as I wanted.
As if he had been pressed by scissors.
– This…
Seo Ji-han’s voice, which was trying to say something, was completely erased.
The energy radiating from the stone was gradually transforming the surroundings into an atmosphere like a horror movie.
Now I can’t even speak properly.
I wasn’t even asleep, but I was being held down by scissors while standing on the front door.
{It’s unfair…}
A voice that was clearly different from Seo Ji-han’s was heard.
A creepy sound that sounds like sobbing or resentment.
It’s a voice full of resentment.
The sound was coming from the stone I was holding.
The grudge stone was no longer in the form of a stone.
It’s just a lump of black fog.
{It’s unfair…}
The black fog was gradually spreading to the point where it covered my ankles.
The part submerged in the fog became cold, as if frozen.
{It’s unfair…}
I couldn’t breathe.
Unable to move, I was being consumed by resentment.
It was so sudden that I didn’t even feel scared.
All I could do was break out in a cold sweat and try to somehow move my fingertips or toes.
I relied on a saying I once heard that if you do this, you can wake up when you are pressed by scissors.
The black mist had climbed up my calves, thighs, stomach, and upper body, and was now rising to enter my mouth.
No matter how hard I tried to close my half-open mouth, it wouldn’t move as I wanted.
It was then.
The shadow of resentment that had tightly enveloped me and engulfed me shook for a moment.
The moment I came to my senses, I noticed a small figure moving desperately beneath my feet.
It’s a straw doll.
– Wake! Put your hands together!
Seo Ji-han, who had entered the straw, was vigorously swinging his arms and legs to shake off the black energy.
He was holding on to his outstretched foot with his two flimsy legs, trying to drive away the energy.
I don’t know why, but Seo Ji-han’s straw punch seemed to be quite effective against this black energy.
Perhaps it is thanks to the combination of Seo Ji-han’s spirit and the shaman’s spiritual power?
As a result of Seo Ji-han’s hard fighting with his straw body, I was barely able to free myself from the scissors.
In that short period of time, my back was drenched in cold sweat from how hard I tried to free myself from the scissors, and the muscles of my entire body were throbbing.
“What is this, really?”
{It’s unfair…}
The black energy had completely disappeared, but Kim Young-gil’s Won Han-seok was still muttering something.
I was worried that if I held it in my hand, it would get hit by the scissors again, so I put the stone down on the floor.
“Don’t try to kick Seo Ji-han.”
– It’s an unlucky item, so let’s just destroy it.
“Wait. “There was an original purpose.”
I took advantage of the opportunity to stop the straw doll from kicking at the stone and decided to try to have a conversation.
“Hey, Mr. Kim Young-gil? “My name is Son Moa Hunter.”
{It’s unfair…}
I guess I’m not in a state where I can communicate.
Should I just give up?
No, let’s try a little more.
“I want to relieve Mr. Kim Young-gil of his injustice. Seo Ji-han is also in an unfair situation. “If we can talk, can we find out who killed Kim Young-gil?”
After speaking, I quietly waited for the stone’s reaction.
Won Han-seok, who was silent for a moment, muttered darkly again.
{It’s unfair…}
– There’s no answer to this. Let’s just give up. I’m fine.
“Hmm…”
This isn’t what I originally thought.
I was going to meet the spirit of Kim Yeong-gil, who could talk like Seo Ji-han, find out who the culprit was, and then conduct a targeted investigation and find evidence to file a complaint.
If Kim Young-gil’s soul is in this state, it is impossible.
No, is this the soul?
I checked Wonhanseok’s item description. Details
of Kim Young-gil’s resentment stone
: A stone containing the remains of resentment and thoughts that Kim Young-gil had before his death.
If this is true, this stone was definitely not a soul stone.
It seems that Kim Yeong-gil’s main soul has already left the other world and has picked up some kind of resentful energy that remains in his body.
In order to obtain soul stones, does one have to collect them while recently dead, like Seo Ji-han?
If I had been late, I might not have been able to collect Seo Ji-han’s soul stone.
{Revenge…}
Won Han-seok’s comment, which had been mumbling something to himself, changed.
I thought it was just like an answering machine, but is it possible to have a conversation?
I immediately received that comment.
“is it so. plural! “If you tell me who the culprit is, I can take revenge.”
{It’s unfair…. Revenge…. Curse…. Curse….}
“Tell me who the target of revenge is.”
{It’s unfair…}
We repeated similar words as we stamped our tickets for a while.
Seo Ji-han, who had been involved in various things from the side at first, was now standing at a distance as if he were watching.
The sound of him rolling a roll of tape on the floor was like background music.
When I chased away the black energy earlier, a lot of crumbs fell on the floor. huh.
While the conversation continued, I moved to the living room with Won Han-seok.
Unlike the first time, my attitude has relaxed a bit.
I resumed the conversation in a room-sized position, half-lying on the sofa.
Oh, try saying it properly.
{Curse…. Revenge….}
“You said I will help you with revenge? Just tell me who it is. “Don’t you know your name?”
-Moa, you are really persistent too.
Seo Ji-han, who was watching Won Han-seok and I arguing, walked over and sat down on the roll of tape as if he had finished cleaning.
And finally, Won Han-seok’s reaction changed slightly.
{I don’t know your name…}
“Oh my. “Don’t you know how to make an impression?”
{This is my first time seeing him… Revenge… It’s unfair…}
A black energy suddenly rose from the resentment stone.
However, when Seo Ji-han hit the stone with his straw hand, it calmed down.
That doll is amazing.