Chapter 77 – 14. Uncharted (5)
“Did you call me, Master? It seems you haven’t come out of the island yet, so why did you call me again…”
“Something urgent has happened. It may have something to do with your demons, but I think we should check for now.”
When I suspected that the monster was invisible, I should have asked Elise right away… Maybe I was late again?
No, it’s time to figure out the truth of the incident first before regretting it.
Ellis, who took her oath of obedience with her perfect hypnosis ticket and completed her master-servant oath, can now be seen as a complete ally.
I could be sure that if other demons intervened in the case, she would be happy to provide information for me.
“Ellis, can you confirm if there are demons nearby?”
“Wait a minute… Well, I don’t know if I should call this a demon. No, it seems a bit closer to a monster… Maybe you can say that there is no demon with the intelligence that the master thinks.”
“Then what is a monster? Is there a monster over there?”
Strange. It is a fusion of various monsters such as monsters and ghosts.
It reminded me of the explanation in the original work that it has a very strong power compared to normal monsters due to the concentration of various monsters’ abilities.
Won Harin’s screams, the disappearing Oh Dong-hun, and the chill that binds the whole body.
I could sense instinctively that there was something terribly strong out there.
“Yes, I think it is. If it was a normal monster or demon, I would have known what kind it was, but since the monster belongs to the amalgamation, it’s not easy to figure out… I’m sorry…!”
“No, but it was helpful. First of all, don’t go back and wait in the shadows just in case.”
“Yes! Just give me an order and I’ll come out right away!”
Elise bowed her head in greeting and melted into my shadow.
I looked up at the sky, feeling that the surroundings were gradually getting darker from earlier, but the sunlight was still beating down fiercely.
Perhaps, Goi doesn’t just deal with cold, but seems to have an influence that can dominate the entire space.
“This narrows your field of vision… And you might get lost.”
Even though it was broad daylight, with the sun still overhead, the forest was pitch black, and it seemed as if the sun had just set.
Is it an instinctive act, or is there something controlling the monster from behind?
Whatever the case, it was certain that it would come as a very big obstacle to the Awoken who did not have the ability to handle light.
First of all, I thought that I should properly confirm the identity of the goi after joining Goryushin.
I didn’t bring a flashlight with me because I thought I’d come out before nightfall, so I started to step cautiously, relying on the flashlight of my cell phone.
– Woo-woo-woo-woo.
I hear a bizarre voice that I don’t know if it’s the sound of the wind or something crying.
Regardless of my will, my body shrank on its own, but I bit my lips tightly and continued walking in the direction from which the cold was pouring out.
“I should have brought a coat…”
I prepared various items diligently for the practical evaluation, but the problem is that all the items I brought are now entrusted to Pirahyun.
He said, “There is plenty of space to put things in, so it’s okay to give me all the things I need.”
“I missed the timing to say it earlier… Whoa.”
The problem was that her ability, ‘absorption’, which was read in the original work, was said as it was because the situation was urgent.
My head is already complicated, but with the addition of mistakes, I couldn’t even bring out the word to ask for the things I left with Pirahyun.
Let’s go back and talk alone… What are you trying to say?
I don’t think it’s on the bad side, seeing as I didn’t take my words seriously, but I still felt insecure for some reason.
While shivering from the cold, as we walked to a place where the chill grew stronger, a rather wide open space caught my eye.
The area around the vacant lot was completely absorbed in light, so you couldn’t see right in front of you unless your phone was shining on it.
And in the middle of the clearing, a large object enveloped in darkness was slowly repeating expansion and contraction.
I dared not even think to use the flashlight as the lingering black figure swelled slowly, like a beating heart.
That’s dangerous.
It’s not something I can deal with.
The moment I get close to the light, I die.
I couldn’t breathe even with the shape that I could see for a moment due to the dimly spreading light.
Much more horrifying than the tentacle demons, seeing the wrinkly, bloody flesh full of bizarre boils spurting out sticky pus, it felt like my mental strength was being cut away at once.
For now, it doesn’t seem to be moving in the middle of the clearing, but since you don’t know when it will change, I decided to be careful with every move.
With one hand covering my mouth so I couldn’t even hear my breathing, I carefully started to circle the outside of the clearing with the other hand holding my phone tightly.
‘For now, Oh Dong-hoon is not here.’
Even after slowly examining each lap of the vacant lot with a flashlight, there was no object presumed to be Oh Dong-hun.
Only the horrible liquid mixed with blood and pus that was sprayed all over the clearing gave off a hideous light.
– Alice, isn’t it possible that humans are fused with that monster?
– Yes, and in the first place, humans cannot fuse with other monsters unless they are parasitic monsters, so if they find a human, they will probably just try to kill it.
I asked just in case, but luckily I wasn’t eaten by a monster.
Then, the hypothesis that he abandoned Won Harin and ran away is the most credible…
Certainly, the appearance of the monster was horrifying enough to elevate a person’s survival instinct to the limit.
– Can’t you kill with your ability? Ah, there was nothing special about physical abilities. Then how can you not do things like control? Your specialty is seduction.
– I’m really sorry… But this is the first time I’ve seen something like that. What’s more, since the monster’s consciousness has been fused, there is little chance that the temptation will work properly… I don’t know if he has intelligence like the king wiggle, but I think that kind of flesh is unreasonable.
Alice’s words made me know one thing for sure.
It’s absolutely not that the monster came out as part of a test.
So, who the hell created such a terrible monster…
Ellis said that she was the first person she had ever seen, so there was little chance that she was involved with the follower group [Pantagruel].
Was it possible to get rid of it in the first place?
If the professors come, I think I can kill them right away, but now that I think about it, I don’t even assume that they know that the monster has appeared.
There was no way my eyes of observation would be working safely in the face of the monster’s ability to absorb even sunlight, so I decided to contact Shiana first.
As a rule, professors return all electronic devices for three days to be as fair as possible in her evaluation, but for now, the only answer is to invest in the possibility that she is looking at her phone.
– Professor, a monster has appeared. Everyone’s life is at risk. If you are looking at it, please rescue it quickly.
I was tapping the keyboard with my cell phone as close to my body as possible to send a text message, when I suddenly felt a creepy tap on my back.
I hurriedly turned around and prepared to spray the waves, but fortunately there was a familiar face.
‘Ah, it’s Jihoo. I’ll lower my voice and speak. Have you ever seen one in a clearing?’
‘I was looking around and sending a rescue request message. Haven’t you seen Donghun Oh?’
‘Huh. I also did a few laps, but there was no sign of anything. But what the hell is that thing?’
It seemed that Ryu Shin couldn’t find Oh Dong-hoon’s whereabouts either.
Still, it was very fortunate that he did not attack recklessly and hid well, probably realizing the difference in power with Goi.
Because I can’t lose the main character here in vain.
Once we confirmed the existence of Goi, we decided to join Jeong Ye-won and convey the situation.
When I shined a light on the clearing one last time, I felt that the flesh had grown larger than before.
No, it was clearly growing.
I pictured a terrible future in my head that would grow in size by repeating constant contraction and expansion and eventually eat away at the entire island.
We need to fix the problem quickly somehow.
At that rate of growth, it was certain that we would become prey to the monsters before the third day was over.
Aside from waiting for Shiana’s call, we had to work on something ourselves.
Even if it is accompanied by a huge risk, in the end, you had to take a certain amount of risk in order to survive.
Then, suddenly, the words Elise had said flashed through her mind.
‘Because it is said that the king wriggling has intelligence… I can take it out in the clearing and kill them both if I do well.’
Lee Jae-yi (以夷制夷).
I came up with a Chinese proverb about using barbarians to defeat barbarians.
