## Chapter 431 – Undine, the Water Spirit
I’ve figured out what kind of ideology these spiritists live by.
There’s no need for conversation now.
Those types never listen. Even normal people are hard to reason with, so a crazy bastard like that is beyond help.
That twisted ideology is a kind of belief, so torture wouldn’t fix it. In that case, it’s only right to save him through the true path of Fusion Confucianism.
“If humans hadn’t invaded the forest.”
“What?”
Just as I was about to end him with that thought, he suddenly pointed at me and threw out that question.
“The spirits wouldn’t have killed them either. The spirits are just dealing with the humans who invaded their natural habitat. Undine must be the same. Spirits usually don’t go far away. The spring here has always belonged to Undine.”
I cautiously prepared for a surprise attack, watching for his opening.
The earth spirit behind him… was her name Toer?
If she can control the earth, she could easily collapse or raise the ground to block my movements. The earth itself would be her bullet.
It’ll be difficult to charge in head-on.
As long as people live on the earth, it’s only natural that the earth spirit is the most powerful.
“Humans invaded that place. So she killed them according to her instincts. Humans always pollute the water. Undine can never forgive that.”
He defends Undine, spouting nonsense about how it’s natural to kill people. But looking at this guy, isn’t he just bewitched by the spirits?
It’s like a spirit harem.
The intermediate spirits aren’t ugly or anything, they resemble human women, and they’re quite beautiful. Maybe the spiritist thing is just an excuse, and he’s just enjoying being surrounded by women.
What a bastard!
“No, I’m really curious about one thing.”
Anyway, he said that, and a question popped into my head.
“Why do you think nature belongs to the spirits? Because they took it first? Hey, people are part of nature too, you know.”
“…”
He shut his mouth when I asked that.
Why is living in nature a good thing, and developing nature a bad thing? Who decided that?
It’s not like nature is determined to belong to the spirits.
It belongs to ‘whoever takes it.’
The owner always changes. A fool who thinks that a place will always be his just because he once owned it doesn’t deserve to be the owner of the land.
No one allows that.
This isn’t a dream town fairy tale village where the Teletubbies live.
“Don’t even try to take the side of nature when you don’t even know such basic things, you little shit.”
Of course, if the spirits were like the Teletubbies, I would be the first to protect them. But the spirits aren’t Teletubbies.
They’re just bloodthirsty, eco-friendly, natural magic serial killers.
“…Even after talking this much, you still don’t understand. I thought we could understand each other since we had a conversation for the first time in a while.”
“I never thought that from the start, you idiot.”
You can’t discuss harmony with those who exist to kill you. The spiritist sighed deeply. He’s a guy who deserves to die, but I can give him credit for being willing to talk.
“Of course, you would have understood if I had money.”
But in the end, he didn’t give me a proper answer to what I asked. Well, it was nonsense from the start, so he couldn’t refute the correct words.
“…Anyway, I have to get them back. Toer. It’s okay to kill him. If understanding is impossible, then he must be killed.”
ㅡFlash!
At that moment, I immediately used the Secretary’s Footwork to get out of there. ㅡKrrr. The ground began to wriggle. Winia chanted the spell again, and Claudia drew her curved blade and guarded the surroundings beside Winia.
“Anias.”
ㅡSwish.
“Salist.”
ㅡSwish.
“Latras.”
At that moment, other spirits were summoned. Naked women appeared from the air as their names were called. Their skin colors were all different, it was like he was out of his mind.
You could say it’s a rainbow harem.
Some spirits were standing on the ground, and others were floating in the air. Their appearances were extremely intuitive, one was engulfed in flames, and another was made of some kind of bright yellow electricity. There was also a black one.
Can he summon spirits indefinitely?
If so, he’d be a tough opponent, but that can’t be possible in reality.
If a spiritist could summon intermediate spirits infinitely, they would already be a national treasure.
“You bastard! You’re enslaving the spirits!”
“They’re not slaves. They’re all children I saved.”
Children…!
The only children I can acknowledge are Seo Taiji and Boys!
I can never acknowledge these murderous children!
“Bullshit!”
Judging from the situation, he must have been wandering around collecting spirits.
Good, he’s not lacking as an opponent for this Heavenly Demon Kim Kat! There’s Claudia and Winia. If we add a sword to that, we can’t lose!
“Flame Arrow!”
ㅡFwoosh!
Winia fired a Flame Arrow in that instant.
As a signal, I used the Secretary’s Footwork to run towards them. Currently, the enemy’s numbers are one spiritist and four intermediate spirits.
ㅡThis is enough.
I just need to fly with the arrow, kill one of them, and start from there. I don’t know their strength well, but if there was anything special, Winia would have shouted first.
The medicine is still on the sword. I can definitely kill them!
“Hah. Fire magic from a human?”
The female spirit engulfed in flames came forward and reached out her hand. Was that Salist? She has a very voluptuous body, but her body is on fire, so she’s just for show.
“Interesting?”
Is she worried about Winia’s magic because she’s fire attribute? She seemed confident that she could block it. It was an extremely arrogant attitude.
ㅡBoom!
Then Salist’s hand and the Flame Arrow collided, and Salist completely disappeared. She vanished with the explosion.
What, is she an idiot?
Winia has already killed Salist before. Even I can kill Undine and Anias, so there’s nothing Winia can’t do.
“Salist!”
The spiritist was horrified to see Salist die, and the other spirits screamed and unleashed their powers.
“Kaaaaa! How dare a human!!!”
The woman with the yellow electricity flew at me first.
Is this an intermediate electric spirit?
“Hehehe, they were just weaklings!”
With unbelievable courage, strength fills my muscles. An intermediate spirit is a monster that can be killed by human hands. They’re enemies that I can handle with my strength.
ㅡZap zap zap!
I unfolded the Secretary’s Swordsmanship that had been trained to the limit and unleashed a refined sword strike towards the flying electric spirit. A clean cut without any excess, an extremely efficient and murderous blow.
ㅡSlash!
“Cough, cough…! Why!”
“What did you think I meant when I said I killed Undine?”
My sword perfectly split the electric spirit’s body. The spirit, split in two, disappeared into a swirl of light, leaving a yellow core in its place.
Now all that was left was the black female spirit and the earth spirit, but Claudia had already cut their throats. She swung her curved blade a few times, and the earth spirit and the black spirit disappeared into dust.
“Hmph, there’s nothing special about them.”
There was no way these guys could stop Claudia in the first place.
It was a natural result.
Anyway, four intermediate spirits were cut down in an instant.
“Th, the spirits…!”
The spiritist stared at the scene with a dazed look, then collapsed to the ground. It was the first time he showed a human side.
It was like a drug addict who was in the best mood, but as soon as the effects wore off, he returned to the miserable reality.
“Wh, why are you doing this!”
He must have been very distraught, as he began to cry and wail. Even a dictator who massacred civilians would return to being a weak human when he was about to die.
“Hehehe, this bastard is fine with killing people, but he’s shocked when a spirit dies. Hey, the people you killed felt the same way.”
I kicked the fallen electric spirit’s core into the air with my toe, caught it with my hand, put it in my pocket, and approached him.
He was defending Undine for killing people because she was hungry, so he shouldn’t be acting like this.
“Blackie. Cut off his head.”
As I approached him, Winia said that with an extremely fierce face.
“His head?”
I was wondering why she was fine with just killing him, but it seemed like it was the first time she had specifically told me to cut off his head, so I asked her, and she explained.
“His name was Martelis, right? I thought I’d heard that name before, so I kept thinking about it while you and Blackie were talking, and he’s a wanted criminal. He has a history of destroying a village and running away. He’s quite a famous murderer in this area. I’m sure he’s a spiritist too.”
“Wh, what! You son of a bitch!”
At that moment, I felt like my brain was exploding. Winia added to me.
“More than thirty people died back then. I heard that the lord of Krasheim mobilized his soldiers to track him down, but he missed him, and we caught him here. It’s a good side income.”
“Kieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!”
“Oh my, Blackie’s angry.”
Thirty people died!!!!!!!!
This bastard!!!!!!!!
“This Martelis, you son of a bitch!!!!! You’re talking about understanding after doing that shit, you fucking bitch!!!!!!”
“Wa, wait! Wait! Back then, the spirits suddenly went berserk, and I couldn’t help it…!”
Enraged, I immediately swung my sword and cut Martelis.
ㅡThwack!
He tried to say something, but now I couldn’t stand even hearing that bastard’s voice, so I couldn’t bear it.
He dared to try to have a conversation after destroying a village…!
Spiritists are just bastards like this after all!
“Haa… Haa… No, you son of a bitch. You killed thirty villagers!!!! This fucking imperialist bastard! Does that make sense! Does that make sense! Is this reality!!”
ㅡBang!
Still not relieved, I kicked Martelis’s severed head with all my might.
You son of a bitch! You crazy murderer!
Thirty people is a class, a platoon.
I can’t believe you killed those people!
This was almost a mass shooting, a huge and heinous crime. I can’t even speak properly because of my anger.
“Blackie didn’t know, even though it’s a pretty famous story. The bounty is probably around 15 silver?”
“You son of a bitch!!!!”
I immediately took off my cloak and wrapped Martelis’s head in it.
Still, I should be happy that I established justice by killing him.
“Kat. Isn’t your mood changing too fast?”
“Still, the victims can finally close their eyes in peace because of this. I can’t just be sad.”
“Hehe, that’s right.”
That’s right.
Their souls will finally be freed. I can’t show them a sad face. I have to send them off with a smile.
“Hehe. Blackie is really stupid. Anyway, collect all the fallen cores. And if he summoned the spirits, there must be a medium. We have to collect that too… Ugh, it’s a bit gross to touch a headless corpse.”
“Hehehe, I’ll do that. Winia, you rest.”
“Okay. I’ll rest. Blackie is so kind.”
Winia collected the fallen cores.
I searched Martelis’s body with Claudia. When I took off his blood-soaked poncho, I immediately found a strangely shaped… what is this?
“A statue?”
A statue with a strange metal shape was firmly fixed to Martelis’s chest. It was tied tightly with strings and belts so it wouldn’t fall off, but I just cut it off with a knife and took it out.
“What is it? This?”
Claudia asked, holding the statue.
“Hmm… I don’t know, but this is probably the medium that suddenly summoned the spirits. Give it to me, sis. I’ll take care of it.”
“Alright.”
There wasn’t anything else to take.
It seems like it was true that he didn’t have any money.
But how much did we earn in total? If we collect the commission, the cores, and the bounty, we’ll get a considerable amount of money.
As expected, good things come to those who do good deeds.
