Chapter 153 – The Cursed Throne
That’s how they search Akanis’ corpse and start approaching Seong-il. Seong-il searches through Akanis’s body ahead of them.
‘…Book?’
The appearance of a book made of unique leather. For some reason, Seong-il had the feeling that the book might help him. He quickly grabbed the book and shouted ‘customs duty’.
『Akanis’ Diary: 1,000 Points』
‘It’s cheap…’
Seong-il quickly paid the customs duty on the book before the party arrived. After opening the inventory on the chest, put the book there and quickly close it.
‘I guess it didn’t catch…?’
Seong-il looks back at the party in worry. Fortunately, the party seems to have not confirmed his deviation, and they calmly approach the necromancer’s corpse and start searching.
‘Phew… I guess I didn’t catch it. Weather anyway? In the original, there was no such item…’
Akanis’s diary, which was probably lost in the original work due to returning it to complete the quest.
Seong-il brazenly overlooks the situation, boasting that there will be no problem with the end of the quest as long as he has the results of his research and supply and demand.
‘There are some. I’ll have to go back to reality and take a look!’
After making such a plan, Seong-il calmly stands by the party and watches as they collect the necromancer’s body. Looking at him like that, Bruno asks a question.
“Huh? Barbarians, you like taking loot. They say you’re offering the great god the blah blah of your enemies.”
“Okay! I’m satisfied with just getting this longsword!”
“…If that’s the case.”
Even if Bruno thought about it, the sword Seong-il got was not an ordinary item, so he just nodded and searched every corner of the necromancer’s body.
“Hmm… Does this guy have a lot of evil stuff?”
“Yes, Bruno. If you submit the experiment log and belongings this guy has to the Temple of Justice, the Temple will recognize the request as a success, right?”
“Of course. It would be enough to prove his identity and the body parts of the vicious victims he possesses to prove the vile murders in the slums.”
“Okay. Let’s take it and go back.”
After saying that, the group exits the sewers and moves to Solanium’s Temple Quarter.
‘Oh… That’s cool…?’
A wonderful view of the temple district, as if real Prague and Istanbul were combined. Seong-il looks at the scene as if he is curious, and arrives at the Temple of Justice before he knows it.
“Oh… Are you half brother?”
A middle-aged paladin wearing a silver full plate and reverently welcoming the party. Van approached him and he started reporting what had happened. Looking at them, I think of Seong-il.
‘…Suddenly clear the quest, get the reward, and then return to reality.’
“Hmm! A necromancer’s dungeon! That’s a serious problem. Plus, a secret society of vampires…”
Master Paladin, who heard Ban’s report, nodded his head, congratulated the party and gave them a reward.
‘Finished!’
Seong-il sees Master Paladin and leaves, whispering to Sena next to him.
“…Wait a minute! I’m going to go to the bathroom!”
“… Mr. Savage. There’s nothing you can’t say to a lady.”
“Anyway!!”
Having said that, Seong-il moves to a secluded corner of the temple and tries to return to reality.
“Kkeuh… It’s only about a day, but it feels like a few days of hard work.”
As soon as Seong-il comes to reality, he immediately moves to the 『Inner Plane』, Takes out the 『Cursed Magic Sword』 From a safe place, and attempts item appraisal with the game master.
– Cursed Demonic Sword (Seal): A sealed demonic sword that covets blood and souls. Provides immunity to the user against mental attacks such as fascination, mind control, and confusion. However, the longer the user uses it, the more he hears bizarre hallucinations, and the emotional anxiety increases. However, after overcoming the fear, if you listen closely to the ‘whispers’, you might learn a secret…?
“Hmm…”
The state of the demonic sword, where it is clear that something is hidden. After reading the text of the magic sword, Seong-il ponders and thinks.
‘What…? There was no such content in the game… Just ‘the wearer can sometimes be exposed to madness.’ Wasn’t it about…?’
Seong-il, thinking that he should think about the sword later, takes out the necromancer’s journal and looks through it, connecting his thoughts.
‘Hmm… Necromancer’s journal…’
Seong-il becomes curious about the appearance of an item that did not appear in the original work, and begins to carefully read every nook and cranny of the necromancer’s journal.
‘…No big deal.’
Most of them were about days and days of experimentation. It is said that he felt joy while torturing his teacher who had abused him. The journal was full of crazy things.
“Uh…?”
Then, a passage of unique content that I found. Seong-il begins to focus on reading the passage without realizing it.
『June 23rd. While retrieving ‘materials’ from the catacombs, he found a strange seal. It seems to be the graveyard of a knight’s family.』
『June 24th. While ordering your minions to open the tomb, you discovered a sword made of a unique material. Interestingly, this sword seems to have a spell that crave blood and soul.”
『June 30th. Surprisingly, it seems that the vengeful spirit is really sealed in this sword. Why is this possible? Am I lacking in magic attribute? The more I use the sword, the more it whispers to me as if asking for something. It looks like something is going on with this pommel jewel… I’ll have to seal it in the statue of the evil god and inject a soul fragment into it. Then, if you fill up your mana, something will come out.”
『July 4th. Cheeky intruders will infiltrate here…』
‘From here on out, it must be a situation where half of the party invaded that bastard’s dungeon. I don’t think I need to read more.’
Thinking so, Seong-il grabs the sword’s pommel jewel and injects magic power little by little. OK…
“!!”
A demonic sword that begins to suck up one’s mana with terrifying momentum. Seong-il is frightened at the appearance of such a demonic sword, and when he quickly grabs it from his hand, he throws it on the floor.
“Fuck… What is it?”
Seong-il is terrified by the appearance of a demonic sword sucking out his inner energy with terrifying momentum. He looks at the demonic sword scattered on the floor and thinks.
‘No, it’s the same with recent jewels, what do you do to suck my mana? What are we going to do…’
“Oh! Come to think of it…!!”
Thoughts on the 『Genesis God’s Soul Stone』 That I had forgotten for a while. He thinks as he takes out the jewel of the god of creation from his inventory.
‘…Come to think of it, this also needs to be filled with magic…’
Certainly an extraordinary item, 『The Soul Stone of the God of Creation』. Seong-il, who was contemplating whether or not to fill the magic of this object, sighed for a while and started to move to the world of martial arts for consultation.
“Sexy old man!”
“Hmm? Have you been? Young master?”
“Oh! Gongja!”
As they entered the world of martial arts with laughter, Eunwol and Saekma sat in the shade and dazed. Seong-il laughs bitterly at their appearance, which is no different from before, and begins to explain his condition to them.
“Hmm… I mean… You’re wondering if it’s okay or not to put that sword and gem into your inner energy, right?”
“Yes.”
“…Would you like to give me a sword?”
Seongil handed over the cursed demonic sword without hesitation at the words of such an evil demon. After picking up the sword, Saekma examines it here and there, injects inner energy, and experiments with various things.
“Keuk… This guy is not a normal thing!”
“Yes. It’s not a demonic sword for nothing.”
“…Why would you choose something like this? What the hell.”
Seong-il makes an excuse after making a sullen expression at his words.
“That… He’s the only one who can be saved easily and quickly among the recruits… And if you read the heavenly gi, he doesn’t pose a big threat to the user. Rather, he protects the mind from enchanting spells.”
“Hmm…”
At his words, Seong-Il passes the sword and jewels to Seong-Il. As expected, he secretly experiments with the jewel and then, freaked out, hands it over to Seong-il.
“Hee! What is this?!
“…Is that enough?”
“Yeah!! I can’t even sense how much I’m trying to suck my inner energy?”
“Hmm…”
At his words, Seong-il uttered a silent voice of concern and confessed his troubles to Saekma.
“So… Would it be all right if I put some energy into that sword and jewel?”
“Um… Well… I don’t know about swords. Gems won’t be a problem. Rather, they’ll be more helpful for training.”
“Yeah?! It’s useful for training?!”
At Seong-il’s words, Eun-wol interrupts the conversation and intercepts Saekma’s answer.
“Of course! If you’re not using Jinsin Naegong (眞身內功), for simple training, if you use up your inner energy and start Ungi-josik (運氣調息), the effect of increasing inner energy will be faster!”
“Ohh…”
“That’s why it’s one of the most basic training methods to use inner energy to a level that doesn’t harm the body, and then practice luck again.”
“Right…”
At Eun-wol’s explanation, Saek-ma also nodded and continued the explanation to Seong-il.
“Yes.
After that, Saekma notices Eunwol and starts whispering something in Seongil’s ear.
“…You have to have a lot of copulation targets! If you go around with your internal energy exhausted, you might die from the side effects…”
“Hee!!”
“Well… Don’t worry, there’s no problem as long as you ‘refill’ it at that time.”
“Aha…”
Seong-il gained confidence in their words. After thanking them for solving his troubles, he tries to return to reality again.
‘Now… Then, should I break the alchemy world? Or should I solve this magic sword and jewel…’
Seong-il had been thinking about it for a long time. After thinking about it, he thinks.
“No! I’ll have to solve the follower quests anyway, I’ll have to stay in the detective world for a week or so until I fill up my nerves for a while!!”
‘…I have to enjoy the Ilina and Charlotte I saved.’
Seong-il, who thought so, tries to enter the world of 『The Magic City and the Detective』 Again.
Upon reaching the alley he was last in, Seong-il immediately starts moving to the detective office. When he suddenly appears again after a day, his colleagues greet him with delight.
“Oh~ Do you see our Seongil-nim often these days?”
“Yeah. I have work.”
Seong-il smiled and answered Elysia’s words. To Seong-il, Elysia starts asking questions with a puzzled look on her face.
“Hmm? What’s going on? If you have a simple request, you could just send a messenger notification through your smartphone…?”
Seong-il approaches Elysia with a sly smile at her words. Seeing him like that, she smiles bitterly and instinctively recognizes his purpose.
“Ah, is that why you came here?”
“Yes. To be exact…”
“…?”
Seong-il begins to whisper something in Elysia’s ear. Seeing him like that, Elysia replies to him with an expression that she sees a very mischievous child.
“Huh… But you’ll do that…?”
“Yeah! He’s probably going to like that anyway? I trained him like that.”
“Well… That’s right.”
“Can you prepare?”
“Yes. I’ll do that. I’m still taking care of the great detective’s bath in the morning and evening. If I say a little at that time, there won’t be a big problem.”
“Huh?! Waiting in the morning and evening?!”
“Yes! I’m a maid and office assistant here anyway~ It’s natural to wait on the master. These days, he likes it.”
“Oh… Is that better?”
“Whoa… Look forward to dinner. How about a meal?”
“Oh, I’d like to prepare it. By the way, where did Charlotte go?”
“Ah! Seongil-nim isn’t here, so he said he might be in charge of battles from now on, so he went to meet Miss Yuna and engrave her magic. He’ll be back before dinnertime.”
“Okay.”
After answering like that, Seong-il eats a light meal prepared by Elysia and starts to inject jewelry into her room.
“Kuhh…”
A jewel that sucks her own innards in an instant. Seong-il, who has a tired expression on his face, collapses on the bed and begins to fall asleep.
Smart!!
