I’m the only magic tower owner Chapter 100

I’m the only magic tower owner episode 100

“No! Our Yunjeong can’t do that! Yushin knows she’s not like that, right? Huh?”

I visited Han Yun-jeong’s house.

The lady cried loudly, holding on to the hem of my clothes. You could tell just by looking at her haggard face how much pain she had suffered during that time.

“Oh my! That good boy killed someone…! It’s all a lie! A lie!”

I wasn’t brave enough to lay out the reality in front of a mother who was crying and worrying about her daughter.

“Of course. There must have been some mistake. I will do whatever it takes to find it.”

“Oh, thank you! Thank you! Oh, look at me! Have you eaten?”

“Haha, I ate. Besides, didn’t Yunjeong come home?”

She shook her head.

“You live alone. I used to come home once or twice a month, but I heard you’re busy these days with exam period and everything…”

I tried to come by just in case, but in the end, it seems that I didn’t go to my room or my house.

Because you know best what kind of condition you are in. Even if he came back to his senses, he wouldn’t have been able to come looking for fear of harming his precious people.

The woman, who was wailing the whole time, bowed down and begged us to find her daughter. She followed me out of the house and waved me off.

I unfolded the crumpled piece of paper I had in my front pocket and put a checkmark where it said ‘home’.

I was hearing about places she might go.

‘Then what’s next… … ‘

This time, it is the player training center that Han Yun-jeong frequently visits. It was also a place I often visited when I was out of power.

however.

There was a large banner posted on the window of a two-story building.

[The very training center that certified level 4 hunter ‘Kim Yu-shin’ attended!]

That guy too… … .

I went up to the second floor feeling embarrassed.

But the door was closed. No business today?

I knocked on the door just in case.

“Uh, who are you?”

A loud man’s voice was heard.

“I……”

“Which broadcasting station is this again? Just go! I have nothing to say!”

“This is Kim Yu-shin.”

Pop.

The voice broke. Then, pounding footsteps were heard, and the door opened with a clang.

“Ohhh! Kim Yu-shin! Come in! Come in!”

I entered the training center to a loud welcome.

Nothing has changed here. Familiar training equipment was lined up.

Some of them will still have stains on my hands.

‘I miss you.’

Since players have different physical strength and strength than ordinary people, more specialized training equipment was needed.

Of course, proper training equipment made as a by-product of monsters can only be used if you join a guild, and these training centers scattered throughout Seoul cater to licensed players.

Licensed players go here for personal training when the dungeon schedule is empty. Han Yun-jeong and I were treated as ‘out of our power’ and couldn’t even go to the dungeon, so we only went to the training center day and night.

“A noble person has come, and this is the only way I can treat him.”

What the man handed to me was ‘Pine Needle Snow’, the most popular drink.

It is a canned beverage that boasts history and tradition and contains pine bud extract.

“thank you for this food!”

Of course I really like it.

These days, there aren’t many places that sell it, so I can’t eat it even if I want to.

As I open the can and drink it, the refreshing taste of pine needles spreads throughout my body. Ha, good. I wanted this old-fashioned menthol-based taste.

“Thanks to our Kim Yu-shin, I had a good night’s sleep. Thank you so much.”

“Why me?”

“I’ve been running this business for about 10 years, and people stopped coming because the equipment was old. I was thinking about closing down the business, but suddenly Yushin appeared on the news and there was an uproar! So I put up a banner with Kim Yushin’s name, and customers flocked to it! “Thanks to you, I’m feeling better these days with new equipment in place.”

“I’m glad it helped.”

“however…….”

Ok.

The man lit a cigarette with a confused expression.

“Yunjeong, who used to go with you…”

“ah.”

“Customers have completely disappeared. Just a few days ago, Han Yun-jeong came and went here, and everyone is disgusted by the thought of working out with Mine.”

The man blew out a long puff of cigarette smoke.

“Yoo-shin.”

“yes.”

“Do you also think Han Yun-jeong is a real demon?”

The man shook his head without even listening to my answer.

“People who don’t know will only read the news and criticize, but people who know Han Yun-jeong can’t say that. Such a soft and sincere child turns into a demon and goes around killing people? Hey, that’s nonsense! There must be some mistake. .Mistaken.”

“…….”

“Han Yun-jeong. After you left, I worked out even more diligently. Kids like that should be successful. Suddenly, what kind of demon is this? Ugh? Where in the world is a demon who works out like that with bandages on her hands and patches all over her body? Hey, be patient!”

I nodded.

“I’m also looking for Yoon Jeong to find out more about the situation. Have you ever stopped by here?”

“After three months of training, he suddenly stopped coming. He’s not that type of kid, so I thought something was wrong.”

“Yes. Thank you for letting me know.”

It’s a disaster this time too. I got up.

“Then I’m just busy…”

“Oh, wait a minute!”

The man suddenly ran into the staff room and came with a pen and A4 paper. Then, like a shy girl, she held out the paper to me.

“Yes, I need to sign it and then go. Frame it well and hang it on the wall.”

“……haha.”

After signing, I moved on to the next location.

The neighborhood she frequented, the convenience store, and the academy dormitory.

I put together all the information I knew about her and squeezed out even the slightest possibility, but I couldn’t find any trace of her anywhere.

– Top owner. There wasn’t one here.

-I’m sorry, senior.

The Magic Tower members investigating together all shook their heads. I sat down on the park bench.

‘The police can’t find me, so what am I doing?’

I felt lethargic for a moment, but quickly came to my senses.

It’s not time to rest. I had to do something before the situation got any worse.

somehow.

-Tiring!

A smartphone text message arrived. When I checked, it was a number that the recipient had not registered.

[Tomorrow, come to the mountain.]

* * *

Red rain fell.

The streets were splashed with red rainwater. The world is full of blood.

The umbrellas people were using were red, and the building was covered in red liquid, with drops dripping from it.

Abnormal phenomena are a harbinger of ‘disaster’.

Among them, red rain means one thing.

-The ‘Classic Gate’, the first disaster in 7 years, is scheduled to occur.

-Scholars measured irregular magic phenomena in the sky and noted the anomaly of red rain. The scope of the disaster is vast, encompassing the Korean Peninsula and East and Southeast Asia, including Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore.

-Governments of each country launched the ‘Asian Disaster Strategy Coalition’ and agreed that the member countries will cooperate closely to defeat the disaster, putting human life first.

This guy’s situation didn’t seem to be getting any better.

Following the serial killer and Mine, this time it is a continent-wide disaster.

Korea has not yet recovered from the shock of the ‘Labyrinth Dungeon’.

In fact, compared to the labyrinth dungeon where monsters fell all over the Korean peninsula, the risk itself was a low disaster, but public opinion was very anxious, as was the red rain.

The public opinion that was buzzing about serial killers and demons was washed away by the red rain, and in its place was filled with fear of disaster.

For this reason, the Korean government decided to divert some of the power of the ‘Joint Investigation Headquarters’ to disaster defense. It was decided that although investigating crimes was good, overcoming the immediate crisis was the priority.

For my part, I don’t know whether I should like this or not. First of all, it is true that the number of people tracking Han Yun-jeong has decreased. Many police officers who were spread out across Seoul also disappeared.

But unfortunately.

-The Holy Knights of the Vatican staying in Korea refused to cooperate with the Korean government regarding the Classic Gate disaster.

-Following the Holy Knights, Egypt’s ‘Gravekeepers’ also refused to cooperate before the disaster. Pharaoh Menes drew the line, saying, ‘The purpose of our visit to Korea is to arrest serial killers.’

Guilds of both worlds are still pursuing Armin Walter.

Armin Walter chases after Han Yun-jeong.

There is no way to prevent the ‘total crisis’ we experienced last time from happening again.

Shoot!

The red rain fell continuously. I walked holding an umbrella.

It’s just rain that’s red in color, but it’s really sticky, like it’s covered in blood, and my whole body feels heavy.

I gave strength to my heavy legs and walked step by step towards the meeting place with Han Yun-jeong.

A hill road near Achasan Mountain in Seoul.

This is a place I often visited with Han Yun-jeong when I was a licensed player. At the time, there was a common belief that if you were in a place with a high concentration of mana, such as mana forest bathing or something else, your magic power would increase, so I went there often to do some physical training.

As this is the place where the story of Mana Forest Bathing came from, the magic trees were growing tall. There are a lot of tall coniferous trees, which are rare in Korea, and it feels like a European drama filming location.

However, hiking in red rain was gloomy.

Bleeding trees. The sight of the leaves shaking in the wind and dripping red liquid is very menacing and eerie.

I walked, trying to clear my thoughts as much as possible.

If you leave the hiking trail about halfway up and walk along a small path, after a while you will see an open landscape without any trees. Below you can see buildings and the Han River. It’s a scenery I used to really like.

I quietly approached the cliff and tilted the umbrella to the side.

“Aren’t you using it?”

Shoot!

In the bushes, a woman drenched in red rain looks up at me. Although her neck is covered with demon skin, her face still looks human.

“It’s not like I’ll catch a cold just because it rains anymore.”

“……I see.”

We stopped talking and stared ahead in silence.

The blood-soaked city was creating an indescribably strange atmosphere.

“What have you been doing?”

To my question, she answered with a gentle smile.

“Suicide.”

“…….”

“I fell from a really high place, but I didn’t die that much. I was so angry that I even fell into the water. When I opened my eyes, I was on land again. I think I turned into a demon and escaped while I was unconscious.”

She paused and looked at her arm covered in shells.

“I guess I’m really not human anymore.”

I sat down next to her and handed the entire umbrella to her.

“If you think you’re human, you’re still human.”

She looked at the umbrella in silence and eventually grasped the umbrella handle. She then put it in the middle and wrote half of it for her and me.

Yes. Just like a person.

“Yes.”

She got lucky.

“I called you because I had something to tell you.”

“What?”

She smiled brightly and said as if nothing had happened.

“Actually, I am the boss of this disaster.”

My heart sank.

I thought the timing of the disaster was perfect, but was it really?

“Classic Gate is also a disaster that only ends when you find and kill the boss monster, right? I guess I became the agent of that disaster.”

“……Ah, that’s ridiculous! How could you do that……”

“You will know when you become a demon. Naturally.”

Han Yun-jeong placed her hand on her heart.

“I am closely connected to this disaster of red rain, and that if this heart stops, the disaster will end… Yes, I can understand everything.”

“…….”

“For your information, I can control monsters now? Hehe, isn’t that funny? I tried moving the monster and it followed my instructions. It’s a real demon.”

It wasn’t funny.

Every word she said pierced my heart.

“So, I have a favor to ask.”

do not do that.

please.

“I want you to kill me.”

Shoot aaaah.

The rain poured down as if urging me to answer, but I couldn’t say anything.

“If it’s you… I think I can prepare myself. It’s a bit scary to be killed by a stranger.”

She confirms her death in a calm tone.

Yes, I know.

Only temporarily delayed by the disaster, Inara will find her somehow.

In particular, if Hong Yul, the president of the association, returns, he will be looking for Han Yun-jeong, who harmed his students, with his eyes turning red.

There is no way to return a person who has become a demon to a human.

Her ending is determined to be a bad ending.

“Oh, of course I’m not saying I’m going to die right now.”

She spoke in a bright voice.

“There’s still one thing I have to do.”

The moment she said that, her face was covered in shells and she turned into a demon. Then, without any warning, she stretched out her arms toward me.

“Wow!”

I was scared and leaned back.

She suddenly returns to her human face and laughs loudly.

“Were you scared? Huh? Were you scared? Even though you became a certified hunter, you still felt scared.”

“you……”

“I found a way to control my power and not be distracted by demonization.”

She clenched and unclenched her fists and then jumped up from her seat.

“I have decided. I will give disaster a blow before I die.”

“……what?”

“The Calamity made me like this, right? Well, it’s true that I wanted power a few weeks ago, but this really isn’t it. The Calamity made me kill people, and this time it’s using me to kill even more people.”

She looked back at me.

“Honestly, my Majin instinct makes me want to kill you right now too.”

“…….”

“Someone keeps whispering in my ear. Kill humans. Exterminate humanity. Let go of everything, trust your instincts, and become comfortable. They are whispering as if brainwashing you. Isn’t that really vicious?”

She looked up at the sky.

“So even if I die, I want to give this world a punch.”

I looked up at her.

strong.

So much so that it gives me goosebumps.

“Are you going to cooperate?”

She held out her hand and smiled.

Yes, this is how Han Yun-jeong is.

I stood up holding her hand.

“Do you have any plans?”

We talked a lot like before. We giggled and thought together about how to bring big trouble to this world.

And I found my own answer.

“Look over there! The sun is rising now!”

The red rain stops and the clouds clear.

Now that the abnormal phenomenon is over, the disaster will soon begin.

And yet.

Clear skies are better than red rain, I thought.

* * *

I took the subway with my tired body.

A plan has been made.

However, he withheld his answer to her last request to kill him.

That’s not the ending I want.

I was thinking of changing the last part in her version of the episode in my own way.

-This station is Sanggye Station, the final station of this train. This is Sanggye Station. The door to get off is on the left.

I returned to Sanggye-dong again.

I got off the station and walked slowly into the quiet, deserted city. I went to one of the only two convenience stores in this neighborhood and bought some fruit-flavored jelly that Eunsol wanted to eat.

I bought some snacks and slowly walked along the narrow alley, looking back at an appropriate point and saying.

“Are you coming out now?”

Jump and jump.

Two men dressed in white priestly clothes appeared.

This is the Holy Knights.

“There’s no need to talk at length.”

The paladin on the right said.

“Hunter Kim Yu-shin. The Arch Bishop is looking for you. If you follow me obediently, I will not harm you.”

“You sound like Weihai.”

I slowly pretended to listen and adjusted my distance from them.

“If you have anything to talk about, tell Marcello to come directly. Don’t bother me by sending the goons.”

“That’s funny. How dare you mention him.”

Sreung.

The two knights pulled their swords from their belts. White magical power covered the sword body as if coating it.

“Give up. We are also level 4 like you, but a paladin who uses sacred energy is different from an ordinary hunter.”

“More than anything, it’s 2 to 1.”

“Stop being sarcastic. And I tell you, this is your final warning. If you have a hunting device, place it on the ground. Kneel down and put your hands behind your head.”

I slowly bent my knees. Then I pretended to put the plastic bag on the floor and looked at the soles of my shoes.

“You’re criticizing me.”

I shot out quickly, grabbed the face of one of the Holy Knights, and threw him into the concrete wall.

Coo!

A crack appears in the wall of the building, and the man’s face falls over.

Then, as I look back and bend my back, a pure white sword passes through the air.

“Nenoom!”

The white flash, swinging like a beam of light, was fast and cheerful. As a sword that catches monsters, it relies on strength and mass.

I think it is a test that is quite well-equipped with the basics, including the efficiency of finding and dividing the most appropriate movement path.

When it comes to catching certain monsters, I may be less successful than that paladin.

but.

‘Compared to that guy, it’s almost like a yawn.’

Move your finger to launch an instantaneous ground sword and block the Paladin’s charge.

Spreads a shield in the direction the body moves to hinder movement.

Use an ice sheet on the floor to prevent your feet from slipping.

Even if a little stress is applied like this, the balance of the examination will easily collapse.

“What…! How many abilities do you have?”

In the end, the paladin climbed the wall of the building and tried to escape from the ice blanket.

“peekaboo.”

put forward

I reached there first with my leaf boots and pressed the paladin’s face with my legs, slamming him into the floor.

Quaaaang!

“Cough!”

As he fell, I fired an ice javelin with a blunt end and froze his arms and legs. Then he came down from the sky and trampled on the Paladin’s neck.

“Wow!”

“Tell the Arch Bishop.”

I bent down, made eye contact with him, and continued speaking.

“I know a way to find Armin Walter.”

“……!”

“Rather than making a modification like this, let’s set up something official.”

fantasy,