Episode 35
Bone mesh
All the way up the mountain path.
Namgung Sanyoung’s mind was complicated.
‘Can I really do this? It must be somewhere around here?’
The reason she begged Yun-hui to spare her life was because she trusted the abilities that Yun-hui had shown so far, but also the skills of those behind him.
I thought that if he could come to the Guryong branch without knowing it and protect Yun-hui and change him like that, he would be able to protect me too.
But the person behind it has not even been seen in shadow yet.
‘It’s not really just us, right?’
Namgung Sanyoung glanced back.
I could see a hazy fog filling the mountain path I had just passed.
I felt nothing beyond that.
“… … .”
I was anxious.
Gulp!
Namgung Sanyoung swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.
* * *
The ones who were confused by the question I asked were the ghosts.
“This is sooooooooooooooooo!”
“How dare you touch the treasures of the sect leader without permission!”
“You have confessed your sins!”
“Cow, cow, Soma doesn’t know! Seriously! Sa, please save me!!”
As the ghosts took out their clubs one by one, saying that they were well-behaved, Fifteen-ho grabbed my trouser leg with a pale face.
It seemed that the post-traumatic mental disorder left behind by the previous true education(?) was quite serious.
-The Book of the Ghost King.
It was a book of law written during the time when I was actively working as a socheonma.
Because I have compiled the various tricks I have learned while encountering countless supernatural beings and demons, many of them are different from those commonly used in the world of magic.
The content contained within was also very diverse.
It included not only the still-in-use magic of the spirit world, purple magic, and evil spirits, but also the now-forgotten ancient visions and the great laws of the Angma Mythology Sect.
But it seemed like Heukgolgwigok had gotten his hands on it.
Because the principles and systems that make up the Gwisul camp felt somehow familiar.
‘You don’t know? How can that be?’
The ghosts’ clubs sparkled especially brightly.
「Eek! Seriously! I’ve heard that the White Bone Net and the Twelve Black Demons have been collecting traces left behind by the Young Leader! But they’ve never once shared with us what they got from there!!」
‘They just gulped it down among themselves?’
“That’s right!! If they had given it to people like us, how could I not have used such tricks when fighting the cult leader!”
In short, it means that the magic I left behind was taken only by the top brass and not shared at all with those below me.
‘That makes sense.’
“Well, so please-“
‘Put everything down.’
“Your name!”
“Ugh. What a pity.”
“Oh, this was a good opportunity to tighten up the military discipline again.”
Seeing the ghosts that were making him lose his appetite, Fifteen-Ho shivered again.
Then, another ghost sneaked in.
“Little Master, how dare they so recklessly acquire the entire Book of the Prince without even knowing the subject?”
‘I always carried the original with me. When the Ssaecheonbong flew away, the original must have flown away with it.’
“underneath-“
‘What they collected were the fragments I left here and there.’
“ah!”
‘Of course, that alone would have been a huge help to these guys.’
Heukgolgwigok, who had suffered so much from me, must have been searching for my traces with even more fire in his eyes.
The fragments of the Ghost Prince’s Book left behind by the Angmasinhwajong are also quite good, so if only they had been acquired during the civil war, great strides could have been made.
The problem was that it was not immediately clear how much of the Prince’s Book they had collected and what their level was.
And if they had conducted research based on that, they could have brought about great changes to not only the destruction method, but also their own magic system.
‘Maybe it was taken from the old demon cult.’
Then the risk increases.
Because my weaknesses may have been exposed to them.
As for me, I felt the need to further develop the Prince’s Book, which I had been putting off for a while.
The only fortunate thing is that the trick Baekgolmangsa used on me wasn’t that great?
It seemed like they had improved it in the name of improvement, but to my eyes, there were many aspects that did not suit them.
Of course, that doesn’t mean the guy’s sins disappear.
“According to the law of the Protestant Church, a theft is punishable by a fine of ten times its value, together with a beating commensurate with the theft.”
“Please shake off the bone mesh!!”
“Please drive out the black-bone ghosts who dare to touch the relics of the sect’s leader from this world and show them a severe punishment!”
‘Hey, it’s not right to go to the extent of destroying your entire clan just for stealing that one thing.’
“??”
“…yes?”
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“… What, what are you talking about-”
The ghosts looked at me with an expression that said, ‘What did he eat wrong?’
‘All the Shin-kyo bastards behind Heukgol-gwigok should be sentenced to eternal hard labor. Get ready to receive new recruits.’
“Your name!!”
“As expected, you are a small group leader! I will prepare thoroughly so that you can successfully complete the new member training!”
“Loyalty, loyalty!”
At that time, the carriage had already reached the end of the mountain road.
A fairly large temple could be seen in the distance.
A place that is not visible from the outside.
It was also a place I saw while reading the Lord’s Memories.
You’ve come to the right place.
I felt an ominous aura.
“This is truly a sinister place where the leader of the Black Bone Valley is located!”
“I feel like the evil stench is vibrating all the way here!”
Squeak!
The carriage stopped in front of the main gate.
and.
Ddudduk-
The damp and warped door opened with a jerk, revealing a young man with a pale face.
“You are the mistress of the Kowloon branch. The lord has asked you to come inside immediately.”
Judging by the red letters engraved on his forehead with the injection, it looked like a gliding shi.
Although he had a young face, he was a detective like No. 15.
No, maybe it’s a higher level than that, a spirit swordsman.
“Baekgolmangsa called this gliding boy Baekdong (白童). His rank is Yeonggeomsa. He is the gatekeeper of this ghostly faction and one of the best.”
As expected.
Isn’t the name itself obvious?
‘The child of the white bone net’.
I thought it might be a glide poem created by separating a part of his own soul.
Namgung Sanyoung glanced at me. Cold sweat was beading on his forehead.
It means, “What if it were better?”
“Relax, Mother. If you go in like this, everything will be discovered.”
Namgung Sanyoung’s face hardened.
“Just pay attention to what I told you on the way here, and do the rest as you normally would. We’ll take care of everything else.”
Only then did Namgung Sanyoung seem to come to his senses.
Since I’ve already taken the step.
There was nowhere for her to return to now.
“Guide me.”
When Namgung Sanyoung got out of the carriage and nodded proudly, Baekdong nodded as if he was very familiar with it and guided him inside.
Dang-gon and I were about to follow as escorts and servants, but Baek-dong suddenly blocked our path.
“Oh, the two of you who came with me, please wait outside for a moment. The deity is currently in the middle of offering prayers, and if an unauthorized outsider steps in and causes misfortune, he will be severely punished.”
Danggon and I briefly met eyes in the air.
Danggon gave me a look that said he would leave it to me.
What do I do with this?
Should I just smash this little brat’s head in and then just barge in?
“Did you say it was sincerity?”
At that time, Namgung Sanyoung intervened.
Baek Dong bowed his head.
“Yes.”
“Then I guess I’ll have to bring in two more people. I also have something to offer to the god.”
Namgung Sanyoung gestured to the carriage cargo area.
“If you do that, we’ll move the items ourselves-”
“I don’t know much about the liquor business, but I’ve heard that precious items change color when touched by the hands of the dead. If that’s okay, I’ll move them myself.”
The way he snickered arrogantly was very Namgung Sanyoung-like.
“Still, you still have some wit!”
“If I can’t do this, won’t I have to go out and die?”
I chuckled.
Namgung Sanyoung’s improvisation was quite good.
“… What on earth did you bring?”
“These are the things that the scoundrel in our house had.”
I stopped laughing.
That girl?
“It was something secretly taken by the authors who were presumed to be behind it. And wasn’t it the priest who said that if it was something from a liquor store, its identity could be quickly identified?”
“If that’s the case… I understand. The escorts, please come inside with your luggage.”
Dang-gon and I naturally followed Namgung San-yeong, each carrying two large chests on our backs from the luggage cart.
“Yeah. You brought something that you can chew and tear and still not feel satisfied with?”
It was truly amazing to see the way he said that Namgung Sanyoung and that guy were non-existent people.
As I entered the front yard, a white-bone man dressed in a mourning outfit walked out.
Every time he walked, the paper he was holding made a loud tinkling sound.
What on earth is that, a middle-aged man with a thick beard and not some kind of virgin ghost?
“Ahhh! My eyes! My nooooooo!”
“I’ll buy the eyes I haven’t seen! I’ll buy the eyes I haven’t seen!!”
“What a truly harmful author! Lord, that guy is a pest that must be eradicated from this world!”
Namgung Sanyoung nodded instead of answering.
Boom! Boom!
As Dang-gon and I each put down our chests, a rather heavy sound was heard.
“What’s there?”
“When the bastard was away for a while, I swept away all the things in the White Hall. For now, you should be able to tell what’s what.”
“If someone who isn’t even that smart can figure it out at a glance, are you saying that people like me should starve to death? Good job, good job. It’s easier for me to tell the difference if you bring all the items like that rather than just bringing them in a haphazard manner.”
The eyes of the skeleton mantis, laughing grotesquely, were sparkling with madness.
“The ones on the left are white war items, and the ones on the right are gold bars.”
“It’s a good thing I was running out of money at the time! Then, where-”
As Baekgolmangsa tried to open the lid of the right chest by wringing his hands, Namgung Sanyoung reached out and stopped him.
“You’re not going to just swallow all this money, are you?”
“What? Wasn’t it just a donation?”
“Are you crazy? Are you just going to throw all this stuff into the gutter?”
“then?”
“You know what I want.”
“Kill that bastard?”
“certainly!”
Namgung Sanyoung’s eyes shone with a murderous glow.
It seemed so real.
『Your Majesty, those words seem to come from the heart?』
“Then I have to live up to those expectations and live a very normal life.”
“As expected. That’s how you should be like Confucius.”
While Dang-gon and I were briefly joking around, Baekgolmangsa also seemed to be in a good mood and was muttering.
“Hehehe! Hehehe! That’s right, that’s right. I brought all these things, and if I just find out who’s behind it, the rest will be a piece of cake. My head was going to burst because of that guy, and now you can’t even do that one thing properly! So let go now! If you keep interfering, I’ll really tear you apart!!”
The white bone mesh’s face was distorted like an evil spirit’s, making one wonder if it was really the same guy who had been joking around just a moment ago.
Namgung Sanyoung glanced at me as he removed his hand.
It means that one’s work is finished.
Danggon and I also prepared.
Crunch!
Baekgolmangsa opened the lid of the box with a smiling face.
Instead of gold bars, inside were a bunch of fist-sized spheres.
“What is this? Hey, Namgung Siju! Did you bring the wrong item? This doesn’t look like a gold bar-”
“That’s right. It’s a wall bomb.”
“You b*tch! You wouldn’t betray me-”
The white bone net had no time to say anything.
Because from the moment the lid was opened, the trigger device at the bottom of the box was already ignited.
If it’s a fortress that’s difficult for the Ghostly faction to conquer, why don’t they just blow it up from the inside?
The inside of the box glowed.
At one point, dozens of Gwangso Bokmasan wall bombs that had once struck fear into the new religion exploded simultaneously.
Kwakwakwang!!
Woorur-
It was my own surprise gift for Heukgolguigok.
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