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The children’s anxious footsteps echoed everywhere.
The flower gardens that once housed all kinds of wild flowers have long since withered from the heat of shells and the blood of demons.
The face of the boy Seocheon running away, trampling on dead flowers, was filled with urgency.
-Gigigigig!
“Damn it, these kids… … !”
When I looked back, I saw hideous-looking demons fiercely chasing the children.
At first glance, they resembled trees that had lived for hundreds of years.
As it ran, dragging its grotesquely long neck and arms, drool was flowing out of its mouth, which looked exactly like a human’s.
As I chased after them with my long legs, the distance between me and the children gradually narrowed.
“No, I have to go back to the Seocheon Flower Garden… …!”
“shit……!”
One of the Seocheon boys gritted his teeth, stopped in his tracks, turned around, and raised his machine gun.
It seemed as if the machine gun was about to open fire, and then a loud gunshot rang out.
The wooden man’s body was instantly riddled with holes.
-That’s so funny… … !
The wooden man, who was trying to move forward in a state full of holes, ended up collapsing on the spot with a loud noise.
A bright light came over the faces of the two children who saw that sight.
“Did you get hurt?”
But the relief is only momentary.
Their expressions instantly hardened.
-Thump, thump… … !
I could hear footsteps.
Anyone who hears it can tell that it is not the sound of a human being, but the sound of footsteps of a demon.
The two instinctively started running in the opposite direction of the sound of footsteps.
But before long, it stopped in place.
“Ugh… … ! From this side too… … ?!”
It seemed as if the sound of footsteps was coming from two directions, but now it was coming from three directions, no, from all directions.
No matter how much I ran, the sound of my footsteps got closer.
Suddenly, three or four wooden figures appeared in front of them and blocked their path.
-Gigigig… … !
The men approached, thick drool dripping from their mouths.
The Seocheon boys tried to step back, but there was the sound of footsteps there too.
Before I knew it, I was trapped in a forest, and all directions were filled with wooden figures.
-Gigigeek… … .
-Gigig… … !
The slender body roared menacingly, while the snout chattered as if chewing food.
The faces of the Seocheon children turned pale.
“Eww!”
The Seocheon boys started firing their machine guns again, but they knew that their resistance was futile.
I knocked down one or two of the wooden figures standing in front, but there were too many left.
Click, click. Now when I pull the trigger, all I hear is a clicking sound.
-Gigigigig… … .
The shepherds approached the children, making a mocking noise.
Now there was no way to resist any longer.
Like the other Seocheon boys, he seemed destined to be eaten by those demons.
At that moment, they closed their eyes tightly and swallowed their screams.
-Wheee!
Amidst the cries of the demons, an odd mechanical sound could be heard.
That sound was much sharper and more threatening than anything a demon could make.
One of the Seocheon boys opened his eyes briefly and looked at the place where the sound came from, and before he knew it, he opened both his eyes.
“Th-That’s… …! Isn’t that the Flower Sensei’s weapon?!”
“Isn’t that a howling tooth? Is that the flower sensibility coming?”
The ‘Crying Tooth’ was a type of chainsaw that boasted sharp blades.
But contrary to their expectations, the man who appeared holding the ‘weeping teeth’ was not a flower bud.
-Wheeing!
A man with a face I had never seen before was running around slaughtering people with his teeth bared.
The saw blade was spinning at a furious, menacing speed, producing sparks.
The man was sweeping around, cutting off the limbs of the men without hesitation.
In an instant, the surrounding area became an execution ground, or rather, a logging site.
-What a surprise!
The mokjins swung their long, sharp arms and attacked Seogangrim, but they were too slow.
Seo Kang-rim kicked the trees nearby and jumped up, cutting off their heads in one breath.
The saw cut through the wood and a cloud of dust rose up.
“Who the hell is that guy…?”
The children of Seocheon, who had collapsed on the floor, were looking at the scene in a daze.
The wooden figures that had filled the surroundings were instantly reduced to piles of firewood.
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The sound of the motor that tore through the silence of the flower garden only stopped after all the shepherds had fallen.
After Seo Kang-rim stopped ‘Crying Teeth’, he looked back at the Seocheon boys.
“Are you the people who went out to investigate the mineral spring?”
“Oh, that’s right. But you… …? Looking at the weapon, did the Flower Sensei send you?”
Seocheon Dongja’s eyes lit up when he saw the weapon Seo Kangrim was holding.
It seemed to be a weapon whose name was widely known in the Seocheon flower garden.
When I first received it, I had some doubts about its appearance.
[The sword you use is made of wood, not iron, right?]
[Yes, that’s right.]
[Then it will be difficult to get attribute correction. If you go near the mineral spring, there will be a lot of wood attribute demons. Take this.]
[… … Isn’t this a chainsaw?]
[No. It’s ‘Crying Teeth’.]
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[Item] Howling Teeth
[Rank] Shinsampum (God’s Three Grades)
[Description] A metal weapon made by Sara Doryeong, the flower sensibility of the Seocheon Flower Garden. It exerts great power against targets with the wood attribute.
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Although it looked not much different from a common chainsaw, it was very effective.
A divine weapon that I am holding for the first time.
I thought the Chiljido was a strong enough weapon, but the divine weapon was on a whole other level.
‘As expected, it’s a god-level weapon. It has strong attack power and is advantageous in the five elements.’
[Attack power has been improved with the logic of gold overcoming wood!]
What would have required three or four cuts with a chisel was done with just one yowling tooth.
While traveling a considerable distance, I did not use my lightening spell or any other abilities.
‘It was a good thing I threatened Lady Sarah once. Thanks to that, I saved a lot of magic power.’
Although his stamina was considerably low, he was able to recover it with restorative medicine.
Seo Kang-rim spoke to the Seocheon children.
“Yes. I was heading to Gwangcheon Pond under the instructions of the Flower Sensei.”
“Thank goodness… … . I thought I wouldn’t be able to go back. Thanks to you, I survived.”
“Just in case, I have no intention of returning to the Seocheon Flower Garden together right now.”
At this point, the children of Seocheon were mistaken in thinking that Seo Kang-rim had come to rescue them.
But Seo Kang-rim’s goal is Gwangcheon Pond.
I happened to run into him on the way there and saved him, but I had no intention of helping him any further.
Seocheon Dongja looked a little gloomy and then said.
“Yeah, yeah. I guess I can’t help it since I have to go to the hot spring pond and check first.”
“Still, I took care of the demons that I noticed on the way here, so you can just go back carefully.”
The faces of the Seocheon children brightened a little at that story.
Seo Kang-rim sat down nearby to take a short break and opened his mouth.
“Before that, let me ask you a few questions.”
“Oh, yeah. What is it?”
The Seocheon boys sat nearby with expressions on their faces as if they were asking me anything.
He seemed willing to actively cooperate with Seo Kang-rim, who saved his life.
“Is this area originally under attack by demons like this?”
“No. In fact, the demons don’t come near the Seocheon Flower Garden very often. There’s an electric fence there.”
Now that I think about it, I remember the demons that were clinging to the barbed wire screaming and burning.
The high voltage barbed wire was certainly a threat to both humans and animals.
“But the demons tried to come over even though they were shocked.”
“Yeah. He definitely started acting weird. He became a lot more violent.”
Seocheon Dongja sighed deeply and said.
“Damn it. That’s why I should have wiped out all the demons in the first place.”
“But they usually eat intruders.”
“Ugh. It was fine until now, but what happened all of a sudden?”
It seems that they were using the demons living nearby as a protective device.
I remembered hearing that there was a route from the Demon Realm to the New Realm.
Seo Kang-rim listened to their conversation and then quietly opened his mouth.
“Have you seen any suspicious people or seen any unusual events recently?”
“… … I did see something.”
In response to Seo Kang-rim’s question, Seo Cheon-dongja spoke in a small voice.
Somehow, it seemed like he lacked confidence.
“That, but I saw it in passing… … . I think I saw a human wearing a black mask when I was running away from the demons last time.”
“Black Mask?”
If it was a black mask, it was something that clowns wore.
Are you saying there’s a clown here?
‘This never happened in my past life… … Well, even if it did, I guess it was covered up on purpose.’
If it had happened in a new world and not in this world, it would not have been made public.
First of all, there was something more concerning.
‘How on earth did the clown get here?’
Seocheon Flower Garden is a place that can only be reached by using a special method.
The most common way was to receive help from God, like Seo Kang-rim.
‘It is possible to enter through the magic mirror, but… … .’
But even that path was not known to the world.
Even Shin Su-ah, the head of the five major sects, only knew about the existence of the Seocheon Flower Garden, and did not know the exact route.
‘Is the information and power of the clown group stronger than I expected?’
He has enough power to intrude during the Zodiac Race and enough information to infiltrate the Seocheon Flower Garden.
But Seo Kang-rim seemed to have something on his mind.
‘If Lananot Maurer, who was from the Tea House, was there, he might have known how to get to the Seocheon Flower Garden.’
Fior Flowers, Salor Flowers, and Bone Flowers are special items that are not sold in stores.
Because of this, it was nearly impossible for humans to obtain the item.
Except for the Fate Protectorate.
According to them, one of the gods who supported the protectorate gave the flower as a gift.
Because of this, the soldiers were able to heal even if they sustained irreparable injuries during their missions.
There were often people who took advantage of that fact and joined the company.
‘There might be a spy within the Protectorate. If not, then the Clowns are actually… … .’
There were other guesses, but it was difficult to be certain.
It seemed like there would be no clear answer other than confronting the intruder directly and hearing his story.
Seo Kang-rim got up from his seat because he had basically found out what he wanted to know.
“Then I will go first.”
“Yes. Please take care of it. If you go a little further east, you’ll find Gwangcheon Pond.”
The Seocheon boys left a brief greeting and started running in the opposite direction.
Seo Kang-rim also quickened his steps.
As he was heading east, avoiding the demons, he suddenly stopped.
An enormous magical power was felt from the east.
