How to survive as a loser in the Yoo Seong-geom family
Episode 42
Ghosts live (3)
The two Douksini disappeared, leaving behind only the wall-mounted bats, as if they had never been there in the first place.
“What the heck is this… … .”
Even as someone who has played Disa for a long time, it was a situation that I couldn’t understand.
There is a magic called ‘sorcery’ that only special beings among the Du-eok-sin-i can use, but as far as I know, there is no magic that can completely hide one’s appearance and presence.
I don’t know if it would be better if it were transformed into a will-o’-the-wisp… … but that’s not it either.
‘That means they could be a type of ghost too… … .’
Even a two-legged eagle has a soul, so if you assume that the other party is a ghost, the ghost will match up to some extent.
Except for one thing.
‘Then how do you use physical force, and how does physical force work?’
Originally, spirits cannot use physical force. To be exact, they cannot exert ‘strong’ physical force in this world.
At best, it is limited to opening closed doors or moving small objects.
Instead, they are also beings that are impervious to the physical power of this world.
However, they managed to block our attacks, however poorly. This means that the Du-eok-sin-i brothers have enough power to intervene in the present world to some extent.
“What the heck… … .”
What is certain is that the content of the quest is different from what I knew.
In the first place, the ghosts that appear in this quest are ones that cannot leave the villa.
That means that the difficulty of the strategy may have changed.
‘What should I do… … Should I go back like this?’
The worries were short.
That won’t work.
The 30,000 gold I was supposed to receive from Hong Tao was too much of a waste to just back out like this.
‘It’s a quest that ends as soon as we eliminate the medium anyway… … Should I just charge in? Those two guys were originally much weaker than Du-eok-sin-i. They say they can use physical force now, but since our attacks will also work, I think it’ll be doable at this level.’
Yeah, let’s just go ahead.
While I was making a decision in my mind, Isabelle came up to me and spoke quietly.
“What on earth were those things that just disappeared like fog right before my eyes? I’ve never seen anything like that before… .”
“ghost.”
“yes?”
Isabelle looked puzzled, as if surprised by my careless answer.
“Ghosts. Those two guys just now.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. Where in the world are there ghosts? It must be the tricks of a mine or a witch.”
Isabelle’s eyes narrowed.
The corners of her lips, which had been trembling, slowly rose. It was an obvious laughter to anyone who saw it.
‘As expected, as expected of a knight, you don’t believe in ghosts.’
There were definitely ghosts in this world, but it was starting to get dark and there was no time to convince Isabelle.
To complete the mission as quickly as possible, you must quickly enter the mansion before the sun completely sets.
“Well, think whatever you want. That’s not what’s urgent right now.”
I picked up the wall-crawler bat that had fallen on the ground and began to climb the rough mountain path, relying on the light from the magic lantern that Isabelle was holding.
* * *
“Is this the villa that Count Bruges purchased?”
“I guess so.”
After climbing the mountain path for about thirty minutes, a large two-story mansion surrounded by ivy appeared.
An old building with an eerie atmosphere, bathed in the moonlight at night. Around it, tools that looked like they had been hastily abandoned by construction workers were lying around.
“It really looks like they’ve all run away. Judging from the fact that they chased away so many people, they must not be ordinary ghosts.”
“Where in the world are there ghosts? Only weak people believe in ghosts. Even if they exist, if you have the spirit, you can easily drive them out.”
Isabelle answered my monologue in a firm voice.
Looking at her expressionless face, I couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.
‘How can he be so calm in front of such an eerie looking mansion… … Is he really the next King of Hell?’
It was a moment when I felt ashamed of myself for being so scared at the thought of having to face a ghost.
‘Yeah, come to think of it, those two hundred thousand people earlier seemed like ghosts too… … They weren’t that scary, right? I’m the second son of the main family, so this is it. I can’t be outdone by the next King of Hell.’
okay.
It all depends on your mind.
I’ve mastered Stormbringer, Meteorite, and even Hyuncheon-gong, so how can I be scared of a ghost?
When I think about it again, it’s a pathetic thing. As I made up my mind and approached the door of the mansion, Isabelle, who had been looking around, hurriedly ran toward me.
“Are you going in now?”
“I have to go in. I can’t stay out all night.”
As I stood in front of the door and slowly turned the doorknob, the door to the mansion opened with a creaking sound of old hinges.
What was soon revealed was a large hall in the center of the mansion, a floor covered in dust, and long hallways extending on both sides of the hall.
Isabelle, who was looking around with lanterns shining here and there, said with a puzzled look.
“It’s a two-story house… … I can’t see the stairs leading to the second floor.”
As Isabelle had said, the staircase connecting the second floor, which should have been structurally located in the center of the hall, was not visible.
Where there should have been stairs, there was only a wall with exposed bricks, and above it was visible the railing of the second floor of the building.
Fortunately, this is something I experienced at Disa, so I can answer with confidence.
“Oh, that? It’ll show up if you wait a bit.”
“When you say a little… …, how much do you mean?”
“About three or four hours?”
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“How do you know such facts, Master?”
Isabelle asked, seeming puzzled.
Of course, I couldn’t answer truthfully, so I made up some excuse.
“I saw a book with similar cases in the master’s study.”
“Your Majesty, you are reading a book. How unexpected.”
When I gave the same answer I had given to Belkan, Isabelle let out a heartfelt exclamation of admiration.
“… … I read books too.”
What on earth does he think of me?
anyway.
Clearly, after that amount of time has passed in the game, the second floor opens and a ‘medium’ appears.
A gamer who doesn’t know anything will wander around the first floor for three or four hours in game time and encounter ghosts.
In other words, it is a quest that is blatantly designed to trick players.
‘Um… … I felt the same way when I first cleared it.’
When I think back on that time, I still get goosebumps.
The tension of opening the numerous doors in the first floor hallway one by one to clear the quest in a situation where visibility is strictly limited, not knowing what might pop out…
‘But the central hall is safe, right?’
This is something I learned after clearing Count Brugendt’s quest a couple of times: ghosts do not appear in the central hall.
The moment I ran into the central hall, avoiding the guys who were immune to physical force, they gave up chasing me and turned back.
That means it’s safe to stay here until the second floor opens.
“Anyway, I need to get some sleep. You should close your eyes too. If you stay here, you won’t get attacked or anything.”
“That can’t be happening. Sleeping in the middle of enemy territory is like that. As a knight, this is absolutely unacceptable.”
I felt a chill at Isabelle’s chilling voice, so I pushed back the sleeping bag she had taken out of the backpack she was carrying.
“Oh, okay… … You just have to not sleep.”
“Your Majesty, please go to sleep.”
“As a knight, this is an unacceptable act.”
“You are not a knight, are you, my lord? I will keep watch, so you can sleep comfortably.”
That’s true, but… … I feel strange that he’s saying what I should be saying.
As I sat there blankly, not knowing what to do, the corners of Isabelle’s eyes rose fiercely.
“Go to sleep. Right now.”
Hwaruruk-
Naturalization blossomed in her brown eyes. A fighting spirit that rivaled that of the fight in the smokehouse weighed down her entire body.
If you don’t go to sleep right now, you’re going to have to fight.
“… … Okay. I guess I’ll just sleep.”
I don’t know what it is, but I can’t have another life-or-death duel with Isabelle here.
“Damn, I don’t know who the cause of the boil is and who the owner is… … .”
I took out my sleeping bag with a small grumble and closed my eyes to try to sleep.
* * *
How much time has passed?
The first thing I felt when I opened my eyes to the dim moonlight streaming through the window was a chill that made my whole body shiver.
“Ugh, shit… … it’s cold.”
Perhaps because winter was not yet over, the interior of the mansion at dawn, which had no heating facilities, was so cold that white breath came out.
“I would have died if I hadn’t had a sleeping bag. By the way, where did this guy go?”
Isabelle, who volunteered to stand guard, was nowhere to be seen.
I focused my mana into my eyes and sharpened my vision, and I saw footprints left behind where she had stood.
“This…….”
Footsteps stretched out towards the right corridor. I had a strangely ominous feeling.
I quietly took the sword that I had placed on the nightstand and walked towards the hallway on the right.
A dark hallway where not even moonlight can enter because all the windows are covered with ivy.
At the end of the darkness where I couldn’t see even an inch ahead, I felt a small movement.
‘Isabel?’
The hallway was so dark that no matter how hard I strained my eyes, I couldn’t even see a silhouette.
‘Isabel has the light too, dammit.’
As I faced the pitch-black darkness, the fear I had suppressed began to creep up my heart.
It was absolutely not something I could do in my right mind to step into this place alone, where I didn’t know what would pop out at any time.
‘It seems certain that Isabelle has come this way… … .’
So I thought of a way to find Isabelle without going into the hallway.
[Stormbringer – Shapeshift: Knuckle]
Fall off-
A flash of lightning surged into the tip of his clenched fist.
“bout!”
Let’s thrust our fist forward with a short shout.
Phage support support-
A powerful spark shot straight ahead instantly illuminated the inside of the hallway.
The sight that came into my eyes at that fleeting moment.
“Ahh, ahhh… … .”
Halfway down the hallway, Isabelle was seen struggling, screaming faintly, surrounded by a hazy mist.
“What the heck… … !!!”
I didn’t know what it was, but it was clear that it was a dangerous situation. I ran towards Isabelle, maintaining Stormbringer’s brainwave to pierce through the darkness, and grabbed her wrist that was wildly swinging through the air.
“Gyah! Go away, go away… … !!! Please go away… … I hate ghosts the most in the world. Please, I beg you.”
Isabelle pleaded with the spirits who were scattering away, shedding tears and snot, without even knowing that she had come.
One fortunate thing is that the crowd of guys was so focused on Isabelle that to me they just looked like a cloud of white fog.
If it hadn’t been for that… … .
‘I would have been screaming like a fool next to Isabelle too.’
Slap- He lightly slapped her cheek, as if her soul had left her.
“Wake up, Inma.”
“Oh, my lord?”
Isabelle looks up at me with tears in her eyes. She said she wasn’t afraid of ghosts, but she was a total liar.
“Are you really the young master?”
“Then it’s me. Who could it be… … .”
“Thank goodness, thank goodness… … Thank you, Master… … Thank you so much… … .”
Suddenly, Isabelle hugged my right arm.
Crackle- My right arm screamed as it could not withstand her brute strength.
“Ouch! It hurts! Let’s talk about this!”
“There’s a ghost in there… … There are a lot of ghosts. I went to the bathroom… … No… … Ugh… … Anyway, I went down the hallway and there was a basement staircase… … A woman with her tongue out… … Ugh… … Telling me to get out… … If it weren’t for you, Master, I would’ve died… … .”
Isabelle, who still hasn’t come to her senses, is hugging my arm and talking nonsense.
“Okay, let’s go to the central hall first.”
Since calming her down was the priority, I was about to drag Isabelle towards the central hall where the guys wouldn’t invade.
– [Zodiac of Madness] appears in the basement of the right hallway.
A bright red message with an ominous tone appeared.
