Episode 236: Goblin Country -1-
A night when the moon is brightly shining.
I was sitting on Bulguksa Temple in Gyeongju and looking at the moon.
It feels like there have been more guards and monks on duty since the last invasion, but it doesn’t matter.
Now that I’m level 7, I can easily avoid them without having to use stealth.
‘Should we go in now?’
I took three treasures out of my golf bag.
Geumcheok, Hwaju, and finally Okjeok.
In other words, it is a panacea.
Last time I used the Dasan gun set.
There is no need for that now.
If you use three pieces of ancient treasure, you can enter the Goblin Land.
It’s even better.
The entrance created by the Dasan Tomb Set is randomly selected from among five, but I can create the three ancient treasures as I wish.
Pililly. Pililly.
He blew the whistle on Manpasikjeok.
I put my magic power into it and aimed straight ahead.
Then a peculiar sound wave rang out, and at the end of the sound, it overlapped and created a hole in the air.
The sound of two horns blowing almost simultaneously.
Ppaaak!
“Intruder!”
“Where are you? Where?”
“Above the Daeungjeon Hall!”
“Catch him!”
The guards were certainly agile.
As soon as I blow the flute, he reacts and runs.
But I had already thrown myself into the hole.
In the end, the guards were in vain, and the world I saw was completely turned upside down.
A world where ink-and-wash painting mountains move.
A place where weeping sheep clouds and hairy land coexist.
Today too, a fairy wind blows and kisses my cheek.
It’s been a few months here too.
As I stood there blankly looking around, a goblin appeared with a pop.
“Hey! Mr. Kim!”
An unusually short goblin.
Instead, his shoulders are broad and his waist is like a mortar board.
Even at first glance, it looks like a body that uses a lot of strength.
It was Danggo-ma, the best warrior in the goblin country who wrestled with me.
“It’s been a while.”
“Oh! It’s been so long! Lady! Look! Mr. Kim, our matchmaker, is here!”
“Mr. Kim is here?”
A female goblin with long legs and a hunched back, 180 degrees different from the goblin, came down gracefully from the sky.
Still wearing a wedding dress and a headband.
The female goblin held the wedding dress with both hands and bowed gracefully.
“It’s been a while, Mr. Kim.”
“That’s right. How have you been?”
Everyone looks healthy.
Especially male goblins.
It used to be so dirty, but now the scroll is pure white.
It’s so straightened out that it looks like it’s been ironed.
Danggo-ma was about to say something with a smile.
But then suddenly his face hardens.
He’s staring at my right hand as if possessed.
The female goblin standing next to him is the same.
When a couple becomes a pair of stone statues, they only look at my hand.
I laughed quietly.
It can’t be helped.
Because I’m holding a Manpasikjeok in my right hand.
“Hey, Mr. Kim. That… … .”
Danggoma barely opened his mouth, trembling.
“That, that… … That’s it, right? That’s it? That’s it?”
A situation that makes you laugh.
Is it that shocking that they brought Manpasikjeok?
The bride goblin next to him was also trembling.
“Mr. Kim? Isn’t that… … jade? One of the three great treasures of our race… … .”
Then the two of them start flashing fire from their eyes.
Like a tiger encountered in the middle of the night.
Or like a running locomotive with its headlights on.
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If you waste time looking at something that’s even mad, it’ll try to eat you up.
I nodded cheerfully.
“That’s right, it’s a Manpasikjeok. I found it in the stomach of a demon in the North Pole.”
“Manpasikjeok!”
“Okjeok!”
“oh my god!”
“This is a real gem!”
“Viva!”
“Hurrah! Hurrah!”
The two goblins raised their hands high.
Then, the goblin takes out the pistol on his waist and the female goblin takes out the shotgun on her thigh and fires them into the sky.
Boom! Boom boom boom!
Firecrackers exploded loudly.
Firecrackers in seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
Firecrackers in five colors: blue, red, yellow, white, and black.
It draws a circle in the air and explodes, forms into a sphere and explodes, and makes triangles, squares, and jagged angles and explodes repeatedly.
“What, what?”
“What is it? What is it?”
“Who is making such a fuss at this late hour and not sleeping?”
“It’s Mr. Kim!”
“Huh? Mr. Kim?”
“This is the legendary Mr. Kim!”
“It’s Mr. Kim who helped us match last time!”
“Wow! Mr. Kim is here?”
Only then did the goblins start walking out leisurely.
Danggoma jumped up and down and shouted.
“Oh, you lazy bastards. Come out here, you rascals! See what our Mr. Kim has brought!”
“What did you bring?”
“Why? Did you bring some buckwheat jelly from Seoul?”
“You just have to swing the bat once, and it’ll be like buckwheat jelly… … .”
“You stupid pigs! Do you think I’m going to shoot firecrackers with something like that? I brought you a stick! A stick!”
“What?”
“what?”
Only then do the goblins pop out.
Like a flash of light.
The two hundred or so goblins residing in Goblin Land all came running out and gathered in front of me.
He stares intently at the Manpasikjeok I’m holding.
“Oh, it’s true!”
“It’s a trap!”
“Mom!”
“Father!”
“The Manpasikjeok, the Yongsin’s flute, and the heavenly god’s treasure have returned to us!”
“Long live!”
“It’s a festival!”
“Hehehehe! Let’s have a drink!”
“Let’s have a dance party!”
“Let’s have a wrestling match!”
The goblins began to dance.
Intense break dancing.
I was shaking my head, spinning the windmill, twisting my arms and legs, and flipping over and over again. It was total chaos.
Phew! Phew Phew!
A goblin gun that shoots with it.
Firecrackers flew into the distance with each shot of the gun, a variation of the bat.
The clouds were screaming and running away.
Even though it was clearly deep night, the sky brightened as if the sun had risen.
The familiar goblins grabbed me.
“Hey! Mr. Kim! Let’s go out together after a long time!”
“How about a battle? A battle?”
“No. I’ll just set the mood.”
What I chose was Manpasikjeok.
Piliriri. Piliriri.
I played any song I could think of.
Although it is not a great performance, Manpasikjeok is a powerful artifact in itself.
While the law of peace enveloped the goblin country, a cheerful and clear tone was captivating the goblins.
“Errsss!”
“Jihwaja!”
“Jeolssigu!”
“good night!”
The exclamations are indigenous, but the dance is completely Western.
A hollow laugh just bursts out in that gap.
The goblins, who had been sweating for a long time, gathered around me.
“Eat eat!”
“Mr. Kim, you’ve worked hard!”
“I heard you went all the way to the North Pole?”
“What? The North Pole? What kind of buckwheat jelly is that?”
“Oh my, that ignorant guy.”
“I mean the North Pole! The North Pole! The northernmost part of the land!”
“Ah, where is the North Sea Ice Palace?”
“It’s been a while since that place was destroyed… … Oh my, Grandpa. Come to your senses.”
Is it because it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you?
The goblins look even more cheerful.
Maybe it’s because I’m married.
A union with your perfect other half… … .
To be honest, I’m a little jealous.
I failed.
On finding my other half.
“It’s delicious.”
What the goblins offered to treat him to was a piece of boiled pork and a bite of well-cooked pickled vegetables.
No words were needed.
The meat was tender and the pickled vegetables were spicy but just the right amount of sour, which really whetted my appetite.
It’s on a whole different level from the bossam I’ve been served before.
The dangoma sniffed under his nose.
“Our wife pickled it herself! Without even using a mallet! How is it? Is it delicious?”
“It’s the best. It’s much better than the one you gave me before.”
“That’s… … Ugh! Admit it! To be honest, our men aren’t very good at cooking.”
“What kind of cooking can you do with a bat!”
“What the hell is cleaning!”
“One snap of the bat and it’s all over!”
Half of them are gone, but half of them are still dancing.
He blew the flute while eating the meat.
amain.
With all my heart.
Even the characteristics have been changed.
[Dragon’s cry][Song][Magic soul]
[Deep Breath][Magic Explosion][Training]
It is not a characteristic that directly helps in playing the flute.
But it doesn’t help in acquiring traits.
He took a deep breath and blew into the flute.
When the magic power was combined, a loud roaring thunder sound was heard.
[There are three bears in one house♩!]
I sang the song of the dragon’s cry in one breath.
It was detonated through Manpasikjeok.
In an instant, a shockwave erupted, tearing apart the atmosphere.
All the dancing goblins fell down at once.
“Ugh!”
“Kkuek!”
“W-Wow, Mr. Kim! You’re trying to kill us… … .”
“I won’t die. It’ll just be a total disaster.”
A forced peace zone created by Manpasikjeok.
Inside, it is impossible to attack or get hurt.
Of course, it won’t work on high-level bosses.
As evidence, the goblins were staggering but standing up normally.
“Here we go again!”
“Ugh!”
“Oh, no!”
“Huh. You weaklings. Mr. Kim! Blow it loudly! I’ll dance it loudly!”
“great.”
The dragon’s cry song again.
No, the flute.
Thunder strikes again.
The goblins were in agony, covering their eardrums, but one person was different.
What was your name?
The first big goblin I wrestled with.
That’s right. I called it a dumpling.
They say he may not be good at wrestling, but he’s good at dancing, and his dancing to the sound of my compressed flute was powerful.
“Sir! I’ll go too!”
The atmosphere heats up as the bride and goblin start dancing together.
“Oh, I don’t know!”
“It’s not like I’m really getting hurt!”
“Okjeok-ah! I believe you! Don’t make your little brother sick!”
“let’s go!”
Military service is underway.
The songs are sung syllable by syllable, so the movements don’t match, but even that is gradually coming together.
It was a novel experience.
The way they dance perfectly to what I’m playing.
Could this be the function of Manpasikjeok?
Silla’s treasure that brings peace and abundance.
Even I, a layman when it comes to musical instruments, was able to elevate the performance to a higher level, even to the point where I was playing a song that didn’t really suit me at all.
Isn’t it?
Actually, doesn’t it match really well?
They say that Manpasikjeok is a treasure given by King Munmu, who is said to have turned into a dragon.
It has to go well with the song Yongul’s Cry.
Beep beep beep.
A dragon’s song that keeps on crying without stopping.
It starts to change into a strange melody.
It was clear that I was singing only one syllable, but the entire song was playing.
Echoing.
Step by step.
One song, two songs, three songs are overlapped and played, creating an effect similar to a choir.
The fingers that press and release the flute are light.
The breath he breathes is heavy and solemn.
But the song that comes out is cheerful and upbeat… … .
[Play] Acquire characteristics.
I clenched my fist inwardly.
‘Good!’
Dancing, singing, playing, acting, decorating, praying.
[Wish] It is a material with a special characteristic.
okay.
That’s exactly what I wish for.
Although it may not solve everything in the world, it is one of the most powerful traits in Arcane Seoul.
It was created quickly, perhaps because of the use of Manpasikjeok or because of special privileges from the Goblin Country.
Now that you’ve acquired the trait, there’s no reason to play the flute any longer.
As soon as I put in the Manpasikjeok, the goblins fell to their seats.
“Heh, heh, that was hard.”
“It was burned white… … .”
“Ugh, look at my calves.”
“My calves are completely torn.”
“Let’s have a drink!”
“Soo-ul!”
“Makgeolli!”
A drinking party followed by a food party took place.
“Drink, drink!”
The goblin pours makgeolli.
A whole dong full.
Anyway, goblins have big bellies and big beer bellies.
By the way, you didn’t drink much last time because you went to the gunman’s ruins, right?
“Ugh.”
He emptied a bucket of makgeolli and took a long gulp.
Then the goblins clapped their hands in agreement.
“As expected, it’s our Mr. Kim!”
“Our Mr. Kim is the best!”
“Will I ever meet Mr. Kim like this again?”
“That’s hard.”
“Mr. Kim, you have to live a long life, right?”
Oh my god, what on earth is this happening?
I just laughed it off.
After drinking a few more bowls of makgeolli given to him by the goblins, he stood up from his seat.
In addition to the Manpasikjeok he was holding, he took out a gold pick and a fire spear.
Then the goblins’ eyes became bright and sparkling.
“Let’s start going out into the world.”
“in the end!”
“at las!”
“Hurrah! Let’s go to Seoul! Let’s go to Seoul!”
“I told you to send the horse to Jeju Island and the goblin to Seoul!”
But before we begin, there is one thing to check.
“But where does this lead? If it falls in the wrong place, it’ll be a headache.”
It was the same in games.
It appeared, destroying an apartment complex on the outskirts of Seoul.
Fortunately, no one was hurt, but what could have happened if the entire apartment complex had collapsed?
That’s part of the entrance quest to Goblin Land.
Resolving disputes with apartment complex residents.
It wasn’t difficult.
Just have a little conversation, do some minor quests, and then deduct the money from your inventory.
“I don’t know?”
“I don’t know.”
“Where on the peninsula will it fall?”
“But you won’t go north of Mt. Baekdu, right?”
“It won’t even cross the ocean.”
It’s random, you say.
“All right.”
I can cope with any fall.
I guess you can just set an appropriate amount of compensation and give it to them.
Who would hate to be given ten times more than what is accepted in this world?
Since ancient times, the reason why agreements cannot be reached is because there is not enough money.
Enough money is indistinguishable from the god of negotiation.
I overlapped the three treasures of the Goblin Kingdom in one place.
“Let’s get started.”
“Go, go, go!”
“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!”
Goblins surrounded me.
Inject magic power.
Manpasikjeok emits green light, Geumchuk emits golden light, and Hwaju emits scarlet light.
The lights blend together.
A rainbow unfolds.
The Seven-Colored Light embraces the goblins and the goblin country.
A world that is slowly being erased.
The clouds melt away and the hairy earth evaporates.
The wind fairy disappeared, leaving behind only the sound of laughter.
And the rising world.
It was a dark night, but the ground looked like stars had fallen from the sky.
A place where countless glittering skyscrapers rise up.
seoul.
“uh?”
In that moment I realized I was screwed.
A descending world.
The sub-dimensional world of goblins.
Right towards that city.
Because it was heading straight for Seoul.
And not to the outskirts, but to Gangnam.
In Gangnam, to Samseong-dong, where all the headquarters of large corporations are densely located.
Especially for some hundreds of meters tall skyscrapers.
Wow!
The sound of a temple bell ringing.
The space is distorted.
The building twists and splits at will.
Fortunately, people landed on the ground intact thanks to the protection of a strange law, but the building, this multi-billion dollar skyscraper, was completely destroyed.
No, if I say it’s broken, I’m not expressing it properly.
It was completely reduced to ruins.
Not overnight, but in just one second.
I was oppressed by the goblin kingdom that appeared through the dimension.
“What the heck is this… … .”
And the center of it.
There was a woman.
A woman who was always working hard, wearing a suit and gold-rimmed glasses, even late at night.
It was Seong Hee-young.
