Chapter 40 · 11 min

Chapter 40

Prove the use

Seo I-hyeon first also contracted with 'Bug Praise Theory'.

No particular process was needed either. Just because wanting it just became.

From 'Bug Praise Theory' the emotion of joy flowed in.

But the texture of the emotion was a bit different from 'Breath of the Avesta'. Much lighter and thinner shall one say?

Seo I-hyeon intuitively realized that this is because of the difference in rank between the two magic books.

Well, no relation. Using a bit and if useless cutting the contract and selling is enough.

"Wait, I suddenly contracted without asking what the price is."

Honestly no particular thought. Because saying one can cut anytime.

This time also the answer 'Breath of the Avesta' did.

Rustle.

[I just need you to give the negative things accumulated in the owner's body and mind as price.]

Already knows. Because diligently searched and investigated.

Rustle.

[But in the owner's body and mind there's not even one such thing.]

Rustle.

[So one has to take part of the owner's body as price. One can choose the desired part. If using small power taking a bit of blood is enough, if using large power organs or muscles, bones degree is needed.]

Seo I-hyeon immediately made a face.

"Then it hurts."

Rustle.

[What hurts. Taking without pain is my specialty. No feeling at all will arise. Just the function disappears so inconvenient.]

Seo I-hyeon's expression brightened completely.

"Ah, yeah? No pain? You are really a decent magic book?"

Rustle.

[Ahem. I am this degree.]

Seeing the proud 'Breath of the Avesta' somehow laughter arose.

"So you are like that, the guy over there?"

Rustle.

[Eats corpses.]

Seo I-hyeon lightly nodded. Not a particularly significant price. Corpses if resolving to procure one can obtain as much as one wants.

Well, one can also kill directly.

Rustle.

[Efficiency drops. With one human corpse one can own five large bugs.]

Seo I-hyeon's face crumpled completely.

"Too shitty? If large bug what degree? Probably not the degree of the guy that guy summoned then."

Rustle.

[That is a summon so the concept is different. Large bug means about mantis shrimp degree.]

"Mantis shrimp?"

Seo I-hyeon right away did a search. And widened his eyes.

"Even this is regarded as a bug? Well, in a way it is a bug."

The mantis shrimp was a guy more amazing than Seo I-hyeon's thought.

A guy with bullet-like punches. Having various functions.

The size small ones were very small, but really large ones reach about 30 centimeters. But usually under 10 centimeters. Probably if basing on this it's enough.

"This degree is large bug, right? Is it okay?"

No. Even so one human corpse only about ten-odd centimeter bugs five. The extreme of inefficiency.

"Hiss."

Seo I-hyeon inhaling breath tilted his head.

The weight began to tilt toward the side of breaking the contract and selling.

Then 'Bug Praise Theory' whether sensing the sign flapped, and 'Breath of the Avesta' quickly flipped the pages.

Rustle.

[Ether users are much better efficiency.]

"How much?"

[It says it differs depending on how much ether the corpse contains?]

Seo I-hyeon made a face again. One has to give a quantitative answer, answering in that way how does one understand.

Suddenly Seo I-hyeon recalled the two corpses obtained when catching the skinwalker.

At that time those two people clearly used rune magic. That also magic one can't use if no talent. Even if receiving help.

Seo I-hyeon took out one corpse.

"At this degree how?"

'Bug Praise Theory' approached the corpse and slightly touched.

Rustle.

[One can own thirty large bugs.]

Seo I-hyeon put the corpse back into the shadow and tilted his head.

Ambiguous.

Then suddenly 'Bug Mania' came to mind.

"Before that guy extracted maggots madly without corpses?"

Rustle.

[It says the result of grinding his own body and making. Probably he himself doesn't even know why it became like that.]

"Grinding the body? Then the limit would be clear?"

Unless one can regenerate endlessly like Seo I-hyeon, putting in one's own body grinding in the end comes to an end.

Rustle.

[It says regenerated using treatment ampoules. The effect is very good? Every time treating efficiency also rises a bit. But the limit came soon.]

Seo I-hyeon suddenly recalled.

"Safe!"

The safe obtained then. Probably there are treatment ampoules there. Thinking about it, 'Bug Mania' summoned the large bug then ate the treatment ampoule.

Probably that wasn't the first time. Seeing very skilled and familiar.

The flow of thought continued.

'Then no need for corpses particularly?'

The body superior to anything in the world is here, why obtain other corpses with low efficiency.

The problem is exactly one.

"Does it hurt?"

Rustle.

[It says doesn't hurt. If hurting one wouldn't want to use, would a grimoire do that?]

"Oh. Plausible."

But not believing 100 percent. Because applying to other people doesn't necessarily mean applying to Seo I-hyeon too.

Seo I-hyeon is not an ordinary person.

"By the way catching bugs is bothersome, is there some solution?"

Rustle.

[Catching is also good, but summoning is better. It says there are many bugs with much more diverse abilities?]

"Diverse abilities? For example?"

Rustle.

[Exploding bugs, or bugs that store ether, shining bugs, hot bugs, hard bugs, bugs with good fertility, bugs that produce electricity. Besides that many.]

Suddenly tempted. One can summon such bugs?

"Size?"

Rustle.

[Size is also diverse. There are ones as big as a fingernail, ones smaller than that, large ones there are also many bugs larger than what seen before.]

Suddenly the weight of 'Bug Praise Theory' tilted completely toward the owning side.

Rustle.

[One can also create bugs, but that because one's rank is still lacking it doesn't work. Even though eating several owners until now it's ridiculously lacking.]

Here he flinched. Seo I-hyeon looked at 'Bug Praise Theory' with slightly cooled eyes.

"Eating the owner?"

Rustle.

[It says misunderstanding.]

"What so many misunderstandings? Alright, let's confirm only one. Did 'Bug Mania' eat or not eat?"

Rustle.

[It says ate?]

'Bug Praise Theory' flapped the pages and jumped. As if why saying such words.

Rustle.

[I just told the truth to the owner.]

Seo I-hyeon's eyes slightly narrowed. That is clearly writing to look at himself. If speaking to 'Bug Praise Theory' there would be no need to write in writing like that.

'Bug Praise Theory' flapping and diligently appealing something.

Even without 'Breath of the Avesta' conveying one roughly understood what it wants to say. Because such strong emotion flowed in.

Really desperate so seems like that.

Seo I-hyeon nodded.

"Understood. Well, that degree one understands."

So if dying from the owner's greed the magic book swallows the body and soul. From the start the owning itself includes such contract terms.

However, for Seo I-hyeon it doesn't correspond. Because a bit peculiar case.

Seo I-hyeon suddenly had such a thought.

'This me, isn't the talent toward magic books great?'

Because one can madly use magic books without particular risk.

One has to give one's body as price, but if not hurting one can give as much as one wants.

So one has to confirm from whether it hurts or not first.

"Alright, then let's try a test once."

At Seo I-hyeon's words the two magic books stood straight as if tense and waiting for the turn.

At the two magic books' attitude Seo I-hyeon chuckled.

"First bugs. First let's summon only one. The price... first try with my blood? The bug to summon... ah, there was a guy that produces electricity? Let's do that guy."

As soon as Seo I-hyeon's permission fell 'Bug Praise Theory' unfolded wide. And floated in the air.

Seo I-hyeon felt the feeling of part of his blood disappearing as if evaporating. Only a few drops, but felt very clearly. Pain was none at all. Even the dirty feeling felt every time drawing blood was none. Just only the fact that blood disappeared was felt.

"Oh! This is okay?"

In the meantime 'Bug Praise Theory' was spitting ominous light. As if dark red light that would come from the bottom of hell.

And from the unfolded book one bug crawled out wriggling then dropped on the floor.

A peculiarly looking bug. Just looking at the appearance one could intuitively know what ability it has.

The body is round and cute looking. But the body was full of lightning-shaped patterns.

Occasionally light flashed from the patterns, and every time it looked as if lightning striking.

About 10 centimeters size, the six legs so short that one worried whether one can really walk with that.

"Looks fun."

Thinking of the blood that disappeared just now only a few drops. With just that degree one can summon one such bug.

"The cost-performance is crazy."

The test is a great success.

Rustle.

[It says summoning is summoning and dominating is dominating. One has to consume the price separately and dominate.]

"Let's do that."

Dominating seems the consumption amount of the price differs according to the bug type. At most less than the summoning amount.

No particularly eye-catching visual effect. Just the feeling that some blood disappeared arose, and only the conviction that dominated that guy arose.

"This is the sense of dominating bugs."

One can give instructions with just thought. And complex instructions don't work. It has to be instructions matching exactly that bug's level.

Whether that bug accepts Seo I-hyeon's instructions or not is not important. Because unconditionally accepts. But there's no guarantee of properly understanding and performing the instructions.

Still intuitively one could know to what degree level of instructions that guy can accept.

That was enough. This, is useful.

"Good. Pass."

At Seo I-hyeon's words 'Bug Praise Theory' flapped and jumped.

"That good?"

Seo I-hyeon grinning looking at 'Bug Praise Theory', 'Breath of the Avesta' gradually moved and blocked the field of view. As if asking to look at itself. And as if asking to use its magic too.

Seo I-hyeon quietly looked down at 'Breath of the Avesta'.

"But what can you do?"

'Breath of the Avesta' as if waiting flipped the pages.

Rustle.

[I can purify negative things. Make whatever clean.]

"I use negative things so shouldn't eliminate?"

'Breath of the Avesta' flustered and quickly flipped the pages.

Rustle.

[One can also use hot fire. One can burn and melt whatever.]

"Dangerous."

Rustle.

[One can also use chains of fire. Very useful for tightly binding guys without entity.]

Hot fire is clearly dangerous even to the owner Seo I-hyeon. So flipping the pages right away like that.

"That is a bit okay."

Rustle.

[And I can gather divinity.]

Seo I-hyeon made a face.

"This was a dangerous guy."

'Breath of the Avesta' trembled at Seo I-hyeon's cold gaze.

"Rather than another guy having storing by me is better. You, don't gather divinity carelessly."

Rustle.

[If the owner doesn't want even if wanting to gather one can't gather.]

"That is fortunate."

Rustle.

[But if divinity arises isn't it good in various ways? One can take off the human shell.]

Seo I-hyeon chuckled.

"That human shell is somewhat precious."

Rustle.

[?????]

Seo I-hyeon reading the page full of question marks chuckled again.

Anyway a fun guy. Anyway decided not to discard this guy either.

The use he decided to think slowly.

Anyway regarding magic books looking into is enough around here.

Seo I-hyeon went to the bed and flopped down.

Since did as much as to do now one has to rest a bit.

Seo I-hyeon entered the mage community. Already from when picking up the connector a smile floated on the mouth corners. That smile didn't disappear at all.

* * *

Cheonra was an organization specializing in tracking and exploration in the hidden world.

Of course they also do other work. Tracking and capturing, or assassinating.

But such work is not common. Usually the moment finding the target the mission ends.

So those belonging to Cheonra are mostly specialized in finding or tracking something, and obtaining information.

Jo Hyeon-tae was a tracker belonging to Cheonra.

Observation power was also excellent, eyes were also good, and decisively had a good ability in finding and chasing something.

Jo Hyeon-tae was slowly looking around the room with three team members.

This place was the one-room Seo I-hyeon used before. The luggage was also mostly as is.

Jo Hyeon-tae looking around the room pointed at a few items with his finger. Then his team members took them.

Nothing special. The pillow Seo I-hyeon used, the cup frequently used, toothbrush, and worn towel kind.

There was the common point of items Seo I-hyeon frequently touched or used.

"At that degree enough. Nothing separately came out?"

"There are traces of movement shall we try tracking?"

Jo Hyeon-tae nodded.

"First try. I don't see up to there."

The team member also has ability regarding tracking. Not great, ability to see traces that disappeared because old. Not seeing mystery, only seeing physical.

The conditions are picky so one has to use well, but if using properly fairly usable.

"First five people moved here, the target lured them and went out. And the target entered again then went out."

Jo Hyeon-tae nodded and gestured with his chin.

"Track."

The team member immediately moved.

He carefully examined the floor while slowly walking.

The speed was slow but everyone had expertise in enduring. They silently followed the team member and moved steps.

"Moved by subway."

Jo Hyeon-tae scratched his head. The moment the target used public transportation it becomes bothersome.

"Can you track?"

"First I'll try."

"Wait."

Jo Hyeon-tae tightly closed his eyes and used the ability.

His ability is peeking.

Looking into others' gazes. The owner of that gaze doesn't necessarily have to be a living being. Camera is also a gaze. If the absolute majority concept acknowledges as gaze it's enough.

Since knowing Seo I-hyeon's face if groping the memory of gazes near here it's enough.

"Fuck, what is this?"

Jo Hyeon-tae startled and opened his eyes wide.

From his eyes one thin line of blood tears flowed down.

What he peeked through the camera's gaze was a form dyed with mystery and shining to the degree of burning. Just briefly looking with gaze peeking yet flowed blood tears. The head throbs.

"Are you okay?"

"Not okay."

Jo Hyeon-tae pressed his temples hard. The state is not good. But still he found out. Where going. First while following and briefly looking in one will be able to find out the destination degree.

"Ye Ju-hwan said couldn't see at all, certainly not ordinary. This the unit price won't match?"

Jo Hyeon-tae grumbled and moved steps.

Like that he arrived at the goshiwon Seo I-hyeon was staying. Jo Hyeon-tae became almost a mess.

"Enter and confirm."

At Jo Hyeon-tae's instruction the team members poured into the goshiwon.

Probably the target moved again from here. The real tracking starts from now.

Jo Hyeon-tae exhaled a deep sigh. If finishing this mission it seems one has to rest at least one month.