Chapter 44 · 11 min

Chapter 44

That person then

Handled all the anomalies in the building.

So now returning is enough.

But Seo I-hyeon something was irritating.

A sticky feeling as if shitting and not wiping the bottom enough.

Briefly worried what the reason is, soon found the answer.

"Still dark."

Because night dark is natural. But the darkness Seo I-hyeon said is a bit different.

Saying the deep darkness that occupied a certain range centered on this building.

If the darkness arose because of the anomalies, now that the anomalies disappeared, the darkness should also have disappeared.

But still dark means, something still remains.

One has to find that.

"No time."

Doesn't know when the Management Bureau will rush in. Well, might not come.

Still just in case decided to resolve as quickly as possible and return.

If something there would be inside the building.

But the building interior really no place not dug corners. No separately made secret space either.

Dug thoroughly with the shadow eye. Even confirmed up to the sewage pipes.

Yet didn't discover something strange.

Seo I-hyeon briefly worried.

'What did I miss? Where did I overlook and just go over?'

While worrying looked around. Now Seo I-hyeon was standing in the center of the lobby.

Black and White were standing nearby guarding the surroundings.

Seo I-hyeon looking around the gaze went up.

Seo I-hyeon's eyes that were looking at the lobby ceiling for a moment slightly widened.

"Didn't confirm there."

A place so natural that one can't understand why didn't recall didn't confirm.

Exactly the rooftop.

White also didn't confirm there. Because Seo I-hyeon's fixed idea cognition didn't reach at all.

Regarding crawling old men don't go outside the building so of course wouldn't go up to the rooftop either so excluded from the exploration range from the start.

Anyway Seo I-hyeon right away confirmed the rooftop. The shadow eye bulged in the middle of the rooftop.

Looking around all directions nothing is visible.

'None?'

Seo I-hyeon tilted his head. Not visible but something strange. What is strange soon realized. The height is different. Only the place the shadow eye is now somehow a bit high.

The shadow eye entered the shadow again then this time bulged from the edge of the rooftop.

And confirmed the place the shadow eye was just now.

Rooftop center. There something grotesque was there.

Sticky mucus was spread on the floor, and on it something wrapped with a membrane bulged out. On the mucus and membrane all disgusting blood vessels sprouted like spider webs.

And something wrapped with the membrane throbbed as if a heart beating.

On the mucus spread on the floor also blood vessels sprouted a lot, those blood vessels were connected to the building. That is not digging into the building, but really connected. As if exchanging blood with the building.

"What is that?"

First time seeing. Well, among what seen after coming over to this world how many not first time seeing.

Anyway something wrapped in the membrane throbbing like that then suddenly what was inside began to wriggle. As if something confined trying to tear the membrane and come out.

No, actually did so. What was inside madly pushed and scratched the membrane then suddenly long blades grew continuously and began to split the membrane.

And from inside a crawling old man crawled out.

'So there were that many.'

Didn't know producing crawling old men on the rooftop.

The crawling old man after splitting the membrane and coming out couldn't come to senses for a moment. Not even opening eyes lying face down then raised the head and opened eyes wide.

Pitch black eyes were truly grotesque. Anyway opening eyes, began to crawl toward the rooftop entrance.

No reason to leave that.

Seo I-hyeon appeared in front of the crawling old man with shadow movement.

And almost at the same time as Seo I-hyeon White surged from the shadow.

Slash!

The crawling old man's neck was cut and rolled.

Seo I-hyeon without even paying attention to that side walked toward the grotesque mucus in the center of the rooftop.

Before he knew it the membrane was swelling again. Inside the membrane something round lump was wriggling. That growing and becoming a crawling old man seems.

Eliminating this is simple. Just calling Black and handling is enough, or handling with magic is enough.

But suddenly 'Breath of the Avesta' came to Seo I-hyeon's mind.

Isn't it a just good situation to test 'Breath of the Avesta'?

No matter who looks that mucus and swollen membrane, and the lump inside the membrane was a collection of negativity.

Seo I-hyeon took out 'Breath of the Avesta' from the shadow.

'Breath of the Avesta' as soon as coming outside flapped and stuck tightly to Seo I-hyeon's leg.

When Seo I-hyeon tightly gripped the upper part of the book and detached, the pages flipped.

Rustle.

[Sorry. Won't do again. Please forgive, owner.]

"Seeing what doing."

Seo I-hyeon said that then pointed at the mucus in the center of the rooftop with his finger.

"That. Can purify, right?"

'Breath of the Avesta' at Seo I-hyeon's words turned and confirmed the mucus then floated in the air.

The pages flipped, and soon from the unfolded page red light mystery poured out.

Seo I-hyeon at that moment felt the feeling of blood evaporating. The amount was fairly. About half a paper cup?

The red light that flowed from the book poured like a waterfall and spread on the floor.

And flowed like a river and touched the mucus.

The red light covered all the mucus in an instant.

And the mucus without even a bit of resistance became ashes from the end and rose to the sky.

As if flames from a bonfire rising to the sky, ash powder rode the air and rose to the sky.

All the mucus becoming ashes and scattering was literally an instant.

Seo I-hyeon watching that scenery slightly smiled.

At this degree fairly satisfying, right.

Everything became ashes and disappeared. The mucus too, the membrane that swelled on it too, and the blood vessels that were connected to the building too.

When the cause disappeared, the deep darkness that had settled centered on the building also gradually lifted.

'Breath of the Avesta' slowly descended from the air and stood on the floor. And turned and looked at Seo I-hyeon.

Rustle.

[Did well?]

"Yeah. Did well. So it was a guy that needed purification."

Rustle.

[It was nothing.]

Seo I-hyeon chuckled. And looked at the place the mucus was just now.

Very clean as if such a thing didn't exist from the start.

Now there will be no more occasion of crawling old men appearing here.

This just could know.

Negative things settling again in the place 'Breath of the Avesta' just purified was never an easy thing.

Not only purified the mucus, but the building connected to it was also naturally purified.

So for such a thing to settle again, one has to dye the building with negativity first.

Probably that wouldn't be an easy thing.

Because the darkness disappeared a floating population will arise near here.

"By the way..."

Seo I-hyeon looking at 'Breath of the Avesta' muttered.

"The efficiency is a bit... Bugs three drops is enough yet used a full half cup."

'Breath of the Avesta' flared up.

Rustle.

[Do you know how vicious the guy just purified was? Do you know there's a grimoire that can resolve that with just half a cup of blood? Not just purified the guy stuck to the building but purified all bound to the contaminated mystery. Do you know such a grimoire that can do that is common?]

'Breath of the Avesta' poured out a passionate speech. Seo I-hyeon reading all that nodded. Certainly at that degree hard to talk about efficiency.

Such a thing one can't do with 'Bug Praise Theory'. And probably Seo I-hyeon also wouldn't be easy.

What Seo I-hyeon is good at is rather the opposite side. Contaminating something and cursing and breaking and crushing is exactly black magic, right.

"Then shall we gradually return?"

Seo I-hyeon with a satisfying expression went down from the rooftop.

The building's atmosphere completely changed from when first came.

Still dark, but places not so arose. Places where external light stays increased, and because of that the overall darkness lightened a bit.

With just that the atmosphere became much cozier. Now no one will regard here as a haunted house.

Right before going outside, Seo I-hyeon suddenly recalling something stopped his steps.

"Ah, one has to organize a bit."

Seo I-hyeon took out White.

"Go and gather the anomaly corpses."

When White moved, Seo I-hyeon looked at 'Bug Praise Theory'.

"Is there a bug that can help gathering corpses?"

'Bug Praise Theory' floated in the air then flipped the pages.

At the same time as about thirty drops of blood disappearing from 'Bug Praise Theory' one long and thick bug dropped.

Resembling a grub, on the body something like pockets were hanging.

The explanation 'Breath of the Avesta' did instead.

Rustle.

[It says corpse collector. One can put one corpse in one of the pockets over there.]

The bug's size was only an adult's forearm. So the pockets also about thumb size. Yet corpses enter there?

Anyway saying so so it would be. Seo I-hyeon first dominated the corpse collector.

As soon as dominating saying gather the anomaly corpses inside the building it moved right away.

"Oh, fast?"

The corpse collector looking was a grub, but the speed was tremendously fast. From the building entrance to the stairs didn't even take 1 second.

Gathering with White the two would be soon.

Waiting a bit White appeared and threw the neck-cut crawling old man and disappeared.

Like that repeating appearing and disappearing stacked anomaly corpses in front of Seo I-hyeon.

After a while, the corpse collector appeared. With the pockets hanging on the body all swollen.

And in front of Seo I-hyeon the swollen pockets burst.

Every time the pockets burst one anomaly corpse dropped.

Probably pockets containing space distortion function. Well, so consumed as many as thirty drops of blood.

Seo I-hyeon put all the anomaly corpses gathered like that into the shadow.

Not knowing if there will be occasion to take out again, but still recorded how many, how many cut necks in the memo pad.

Finally confirmed if there are remaining anomaly corpses or traces in the building.

Turning the ten shadow eyes to full and quickly confirming ended soon.

"Alright, now really the end."

Seo I-hyeon left the building with a light heart.

Seo I-hyeon who came out of the building went to the parking lot and rode the car. And drove the car and headed to a relatively busy place.

Even a pitch-dark night the busy area side was still bright and bustling.

One can just go home, but there was something one wanted to confirm.

Can't become too far. Because the range of the shadow eye Seo I-hyeon can use is a radius of 100 meters.

Stopped the car at a position where the building enters the shadow eye's range precariously.

An alley, and other cars also parked along the road so even if Seo I-hyeon stopped the car a place that doesn't stand out much.

Seo I-hyeon while handling this request continuously felt a sticky feeling.

Because the time performing the skinwalker catching request before came to mind.

At that time the skinwalker was also a bit strange, and sure enough, there were guys controlling that from behind.

This time, the crawling old man was also a bit strange. So the thought that someone might be behind arose.

Wanted to confirm that.

Of course those guys might not appear. Then it can't be helped.

And if by any chance Management Bureau people come, also wanted to confirm that.

Seo I-hyeon placed the shadow eye at the building entrance. Didn't get off the car.

Leaned the seat back and closed his eyes. Like that about 30 minutes one car entered the building parking lot.

Seo I-hyeon confirmed with the shadow eye who gets off the car.

What got off the car were three people. Two men and one woman. All young people looking in their 20s.

Everyone was wearing suits, Seo I-hyeon as soon as seeing them realized it's the Management Bureau.

The woman's face was familiar. That woman, the person who entered the samgyeopsal restaurant before and restored the broken wall.

'Not hearing is a bit regrettable. Wanted to hear what words.'

Still if diligently examining the mouth shape, even if not all one can confirm a few keywords.

Seo I-hyeon concentrated on them.

They who got off the car began to converse this and that.

"Can't understand even one."

Somehow grasping the conversation with only mouth shape is not easy. Moreover if the expected keywords don't come out even harder to know.

Whether understanding such Seo I-hyeon's heart 'Breath of the Avesta' next to flipped the pages.

Rustle.

[Shall I inform what saying?]

Seo I-hyeon startled and looked at 'Breath of the Avesta'. Such a thing is possible?

'Breath of the Avesta' with shoulders raised as much as possible flipped the pages.

Rustle.

[Just summon one bug is enough. Ear bug. Then that lacking grimoire hears and tells, I will inform.]

"So not your ability but that one's ability?"

Rustle.

[No. That lacking grimoire can't convey words to the owner? How important an ability communication is.]

Not wrong words.

"Good. Try somewhere."

At that moment, 'Bug Praise Theory' unfolded and shone red. And spat out one bug.

Really a bug resembling an ear. Several legs attached, and except having wings attached almost similarly looking to an ear. However the size was very small. Smaller than a little fingernail.

Summoning two drops of blood. Dominating three drops. A bug with very good efficiency.

'Bug Praise Theory' instructed on its own and flew near the Management Bureau people.

Slightly worried whether those would notice because a bug related to mystery, but okay.

Rustle.

[Preparation ended.]

Seo I-hyeon nodded.

"I also preparation to hear ended."