44 – To the secret dungeon with two women… (3)
Through Siwoon’s eyes, each organ of the child’s body came in. Blood flowing through the body.
And the heart. The movement of the child’s pupils, the growth of fine hairs on the skin.
Even the facial muscles of a child who twitch whenever he speaks.
‘This guy is not human.’
I was sure.
First of all, the child’s left and right breasts were beating at the same time. It means two hearts.
‘Another one.’
It was the color of the blood in the child’s veins.
Surprisingly, the color of blood is green, not red. It was the blood that had been changed by the degenerated germs.
‘Could it be Taran?’
A sentence from the book came to Siwoon’s mind at that moment.
-Taran: A parasite from another world that only targets weak children, then parasitizes inside the body, dyes the soul, and degenerates the body to act as a host. Very wicked
It was a phrase from a book I read when I was studying history in the other world.
‘This child is no longer human. Then… ….’
I remembered another sentence I read while studying the history of the other world.
-Ancient white mages performed a ritual on a child hosted by Taran. That ritual is a purification ritual. The evil spirit of Taran and the good spirit of the child interlocked to form a precise balance in the bridle of good and evil.
‘The name of this dungeon was the Dungeon of Purification.’
I think I know now.
How to clear this dungeon.
Siwoon shifted his gaze to the child.
“Aren’t you hungry too?”
The child asked Siwoon, who was staring at him.
The child smiling innocently was actually Taran with the smile of a snake trying to charm people.
“I’m already hungry, but if you treat me to a meal, I’ll be grateful.”
“Yes! I will guide you to my house.”
The child led Siwoon by the hand.
‘This Taran is a very clever guy.’
Si-woon walked to the place where the child guided him, wary of the child.
The place the child led was a shabby cabin.
The fire was roaring in the stove in two rooms. The table that looks like it has been touched by a person, and even the sofa.
Yeonhee and Seonghye stretched out side by side on the sofa.
“Ah~ These days, the kids in the dungeon feed me and they really like me.”
Sung-hye makes a stretching sound. On the other hand, Yeon-hee had a serious face.
“I will. But isn’t that a bit strange?”
“What’s wrong?”
The child asked innocently.
“No.”
Yeonhee shook her hand.
Ai joked around with Yeonhee and Seonghye.
“I’ll make you a delicious soup. I know how to cook like this.”
“Huh? Are you cooking?”
Seong-hye asked with her widened eyes.
The child nodded and said.
“Yes! My father taught me that a man should be able to cook for himself. Just wait a bit. I’ll make you a delicious soup!”
The child smiled cutely and greeted each other in turn while looking at each other.
Siwoon watched the scene and got goosebumps.
‘Are you saying a parasite is controlling a child like that? He shows us the smile of an innocent child and keeps us relaxed. A creepy guy.’
Seonghye caressed her own stomach.
“I was still hungry, but the cute baby told me to prepare soup, so everyone ate it.”
“……… ….”
Yeonhee is still silent.
Something seemed strange.
From the living room, I heard the sound of the gas stove clicking and the rattling of kitchen utensils.
Siwoon noticed the child in the living room and said to Yeonhee.
“You said you were interested in the history of the other world, right?”
“Yes. But why all of a sudden?”
“You know Taran, right?”
“Taran?”
Yeonhee’s eyes slowly widened.
“You know, the parasite that eats the child’s soul?”
“Shh.”
Siwoon put his index finger on Yeonhee’s lips.
And Siwoon winked at the living room where the child was.
“Eh?”
Surprised, Yeon-hee’s eyes widened even more.
Yeonhee whispered into Siwoon’s ear.
“You mean that kid is Taran?”
Nod.
“Why are you so sure?”
“A child has two hearts. Besides, the blood flowing through the child’s body is green…….”
Siwoon delivered quietly.
“Ah… ….”
If ordinary people had said this, they would have replied, “How can you be certain that you have two hearts or that your blood is green?”
Right away, Yeon-hee leapt! Woke up. Then he picked up the wand from his waist.
“No, just sit down.”
Siwoon pulled her hand.
“Why? Because it’s Taran. If so, she should catch it quickly.”
Siwoon frowned and gestured to be quiet.
“What are the two of you talking about? Are you just bullying me?”
Songhye said in a sarcastic tone.
After Si-woon gestured to Seong-hye to stay still, she put her mouth on Yeon-hee’s ear.
“This dungeon is a purification dungeon. We have to attack it exactly as the purification ritual performed by the ancient white mages.”
“If it is a purification ceremony… ….”
Yeonhee’s eyes shone. Eventually, Yeonhee nodded her head.
Since she is Yeon-hee, who is also interested in the history of the other world, she understood it at once.
Seonghye, on the other hand, is watching this scene with her pouty face and only fiddling with her glasses.
Siwoon spoke softly to Seonghye.
“You should never eat food given to you by a child. Got it?”
“Why?”
“The reason…… “
Just as Siwoon was about to speak to her, her child suddenly approached.
My heart skipped a beat.
She was startled and her body stiffened.
Yeon-hee, who was next to her, also looked at her child with her wary eyes.
“The soup is done~ Come to the table!”
“That, yes… ….”
The smell of delicious meat soup wafted from the living room.
Siwoon and Yeonhee exchanged glances and nodded once.
“Sit down. It’s soup with onions and lamb!”
Tak.
Everyone sat down at the table.
On the table, the soup on top of the iron bowl is giving off warm steam.
‘It makes no sense that such a small child makes soup.’
Siwoon observed the soup without the child noticing.
I could see very fine powder floating in between the soup broth.
‘Poison or sleeping pills, one of the two. After all, a weak parasite.’
The child raised a spoon and smiled.
“You must be hungry, so hurry up and eat! But why are all the faces like that? Don’t you like the soup?”
When the child asked her, pouting her lips, Seong-hye hit her hand.
“No, no. I’ll eat. It looks so delicious…….”
“……… ….”
Yeonhee looked at Siwoon, gestured her chin, and sent an autograph.
The child opened her eyes wide and took her spoon. Then scooped up her soup and stuffed it into her own mouth.
‘This is the time.’
Siwoon’s eyes shone.
The parasite called Taran is a very clever and cunning creature, but he said that he instinctively relaxes when he eats it.
And, the moment Taran relaxes, his hormones change. This is said to change the color of the blood from green to purple. Green blood is full of toxic substances, so it cannot be used in human purification rituals, but purple, pure Taran blood, is a substance that does not affect the human body.
Huruloop.
When Siwoon saw the face of the child who was eating deliciously, she hesitated.
‘It can’t be a child. To kill such a cute-looking child? Well, in the first place, it’s not a child, it’s a monster…….’
Gulp.
Yeonhee swallowed. Seonghye, on the other hand, was only holding a spoon and checking Yeonhee and Siwoon’s eyes.
The child raised her head and said,
“Why doesn’t everyone eat……… Aagh!”
The child’s words could not be followed.
It was because Siwoon’s red-lane sword had pierced her child’s chest with precision.
“Si, Mr. Siwoon! What are you doing?!”
Seonghye was so surprised that she grabbed Shiwoon’s forearm. Siwoon’s forearm, holding the red sword, swayed slightly.
“Keu, keuouk.”
The child poured foam from her mouth.
“Oh my gosh! Oh my god.”
When Seong-hye jumped up and ran to her child, Yeon-hee caught him.
“Assistant. You can’t come closer.”
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“What are you doing to a child!”
“This is a dungeon. And that kid is a monster.”
“What?”
Yeonhee spoke in a low voice and looked at the child who was having a seizure. Then, Seonghye hurriedly stepped back.
“A monster?”
The child’s pupils were completely turned upside down.
Then liquid poured out behind the froth that flowed from her child’s mouth.
It was pure, purple Taran blood.
“It came out.”
Siwoon immediately pulled out the sword body that had been stabbed in the child’s chest.
Suuk.
“Keueouk.”
The child wrapped her hands around her pierced chest. An endless stream of purple blood poured out of his clenched hands.
“Damn it… ….”
A demonic, low-pitched voice flowed from the child’s mouth.
“……… !”
“Oops! Mo, the voice…….”
Sung-hye and Yeon-hee were taken aback and stepped back further while Si-woon looked at the child with the red lantern sword pointed at it.
“How did you notice?”
Ai asked Siwoon with a murderous expression while holding her by the chest.
“I have nothing to say to a vicious parasite like you. Die.”
Siwoon stabbed the sword into the chest on the other side of the child this time.
Pu-wook.
“Woo-wook.”
When his heart was stabbed in two places, the child began to have seizures like crazy.
Damn it!
“Quaaagh!”
“Kyaaa!!”
Sung-hye and Yeon-hee stepped back as if they were running away. Seeing the grotesque sight of the child’s face splitting into two halves and her bugs protruding.
Find out.
Siwoon grabbed the insect with his left fist and gave it all his strength.
“Eh, eh, eh.”
The insect was caught by the scruff of its neck and struggled madly.
It’s hot.
Siwoon grabbed the bug’s neck with even more force and pressed it.
“Ahhhhh………. I tried to kill him by poisoning the soup.”
The worm poured out its plan with difficulty, then lowered its head and sat down.
“It’s done.”
Siwoon immediately removed his hand.
“There was such a thing. Ah….”
Seonghye was covering her eyes with her palms. He deserved it, the scene that had just unfolded was no different from a gore movie. With a tolerable heart, she couldn’t see her with both eyes.
Yeonhee immediately brought something from the living room.
Three cups.
“Let’s start the purification now.”
Yeonhee said.
“Purification?”
Seonghye muttered as if she didn’t know what to say.
“This dungeon is a purification dungeon. You have to purify according to the ritual of purification to clear it. Pour the blood of that corpse into this cup and sprinkle it on the weapon your assistant is holding.”
“What? Is that purification?”
“It is a purification ritual performed by the ancient white mages. It is a ritual to purify and wash the blood of animals and people on the weapon you use, and the souls bound to the weapon with that blood. Taran’s pure blood is said to cleanse the spiritual.”
Siwoon reached out for the child’s corpse without saying a word.
And after filling the cup with the blood flowing from the child’s flesh,
Keep going.
It was sprayed on the sword body of the Hong Lan Sword.
The sword of Hongran Sword began to be drenched in Boran blood.
And soon, the blade trembled slightly.
[aaa!!]
[Kkeeeh!!]
[I want to live, I want to live!!]
[Death is Hell!!]
[Liberation!!]
The voices of the souls came from the sword body.
‘It’s the sound of the ghosts who died by this red lantern sword falling away.’
Siwoon’s expression became heavy.
‘The hunter that I used before I used the red orchid sword I was holding. He must have killed a lot with this sword.’
After a while,
A clear voice was heard quietly.
[Cleansing completed.]
Sequentially, Seong-hye and Yeon-hee’s weapon, which was covered in Taran’s blood, began to tremble.
[Cleansing completed.]
[Cleansing completed.]
“Are you done now?”
Yeonhee said to herself as she stared into the empty space where the sound was coming from.
[You have cleared the Dungeon of Purification.]
[Attribute! Cleared all four natural dungeons. Go to the stage.]
***
Flash!
At the same time as the light flashed once, Siwoon and his party moved to the empty space where they first arrived in the beginning.
“Have you finally cleared everything?”
Seonghye was tired so I tapped her on the shoulder.
After that, Yeonhee also collapsed on the spot in exhaustion.
“I couldn’t sleep and had a hard time clearing the dungeon. Sleepy, but is there a reward?”
As soon as Yeon-hee finished speaking, a clear voice passed by my ears.
[Cleared the four natural attributes. You will receive a reward for clearing the dungeon.]
[There are four attributes. You can select one of them and receive it as a reward. Choose.]
As soon as the sound coming from the air ended, four objects protruded out and were placed neatly in front of Siwoon and the others.
The four objects emitted different colors of light.
One was a leaf.
The other is a small burning ember.
And a lightning-shaped stone.
The other was water floating in the air at the bottom.
“You mean you get one of these as a reward?”
Yeonhee observed the four dogs one by one and said.
“What are these things? Is it just a stone?”
She tapped her chin with her index finger, and a clear voice rang out again as if answering Seonghye who was talking.
[Leaf is a persistent life… ]
[Flame is strong power… ]
[Lightning is a swift force… ]
[Water has a graceful magical power… ]
“What will Siwoon choose?”
Yeonhee asked.
Siwoon closed his eyes and pondered for a while.
‘Life and solidity? And quickly? mana? If you have to choose between these four…….’
While Siwoon was thinking about it, Seonghye and Yeonhee were also thinking about it.
Siwoon approached the four objects. Then Yeon-hee and Seong-hye’s eyes moved to Si-woon.
“I wonder what to choose?”
Songhye asked.
Siwoon reached out to the leaves and said.
“This is me.”
The leaf in Siwoon’s hand began to emit a soft green light.
Siwoon watched as the model changed, shining in his hand.
‘Hunter’s vitality is more important than anything else. Now I have enough strength and agility. This third life can never fail, so I will choose this life and make it a long run.’
What will come out?
What kind of skill or effect could it be?
I was looking forward to it.
As it is a reward for clearing a hidden dungeon, it won’t be useless.
I sincerely hope that this choice was right.
Soon, the shiny object in Siwoon’s hand turned into a necklace.
[You have obtained the Pendant of Eternal Life.]
‘The pendant of eternal life?’
I liked something from the name. Necklace of eternal life Shall we check our abilities?
Siwoon immediately opened the inventory window.
“Wow, wow… This! Great, great.”
A single word of exclamation came out of Siwoon’s mouth.
Tem’s abilities were more amazing than ever.