234. The East, the Dark Ghost and the Urethra Collector (3)
Since childhood, I have been able to see things that are invisible to others. I still cannot forget the scornful gazes of the villagers who glared at me.
The only place that accepted me as I was was Dark Ghost.
Those who work in the ‘darkness’, out of sight of others, told me that I, who was treated only as misfortune or misfortune, would save the world.
I couldn’t fully believe what they said.
One day, the chief asked me.
It was a time when I was confused whether it was okay for me to live with this kind of treatment.
“Soho, what do you think is the most necessary thing for a dark ghost?”
It was only after I had heard a general explanation of what the dark ghosts were doing, so I opened my mouth after thinking about it.
“Isn’t it… The power to defeat the monster…”
But I didn’t have that kind of power.
I was so helpless and weak.
If I had been strong like the other people of Dark Ghost, I wouldn’t have had to live after being hit with stones in the first place.
“It’s the power to defeat monsters… That’s not wrong. But it’s hard to say that it’s the most important.”
“Then do you have a strong mindset that allows you to stand up to monsters without fear?”
“That’s not it either.”
“…”
I tilted my head.
The chief gave me the correct answer while gently stroking my hair with a smile.
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“It’s snow.”
“Eyes? But they all have eyes.”
“Eyes that see things invisible to normal humans. Without those eyes, no matter how strong a member is, it is easy to become useless in front of a monster.”
I didn’t understand it, but it seemed to mean me.
“Yogi is definitely an aura that can be sensed once you get used to it, but not all youkai appear in front of us. As for finding and destroying them, without your eyes, even the world’s Jube would be powerless. “
“And Captain Jube…?”
It was surprising that even a strong person like Captain Jube couldn’t find the monster.
“So, Soho, you have to be the eyes of the dark demons. Be their eyes, find the monsters before they harm more people, and show them the way to find out where they can save more people. That’s the guide. Is the role of
“Guide…”
“Due to the nature of youkai, who have lost their reason but are overly sensitive, it is difficult to collect much information before battle. So, learn how to judge the level of the youkai by looking at them. Then the crew might not get hurt.”
“Can something like me… Save a person…?”
“Only you can save it.”
For the first time in my short life, it was the moment I thought I was good at being born.
In this way, he studied yokai more diligently than anyone else and developed his senses so that he could grasp yokai from farther away in more detail.
The help of other guide brothers and sisters with similar abilities to mine was also great.
To save the people who threw stones at me.
I tried desperately to save my comrades.
The chief was reluctant, but I said I was ready.
Amgui was always understaffed, so he was put into the field at a relatively early age.
It was a daily repetition of eating and chatting with his colleagues and finding and destroying monsters.
It’s been going well so far.
I was able to save people with my eyes, and I no longer had to be looked down upon by them.
More than anything else, I was happy.
I was happy that my precious colleague needed me.
They completely trusted me for a long time and followed the path I led them without hesitation.
But today, that happiness has been shattered.
I was in a situation where I stopped approaching and waited because the energy I felt from the inside of the ghost cave arrived late with Bi-young, who was about the same age as me.
A man walked out of the monster’s cave.
Unfortunately, he was not my colleague.
“Haa…”
The blind man, with black hair common in the East and unusually white bandages around his eyes, let out a rough breath and trudged out as if it hadn’t been easy.
“Soho…”
I managed to stop Biyoung, who was stepping forward.
Behind the blind man, the faces of his colleagues could be seen. It was the captain and the crew who entered the ghost cave first.
They were also together.
If you can use the expression ‘together’ to be dragged out, entwined by unknown black tentacles while drooping.
“Biyoung… Run away…”
“……”
Biyoung slowly turned her head and looked at me.
His eyes trembled violently as he swallowed his saliva.
“That’s… That’s a monster…”
Biyoung, the youngest and least experienced member of the team, and the guide, who lacked even the slightest amount of muscle, were not at a level that they could deal with.
Relative… The term “Opponent” Was a funny word.
In a situation where I’ve already given up the distance, I wonder if it’s possible to run away from him.
The blind man didn’t look like a monster, but he didn’t look like a human either. The hideous yogi seen inside the ghost cave was hiding its energy like a beast hiding its claws.
‘What are those black tentacles? Is that also the power of the urethra…?’
I measured the level of the blind man on the other side, presumed to be a urethra collector.
It was only then that I realized it when I checked closely.
‘I need to bring in at least three troops…’
Looked like he could contain him.
Then, the faces of the colleagues who were dragged out after him are captured in the eyes.
Their names passed quickly through my head.
A hot droplet escaped from his eye and ran down his cheek.
I have led them astray.
I, the guide, should have stopped them.
It was my mistake, my sin.
I killed everyone.
But crying doesn’t solve the situation.
I had to save at least one person.
“…Biyoung, can you escape without making a sound?”
I wiped away my tears and whispered softly to Bi-yeong, who was standing next to me.
That was the mindset that the Dark Ghost taught me.
“Sound…”
“Not even the sound of stepping on a bush. As quiet as possible.”
“…I’ll try. But what about Soho…?”
“I’ll… Buy me some time.”
“Shouldn’t Soho live rather than me…?”
“My legs aren’t fast enough to get away from him anyway. Even Bi-Young has to survive and contact other units.”
“……”
Biyoung nodded his head with a stiff face.
Anyway, is he also a member of the dark demon?
That was the moment when I took a step forward to buy time, and Bi-young secretly moved her leg.
The blind man with black tentacles behind his back raised his hand as if telling him to stop.
“That… It would be difficult to run away…”
“Biyoung, run with all your might!”
“Oh, yes…!”
I heard the sound of Bi-Young running urgently from behind. I pounded my heart that seemed about to explode and moved forward.
How to buy time.
Is there any time to take out the silver sword in your pocket?
“Quaaa!!!”
To put my worries to shame, it wasn’t long before a scream rang from the other side of the forest.
“…”
I stopped approaching the blind man and slowly turned my head. It was Byeong’s voice.
“How did this happen…”
The blind man muttered and raised one of his fingers.
Annihilation.
Those words flashed before my eyes, and I sat down on the floor. Even though the ground was right in front of me, it seemed to be getting further away.
My head was dizzy.
ㅡTurbug.
Soon, a blind man approached me.
I couldn’t do anything against him.
The guide who gave me the wrong path just shed tears of resentment.
“Why… Why… I want everyone to…”
The blind man’s lips opened as he scratched his head.
“Wake up.”
“…”
It was a very peculiar death sentence.
As we sat looking up at him, dazed, he continued talking.
“I am in an urgent situation, so at least you should help me. I need to get treatment quickly.”
Soon after, the black tentacles that were visible behind him moved slowly and gently lowered the crew members to the ground.
In the meantime, what was more bizarre than the unknown tentacles was that the members were breathing.
“Hey…”
The crying stopped.
At the same time, I was so startled that I hiccupped.
‘Why are you still alive…?’
***
Things went awry.
Very tightly twisted.
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But it wasn’t too bad.
If you think about it positively, you can do ‘treatment’, and that treatment can raise the progress of ‘Saint’, so it was a good thing.
Of course, this was a positive thought, and I was already a little tired thinking that tonight would be long.
I invested all the skill points I gained this time in acupuncture.
Acupuncture has reached level 10 now.
Because acupuncture is not a skill related to combat, the effect of the level is greater than that of other skills.
In other words, I invested 10 points in a non-combat skill, but I didn’t care much because I had more things to do in real life than in games.
It has been a long time since I felt dizzy as my skill level went up.
For reference, I’ve never done acupuncture up to level 10 in the game. It was because there was no quest with such requirements.
With the knowledge of acupuncture reaching 10 levels in my head, I knew that acupuncture could do much more than what is currently known in the world.
Erosion is also not a problem here.
He even made things impossible without divine power.
‘Still, I have an excuse to pass on to Bernice.’
I thought what if I couldn’t solve it even with level 10, but it was fortunate that I stopped at this point.
“Miss Soho, are you ready?”
I turned my head and asked Soho.
“Yes?! Yes, yes…”
Soho, who was taking off the armor of the crew members who had lost their minds within a short time, was startled and answered in a trembling voice.
She also suffers a lot.
Fortunately, the misunderstanding has been resolved.
It’s true that I have a urethra, but I’m not a collector or something, and I made it clear that there was a misunderstanding with them.
In addition, after she made contact with ‘Sierra’, she told Sierra to clear up her misunderstanding.
Soho was a ‘guide’, so it was possible.
[ It’s amazing. Then, is this child the same as the saintess’s as far as her eyes are concerned? ]
“Similar.”
It was Sierra who got close to her soho and watched her silently. Soho didn’t say much, but she seemed quite burdened.
She came to know while clearing up the misunderstanding, and I thought she deserved to be mistaken. They knew nothing about my tinnitus or my existence.
I thought I had become quite famous, but unfortunately, rumors about me didn’t reach me because the lives of the dark demons were so busy.
“Yeah, but I was surprised to hear that you dealt with demon swordsmanship… I knew that demon swordsmanship was a forgotten ancient swordsmanship…”
“Ohh, seeing as you know demon swordsmanship, you must have studied hard.”
“Of course…! I don’t miss anything related to youkai and I remember it. Well, the black tentacle Zeto used to handle… It wasn’t even listed in the books…”
“hahahaha, that’s Shady. He’s a cute guy with fluffy hair.”
“The fur is fluffy…”
It seems that Shady’s explanation is difficult to understand because it was Soho that did not have any affinity with spirits.
“Uh, but can I leave Biyoung alone?”
Soho, who was about to touch the armor of a boy called Biyoung, asked a question.
“If you’re referring to the boy outside the cave… Yes, he simply fainted briefly from surprise. We can even wake him up.”
“It’s okay. I’m just grateful that you solved the erosion of the rest of the crew.”
“Then let’s begin.”
I sat down in front of the guard, whose skin was exposed so that I could lay the acupuncture needle, unfolded a clean cloth and picked up the acupuncture needle.
“…Come to think of it, I don’t think it’s strange that blind people use acupuncture points.”
“That’s not strange at all. The person who invented acupuncture is blind, right? If it’s questionable that acupuncture can solve erosion…”
“That’s right. I suddenly thought of the old days…”
Acupuncture for the blind was unfamiliar only in the West, where Innocence Academy is located, but the reaction was different when it came to the East, which can be said to be the home of acupuncture.
I continued talking as I did not rest my hand, let go of the acupuncture needle, and pulled out the yogi that was eating away at the body of the crew member.
“By the way, what the hell is a ‘urethral collector’ doing?”
The Urethral Collector.
It seemed that he was a villain who was not in the information network, so he needed his own investigation.
I was thinking of getting a shallow understanding of it and leaving the details to Keraf.
“He is literally a guy who collects urethra. He is a peculiar guy who travels all over the East to find and steal urethra. I’m guessing that it seems like they’re aiming for it.”
“…Could I be his target?”
I asked the most curious question.
Soon Soho touched his chin.
“I don’t know exactly what kind of ability it is, but it can detect Yogi. I think it’s probably a similar ability to a guide like mine. If Zeto’s brother runs into him on the road…”
Soho, who was speechless, nodded his head as if he was convinced.
“…I’m sure he’ll come after him. The yogi flowing from Zeto’s brother’s master is quite unique.”
“Hmm… He’s trying to take my sword from me…”
Hearing this, Sierra frowned at her.
[ That’s unpleasant. ]
I agree.
It was very unpleasant to imagine.
Thank you
Can be described as “soul medium”, cursed item etc…or something like that. Or even cursed places
Pretty sure it’s Demon Sword or something similar
It’s the urethra again urgh. What’s the real translation? Sacred Power? Evil Power? I need to know so that my mind can automatically replace it.