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“First of all, let me tell you the results of the investigation. The church acknowledged that the legend used by the Goeju was theirs. As you guessed, the seal is the brand of the beast from the Apocalypse.”
“you’re right.”
Michael accepted Seo In-na’s words with a nod.
“So we judged that monstrosity to be a new heresy.”
“That means… ”
“He is now officially the enemy of our church.”
Seo In-na said the church would respond quickly.
Indeed, it was as it was said.
It was said that the church had even prepared the basis for direct intervention by ruling the goju a heresy.
But then what about the courts?
No matter how much he was judged heresy by the church, wasn’t the pursuit of the apostate monk a case supervised by the court?
“What do you say at the courthouse?”
“The court has agreed to hand over all power to the church.”
“… why?”
“You saw the list before. There aren’t just one or two Apostate Monks to chase, they’re pretty busy too. So it’s not a situation to refuse outside help. furthermore… ”
Seo In-na looked at Michael.
Then, Michael smiled lightly.
“Because only the Church has the means to pursue that heresy.”
It was a pleasant sound to hear.
“is it so?”
“In the Apocalypse, the one who carves the seal of the beast is the devil of the last days, the Antichrist. If it’s a church, it’s probably going to have a god to track it down.”
“… … ”
At Seo In-na’s words, Michael just smiled.
He was said to be closed-minded to outsiders, but it seemed that he did not easily speak out about traditions or myths.
Of course, I wasn’t really curious about what that miracle was, so I continued.
“Then where should I go?”
“The location has already been specified. Then let’s go. I’ll be waiting outside.”
Having said that, Michael walked towards the door without listening to an answer.
And when I opened the door and went outside, Seo In-na opened her mouth.
“The car will be picked up at church.”
“That is fortunate.”
“Be more careful than that.”
Seo In-na said that as if giving a warning.
“The monster isn’t a level that only two people can deal with. As long as the legend of the goju has been confirmed, it is not enough to put the entire team in the first place. He can command dozens of monstrosities, and he will have the most powerful monstrosities he has next to him.”
“Then why are you sending only the two of us?”
“You know that uncle?”
Uncle.
Michael and Seo In-na look almost the same age.
However, I didn’t show any thoughts like that, and I quietly listened to Seo In-na.
“Ten elders of the church… Among them, the leader of the Heretic Inquisition is one of the strongest in the Korean church. Even if the ogre gets his hands on a tolerable ogre, it will be difficult against that nobleman.”
“That would be it.”
“But that means that man is strong. you have to be careful as you know?”
Of course you know
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
“good. And even if you don’t actively fight, you should help with the investigation.”
“is it so?”
“This is a direct request from the church. Perhaps the pursuit of the monster is not complete.”
At that, I nodded.
If it was an investigation with clues already given, it wouldn’t be that difficult.
Then I immediately left the police box.
Suddenly, a black car was waiting for me outside.
“You are here.”
As I approached the car, the back seat door opened.
Michael was already in the back seat.
The driver seems to be separate.
I also got into the back seat.
Inside the car, which was decorated in a calm purple color, there was a faint scent of grapes.
“Then go.”
As Michael spoke to the driver, the car moved like water.
There was also a navigation in the front, where the destination we had to go was stamped.
However, when I confirmed the destination, I twitched my eyebrows.
Yes, the place on the navigator was Seoul Grand Park.
Because it was the zoo in Gwacheon.
After a while.
“hmm… ”
I was really at Seoul Grand Park.
Perhaps it was the speedy control of the number of people, there was no one inside the Grand Park even in the middle of the day with a signboard at the entrance saying Temporarily Closed.
Rather, there is a monster here.
I had such doubts even as I wrinkled my nose at the distinctive smell of a zoo wafting from afar.
No matter how you look at it, Mine, and that’s not a place where you can lead a lot of monsters and stay.
“This way.”
But Michael just moved on as if it were natural.
So I asked him
“Are you saying heresy is hiding here?”
“I don’t know.”
After entering the zoo in earnest, Michael calmly looked around and said,
“But it is clear that the Lord has brought us here. He must have a will somewhere here.”
He spoke round and round, but he didn’t seem to know what was in here either.
Well, most tracking spells are usually at this level.
I’m just giving you a rough spot.
It is often not possible to know exactly what is there.
That’s why you brought me
However, there was no level indicator that I could see right away.
And, as if Michael didn’t sense anything wrong, he looked at the zebra in the fence and opened his mouth.
“I heard that Inspector Kang Jin-woo is so good at investigations.”
Michael said with a strange smile.
It was a compliment that was transparent, but in the end, I was told to do my job, so there was no complaint.
“Well, let’s take a look around.”
I muttered that and launched the quest arrow.
What is there?
Even after walking a little, the arrow staggered, pointing to a place not too far away.
“… … ”
I followed the arrow.
It pointed to a building that was not outdoors.
A building marked Oriental Hall.
At a glance, it seemed to be a place where animals that are difficult to raise outdoors were gathered indoors.
I went into it.
Then I saw a level indicator from inside the building.
40 levels.
I mean, there really is a monster here.
“Here is something.”
At my words, Michael nodded without saying a word.
With a slight sense of tension, I moved my feet to the level display.
However, when he checked the owner of the level display with his own eyes, the tension disappeared.
It wasn’t enough that it was an animal inside a transparent glass window, it was sleeping with its eyes closed.
“A Burmese royal snake?”
It was a snake with a large spotted pattern, over 3 meters long.
It’s long, but it’s a snake that looks fat for some reason.
The level 40 Burmese python was lying on the floor in a seemingly unmotivated posture.
“Huh, a snake?”
Meanwhile, Michael frowned at the Burmese snake.
Speaking of snakes, usually in the Bible, they are a symbol of the devil.
But then, the sleeping snake opened its eyes as if it had noticed the commotion.
Even though the snake saw Michael, it passed by as if it was annoying.
“… what?”
The snake’s vertically split eyes looked at me and stopped.
Then, as he straightened up his posture, which had been randomly spread out on the floor, he approached as if he were going to cling to the window.
And surprisingly.
“this… How have you come to this place, great apostle of the Eastern gods?”
With his forked tongue flicking, he spoke.
Wasn’t it an ordinary snake after all?
Besides, if you look at me and say that I am an apostle of the gods of the East, you seem to recognize the spirit of the blue dragon within me.
“What are you?”
“I am… It is an Imoogi.”
“Imoogi?”
If it was an Imoogi, of course he knew.
A divine beast or monster in the intermediate stage between a snake and a dragon.
There are also transmissions of good roles, so they have the status of divine beasts, but there are many transmissions as villains that are mostly exterminated, so they are treated as monsters.
Yes, it’s only natural for a Imoogi to notice the spirit of the blue dragon.
however.
“Why is that Imoogi doing this here?”
“That, that… ”
The Burmese snake, or Imoogi, looked at me and spoke slowly.
“As all the apostles know, shouldn’t our serpent be able to become a dragon only after a long period of training or doing good deeds and receiving offerings?”
“what… yes.”
“However, the process is never easy as the world has changed. Our serpents can no longer find a place to practice or receive offerings through good deeds.”
He nodded at the Imoogi’s words.
Even in the legend, there are many theories about how to become a dragon.
In modern society, such as having to practice for a thousand years in a place unknown to anyone, or having to eat 100 wicked people, it was mostly impossible in modern society.
“so?”
“So after thinking so much, I found a way. This zoo is really nice. Even if it transforms into a rare exotic animal, it is said to be an endangered species and can be served at every meal.”
“… … ”
“In addition, since they made a comfortable nest like this, I can focus on my training, so this place is perfect for a dragon to spawn. So please don’t be too angry, Apostle.”
The Imoogi said that as if I were an inspector who had come to supervise him.
From the Imoogi’s point of view, a dragon, and a person with the power of a blue dragon, a dragon god, suddenly came looking for him, so could he be mistaken like that?
So I told him
“What kind of training is it, they spread out and sleep.”
“That’s because this little creature was tired for a while from practicing too much… ”
“And the food the zookeeper throws is a meal? I eat this completely ascetic practice raw.”
From a shamanistic point of view, it wasn’t very wrong.
Since ancient times, offerings to divine beasts have basically brought and offered food for divine beasts.
It also makes sense in theory that the serpent pretends to be a Burmese king snake here, accepts and eats food, and treats it as an offering to build up training.
But even so, something didn’t quite make sense.
It’s not like dragons fly from the stream.
At the Dongyang Pavilion in Seoul Grand Park, it is a bit strange if a Burmese royal snake turns into a dragon.
“Aigoo, Apostle!”
At my unsatisfactory reaction, the Imoogi slammed its head into the ground.
And despite being a snake, he continued to speak with a very servile attitude.
“Still, unlike other Imoogi, this small creature didn’t harm people.”
“Another Imoogi?”
“yes. Except for me, all the serpents in this country have corrupted and become monsters that harm people. It is painful to reveal the sins of my fellow countrymen, but if the apostle wishes, I will confess their truth.”
Then, this time, he tried to sell other Imoogi to me, which he didn’t ask.
There is another guy who is worse than me who used a trick, so I’m going to start with that one.
He was a man of excellent manners.
Well, that’s why he must have become a serpent and stuck in a zoo like this.
But there was something that bothered me more than that.
“Can you find the monster?”
This guy said as if he already knew where the other Imoogi were.
There is no way that these things wander outside the zoo, so you can know their location from this spot.
In other words, this Imoogi might have the ability to track down monsters.
On the other hand, the Imoogi who heard my words immediately noticed the path he was going to live in and nodded his head.
“of course! Although he did not become a dragon, Imoogi was originally the land god of this country and the king of monsters. No matter how deep they hide in the mountains or in the sea, they cannot escape my eyes as long as they are in this country.”
So, is this guy a clue to this case?
I don’t know the Lord’s will, but the church didn’t seem to have brought me to a very meaningless place.
“You look a bit weak for a king.”
“that… The practice of the microbes is still not perfect… ”
“done. then… ”
I briefly told the story of the mines and monsters that I had to find.
And when asked to find him, the Imoogi flicked its tongue a few times before opening its mouth.
“Can we find the strongest, exotic monster?”
When I nodded, the Imoogi’s neck suddenly bulged.
Then he spat out an orb slightly larger than a fist from his mouth.
A dull gray marble.
＜The Imperfect Yeouiju＞
It was Yeouiju that glowed blue and was judged as a magic item.
There was a word attached to it that it was imperfect, probably because it was the Imoogi.
“Then let’s begin.”
Having said that, the Imoogi bit the Yeouiju and closed its eyes.
and.
“uh… ”
With a bewildered sound, he opened his eyes again.
At a glance, it was clear that something was wrong.
“Why?”
“That is… The miraculous power of a small creature is not enough… ”
“… … ”
“Ha, but if this yeouiju contains only the apostle’s spiritual power, surely! You can find it.”
This Imoogi is secretly incompetent.
Still, there was no other way, so I sighed and said.
“How are you doing?”
“You can encourage the dragon god here.”
It is the spirit of the dragon god.
The words are ambiguous, but I thought it would be enough with the power of the blue dragon, so I fired a lightning bolt at Yeouiju.
Then Yeouiju began to absorb it.
“Ohhh… !”
The Imoogi opened its eyes wide and watched it.
“This, this is enough!”
Then he immediately asked Yeouiju again.
Only then did Yeouiju emit a pale light, and the Imoogi opened its eyes.
“I found it!”
“Where is it?”
“I feel a strange aura from the small island to the west.”
There are one or two small islands to the west.
I opened my mouth and frowned.
“Speak in an easy to understand way.”
“This is Yeongheung Island. If you take the outer ring highway from here, it’s right there.”
“good.”
It was a satisfactory answer.
Yeongheung Island.
After looking around for a while, it was a small island located next to Hwaseong City and below Incheon Airport.
Fortunately, there is no need to take a boat, where it leads to the road.
“But watch yourself. This small creature only briefly saw the monster with his magical powers, but it was a huge one. Besides, there are many other special things.”
The Imoogi didn’t even ask, so he added.
“okay. You are ready to move.”
At a glance, it doesn’t seem to have harmed humans so far.
Still, from the point of view of the exorcist police, it was impossible to keep this guy here.
Conversely, you can become a target for demons, and there is also what if.
So I thought of reporting the Imoogi to the police.
I heard that the police have a facility that collects these new ones.
Perhaps this guy will be treated as a god rather than a freak and go that way.
At my words, the Imoogi quietly nodded.
So, is it over now?
I turned my head and looked at Michael.
He had been standing still without saying anything until now, looking at the snake with an expressionless expression.
“Then let’s go.”
“hmm? Are you done?”
Michael asked in a subtle tone.
I checked with him just in case, and he said he hadn’t heard the snake speak.
I thought it was because of the power of the blue dragon that I was able to talk with the Imoogi.
“Anyway, that means you’ve found the gore’s location.”
“yes. Yeongheung Island.”
“Hoo… ”
As Michael stared at the snake, a sudden death sprang up.
His eyes looked like he was trying to boil and eat a dog that had been hunted.
“It’s not a freak, it’s a Shinsoo.”
At my words, Michael’s gaze grew even colder.
Is this divine?
You must be thinking that way.
I agreed with that idea, but I couldn’t let him harm the Imoogi.
“… I know. It’s not something I’m going to do.”
However, soon the life was captured, and he turned his back.
I also followed him, and I heard the sound of the Imoogi sighing softly from behind.