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“her… ”
Looking at the Emperor’s face, I spat out a laugh.
He was sitting on a splendid golden throne, resting on his chin.
How arrogant he looked.
It was as if he was seeing a living human being, not a monster called a mummy.
In particular, it reminded me of the royalty I had seen in another world.
Those guys were just staring at me with that snarl, and in the end, all of their heads were cut off by me.
I shook my head after recalling the old thoughts for a moment.
Now was not the time to think about it.
“… … ”
I inspected the mummy’s armament.
Its appearance was quite different from the Egyptian mummy wrapped in white bandages, the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to mummies.
The mummy of the Inca emperor was revealing its ugly skin.
He was wearing fancy emperor’s clothes that didn’t suit his body.
A golden helmet studded with red feathers, a complex tunic, and a golden ax-shaped scepter symbolizing the Inca emperor in one hand.
All of them were relics and sacred things of considerable value.
Seeing that, a demon from another world naturally came to mind.
“… Is it Rich?”
Aside from the fact that it was a corpse dressed in fancy clothes, Mira’s red eyes were uniquely similar to Richie’s.
After facing me for a while, he suddenly lifted his scepter up and hit the ground lightly.
Then, with a pop, something came out through the floor of the audience room.
It was a hand with only bones left.
Then, the hand touched the ground and raised itself, and soon a skeleton with a weapon crawled out of the ground.
Seeing that, Song Yun-ju shouted.
“That’s the armor of an elite Inca soldier. The emperor must have called the soldiers!”
As she said, starting with the first skeleton, many skeletons soon crawled out of the ground.
Skeleton soldiers filled the throne room in an instant.
Most of the soldiers were around level 30, and the occasional general-level skeletons were over 50.
Moreover, the number reached tens in all, so dealing with all of them would be a tedious task.
But of course, I didn’t have to deal with it all.
“No matter how emperor you are, a king is a king.”
The fact that he summoned the Skeleton Soldier is a power he can have because he is the emperor of the Incas.
And coincidentally, I had a skill that nullified the succession of such an emperor.
＜Overload＞.
It was a skill that negated the succession of all kingship.
And at the same time that skill was activated, he lost his royal status.
“… !”
Did you notice something strange?
At that moment, Mira’s red eyes shook.
But it was already too late, and the army of skeletons he had summoned all at once started creaking like broken robots.
Soon, the bones crumbled into powder, and the skeletons returned to the earth.
thud! thud!
Immediately upon seeing that, Mira knocked on the ground several times on her own, but of course the Skeleton Soldiers never reappeared.
“What if all my subordinates are gone?”
I smirked like that.
But he still did not rise from his throne.
Instead, the golden ax scepter produced a brilliant light.
Even though he lost his status as a king, he still had a legacy left behind.
That is, the legend that the emperor himself is a descendant of Inti, the sun god, related to divinity.
And just like the tradition, the hall shone as brilliantly as the sun.
Then the ground shook.
The underground palace trembled as if it were going to collapse, but this time, soldiers made of soil and sand, not skeletons, began to take shape.
“also… ?”
I frowned at the mud golems.
Inti, the sun god of Inca mythology, is the son of Viracocha, the creator god, and Mamacocha, the sea goddess.
And the emperor, a descendant of Inti, communicated with all the gods of Inca mythology and ruled the empire with that authority.
Also, Inca mythology is a polytheistic religion that bestows spirits and divinities not only on large mountains and rocks, but also on old objects and constellations.
In other words, the legend related to the god allowed that emperor Mira to have the power to influence all things, not just the sun.
Among them, those mud golems must be the power of Pachamama, the sister of Inti and the goddess of the earth.
therefore… Does that mean you won’t get up from my throne until the end even with me in front of you?
“I can’t see that.”
I jumped out with my sword.
A few recently completed mud soldiers stood in my way, but it wasn’t difficult to cut them down.
Seeing me approaching me in an instant, the emperor hurriedly used another power.
Hundreds of golden spears rising from the ground, like a forest of thorns, stand in between Mira and me.
A dustproof made by the Emperor to protect himself.
It was the power of Supai, the ruler of the underworld and minerals.
But that was an obvious misjudgment against me.
The power to control metal wasn’t just for him.
“… !”
The white tiger’s power to manipulate metal within sight shook the golden spear.
Then, the spears could not hold out for long and were pulled out one by one and floated into the air.
There is no sign of the person holding it.
Before long, the tip of the spear was aimed resolutely at the emperor.
The square that the emperor called himself had become hundreds of arrows threatening him before he knew it.
“… Is this how it feels?”
Controlling those golden spears gave me a strange feeling.
Is it because there is a reality?
Manipulating multiple objects at the same time without touching one’s own hands was distinctly different from controlling fire or electricity.
As a game, it feels like manipulating multiple units at the same time, which is much more hectic.
However, it was never as difficult as shooting them all at once.
“Let’s see if we can still sit like this.”
Wedge love!
Hundreds of javelins flew through the air towards the emperor.
A golden spear carved like a work of art.
The golden shower bombarded the emperor’s throne and the platform on which the throne was placed like a machine gun.
Then, the white cloth that once covered the emperor’s jade body was torn without leaving even a piece of it properly.
The mud soldiers around them were powerlessly pierced and shattered, creating a mess.
And when the last javelin pierced the middle of the throne.
“oh… ?”
There was only one emperor’s mummy, intact, standing there.
A bombardment of javelins that was simply thrown.
But that number was truly violent, so I didn’t think the emperor would be safe either.
But I never thought I would have hurt his collar.
Surprisingly, you have a knack for martial arts.
That’s how I praised Emperor Mira inwardly.
But he seemed unwilling to accept the compliment.
“… … ”
Even the throne was shattered, and it finally stepped on the ground with its own legs, though it couldn’t make a sound because of its rotten vocal cords.
I could feel the intense anger in those red eyes.
Eventually, those golden spears disappeared as smoke, as if their power had run out.
Once the obstacles are gone,
bang!
The Emperor’s mummy kicked the floor violently and charged at me without warning.
The golden ax scepter came down from above like a flash of lightning.
visor!
The sword and the scepter collided.
The scepter wasn’t even a normal weapon, but it was a pretty sharp blow.
As far as I know, there is no tradition related to martial arts directly to the Inca emperors.
“Careful! The Incas were an empire!”
At that time, Song Yun-ju threw a hint at me.
it’s an empire
If you think about it, it was just a natural thing, but I nodded my head when I understood the meaning.
As she said, the Incas were a huge empire that dominated South America.
But, of course, the Incas were not an empire from the beginning.
The Inca, like any other empire, must have started with a small country in the Peru region.
That’s why there is no choice but to be an indispensable presence among the emperors of the Incas.
That’s the conquering monarch.
The emperor who raised the Inca, which was only a small country, to the position of an empire.
If it was the mummy of such a conquering monarch, there would be nothing strange about it even if it was equipped with the bare minimum.
but.
“hmm… ”
After exchanging a few sums with him, I quickly grasped the level.
It’s a nice move in its own way, but that’s it.
To me, who had not even reached the god of war, the level of martial arts at the level of a conquering monarch only seemed like a well-trained soldier.
“Then let’s finish it.”
The movement of my sword, which had been just leisurely cutting through Mira’s scepter, changed completely.
And before Mira noticed the change.
A flash of light passed the mummy’s neck.
“… … ”
Then the emperor’s mummy, which had lifted the scepter, stopped moving.
In that state, his head fell off and rolled on the floor.
The red eyes still shining in those eyes did not seem to understand his own death.
Even if his head fell, he must have believed that he was immortal and that he would never die.
But with immortality cut off by my sword, that eye light flickered a few times and then faded away.
Then, the body that was standing still collapses and collapses to the floor.
The emperor’s throne room became so quiet.
After a brief silence, the first to speak was
“No, how did they fight so well? Are you really the Inspector? I thought the commissioner was fighting!”
As expected, it was Song Yun-ju.
She made a fuss as she said that, then checked the status of the audience room.
“divination… Are you okay?”
in between.
Choi Eun-young, who was guarding Song Yun-ju by calling a summons, asked cautiously.
I nodded lightly to her and looked at Song Yun-ju, who was examining the audience room.
The condition of the audience room was generally good.
but… The place where the most important king’s throne was was destroyed without leaving a trace.
This is also a historical site, so I guess I should have been more careful.
“Is it too broken?”
“huh? this? it’s okay, it’s okay If it was this monster, they wouldn’t have been able to use their hands.
However, at my question, Song Yun-ju waved her hand and said,
If so then I have nothing to worry about.
I nodded, looked away from her, and looked at Ingeom.
Thanks to defeating the monster named Mira, the log window was already reporting the completion of the repeated quest.
＜Repeat Quest – The Blade That Eats Mysteries has been completed.＞
＜The level rises.＞
＜The seal of the mummy is engraved on the sword that carves the monster.＞
I opened the item description window for Ingeom.
Two added skills.
– Descendant of the Sun God: Amplifies the effect of all successes related to the sun.
– Emperor of the Golden Empire: Detect gold veins. You can perceive the purity of gold within your field of vision.
“hmm… ”
Descendants of the sun god wasn’t bad.
There is no lore related to the sun right now, but it can be useful if you get it someday or rob an enemy of a skill.
However, the gold-related skills underneath were useless in combat.
Find a vein of gold and recognize its purity.
As a test, I looked at the golden trinkets scattered around the throne room.
Then, indeed, the purity of the ornaments appeared small upon it.
Most are just over 80% pure.
Surprisingly, it wasn’t pure gold.
Well, in the past, gold refining technology was also lacking, so it wasn’t strange.
This… It would be nice not to be scammed when buying gold.
It was a skill that would subtly help in real life.
I nodded and closed the window.
It was time to go back.
* * *
After 10 days, I was able to return to Korea again.
Immediately after the exorcism of the emperor’s mummy, a full-scale investigation of the ruins was conducted in Peru.
It was because Choi Eun-young and I had to stay there for a while in case of an emergency.
All you have to do is just stand there.
So there was nothing difficult, but there was no holiday in between, so I had to spend almost two weeks tediously.
However, when I returned to Korea, there were still things I gained.
“A vacation… ”
The vacation came as a reward for successfully completing a business trip to Peru.
According to team leader Seo In-na, official guidelines have been sent down.
It was a good word for me.
This overseas business trip is not the end, there will be another one.
So I took a few more days off and went to work at the police box.
But when I got to the office.
“… Are you here?”
People looked pretty tired.
“Did something happen?”
“What is going on? It just happened.”
Listening to Seo In-na’s story, while Choi Eun-young and I were on a business trip.
In Korea, enemy spirits appear on the bridges of the Han River, and horse stations appear in the middle of the city.
It seemed that quite a few major incidents had occurred one after another.
Was it rather fortunate that I went on a business trip to Peru?
“So I really struggled for the first or two weeks. If I had known it would be like this, I would have gone on a business trip.”
“If the team leader goes, who will manage our team?”
“Of course Inspector Kang should do it. Isn’t it time to start aiming for the team leader position?”
“Not at all. what am i?”
It was a nonsensical sound.
The reason why I refused the promotion was all because of Seo In-na.
“More than that… It seems like there are too many big incidents these days. There is a limit to how much you can recover from this.”
Seo In-na said like a sigh.
“Probation?”
“okay. It’s what we do, exorcising anima or monster is the end, but there are people who cover it up. Especially this time, the magic station broke out in a building near the downtown area. Should I control the information or deal with the accident? The department in charge must have had a hard time?”
I nodded.
Still, listening to Seo In-na, it seems that the big things are over.
“Then, is there anything left to do?”
“no way. I’ve been busy dealing with urgent matters, so I’ve got a few cases behind me.”
yes, it must have been
So I naturally accepted the case file she offered.