Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 58
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Episode 58
Consumed ammunition: 10 rounds.
0 percent battery remaining.
After using up all his ammunition, Youngsoo finally came out of the sinkhole.
He ended up carrying two corpses on his shoulders.
Ga-ryeong’s eyes wavered as she looked at the two bodies resting on Yeong-su’s shoulders.
For example, he muttered their names.
“Cheol-ho… Myeong-seo?”
“You said it? I can do whatever I want with these corpses, whether I collect them or not.”
Yeongsu said as he placed the two bodies on the ground.
“You take care of it.”
“… … !”
“Don’t leave it in the hands of a completely unrelated person like me. Let the person involved handle it.”
For example, he knelt down quietly and looked down at the corpses.
His own guild members.
Closing their eyes, Garyeong muttered.
“… You’ve had a hard time in the dark. Let’s go back.”
For the first time, there was a hint of sadness in her voice, which had been so bouncy ever since we first met.
A while later, Cheonghwa’s staff collected the two bodies on a stretcher and took them to headquarters.
For example, he said to Youngsoo.
“thanks.”
“That’s why I feel more uncomfortable leaving it there.”
“From now on, Cheonghwa will make it clear here and now that it will have friendly relations with Undercovers.”
“… … !”
“If you have anything to discuss or need Cheonghwa’s help, come to me anytime. I’ll help you as much as I can.”
Youngsoo’s eyes widened slightly.
Declaration of friendly relations on the Qinghua side.
‘I can’t believe we’ve managed to recruit such a force that will help us in our war against the elves.’
It was an unexpected harvest.
But apart from the harvest, work had to be done.
For example, he asked.
“But what happened to the Quadrun?”
“Could it be that Salsu left his target alive?”
Youngsoo opened his inventory and injected Quadrun’s corpse.
thud!
Quadrun’s corpse appeared in front of Youngsoo’s outstretched hand.
Quadrun, who was brutally murdered and had his organs removed here and there.
For example, Ga-ryung’s eyes grew wide.
“You really… caught it?!”
“If you don’t believe me, come and see for yourself.”
“No, that’s not it… … .”
He caught a monster on his own that even a group of players from Cheonghwa couldn’t catch.
And he did it without suffering any injuries.
‘It’s a monster.’
It was said towards the corpse of Quadrun in front of him, but at the same time it was said towards Youngsoo.
For example, he unconsciously clenched his fist.
From when I was in the game, until now when the massacre happened.
Carmen, Youngsoo, were her targets.
Her ultimate goal was to one day become someone who could fight and win against this human.
But now she saw it with her own two eyes.
How distant and distant Youngsu is.
‘… Okay, this should be enough.’
But she just smiled instead.
‘Wouldn’t it be ideal if it were easily accessible?’
I will definitely destroy you someday, Cheon Yeong-su.
Thinking so, she looked at Youngsoo’s back as he left.
* * *
A world where endless forests spread out.
A world of plants where mountains, lakes, and even the sea seem to be embraced by forests.
This was not Earth.
This is Eldrunia, the world of elves.
In the center of that sacred forest stood a building so gigantic that it defies description.
The massive structure, made of wood and stone, did not look like a building at all when viewed from a distance.
Because it blended exquisitely with the large trees, bushes, rocks, and streams, it seemed as if it were a part of the forest.
But the closer you get, the more you realize how intricately calculated this structure is.
Because we begin to see extreme artificial design to blend in completely with nature.
An exquisite intersection of nature and man-made.
It was a near-perfect embodiment of the elven idea that everything comes from nature and returns to nature.
The first and last masterpiece of Elf Architecture.
The most sacred place and spiritual center of all elves.
This was the Great Temple.
“… That’s ridiculous.”
The basement of the Great Temple, the room of the Gods.
A sacred room that only high-ranking priests of cardinal rank or higher may enter.
In the spacious basement, thirteen candles of various sizes, shapes, and forms were burning brightly.
Candles that have never gone out since they were first lit.
These were candles connected to the thirteen gods served by the elves.
And the fire of the candle was soon connected to the life force of the god.
In other words, the candle going out means that the life of the god has faded.
Therefore, the fact that even one candle went out was a huge event in itself.
“Why… God is dead?”
Cardinal Patur looked at the extinguished candle with a blank expression.
A metal badge with a name written on it was hung at the bottom of the candle.
A badge that reads, “Naked Quadrun.”
Cardinal Patur hurriedly left the Mansin room and ran to the Sword Room.
“Your Majesty the Dharma King.”
Patur took a deep breath and called out the name of the most sacred office in Eldrunia.
“Your Majesty, this is Cardinal Patur.”
“Tell me.”
“One of the candles in Manshin’s room went out.”
“The candle going out means that the god has passed away… … .”
The Pope raised his body.
A priest wearing a robe so dark that there is no sense of light or dark.
And there is one with eyes even darker and more distant than that.
He is the king of the elves and the father of their religion.
The 42nd Pope was Sabine.
“Are you telling me now that God is dead?”
“… Yes.”
“I can’t believe it. Those candles must have never gone out in all these years… … .”
“It’s the God of Murder. There is no other possibility that I can think of.”
The Pope’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
When Patur saw that, he hurriedly bowed his head even deeper and spoke as if making an excuse.
“Ha, but other than this, is there any other possibility I can think of… … !”
“Didn’t all the conspirators who bought one life be imprisoned in the ?”
“I think they might not be.”
“There are other murderers?”
“yes.”
“What is the basis?”
“Recently, the energy of the Demon Sword Cronus has been detected.”
Shudder.
The Pope was visibly agitated.
“…Are you talking about the place called Earth that was recently discovered?”
“Yes.”
“Yes, if there is someone who can handle the magic sword… I guess it would be possible to survive. Cardinal.”
“yes.”
“Convene a council of bishops. We will discuss hastening the war.”
“I will accept it.”
After the cardinal left, the pope turned his gaze to the altar in the middle of the sword room.
A huge greatsword was placed on the altar.
It is the sword of the nameless warrior who saved the elves from destruction a thousand years ago.
A sword that is the highest level divine item possessed by elves and is revered and respected by all elves.
And the holy sword that is the polar opposite of the demon sword Cronus.
was placed on the altar.
“… look down on us.”
Bowing down toward the Holy Sword, the Dharma King muttered.
* * *
At that time, around the wild shopping district.
There were still a considerable number of corpses of the Red Lotus troops strewn about.
A literal corpse field.
For a while, the area was filled with the stench of rotting corpses.
But the stench didn’t last very long.
It was because of the monsters that came here following that stench.
Rain, rain-
Monsters attracted to this place by the smell of corpses began to feed on these corpses.
Something was starting to happen: the corpses were acting as bait.
The stench of the corpses diminished with each passing day, thanks to the habit of eating them indiscriminately, whether the flesh was rotten or not, and even the bones.
And the fact that monsters were flocking to the Wild Market was a blessing for the Undercovers guild members.
Because the food was practically walking in my face.
So, it became a routine for Undercover players to escape into the wild and hunt monsters whenever they had the chance.
This was also much easier than going into hunting grounds, mazes, or unexplored ruins to hunt monsters.
Of course, not everyone went on this hunt without any resistance from the beginning.
This is because some people felt uncomfortable with the idea of hunting down and eating monsters that had eaten humans.
But surprisingly, Youngsoo didn’t seem to have much of a problem with those reactions.
I just said this.
“If you don’t want to eat the monster, you don’t have to. But if you starve to death, I’ll throw your body outside the store and use it as bait.”
After that statement was made, those who refused to hunt and eat disappeared completely.
A strange ecological pyramid was thus completed, where monsters prey on humans, and other humans then eat the monsters.
And the hunt continued today as well.
Today’s hunting duty is inspector Jang Do-su, knight Jo Ha-seong, and puppeteer Heo Yeong-ah.
They were looking at a huge four-legged bird that was diligently pecking at the corpse.
“We have to send them all in one room. Let’s just go as planned.”
“One, two… … .”
three.
Shhh!
Crunch!!
The combined attack of the three struck the monster.
The wounds left by the joint attack were deep.
But that didn’t stop the bird from flapping its wings.
Foodduck!
With a powerful flapping of wings, the monster flew into the sky, spraying blood as it fled.
“Hey, you… … !”
“That’s why I have to send them all in one room… … !”
They stared blankly at the food that had flown away into the empty air.
Oh, that guy could have made dozens of bowls of Samgyetang…
Hooooo-
“uh?”
But then the thing that had been flying suddenly started to fall.
The fallen man rolled around on the ground.
And Youngsoo was riding on top of that guy’s body.
With a knife stuck in the bastard’s neck.
On the way back to the wild, he happened to pass by a hunting scene and intervened because he thought the hunt was going to fail.
The hunting party asked, dumbfounded.
“professor……?”
“Hey, Jang Do-su. When I deal with this guy, I told him to give up the desire to kill him in one shot.”
Yeongsu said, pointing to the sword marks left on the monster’s body.
“Don’t think about killing it with one stroke of the sword. When you deal with this guy, attack its wings first. Tie it to the ground so it can’t fly. Okay? Understood?”
“…yes.”
“So today we’re adding 100,000 more downs.”
“professor……!”
Youngsoo jumped down from above the monster.
“Anyway, let’s go back. If we catch this one, we’re done hunting for today.”
“Yes, then let’s tie that up first… … .”
“No need to tie it up.”
Yeah.
Youngsoo put the monster corpse into his inventory.
The eyes of the disciples who saw that grew wide.
“That… that size can be stored?!”
“It’s called Templar.”
“Where on earth did you get such an item?”
“I killed a god. Well, he was a lesser god… … .”
“Huh? What are you killing?”
The disciples’ eyes shook violently at the words, “He killed God.”
Ha-seong, who used to go to church, had particularly shaky eyes.
But Youngsoo’s voice was calm.
“Don’t be so surprised. There is a hierarchy even among the gods. The gap between each hierarchy is quite large. The transcendent gods you think of are almost impossible to kill.”
“Well, he’s a god so he can’t do that… … .”
“God is just a category. Don’t take it too seriously. There is nothing to worship or fear. God is God, and humans are humans. If you forget this basic structure, that’s where things start to go wild.”
The elves of today are like that.
… I didn’t even bother to say that.
“Anyway, let’s go back.”
“yes.”
They went back to the wild.
* * *
After moving the game to the kitchen.
Youngsoo and Gapseok went to the item warehouse.
The purpose was twofold.
First, to store items obtained from Nashin’s den.
The second was to get the equipment that Youngsoo would use.
“What a lot of things you brought. There are a lot of magic stones, and even this equipment… … .”
“But that’s not the best harvest from this naked oyster raid.”
“Then what is it?”
“The bond with Cheonghwa.”
Gapseok’s eyes widened.
“So… you formed an alliance with Cheonghwarang?!”
“almost.”
“What did you do to them?! Torture and intimidation? No, did you use the branding function of the ?”
“… Isn’t it time to start shedding that image of me?”
“Then what did you do?”
“I was just showing respect for the dead.”
Gap-seok was briefly surprised by those words, but surprisingly, he readily accepted them.
“Well, our Gilma-nim has no manners towards the living, but it’s not that he has no manners towards the dead.”
“What, Inma?”
… for this reason.