The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism - The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism chapter 98

98.

“It came out.”

“Already?”

“yes. So, let’s turn the boat back.”

I turned the boat back while watching the shadow floating in the deep water.

The size of the naga exceeded 10 meters, and it was like watching a whale.

So, if the battle continued like this, there was a risk that the boat itself would be broken.

and,

“By the way, have a lot of people died here?”

I then asked about the spirits and resentments under the sea.

Mina Kim tilted her head.

“A person?”

“yes. what… Was there an accident at sea?”

“I haven’t heard anything like that. What is it exactly?”

I told her everything I had figured out.

Then, Mina Kim’s expression turned a little stiff.

“It’s not exactly… They are most likely victims of the Killing Fields.”

Killing Field.

I had never even heard of the word. I don’t know the details, but I only know that it’s a massacre.

“What is Killing Fields?”

Han Seong-min, who was quietly listening to the story, asked.

Then Mina Kim answered right away.

“It is a genocide by the regime that took place in Cambodia in the 1970s. A massacre across the country, with a total number of victims in the million. And the killing field means the area where the bodies of the victims are collected and buried.”

It was a horrific story to hear.

In other words, the victims were also abandoned at the bottom of this lake.

“I heard that there are frequent exorcism cases in the Killing Fields, and that they have been cleaning up until recently… I guess it hasn’t been completely purified yet.”

“At that scale, we couldn’t afford to probe all the way to the bottom of the lake.”

Having roughly understood the situation, I stopped the boat.

I was thinking of putting these two on standby here and going out and fighting.

“Then right… ”

“wait a minute.”

Mina Kim caught me like that.

She thought deeply, then opened her mouth cautiously.

“I think you’d better talk to the exorcists in Cambodia first.”

“Is there a reason?”

“It could be dangerous.”

I decided to listen to Mina Kim’s words first, as to whether there could be anything that wasn’t dangerous.

She had been quiet when dealing with the incarnation of the black naga a while ago.

However, I thought that there must be a basis for Mina Kim to stop me.

“Danger?”

“This is just my guess. I think there is a possibility that Naga is the real Naga, and that is Queen Soma, the main Naga of Cambodia.”

That’s a naga, and that’s a given.

It was the completely opposite opinion of me and Seo In-na’s prediction, which I thought was not Naga.

However, I couldn’t carelessly listen to Mina Kim’s words.

She is an exorcist who has been to Southeast Asia many times.

Even if she was a non-combatant, the knowledge and experience she had accumulated would not be false.

So I nodded and waited for her words.

“Actually, I thought it was strange even before I came here. A black naga who commits murder in a temple that serves the naga. But if that’s the queen of the Killing Fields, that explains it to some extent.”

“Is Naga related to the Killing Fields?”

“It has nothing to do with the massacre itself. But with the victims. Yes, Queen Soma in the legend is the creator god of Cambodia, and Cambodians are the children of that Soma. In other words, I am in the middle of the graves of my children who are going out now.”

Naga who settled in the graves of her children.

Hearing that, I got a sense of what Mina Kim was trying to say.

“And one aspect of the naga in lore is vengeance. That is the aspect of Takshaka, especially known as the Black Naga. Takshaka first appears as a villain, holding a grudge against the hero of Indian mythology, Arjuna, and seeking revenge. But several times the revenge fails. However, he does not give up and tries to take revenge, and eventually even kills Arjuna’s grandson.”

Takshaka’s tradition was known to me too.

As she said, Takshaka is a villain who begins and ends with revenge.

It was said that such an aspect of Takshaka appeared prominently in that naga.

“In the end, Takshaka herself is also nearly killed by revenge, but this is the naga’s relentless vengeful side.”

“So, are you saying that I am avenging my dead victims?”

“That’s it.”

Mina Kim’s words made sense.

But the strange thing still remains.

Because the target of the revenge was greatly wrong.

“Then why are you attacking tourists? What do they have to do with the Killing Fields?”

At my words, Mina Kim’s expression darkened slightly.

“I think that part is probably a misunderstanding. Naga must have found the traces of his children who were brutally murdered in Dandan Lake, and searched for them obsessed with revenge. But, of course, there was a historic site nearby that was crowded with strangers. Especially in the past, it is often a place where foreign invaders used to be stationed.”

The distance between Angkor Wat and Tonle Sap Lake is about 20 km, which is not far.

Are you saying that the naga consider the temple to be a base for the slayers?

“The proof is that the naga stayed in this lake, but never appeared around the lake. That means you don’t show up in front of the outgoing Cambodians.”

As she said, all the people who died at Angkor Wat were tourists.

And when I dealt with the incarnation of the naga, he ignored the local police even in front of him.

It means that they are really only killing foreigners.

Understanding the circumstances, I nodded my head.

“I know the story. But why are you telling me to back off?”

“Inspector Kang said you could measure the strength of a monster, right?”

“yes.”

“Because the side of Takshaka, who is going out now, has appeared strongly, his divinity must be very far away. Taksakya is a villain in mythology, but Queen Soma is the main character in the founding myth. So, the difference between them is huge. So, if Naga regains the divinity of Queen Soma during the battle, she may become many times stronger than she is now.”

Naga’s level is now 73.

If it was at that level, it would be worth fighting, but if it was in a state of deity, the story would be different.

Level 80 even if you only go up 10 levels.

In terms of spirits, it is a dark spirit, and it is above average.

Fighting something like that… As Mina Kim said, it was too risky.

“Then what should I do?”

“I think you need to meet Cambodian exorcists to understand that part. They probably know some incantations and rituals about the naga.”

I don’t know what kind of effect the magic on the naga has, but for now, it seemed the best thing to do as she said.

It seemed like a problem that couldn’t be solved by fighting alone.

“By the way, where are the exorcists?”

“Oh, right next door. When we said we were going into the lake, we said we were doing personnel control on the surface.”

I didn’t know because I couldn’t see them, but they must have been constantly communicating with Minah Kim.

Somehow, Mina Kim was holding something like a walkie-talkie in the cockpit.

“Then let’s go right away.”

We went back the way we came.

Soon after, the floating houses were seen on the lake again.

On one of them, someone gestured towards us.

He was a Cambodian exorcist.

When I went in, there were already several exorcists gathered there.

Mina Kim, who joined the group, talked with them for a long time.

They asked me for my opinion in the middle and found a countermeasure.

“You have a ritual to communicate with the naga?”

“yes. Of course, the ceremony will be handled over there. And I think I should use this to clear up misunderstandings and calm down the naga.”

“Then what am I going to do?”

“What Inspector Kang will do is to take off Takshaka’s divinity and bring out the deity of the main god.”

“For the success of the ceremony?”

“that’s right. It’s because I’m in a state where I’m crazy about revenge and I’m about to lose my godhood. There is a high probability that there is little reason left. So, first of all, it is necessary to restore reason together with the deity of the main god.”

Soon, a simple operation was derived.

If you let the naga regain the aspect of the main god, the exorcists communicate with the naga through the ritual.

After that, he said that he would convince Naga.

“that… I don’t know, but can you convince me?”

“It’s not that I’m an outgoing freak. Even if they are spirit creatures, they have reason to communicate with humans to some extent.”

but.

I nodded, remembering the crow I once met.

And the fox I take with me is also a spirit creature.

Even with that level of intelligence, there would be no problem with persuasion.

“All right.”

So I nodded.

In the end, my work didn’t change much.

Then, this time, Mina Kim expressed her concern first.

“But are you really okay? Even Naga now would be quite a challenge. In fact, the other side also asked if I was putting too much pressure on Inspector Kang… ”

When Kim Min-a said that and looked at the Cambodian exorcists, they bowed their heads in disdain.

If you only look at the level, of course it was true that it was a burdensome enemy.

But I had a special potion that worked for him.

“Probably no problem.”

The side of Takshaka that Naga is now revealing.

That Takshaka kills Arjuna’s grandson in the legend.

The grandson’s son creates a sacred flame that burns all the snakes to take revenge on Takshaka, and because of this, Takshaka is almost burned to death.

Although, just before dying, Takshaka saved his life at the behest of others.

This brings him out of the story, putting an end to a long tale of revenge.

So, Takshaka’s weakness is the holy flame.

And coincidentally, I had a torch that was just right for this.

Earlier, since he lived in water, he deliberately did not use flames, but that was his biggest weakness.

So, if you use the power of this torch, erasing Takshaka’s face was not difficult at all.

“Then let’s start right away.”

So I replied confidently, and Mina Kim nodded.

After a while.

I went back and arrived at the lake where I was staying.

However, this time the boat with the other people was far away, and I was the only one standing in the lake walking on the water.

and,

“… … ”

Naga, who had sunk at the bottom of the lake, was quietly glaring at me.

Is it because you don’t want to fight over the graves of your children?

It seemed to recognize me from the moment I set foot in the lake, but it didn’t attack me directly.

However, I had no intention of leaving such a naga alone, so I called the thunderbolt first.

No matter how much the torch is, it won’t reach the guy stuck at the bottom of that deep lake.

Quarreung!

A huge electric shock then struck the lake.

The lightning bolt spread to the area buried under the lake, and it hit Naga as well as Han and Ryeong.

shoot ah-

As if to swallow me, I came up to the surface with the sound of strong water.

Then, a huge snake god came into sight.

Only the height of the exposed body is 6 meters.

Unlike the incarnation seen in the ruins, it was a naga with seven cobra heads.

In addition, each of the four hands held a staff, a spear, a sword, and a shield.

“@#%$#%#”

Then he poured out words that I couldn’t understand.

I didn’t know what it meant, but the harsh, shrieking sound clearly contained a curse.

I had no intention of answering that, so I just wrapped my sword in white flames.

Then, without warning,

Chew!

The bastard’s attack flew.

It was the tail of a creature hidden beneath the surface.

The tip of the tail was forged like a sharp spear, and the tail, which split into three strands, caught me like a trap.

“God even uses fakes?”

I muttered as I cut off one of them.

The words Naga uttered upon seeing me were, after all, a smoke screen to cover this attack.

“Shaaa!”

Meanwhile, when my tail was cut off and even set on fire, Naga let out a scream mixed with pain.

Then, the three weapons that the naga carried came rushing at me.

The power contained there was unusual even at first sight.

A strength that cannot be compared to that of an incarnation.

In response, I swung the sword towards the first Naga sword that came in.

Chow ah!

The giant sword slid sideways and split the lake.

Then the lake made a big crack, as if it really split in an instant.

Right after that, I turned around to avoid the spear that stabbed me.

Then, instead of me, the water surface stabbed by the spear exploded like an explosion.

Finally, the staff that fell from above burrowed into Naga and avoided it.

“Shiyi… ”

Naga opened her mouth at me who had burrowed into Naga’s arms in an instant.

Is it a ploy to spew acidic venom?

But now that I knew the naga’s weakness, I had nothing to fear.

Immediately, the firepower of the torch carried on the sword was greatly increased by pouring spiritual energy into it.

The flames that burned spiritual power grow wider and higher than the sword.

“Kaaa-”

Acidic venom then poured over me.

The black rain that poured like a huge wave seemed to have no way to escape.

However, I swung my sword wide at the venom and fired a huge torch.

The fan-shaped curtain of flame burned away all the venom.

Eventually, it even covered the face of the naga behind him.

“Shaaa!”

The torch-engulfed naga struggled in pain.

He immediately sank to the bottom of the lake and tried to put out the flames, but once lit, the torch was not easily extinguished.

As long as the torch was within my sight, I too could have used my spiritual powers to make the fire much bigger.

Besides, this torch is his weakness.

So even though Naga was in the lake, in an instant, fire spread throughout his body and it burned fiercely.

Of course, I also quickly ran out of the spiritual power that I had thrown as firewood, but I immediately supplemented the spiritual power by using the tradition of the Mahuraga family.

“Kiyi!”

Shortly thereafter, the naga that had gone mad in the lake rose to the surface again.

Burned by holy flames, black scales were visible here and there.

The guy still looked in pain.

“@#$@%#$%$%”

Slowly overcoming the pain, he said something to me.

The voice was distinctly different from before.

If it had been like a vengeful spirit that just poured out curses a moment ago, now it contained much more cold-hearted anger.

And when the voice ends

The black scales covering the naga cracked with a crackling sound.

Then, the black scales slowly peeled away from the naga like skin.

And what you see inside is a golden, brilliant scale.

Finally, Takshaka’s power over Naga was burned away, and she regained the divinity of Queen Soma.