novelraw Chapter 119
Chapter 119
Chapter 119. The Color of the Evil Spirit (4)
"Haa, haa……."
Just because they shared the same place, the meaning of that place could not be the same for everyone.
School.
For someone, it was a place of learning; for someone, a gathering place of boredom; and for someone, a playground and a battlefield.
And for Kim Eun-tae, it was hell.
"Huu… Heuk… Haa……."
"What are you doing? Hit quickly, idiot. Five hits left."
"T… This should be enough, right……?"
This was the backyard of the school.
Seventeen-year-old Kim Eun-tae stood in front of a certain sack, clutching a wooden baton.
A tightly tied, tough sack.
Inside it was a person who was clearly alive.
He couldn't know who that person was, but one thing was certain.
That they couldn't be in a sound condition.
Because they had already been hit twenty-five times by the wooden baton swung with Kim Eun-tae's full strength.
He hadn't swung it because he wanted to.
It was because of the coercion of other students surrounding Kim Eun-tae.
They had handed Kim Eun-tae the wooden baton and forced him to strike this sack thirty times.
"…I can't do it anymore."
"Hmm?"
"Anymore……."
"Okay, then let's fill the remaining five hits with you."
THWACK.
They rushed in and mercilessly trampled on Kim Eun-tae.
After beating him to a pulp like that.
RIIIP-
They tore the sack with a pocket knife.
What was inside the sack was revealed.
What was contained there was none other than Kim Eun-tae's best friend.
The moment he saw his friend inside the sack with mouth, hands, and feet bound, Kim Eun-tae felt something snap inside him.
Putting thumbtacks in his shoes, cutting the brakes of his bicycle, burning his books and pouring alcohol into his bag—he had endured it all.
But not this.
This was not of a nature that could be dared to be endured.
For the first time, Kim Eun-tae glared at them with fierce hatred.
The gang that had tormented him with all their might.
However, there was nothing more he could do to them.
CLICK.
The gang leader took out a gun and aimed it at Kim Eun-tae.
There was nothing a human standing bare-bodied in front of a gun muzzle could do.
"Idiot."
They left the spot, throwing a single curse word behind.
"……."
Kim Eun-tae sat next to his half-crippled friend for a long time.
Anger and hatred beyond measure filled his mind, but there was nothing he could do.
But it was clear that something happened at that moment.
In such a world where magic exists, emotional turmoil beyond the limit carries great significance.
Something began to call him.
Its identity was unknown, and how this calling was made was also unknown, but Kim Eun-tae followed that call.
An old traditional market, a shop located in its corner.
In a certain shop that dealt only with clumsy replica antiques with no historical value, Kim Eun-tae found it.
That which was calling him.
The cursed object where Simryugwi was sealed, a brass-colored ring.
Simryugwi had been looking for a host to fully resurrect itself for a long time.
In the midst of that, detecting the fluctuation of passion created by Kim Eun-tae, it had called him out.
As soon as he got the ring in his hand, Kim Eun-tae knew what he had to do.
GULP.
He swallowed the ring.
Then, resonating with Kim Eun-tae's mana, Simryugwi slowly began to stretch itself out into the world.
And the next day, school.
"You came?"
As soon as he entered the classroom, what greeted Kim Eun-tae was yesterday's gang.
"Your friend was hurt a lot yesterday. Do you know what happened?"
At those words, everyone snickered.
But Kim Eun-tae showed no agitation and spoke.
"He was hurt a lot."
Kim Eun-tae took a step toward them and continued.
"…And you guys will be hurt more than that."
"What is he saying?"
The guys took out the usual pistol again.
At that moment.
SLICE.
The pistol fell to the floor.
Along with a severed wrist.
"H, Huwaaaack!!"
"Fuck, what is this?!"
The multi-colored fluid flowing from Kim Eun-tae's mouth.
Simryugwi.
It had cut off the guy's wrist.
At that moment, the gang realized that something was going wrong.
Of course, realizing it didn't change anything.
SLICE!
SQUELCH!
It was instantaneous for a single body to be divided into several chunks.
Thus, the massacre began.
All those students who tormented, trampled, and despised Kim Eun-tae.
Without even a moment to do anything, they were instantly cut into pieces and scattered.
The Simryugwi accepted by Kim Eun-tae began to move according to the emotional fluctuations.
Hatred and anger are the most powerful factors that move an evil spirit.
Thus, the revenge ended in an instant.
He repaid the violence and contempt received over several years in just a few seconds.
If it had ended here, it would have been a happy ending.
It would have been a standard revenge story and a comedy.
But because it didn't, this story raced toward tragedy.
SWISH SWISH SWISH!
Rampage.
Simryugwi had no intention of stopping the killing.
Therefore, it rampaged and began to cut and chop all living things around it.
SQUELCH!
SLICE!
SLASH!!
"Kyaaaaaak!"
"Uwaaaack!!"
"W… What is this?!"
Heads, arms, and legs began to roll here and there on the floor.
This head belonged to a student who had occasionally shown kindness to Kim Eun-tae.
That arm belonged to a student who felt pity for the bullying Kim Eun-tae suffered, and the foot next to it belonged to a student who was merely indifferent.
Indiscriminate killing swept the school.
Simryugwi did not distinguish between good and evil while rampaging.
It just killed if alive, and passed if dead.
It cut the ankles of fast students and cut down walls to block retreat paths.
After screams, blood, and dust mixed and burst, only death remained.
Like that, every life residing in one school died.
Teachers, staff, students.
Over 500 people in total died without being able to resist.
A catastrophe of an unprecedented level.
Eventually, the government stepped in, and Kim Eun-tae was barely suppressed and transferred to Mugan.
This was the reason Kim Eun-tae came to be confined in Mugan.
And it was Kim Eun-tae's last memory that flowed into Riman's mind through the ring.
* * *
"……."
After the flowed-in memories stirred up his mind once.
Riman barely opened his eyes.
In front of Riman was Kim Eun-tae.
With all the stitches on his body burst open, Kim Eun-tae was in a state almost like a corpse.
And Simryugwi was…….
RUMBLE-
It was collapsing.
The spheres the thing made were melting down, and other parts were crumbling.
And a ring was held in Riman's hand.
The ring that had been embedded in Kim Eun-tae's body.
It was the cursed object where Simryugwi was sealed.
However, being trapped in the cursed object itself doesn't allow much power to be used.
Therefore, to use power, it must obtain a suitable human body to neutralize the boundary of the seal.
So as soon as it was extracted from Kim Eun-tae's body, Simryugwi was neutralized.
"…Is it over."
Muttering like that, Riman opened his palm.
A brass-colored ring placed on his palm.
It was merely a ring, but an object that strangely felt heavy.
Was it due to fatigue after the fierce battle?
Riman stared blankly down at the ring without realizing it.
Just then.
CRUNCH.
"……!"
The ring began to dig into his palm.
As if the weight of the ring had suddenly increased, the ring embedded itself into his palm.
"Keuk……!"
Simryugwi's desperate struggle to obtain the new body called Riman.
Fortunately, Riman was currently wearing the
Because of that, the ring couldn't pierce Riman's palm in one go.
However, blocking it like this had limits.
It was only a matter of time before the gloves and Eoduksini were pierced.
Moreover, if he tried to pry it off with his other hand, it was obvious that hand would be ruined.
Destroying it was impossible.
"Tsk……!"
Even if he mastered all kinds of magic, no method came to mind to detach an enemy completely adhered to his body.
Of course, cutting off the wrist would be a simple solution.
The problem was that the decision to give up a part of one's body was never simple.
'Think.'
Riman rolled and rolled dozens of simulations in his mind for a split second.
The conclusion reached at the end was one.
If he couldn't destroy or detach the ring itself…….
'Drive out Simryugwi itself……!'
WHIIING……!
Riman began to push Eoduksini into the ring.
The internal area of this ring was filled with Simryugwi's spirit body.
If he forcibly pushed another spirit body called Eoduksini into such a place, the Simryugwi inside would have no choice but to be pushed out.
"Keuk……!"
WHIIING……!
Of course, it doesn't happen easily.
Still, he pushes it in by force.
'By filling the inside of the ring with Eoduksini, extract Simryugwi out of the ring……!'
Of course, Eoduksini was a lower-ranking evil spirit than Simryugwi.
However, the current Simryugwi had lost a significant portion of its power.
Therefore, it was worth a try.
'Kuaaaa……!'
WHIIING!
Eoduksini begins to burrow into the ring little by little.
Accordingly, the multi-colored spirit body inside the ring begins to be pushed out.
At the same time, the weight of the ring also began to decrease.
Simryugwi had begun to be extracted.
And after a while.
WHOOSH!
The multi-colored fluid burst out of the ring as if exploding.
At the same time—
CLANG!
The ring fell from Riman's hand.
"…Success."
He had succeeded in completely pulling Simryugwi out of this ring.
HISSS-
The multi-colored fluid rose like steam and hovered around Riman.
It was the remnant of Simryugwi.
The thing had degraded to an almost harmless level.
In this state, it wasn't even worth subjugating.
He didn't have much energy left to prepare for subjugation either.
And honestly, even if subjugation was possible…….
'…I don't really want to keep Simryugwi by my side.'
Simryugwi had a mental contamination ability.
An ability that amplifies malice in the heart, paralyzes reason, and lowers intelligence.
Of course, the reason and intellect of Riman, a wizard, were solid and dense.
But even so, there was no reason to take on a risk factor unnecessarily.
'Ah wait, come to think of it…….'
SWISH-
Riman picked up the ring.
The ring from which Simryugwi was expelled.
Now, Eoduksini had taken its place inside.
"…Hoh."
Riman called Eoduksini out of the ring.
SHOO!
Eoduksini was called out in the form of a whip as usual.
Seeing that, Riman muttered.
"…It's good?"
Until now, he had carried Eoduksini inside a shaman's bell.
Inside a bulky and rattling bell.
Of course, there was no big problem functionally.
But there was a strange inconvenience of having to take it out of his pocket and shake it every time he used it.
But if he carried Eoduksini inside this ring…….
"…Unintentionally, it became much more convenient."
Riman put the ring on the middle finger of his right hand.
And called Eoduksini back into the ring.
SHOO!
Then the guy was naturally stored inside the ring.
From now on, he could use this ring as Eoduksini's new storage place.
'…With this, item looting is also finished.'
After this battle completely concluded like that.
Riman's gaze finally turned to Kim Eun-tae.
"Haa, haa……."
"You were alive."
"Yes. So won't you… please kill me?"
"……."
"…I killed too many people, unrelated people."
Riman nodded slightly.
Killing those who tormented him was natural revenge, but the hundreds of students and staff who died afterward were unrelated and innocent people.
Still, Kim Eun-tae tried.
To prevent the massacre from spreading further, he desperately held Simryugwi inside himself.
That was why he wasn't killed but arrested and confined in Mugan.
Originally, killing humans harboring an existence as dangerous as Simryugwi is the basic principle.
Because they are powerful to the point that capturing them alive is almost impossible.
Yet, succeeding in capturing him alive meant that Kim Eun-tae had suppressed Simryugwi tremendously.
Although he committed the error of abusing an evil spirit, he had struggled to somehow stop the resulting massacre.
Even while sewing up his own body.
Riman spoke.
"…It is impossible to restore a body ruined by accepting an evil spirit of Simryugwi's level."
Riman's finger pointed at Kim Eun-tae.
[Incision]
SLICE!
That was the minimum mercy Riman could give.