Chapter 783
Chapter 783
Genius Magician Who Eats Medicine Episode 783
Ghost Journey (9)
Sludge!! The shape of a boat going through the dark river.
A small boat that can accommodate one person.
A simple outfit that crosses the river by rowing.
However, the massive bullhead skull hanging from the prow eats up all other features.
“Managers of the marina. My sense of beauty is so insignificant.”
Lennok murmured, looking at the apostle’s skull hanging proudly from the prow.
“Or did you just want to implicitly reveal your uncomfortable feeling?”
The managers of the dock immediately built a boat after seeing the body of the apostle Lennok had brought.
However, instead of completely recovering the bodies of the apostles that were handed over as offerings in the process, they were used to build ships.
To be honest, the shape of the shattered skull after the head was crushed did not look very good.
[It’s not that I can’t understand his feelings.]
The priestess calmly agreed.
[Sometimes, when faced with excessive rudeness, you don’t want to deal with it.
]
Lennok laughed.
“Did you still think it was an asset of the same church?”
[Even though Kamrodal’s behavior is unacceptable, this man was a martyr who died while carrying out his mission.] Although
there was no emotion, it was clear that the priestess was not happy with Lennok’s decision.
[He must have had a more suitable rest.]
“Well. I think this is also an ending suitable for the head of the church.”
Lennok, who openly laughed at the priestess’ words, glanced around.
“Look. The stares pouring in from all directions are stinging, and it’s almost annoying.”
Among the ships crossing the Headlane River together, it has a uniquely ferocious appearance.
However, even such an outward appearance seemed to be seen by others as an object to be thoroughly guarded against.
It was because all those who got the boat and slowly crossed the river were looking this way as if they had promised.
“There’s that madman who handed over the apostle’s corpse as an offering.”
“Look at the decorations on the bow. It’s an obnoxious taste. Aren’t you afraid of the church’s retaliation?”
“If you fought and killed yourself, that confidence is understandable. Monsters strong enough to fight and defeat an apostle are rare.”
“The kind of person I don’t want to associate with either... ... .”
“I’ll have to find out about him after entering Yorta. If it’s a strong person like that, there will definitely be rumors in the center.”
The appearance of passengers having a quiet conversation with the sparse boat in between.
While clicking his tongue as if he were fed up with Lennok’s behavior, on the contrary, he seems to be thoroughly wary and afraid.
It’s probably because he knows how crazy Lennok’s behavior is when he kills an apostle and brings back the corpse.
Even they wouldn’t want to get involved in a useless fuss ahead of the checkpoint heading to Yorta.
The moment Lennok smiled and moved the ship forward.
“Brother. You’d better be careful though.”
The man next to him on his stomach spoke abruptly to Lennok.
An unusual appearance with a shaved head and two eyes covered with thick eye patches.
The man in the old-fashioned robe was rowing very naturally, as if he knew the direction even though his eyes were covered.
“You just broke the conventions established in Yorta. It’s something most people who head to this city don’t like.”
“What does that matter?”
“The proportion of superstition and spirituality in Yorta is indescribably high.”
Despite Lennok’s cynicism, the man wearing an eyepatch answered calmly.
“You brought a valuable offering that disregarded the order and order, but the very act of ignoring the order might incur the wrath of the spirits.”
“Leave the monk alone.”
At that moment, a woman passing by the man wearing an eyepatch murmured.
A woman with an unusually stern look smiled as she turned around with her arms crossed.
“Anyway, the Stania Monastery guys are very far-fetched. Does that look like an idiot who can’t even look after me?”
“... ... .”
“What advice would you give to a guy who has enough taste to kill an apostle? Anyway, it’s this guy and that guy and it’s just pathetic guys... ... .”
Without even hearing the man’s answer, the woman’s boat quickly precedes and disappears.
The man wearing the blindfold also seemed to agree with the woman’s words to some extent, but he tilted his head to Lennok and rowed away.
“In order... ... .”
As the man left, Lennok silently followed the words and fell into thought.
The priestess also noticed what Lennok was thinking and added her words.
[In the case of rituals and curses, the order in which they are performed is very important. What the unbeliever said is not very wrong.]
“It might be so. But it doesn’t matter.”
I didn’t come here to bow down to their order while following the rules of Reta.
A resolution that it does not matter if the military command city that exists on the other side of the spirit world is overthrown for the desired purpose.
What does it matter even if you are covered with all sorts of curses and oppressed?
Awesome!!
Tie a pair of oars you just made to the back of the boat and slowly pull them left and right.
With that alone, the boat began to slowly advance along the dark river.
squeak sigh... ... .
Lennok, who had been rowing with concentration, turned his head toward the priestess annoyed.
“Something bothers me. Are you going to keep watching?”
[...] ... I have no complaints about the joint distribution of work, but can I touch the oars
?
“If this is the boundary between the material world and the spirit world, there must be something we can do for the soul.”
[...] ... .]
“When the time comes, I will make you work, so be prepared.”
[For that matter, you are handling the task very comfortably... ... .]
As the priestess said, after putting on the magician, Lenok was manipulating the oars simply by pulling his fingers.
ugh!!
As you go downstream, the river rapidly darkens, changing from dark blue to almost black.
Along with him, the surrounding landscape gradually became darker, and the entire sky seemed to sink into a desolate darkness.
oh oh... ... !!
A dark sky and a dark river. It seems that a river is flowing in the empty space and riding on a ferry over it.
As if reminding us of the fleeting flow of time, everything slowed down infinitely slowly.
A space full of silence that makes you feel deaf.
At some point, the ferry was moving forward, cutting through something other than the current.
It was as if he had known this would happen from the beginning.
The attitude of slightly raising the bridge of the nose with arms crossed is as natural as treating a white ghost as a servant.
Lennok, who was watching the woman carefully, murmured.
“You are the one who is well-versed in martial arts. It’s most likely someone related to Yoreta or someone with an in-law.”
If you go inside Yorta, you might run into someone again.
He said as if he had suddenly remembered the priestess from Lennok’s monologue.
[There is a saying that ghosts need a living person for their nocturnal journey.]
“... ... .”
[It’s no coincidence that this city straddles both the material world and the spirit world.] Does that
mean that the woman just now has something to do with the priestess’ maxim?
While I was lost in thought, the white ghost finally got on top of Lennok’s boat.
The figure of Baek-Gwi breathing out a cold sigh under the hood.
Hot blood drips from the scythe he is holding in his pale hand.
Before judging Lennok, it must have already been judged by several people and made that judgment.
The moment Lennok frowned in displeasure at the blood soaking the floor.
Whoop... ... !!
In front of Lennok’s eyes, the white ghost swung his face.
“... ... .”
[...] ... .]
The white ghost’s head, visible through the hood, was not properly connected to the neck.
The shape of the head severed as if it had been cut by a sharp blade and the neck clumsily attached.
The face and expression were terribly distorted and hardened, unable to overcome the pain of the moment of facing death.
Only then did Lennok realize the identity of the white ghost and smile bitterly.
“Are you using those who died because they failed the examination as the gatekeepers of the city?”
Those who have just been decapitated without passing the examination of the Hundred Ghosts.
Had their souls been imprisoned in the corpse and forcibly mobilized for night travel to give them the role of gatekeepers?
“If the word night trip means this, I think we should think of it as a much more comprehensive concept... ... .”
Without saying a word, Lennok muttered calmly to the white ghost staring at him.
In fact, as soon as I confirmed the identity of the White Ghost, I seemed to have a rough idea of what Yoreta’s term for night travel meant.
What does it mean that they have the right qualifications to participate in the Night Journey, even though they are eating the dead who failed the screening as white ghosts?
Wouldn’t that be because night travel is not a specific plan or schedule in which people participate arbitrarily, but is also used as a concept of mobilization close to compulsion?
Perhaps the purpose and method of each night trip may be completely different.
If so, what purpose and method was used for the night trip to Mangwi, which was attempted to ascend to heaven in Yoreta?
The moment Lennok thought that far and fiddled with the ring of the guide.
[You. I am ready.]
“... ... okay.”
The moment the priestess disappeared, Lenok slowly held out his hand and showed the ring to the white ghost.
When the sleeves of the robe were rolled up and the gloves were taken off, the shape of the ring emitted a vivid glow even on the river.
Facing the brilliance of the ring studded with transparent jewels, the white ghost stood tall on the spot.
“... ... ah?”
Hundred Ghosts responded with a moan after raising their voice for the first time.
At that moment, dozens of white ghosts who were examining other passengers all over the river turned their gazes at once.
“what?”
“Where are you going? It’s not over yet!”
“... ... !!”
Aaaaaaaaa!!!
As if he had made a promise, he abandoned the object he was examining and came gliding along the river.
Dozens of ghosts crowd around Lennok’s ferry, abandoning all other passengers.
He bent down, as long as a jangseung, and began to stare at the shape of the ring under his hood.
oh oh oh... ... !!
“What the hell is this... ... The other passengers, who had been staring at the ghosts as if they
were sick of them, all turned their eyes to Lennok.
“I’ve never seen anything like this on the way to and from Yorta... ... “
You’re a madman who gave up the body of an apostle. Did you have that new accident?”
“Away. The fight between the hundred ghosts is very dirty and vicious.”
Those who quickly get an estimate while looking at Lennox, and those who find out about the noise on the dock and exchange information.
But Lennok had no time to pay attention to the sudden attention and boldness.
It was because the white demons that surrounded Lennok were stroking the ring of the guide with their pale hands.
“iced coffee... ... .”
“under... ... .”
“Hoo-wook... ... .”
Each of them groans and sighs incomprehensibly, and staggers with indescribable movements.
A desperate gesture, as if he was trying to look at the Ring of the Deliverer that Lennok held out for even a little longer.
It seems like he wants to feel something inside the ring, but when it doesn’t come, he feels anxious.
Dozens of white ghosts who had been caressing the ring for a long time all lowered their heads and raised their scythes.
“... ... what?”
thud!!
Dozens of scythes slammed into the bow of Lennok’s boat at the same time.
The appearance of the hundred demons giving up all other checkpoints and moving in perfect order to guide only one person.
The three white ghosts hook the scythe on the bow and pull it.
Six white ghosts broke through the water in front of them and opened the way.
Nine white ghosts surrounded Lennok as if escorting him, and glided leisurely.
Lennok asked, looking at the white ghosts guiding the ship without any judgment.
“Where are you going?”
=... ... .
At that, the ghost standing in the lead turned his head and said.
= withholding judgment.
Along with him, the other hundred ghosts continued to utter different messages.
= acceptance of authority.
= overdoing.
= Impossible.
After all the white ghosts around them threw out one word at a time as if expressing their opinions, the white ghost standing closest to Lennok declared as if concluding.
= guidance. Judgment District. Mangwi Night.
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