Subscriber of the Gods Episode 284
Episode 284. The Gumiho (2)
Shaaaak-.
It was a dark forest.
This space, where a bright blue moon rose in the sky, was the space where the nine-tailed foxes united.
Ah-oh-oh-oh.
A fox’s cry was heard somewhere.
“Subscribe to the true God, my dear subscriber.”
A voice like rolling jade beads was heard.
Yoho, fox spirit, nine-tailed fox.
The nine-tailed fox, a goddess with various nicknames, greeted us while holding onto the hem of her hanbok skirt.
“Nice to meet you, Gumiho.”
Ethan also greeted them politely.
“Well, it might be a bit odd to ask such a question when we first meet.”
The nine-tailed fox coughed a couple of times and then asked immediately.
The dignity of the gods was not more important to her than curiosity.
“Why on earth did you subscribe to me? To be honest, it’s just a crappy channel.”
Ethan smiled at the question.
“There is tremendous potential for development. I saw it on Gumiho’s channel.”
“… … !”
In an instant, the gumiho’s cheeks turned pink.
“Well, potential for development? For me?”
Of course, that’s a lie. I just searched for [exorcism] using an algorithm and subscribed to what came up.
“You didn’t know me?”
“Yes, embarrassingly… … .”
“But you’ve already uploaded videos focusing on shorts. Shorts were a feature that wasn’t given much attention in Shinsegae until recently.”
“I’m not good at making long videos. They’re not fun. Short ones are fun. Quite a bit.”
Her eyes sparkled.
“You instinctively saw the potential, Gumiho-nim.”
Ethan said.
“You’ve gone down a path that no one else has taken. It must be hard for other gods to make long videos. But there’s a reason they make long videos. They want to take the right path. That’s why they didn’t choose shorts.”
Of course, I couldn’t be sure because I hadn’t checked all the gods. It was likely that there were other gods who specialized in shorts.
But that didn’t matter now.
“But you, Gumiho, chose to make shorts. You went down a path that no one else had gone down. You could say you were a pioneer.”
“I am a pioneer… … ?”
The nine-tailed fox focused on Ethan’s words as if possessed. The merger was clearly intended to be a place where God could inform subscribers of details and receive questions, but the current situation was completely reversed.
Moreover, the nine-tailed fox is a god who is skilled at bewitching people.
Who would have thought that such a god would be so captivated by his subscribers that he would listen to his story?
‘You’re weak to compliments.’
At that moment, I suddenly felt a strange noise from next to me. It couldn’t have been a person, so I thought it was just a strange noise.
Ethan turned his head and saw a green flame.
‘Your eyes are running?’
“Ah, this is Mr. Do. As you can see, he is a goblin and a god who is scheduled to merge with me.”
The will-o’-the-wisp approached Ethan, trembling, and soon transformed into a giant goblin.
“Hello, my dear subscriber to the Proper God Only Subscription. My name is Dokkaebi.”
It was a fairly polite voice. But even at first glance, it was obvious that he was quite nervous.
“Mr. Do… … You have to hold out your hand. What if you hold out the bat?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I was so nervous.”
The goblin quickly put away his bat and stretched out his huge hand.
“It’s called a goblin. You probably know it, right?”
Hwaruk-.
Green flames began to burn all over his body.
“I know. Nice to meet you, Mr. Do.”
He smiled brightly and liked it when I called the goblin in the same way as the nine-tailed fox.
‘Did I get some fans?’
Looking at the two of them, it felt like they had a fan club.
“Is it okay if I continue what I was saying?”
“Oh, yes. Don’t worry about me.”
The goblin took a step back. Ethan looked at the gumiho again and said.
“I saw that possibility, so I subscribed to Gumiho-sama and even made this merge request.”
“Thank you for choosing me!”
Nine tails began to sway.
“Of course I’m not just asking you to do it.”
“If you say so, I would be grateful! And I suppose you chose me because you needed my abilities, right? I will teach you all of my abilities. And first… … .”
Tiring-!
-You have become a premium subscriber to the Fox Spirit Gumiho!
“We’ll give you premium subscription status first!”
The gumiho said with a smile.
“And in fact, there are other gods who have merged with me besides Mr. Do. I will provide the merger with Mr. Do, as well as the video of the merger with him. And two kinds of goods!”
Premium subscription to the Gumiho Channel and the Gumiho’s abilities. Two combined videos and two goods. This is all Gumiho can offer right now.
‘That’s pretty good.’
“But who else but Mr. Do?”
“He is an incredible person. In fact, not only my ability is an ability, but his ability is also incredible. It’s a shame that he didn’t create a channel.”
Ethan showed a hint of anticipation at the gumiho’s words.
“Who are you?”
“You are the king who rules over spiritual beings.”
“He is called the Goblin King among the Kims.”
Mr. Doh also intervened from the side.
‘Is he a really major newcomer? Then there’s no way I wouldn’t know his name.’
“You might not know him because he’s not that famous compared to his power. He didn’t even participate in the New World. However, I managed to persuade him after a long time. If you need him later, I’ll give you three tails.”
The nine-tailed fox sighed and looked at her full tail.
“Bihyeongrang. That’s his name.”
‘I don’t know.’
“You may not know it, but once you see it, you will be amazed by its capabilities. As I said before, I will also provide the combined video with him for free. Thank you, Premium Subscriber.”
It was the first time I heard that name.
Bihyeongrang. It was definitely the first time I heard that name.
But what the nine-tailed fox and Mr. Do said, as well as Lee Myeong, were quite impressive.
Wow, he’s the Goblin King.
‘I don’t think the algorithm simply recommended the nine-tailed fox?’
Everything you get when you subscribe to Gumiho. It seems like that was reflected in the algorithm’s recommendations.
‘If you’re called the Goblin King, then exorcising evil spirits shouldn’t be a big deal.’
“Then shall we talk in detail, Gumiho-sama?”
* * *
Gumiho was feeling the limitations of the current shorts-centered operating method.
Gumiho’s channel basically produces all of its videos as shorts, and then shares the abilities across several short videos to convey them to subscribers.
It was a clear advantage that it could be pressed without burden because it was short and cheap. However, due to the nature of shorts, there was a disadvantage in that one video could not clearly convey the ability.
“Because of that shortcoming, I’ve lost a lot of subscribers. In fact, I don’t accumulate that many likes. I need to accumulate likes to reinvest them. That’s a difficult situation.”
That’s why she tried to find another way out.
“I thought the way out was the merger.”
“But the merger is not suitable for making shorts.”
“Yes, that’s why I can’t do anything about it. Right now, I only have the video source that I shot with Bihyeongrang, and it’s not edited at all.”
The nine-tailed fox let out a sigh.
“Why don’t we use the strengths of the nine-tailed fox? The nine-tailed fox’s strength is shorts. Then we can focus on the shorts and make a separate long video. You said that making a long video is hard? Then I will teach you how to easily make a long video with shorts.”
The way Ethan envisioned it was to compress a long video and make a few shorts in a preview format. It’s also easy to make a long video out of a short. Just do it in reverse.
‘Actually, it’s easier to make long videos this way.’
To begin with, the shorts from Gumiho were some of the most well-made videos. Of course, not all of them were perfect, but some of them were much better than Ethan’s shorts.
‘It’s hard to put abilities into one pair of shorts. That’s why I excluded abilities and made it in a preview format. The nine-tailed fox shorts are in a preview format with abilities in them.’
Then, trim the shorts and reassemble them into one.
Ethan explained this method to the gumiho.
“It might feel a little daunting at first, but since you’ve already created the perfect shorts, I’m telling you that it’s easy to merge them into a longer video.”
“I see… … That should work.”
The nine-tailed fox is also a god of the new world.
I quickly absorbed Ethan’s explanation and understood it completely.
“I know exactly what you are talking about!”
The nine-tailed fox nodded and smiled brightly. It seemed that quite a few ideas had come to mind.
Mr. Do, who was standing next to him, also looked at Ethan and the Gumiho with a pleased expression.
As expected, it seemed like the subscribers who subscribed to [Only the Real God] were truly worthy of their reputation.
“This is the end, Gumiho. There is nothing more I can teach you.”
The nine-tailed fox looked back and forth between Ethan and Mr. Do.
Gumiho thought that what Mr. Do had said about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was absolutely right.
“The merger has taken a while, subscriber. Should we try them one by one?”
Since I had received the lesson, it was time to give back in kind.
“First of all, it’s my ability.”
The nine-tailed fox had many powers, but the most powerful of them all was the power called sorcery, which was the center of the nine-tailed fox’s various powers.
“It is the power to create fox fire, show illusions to bewitch, and swallow souls to dominate.”
‘It’s more powerful than I thought?’
This gumiho was not just any gumiho that Ethan knew.
The nine-tailed fox in front of you is a god with nine tails who has trained for countless hours and overcome trials.
It was truly a great monster.
-I learned the magic of the gumi.
-Added Skill: Gumi Magic (A+)
“This is a technique that contains all my power. If you learn it well, [only the true gods subscribe] will be able to grow a tail. And this is a fox bead. This is a fox tail, but I don’t think you’ll need it. The fox bead strengthens the magical power inside your body.”
The nine-tailed fox spoke of an important point in nine-tailed fox magic.
“All magical powers, including the magical power of the nine-tailed fox, can be said to be based on yin energy. So yin energy is very important, right? But since you are a man, your yin energy… … That’s okay. I will support you so that you can use it as well as possible… … Huh?”
For a moment, the gumiho looked at Ethan with surprised eyes as if she couldn’t believe it.
Shaaaaah-!
A fox orb began to form in Ethan’s hand, and its size was unusual.
“What, what is it?”
The nine-tailed fox urgently gathered all of her magical powers in her eyes. Then, she was shocked when she saw Ethan.
“There is an extremely compressed negative energy inside my body… … What is that, subscriber?”
Negative energy compressed to the limit.
“It’s a chronic illness.”
Extinction made its presence felt.
“Huh… … If that’s the case, you should be able to use my gummi magic without any problems. By the way, that disease is incredible. But you’re clearly a human, how can you move like that while suffering from that disease? I think even I would have a hard time handling that disease.”
The nine-tailed fox shook its head.
“Anyway… … I ask for your continued support, subscribers. I’ll make a proper long video!”
With those words, the merger ended.
Just then, the goblin approached him urgently and seemed to have said something like “sign…”, but Ethan didn’t pay much attention.
* * *
After the merger.
Ethan immediately turned on the video of the union between the gumiho and the bihyeongrang.
As soon as I turned on the video, I saw bright blue moonlight.
Beneath it was a bridge, and on top of it stood a tall, thin man whose hair reached the back of his neck.
-I filmed this video at Miho’s request. My name is Bihyung.
As he raised his hand, numerous spirits began to appear behind his back.
Spiritual beings. Depending on the culture, they are called ghosts or spirits. They began to rise upwards following the gestures of the incorporeal hand.
Dozens, hundreds, thousands.
As their numbers grew and filled the area surrounding the statue, they looked like an army of ghosts.
-He is called the king who rules over all ghosts. He is not a god or anything like that.
As he said this, the form smiled. It looked like a kind smile to Horus, but objectively, it was quite eerie.
-The ability I have is the same as my nickname. It is the power to control all ghosts.
‘This is it.’
Ethan cheered inwardly.
It was just the skill he needed.
fantasy,
