92nd time
cleanup
092 ? Spring Cleaning #2
What I did was extremely simple.
To strike with all one’s might with a club held in one’s hand.
It’s a simple movement that requires no thought or skill, and anyone can do it as long as they have the strength.
Phew, bang!
Sizzle!
That alone was enough to crush the giant rat’s head. The sensation of the long club shattering its bones was vivid.
“Holy shit!”
I was surprised by the power that was stronger than I thought, even though I had done it myself. The sight of the giant rat trembling around was quite pitiful.
“A giant rat fell in one room!”
Luna also raised her voice as if she had been startled by what had just happened. However, I could not completely relax, so I struck the rat’s body with the club a few more times, which had suddenly died.
Bang, bang, bang!
“Why, why are you beating a dead kid more?”
“You might survive.”
One thing I felt while dealing with the cult warrior Schizo was that I had to be thorough in making sure I killed him.
This little rat might come back to life for some ridiculous reason, so I’m definitely going to brace myself.
Perhaps because of that sincerity, the rat became a really cold object and didn’t even think about moving.
“Okay, I’m completely lost.”
“As expected, the Samaritans are vicious. It’s a good thing we’re on the same side. Hassan is covered in blood.”
Gulp.
As Luna said, my body was covered in blood. Blood spurted here and there, flowing down my raincoat and club.
Since it’s a rough club and not a blade, you don’t have to clean off any blood or oil, right? It’s really nice that it can be maintained roughly.
Slurp.
At that moment, my club quickly absorbed the blood that was on it like a sponge absorbing water. Shit, I was so shocked that I almost threw it far away.
“Whoa, shit! Luna, did you see that!? This little shit just sucked up a drop of blood!”
“It’s a living weapon. It sucks karma along with blood. It’s my first time seeing it in real life.”
“Wow, that’s so cool.”
Thump, thump.
The club vibrated like a faint heartbeat. It was a moment when I realized that this was truly a living weapon.
It was while I was looking at the club in my hand in amazement for a long time.
“But what the heck is this… .”
Luna approached the corpse of a giant rat that was completely dead.
“Hassan, can you give me the dagger? There’s something bothering me.”
“I can give it to you. But handle it carefully. It’s for scraping, so it’s quite sharp.”
Sreung-.
Luna then takes the dagger from me and cuts off the flower growing on the rat’s head.
Sniff sniff.
Luna sniffs the flowers or gently picks off a leaf, swipes it in her mouth, and then spits it out.
I approached Luna and asked.
“Don’t you know what that is?”
“I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but this feels like Ideophee Hesissy. Why is this here…?”
“What is that?”
“The forbidden grass used to make silver jambi… It’s used to punish sinners and take away their will. It must have been forbidden to be taken out of the island. What is it?”
I don’t know what a silver jambi is, but Luna seems to know a lot about the grass she’s looking at. And from what I’ve heard, it doesn’t seem to be anything good.
“When I saw it, I thought this rat was addicted to this hashish. That’s why it grew so large.”
“No, does that flower have that kind of effect?”
Shit, this is the kind of grass that would make parents of small children go crazy if they heard about it. How could they make a lot of money by using it well?
But Luna seemed to have read my thoughts and clicked her tongue slightly as she explained.
“Instead, it is called the Berserker Flower because it takes away reason and will. If you grind it into powder, soak it in water, and add an appropriate amount to a potion, it becomes a strength potion. However, controlling the amount is quite difficult. Even I can’t do that.”
“I see. So the side effects are significant?”
“huh.”
Luna, who has an expert opinion on making medicine, seems to be right. Come to think of it, Somnia, who was a medicine woman of that cult, also said that Luna’s elixir was amazing?
I think that guy was talking about something like ideophobia too.
Ideophee’s medicine man. Ideophee’s Hesych.
I wondered if this rat or the weeds growing in the culvert had anything to do with it. So I decided to ask.
“Luna, do you know anything about the name Somnia?”
“Somnia? No, that’s the first time I’ve heard that name. Who is that?”
“You said you were taken to a cult hideout a while ago. There was an Ideophee doctor there at the time. I think his name was Somnia. He was also wearing a strange mask.”
“okay?”
I tried to explain to Luna what I had seen and heard, but I really had no talent for that kind of thing, so I just felt like I was spinning my wheels.
Sval, how do I explain this?
“The clothes were similar to yours, fluttering. But the colors were dark. Yes.”
“Hmm, I don’t know. In Ideopa, when people become adults, they all leave their hometowns and there are no familiar faces. Each tribe lives far apart, so there are differences. But it could be related to this.”
“He said he was a doctor.”
“Really? If you’re referring to a witch doctor, then you’re a pretty high-level voodoo doctor….”
“Is he of a higher level than you?”
“… Uh, yeah. I can’t even compare…”
Luna seemed to lose confidence in herself to the point where her identity as the daughter of a god seemed meaningless. If she was so discouraged, then that Somnia must have been quite something.
Squeak squeak!
At that moment, the Ribbon Mouse that had gone ahead appeared in front of us again. It meowed at us a few times and then quickly disappeared.
“Let’s start again.”
“huh.”
* * *
Kyaaaaah!
As we walked along the ribbon rat, several giant, bloated rat babies attacked us. Every time they did, I gave them a fair amount of beatings on the head with my club.
Bam! Bam! Crack!
Sizzle!
At first, it felt a bit awkward to swing a blunt weapon, but it felt good to hit and the power was really good, so I started to like it.
Slurp.
Still, the sight of blood being sucked is a bit creepy because it’s not quite right.
What, it feels like a cursed magic sword. It certainly deserves the terrifying name of Terror Crusher.
Squeak squeak!
How long did you walk like that?
As we walked along following the rat, a small open space with grass uprooted here and there soon appeared in front of us.
A single, dirty tent can be seen there.
“Are you there?”
As I turned inward and asked, a rustling sound was heard, and a man in gray robes came out. Seeing him holding a flute, I remembered it now.
“Welcome.”
“Are you Mr. Oyegeiyas?”
“…Hamelin.”
“Oh, that’s right, Mr. Hamelin.”
I don’t know why, but I only remembered the name Oyegeiyas. I said Hamelin. Hamelin. Now I remember it clearly.
“Mr. Hamelin told me he had some business for me, so I came here. I also received your advance payment.”
“…request.”
Hamelin responded to my words only in short sentences.
I remember him originally being a person who would cut off his words like this, but it seems like he’s gotten worse since I last saw him.
It was difficult to see his complexion because he was covered by a robe, but judging from the sound of his breathing, he seemed to be extremely tired.
Hamelin said.
“The grasses have grown a lot. The rats are suffering too. The witchcraft mark. Take it away.”
The language surrounding Hamelin was so bad that it was difficult to understand the content. Did I get a bug?
I was about to ask what on earth he was talking about, but Luna, who was quietly listening to the story while petting the mice next to me, asked instead.
“Are you asking me to remove the magical mark that causes grass to grow?”
“Okay. This time. When you finish, I’ll acknowledge the task. I’m tired now. Guide me. Ronnie.”
Hamelin placed the ribboned rat that had been on his shoulder back on the floor.
Then, as if it had been waiting, the guy squeaks and disappears into the darkness far away.
“For you guys right now. That’s enough. But still. Be careful.”
With those words, Hamelin went into the tent without saying anything more. He looked so listless that he looked like a bunch of twisted grass in the desert.
After all, it would be more absurd to expect someone who lives with rats in a stinking underground sewer without any light to be bright and full of energy.
Since everyone has their own lifestyle, I don’t think it’s something I should be commenting on.
Still, I was left with some regrets about going in first and not being able to ask all the questions I had.
Sval, I feel like my nose is being pierced.
So I asked Luna.
“But what do you mean by acknowledging the task?”
“I don’t know either. Maybe it’s because they’re giving a good reward? You got onyx as a deposit. Then the remaining balance will be huge!”
Indeed, Luna’s words made sense. Lately, I’ve been feeling that Luna is quite intelligent and smart.
“Oh, Onyx. I love it.”
Luna looks into her pocket again and smiles. Luna is a girl, so it’s only natural that she likes jewelry.
I said.
“Should I just leave one alone and not sell it?”
“really?”
“Yeah, 30% of it is yours anyway. Since there are 5, if you divide it by 30%, roughly one and a half is yours.”
“Then I’m good! I’ll make a new talisman with this! A talisman encrusted with jewels, wow! Just thinking about it makes me happy. Then let’s go quickly!”
Luna walked ahead briskly, as if she was brimming with motivation.
But that enthusiasm didn’t last long.
“Hee, huh…!”
Luna was groaning and shaking as if she was really scared and scared. She looked like a frog facing a snake.
Of course, I was scared too.
“Luna, what is this? No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem normal.”
“That’s a curse. And it’s a very high-level curse…”
What Luna’s frightened emerald eyes saw were strange pieces of wood.
Logs the size of a human torso are nailed with things like rats, snakes, and birds, covered in black, hardened blood.
There is no way to know the animals’ facial expressions, but it is clear that they all died in terrible pain.
Swarming maggots and rotting flesh.
“Oh my, this is fucking horrible.”
The first thing that comes to mind is a voodoo totem.
However, unlike the cute and adorable totems Luna made, the feeling they gave off was truly a curse or an unpleasant sorcery.
“T-Twas nailed alive… It was a cruel sorcery. Look here, there are many places where it was scratched by claws and beaks. It’s the traces of it struggling here and there as it slowly died.”
“What effect does this have?”
“It’s a fear idol. It causes fear and lowers the morale of those who find it.”
If you see something like this, your morale will surely decline.
“I heard that something this horrible was only used during the Giant War 50 years ago… Anyway, I think it would be best to destroy it.”
Soon, Luna took out the Silence Totem she had been carrying on her back. Then, she swung it with all her might and destroyed the Idol of Terror.
Wow. Wow.
Bones, trees, and animal carcasses rolled across the floor. I thought that was the end of it.
Swish. Swish.
Luna took out something like an empty pouch from her bosom and carefully placed the rat’s corpse inside. I couldn’t help but frown at the sight.
“Why are you taking that?”
“The items used in the curse must be destroyed. Especially if they are spells filled with hatred and malice, they must be destroyed. We will burn them outside later.”
“I see.”
“Let’s destroy Hassan together!”
So Luna and I swung our batons at each other and destroyed the terrifying idols that filled the basement.
Whack. Whack.
By the time Luna’s pockets were full of the carcasses of the sacrificed beasts, the destruction had come to a close.
“It could really be related to the cult of medicine that Hassan spoke of. I thought it might be Hesych. No one but the Ideopheans use such sorcery.”
Perhaps the offensive of the cultists is not over yet? I haven’t heard any news of capturing the cultists other than Schizo.
They may be plotting evil in Sodomora, where they have infiltrated.
“So where did the ribbon-haired mouse go?”
I was so distracted by the totems that I lost sight of the ribbon mouse.
It just flew away earlier, and it seems like it doesn’t know what directions are because it’s a small-brained beast.
Click, click!
Then a familiar sound was heard from deep within the dark canal.
Of course, the rat noises are all the same, but I was imagining that maybe it was a reaction to me telling my story.
Sure enough, as I expected, a rat with a red ribbon on its tail appears from the darkness.
Tick tick… .
In the hands of someone else.
Chap pat, chap pat.
The sound of someone walking barefoot through the basement resonates loudly. Soon, a giant mask appears from the darkness. It is a strange mask with sharp fangs, like a totem pole or a goblin.
And I know about that mask.
If I remember correctly, that guy was definitely the cult’s sorcerer, Somnia. Shiva, who would’ve thought he’d be in a place like this!
I should have run away or attacked, but my body was glued to the floor and wouldn’t move. No, my body really wouldn’t move! What’s going on?
“I came here because I was annoyed that someone was destroying the idol I worked so hard to create.”
Jji, jeeeek-!
Kkwaduk.
At that moment, the ribbon mouse that was being held by Somnia’s hand was caught by a strong evil force and burst with a painful scream. Soon, Somnia, holding the blood and entrails in both hands, muttered something under the mask.
“. . !”
Luna grabbed my arm as if she was really scared by that sight.
“Ha, Hassan… . We, we have to run away! Quickly!”
Only then does my body regain its strength and begin to move again.
“It’s too late. Now, wake up, Eunjambi.”
Soon, something began to rise from the scattered corpse fragments and dried blood that had fallen to the ground.
Oh my.
“Shit, what is that!?”
It was so disgusting that I almost lost my mind, even to the point of making horrible noises. Damn, it was so freaking weird and creepy!
“Arise, you dead.”
“… Hey, don’t get up!”
Luna swung her Silence Totem at the grotesque mass of flesh. Then, with a bang, the mass of flesh burst apart.
Got it!
“Huh? Who are you to interfere with my spell? How?”
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