chapter 28
“Yes, it should be golden.”
To be honest, it wasn’t something I liked.
The slot was also golden when the A-class trait appeared.
And now that we’ve put those A-class traits into synthesis, of course we have to get at least the equivalent.
Besides, I couldn’t be relieved that it was golden.
Traits, skills, items, etc.
There are countless traps lurking around, to the extent that there are magic-related things of any kind.
Eventually, the cube, which shone like an old washing machine, gave off a golden light and stopped.
Still retaining the light, it opened its lid.
The result of the synthesis immediately popped out.
Attribute [Human Hunter]
– Combat damage to humans +20%
– +25% critical strike chance against humans
– Reduces all damage received from humans by 20%
– Hostile human detection
– Decreased initial liking for all humans with good tendencies
– Increased initial affinity towards all humans with evil tendencies
“f*ck…”
Seeing this, my face hardened.
If you just look at it as a trait, it wasn’t a bad trait.
This is a characteristic of interpersonal warfare.
If I became an exorcist cop, it was a trait that would be useful against demons.
But isn’t this…a characteristic that only brutal murderers and wanted criminals have?
Why did you give me something like this, a failed warrior?
It felt like someone was making fun of me.
“What are you muttering about?”
Before I knew it, Jung Eun-mi was looking at me.
I shook my head and changed the subject of my thoughts.
“Nothing. Rather…they will come soon.”
“also? It’s annoying.”
Jung Eun-mi said as if she really hated it.
It was a little surprising.
Didn’t normal serial killers like this destructive thing?
“You hate them?”
“I don’t like it. Would you like that?”
Jung Eun-mi said as if it were obvious.
Then he smiled and spoke.
“I hate it when non-humans only imitate. It’s like eating a mock-up of food that doesn’t taste like anything.”
Did my doubts show on my face?
she replied.
“As expected, a certified serial killer has a different way of thinking.”
“Is that a compliment? uh? But wait.”
Jung Eun-mi said that and stared into my face.
“what’s the matter?”
“No… what is it? You seem to have changed something.”
I wanted to say what bullsh*t, but I soon understood the meaning.
It was the effect of a human hunter.
It is said that the initial affinity for evil tendencies increases.
Doesn’t that mean that if you change your words slightly, you will become popular with bad people?
“Do you look a little more handsome?”
“I’m sorry, but that’s not it.”
However, it was rejected with a single knife.
“It’s just that you look like me.”
And then there were words that were not very welcome.
Does the fact that the affinity goes up make serial killers feel like partners?
It was such a sh*t effect.
“Let’s move more than that.”
“Where?”
“there.”
I pointed in the direction where egg ghosts popped up the most.
inside of the building.
It was probably the way to the center of the egg ghost’s nest.
“I think more will come out that way.”
“That’s what you say.”
Monsters who hunt in groups shouldn’t wait for them to prepare their posture.
When robbing their lair, it’s best to clean it up as quickly and reliably as possible.
That is, it was the same this time.
I don’t know how intelligent the egg ghosts are.
You have to break the middle before the scattered guys gather here and there.
“let’s go.”
Jung Eun-mi and I went inside the building.
It wasn’t long before the spirit detection responded.
A total of six responses.
All of them were around level 18.
Not as many as expected.
It means they don’t show organized movement yet.
“come. there.”
Before we could even approach, the egg ghosts sensed this way and jumped out.
I don’t know if he has the same skills as me, or if this nest is playing the role of a camera.
It wasn’t very welcome news.
It was a story that maybe he could be aware of our movements from inside the nest we were heading to.
With that thought in mind, I activated my newly learned skill, the Sword of Light.
Then, the light shimmered the blade of the Byeolwoon Sword softly like starlight.
Soon, the entire sword flashed brilliantly.
It wasn’t bright enough to block my eyes right away, but it was gorgeous enough.
At the same time, it was quite a beautiful landscape aesthetically.
Seeing that light, I frowned involuntarily.
To the point of feeling bad, it was because it was so similar to what I had seen in another world.
“Kiaaa!”
The screams of the egg ghosts hit my ears.
Where did you come up with such a sound on a subject without a mouth?
This time, the egg ghost was wearing Pozole’s clothes.
He attacked me with a spear.
It was not spearmanship or anything, but an attack at the level of a chimpanzee holding a stick and swinging it.
I didn’t even have to block it.
I lightly dodged that outburst and hit the empty head with a sword.
Chew!
Then, with a cool cutting sound, the middle of his manly hair parted, and he collapsed.
“·······”
As expected, the effect of the skill was strong.
Even if you hit the egg ghost’s head a little while ago, it wouldn’t be cut this cleanly.
Literally, like breaking an earthenware pot, it had to be beaten two or three times to break the head and disappear.
Now it is cut like a hollow bamboo.
“Kieek!”
With each swing of the sword, egg ghosts disappear one by one.
On top of that, Jung Eun-mi’s performance overlapped, and the six egg ghosts were quickly sorted out.
“Take your arrows. Let’s move right away.”
“···okay.”
She seemed interested in my shiny knife, but didn’t have time to explain.
We continued on our way inside.
I dealt with the egg ghosts that increased each time.
Around the time I forgot to count the number of egg ghosts I defeated.
“Something is coming.”
When we arrived at a room so large that we thought it might be a playground, we were wary of our surroundings.
The building shook.
It wasn’t just an illusion created by exhaustion.
It’s not even like an earthquake.
It was then.
bang! A noise came from directly above.
The sound continued without stopping.
Something heavy was hitting the ceiling.
The ceiling is cracked and debris is falling.
This… I had an ominous feeling.
“Go back once-”
But before I finished speaking, something happened.
The ceiling that couldn’t hold out in the end shattered and something huge crashed.
that···
“What is that?”
It was a huge egg, up to 5 meters in diameter.
Unlike the previous egg ghosts, it has no limbs, let alone a face.
It’s not even wearing clothes, it’s just a round egg.
If it wasn’t for the level 27 sign above his head, he would have mistaken it for a large rock.
However, Jung Eun-mi seemed to know about that strange horse.
“The mother came out.”
“matrix?”
“huh. The mother of egg ghosts.”
Did you learn that in education as well?
don’t sleep
Now, the belated regret came over me.
“But how does he fight?”
The mother of the egg ghost was just a big egg.
Since he came after breaking the ceiling, he should be able to move, but he couldn’t guess the attack method.
Is it just rolling around like a rock?
“The mother body of the egg ghost is said to be the only one with a face. One eye, one mouth.”
“Why is that?”
“It looks like it shoots beams from its eyes.”
“···beam?”
I think I heard a strange noise.
“human···!”
The giant egg gave a voice.
A bizarre noise that seemed to be mixed with noise with the cry of a cow.
And, as Jung Eun-mi said, it was a huge mouth that made that voice.
Two solid lines appeared on the surface of the giant egg that was being played.
And it unfolded as it were, creating an eye and a mouth.
The mouth hung down and was horizontally long.
It showed sharp teeth and two shiny tongues.
And the eyes… were big.
Those eyes, which took up 2/3 of the entire egg, looked at me with brown pupils.
“human···! human!”
“Why is that?”
Judging from what he’s talking about, he seems to have intelligence.
He kept repeating the word “human” endlessly.
It wasn’t talking like a broken radio, but deep emotions melted into each letter.
“You really didn’t hear anything during the education class?”
“It’s not that I didn’t hear anything, it’s that I slept.”
At my shameless answer, Jung Eun-mi looked at me and smiled.
“The egg ghost seems to be a monster that wants to become a human. That’s why I imitate people, but I can’t make a face. And the parent made the face, but couldn’t make anything else.”
“so?”
“They say they get jealous when they see people.”
The smile disappeared from Jung Eun-mi’s face.
She continued with an expressionless face like the one seen in the picture.
“Why is she so pretty? Why is he so human? No matter how hard I try, I can’t do that.”
In the meantime, light really gathered in front of the giant egg’s eyes.
It really looks like it’s trying to shoot an eye beam.
“A bastard who shoots beams from his eyes is greedy.”
I fixed the star cloud sword.
If he was really shooting beams, that would have been better.
Because I had a solution for that.
“Hey, I’m going to drag it out, so shoot and kill it.”
Having said that, I jumped out.
Then, a bright red light came over me.
***
Jung Eun-mi.
she was a psychopath
And she was aware of that at the same time.
Even knowing what kind of people people call that, and what people think of those called that.
Jung Eun-mi accepted that she was a psychopath.
She really did not understand the good and evil of all actions.
No, I didn’t admit it.
The very concept of good and evil for her.
It was just an illusion created by humans to maintain society.
But she was interested in other humans.
People with very different ways of thinking than you do.
So, I tried to talk to them first.
“hi? What are you doing?”
I approached them even by deliberately creating a bright voice and facial expression that did not match my personality.
But their conversation was insincere.
Their lies were clumsy and exposed.
Even so, they always told lies, and the truth that came out of their mouths was not even half of half.
How can I hear the truth from them?
So Jung Eun-mi then threatened them.
Then the lies in their mouths decreased, and the truth increased.
Finding her way, she mobilized more and more unconventional methods.
Violence beyond threat, torture beyond violence, and eventually to the verge of murder.
Then, surprisingly, people began to speak only the truth.
Seeing his rotting limbs.
Only after seeing the maggots burrowing into its limbs.
they got honest
That was something that Jung Eun-mi was satisfied with.
The conversation with them, who were facing death, finally allowed Jung Eun-mi to understand the existence of a human being.
but.
“Sorry.”
She couldn’t keep them alive.
Jung Eun-mi was a psychopath, but she was not an idiot.
She was clearly aware of the meaning of crime in society.
She also knew that when it comes to covering up a crime, witnesses should not be tolerated.
So she worked hard and studied.
Before all this intimidation, violence and torture, many preparations had already been made.
Thanks to that, she created 12 perfect crimes without leaving a single witness.
Obviously no one noticed.
No one could ever figure it out.
however.
“Jung Eun-mi, I am arresting you for serial murder.”
That was not it.
She was arrested by the police, and what they call exorcist police.
It’s a fact I only found out later.
They were the ones who knew the logic and common sense of the world she didn’t know.
So Jung Eun-mi eventually came to this training center.
However, the days at the training center were boring.
At least, the only people in class C who could talk were boring people.
Although they pretend to be tough and strong.
If you know it, they were just human beings who were hurt and broken by being swayed around them.
However, Jung Eun-mi was not interested in the broken toy.
In the meantime.
She met a man she was interested in for the first time today.
“hi? Are you Jinwoo Kang?”
“Are you Jeong Eun-mi?”
His first impression was not very good.
Because he was a man who looked at her as soon as he met and said nonsense that she looked like a vampire.
Are you going to bet on work?
Jung Eun-mi’s looks aren’t bad, so I’ve heard men commenting on her work.
This was the worst of them all.
But surprisingly,
“huh. You look just like them.”
Kang Jin-woo, who said that, did not smell of lies.
Because of this, Jung Eun-mi could not hide her embarrassment.
A lie, or a delusional word that cannot even be a lie.
But why did this man put so much sincerity into that delusion?
So Jung Eun-mi decided to observe the man.
The results were even more surprising.
The man neither feared nor hated the serial killer Jeong Eun-mi.
Even though I came to a strange space by something unknown.
It was to the point of entrusting Jung Eun-mi with her back to deal with the monster.
And even now.
“Hey, I’m going to drag it out, so shoot and kill it.”
It was as if he was talking to a partner he had been fighting for a long time.
Can’t you imagine that I’m going to shoot you in the back?
“·······”
No, it wasn’t.
She shook her head.
Clearly, the man was convinced.
That I will never betray myself.
It was as it was said.
Without him, he may have to remain forever in a space where there is only this monster.
Even if she manages to escape, she has no strength to resist the pursuit of the other cops.
You will be caught right away and you will die.
I don’t know if they’re broken guys whose impulses can’t overcome reason.
He never makes such foolish judgments.
furthermore.
“…do you fight well?”
For some reason, Kang Jin-woo’s fighting power was beyond her imagination.