The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 341

Episode 341: Miscellaneous Ghost (2)

When I first moved towards the southwest.

I thought about this the moment I defeated the monster that was attacking the humans in the southern branch.

‘This guy… doesn’t seem to be the monster I knew.’

Its appearance and fighting methods are similar to existing monsters.

However, we were dealing with a strange ability that had never been seen before.

Even in that snowstorm, visibility is unobstructed.

There are no restrictions on movement even on ice and snowdrifts.

Well-known weak spots are even covered with protective shields, as if intentionally protecting only those areas.

‘And most of all…’

The energy that leaves the body when killed.

The moment that energy went away.

‘The temperature has risen very slightly.’

The essence of lowering the surrounding temperature is.

It’s right on that side of the energy.

I noticed it then.

But if there is a problem.

Even if I were to find out its essence, I could only feel it.

Because I can’t see it or touch it.

Well, I didn’t know how to deal with it…

– Jung-gu.

-hmm?

-When you bring the troops from the North… I hope you bring Han Yi-seo along as well.

so that.

That’s what Jung-gu said when he left to gather troops at the northern branch.

‘Han Yi-seo is not in a combat position.’

By nature, he was not a talented person who would belong to an expeditionary force like this.

In fact, there are only two leaders from the Eastern Branch.

Unlike Jongdu, who can help in battle with a barrier, the other one is of no help at all.

Originally, it would have been normal for Han Yi-seo to remain at the branch.

Nevertheless, it was called.

“Big… gasp!”

“Where is this insignificant ghost acting so proud!”

It was for this very reason.

* * *

‘It’s amazing….’

Han Yi-seo is slamming his sword into the air.

It seems as if he is being directly pressured by Han Yi-seo’s actions.

Something ‘pretending to be Jang Ji-han’ rubbing its face roughly on the floor.

“You… what on earth is going on!”

“that’s right. “Don’t you need to explain something to us?”

In those words.

I said while looking at Han Yi-seo.

“Mr. Lee Seo. “Can you make this guy visible to other people?”

“…Well, it’s not an easy task. “I’ll try!”

The moment she said those words and clenched her fists.

There is a faint light in that hand.

grasp!

She sprinkled something like light powder on Jang Ji-han’s body.

OK.

“Do you see it?”

“…!”

A shape that wasn’t even visible to me.

It slowly reveals itself.

“This is the identity of the guy we were talking about just now.”

“…oh my god.”

Superimposed on Jang Ji-han’s body.

An ugly monster is revealed.

‘Are you a dwarf?’

Long nose and wrinkled skin.

A small dwarf wearing a bizarre fur suit.

It was a small and shabby-looking soul that did not fit Jang Ji-han, whose body was overlapping with him.

Kim Jin-kyung, who saw that, broke into a cold sweat and muttered.

“Okay then. To say that there is a traitor within us….”

“It is estrangement.”

I crossed my arms and opened my mouth calmly.

“If we succeed, we will have no choice but to slow down all our actions because we will be suspicious of our allies. Even if he fails, all he has to do is abandon this body and leave.”

“….”

“I tried my best to act strong, saying, ‘If you don’t believe me, kill me,’ but… in the end, I was able to say things like that because it wasn’t my body.”

I looked down at the whitish figure and thought.

An equally distorted face of disbelief lightly covers Jang Ji-han’s distorted face.

and.

Everything in the world, if only I could see it with my eyes.

To me, this bar is like a food ingredient.

[Identification of food ingredients (enhancement)]

The moment I was able to see it.

The trait has been activated.

[Frozen Soul Belsnickel Junior Knight]

[I am a junior knight of Belsnickel, a cold-frozen spiritual being.]

[A being with a powerful ability to lower the surrounding temperature just by existing.]

[Not born with a physical body . Those who are unable to do so possess a recently dead corpse or a mentally weak being and steal the body.]

[The soul attached to Belsnickel is immune to all penalties resulting from cold and all abilities possessed by the soul itself. You can share them.]

[Especially on hot days, it is a preferred food ingredient and is mainly consumed by devils and angels who enjoy eating spiritual beings…]

It is a frozen soul.

also.

‘…Reminds me of the time when I robbed a supermarket.’

When I heard that I had to deal with invisible enemies.

Some of the unit members were really scared, thinking it might be a ghost.

As a result, the enemies at that time were [water droplets].

At the time I thought

‘It’s a world where monsters appear, so there’s no way ghosts don’t exist.’

That thought was proven by the existence of Han Yi-seo…

like this.

I also met him as a monster.

“What is the probability of this guy escaping suppression?”

“no.”

Suddenly,

Han Yi-seo answered my question firmly.

He looked down at the spirit body with cool eyes and moved the handle.

“I don’t think we live as parasites on other beings’ bodies for no reason. Although it seems to have special abilities, including the ability to steal the body… its power as a spirit body itself does not seem to be that strong.”

Likewise, something large and invisible was standing behind her.

I felt like it was following the movement of the head.

“I will not be able to escape [the Great Spirit] who protects me.”

A great spirit.

I was curious about the being that protected Han Yi-seo.

Unfortunately, it was impossible to see it.

Well, anyway.

“Then let’s get started now.”

“Kruk….”

I turned my head and said, aiming the blade at the spirit body.

“Where do you come from?”

“Ok…”

His spiritual body struggles to escape Jang Ji-han’s body.

It’s just a futile resistance.

“Our… hometown….”

My [special sauce] has seeped into that body.

Even if it is a spiritual body, it cannot escape from that body.

I can’t escape the effects of my source.

“Our hometown is far away…”

“Hometown?”

Those who heard the story had expressions as if they were wondering what was being said.

I could understand.

‘A gate has occurred somewhere.’

[Dungeon] is about terraforming the Earth into an otherworldly environment.

The Gate is where the destroyed world is brought back to life.

The world of Seo-hwan and Mi-ho also occurred in Gangwon-do through a gate named [Cheonsan Mugwan].

Even though it was horribly broken.

Seohwan called that world his hometown.

and.

If these guys said they came from the gate, the story would be simple.

‘When Seohwan was released from the seal, he remained inside the gate to protect the priests.’

On the other hand, these guys were different.

The moment I was released from the seal and gained freedom.

I came out without any hesitation.

…To devour our world.

“What do you mean by far? “Answer with the memories of Jang Ji-han that you know.”

“The tip of the southwest… of Pyeongtaek….”

Let’s hear the address he says.

A few people nodded.

“…That’s really the end.”

“I can’t believe their headquarters was in a place like that.”

With this, we discovered the enemy’s base.

The expeditionary force’s route was also decided.

“next. When did you guys start your activities? Is it from the beginning of ‘Doomsday’?”

“When the weakest brothers opened their eyes first, it was close to the day called the Day of Doom…”

It was said that the temperature seemed to have lowered a little from the beginning of the Day of Doom.

These guys had already been released from the ‘seal’ of that gate at that time.

This means that they weren’t that powerful to begin with.

“It was a long time later that I started working in earnest.”

“huh? “Why?”

but.

Surprisingly, full-scale activities seemed to start quite late.

“That’s right… because it was too hot.”

“Eh?”

The day of destruction was the beginning of spring, just after winter.

If I were to be specific, it was a warm time.

Rather, it was cold when it was cold, not hot.

“It’s still the same now. This world is so… so hot and hot…”

But.

Looks like it wasn’t for these guys.

“The weak brothers who were the first to wake up to the heat that seemed to melt their souls could do nothing.”

“….”

“As time went by, stronger brothers woke up, and I thought the temperature would also drop thanks to that… but strangely, the heat got even worse. “It wasn’t until I gained this human body that I realized why.”

Only then.

I could figure out what this guy was talking about.

“It’s summer.”

“That summer was really… like hell. Just thinking about it again makes my soul suffer…”

The dungeon that is happening in Gyeonggi-do.

And if you think about the cause of the dungeon, it is simple.

‘It was to create an environment in which monsters that could not adapt to the Earth’s environment could live.’

Temperatures that are barely livable for humans.

It was no different from hell for these guys.

“But fortunately it didn’t last long.”

But unfortunately.

This season is bound to change.

“When the temperature dropped and the strength of our brothers grew stronger, we began our activities in earnest.”

Summer has passed.

Fall and winter have come.

“What about that activity?”

“After obtaining a usable body… building on that body to secure more and stronger bodies. We can increase our strength by doing so.”

In those words.

I could feel people getting excited.

“Was it something like that?”

“Taking away your body… then.”

“…I never thought this would mean that Mr. Jihan didn’t betray.”

It’s as if he can’t even feel the commotion.

I continued to speak, intoxicated with [honesty].

“Originally, we had a strong body that we gained from our hometown. But… I lost everything in the process of leaving my hometown.”

“I lost it.”

“I had no choice but to start again from scratch. We started with small creatures whose spirituality was so weak that we, who were mere spirits, could rob them. Using that creature’s body, it gradually took on a stronger body. Meanwhile…”

His gaze turns towards us.

“I happened to acquire the body of a weak being.”

“A weak being?”

“A body so weak that it can’t possibly defeat even a passing monster. That soul was even more shabby, so it was very easy to steal it. But… when we got hold of that body, we thought.”

The translucent spirit body of a monster.

Those eyes began to sparkle.

“This body… has tremendous value!”

In those words.

I frowned and muttered.

“You’re human.”

“There were many useful bodies among the bodies of other monsters. But compared to the value of this body, it was impossible to even compare it. “A weak being who cannot stand alone against a beast with only magical power has the potential for such enormous growth… Isn’t this a potential that seems to have been blessed by God?”

[System]

This unidentified power whose exact origin is unknown.

There were many worlds that were invaded similar to ours, but none of them awakened this kind of power.

An awakened person who has just been awakened is not that strong compared to monsters.

But no matter how weak an awakened person is.

As I leveled up with the power of the system, I had the possibility of becoming as strong as I am now someday.

As that guy said, it is a potential that it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was blessed by God himself.

“…Is that why they drove us to the southwest instead of killing us?”

Beomseok Jo muttered while breaking into a cold sweat.

He was attacked by those monsters.

For some reason, the monsters didn’t kill his group and just drove them to the southwest.

“If I hadn’t received help there… I

would have needed a living body. ”

Instead of deliberately killing them, he drove them to a place where their power grew stronger.

At that time, I was overcome with anger and ran towards the southwest without any thought.

If it weren’t for that…

the southern branch might have fallen into the hands of those guys by now.

“Next question. Last time, the entire attack team that set out to subdue you went missing. “One of them is the man you are currently occupying named Jang Ji-han.”

“…Yes, it is something that is very well embedded in this body’s memory.”

…gulp.

I hid my nervousness as best as I could.

I asked the guy a question.

“What happened to them…?”

“…Are you asking because you don’t know?”

OK.

The guy said with a helpless smile, as if he was giving up.

“The answer is simple. “80% of them became useful bodies for my brothers.”

“…!”

People may be surprised or not.

He continued speaking calmly.

“It’s a bit weird to say this, but stealing someone else’s body is not easy. In particular, the stronger the spirit, the more difficult it is to steal its body. But you know what?”

“…?”

“I’ve never seen a race with such a weak mind despite having a body this size!”

In those words.

People’s expressions suddenly darkened.

“Without any special rituals, only 20% of the resistance was successful? “It was a result that even we felt let down.”

I remembered what Seo-hwan said in [Cheonsan Mugwan].

‘They say there is such a thing as heart energy.’

Mind and technology.

And body.

Seohwan was also impressed by our bodies.

It was said that in terms of spirit and technology, the body was so far behind that it was a shame.

Fortunately, the corps was in a hurry to make up for the imbalance through the two martial arts instructors.

‘Not these ones.’

The awakened people of Gyeonggi-do.

Only the body is still grotesquely developed.

“It’s the same with this body. Originally, it contained a power that would have been impossible for a soul like mine to take away without any treatment. “A powerful body that could only have been possessed by a high-ranking knight-level brother… But this guy’s soul is truly weak!”

Did he realize that he could no longer escape?

The guy laughed like crazy without even trying to choose his words.

“Do you know why this guy became a sniper? “I was so scared of monsters!”

“….”

“He is so weak that whenever the enemy approaches, his spine becomes numb and he cannot move. That’s why I sought the power to defeat the enemy before he even got close. “A ridiculous coward who would never have been able to possess this level of power…!”

Jang Ji-han’s sniping skills were definitely excellent.

The evasion skills that a sniper must have were at a miserable level.

“It’s not just this guy. Most of the guys who were part of that attack group and were pretending to be strong! Inside, there was nothing but a weak and shabby soul that would cry in pain even if it got hit just once!”

“You bastard…!”

“It’s a low-quality soul that doesn’t match the power it has. “It might be a pleasure for this body to have us take its place.”

Clap…

The people standing behind take out their weapons in anger.

I also didn’t enjoy hearing his ridicule.

Pak.

“Mr. Youngjun! Why are you stopping me!”

“Because I still have questions.”

I stretched out my hand to block his path and spoke.

“This is the last question.”

As these guys use the bodies of various monsters.

It is meaningless to even ask about weaknesses.

so.

There was a separate question to ask.

“What happens to the soul of someone whose body is taken away like that?”

While asking questions.

I felt my breathing becoming distorted.

‘…Please tell me the answer I want.’

that much.

Because it was the most important question to me.