Are MZ Shamans In Trouble In Romance Novels? - Chapter 104

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104.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

All the clay jars shattered and hundreds of snake ghosts followed the Fate Threads soaked in blood water.

Flash!

Izriel and Calisia, who had been tending to the men who had regained their breath, turned around. Golden light burst forth from the altar and a young spirit revealed its form. White mist rose in billowing clouds above its tiny body. It was a thousand-year-old Imugi.

-Thank you.

Borrowing the white smoke to appear, it quietly expressed its gratitude. Long horns sprouted from the head of the spirit that had shed its worldly attachments. A gentle smile appeared near its flowing whiskers. Soon, a dazzlingly blue light illuminated the cave and the Imugi that had shed its skin ascended to heaven. Ascension. It had finally become a dragon.

Boom!

Thud!

Drum sounds echoed from the sky and an old book floated in mid-air.

[Chronicle of the Lesser Dragon]

! Completion Reward: Baby Imugi Wine

》Special Reward: Cintamani & Imugi’s Scale

Whirrrrrrr!

The book opened and its pages turned rapidly. With each page that passed, the appearance of those who remained was drawn before their eyes.

“…Heh, uhhhhh.”

The Magistrate and Clerk, who had become half-corpses, crawled across the dirt floor drooling. The Tiger Official and Left Minister also lay sprawled in their places. Baby snakes were coiled tightly around their limbs. They couldn’t escape the persistence of the Beast Ghost.

Whoooosh!

The book closed and a massive gust of wind engulfed Calisia and Izriel.

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“Ahhhhh!”

The two people who had dropped from the sky rolled on the ground. Covered in dirt and leaves, they looked around. The open sky and tall trees filled their vision. It was Hellorun, inside the Moonlight Forest.

“Haah.”

The two people, their tension released, leaned their backs against a large tree. Their arms and legs went limp and they couldn’t muster the strength to get up.

“…”

Deep silence settled between the grass blades beaded with night dew. It was because they both had much to think about for their own reasons. Calisia set down the rewards she held in her hands on the ground. She didn’t even have the energy to be happy right now.

‘This is supposed to be a romance fantasy, so why did I have to go all the way to Joseon to experience leg torture?’

She began contemplating her possessed life. The Primordial Fire had said that what guided her to Arkea was ‘human desire.’

‘Then damn it, at least match one of my preferred keywords like a decent human being.’

Why the hell should I have my knees shattered by some rat-turd Clerk’s hands? I wouldn’t mind if my bones were broken while serving a handsome Magistrate or something.

‘But since the Demon Realm is a world created by General, it’s ambiguous to consider it Arkea, right? Ah, I don’t know.’

Calisia knocked the back of her head against the tree with a thunk-thunk. It was a habit that came out when she was organizing her thoughts.

“Do you have any alcohol left?”

Calisia glanced sideways at Hellorun’s official Drunkard. Izriel silently pulled up his pant leg. Flat liquor bottles were visible between the leather harnesses tied around his ankle.

“You’re really something else.”

Calisia took the bottle and downed the amber liquid in one gulp. She hoped the strong alcohol would wash away the complicated thoughts in her head.

“Valus. Instead of payment for the alcohol, I want to ask you something.”

“What is it.”

“At Aneul Village. After people received their punishment, you always muttered something. What did you say?”

Izriel stared intently at Calisia’s profile bathed in moonlight. If his guess was correct, she had surely offered prayers for those criminals.

“Ah, that. A kind of prayer for the dead?”

“Prayer for the dead?”

“Someday, after eons have passed… I wished that they too would have a chance for atonement.”

Punish as deserved, but have compassion for all things. Those were the words Spirit Mother had spoken. Of course, it was also a teaching she could never understand with her own capacity in this lifetime.

“Why? They are criminals who deserve punishment. Even atonement would be an excessive blessing for them.”

Faint anger and worry appeared in Izriel’s eyes. Weak things break easily, and soft things spoil quickly. Just as the Hyacinth bloodline had done before the Pope.

“….”

So, should I kill her now? At least Hella’s embrace would be comfortable.

“I’m telling you to ease your mind a bit. Look at me. Someone let me live even though I was throwing Death Curses diligently from two weeks before the entrance ceremony. How merciful.”

Calisia patted Izriel’s back, who had been looking grim since earlier, with firm thumps.

“Let you live? Who? You?”

Lost in thought, he unconsciously snorted. It was Calisia who had deflected every single curse he had sent back at him without exception.

“If I stayed still twice, I’d end up killing someone.”

Not only that, but on the warship she had even beaten him up. Izriel, who was dumbfounded, burst into hearty laughter.

“Hahahaha. Look who’s talking.”

Calisia nodded and laughed out loud along with him.

‘…Kill someone? She just introduced herself and collapsed. Why is this kid so back and forth?’

Maybe it’s adolescence. Calisia barely swallowed the sigh that was escaping. Izriel Hyacinth. Just moments ago he had been showing Killing Intent, but now for some reason he was giggling by himself.

‘Hellorun also has bad feng shui. The feng shui. The kids’ condition is. Ugh.’

Calisia bit her lips. The corners of her mouth that she had forced up trembled.

“But this thing.”

Calisia picked up the Young Imugi liquor to change the subject. Golden liquid swayed beyond the transparent narrow bottle.

“…Isn’t this too snake-like?”

The problem was the Young Imugi coiled inside it. To be precise, it was molted skin. It seemed to have shed prematurely after receiving the spiritual energy of an ascending dragon.

“But why did they put this in here! I thought it was real ginseng.”

Calisia pressed her forehead as if she had a headache. Her stomach was already upset, so what was the point of forcing down molted skin as well?

“Is it a bit much for Leviathan to eat?”

Calisia weighed the Cintamani and the Young Imugi liquor. No matter how she thought about it, snakes were too much for her stomach. Moreover, snake liquor had a certain probability of containing parasites.

“Ugh. Leviathan is a monster anyway. With that massive body, it can probably overcome some parasites. But I’m a fragile human, you know? Plus, Arkea might not even have deworming medicine.”

-You can just burn whatever enters your body with Blue Flame. Young Miss!

As expected, Leviathan should be the one eating it. Calisia cleanly ignored Isaac’s hallucination echoing in her ears.

“You’re going to give this to Leviathan? Did you forget that it’s a sea serpent?”

Izriel made a disgusted sound as he peered inside the gourd bottle.

“Then should I eat this?”

“So you’re going to feed alcohol infused with baby snakes to a sea serpent?”

“Yeah.”

“Try putting yourself in its position. Would you want to drink alcohol infused with humans?”

“I usually don’t put myself in other positions. And that’s different, you bastard! What are you even saying?”

The thought alone was so disgusting that Calisia twisted her lips. Since the topic came up, to be precise, Leviathan and Imugi were strictly different species. They even had different nationalities—no, different dimensions altogether. Calling it fratricide was an overreach.

“Couldn’t you give it the Cintamani instead?”

“What are you talking about? This is mine.”

Calisia smiled as she looked at the brilliant orb resting on her palm. Just looking at it made greed surge up, making her fully understand the Imugi’s obsession.

“Are you really going to feed baby snakes to a sea serpent?”

“Yeah.”

“You should really renounce your priesthood. You have absolutely no consideration for other lives as a priest.”

Izriel, who had been staring intently at Calisia, made the Sign of the Cross toward the sky.

“Someone who’s always trying to send people to their graves is talking about consideration for life.”

-…Give me the Cintamani.

“Ah, seriously! How many times do I have to say it! It’s mine…”

Calisia, who had been getting annoyed by the endless bickering, suddenly shut her mouth with a gasp. Feeling an ominous premonition flowing through the wooden boat, she slowly rolled her eyes.

“…”

Scales shining blue in the moonlight and pupils flashing yellow. Leviathan, with its mouth wide open, swallowed Calisia’s arm in one bite.

“Aaaaaaahhh!”

Calisia screamed loud enough to shake the Moonlight Forest and frantically shook her shoulder. A long, slimy tongue licked across her palm.

Ptui!

A moment later, Leviathan spat out Calisia’s arm. Her hand was covered in saliva and the Cintamani had disappeared.

“You, you! Crazy snake-headed bastard! Spit it out! Spit it out again!”

Calisia let out a shriek and lunged at Leviathan. She struggled with all her might to pry open its tightly shut mouth.

“Hey! Izriel! What are you doing? Hurry up and pry it open!”

“Everything is according to Hella’s will.”

Izriel clasped his hands behind his head and closed his eyes. It meant she should handle it herself.

-Buuuuurp!

Leviathan, having swallowed the Cintamani, let out a long burp. Black, murky smoke endlessly poured out from its open mouth and nostrils. It was the malevolent energy that was the source of its madness.

-Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

Brilliant light burst from Leviathan’s body, and the Vengeful Spirits clinging to its scales were swept away along with the malevolent energy. Moreover, its eyes, which had been clouded with murky energy, became clear, and its smooth hide shimmered with five-colored light. An ancient spirit creature had shed its old skin and been reborn anew.

“My Cintamani…”

Calisia looked at the small horn that had sprouted from Leviathan’s head with a bewildered expression. The bear does the tricks, but the fox gets the money. That was exactly her situation.

-Thank you, young lady. Hellorun’s Water Wall will always remain open to you and your friends.

His deepened eyes curved gently. Swoooosh! Leviathan stretched high into the sky and soon disappeared into the lake.

“…Could I get some coins if I sell this?”

Calisia, who had been standing there in a daze, muttered while looking at the shed skin that had fallen to the floor.

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