Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 26

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Chapter 26

Ding-ding-ding-ding—
I activated the radar on my smart glasses and surveyed my surroundings.
The blue light that had filled this house when I first entered was nearly gone.
However, in the direction of the basement staircase where mold was spreading in real time, the blue light still flickered like flames.
I turned off the radar and stepped forward, gripping the Ghost Slayer Sword.
Yerim, having finished her preparations, advanced toward the staircase with her gun barrel raised.
Click—
Standing before the staircase, the two of us swept our flashlights and smart glasses lights across the area below.
Among the blooming mold, a single message was written on the wall.

[Leave this house immediately.]

The hastily scrawled letters didn’t appear to have been written with a brush or pen.
It looked as though they had been written using the black mold that enveloped this area.
“Stay focused.”
After speaking to me as I stared at the message, Yerim descended the staircase.
She stood before the basement door and gestured for me to come down.
I slowly made my way down the staircase.
Whoooosh—whoooosh—
A frigid wind howled through the crack of the closed door.
Yerim gave me a quick glance before slowly extending her hand toward the doorknob.
Swish—
Her hand drew steadily closer to the knob.
Very slowly—slowly her fingertips approached the doorknob.
And the moment her fingertips touched the knob—
CRASH!!!!
A massive impact struck the door.
Clang—
Yerim flinched and stumbled backward, training her gun on the door.
“Ugh!!”
At the same moment, I instinctively thrust my sword toward the door.

Crack—whoooosh—

The sword pierced through the door.
In that instant, I felt the blade strike something.
Beyond the dull sensation of penetrating the wooden door, I sensed the distinct feeling of piercing through a ghost.
“Kim Tae-woo?”
Yerim called out my name in surprise at my sudden action.
Without a word, I yanked the sword back out with force.
Whoooosh—
Black smoke trailed along the blade’s trajectory as I withdrew it.
Screeeech—
Simultaneously, black smoke seeped gently through the hole in the door.
A ghost had been clinging to the door.
Creeeeak—
The door slowly swung open.
It opened automatically without anyone touching the handle.
Yerim immediately aimed her gun into the darkness beyond.
Whiiing, whiiiiing—
Only sharp wind sounds echoed from inside.
It was peculiar to hear such wind noises in an underground space.
Whoosh—
I carefully poked my head through the doorway to look inside.
The underground storage was stacked with all manner of tools and cargo.
Though neatly organized as if recently handled, the cobwebs and mold scattered throughout created an atmosphere of profound age and decay.
Yerim offered an explanation for this strange phenomenon.
“The stronger the ghost inhabiting a place, the faster the space deteriorates. With such concentrated yin energy, sunlight can’t penetrate and moisture accumulates, causing rapid decay. Insects infest it quickly too.”
Indeed, all manner of insects crawled across the floor.
“Moving cargo in here must have been quite the ordeal.”
I muttered to myself as I began exploring the basement.
There were no separate rooms or compartments here—only thick pillars installed throughout.
Shelves and boxes lined the walls in neat rows, suggesting meticulous organization.
We moved along the storage walls, searching for objects where a ghost might be hiding.
I activated the radar again.
Blue light shone from all directions, making it unhelpful for locating hidden ghosts.
“Should I detonate a smoke grenade?” I asked.
Yerim shook her head.
“With a Grade 4 ghost already appearing, losing visibility now could become truly dangerous. Earlier we were fortunate that only Grade 1 ghosts swarmed us in numbers. If the Sword Ghost and other mountain ghosts had mixed in and attacked together, even you could have been in serious danger.”
Her meaning was clear—had we known a Grade 4 Sword Ghost was present, I wouldn’t have detonated the smoke grenade.
“I understand what you’re saying, but these creatures show no sign of coming out.”
I replied.
Yerim pondered for a moment, then pulled out a collapsible incense burner and unfolded it.
At those words, Yerim hesitated for a moment before taking out a folding incense burner and unfolding it.
Click—
I immediately placed the incense in the center of the underground storage.
The incense burned slowly, wisps of smoke drifting lazily through the air.
Yerim and I stepped back in unison, observing the unfolding scene.

Ooooooooooo—

That was the moment.
A long-haired girl in a two-piece appeared directly above the incense burner.
The girl, who appeared to be around ten years old, had hair so matted and greasy it clung to her head in thick clumps.
Her face was deathly pale, her lips a sickly black, her eyes entirely black with no whites visible, and her fingernails were a corpse-gray hue.
The moment I saw that ghost, I instinctively understood—though I couldn’t explain why—that this was the mansion’s ‘master spirit.’
Click—
Yerim immediately aimed her gun the instant the ghost appeared.
But now that the mansion’s ghosts had seen through her attack pattern, a ghostly arm suddenly shot out from the shelving unit, seized Yerim by the throat, and yanked her violently backward.
Crash—
Yerim cried out in pain as her back slammed against the wall.
“Ugh!”
Simultaneously, I drew my Guichaldao and charged toward the girl ghost.
Whoooosh—
Dust that had settled around us exploded outward in all directions as I sprinted forward at breakneck speed.
The ghost, which had been focused ahead, turned her head toward me.
That was the moment.
Thud—
Another ghost dropped down from the ceiling, hanging upside down to block my path.
But I didn’t stop—I swung my blade through.

Slash—crack—

The decapitated ghost dissolved into black smoke and vanished.
I tore through the black smoke it had expelled and charged toward the girl ghost.
Following the trajectory of my movement, the black smoke trailed behind me.
Like a comet dragging ice crystals to form a luminous tail, I too surged forward trailing the black smoke of the ghost I had cut down.
Slash—
I brought my blade down in a single decisive motion to cut the girl ghost in two.
As I charged forward, I planned to slash diagonally upward from below.
“Hyaaah!”
I swung my sword with a fierce battle cry.
Whoosh—
But the blade only carved through empty air; I hadn’t struck the ghost.
It had vanished in an instant.
I glanced to my immediate side.
At that very moment, a ghost materialized beside me, standing rigidly upright before hurling itself at me with terrifying speed.
Its legs didn’t move, yet its motion was extraordinarily fast and grotesquely unnatural.
Before I could even adjust my grip on the Guihon Blade, the ghost slammed into me with tremendous force.
Crash—
I was suddenly sent flying sideways and crashed into a stack of boxes in the corner.
Boom— Crash crash crash—
The boxes collapsed and buried me beneath their weight.
These were cargo-laden boxes, so their mass was considerable.
I felt pain shoot through my entire body as though I’d been pummeled.
Bang bang bang bang bang—
At that moment, Yerim, who had struck the shelving, opened fire and advanced forward.
Bullets flew rapidly ahead, aimed at the girl ghost.
The girl ghost then repeated a pattern of vanishing and reappearing, as if teleporting erratically across the space.
Each time, Yerim adjusted her aim and continued firing relentlessly.
That was when it happened.
A ghost wearing a topknot and dressed in plain white cotton robes materialized from nowhere and shoved Yerim hard with its shoulder.
Crash—
Yerim too went flying sideways and tumbled across the floor.
I quickly pulled myself together and turned my head toward her.
Groan—
The ghost that had shoved Yerim appeared to have died during the Joseon Dynasty era.
Its body was gaunt and skeletal, but the knife wound on its neck was vivid and clear; its eyes were a sickly yellow, and its face was pitch black.
In its hands, it wielded what appeared to be a long iron pipe as a weapon.
The moment I saw that figure, I couldn’t help but think of the Jangdo Specter.
Not only was it wielding an object as a weapon, but despite its emaciated frame, it seemed to project tremendous force.
The girl ghost’s rank remains unknown, but it’s clearly no ordinary specter—and now a Grade 4 Jangdo Specter has joined the fray.
This battle was going to be far from easy.
Grrrrrrrrr—
The ghost turned its head toward me, baring its teeth.
Those teeth were sharp like a shark’s, giving it a bestial appearance.
“Uh— oh.”
In that instant, I felt myself overwhelmed by the ghost’s aura.
Kuoooooo—!
The Topknot Ghost charged at me with brutal force.
“Damn it. I’ll make this work somehow.”
I lowered my stance, gripping the sword.
My mind still retained countless sword techniques from animations, films, and games I’d witnessed over the years.
Since I’d input many of these sword movements while developing games, conceptualizing the approach itself wasn’t difficult.
‘A bulldozer charging like that has a weakness in its lower body. I’ll cut at the legs.’
After thinking this through, I immediately lunged forward.
Wudadadadada—
Kugugugugu—
The Topknot Ghost and I charged toward each other.
When we reached a certain distance, the Topknot Ghost suddenly raised its palm wide open.
It intended to strike me down with it.
I prepared to swing my sword in response.
In that moment—a thought occurred to me.
‘What if it’s like that long-sword ghost I encountered in the Piano Room earlier and it blocks or grabs the blade?’
If that happened, I’d clearly be counterattacked in an instant.
I decided it was better to eliminate the assumption that this creature might catch the blade.
Buuuung—
Shwaaaack—
As the Topknot Ghost swung its arm, I slid past it with my stance lowered, grazing its side.
Then I immediately swung my sword upward from below, targeting its back.
Shwaaaack—
A long gash appeared on the Topknot Ghost’s thigh, extending all the way to its shoulder.
Shwaaaaa—
Black smoke erupted simultaneously—but it didn’t dissipate.
The Topknot Ghost grimaced in pain and turned its head toward me.
However, its movement was considerably slower now.
While it was turning its body, I immediately slashed at its side.
Pwoosh—
Black smoke burst from the Topknot Ghost’s flank.
But again, it didn’t dissipate.
In that moment, I became certain that one or two cuts wouldn’t be enough to make this creature vanish.
Tch—
I reversed my grip on the sword and spun my body rapidly, circling around the Topknot Ghost like a windmill.
Slash-slash-slash-slash—
In one fluid motion, I carved my blade through the Topknot Ghost’s arms, thighs, abdomen, flanks, chest, and back without pause.
Yerim stood frozen, her mouth agape, unable to utter a single word.
The dazzling technique—the way I spun like blender blades, slashing through the ghost with such speed—was something she had never witnessed from any of our staff before.
Slash-slash-slash-slash-slash—
After dozens of cuts, the ghost knelt in place, black smoke billowing from every wound across its body.
I ceased my rotation and immediately flipped my grip, driving the blade upward into the Topknot Ghost’s nape.
Whoooosh—
As the blade pierced through its neck, the Topknot Ghost’s head transformed into thick, dark smoke, then crumbled like a sandcastle.
Sssssssss—
Black smoke dispersed in all directions.
Newly appointed Manager Kim Tae-woo had once again single-handedly annihilated a Grade 2 or higher ghost.

Guihon Trading Company – Exorcism Specialists Chapter 26

Author
Chau Renz
Publisher
Daon Creative
Planning / Editing / Production
Yoon Tae-ri
Cover Art
Lee Chi

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