Exorcism Specialist Company: Ghost Soul Trading - Chapter 91

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Chapter 91

Screeeeeech—
As the ghost slid across the water’s surface toward me, I startled and raised my pistol.
But just before I could pull the trigger, Ye-rim’s shotgun fired first.
Bang—bang—bang—!
Multiple rounds struck the ghost’s body, and though black smoke wisped from the impact sites, it didn’t stop—it kept advancing.
But that was as far as it would go—!
The ghost reached only to where the pond’s water ended, unable to cross beyond that boundary.
Tae-woo and Ye-rim both flinched and stepped back.
The ghost stood at the water’s edge, stretching its arms toward us while its lips moved rapidly.

Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssss—

It was the sound of rustling paper—the same sound I’d been hearing all along.

[Please let me out. Please let me out. Please let me out—]

Through the Ghost Microphone, I could immediately understand what that sound meant.
But Ye-rim had heard the ghost’s voice; she just couldn’t grasp its meaning.
“It’s not destroyed by bullets. It’s definitely Rank Salgryeong or higher. We’ll have to overwhelm it with firepower.”
After her final words, she raised the shotgun again and fired.
Bang—!!
This time the rounds struck directly into the ghost’s forehead, nose, and eyes.
Sssss—
Black smoke curled from the impact sites, but like the other ghosts, it still didn’t vanish immediately.
Then it turned its head toward me, who had been watching silently.
“What are you doing?”
I answered her question.
“It’s asking me to let it out.”
“Who? That ghost?”
“Yes. The Ghost Microphone lets me hear the ghost’s voice. It’s asking me to let it out.”
At my answer, Ye-rim furrowed her brow and looked toward the ghost.
Then she shook her head firmly and spoke.
“No. Even if it really did say that, it’s probably a trick to lure us into the water. We can’t fall for it.”
Her voice was resolute.
But I—for some reason, I felt like her request was genuine.
It was because of what the Abbot had told me, and what was written on the signboard about Lady Jung.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh-

The Female Ghost emitted an eerie sound and retreated backward once more.
As expected, her legs remained motionless as she glided across the water’s surface, coming to a standstill at the center of the Mysterious Pond.
Then she spread both arms wide and opened her mouth to an grotesque extent.
The sight of her jaw unhinging more than three times wider than a normal human’s was utterly repulsive.

Kekekekekekekek-

Another inhuman sound emanated from her throat.
That was the moment.
Chills-
My spine tingled with an icy sensation.
The Female Ghost seemed to be drawing closer.
The instant I turned around, I exhaled a faint sigh.
“Ah.”
Ye-rim also turned around and swallowed hard.
Hundreds of ghosts hovered in the air, centered around the Mysterious Pond.
But their appearance was profoundly disturbing.
Ghosts of all ages and genders, dressed in garments from every walk of life, floated suspended while their clothing and hair drifted slowly through the air as if underwater.
Their forms were all disturbingly similar.
Their eye sockets were hollow and pitch-black, while semi-transparent, viscous black liquid oozed from their noses and mouths.
Their clothes appeared soaked through, and their skin was grotesquely bloated and swollen.
Some of the ghosts, like the Female Ghost hovering above the Mysterious Pond, had patches of skin that had burst and peeled away.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh-

The ghosts all began twitching their lips in unison, producing a rustling, papery sound.
Those sounds too—they were uttering the same words as the Female Ghost suspended above the Mysterious Pond.

[Please let me out- Please let me out-]
[Please let me out-]
[Please let me out-]

A cacophony of voices poured through the smart glasses’ speaker.
Ye-rim heard it and bit down hard on her lower lip.
“Be careful.”
She said, her finger curling around the trigger.
That was the moment.

Screeeeeech—

The ghost behind them plummeted rapidly, spreading both arms wide.
Ye-rim spun around immediately and fired the shotgun at the ghost.
Boom—! Shhhhhhh—
The ghost struck by the shotgun flew backward and dissipated into black smoke.
From that moment on, the surrounding ghosts swam through the air, circling around the Mysterious Pond in loops.
They seemed to be searching for gaps in Tae-woo and Ye-rim’s defenses.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Ye-rim fired relentlessly, but the ghosts floating through the air like swimmers were difficult to hit.
Tae-woo faced the same challenge.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat—
Tae-woo ran forward while opening fire with his pistol.
Whoooosh—
While the ghosts dodged the bullets, another ghost approached rapidly from behind Tae-woo.
Like a fighter jet diving at high speed toward its target, it descended with fangs bared.
Thud—
As Tae-woo threw himself forward and spun around—the ghost lunged at him as if to embrace him.
Screeeech—
But the moment Tae-woo swung the Ghost-Slaying Blade, the ghost dissipated.
Immediately after, another ghost that appeared seized Tae-woo by the throat.
Shhhhk—
The powerful force drove Tae-woo’s body backward.
Whoooosh—
Tae-woo thrust his blade forward without hesitation, piercing the ghost’s abdomen.
Screeeech—
Then he slashed the blade sideways with all his might.
The ghost dissipated into black smoke before his eyes.
Simultaneously, as he fired his pistol to the side, the approaching ghost’s forehead burst open and it dissipated.
Screeeech—
Piercing through the black smoke left by the dissipated ghost, another one appeared.
Tae-woo immediately ran backward, kicked off a tree, and leaped high into the air.
Then, performing a somersault over the pursuing ghost’s head, he planted a bullet in its crown.
Boom-boom-boom—
Black smoke erupted from the ghost’s crown, and its movements slowed.
Tae-woo landed immediately and brought his blade down upon the ghost’s head.
Crackle—crackle—crackle—crack!
The ghost split vertically in two and vanished.
The movements were extraordinarily swift, precise, and flawless.
Despite having never properly trained with firearms or mastered pistol handling, he wielded both blade and gun simultaneously with dazzling finesse.
Even as Ye-rim engaged the ghosts, she couldn’t help but click her tongue at the sight of Tae-woo’s movements.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As more ghosts surged forward, Ye-rim tore her gaze from Tae-woo and pulled the trigger toward them.
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—whoosh!
The ghosts were eliminated sequentially in mid-air.
That was when it happened.
Thud!
Ye-rim was grabbed from behind and fell to the ground.
Clang!
Her shotgun clattered to the floor.
The ghost seized her feet and dragged her toward the Mysterious Pond.
It was trying to drown her.
“Ugh!”
She reached out, but couldn’t touch the fallen shotgun.
“Damn it!”
She immediately drew her pistol from the holster and fired at the ghost gripping her feet.
Bang—bang—bang—bang!
The ghost vanished instantly.
She sprang to her feet and rushed toward the shotgun.
In the meantime, she picked off the ghosts swarming around her one by one with her pistol.
Thud!
The moment she picked up the shotgun and turned her head, a ghost was already upon her, its face thrust forward.
Bang!
She stared directly into the ghost’s eyes, fired the shotgun into its abdomen, and smashed its face with the stock.
Screech—whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—whoosh!
The ghost vanished before her eyes.
“Huff, huff, huff—”
As her stamina reached its limit, Ye-rim immediately grasped the situation.
These ghosts hovering in the air were trying to drive both her and Tae-woo into the Mysterious Pond.
They were acting under the command of the ghost floating in the center of the pond, intent on drowning them both.
“Tae-woo! Don’t let them grab you! They’re trying to drown us!”
She shouted the warning toward him.
Crackle—crackle—crackle—crack!
In that moment, Tae-woo also sliced through the abdomen of an approaching ghost, engulfed in black smoke.
“You’re trying to drown me?”
The moment Tae-woo repeated the question, the ghost seized his shoulder.
With tremendous force, it attempted to drag him toward the Mysterious Pond.
He tried to turn and counterattack, but the ghost’s grip on his shoulder was so powerful that his body wouldn’t budge.

Hisssssss—

The ghost behind him whispered directly into Tae-woo’s ear.
Tae-woo furrowed his brow and glanced downward.
The ghost’s leg came into view.
He immediately fired his pistol at that leg.
Bang!
The bullet lodged in its thigh, and the ghost staggered backward.
Tae-woo spun around and slashed the ghost’s neck with his blade.
Shrieeeeeek—
Sssssss—
But the moment it vanished, another ghost burst through the black smoke and lunged at him.
Thud—
It seized his throat and shoved him violently backward.
Tae-woo was driven back three or four steps in an instant.
Shrieeeeeek—
He managed to slay that ghost immediately, preventing further retreat—but at this rate, he’d inevitably end up in the water.
“I need another approach. A different strategy.”
Tae-woo continued alternating between his pistol and blade, dispatching ghost after ghost.
Yet their numbers weren’t decreasing—they were multiplying.
‘Is that ghost on the pond summoning all these others right now? Is it controlling them?’
The hanbok-clad ghost hovering above the Mysterious Pond seemed unable to venture beyond the pond’s perimeter.
That must be why the other ghosts kept pushing Tae-woo and Ye-rim toward the Mysterious Pond.
If that were true, then Ye-rim’s theory held merit—that ghost was indeed controlling the others.
Which meant that eliminating that one ghost would cause all the rest to vanish on their own.
The moment a gap opened in the assault, Tae-woo fired at the ghost hovering above the pond.
Bang, bang, bang, bang—
But as expected, the bullets only produced black smoke; the ghost didn’t dissipate.
Tae-woo’s eyes widened. He unsheathed the Blood-Drinking Short Blade from his waist and hurled it at the ghost.
There was no time to coat it in blood.
Whirrrrrr—
The Blood-Drinking Short Blade spun through the air toward the ghost above the pond.
But the ghost casually swatted it away with its hand.
Ting—
Splash—
The Blood-Slaying Blade plunged into the water.
“Damn it.”
The pistol was useless, and now the Blood-Slaying Blade was lost to the pond.
In the end, the only weapon that could capture this ghost was the Ghost-Slaying Sword.
“Let’s give it a try.”
I gripped the vibrating Ghost-Slaying Sword firmly and sprinted toward the opposite side of the Mysterious Pond.
Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap—
In one fluid motion, I slashed through every ghost blocking my path.
Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh—
As black smoke coiled around the area, I came to a halt and turned my body toward the pond.
I had plenty of distance for a running start.
I immediately launched into a full-speed sprint toward the Mysterious Pond.
Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-tap-tap—
The velocity was extraordinary.
Dust and fallen leaves erupted skyward, parting to either side like the Red Sea opening before Moses.
Whoooooosh—
The violent gust of air made Ye-rim’s eyes snap open as she turned her head in that direction.
“Tae-woo?”
Tae-woo was charging toward the Mysterious Pond.
I couldn’t grasp his exact intention, but it was clear he was targeting the ghost hovering above the pond.
But—it was far too dangerous.
Throwing himself into the pond where the Water Ghost dwelled!
“Tae-woo!”
Ye-rim cried out loudly.
Tap—
Yet Tae-woo launched himself powerfully from the pond’s edge, arcing gracefully through the air toward the ghost suspended above the Mysterious Pond.

Guihon Trading Company Episode 91

Author
Cha Woo Rens
Publisher
Daon Creative
Planning / Editing / Production
Yoon Tae-ri
Cover Art
Lee Chi

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