My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 62

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 62

 

Episode 62. One Thousand and One Nights (1)

 

“…What? That was a hallucination?”

 

Elpinire asked back in disbelief after hearing Jini’s words.

 

Elpinire’s eyes, staring outside the cabin, were still chasing the invisible bats.

 

Jini nodded heavily toward Elpinire.

 

“You two really can’t see those bats…?”

 

“Can’t see them.”

 

“This can’t be….”

 

She looked outside with roughly trembling eyes.

 

She could clearly see bats outside right now, but all of that was a hallucination.

 

“When exactly did I get caught in it?”

 

“Jini. Is there any way to wake Elpinire from the hallucination?”

 

“There is, but….”

 

She trailed off and glanced to the side.

 

There were chains of mana that had been sparkling since earlier.

 

After chewing her lips, she took out a bell from her pocket and rang it lightly.

 

The bell sound rang out clearly, but there was no response.

 

“Don’t tell me Omen got caught too?”

 

Jini hung her head low without being able to say anything.

 

Had we been trapped in the dream for too long?

 

Just as I clicked my tongue and was about to turn my head, something black shot up from the floor.

 

-Jini!

 

Something black shooting toward Jini at high speed.

 

I blinked at the soccer ball-sized something.

 

“Could that be Omen?”

 

-Kind human. You succeeded. I’m truly grateful.

 

Omen hugged Jini’s head while shouting.

 

I looked at the guy with an incredulous expression.

 

I’m sure he was bigger than me before.

 

Now Omen’s size had shrunk to about the size of a soccer ball.

 

Feeling my gaze, he cleared his throat and spoke.

 

-I used too much power and my size decreased. It’s not a problem.

 

“Isn’t that quite a problem?”

 

-It couldn’t be helped. I used only my own power to connect the kind human to Jini’s dream.

 

Come to think of it, spirits have limited abilities unless they borrow their contractor’s power.

 

Yet Omen put me into Jini’s dream.

 

This means Omen sacrificed his own power to put me in the dream.

 

“I told you. I keep my word.”

 

-Hmm. You really are an amazing human.

 

Praise from a pure spirit.

 

This feels better than I expected.

 

While I was smiling for that reason, Elpinire narrowed her eyes and looked back and forth between me and Jini.

 

“Hey, Master and Jini. Are you two also under a hallucination?”

 

“Huh? Oh, you can’t see it? Omen is here right now.”

 

“Don’t tell me Omen is that bat on top of Jini’s head right now?”

 

Jini and I widened our eyes simultaneously.

 

What, can she actually see it?

 

Omen answered calmly to our reaction.

 

-Because she was affected by our King, she was forcibly made able to see spirits. Spirits are also just phantoms without form.

 

After saying that, Omen jumped down from Jini’s head.

 

Flapping his wings hard and settling on the table, he stared intently at Elpinire.

 

-I was hiding because I was afraid the hallucinating elf woman might attack me. I had no choice.

 

“….”

 

-Thanks to Jini waking up, I can finally talk.

 

Phew….

 

The mouthless spirit let out a long sigh.

 

Soon he raised his head and spoke with determined eyes.

 

-Our King has been consumed by dark magic. As a result, everyone in the forest began to be randomly affected by hallucinations.

 

Dark magic.

 

Hearing those words, thick veins bulged on Elpinire’s forehead.

 

She clenched her fists tightly and ground her teeth.

 

-Therefore, Jini. It’s become impossible to live here any longer. If you stay longer, our King, completely consumed by dark magic, might harm you.

 

“…I know. The nightmares were also caused by the Dark Spirit King.”

 

-…!

 

I guess he didn’t know that much.

 

Omen showed an exclamation mark above his head at Jini’s words.

 

“The Dark Spirit King probably targeted us… no.”

 

Sigh.

 

She hung her head and trembled slightly.

 

“He targeted me, I think.”

 

“…Why do you think that?”

 

“Spirit Kings are the only spirits who can use their power freely even without a contractor.”

 

Even high-level spirits can’t properly use their power without a contractor.

 

But Spirit Kings, who are at the pinnacle of spirits, can use their power freely even without a contractor.

 

“Such Spirit Kings can use even more power if they have a contractor.”

 

Jini had such excellent qualities as a spirit mage that she received help from spirits even when she couldn’t see them.

 

A Spirit King consumed by dark magic wouldn’t just watch such a Jini quietly.

 

“Dark magic is a very bad power, right?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“If he’s been consumed by such power… he must want to use me as a puppet.”

 

Using a spirit mage with talent superior to anyone else as a puppet.

 

The Dark Spirit King ‘Darkness’, consumed by dark magic, made Jini have nightmares for this reason.

 

To trap her in eternal nightmares and break her mind.

 

To contract with her broken self and use her as a puppet.

 

With my arms crossed, listening to Jini’s words, I nodded and said.

 

“So the problem is this guy called Darkness, right?”

 

“Right…?”

 

“Then we have to fight.”

 

Even as I say it, I don’t think it’s possible at all.

 

The eyes of the Dark Spirit King I encountered in the dream.

 

Though it was just a fragment, that alone made me shrink and barely manage to open my mouth.

 

But I have to fight and win against such an existence.

 

Only then can both I and Jini survive.

 

Is that really possible?

 

I roughly tousled my hair and turned my gaze to look at the rippling darkness.

 

-First, elf woman. Sit in the chair. It’ll take a while, but I’ll weaken the hallucination cast by our King.

 

“…Complete removal is impossible?”

 

-My power can’t compare to the Spirit King’s, so it’s difficult. Jini, will you lend me your power?

 

“I’ll do my best!”

 

“Please, Jini. I’m counting on you too, Omen.”

 

Elpinire was enveloped by darkness through Omen.

 

I continued to watch the darkness until her treatment was complete.

 

No matter how much I looked at the rippling darkness, I couldn’t sense any magic – it was just calm.

 

* * *

 

Returning to my room, I looked down at Cheo-ri sleeping with his chin resting on his paws.

 

I thought he would be awake when I came back from the dream, but he’s still sleeping.

 

I wonder if he’s sick somewhere, but seeing how he’s breathing peacefully, it doesn’t seem like he’s ill.

 

“I’ll have to buy you something really delicious when we get out.”

 

After stroking the sleeping guy’s forehead, I turned my gaze to look at the system.

 

“Speaking of which, ‘Stop the Dark Spirit King Darkness’s first invasion’…”

 

I don’t really understand it.

 

What exactly is this first invasion?

 

Does it mean the Spirit King will attack first?

 

Since the Spirit King is targeting Jini, attacking first isn’t that strange.

 

The problem is whether there’s really a need to do so.

 

Right now we’re inside Darkness.

 

We’re essentially trapped inside his body, so would the Spirit King really have a reason to attack first?

 

If it were me, I wouldn’t have done that.

 

I would have gradually made them wither and die.

 

But the system is saying that won’t happen.

 

That’s why I’m puzzled.

 

Just how exactly will he invade?

 

“This is frustrating.”

 

Even if I want to do something, there’s nothing we can do first.

 

All the darkness in this forest belongs to Darkness, but that’s not actually his main body.

 

Sighing in frustration, I got up from my chair and turned around.

 

And I discovered it.

 

“…Ah. So this is what invasion means?”

 

Outside the window.

 

Hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at this place from within the darkness.

 

I know.

 

That’s a hallucination.

 

But for a hallucination, it’s way too realistic.

 

“Ha. When did I get caught in this?”

 

This is really driving me crazy.

 

I squeezed my eyes shut to block my vision.

 

Now that I’ve experienced it, I understand.

 

No wonder Elpinire fell for the hallucination.

 

“Now I get it.”

 

The Dark Spirit King’s first invasion.

 

Its true nature is exactly.

 

“The first invasion means he’s going to break us down mentally.”

 

With hallucinations and illusions.

 

It meant he would break us down mentally.

 

But here’s the thing.

 

“Hey, Mr. Darkness. Didn’t you pick the wrong target?”

 

What to do about this.

 

For breaking someone down mentally, he chose a bad opponent.

 

I looked up at the empty air and lifted the corners of my mouth.

 

And so the invasion of the Dark Spirit King, Darkness, began.

 

* * *

 

The next day.

 

I got up as if nothing had happened and normally lit the fire and put water on.

 

“Ah, Jini. Sorry. I couldn’t bring any fish on the way here.”

 

“Th-that’s okay! I just like fish, that’s all…”

 

“For just liking them, didn’t you keep looking for fish in your dream?”

 

“…”

 

Jini hung her head low with a reddened face.

 

Elpinire, who had heard all about what happened in last night’s dream, giggled cutely while watching Jini.

 

“Jini. There are lots of delicious fish in the Verdant Forest. I’ll definitely let you eat some later.”

 

“Wow… really?”

 

Jini looked at Elpinire with sparkling eyes.

 

Elpinire nodded heartily toward Jini.

 

After roughly tasting the seasoning, I turned around to look at the two of them.

 

“You were so surprised yesterday, but you seem fine today?”

 

“Ah…”

 

Until yesterday, Jini didn’t know that Elpinire was an elf.

 

I wondered if that made sense, but looking at Jini’s past, it was quite plausible.

 

Thanks to that, Jini got to hear about the Verdant Forest directly from Elpinire’s mouth, but the one who was actually surprised wasn’t Jini.

 

“…Don’t look at me with those eyes, Master.”

 

It was Elpinire.

 

I thought that since Jini mentioned the five forbidden zones, Elpinire would naturally know about it too.

 

But Elpinire was shocked and surprised to learn that the Verdant Forest was one of the five forbidden zones.

 

She quietly turned her head away, avoiding my gaze.

 

I chuckled and served warm sujebi soup full of ingredients to both Elpinire and Jini sitting beside her.

 

It’s organic food where I grew everything myself except for the gochujang.

 

“Is it spicy?”

 

“I know that by now.”

 

Elpinire grumbled while slurping the soup.

 

Jini also started eagerly eating the gochujang stew.

 

I looked at the two of them warmly and glanced out the window.

 

“Wow. Now there’s something else?”

 

Yesterday there were only eyes, but now I can see the bats that Elpinire mentioned too.

 

Wow, it really looks just like reality.

 

If I hadn’t realized it was a hallucination, I would have gone crazy.

 

Well, since I know it’s a hallucination, there’s no need to waste mental energy on it.

 

Thinking that, I put the sujebi in my mouth.

 

“Oh.”

 

The dough turned out well.

 

* * *

 

One day, two days.

 

Time passes.

 

During this time, the Dark Spirit King’s hallucinations only got worse.

 

But those hallucinations couldn’t greatly affect us.

 

They were just annoying, but not unbearable.

 

“Isn’t it about time to give up?”

 

Tap.

 

I lightly put down the trump card I was holding.

 

The card I threw was a color joker.

 

Elpinire, who was being attacked, swallowed hard and threw down her card.

 

“How do you have all the attack cards!? You cheated!?”

 

“You shuffled them.”

 

“Kraaaaaaah!”

 

Since we were bored just passing time, I hastily made trump cards using things that were in the cabin.

 

Playing with these, time passes by really quickly whether there are hallucinations or not.

 

I turned my gaze away from the frustrated and collapsed Elpinire to look at Jini.

 

She put down her cards with the most serious expression in the world…

 

“…”

 

J, J, K, K, K, black and white joker.

 

Wait, hold on.

 

“One card!”

 

To think she’d use such a cheat combo.

 

“Do you have any cards?”

 

“…No.”

 

“Hehe.”

 

I’ve raised a tiger cub.

 

While I was fighting with Elpinire, Jini was quietly calculating her moves alone.

 

How does such a perfect hand come up like that?

 

That’s an absolutely unbeatable hand in one-on-one, that is.

 

I let out a deep sigh and put down the cards I was holding.

 

I shouldn’t have removed the color joker trying to kill Elpinire.

 

“I’ll win the next round.”

 

Elpinire grinding her teeth.

 

She began shuffling the cards with frightening intensity.

 

Was that defeat just now so infuriating?

 

As I was chuckling and watching Elpinire, I inadvertently looked at the window behind her.

 

“…Ah. It must be over.”

 

At my words, Jini and Elpinire immediately turned their heads.

 

The two of them also looked at the same scenery as me and opened their mouths.

 

“The hallucination…”

 

“It’s gone.”

 

The hallucination that had continued day and night disappeared in an instant.

 

[Repel the 1st invasion of the Dark Spirit King, Darkness]

 

[Achieved]

 

[Moving to the next floor]

 

And what takes its place.

 

[8th Floor]

 

[Repel the 2nd invasion of the Dark Spirit King, Darkness]

 

[Not Achieved]

 

Walking out from the darkness, carrying magical energy too intense to be called a hallucination.

 

It was countless dark puppets.

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