Capítulo 90: Cleaning
I scratched my head and sighed.
"Ugh, if this guy, Heo Sang-hyeon, wants to use it somehow, it's not like there's no place for him to use it."
In any case, Heo Sang-hyeon's soul suffered great damage when Heo Ju died.
However, it seems that the damage has now been completely recovered.
Even if I don't do anything in particular, if I leave it alone for a little longer, it will wake up on its own.
I spoke to the command golem who was chatting by the bedside.
"Just watch and call me when you wake up."
Kirilik, puddeukdeuk.
The spirit golem made a gesture of understanding and disintegrated into several pieces that were scattered near his bed.
I came down to the first floor again.
The command golems are still organizing and cleaning.
After checking the surrounding conditions a little more, I came to a conclusion.
"I think I can let go at this level."
Everyone's performance is good, so there's no need for me to stand next to them and interfere.
In short, it means that you can now afford to leave your seat for a while.
It would be a good idea to quickly go to a studio during this time.
The move will only be completed once you bring back the items you left behind at your previous home.
And while I'm out, I'll have to buy the things I need to live here for a while.
If you want to make an artifact to replace the Myeonggyeong that was taken away by Heo Sang-hyeon, you must stop by a pawn shop and buy materials.
But then… … .
'These guys have a problem with food.'
The food that the spirit golems eat is, of course, magical power.
And all that magic comes from my body.
There are a total of 13 such ghost golems.
Since I spent time improving the magic structure, there is no major problem in using these guys with just the pure magic I have. This is not a combat situation.
'But no matter how much I do, it's difficult to transmit magical power from downtown to here.'
It goes without saying that the longer the distance, the less efficient wireless charging becomes.
Of course, if you decide to go the path of a villain or a madman, the magic problem can be easily solved.
Like Heoju before, there is also a way to receive magical power by contracting with an appropriate abyss being, or to extract magical power by dismantling the soul of an innocent victim.
Regardless of whether the action is good or bad, if you do something like that, you will end up in trouble.
You may become a warlock or a cultist and become a bounty hunter, or you may follow the requirements presented by the being of the abyss and end up as a skeletal undead like Heoju.
As I thought about it, an artifact that could be used in this situation came to mind.
"I think it would be best to use that."
I knocked down a stone box yesterday and got a mountain of rewards.
Among them, there are some useful items.
I looked around for a moment.
All around, there are ghost golems moving around and cleaning.
Where is that guy now?
"Hey~ Turn around!"
It doesn't seem to be on the first floor, and it wasn't on the second floor either... … Is it in the basement?
Doo doo doo doo… … !
A heavy vibration echoes from underground.
It is a dull sound as if something huge and heavy is moving dozens of legs.
"Were you in the basement too?"
A hungry stone ship comes running up the stairs.
"Oh, wait, you watch out!"
Kwaaaaang!
Doldori smashed into one of the ghost golems with its huge body.
Clap la la la rock!
A ghost golem that shatters to pieces and scatters miscellaneous items in all directions.
Doo doo doo doo… … !
Either way, Doldori ran without stopping and arrived in front of me.
"This bastard… … If you come crashing down... … ."
Rattling. Thump thump thump.
Doldol is snooping around me, cracking the lid of the stone box.
This is a movement that can be replaced with the movement of a pet dog running to its owner's call. If you try hard enough, you might think it's cute.
"… … Yes, good job."
Yesterday, it was clearly a monster that was trying to eat me.
A box-shaped monster that was bound to [The One Who Comes from the Dark].
But now that bond has been lifted and it belongs to me.
After that, for some reason, his personality became similar to that of an innocent pet dog.
'I think it's probably because my personality and disposition have changed due to the influence of my soul.'
The problem is that, if we were to compare it to a dog, it is a large dog.
A huge dog that is unaware of its size, strength, and weight... … .
The enormous size of the stone box, which thinks it is a dog, loves to thrash around... … In any case, it is a sight that is difficult to find just cute.
Also, if you get hit by that pure struggle, you could get seriously injured.
"Anyway, open it. "Let's take out just one item."
Rattling, rattling. Device geek… … .
Doldol flinched as if he was going to open the lid, but then closed his mouth and pulled back.
Normally, this would be a difficult movement to understand, but I can sense Doldol's emotional state, so I know what he wants.
"Come here. "Now, I'll give you this instead."
I held out a teacup that was nearby.
Rattling, rattling… … Rattling!
Doldori, who had been hesitantly watching, opens the lid.
Underneath the lid lurks a strange, pitch-black darkness.
Swish-.
I threw the teacup into the darkness, and it disappeared into the bottomless darkness.
thud!
Doldol, who swallowed a teacup, wriggled a little as if he was satisfied and opened the lid again.
This time, there is no darkness like before.
Doldori opened the real storage box inside him.
"Yes, yes, good."
[The Starving Stone Box] is a magic box.
This means that it is an item that applies a similar concept to the infinite pocket that provides unlimited inventory, which is commonly expressed in games.
The interior is composed of multiple spaces that are complex and continuously overlapped.
In order to access the space I want in those numerous multiple spaces, I need permission from the stone box, that is, the stone box.
I don't know where the strange sub-space from earlier leads to, but if I put miscellaneous things in that darkness... … Doldoli likes it.
This is probably a tendency that was influenced by me.
'Should I now live by catering to the wishes of the box?'
I wondered where my life was going, but I looked at the items in the box anyway.
The inside of Doldori is filled with items that look like antiques at first glance.
Although they cannot all be said to be top-class items, each one is an artifact with magical powers or an eerie origin.
When you destroy a Starving Stone Box, most of these items disappear somewhere in subspace.
'Well, if you try, you can get some of it back.'
All of this can be achieved only by subduing the hungry stone box and making it my property.
Moreover, there are objects that have value beyond artifacts.
'For example, something like this.'
I picked up an old book from inside the stone box.
[Secret Sutra of Taeeum and Waters]
Category: Grimoire
Author: unknown
Year of production: 19th century
Language: Chinese characters
This is an engagement for believers of the 'leader of suffocation'.
The original is believed to have been written in French, and this is a translation of the original.
It deals with the ecology and history of beings hiding in the darkness under the ground, the secrets of trapping and manipulating human souls, and includes methods of human sacrifice.
Research is needed to confirm the book's true value.]
The leader of Asphyxiation is one of the names of the great old beings served by Heoju, [The One Who Comes from the Darkness].
Because of this cursed book, this mansion was created and a monster like Heoju was born.
And from then on, the descendants born in this house had to live as slaves of Heoju for generations.
Of course, it is not a book as valuable as the original due to omissions or deterioration during the translation process, but it is one of the highest-quality grimoires that can be found in [Cthulhu World].
It would be a good idea to check this book first, even if it means delaying the interpretation of the Mongrimun Domil Manggyeong for a while.
'but… … 'I don't need this right now.'
When I moved the Taeeumsujin secret mirror to the side, the object hidden beneath it was revealed.
A silver mask with an elaborate design that gives off an unpleasant feeling.
It is a shape that reproduces the face of a real human being in excessive detail.
"All the things that appear in this mansion are like this… … ."
This one looks particularly unlucky.
It is not just a mask with an unpleasant appearance.
This is a death mask made by pouring silver into an imprint of a dead person's face.
'It also means that there was originally a corpse with the same appearance as this mask.'
He is a crazy cultist who has summoned the influence of [The One Who Comes from the Dark] through an evil and disgusting ritual... … Heo Joo's father.
He became a madman who lost his humanity and created an illegitimate child for the being of the abyss, and in the end, his soul would also be trapped in this mask.
gulp.
what? Did I just swallow my drool?
'It's the effect of mask obsession…' … .'
It is the effect of the madness and mask obsession that has taken hold in my mind.
At first, it started out simply as a symptom of having to cover one's face with a mask, but now excessive emotions arise just by looking at a mask-shaped object.
I definitely am.
I thought this mask was really cool.
It is a mask created to enclose the entire death of a human being.
It's a strange mask that still feels like I can hear the dying words of his soul, but I can't wait to wear this mask now.
'Keu… … It's true that I took it out to use it… … .'
Let's not think about it further now.
Unlike other phobias, mask obsession stayed in my head for a very long time.
I think I need to overcome my obsession with masks before this causes bigger problems in the future.
I took out the [Dead Man's Mask] and said to Doldol.
"You can close it now."
thud!
I am the top of Doldoli's head… … So, he scratched the top of the stone box and continued talking.
"kind. "I'm going to the second floor and resting."
Doo doo doo doo… … !
Kwaaaaang!
Wow! Quad deuk!
"… … ."
Doldoli, who was running to the second floor, completely destroyed another command golem.
I couldn't help but sigh as I felt a large amount of magical power being sucked out.
"Ugh… … ."
What's good?
I raised my hand and looked at the mask I took out from Doldori's body.
[Mask of the Dead (Class A Accessory): A mask made to seal the soul and magical power of a dead human.
The longer you wear it, the more you assimilate with the soul trapped in the mask.
Pure Silver Madness: Forces a sanity check when worn. If you fail the sanity check made by this effect, you will experience random madness and become possessed by the soul trapped in the mask.
Gift of the Dead: Magic power and knowledge can be stored or retrieved from inside the mask.
First Soul: You can summon and control the ghost residing in the mask.]
[The Mask of the Dead] is a class A artifact that can store or retrieve magical power, use it as a catalyst, or as the core of a magic circle.
If Heoju had attacked with this equipped, he would not have been able to use a strategy that led to mana depletion.
'It's a very good item because it has a huge amount of magical power stored, but… … It's not something to be used carelessly because of the penalty.'
Instead, the more you use it, the more your body and mind are taken over by the dead who reside in this mask.
A mask resembling the face of a dead person looks up at me.
The empty holes in my eyes showed only empty darkness, but for some reason, I could feel someone's gaze in the holes in my awkwardly opened mouth.
From inside the mask, I can feel a gaze mixed with curiosity, anticipation, and hunger.
"What are you expecting? "Even the existence of the abyss can't enter my head, so why not give it a try?"
But I am immune to this type of penalty.
I took off the [Cargosa Mask] I was wearing and put on the [Dead Man's Mask] without hesitation.
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