When I Returned to Farming, National-level Big Juniors Flock - Chapter 91



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91. I returned to farming and got national-level agricultural equipment.

Tsk tsk tsk!

The man’s twisted arm slowly regained its shape.

Even the skin that was burnt black is regenerating.

“He’s a nasty guy who’s neither human nor monster.”

Blea muttered, frowning.

The man who had gotten up from his stupor looked up at her and said.

“How did you find my location?”

“What good would a guy who’s about to die know about that?”

“I have no intention of fighting you right now. It would be even more pointless to fight spirits who aren’t even my contractors.”

“As I just said, don’t think that a person who is about to die has a choice.”

Kwaaaaang!

The flames engulfed an entire floor.

A fire so strong that windows burst out in all directions and flames burst out.

But the man had already moved downwards through the floor and was able to avoid being caught in the flames.

“… I can’t seem to get through the conversation.”

The man shook his head and looked to the side.

A low-rise building, not very tall.

I was thinking of getting out of this place without having to deal with the spirits.

But the moment he was about to take a step, a bright red flame burst out from under his feet.

He took a few steps back and narrowly avoided the flames.

“Really… do you have time to spend time with me like this?”

“You guys, stop trying to talk to me.”

“Haha, you seem prickly, as if you are not a noble spirit of the upper class.”

“I don’t like humans. Except for one or two, they are nothing more than meaningless nuisances to me. Monsters are lowly species, no different from beasts.”

The corner of Blea’s mouth twisted.

“But the worst of them all are the mongrel ones that can’t get anywhere. I’ve seen guys like you often, even across dimensions.”

She said, not hiding the contempt in her eyes.

A look as if one were looking at an insignificant insect.

Then, the expression on the man’s face, which had been completely calm until then, began to stir.

“… I’ve changed my mind. I think it’d be quicker to incapacitate you here and leave. And serve as a warning as well.”

Magical power gushed out from the man’s body.

Even if they were spirits, they took damage the same way.

His power alone was not enough to completely annihilate the spirits, but if they were hit hard enough to be reversed, they would need a sufficient amount of time to recover.

That alone would be a worthy achievement.

Tsk tsk tsk!

Pure white tentacles flowed out from behind the man’s back.

The texture and appearance of the tentacles create a strong sense of alienation, as if they were not of this world.

Not only was it something that could not happen to humans, it also brought about primal fear and discomfort.

Of course, his opponent now is a spirit.

As expected, a strong flame poured down from the front, and the man moved his tentacles to block the front.

The surface was scorched and gave off a strong charcoal smell, but even Blea’s flames were unable to penetrate the tentacles and were bounced off.

“This is just not possible…”

Thud!

But at that moment, a hand grabbed the man’s ankle.

I was startled by her sudden appearance at my feet and tried to move, but Blea, who had already exposed even the upper half of her body, didn’t give me the chance to do so.

“The rags that cling to us were around even 10 years ago. Of course, I turned every last one of them into ashes.”

Kwaaaaang!

A fierce flame rose up and swept through the surroundings.

An explosion so powerful that it completely destroyed two floors.

The man who had been lying on the floor got up from the rain, but his entire body was in a hideous burnt state.

“This is a bit…”

The man coughed up blood.

The heat melted even the flesh and bones.

It was a fire of a different dimension from the noisy attacks just now.

‘In order to draw out this much flame, the amount of magical power consumed must also follow. But in the current situation, is it possible to draw this much magical power from the contractor…?’

His expression was distorted.

“Have you forgotten that your contractor is fighting right now? If you bring in that much magical power without permission, they will die before they can even fight properly.”

“You, you don’t know anything.”

Blea let out a snicker.

“You’re the first person I’ve ever worried about my partner’s magic power.”

Kookookookook!

The melt that appeared between the raised floors radiated an intimidating feeling.

Blea climbed onto Melts’ shoulders.

The relationship with Oh Hyeon-seong wasn’t the only thing that had been going on for over 10 years.

She and Melts have also been working together for nearly 10 years.

The fact that she, the spirit of fire, was able to sneak up on the ground and appear from underfoot without any noise was because she was in sync with Melts.

“Are you ready?”

Woof!

Meltz nodded at her words.

Then, the two of them simultaneously drew out their magic power, causing the surrounding terrain to twist and sparks to rise up everywhere.

And then the battle began.

The man was literally overwhelmed.

They were too busy defending themselves without even being able to properly counterattack, but defense alone was not enough to stop the combined attack of the two spirits.

‘Wow… That’s ridiculous.’

The power of the opponent was something he could never have imagined.

No matter how powerful a superior being may be, if it manifested in a second dimension through a contract, the contract holder’s abilities had a significant impact on the power they could exert.

That’s why I thought that Oh Hyun-seong, who was injured, wouldn’t be able to exert this much strength.

But the results were obvious.

A blackened man gasped for breath beneath a sunken pillar.

The skin struggled to rebuild itself and recover, but the badly tanned skin never came back.

Because there is no longer any regenerative power left for self-repair.

Unable to see properly due to his damaged eyes, the man staggered as he tried to get out of the place.

If I could just get out of here, I would be able to look forward to the next time, and I would have to convey information about the spirits’ power that was beyond my expectations.

Ugh.

But there was someone who stopped him.

It wasn’t Blair or Multz, who had been fighting until just now.

“Why did you seem to know me from earlier?”

“All. How are you… here…?”

“If that’s him, he’s already dead.”

The monster’s corpse rolled on the floor.

Chattergil, a named monster that once struck fear into people, met his death at the hands of Oh Hyeonseong.

Oh Hyun-seong, who was standing in front of him now, was also covered in dirt and dust and was a mess, covered in blood, but that was all.

It was a very clear win or loss.

‘That, that can’t be… The two higher spirits that were fighting me were excluded from the battle, and I used that much magic power, and yet the outcome was already decided?’

The man’s expression shook greatly.

But soon, he summoned a tentacle from the sleeve of his left arm and aimed at Oh Hyeonseong at close range.

Oh Hyun-seong swung the dagger he had been holding, cutting the tentacle in half and cutting the man’s body as well.

Kuung!

A man collapsed with a tall stream of blood flowing out.

Oh Hyun-seong looked down at the spread out corpse.

A man with hazy eyes.

The color of the unidentified tentacles that were being pulled out was like that, and the entire body seemed to be consumed by a pure white energy.

Oh Hyun-seong knows that familiar, unique color very well.

Although erosion is usually a dark color, when it has progressed to the very end, it has developed into a pure white color that seems so heterogeneous.

“… psycho guys.”

Oh Hyun-seong shook his head and approached the body, extending his hand.

But even when I got closer, the soul was not absorbed from the corpse.

It was Oh Hyeonseong who could eat the souls of monsters and turn them into his own magical powers, and the ones who could not be absorbed in this way were humans, not monsters.

But if we were to put together all the appearances shown above, it would be impossible to put it into the human category.

In a word, it is a being that is neither human nor monster.

Oh Hyun-seong shook his head and went downstairs carrying the two corpses.

*

“senior.”

Han Su-yeon, who came to see Oh Hyeon-seong, let out a short sigh.

Then he asked.

“Are the results out?”

“Yes. After checking his identity, the name of the man who attacked you is Park Young. He is a Korean citizen and an Awakened member of the Salvation Church before he was reported missing.”

“If it’s a salvation church…”

“Do you remember, senior?”

“How could I not know?”

Oh Hyun-seong let out a hollow laugh.

Salvation Church.

There was a time when just hearing the name of a member of the special forces would have made my back ache.

‘I had no idea, it really was them.’

The Salvation Church was a pseudo-religious group that was rapidly growing in power in China at the time when the giant monster wave was pouring down.

In a desperate situation, the authors are incomprehensible in their attempts to make monsters into objects of service rather than objects of resistance.

To be exact, it was a belief in special species that were the first to display intelligence higher than that of humans, rather than ordinary monsters, but it is still difficult to understand.

But regardless of understanding, the Salvation Church spread throughout China at a frightening rate.

There was talk that even as the entire region was being scorched, the strongholds where the Salvationists gathered had a relatively high survival rate, as they were not attacked.

Although there were no exact statistics, when several such cases came out, the Salvationists made a big fuss about it.

More and more people flocked to the area, desperate to grab onto even the smallest bit of hope.

The problem was that they did all sorts of things to try to win over the favor of the special species and gain their salvation.

And that applies to other humans too.

They pillaged and massacred people in the rear and strictly enforced their beliefs.

Additionally, they carried out suicide bombings to stop the hunters from fighting the monsters, and even burned down the hunters’ supply routes to interfere.

Oh Hyeon-seong also suffered greatly from them while he was on the Chinese front.

‘But even so, they were just a bunch of crazy cult members, and they didn’t have any great military power…’

Oh Hyun-seong looked down at the man’s corpse.

At that time, there were quite a few awakened people in the Salvation Church, but they were separate from those with strange abilities such as being able to regenerate their heads even if they were blown off.

“There has never been a guy who has shown such abilities. Besides, it was hard to find anything called the Salvation Church in Korea to begin with.”

“Well… that’s because things changed while my senior was hospitalized. The Salvation Church was growing in power in Korea as well.”

Han Su-yeon continued her explanation with a sigh.

Until then, it was a country that had suffered little damage from super-large waves among its neighbors, so there was virtually no room for the Salvation Church to delve into the chaos.

However, while Oh Hyun-seong was away from the scene, the Salvation Church’s reach spread throughout the world and even reached Korea.

“It’s nothing compared to China at the time, but there was a time when the growth rate after it entered the country was extraordinary. So the National Security Agency directly intervened and carried out a large-scale crackdown.”

The method may seem a bit extreme, but it was definitely effective.

They wiped out the leadership in Korea and raided all the identified branches at once, wiping them out in one fell swoop.

After that incident, the rapid growth of the doctrine of salvation slowed down.

But that doesn’t mean it was completely uprooted.

As with any religious group armed with strong faith, no matter how hard you try to suppress it, it has its limits and has always existed in the background.

Just like last time, I refrained from provoking government agencies or exposing them to the media.

Attempts to expand the religious influence continued.

“But this is the first time I’ve heard of a case like this. Something that is human and yet not human.”

Han Su-yeon looked down at the corpse and let out a sigh.

I wonder if it has anything to do with this incident.

There were many things that came to mind, but since this was the first time this had been revealed, I couldn’t make any meaningful guesses.

“Maybe he gained some kind of power from his faith because he believed in something so fervently? Or maybe the queen, who was already dead, thought he was special and granted him some kind of power.”

“That’s a bit absurd.”

“It’s a world where monsters rule, so whatever comes out isn’t surprising. Anyway, we have to be careful.”

She said.

As we have already seen in China, a spoiled human being is as much of a headache as a monster.

We can’t allow these lunatics with unidentified powers to run wild in our country.

“First, I’ll take this man’s body and examine it. I’ll also look into the Salvation Church. I’ll probably get some results.”

“Oh, speaking of which, I’ll take care of Chattergil’s body.”

“Chatgil’s body? Why?”

“Because there’s a place to use it.”

In principle, the corpses of named monsters were to be recovered by the state.

Even if Oh Hyun-seong had actually defeated the boss monster with his own power, it was clearly stated that this part should work without any exceptions.

But where in the world is there a rule without exceptions?

Han Su-yeon handed Chattergil’s body over to him, and Oh Hyeon-seong, who had achieved his original purpose, returned to the provinces.

*

Oh Hyun-seong didn’t even stop by the house, but met Noya and talked to her for a while.

The purpose is to process Chattergil’s corpse into an artifact.

Expectations were extremely high for this one.

As it was a named monster that once turned Korea upside down, if Noya could just demonstrate his skills, an extremely high-level relic would be completed.

And a few days later.

In fact, after the work using this chatter road as material was completed, a ‘national treasure-level artifact’ was completed.

An artifact of the highest grade, of immense value.

However, Oh Hyeon-seong was acting in a somewhat unexpected way.

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