The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

117.

I immediately called the SC Tech Yangwoo hyung’s number that I had received last week.

The current time is 6:00 PM.

It was dinner time, and it was Sunday, so I thought I might not be able to answer it, but surprisingly, the ringtone was not long.

“Yes, I am Yangwoo hyung. What is Inspector Kang doing?”

His voice was flat as he answered.

I wonder if something has happened yet.

To this, I spoke calmly.

“Sorry for the holiday dinner. Did you go to work?”

“hahahaha, yes. Because I’m on duty this month.”

“ah… okay.”

Fortunately or unfortunately, he was at the company today.

“Actually, I contacted you because I have something to check about the forbidden book.”

“Are you sure?”

“yes. that is-“

I asked him about the storage method or location of the forbidden books, the safety measures and the security system, etc.

I asked a question to see if the forbidden book is still in good shape.

The answer from him was as expected.

The storage location was a safe inside the company building.

As for safety measures, a few amulets in case of emergency.

In addition, the only thing that could be called a security system was a few security-related spells and Yang Woo-hyung, who was on duty, was also a security guard.

“Even if it looks a bit flimsy, we are managing it according to the rules.”

“That’s right.”

It was as Yang Woo-hyung said.

Although it was close-knit, SC Tech was meeting the minimum standards for storing valuables.

“So don’t worry too much-“

It was the moment he said so.

His voice was suddenly cut off with a loud noise.

“hmm?”

I checked my smartphone to see if there was a problem with the line.

However, the phone connection is still maintained.

So I continued to focus on the sound beyond the phone.

A constant, raging noise.

But when I listened closely, it wasn’t static, it was the sound of a strong wind.

Also, in the middle of it, a scream that seemed to be that of Yangwoo hyung and a sharp rupture sound as if something was being smashed were heard several times.

“… … ”

Also something happened

Thinking so, I immediately went outside.

It was to move to Busan, where SC Tech is located.

* * *

Kwakwang!

With a loud noise, one wall of the building where SC Tech is located exploded ferociously.

At the same time, thick black smoke rose, and a man with an exotic appearance jumped out of it.

A man wearing a white scarf-like gutra on his head and wearing a tob, a Middle Eastern attire that comes down to his ankles like a white robe.

It was a typical Middle Eastern Arab male costume.

And in his hand, the forbidden book that SC Tech was keeping was in his hand.

“… It’s bothering me.”

The man murmured as he heard the alarm ringing fiercely.

There were still people inside the building, but he didn’t care much.

Anyway, his existence was the same as being discovered at this moment.

Even if he came and dealt with the witnesses, he would not be able to escape the police pursuit.

So it was prudent to get out of here first.

Whoa!

A strong wind picked him up.

The man with four wings sprouting from his back rode the wind and galloped through the air.

“… … ”

In an instant, the man who moved away from the scene carefully took out a forbidden book from his bosom.

His name is Shaheen.

In the Middle East, he is a famous magician, and originally this forbidden book of Zoroastrianism belonged to him.

Shaheen hurriedly checked the condition of the forbidden book.

Fortunately, the forbidden book itself was not damaged at all.

“after… ”

Seeing the banned book intact, Shaheen let out a sigh of relief.

He was the one who studied this forbidden book longer than anyone else in the world.

Because of that, he succeeded in interpreting a significant part of the contents of the forbidden book, and came close to realizing the forbidden magic contained in it.

However, despite his persistent research, he could not finally interpret the rest of the forbidden book.

So he had no choice but to enlist the help of others.

And the one who decided to receive the help was a demon named Salman who used the ancient language.

“Salman, because of that stupid bastard… !”

Shaheen muttered a low voice of displeasure.

Shaheen even paid a considerable amount of money to acquire Salman.

However, things after that did not work out as he intended.

Salman died after being attacked by an exorcist while working on the interpretation of the forbidden book.

The forbidden book was retrieved by an exorcist and eventually came to Korea, a distant foreign land.

It was a very difficult thing for him.

It is not easy to go to a foreign country as a demon, or to a completely different country.

In addition, Korea is a Far East Asian country that is significantly different from the Middle East, where he mainly worked.

So, unlike the Middle East, where the tradition of Islam or Central Asia is the mainstream.

Korea is a country where folk beliefs as well as transmission of churches and temples prospered greatly, and to Shaheen, it was a place full of unknown threats.

If he was a tolerable demon, even if he had to give up the forbidden book, he wouldn’t have been able to step on it easily.

However, Shaheen had a reason to obtain the forbidden book.

“Keugh… ”

While flying in the sky, he clutched his chest in pain that came suddenly and landed abruptly on the ground.

Having just left the city, he removed his wings and walked on his own feet.

It was because of the side effects of the tradition he used.

It is the tradition of Pajuju in Mesopotamian mythology that Shaheen is endowed with wings and the power of wind.

Pajuju is said to have the arms and head of a lion, the legs and four wings of an eagle, and the tail of a scorpion.

In exchange for borrowing that powerful power, Shaheen lived a terminally ill life.

When I was young, I was intoxicated by the power and endured it, but my mind changed when death approached.

So he was betting his future on this forbidden book.

“I cannot die yet.”

He looked at the forbidden book with a fishy smile on his lips.

In Zoroastrianism, death does not come only at the end of life.

This is the result of the good of life being defeated by the evil of death.

After all, it meant that even a living person had an endless battle between life and death going on inside them.

And the sorcery in this forbidden book is a technique that uses the evil of death as a source of power, that is, a kind of energy.

So, the real value of this forbidden book is… It was nothing other than the immortal representation.

“If only I had this… ”

Forbidden spells can consume death by energizing it.

So, by consuming the death of the caster himself through witchcraft, it was possible to extend that life.

Rather, it meant that the closer the caster was to death, the stronger the power.

Therefore, for Shaheen, the sorcery contained in this forbidden book was the perfect solution to get stronger power at the same time as life.

That was the reason Shaheen came all the way to Korea because of this forbidden book.

At that time, Shaheen heard the siren of a police car in his ears.

“already?”

Anxiety flashed across Shaheen’s face.

The distance was still far, but I couldn’t be relieved.

South Korea is one of the countries with well-equipped measures against exorcism, as the state power directly focuses on exorcism.

But even so, I never thought I would react so quickly.

So he frowned and contemplated what to do.

Even if there are side effects, you can fight for a while.

However, what should he do if the people who pursued him are not so strong that they can’t get rid of them right away?

“… … ”

So he quietly looked at the forbidden book.

The magic of the forbidden book, which has not yet been deciphered, is incomplete.

And using imperfect magic is half suicidal.

But if the worst comes.

You may have to choose that suicidal act.

Shaheen made up his mind, took out his wings and flew towards the mountain where he could hide.

* * *

Mine stole the forbidden book.

I, who was relaying the situation in real time from Yangwoo-hyung, notified the Busan Police Agency right after Mine left the building.

I don’t know if it was because it was reported by the same police, or if I exaggerated the danger of Mine, which was about to run rampant, but they immediately went to the scene and started tracking Mine.

On the way down to Busan, leaving the work to them.

“Suspect, found.”

By the time I arrived near the mountain outside of Busan where Mine was hiding.

Such a voice was heard through the radio connected through the Busan Police Agency.

It seemed that the personnel who had been chasing Mine earlier had finally caught up with Mine after several hours.

After all, it is said that there have been sightings of flying around, so isn’t it strange?

And after that, there was no continuous radio for a while.

It meant that a battle had taken place.

“… I must hurry.”

I parked the car under the mountain where Mine was hiding.

time close to midnight.

Darkness had already descended on the mountain, and it was as quiet as a dead mouse.

But somewhere on the mountain, the Mine and the police are fighting.

I followed the arrow and started to climb the mountain road with strides.

I haven’t heard anything about Mine running out of control or starting to have seizures yet.

If so, does that mean that things happen during battle?

“… Is that one?”

With such thoughts in mind, I climbed the mountain for a while and finally joined the battlefield where the battle was taking place.

All I could see was four police officers and one Mine surrounded by them.

A number of thick castle trees nearby were either broken or uprooted all at once, implying that a fierce battle had taken place here.

And the outcome of that battle… It probably seemed like Mine’s defeat.

My level is 53.

The guy was staring at the surroundings with his wounded body.

And the police are pressuring him from all sides.

“… … ”

I immediately took the blade and set out.

No matter how you look at it, it was now when he ran out of control.

But the moment I took the first step, Mine was already opening a forbidden book.

And the bastard did not hesitate to speak the incantation.

At the ominous and incomprehensible list of sounds, I as well as the police around me all rushed at it.

Whoa!

A sudden, dry frenzy reminded us that we were too late.

“Ah!”

Four nearby cops were blown away by the frenzy.

Among them, I caught one that flew toward me by chance just before it hit the ground.

That was a woman who confronted Mine with a rapier.

The rank insignia embedded in the clothes… As an inspector, he was one rank lower than me.

“are you okay?”

“No, what are you… ”

The woman was surprised by my presence, but when she saw my clothes and rank insignia, she immediately seemed to understand the situation.

She opened her mouth with a tone that left a lot of dialect.

“Hey, support… is it?”

“That’s it. This is Inspector Kang Jin-woo from the special edition.”

“A special edition?”

The woman widened her eyes.

It’s the same exorcism police, but it was hard to think that for her, who belongs to the Busan Office, there would be a special unit headquartered in Seoul here.

“Rather than that, what is this tradition?”

I asked as I watched the frenzy blowing in all directions centered on Mine.

The craze was not just a strong wind.

The heat in it was getting more and more intense, and now it was even burning trees near mines.

Truly a fire-carrying wind.

Fortunately, I was able to protect people from the heat by using the legend of Suzaku.

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Just by looking at this, I could tell that the devil wasn’t using the proper level of lore.

“that… They said it was Paju-ju.”

go to paju

I knew that name.

He was so well-known that he appeared in a famous movie based on Mesopotamian mythology.

“I’ll deal with that, so get the other people involved and go to the rear.”

Then I said that to the woman.

Pajuju is the evil god of fever as well as fever.

Therefore, it is unknown when that wind will carry germs instead of flames.

It wouldn’t work for me, but the other cops didn’t.

At this, she wanted to hesitate for a moment, but quickly nodded, probably because of my rank.

“yes.”

After answering briefly, she moved quickly.

I left her behind and approached Mine.

However, the visible level of Mine was strange.

“huh?”

For some reason, Mine’s level had risen sharply.

70 levels.

What had been 53 just a moment ago had risen to nearly 20 in the blink of an eye.

There.

“… … ”

Mine, who had shown a nervous expression until just a moment ago, was laughing silently in the midst of the frenzy.

The atmosphere that emanated from such a guy was ominous and unusual.

It’s not Mine… The feeling of looking at a monster or spirit.

So I naturally intuited what had happened to him.

It seems that the demons ran out of control because of the magic of the forbidden book.

The direction of the runaway was a little different from what I had imagined.

“no way… Are you Paju?”

Mine’s smile grew even thicker at my words.

Is it real.

I don’t know what the forbidden sorcery did, but it seemed that the demon’s ego was blown away and Pajuju filled the gap.

And a change took place in him.

Wings sprouted from his back.

And the arms and legs turned into those of a beast, and a scorpion’s tail sprouted from the back.

It seems to have reproduced the appearance of Pajuju in mythology.

At the same time, flames raged all around.

The terrible heat instantly turns the remaining trees and ground to ashes.

Fortunately, the police had already left the battlefield, so there were no casualties, but I clicked my tongue at the sight.

“Tsk… ”

Pajuju is a high-ranking evil god in Mesopotamian mythology.

Even if it’s not the main body, but an incarnation with only the godhead, it’s a formidable enemy.

Meanwhile, Mine and Pajuju also tilted their heads at me.

As if I was amazed that I was completely unaffected by his own frenzy, that eerie gaze swept over me.

“Look at what you’re doing, kid.”

In response, I wrapped my sword in lightning and ran towards him.