The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

“Ah, this…”

Looking at the dead Choi Soo-hyun, I made a sound like that.

He fought well, so he got the momentum and killed him.

Because I thought I was too hasty.

If possible, it would have been okay to cut off the limbs and ask for information such as the whereabouts of the fire fox.

“I can’t help it.”

But soon I put away those regrets neatly.

In any case, Mine is neither the subject of capture nor the subject of negotiation.

So even if you can’t figure out the information, stop.

No one would blame me, even in the police.

Besides, one more thing.

Isn’t there a way for me to find clues even if it’s not him?

I looked at the arrows guiding me through the quest.

“altar···?”

It was pointing not to the dead Choi Soo-hyeon, but to the altar he was trying to protect.

The altar stood there just as I had seen it when I entered this place, unscathed by Choi Soo-hyun’s flames.

“hmm···”

I approached the altar.

It was carved out of stone and had a total of three floors, and its height was quite high.

On top of that, there were skeletons and voodoo dolls from the first floor.

On the second floor there was a bowl of blood, and on the top there was a pile of bodies of the victims.

An eerie altar that could only be made by a fanatic.

But it was clear that there was something here.

So I started taking a closer look at the altar.

“hmm?”

It wasn’t long before I found a book lying between the skeleton and the voodoo doll.

From the surface, it was no longer an ordinary book.

A wrinkled cover made by peeling off the skin of something.

Is that… human skin?

Moreover, dark red light was slowly leaking from the top of the book.

In other words, it’s something similar to a ghost.

But I picked up the book without hesitation.

OK,

＜You have obtained the 7th forbidden book.＞

＜The curse of the forbidden book is activated!＞

＜The curse is nullified by the Heart of Light skill.＞

＜Usage Restriction: Only Witch Doctors selected by Gede can read the forbidden book.＞

＜Due to the Chosen One skill, the use limit is ignored.＞

Such letters slurp up on the log window.

Looking at it roughly, it seemed like they were talking about forbidden books and curses, but it seemed like everything had been blocked by skills.

Nothing much.

I immediately called up the item description window of the book.

＜The Seventh Forbidden Book – Blaspheming the Dead＞

One of the 13 banned books that exist in the world.

It contains the forbidden magic related to voodoo.

Only those who have endured the curse of Gede, the highest group of voodoo loa, can read the forbidden book.

Those who do not read or touch forbidden books will be cursed and die.

“Forbidden…”

It was an item of a style I had never seen before.

Is it a quest item?

It didn’t seem very practical to the extent that I thought so.

Even if I knew the forbidden arts of voodoo, it would be too awkward to use if I had to sacrifice a human.

If that’s not the case… well, it seems like you can curse the opponent by holding it and hitting it.

With those thoughts in my mind, I opened the forbidden book.

However, the words written inside the forbidden book were, of course, something I couldn’t read.

“What can I-”

As I muttered such complaints, the quiet quest icon only then lit up.

One item popped up in the quest window.

＜Main Quest 1＞ was completed.

Apparently, this book was the key item for the quest.

I immediately hit the quest complete button and received my reward.

And the reward was pretty blatant.

＜I learned a new skill as a quest reward!＞

＜Ancient Text Interpretation Lv 1＞

＜Experience capsule (medium) acquired!＞

What was given as a reward was a skill.

An ancient text interpretation that would hardly have anything to do with combat.

But I felt like I knew why I gave this.

Isn’t it sometimes even in games?

There are cases where an item or skill that is essential for the game is forcibly put into the player’s hand at the previous stage.

In my opinion, this was just the case.

Obtaining a forbidden book that he can’t even read and giving him this skill can never be a coincidence.

“… what the hell is written on it?”

I opened the forbidden book and used my ancient text interpretation skill.

Then, the first sentence caught my eye for a while.

The disgusting book disappeared on the spot like snow melting, and the letters in the log window went up instead.

＜Part of the 7th Forbidden Book has been interpreted!＞

＜Successfully interpreting the Forbidden Witchcraft Beginner. Acquire the soul extraction skill!＞

＜The analysis skill level is low, so further analysis is not possible. Please level up your analysis skills.＞

＜Analysis progress: 33%＞

“Was it some kind of skill book?”

I muttered that while looking at the log window.

Eventually, the skill I got from this was Soul Extraction.

And if you raise the level of the interpretation skill, it seems that you can get other skills related to witchcraft.

Having roughly understood the system, I turned to the soul extraction skill.

＜Soul Extraction＞

Extract the soul that has not yet left the dead body.

Restriction on target designation: Only those who kill with their own hands and carry that karma will be targeted. Also, the soul can only be retrieved until sunset on the day of death.

Spirit Power Consumption: 3

A skill that steals the soul of a slain enemy.

I don’t know what to do with taking the soul… but the clue was right next to it.

I looked at the dead body of Choi Soo-hyun.

If you don’t know how to use a skill, the easiest way to understand is to try it yourself.

Also, since the sun had just risen on the ground by now, there was nothing to worry about the time limit until sunset.

I immediately used the soul extraction skill.

Then, with the effect of something coming out of Choi Soo-hyun’s body, a new item was created in the item window.

＜The White Spirit of Flame＞

normal soul item

When used, it gives the weapon fire property for 10 minutes.

Expendables

“hmm···?”

Looking at the item, I tilted my head.

It was because the effect was a little different from what I expected.

When they said they were extracting souls, I thought Choi Soo-hyeon’s ghost would come out and talk to me.

It turned into a simpler item than I thought.

The effect is given the fire attribute.

Perhaps because Choi Soo-hyeon was a demon who used flames, it seemed that part of that power was inherited.

Of course, the effect of the item itself was not bad.

Right now, the only attack I can use is with a sword.

If you can give it the attribute of flame, then it will be useful someday, just like the light sword skill.

But still, the name is the soul, but it’s expendable.

“No, wait.”

As I was thinking about that, I suddenly caught my eye on the Code button.

Whether it’s consumables or something, the soul is the soul, so I wonder if I can use the decree.

I thought so.

＜The Code requires a soul of Epic level or higher.＞

The next moment, kindly, such information was printed out.

It seemed that the level of the soul was too low to be strong.

Well, if it was a normal grade, it was the lowest grade after all.

Hagiya, it’s strange that the Mine crime syndicate boss has a high level of soul.

It was the moment I nodded like that.

“·······”

A chuckle was heard from the entrance of the quiet basement.

Are you an enemy?

Thinking so, I glared at the door.

There was a possibility that other demons would notice that their boss was dead and come here.

But when I focused my attention on the footsteps, it was just one person’s footsteps.

It means that only one person is coming here.

If so… is Kwon Tae-soo following me after finishing his work?

I thought so too.

After a while, team leader Seo In-na entered the room at the altar where I was.

“Inspector Kang! You’re all right!”

“manager?”

A look of relief crossed her face when she saw me.

It seemed that he was worried about me.

“I heard from Grandpa Tae-soo. You said you moved alone?”

“yes. I thought it would be faster.”

“Good judgment, but this time it was a bit risky. It looks like the messenger boss is around here…”

Continuing to come towards me, she soon found a body at my feet.

And then her eyes widened.

“That’s… Choi Soo-hyun. Boss of Messenger. Right?”

Seo In-na approached with quick steps, grabbed Choi Soo-hyun’s hair with her hand, and lifted it up to check her face.

Then she jerked her head and looked at me.

“Did you catch him?”

Seo In-na asked with surprised eyes.

That’s why she caught a much stronger enemy than my strength, so it was understandable.

But there was no need to deny it, so I nodded.

“yes.”

“···how?”

How?

After all, I just ran up to him and killed him with a snap.

So I changed the process to something that seemed a bit cheesy.

“The surprise worked.”

“surprise attack?”

“yes. What was this guy doing? I stabbed that gap.”

I pointed to the altar in the back and said.

Despite my explanation, Seo In-na continued with a gaze that did not erase her doubts.

“But… this loa was Barong Simba. Wouldn’t it be hard to kill him in one go?”

“Because my sword can stop regeneration. This was given to me by the chief of Incheon Police Station when I was at the training center-”

I briefly conveyed the fact that I had even given the power of the last ghost to the sacred god given by the chief of Incheon Police Station.

At those words, Seo In-na’s eyes were pierced by my sword.

“Was your sword that good?”

“well? Is this good?”

When I asked that question, Seo In-na’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.

I felt like I was doing something similar to the users who pulled something really good from the gacha game and pretended not to know it and asked questions.

“There are few sacred things that have special functions such as blocking regeneration. Even if you are a team leader, this is the average of what is spread in the police. If you want to use something good, you have to use even a priest.”

She raised the crossbow she was holding.

The grade of the sacred god that I can see is… rare.

It was one step below my sword, which was epic.

Maybe that’s why Seo In-na’s gaze was a bit jealous, but she shook her head and let out a big sigh.

“Anyway…well done. I honestly thought Inspector Kang couldn’t win.”

Indeed, it was an accurate judgment.

If it wasn’t for this extreme level, it wouldn’t have been easy just looking at the level difference.

“I thought you were only good at investigations, but now I see you fight quite a bit too?”

Seo In-na said as if she was a little surprised.

I wished I didn’t have to do that now.

Come to think of it, since I became a police officer, I had never met and fought against such a formidable enemy by myself.

That’s why Seo In-na must have underestimated my strength.

But to be honest, I didn’t want to get strong recognition from Seo In-na.

who didn’t say that

Don’t do too well or too bad in the army.

But it wasn’t just in the army, it was similar here too.

It’s also a problem that I can’t work too much.

I already knew very well that if you handle things too well, so many things will come.

So I put in my mouth an unsuitable humility.

“no. I was just lucky.”

“Ah, you can’t catch a mine by luck alone. With this level of power… it should at least be similar to Ha Jung.”

Hmmm- Seo In-na nodded to herself.

Seo In-na’s eyes were shining when she said that.

I asked a question to change this burdensome topic.

“By the way, how is the situation upstairs? Can I stay like this?”

“stomach? Oh, it’s almost all sorted out now. That’s why I came down here. Rather… after all, there are no fire foxes here either?”

I nodded.

I met the boss of the organization, but there was no sign of trying to do anything with the fire fox.

“I’ll have to look at the altar.”

After saying that, Seo In-na’s eyes immediately turned to the altar.

She circled the altar with a serious gaze, observing it.

“He was performing a ritual here?”

“yes. I was standing still in front of this and memorizing something.”

Now that I think about it, what he was memorizing was probably a forbidden book I had found.

But now that it’s been absorbed by me… I’ll keep quiet for now.

“okay. Let’s go up first. Let’s clean up the rest of the site and investigate slowly.”

I also agreed with that opinion.

Right now, I couldn’t see any arrows or new quests.

It means that my work here is finished.

So I just went up to the ground.

The sun was just rising on the pier facing the sea.

* * *

After that.

The police’s operation to attack the three messenger bases at the same time ended in success.

All three teams mobilized for the operation were successful in annihilating the demons without much damage.

Unfortunately, however, no trace of the fire fox could be found in all three bases.

At least the analysis team was put in and the only thing they finally found was that the fire fox had already been sacrificed.

And it was only that the fox beads, the symbol of the contract, had been taken out.

It meant that the capture of the fire fox was not purely due to the messenger’s will, but was related to other forces that had been taken out.

So the police seemed to be working hard on the investigation for a while.

Because of that, Support Team 2 took a break from the case for a while and handled the pouring work as usual.

By the time 3 weeks passed like that.

I was at the training hall of the Dharma Hall again.

It was to receive the teachings of the Eightfold Discipline, which is the next step of Arhat in Buddhism.

“Have you already attained enlightenment?”

Upon hearing my words, Seohyun Cha opened her eyes wide.

I was so busy with this and that, so I came to see you in a month instead of 15 days.

She looked like she couldn’t believe me.