The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

60.

Erie Island.

The hell she and her family once created.

In order to break that hell, Choi Eun-yeong summoned Lee Mae-mang-ryang, which massacred her family.

Seo In-na called it runaway, but that was wrong.

Ever since Choi Eun-young knew the true nature of the island.

Ever since he knew the sins of his parents, brothers, and relatives.

She wanted them all judged.

Clearly, the idea was not wrong.

And even putting that idea into reality would be a just and right thing to do.

However, Choi Eun-young felt guilty at the same time.

Her parents were Mine.

As a member of the island’s ruling family, he sometimes even killed others.

However, they were by no means bad parents to Choi Eun-young.

Like parents with children, they were grateful fathers and mothers who loved Choi Eun-young and did many things for her.

That obvious fact was the beginning of Choi Eun-young’s guilt.

Even if it was a righteous thing.

Should I have killed my parents who gave me grace with my own hands?

Even team leader Seo In-na, who saved her from the island, could not properly answer that question.

Because it was not an easy answer.

however.

Kang Jin-woo, who came here today, answered the question casually.

They would rather die at the hands of their children would have been a blessing.

It was an answer that made me think for a moment that this man was crazy.

But after that, Choi Eun-young thought about it.

Would it have been okay if her parents had died at the hands of someone other than her?

If a lot of exorcists came and executed my parents for being demons, and I just watched it blankly.

Would that really have been the best ending?

“·······”

No, it was never just that.

I don’t know what was right, but it was definitely a worse ending.

And at the thought of that, strangely, the guilt she had felt a little lighter.

You made the best judgment in the situation.

It was because Kang Jin-woo was no different from what he said to himself.

And while she was so lost in thought, the sun went down.

“Uh uh uh-”

Finally, Lee Mae Mang-ryang appeared.

The first emotion Choi Eun-young felt when she saw Lee Mae-mang-ryang raging like a black storm was sorry.

Lee Mae Mang-ryang was a burden from the past that Choi Eun-yeong could not bear to organize on Iri Island.

The core of the vengeful spirit that composes it is one of the closest friends.

He used that resentment to liberate the island, but he couldn’t liberate the resentment.

Rather, they made her wander in this world for seven years, and during those years, her friend’s resentment continued the pain.

“aaagh!”

Mae Mang-ryang howled.

The scream was very similar to the scream of a friend he had heard someday.

So she gritted her teeth.

This time, he had to sort out the baggage of the past.

He could no longer listen to the screams of his friend, whom he had tied up because of him.

But at the same time she was desperate.

It was because the power he possessed was infinitely weak compared to that raging giant storm.

All she can command is a small fire-breathing lizard.

That much did not defeat Lee Mae Mang-ryang, and did not even become a torch to light the darkness.

But even so, Kang Jin-woo said.

“That’s enough.”

And his sword shone.

That brilliant yet pure light had a sacredness she had never seen before.

Eventually, Choi Eun-young couldn’t keep her mouth shut as she saw the flash of light in front of her eyes.

Immediately, the holy light cut through the darkness.

With just one sword strike, the strong wind of Mae Mang-Ryang Lee was broken.

At the second sword attack, the spirits hid like cockroaches that saw sunlight.

It was as if the light that illuminated the abyss was not of this world.

And between them, Salamander’s flame shone.

Compared to the light held by the sword, it was a flame like a candle, but it finally revealed the main body of Im Mae Mang-ryang.

“aaa-”

Han, who had the face and voice of a friend, cried.

Hearing that, as if asking why he had come only now, Choi Eun-young bit her lip.

Are you trying to vent your anger?

Lee Mae Mang-ryang had a seizure and ran wild.

The storm grew stronger and shattered the remains of buildings remaining at the site of the military base.

Trees were uprooted and blown up by the wind, and countless stones and branches swirled around like a whirlpool, threatening the two.

In a gust of wind that makes it hard to even open your eyes.

Even there, Choi Eun-young never closed her eyes.

Kang Jin-woo, who is far ahead of him, will be receiving the blast from the front.

“ah···!”

Seeing him, Eunyoung Choi’s voice trembled.

Was that the appearance of the holy sword in mythology?

In that black gust, his sword was shining flawlessly.

Also, the numerous foreign bodies coming in the gust of wind did not dare to touch him, as if they were blocked by an invisible wall.

The sight seemed so mysterious to Choi Eun-young.

Then he moved his sword.

The sword’s trajectory was sharp and flowing at the same time.

Even against spirits attacking from all directions, it cuts through all enemies without being impatient in the slightest.

Even Choi Eun-yeong, who had no knowledge in swordsmanship, could easily understand.

That is… truly martial arts.

It was both a martial art and a swordsmanship that reached the level of art.

With one attack, the darkness is cut, and the gust of wind is cut away.

So, it was only natural that Lee Mae-mang-ryang’s momentum faded in an instant.

Choi Eun-young could not hide her astonishment at that overwhelming appearance.

Kang Jin-woo’s facial expression was the same as usual.

As if to say that this is normal.

“aaa!”

That’s how he finally stood in front of the main body of Mae Mang-Ryang Lee.

And the holy sword was raised above his head, shining most brilliantly of the day.

Choi Eun-young held her breath at the pure light.

Eventually, the last one strike is the main body of Lee Mae-mang-ryang, and separates the resentment of a precious friend.

“Uh… ah… ah…”

Buried in that wondrous flash, Lee Mae Mang-ryang slowly disappeared on the spot.

The black storm stops, and the friend who was bound by Choi Eun-young 7 years ago is finally freed.

And when Choi Eun-young saw it, tears welled up in her eyes.

* * *

“Crazy…I almost fell behind.”

I murmured that after annihilating the immortality.

I expected it to be tricky, but it was because he was stronger than I thought.

It was good until I checked the main body of Mae Mang-ryang Lee.

I never thought he’d create a blast like that all of a sudden.

Because of that, I was trapped in a whirlpool of rocks the size of a fist.

Fortunately, there was a barrier in Jericho that made it last, but even that didn’t last long.

The barrier of Jericho is a barrier through spiritual power, and every time it is blocked, spiritual power is consumed.

When all spiritual power is consumed, the barrier also disappears.

So, my spiritual power was completely drained once by the wreckage burnt by the gust of wind that poured endlessly like a shower.

It was the lore of the Mafuraga family learned yesterday that played an active role there.

With that, I, who once completely recovered my spiritual power, finished off Imae Mang-ryang within a matter of time.

“after···”

I sighed and looked around.

The spirit detection skill does not activate, and the level display is not even visible.

After confirming that the amount of immortality had completely disappeared, I inserted my sword.

Whatever the process, it means that another incident has ended.

We still have a long way to go back, so we have to move quickly.

Thinking so, I turned around.

however.

“Police Choi?”

For some reason, Eunyoung Choi was crying while looking at me.

Belatedly, the quest icon flashed, announcing the completion of the character quest.

* * *

next day.

“…Yes, good job.”

Seo In-na said that after hearing the report of the incident.

It was me and Choi Eun-young standing in front of her.

But since yesterday, Choi Eun-young’s condition has been a bit strange.

Yesterday on the way back from the field, he cried and thanked me several times.

Today, the eyes toward me were completely different.

It’s hard to describe, but it was a gaze that was somehow familiar and burdensome.

“Eunyoung can go back to her seat. Inspector Kang, would you like to see me for a second?”

Is that why?

Seo In-na, who heard the report, called me separately.

She led me to the vending machine behind the police station.

It was like a break room where we usually chatted about small things.

“Come on, drink.”

Seo In-na held out a can of coffee to me.

I accepted it and opened my mouth.

“Is something wrong?”

“No, that’s not it.”

She took a sip of the coffee she was holding.

Then he looked at me and opened his mouth.

“Yesterday, Eun-yeong asked about Inspector Kang.”

“About me?”

“huh. How it was at the training center, how I became an exorcist cop, things like that.”

I nodded.

It was a story with nothing to hide, and since I had heard of Choi Eun-young’s past, it didn’t matter.

However, I was curious as to why.

Perhaps Choi Eun-yeong’s question about me had something to do with what happened yesterday.

However, Seo In-na was focusing on the wrong place.

“That… I don’t want to say that either. Isn’t that the reason Inspector Kang opened his eyes?”

“What else is that? What about being a warrior?”

Seo In-na took over all the information about me that was investigated at the training center.

So she is also the reason I opened my eyes.

In other words, the fact that I was a hero… No, from her point of view, I knew that I had claimed to be a hero.

Although Seo In-na’s personality made it seem like she was just trying to bury him without asking.

If a situation arises in which you have to tell others about the contents, you will have to be a little embarrassed.

“You don’t even trust the team leader?”

“Then would you believe me?”

I nodded.

It’s not strange.

Rather, it would be more strange to believe easily.

“I understand. So?”

“But… Eun-yeong seemed to believe it.”

“yes?”

“Do you just believe? When I said that he was a hero, he said nonsense, saying that he was like that, and that it was a holy sword?”

Hearing that, I just remembered.

I was used to Choi Eun-young’s gaze for some reason.

That was the way the village children looked at me long ago when I was still called a hero.

The eyes of a boy looking at a hero full of clumsy admiration.

That’s why Seo In-na asked me.

“What the hell happened to you and him on set?”

No matter what.

That’s what I wanted to ask from the beginning.

“Is that all you saw?”

“But he said that?”

When I nodded, Seo In-na looked at me suspiciously.

But no matter how much I looked, there was nothing I could say.

So, we went back to the office without much income.

Choi Eun-young was still looking at me with that burdensome gaze.

* * *

and a few weeks later.

A message arrived to me who was quietly processing work.

The sender is Dayoung Kim.

She was my classmate at the training institute and the woman who chose the path to LB Academy.

[Jinwoo, I have something to ask you!]

The group chat room created with Kim Da-young, Monica, and Lee Hyun-seok is still alive.

Also, it’s not very often, but we talk to each other quite a bit.

So even if I hadn’t met the three of them recently, I knew the news well.

For example, Monica opened the fourth tradition of Moses’ staff, and Lee Hyun-seok finally reached the realization of an Arahat.

And Dayoung Kim said that she was running for student president election.

If you look at why you sent a personal message like this, is it a private matter?

[Yes, ask.]

When I sent it like that, the answer came back quickly.

[Are you still looking for something like a miracle?]

[yes? That’s kind of it.]

It was a subtle question, but I answered it that way.

When I was at the training center and now, I am known for my ability to detect spiritual powers.

[ah! thank god.]

[Are you happy?]

[I have something to ask Jinwoo! I’ll let you know when it’s clear!]

And Dayoung Kim’s message ended there.

It’s something I’m begging you to do.

Did he lose the instrument he was holding while wandering around?

Although I was a little puzzled by what she said.

Not even asking what the hell was going on, I put the phone back in my pocket.

and the next day.

“Captain River. Come this way.”

The answer to that question flowed from none other than Seo In-na’s mouth.

“Inspector Kang received an official letter of cooperation from LB Academy.”

Seo In-na waved a document and said.

LB Academy.

So far, the only formal agency that has never had any contact with me points directly to me.

It was a request for cooperation to help them.