The Ex-Hero Is Too Good at Exorcism

Chapter 76

76.

＜Use the Hero’s Guide skill.＞

The moment I finally used the skill on Monica.

That one line was all that popped up in my log window.

However, Monica’s change due to the effect of that skill was dramatic.

Level up first.

Her level, which had been stagnant in her late 30s, suddenly jumped to the mid-40s.

Until now, growth has been blocked and stagnated by one’s own limitations.

As soon as that limit was removed, it seemed that the growth value was immediately corrected.

And as a result of that influence, the brilliance of Monica’s spear and Moses’ rod became clearer.

Perhaps the holy relic acknowledged the contractor’s growth, and another tradition was opened.

“how… !”

Then Monica muttered as if she couldn’t believe what had happened to her.

And then his quivering eyes turned to me.

I wanted to explain it to her as simply as possible.

It seemed that now was not the time.

Monica’s enemy hasn’t fallen yet.

“What are you?”

The eerie man who knocked Monica down asked me.

“This is Inspector Kang Jin-woo of Support Team 2.”

When I answered naturally, he laughed as if he was dumbfounded.

Then he bowed down with a greeting that could only be seen in a play.

“Nice to meet you. I am Dominic of the tribe of Judah.”

“I didn’t mean to introduce myself.”

“But wouldn’t it be better to know the name of the person who will kill you?”

Dominic seemed quite confident.

Yes, he had defeated Monica, who had the highest sacred object, the staff of Moses, head-on, so it was understandable that he was strong.

Also, if you look at his level or his skills, neither of them is an average bet.

In fact, he must be a veteran fighter with quite a lot of combat experience.

but… That didn’t mean that I could win either.

“You’ve only been watching until now, so what kind of change of heart are you seeing?”

“What is the change of heart?”

The moment I muttered that and was about to pull out the knife.

Monica grabbed my hand.

Suddenly, she got up from her seat and glared at Dominic ferociously.

“I… I will.”

Monica said, pointing the tip of her spear forward.

In response, I checked her condition.

The hero’s guide skill certainly allowed Monica to overcome her limits.

However, it does not heal her injuries.

In other words, Monica’s standing up now was purely due to her will.

So I looked at Monica for a moment, then removed my hand from the sword.

“… Like that.”

The tip of Monica’s spear at Dominic was still shaking.

Even if you look at it, you can only see it standing.

But even so, I put Monica in front of Dominic.

It was because he was already certain of Monica’s victory.

“On the subject of dying… You are cocky.”

Dominic frowned at this.

It’s like I can’t understand Monica’s behavior.

Apparently, Dominic recognized the staff of Moses, but he didn’t seem to know the effect of the tradition.

It’s natural that you can’t know unless you’re the original contractor.

“If you wish, I will kill you right now.”

Dominic again launched an attack with explosive speed.

Sleek but solid movement with a low center of gravity.

Against this, Monica simply held out her spear.

An honest stabbing without any flashy techniques.

It aimed precisely at Dominic’s uvula, but neither strength nor speed reached Dominic’s yet.

So Dominic did not stop his charge.

As before, he would lightly parry the spear, and he would be convinced from the bottom of his heart that this time, he would end Monica’s lifeline.

But it was clearly his misjudgment.

“what-“

Blood spattered in the air.

His fist, which was supposed to slash the spear, was powerlessly pierced there without even changing the trajectory of the spear.

Dominic’s eyes, filled with astonishment, stare at Monica’s window.

But, knowing the tradition of Moses’ staff, it was no surprise to me.

The fifth lore opened to Monica is the Blight of Plague.

It was a disaster symbolizing the anger of the gods toward the Pharaoh, who was worshiped as a god even though he was human.

Its power is the denial of all human-based traditions.

So Dominic’s legend of Goliath lost its power the moment Monica’s spear touched it.

His body no longer transcends humans, but degenerates into a human being itself.

As a result.

“Chehehe… 100 million… ”

Dominic threw himself into Monica’s spear, and it pierced her throat.

With an eerie sound, Monica pulled out her spear again.

Blood poured from Dominic’s pierced throat like a faucet.

Dominic, who fell like that, slowly began to die.

“… … ”

I approached him without speaking and took my sword and stabbed him through the heart.

It was absolutely not meant to give him a peaceful rest.

＜Use the soul extraction skill.＞

Soul Extraction is a skill that can target only the humans I killed.

The other mines lying around were weak enough to not be worth using.

It looked pretty strong, so I thought it would yield a decent soul.

And as expected,

＜Spirit of Mighty Giant＞

magic soul item

– For 30 minutes, all stats except spiritual power increase by 30.

– Strength increases by 5 permanently.

Expendables

A decent item was extracted in its own way.

Although it is consumable, it had a buff effect equivalent to using Arahant’s Succession once more, as well as a permanent ability value addition effect even though the number was low.

You can keep this and use it when you need it.

So let’s confirm Dominic’s death.

“Hey… ”

Suddenly there was a sound of crying next to me.

I turned to see Monica sitting on the floor covering her face.

“Are you in a lot of pain?”

“It’s not like that.”

Monica whimpered but denied me.

The ferocious momentum that stabbed and killed the demon a while ago disappeared without a trace.

Suddenly, only the poor nun shedding tears was alone there.

Monica, who had been controlling her emotions for a while, calmed down a little after a while.

Staring into space, she raised her slightly swollen eyes and looked at me.

“… What happened?”

Monica looked out her window.

The holy relic that acknowledged her and unlocked her power a moment ago.

“I obviously… no more up… ”

“You know better what has changed.”

I could only see the level with my own eyes, so I was figuring out Monica’s change in numbers.

Now she should have felt it with her own body.

So Monica had no choice but to react much more sensitively to the change than I did.

Is that why?

She scanned her body in disbelief.

“This is… Is it possible?”

“Because you are a warrior.”

I answered appropriately, meaning not to ask any more questions.

But for some reason, Monica nodded at my answer.

“… I see.”

“Why, what more do you need?”

“no. This is enough.”

When Monica said that, her eyes lit up with determination.

She was the one who tried so hard even though she knew that her path was blocked.

Now I will struggle to become stronger than that.

So I added to her.

“But again, the limit may be reached quickly.”

“okay?”

“In that case, just come to me with a suitable case.”

Originally, the hero’s guide is premised on growing together with the hero.

That’s why Monica’s development is also possible when she’s with me.

Of course, since she belongs to the church, she can’t be with me all the time.

When Monica grew up hard and bumped into that limit, it was good to use the skill in a way that only kicked it off.

From my point of view, it is much more convenient.

Leveling up is something you can do on your own, so you should do it yourself.

“okay. But earlier Being a colleague… what?”

Then came the embarrassing question.

I didn’t want to explain much, so I changed the subject.

“Nothing. Did you report that it was over? That way I won’t go back either.”

“Ah Okay.”

At my words, she reported the incident and Dominic to the church.

Church investigators have informed us that they will arrive in the next 30 minutes.

After that report was completed.

Monica came towards me again.

“why?”

“I feel like I couldn’t say thank you.”

“What, come now.”

I waved my hand as I wasn’t interested in such a greeting.

But Monica still shook her head.

“Do you need anything?”

it’s necessary

She was a woman with a conscience.

but… There wasn’t much I could ask Monica for.

But at that moment.

Suddenly, the quest icon flashed.

Are you saying the quest is complete?

But the timing was subtle.

So when I checked the quest window myself, the character quest was completed and a new quest was added below it.

＜Sub Quest – Forbidden Book Collector＞

– Collect all 13 types of forbidden books

Progress (1/13)

* Open conditions

1. Collect more than 1 type of forbidden book

2. Complete certain preceding quests

Collecting forbidden books?

If it was a forbidden book, it was a book obtained by beating that guy who used voodoo.

Although it was absorbed into my hands and left no substance, the forbidden book related to voodoo gave me a skill called soul extraction.

After that, it went unnoticed for a while and I forgot about it.

Collecting all forbidden books was added as a new sub-quest.

Besides, seeing that Monica’s quest is a preceding quest… The one with that clue seems to be the church.

So, without hesitation, I decided to ask Monica for this.

“first… I would like you to find out about forbidden books.”

“A forbidden book?”

As if hearing it for the first time, Monica tilted her head.

Soon, she accepted my request.

“okay. Leave it to me.”

And after a while, investigators from the church arrived here.

With that, the case involving the church is over.

I went back to Seoul with Monica.

* * *

a week after that.

When I came back after solving a case, team leader Seo In-na called me.

In other words, the Church’s investigation of the drug factory secured with Monica is over.

The results had just been shared with the police.

“Read this first.”

Seo In-na held out the report sent by the church.

The church confirmed the death of Belissa and Dominic, and in particular, it was said that they were grateful to the police for disposing of the heretic named Dominic and being able to retrieve the relic.

So most of them were nothing special enough to be read and skipped.

There was just one thing that stood out.

“… Do you suspect Apostate’s involvement?”

The result of analyzing the drug manufacturing process.

Among the technologies used there, it was speculated that the pill manufacturing technology of the courthouse was included.

However, there was no way that the Dharma Party had joined hands with Mine, so the story that Apostate, the enemy of the Dharma Dang, helped heresy was established.

“okay. So the atmosphere there is a bit strange. Originally, heretics and Apostate monks do not want to be related to each other, even if they are both demons. Even if it is rotten, it is rooted in religion, so it cannot mix with other religions. Not very helpful.”

Tradition based on religion basically denies the tradition of other religions.

So, even though all three opponents of the regular agency are demons, they do not want to join forces with each other.

That being said, there is no synergistic effect.

Because there is a big difference in the values that each person has, it was rather that the internal strife was getting worse.

However, it meant that the structure was about to break.

“Whatever… We can even collaborate on making drugs.”

“It’s not that easy to see. It’s not just cooperation, it could be that they have a new focal point.”

a new focal point

If nothing else, the heretics, the enemies of the Church, were not ordinary fanatics.

That these bastards abandon their religion and join forces with other cultists?

What the hell is the focal point?

It was the moment I thought so.

The answer was written on the quest window that suddenly appeared in front of me.

＜Main Quest – Socializing＞

“society… ?”

“uh? Did you notice already? As expected, Inspector Kang is also smart.”

Seo In-na said that with a proud face.

“As you said, a new pseudo-religion has arisen from above, I guess. Of course, that doesn’t mean that all heretics and apostates belonged to it. Even if that were true, very few would have joined the cult yet.”

Seo In-na said so, but since the quest appeared, it was not a possibility, but the reality itself.

Then, did someone really create a cult, and there are demons who sympathize with it?

Besides, this is the main quest.

Considering that the last main quest ended with the messenger organization disintegrating and the fire fox beads they had were gone.

It is said that the fox bead also went to the xie jiao side.

“But their presence is definitely a problem. It can serve as a bridge to connect those who have been playing separately until now, or in the worst case, it can unite all forces into one. So the police decided to eradicate it as soon as possible.”

“then… ”

The words that followed seemed to know why.

Somehow, it seems that work has decreased for a while recently.

It was just the quiet night before the storm.

“Yes, it fell to us.”

“As expected.”

I said like a sigh.

At a glance, it was an unusual incident.

So I took a quick look at my current state and came up with something to do.

My current level is 34.

I want to hit 35 right away and unlock new skills, but seeing as I only raised 3 levels in 3 months, it didn’t seem like it would come easily.

I’ll probably go up after solving this main quest.