Somebody Stop the Pope – 8



Episode 8

3. I came to tell you good news.

1.

Everything was perfect until this morning.

When I wake up in the morning Siyeon prepares breakfast for me makes plans to go to the amusement park on the weekend and even greets me when I go to school.

It was truly the happy morning with my family that I had always wanted.

In addition I received permission from the Ability Management Department to film a YouTube broadcast. At first I was worried about what to do if they opposed it but they seemed to welcome my decision.

Instead they asked for just one thing.

It’s okay to reveal that you’re a returnee but you must reveal that you’re an irregular at a press conference hosted by the Ability Management Department.

Since it wasn’t such a difficult request for me I accepted it without difficulty. After all wasn’t that the plan that Inwook and I had made in the first place?

After receiving permission from the Ability Management Department we headed straight to the place where Player K or Gu Min-su was filming on YouTube.

Yeah so far everything was going perfectly according to plan.

But the problem is.

“It’s a perfect atmosphere for a cigarette. Inwook. Is this the right place?”

“That’s right but it’s a little strange.”

“Is the phone still not working?”

“…Oh the phone is turned off.”

It started after we arrived on the scene.

I leaned against the door of the SUV we were riding in and glanced ahead.

The place we are now is the entrance to a place called Mt. Ma-Gam located in Yeoju-si Gyeonggi-do.

It was the place where Gu Min-soo’s MeTube filming was taking place.

It’s funny that there are people here who do MeTube with player content but that’s not the real problem.

Mr. Gu Min-su the person we came to meet has not been able to contact us and above all there is this ominous feeling in this place called Mt. Ma-Gam.

I couldn’t help but intuitively realize that something was wrong.

Someone might say that intuition isn’t always accurate but my intuition is a little different.

It was acquired naturally through fighting for a very long time and with Limen’s blessing it developed enough to be called a sixth sense.

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The fact that my senses which are developed to the point of near-precognition can detect such blatant magic clearly means that something has happened.

I frowned and looked at the mountain then turned around and spoke to Inwook.

“Let’s go back. The project where the main character hides his power or something is on hold.”

“No bro. She’s probably busy filming right now so she can’t answer the phone. So if we go up and look for her in person….”

“In-wook. Is that guy named Gu Min-soo really a good person? Haven’t there been any bad rumors or anything like that? Like he offered people up as sacrifices or he worshipped the devil. Things like that.”

“Not at all. That can’t be true. Does that make sense? That person is a successful me-tuber.”

“That’s right.”

“But why are you suddenly asking that?”

I answered Inwook’s question with the corners of my lips slightly raised.

“No at least if he was a decent person he wouldn’t think of pushing his acquaintances into such a horrible pit.”

“A pit? Where is such a thing?”

At those words he simply raised his finger and pointed to the mountain.

“excuse me.”

Several words come to mind such as ‘pit’ and ‘hell’ but I personally don’t think it’s quite as good as hell so I expressed it as ‘pit’.

This unpleasant feeling that constantly irritates my mind.

This was clearly a magical energy that only demons or demons could emit.

Of course it was a low-level magic that could not be compared to the terrible magic of the Demon Kings that I had experienced in the other world but it was definitely magic.

Magi is a fundamentally different energy from the magic power of the players I confirmed at Yeouido Hangang Park yesterday.

The magical power that players talk about is usually called mana but magi is literally the energy of the devil.

A power that only the demon beasts and the black magicians who have made a contract with them can possess.

To be honest I expected that Magi would already be on Earth when I encountered the Wyvern but I didn’t expect to find it this quickly.

But no matter how faint it is magic is magic.

It means that it has no effect on me but to a civilian like In-wook it is as deadly as poison.

Moreover the fact that magic is distributed to this extent throughout the mountain.

“It’s been at least four days since the magic spread. What is the intention behind calling us to a place like this? I’m really curious about that hyung.”

No matter how much I thought about it I couldn’t think positively.

If Inwook or I didn’t have any special powers two endings would have awaited us the moment we entered that mountain.

Either you become mad with magic or you die at the hands of people who are mad with magic.

Either way it’s a tragic ending.

I said to Inwook while lightly clenching my fist.

“If you were a real regular we would be dead here. Do you understand?”

“That can’t be… That can’t be.”

“I know he’s a good person for not delaying the payment but aren’t you trusting people too much just because of that? If you do that you’ll get stabbed in the back of the head later. Do you understand?”

At my words Inwook sighed and lowered his head as he spoke.

“Three years ago when my grandmother was hospitalized Minsu came to visit her and paid all the hospital bills without saying a word. It was when I had just started receiving rent so I didn’t have much money…”

“Then why didn’t you say so earlier?”

“But later I returned all the hospital bills that Minsu hyung gave me. But it was embarrassing to tell him that.”

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He said he was feeling restless for some reason.

It’s not easy to be suspicious of people who help you when you’re financially strapped.

I roughly understand Inwook’s situation.

Besides I heard that that person even paid my grandmother’s hospital bills so I think we’ll have to postpone assessing the situation for now.

If it was three years ago Inwook’s career wouldn’t have been that long.

But the fact that he came to visit the editor’s grandmother who was hospitalized and even paid her hospital bills means that as In-wook said there is a high possibility that he is a good person.

“good.”

I thought about it for a moment and then nodded.

And he continued speaking while looking at Inwook.

“First you go back home in your car and wait. It’s too dangerous here.”

“What about your brother?”

“Your plan seems to be a mess so we should take a different turn.”

As he said that he tapped my right shoulder twice with his left hand.

Slurp-.

Then the black priestly robe I wore when I returned to Earth wrapped itself around my body.

Inwook who saw my sudden change of clothes asks cautiously.

“What are you going to do?”

To that I shrugged and replied.

“Since it has come to this I should at least try to evangelize on the spot.”

2.

There is a main character in a cartoon I watched when I was very young.

It was a cartoon about a famous detective possessing the body of a young elementary school student to solve mysteries and I sometimes thought that the main character of the cartoon might be the real mastermind behind that world.

Because wherever the protagonist went violent crimes such as murder occurred.

The reason I am telling you this story now is also simple.

That’s because I’m starting to think that maybe I’m the main character in a cartoon or novel.

[You have entered the Abyss region so a related DLC quest will occur.]

[salvation]

Type: Sub – Abyss Dungeon

Description: You have discovered a region teeming with familiar magic. It is your sacred responsibility to cleanse the magic and reclaim the area from the evil ones.

Holy Father punish your enemies with the holy wrath of the God you follow and save the poor lambs who are possessed by the devil from their sins.

Reward: 50 Divine Points (DP)

*This quest is a sub-quest so you don’t have to do it if you don’t want to.

“I’m fine.”

I nodded accepting the quest that came to mind.

Regardless of whether there was a quest or not I was planning on rescuing that YouTuber named Gu Min-soo. And since he was also giving me divine points there was no reason to refuse.

Aside from simply increasing the number of followers it is also worth noting that points can be earned through these sub-quests.

The quest system doesn’t seem to be much different from Eden.

A system largely divided into main and sub.

The difference between the two is very simple. Main is mandatory sub is optional.

Sub-quests are simple tasks that you can perform to get additional rewards but it seems that sub-quests that reward Divinity Points will continue to appear on Earth.

I read the quest window once more then quietly closed it. Then I slowly walked forward and looked around.

On the surface this is a very ordinary mountain.

An ordinary Korean mountain full of pine cones and fallen leaves with the scent of pine cones wafting in the air.

But the unpleasant magic mixed in this air keeps getting on my nerves.

The cause was most likely the <Abyss Dungeon> written in the quest window.

Abyss Dungeon is a very unfamiliar word to me so I called Inwook a little while ago.

But the call did not connect.

Judging from the fact that the phone was showing an out-of-range message it was highly likely that this phenomenon was also related to magic.

That’s how magic is.

There is no spirit that can keep up with the magic that distorts all kinds of phenomena.

Pass the pass-.

It was so quiet all around that I could hear the sound of my footsteps on fallen leaves loudly.

At first glance it might not seem that strange but this is too quiet.

In the mountains you can’t even hear the chirping of birds which is something you should hear.

How long did I walk like that?

Finally I stopped in my tracks and looked to the side and said:

“Brothers the weather is nice. What are you doing out there?”

After about five seconds of silence four men came walking down from between the trees.

They stood in front of me and looked me up and down. Then the man among them who was holding a large camera on his shoulder bowed his head slightly and said

“I didn’t mean to startle you sir. We were just filming a YouTube video. I’m sorry. By the way may I ask why you’re here? There’s a dungeon here right now and it’s pretty dangerous.”

He spoke softly with a friendly smile.

I smiled and bowed my head slightly in response to his kind words.

“Oh I came to see Mr. Gu Min-su today. My younger brother contacted me but did you not receive it?”

“Ah! Are you the person who returned? I heard the story from Minsu hyung. If you had called us separately we would have gone to the entrance…”

“My phone keeps not connecting.”

“Again? Oh right. The telecommunications company said they don’t know the reason… But that’s still fortunate. I’ll take you to Minsu hyung. By the way did your younger sibling come with you?”

“My younger brother came alone today because he had something to do.”

“I see. Then follow me. We’re currently filming in the dungeon so we have a little more to go.”

After saying that he started walking forward with a smile and I started walking with him.

The other three followed us silently.

The cameraman’s mouth never stops moving while he walks along the road.

He asked me what the concept of the priestly attire I was wearing was and even said that it was his first time meeting a returnee and he was acting strange.

Even useless questions like what women from other worlds look like and whether they are popular in those worlds.

He opens his mouth without stopping.

A story that would be believable even if he were a YouTuber and not a cameraman.

Is it necessary for a famous YouTuber’s cameraman to have a tongue this sharp?

What was strange was that the other three people were not saying anything.

So I asked the cameraman as if it was strange.

“The three people behind you have been quiet since a while ago.”

Then he opened his eyes wide as if to ask what I was talking about and said.

“Huh? Aren’t they being noisy since a while ago?”

“Oh I see. Um what is your name?”

“My name is Seol Se-myeong.”

“Okay three brothers. Now listen carefully to what I’m going to say. Do you understand?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Seol Se-myeong opened his eyes wide at my words and I looked at him and lightly tapped the back of his hand.

Urrrrrrr.

Then immediately a black leather glove wrapped around his hand.

“Brother Three you’re really lucky. You’re not even an Awakened one but… Well there are people who are born with innate resistance to magic. It’s a rare case but I think Brother Three should thank his parents.”

“yes?”

“If you get back alive today I want you to call your parents and say thank you three times. Do you understand?”

“What the heck-”

Kwajijijijik-!

His speech did not end.

Because I crushed the heads of the men behind him.

“Eek!”

There was a heavy thud but no blood was splattered.

Because black smoke was rising from the men whose heads were smashed.

“The sign is very refreshing right from the entrance. It seems like the rest of you are inside so this place should be safe. Please rest here.”

“You… What are you doing here? What the heck is this….”

“Me? You can tell just by looking at me.”

I finished speaking with the kindest smile I could muster towards Mr. Se-myeong whose face had turned pale.

“I came to tell you some good news.”

Our Pope please stop this