Somebody Stop the Pope – 90



Episode 90

5.

‘It’s strange.’

Baek Seol-hwa the representative of the Seolhwa Guild had been feeling a strange sense of crisis for some time.

It was extremely rare for her an S-class hunter to feel a sense of crisis in a D-class dungeon.

It was a D-class dungeon that I received a bid for in order to upload a dungeon video on my YouTube channel after a long time.

There has been a lot of criticism recently that I’ve been uploading only daily life videos and since it was a dungeon where mud golems that make money appear I bid without any hesitation.

But things were going a bit strangely.

“Sir! There has been no contact from the search team.”

“Communication interference?”

“No. Communications are working normally. It seems like there’s a problem on the search team’s side!”

20 minutes ago contact was lost with the search team consisting solely of A-class hunters.

And that’s not all.

An unknown black mucus was now being discovered throughout the large space she was in.

Even Snow White who had faced many monsters since awakening was unaware of the unknown slime.

‘…There’s something.’

The intuition of magic players is surprisingly accurate.

Magic usually manifests through the brain.

This is because through this process the brain’s magical powers are strengthened and the strengthened brain enhances intuition.

Snow White drew her magical power to her fingertips. The magical power from her hand extended out through her fingers creating snowflakes.

Jeaaang-!

The snow crystals she had created came into contact with the black mucus.

A cold air flowed out that could freeze even the most basic substances but the black mucus paid no attention and swallowed the crystals.

‘A substance that even consumes my magic power?’

Although it was a magical power that was only on par with S-class it was still S-class in name.

It was said that the magical power was not something that could be neutralized in a D-class dungeon.

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What is certain in this situation is that this is not an ordinary D-class dungeon.

You never know what dangers might be lurking.

At least Snow White she wasn’t the type of person to jump into unknown danger with useless confidence.

“Contact Baekmyeonggyo.”

It is a mucus that neutralizes magical power.

In that case it was highly likely that Baekmyeonggyo knew about it. Baekmyeonggyo has been handling these strange unknown things recently.

The subordinate standing next to her opened his eyes wide and said.

“A hundred-man religion? Is there a need to get their help in a D-class dungeon…?”

“When did I ever ask for your opinion on my decisions? Just do as I say!”

Snow White shouted angrily at her subordinate.

Then the subordinate who heard the sound bowed at a 90-degree angle and answered loudly.

“Sorry! I’ll contact you right away.”

“Anyway keep nagging me. You know I hate talking back right? That’s why I can’t properly handle this week’s schedule…”

“Representative.”

“why?”

“Just in case there is an additional dungeon that I have placed a bid on. You don’t have to worry too much.”

Snow White quietly looked at the man who had reported to her politely.

Team 2 leader Hee-soo Lim.

He was an employee who was keeping an eye on him because he was a class A hunter and was quick to make judgments about situations.

“You didn’t think I could clear this dungeon did you?”

“How could that be? I prepared this because I thought the leader wouldn’t be satisfied with just one dungeon. I also prepared a place to sell the bidding tickets in case we don’t conquer them.”

“It’s useful. Good job.”

“I just did what I had to do.”

Baekseolhwa slowly reached out and patted Im Hee-soo’s cheek.

A face that is quite presentable a decent fighting ability and even preparedness.

I thought it was pretty useful.

‘It’s okay.’

As she was thinking about this and that in her head several people started running from afar.

As I got closer their faces came into view.

They were a search team that had lost contact although they had suffered injuries here and there.

The search team which had rejoined the main force in an instant barely managed to catch their breath. Then the search team leader who was leading the search team approached Baek Seol-hwa while catching his breath.

“I’m sorry sir. Our communication equipment was destroyed during the search.”

“What’s ahead?”

“It took a long time to disarm some of the traps that didn’t seem appropriate for a D-class dungeon. I confirmed the existence of the boss room.”

The search team leader was a player of the exploration series.

He waved his hand briefly and then summoned a map out of thin air showing the dungeon’s passages. It was the <Map Making> skill that most players in the exploration category could use.

Baekseolhwa glanced at the search team leader’s body as she accepted the map he handed her.

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And he said subtly.

“Thank you for your hard work. Let’s get out of here now.”

“The boss room is just around the corner sir. It won’t take long-”

She immediately released her magic power.

Kkardududuk-!

Everything her magic touched was covered in ice.

[Cast skill <Ice Prison Lv. 19>.]

In the blink of an eye the search team was trapped in the ice and the rest of the guild members were startled and ran away.

Snow White looked at the search team trapped in the ice. She frowned deeply.

“What the hell are these kids messing with?”

Black mucus begins to spread out like ink in a transparent ice prison.

A moment later a message window with a red border appeared before her eyes.

[Warning! A fatal error will occur in this dungeon!]

[<Danger Code 001: Otherworldly Encroachment>]

[The entrance to the dungeon is forcibly sealed. You cannot escape until the source of the danger is eliminated.]

[An unknown passage opens somewhere in the dungeon.]

And at that moment.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaah!

A huge hole opened up behind them accompanied by a loud explosion.

Snow White turned her head and looked in that direction.

Two men were walking into the dusty interior.

How much time has passed like that?

Finally the dust cleared and soon a cheerful voice echoed through the hall.

“I made a mistake. It’s all because of you senior that I only broke it a little.”

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

“Just keep your head down. If it’s too hard I can plant it for you.”

“Your head! I’ll smash it!”

One of the two suddenly fell face down on the floor while the other looked around the inside of the room leisurely and spoke.

“Don’t worry about us and just do what you’re doing. You’re our porters. We’ll just stay quiet and leave.”

‘What are those?’

It was the moment when Snow White’s head started to get complicated.

6.

I always say that life doesn’t always go as planned.

Even life which can be called a big wave is like that and even ‘plans’ which are just small waves sometimes do not go as planned.

Besides in my case my plans have never gone as planned.

It’s like being born with bad luck.

And that bad luck struck again this time.

“It’s difficult.”

The original plan was to follow them from a place slightly away from the main force of the Sulwha Guild.

That’s why I intentionally made Yoon Tae-hwan my guide and dragged him along.

“Senior Yoon. I told you I knew the way.”

“I mean I’m just a porter so I don’t really know much about the guild’s plans….”

“Well what’s the point of nitpicking since it’s already happened? Just bang your head on it. There’s a stone over there right? Put that in between.”

“yep!”

This incompetent guy didn’t even know his way around properly.

So I just made my way towards the direction where I felt the magic but the cave walls were not as steep as I thought.

Who would have thought that a light slap would create such a huge hole?

Moreover as expected from a fate where bad luck follows the main force of the Sulwha Guild was blankly staring at me in front of the hole.

A few people covered in ice and a woman standing in front of them glaring at me.

It was very easy to tell that the woman was Snow White.

“I guess you were playing ice skating. Judging from the fact that you do this kind of recreation during your break I guess you guys are on good terms with each other in the guild. Haha! I’m really jealous of that. I used to play ice skating a lot with my little sister too…”

Swoosh!

Before I could finish my lines Snow White waved her hand and shot an ice spear at me.

A shard of ice the size of a person passed by me.

If I hadn’t twisted my body slightly it would have pierced right through me.

“Even if I interrupted your recreation time it’s not a mortal sin.”

“What are you?”

“As I told you earlier my name is Kim In-wook and I participated as a daily porter today. And when you have time to worry about me….”

Tsk tsk tsk-!

“Shouldn’t we start by taking care of those guys who are freezing behind the CEO? It looks like someone gave them a hard time.”

Chaaaaaaaah!

The people who had been frozen behind her rushed out breaking the ice.

They looked like they were covered in a black mucus-like substance that looked like lumps of tar and as soon as they were freed from their restraints they rushed straight to Baekseolhwa.

“Fuck!”

Snow White cursed coolly and erected a wall of ice. Then she immediately created an ice field under her feet and stepped back as if she was skating.

Before coming here I saw her on her YouTube channel and it seemed like she always tried to use only pretty words but I guess you have to meet someone in person.

“What are you guys doing! Fight!”

“Your Majesty! But our guild members….”

“Then I’ll just get my throat cut by those bastards!”

As she spoke she scattered her magical power into the air and soon the magical power turned into icicles and began to pour down mercilessly towards the black masses.

Certainly the speed of cutting off hands is fast.

Usually when you tell her to attack her colleagues most of them react hesitantly like her subordinates but she was not like that.

A sight of mercilessly firing ice magic.

It was a clear contrast to the way CEO Choi did not attack his subordinates even though he was injured but that wasn’t necessarily a wrong judgment.

It may be that CEO Choi’s side was overly romantic but realistically speaking this side’s judgment is correct.

It was a cool-headed judgment very wizardly.

“The opponent is not good.”

“Yes yes? I… Inwook! Is there a reason why it’s noisy….”

“Our senior Yoon you don’t have to worry about anything so just keep banging your head.”

“yes!”

Blood is streaming down his forehead as if a stone is lodged in it.

It seems like he doesn’t know so let’s just ignore it.

“Phew.”

First of all it was a mistake to come in quietly and leave quietly as Director Kim had planned.

Now that it’s come to this we need to turn to a second best option but the problem here is that we didn’t prepare a second best option.

Besides the aura I felt from that black lump of tar was not good at all.

There was definitely a spoonful of divine power mixed in but it was a lump of desire similar to magic.

Should we really say that it is a bundle of contradictions?

Originally I had planned to not intervene as much as possible but if I did it seemed like all of these people would die here.

After a moment of deliberation my choice was…

Kkwaddddddddddd-!

It was just a little helping hand for them.

I grabbed the neck of the black monster that was opening its mouth to eat Snow White then looked down at Snow White who had a bewildered expression.

“Do you think you might need some help?”

“You little punk!”

“Director Kim told me to bring it so I brought it but it turns out that Director Kim has his own secrets too.”

He took out a piece of paper that he had folded in his left hand and threw it at Baekseolhwa.

As soon as Baekseolhwa picked up the paper she unfolded it and read it then said with an expression that showed she did not understand.

“…Approval to participate in the dungeon conquest?”

“As I said before I came here only as a porter. I heard that it is illegal to engage in combat inside the dungeon without the consent of the dungeon bidder. If you just sign that document I can help you.”

“I’m going to give my autograph to a guy I don’t even know-”

Kwaaaaaaaang!

“I am the representative!”

“Magic magic is not working! You have to get out!”

Screams erupted from all directions.

The fighters of the Snow Flower Guild began to be pushed back unilaterally by the black monsters. And even those who had been defeated by those monsters were getting up from the ground while still wearing black.

Snow White looked at her subordinates with a distorted expression. Then she turned her head to look at me again.

“What do you want?”

“Your calculations are quick. I don’t really want anything. Just let me explore this dungeon with you. Since the dungeon is sealed off anyway we won’t be able to get reinforcements from outside right?”

“Are you sure you can handle these monsters?”

“You are a needlessly suspicious guest.”

Pass the pass-!

I breathed divine power into the black monster I held in my right hand. Then the black mucus covering it turned to ash and flowed down and soon the body of an unconscious person appeared.

“Is this enough?”

“Did you know this would happen from the beginning when you came here?”

“What does that matter? I’m happy because I achieved my goal and you’re happy because you saved your life and the lives of your subordinates. It’s a win-win situation for both of us.”

“…Okay. I’ll sign it.”

Snow White made a quick decision like a wizard. She wrote her name at the bottom of the contract and signed it right away.

“Good decision.”

“Now that you’ve gotten what you wanted I’d like you to take off your mask.”

“Mask? I don’t really understand what you’re talking about.”

At those words Baekseolhwa looked straight into my eyes and concluded her speech.

“Kim Si-woo. Did you think I wouldn’t recognize you?”

This is why I hate quick-witted wizards.

Our Pope please stop this