I Became A Ghost In A Horror Game

"Be careful!"

Suho quickly stepped forward, holding his shield.

He had noticed Little Red Riding Hood puffing up her fur.

As expected, she closed the distance in an instant.

She raised her claws and swung her arm.

Suho tried to deflect the attack with his shield, but it was a mistake.

'Suho's shield isn't strong enough to withstand the power of a Tale Devil.'

As I pulled Suho back, the attack grazed the shield, leaving deep claw marks.

Now Suho must have realized how dangerous Tale Devils can be when they become hostile.

"Tsk..."

'Even if Eun-jeong shakes the bell and buffs them, it won't make them as fast as a wolf, and the wolf won't be weak enough to be blocked with the chains. Wow, it's too strong for a child's opponent.'

Since she's a Tale Devil, it's hard to nerf her.

Tricky.

I quickly assessed the situation and stepped forward.

She swung her arm lightly at me, so I struck it hard.

Little Red Riding Hood, pushed back by the force, took a deep breath and exhaled something like light. I quickly created a mirror and held it up.

"Reflect."

"...!"

Her own attack reflected back, sending Little Red Riding Hood flying.

She didn't seem intimidated. The wolves' insane durability must have been modeled after her.

"We need a strategy. If we just clash head-on, we'll be torn apart."

Kyeong-min quickly grasped the situation and spoke. I told him to think of a plan while I bought time.

"Really? So what's your plan?"

"We need a monster. Can you summon that bus monster one more time?"

"Sure."

I expanded the mirror and summoned the bus monster.

Even without the Brocken Spectre, I could summon it if I wanted to.

Kyeong-min called the children and got them onto the bus.

Before boarding, I heard Suho mutter.

"A shield that can't protect is useless."

"..."

As the bus monster's engine started rumbling, fog began to fill the area.

The fog obscured vision, preventing Little Red Riding Hood from attacking recklessly. Meanwhile, the bus monster had already multiplied into three.

"That's right. To buy time against a fast and strong opponent, we have no choice but to disrupt them."

The bus monsters circled around, causing confusion.

Kyeong-min awkwardly gripped the steering wheel and managed to drive the bus.

Technically, since it's connected to the mind, physical control isn't necessary... But it seems like he enjoys the thrill, so I'll keep quiet.

Once the situation stabilized, I asked Ha-rim about the next attack strategy.

"Being able to increase our numbers is a big advantage. We can do something like this."

The monster Ha-rim requested was [A picture that kills you if you see it three times].

A classic urban legend.

Literally, if you look at the picture three times, you die instantly.

Ha-rim put a picture on the bus monster, and the other monster buses changed their appearance accordingly.

Like advertisements on a bus. The deadly picture circled around Little Red Riding Hood.

When Little Red Riding Hood flipped a bus with a single punch.

[Krrrruk!]

"One."

The curse stack increased by one.

This time, they rammed the bus directly into Little Red Riding Hood.

There was almost no damage.

But Little Red Riding Hood unconsciously looked at the charging bus.

"Two."

When Little Red Riding Hood swung her arm across the ground, altering the terrain, only Kyeong-min's bus, who was not an experienced driver, tilted.

Little Red Riding Hood pounced on the most noticeable target.

Ha-rim, realizing it wasn't working, opened the window and jumped out, shoving the picture directly in her face.

"Three."

The curse activated, and Little Red Riding Hood, sensing something was wrong, froze.

A second later, the curse surged toward her like black lightning.

The instant-death curse is designed to kill humans instantly.

Not knowing how much damage it would do, I also provided additional support.

"The number of graves must match the number of people to be buried."

A large pit opened beneath Little Red Riding Hood as she was hit by the curse.

She was dragged into the pit, and dirt filled it up. Finally, a tombstone fell on top.

"Otherwise, it's only natural that the living would be sucked into the pit."

Thud! The tombstone stood firmly.

It would serve as a seal.

"That was a good combo."

I smiled, but the ground began to shake, indicating it wasn't over yet.

"Whoa!"

Well, a Tale Devil wouldn't be taken down by just a few monsters.

I wondered if I should summon a special monster.

That's when an unusual presence entered the battlefield.

The ground rippled like water, and a large fish man with scales crawled out.

This guy.

"Huh."

"...Did he really follow us here?"

The mid-boss. A high-ranking servant of the Corrosive Sea King.

Was he that upset when we teased him?

His obsession seems as strong as a wolf's.

In general, a situation where the number of enemies has increased cannot be considered a good one.

But this time was different.

"Little Red Riding Hood seems more interested in destroying that side."

"...Hoo."

Little Red Riding Hood changed her target.

Since her anger is not malicious, she would rather direct it towards bigger and more conspicuous monsters.

We exchanged glances and then smirked.

"Counterattack!"

We cleared some of the fog and made way for Little Red Riding Hood and the high-ranking servant to fight.

The servant naturally followed us, but Little Red Riding Hood didn't let him.

Crunch!

With unbelievable speed, she charged and grabbed the high-ranking servant's arm, breaking it.

It seems she had been holding back against the human children.

The servant severed his own arm and plunged his hand into the ground, pulling out a spear-like weapon.

When dealing with beasts, maintaining distance is key.

Swish swish swish-!

Despite the servant's rapid spear strikes, Little Red Riding Hood charged forward, taking hits but not stopping. The high-ranking servant, realizing this wasn't working, placed his hand on the ground again.

The ground rippled, and more fishmen emerged.

"He's summoning lower-ranking servants. Alice, let's send them back."

"Huhu."

[!]

Using a mirror portal, we sent them back to their city.

Once again, I realized how fun it is to cause chaos.

Look at that guy's expression, doesn't he look pissed?

Thud!

The high-ranking servant, who had been glaring at us, got his head smashed.

His skull cracked, brain matter oozed out, and his face was torn, revealing bone.

Meanwhile, the high-ranking servant turned the ground into water, drowning Little Red Riding Hood.

He turned the water back into land, trapping Little Red Riding Hood, and then came after us.

We boarded the bus again, gathered all the bus monsters, and accelerated to ram into him.

And with the timing just right.

Little Red Riding Hood, buried in the ground, muttered something.

"...Moonlight... Pushing... My back..."

She reached behind her back and pulled out a glowing spear... No, a massive arrow.

She gripped it and charged out of the ground.

"Is that her ultimate move?!"

If so, we'll just guide it to hit the target.

We immediately used all the bus monsters to ram into the high-ranking servant, and he was impaled by the spear.

In addition to the physical impact, the spiritual power was so strong that his scream was agonizing.

Crackle.

The high-ranking servant died with his head exploding despite being hit by an arrow through his torso.

This is incredibly powerful in many ways.

"Is it... Over?"

Little Red Riding Hood, who had turned the high-ranking servant into a skewer, stopped moving.

"I see. She needed to destroy something to calm down. Did she release her pent-up anger? Or did she cool her head after destroying everything? It seems like the latter."

We left Little Red Riding Hood there and headed straight to Maria.

Her haggard face was pitiful.

Seeing her motionless, it seemed she was...

"Teacher Maria..."

Unable to hide our dismay, we bowed our heads.

"I... I'm not dead yet!"

"...I'll get you out right away!"

I tore apart the tree wrapped around her and freed her.

Feeling awkward, I couldn't look her in the eye.

Maria dusted herself off and smiled happily.

"It's been a long time. Ella. No, I should call you Alice now. Did you come to solve Little Red Riding Hood's problem?"

"That's the name I'm using now. It's been a while. How have you been?"

"Not so well... Sorry, but before I tell you, where is that child?"

"She seems to be asleep over there."

Where I pointed with my hand, the wolf had transformed into the shape of a girl.

Indeed, it's strange that only she was in a monstrous form.

"I'm glad everyone made it out unharmed. You must have come to solve Little Red Riding Hood's issue, so I'll explain what I know."

Another guy got hurt, but it's not our job.

Hmm, I was going to ask how she's been, but Maria seems eager to summarize what's happened to her.

We'll have a more personal conversation later.

I listened to Maria's story.

"I was part of the Cathedral, but now I'm unaffiliated after escaping with Little Red Riding Hood and wandering around."

So that's how it was.

I was relieved we didn't have to fight Maria as a Cathedral member.

"Why did you leave the Cathedral? I can guess, but still."

"When Little Red Riding Hood was isolated, she was suffering, and I couldn't just stand by. As her friend, I wanted to support her, so I helped her escape. Of course, I couldn't stay in the Cathedral while traveling with a devil. Also, I had many doubts about the Cathedral's actions, so I was planning to leave anyway. For example... Their attempt to kill Alice was the final straw for me."

"Was that when the red spear came flying? I almost died if it weren't for Peter Pan."

I can't understand why they hate me so much.

It's so unfair. Other Tale Devils have been harassed, but they've never tried to systematically kill anyone like this...

"Especially among the Tale Devils, Alice. They are particularly hostile to you, and recently, they even considered attacking the Institution protecting you."

"...!"

How big is the gap that they're willing to touch the Institution to get to me?

They're no different from indiscriminate bombers.

I was inwardly shocked but nodded.

Why are they going to such lengths?

"Maria, is it okay for you to be unaffiliated with the Cathedral as a clergy member?"

"If you don't like the temple, the monk leaves. If you don't like the Cathedral, you leave. That's all."

That's true.

I wanted to ask if it's okay to travel with a devil, but it's too late for that now.

"Let me explain about Little Red Riding Hood."

"Go ahead."

"First, we moved to destroy those who were corrupting and treating people like livestock. There were emotional reasons, but also the reason that it was for the people."

From what Carol told me, Little Red Riding Hood had been chasing those who corrupted and controlled people.

"But wherever we went, we left behind forests filled with angry wolves. To explain why... It wasn't intentional! Little Red Riding Hood has seizures, and when they worsen, she turns into a wolf and, regardless of her will, transforms the surroundings into forests and wolves."

"..."

Seizures, huh.

She definitely doesn't seem like someone who would intentionally commit acts close to terrorism.

If she could control her powers, there would be no need to turn the surroundings into forests or leave the wolves isolated in the Institution.

"Nevertheless, we continued our activities, using the fact that we fixed the state of those who were corrupted and turned into wolves as a pardon."

"I see. It's not bad to at least not worsen the situation."

"Believing that we could eventually reverse it, we were removing the causes. But this time, perhaps because the enemy was too strong, we couldn't even remove the causes and were stuck in Troys with worsening symptoms."

The Corrosive Sea King and the Cosmic Bird.

Little Red Riding Hood, who had achieved half-successes, couldn't even achieve that half against such strong enemies.

According to Maria's explanation, after facing these Rulers, the seizures worsened, making strategic actions difficult.

"And we decided to use what had already happened. To stop the two Rulers, Little Red Riding Hood used Troys, which she had transformed, as a barrier to block the passage between their world and this one."

I had guessed that much.

In this situation, without my mirror, they wouldn't be able to leave.

The Institution should be grateful that Little Red Riding Hood served as a seal rather than trying to capture her.

If only the wolves could be turned back into humans.

"Right. It seems like you're trying to solve the situation. But given the circumstances, she... Can't turn the wolves back into humans, can she?"

The enemies they fought weren't just Rulers.

With that level of power, they must have killed quite a few.

But the Institution said there were no cases of Little Red Riding Hood's wolves turning back into humans.

"That's..."

"I can't."

Another voice chimed in.

Little Red Riding Hood had woken up and answered instead.

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