EP.106 A Dangerous Entity
Dalpo, the high-ranking wind spirit.
He was originally a spirit with a noble-like presence, occupying a high position in the wind territory.
However, he committed a grave sin, and as a result, was banished from the wind territory, becoming a wandering spirit in the barren ravine.
‘I may be living like this now, but I will return there again.’
Of course, he had no intention of spending the rest of his life like this.
He was determined to return to the wind territory and reclaim his former glory.
That’s also why he stayed in the barren ravine instead of going far away.
The fire spirits who cause the most wars.
This place that becomes their battlefield.He would intervene in the wars that occur here, achieve merits, and return to the wind territory.
That was his plan.
So he was spending his time in the barren ravine, waiting for a war to break out with the fire spirits.
But then one day.
“…What an ominous magical power.”
He felt an extremely sticky and unsettling magical power spreading from somewhere.
An unknown magical power, neither wind nor fire.
This unknown magical power gave him a feeling of anxiety and unease rather than discomfort.
This is the barren ravine.
A land of freedom that no one rules.
That’s why spirits of freedom are born here.
This magical wave was clearly the kind that emerges when a powerful spirit is born.
But for it to be such an ominous and unsettling magical power.
‘What on earth has been born?’
The magical power, which even evoked a strange sense of fear, was enough to make the low-level spirits floating around shudder and flee far away.
But Dalpo was a high-ranking wind spirit after all.
He wouldn’t do something as cowardly as fleeing in terror.
Rather, he thought it might be an opportunity.
‘If it’s the birth of a dangerous spirit, if I can investigate it first. Moreover, if it’s a dangerous element and I can prevent it.’
Detecting and preventing a danger occurring in the barren ravine right next to the wind territory.
This would be quite a significant achievement.
‘I might be able to return even without a war breaking out.’
Thinking this, Dalpo moved towards the source of the ominous magical power.
“……”
But something was strange.
Judging by the concentration of magical power, he thought it had occurred quite nearby.
Yet as he went on, the concentration of the ominous magical power only grew stronger, but he couldn’t reach its source.
‘What is it? What on earth was born?’
As he went on, he started to feel uneasy.
He had thought it was just a moderately high-ranking spirit, but that wasn’t the case.
At this concentration, it must be high-ranking… no, perhaps even…
Just as he was about to retreat, thinking this might be beyond his ability to handle,
Thud─
It revealed itself.
Black.
No, a deep, deep jet-black that was beyond mere description as black.
It felt as if the space where it existed had been carved out with a knife.
A jet-black shadow creeping up.
It started to move slowly on two feet.
Swoosh─
The upper part, presumed to be the face, moves.
And then.
Flash.
Despite being a flickering shadow, he had the illusion of seeing blood-red eyes flashing within it.
Though nothing was visible, it was clearly… looking at Dalpo.
“Eeeek…!”
The moment he encountered it, he involuntarily let out a scream.
Dalpo immediately regretted this action.
Because right after he screamed, it slowly started to approach him.
Was it interested in the spirit it saw for the first time since its birth?
Or was it angered by his scream upon seeing it?
Either way, it clearly wasn’t a good sign.
Just its approach was enough to bring a dense fear that made his soul tremble.
“D-Don’t come…!”
He steps back.
Dalpo wanted to praise himself greatly for the fact that he managed to move at all.
There wouldn’t be many beings who could move when directly facing such terrible fear.
As he shouted and stepped back, it also seemed surprised and hesitated, retreating slightly.
At the same time, the cruel fear that had been constricting Dalpo loosened slightly.
Not missing this opportunity, Dalpo fled like mad.
He didn’t do anything as stupid as looking back.
He just ran away.
Praying that it wouldn’t chase after him.
Wind spirits possess a speed second only to lightning spirits, so he could flee at an incredibly fast pace.
After running and running for a long time, after arriving at a place where he couldn’t feel even a bit of that magical power’s influence.
Dalpo was finally able to calm his mind.
‘What on earth was that?’
No, he couldn’t calm down.
Because as soon as he recalled it, the feeling of fear started to constrict him again.
Spirit of fear.
He knew about them.
The story of those dirty and ugly minority spirits that live by giving fear to others and feeding on the emotion of terror that arises from it.
But they were just startling, equivalent to ghost stories for humans.
He had never heard of a being that could raise the fear of the unknown to the extreme and make one’s soul tremble just by encountering it like that.
‘Something, something was born. Something terribly dangerous.’
He had to report it.
He had to enter the wind territory and report it.
Even though he didn’t know what it was, or whether it would be a threat.
It was dangerous just by existing.
‘It must be eliminated.’
A being that shouldn’t exist in the spirit world.
That’s what Dalpo thought.
Of course, this wasn’t something he could handle on his own.
It was a matter that would require at least a top-ranking spirit… perhaps even the Spirit King to intervene directly.
Although he was an exile, he still had to report it no matter what.
He turned his head from the barren ravine towards the wind territory.
It was time to return to his homeland after a long time.
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He ran away.
Well, I guess that’s because he’s a wind spirit.
He’s incredibly fast.
Anyway, I’m worried about what’s to come.
Even though I’m a spirit of fear, if every spirit I encounter gets so scared and runs away like that, how am I supposed to conduct an in-depth study of spirits?
I wonder if there’s a way to suppress my power.
“……”
Unfortunately, it seemed that such an ability wasn’t built into this body.
Perhaps because I’m a newly born spirit, I haven’t yet realized how to control my power… moreover, the power is so strong that it feels like it would take quite a long time to get used to properly controlling it.
“This won’t do.”
I guess I’ll need to use my authority a bit here.
Originally, I was trying not to use my authority to live as much like a spirit as possible… but in this case, I have no choice.
No matter what, if I keep being avoided like this, I might go the entire 500 years without even being able to properly converse with spirits, let alone research them.
Swish─
Using the authority of an outer god very slightly, I learned how to suppress my power.
Now I can control the magical power that was uselessly leaking out around me, and those I encounter won’t be exposed to my ability and fall into fear.
“Hmm, perfect.”
Alright, now I can finally start properly.
I feel a bit sorry for the wind spirit I just encountered…
Still, I’d like to thank him for letting me know how I appear to other spirits right now.
Well, I can’t really tell him since he ran away.
“Where should I go?”
Should I explore the barren ravine a bit more?
I might encounter other spirits.
I’m curious about how spirits will react to me in my current state.
That seems like a good idea.
Step, step─
Walking along this desolate ash path gives me a strange feeling.
It’s like I’m wandering alone in a world that has met its end.
Oh ho, that’s not bad either?
A survival story of a protagonist who survived alone in a world that met its end.
I should jot that down in my world-building idea notebook.
Just then.
“…Oh, a spirit of fear?”
“It’s my first time seeing one. How interesting.”
I encountered new spirits.
Three in total.
Two of them are spirits with a bright red energy flickering about them, and one is a spirit that looks like gray powder.
If I were to use the knowledge of my main body, I could immediately know what kind of beings they are, but I decided to minimize that for this spirit world life.
Let’s try to judge for myself, shall we?
A form made of gray powder that seems to crumble.
That’s probably a spirit of ash, isn’t it?
And next to it, although the body is flickering red, it doesn’t seem to be burning, so it’s probably not a fire spirit.
“Why are you so pitch-black and crazy! Argh!”
“You’re making me angry! Aargh!”
Ah, I get it now.
Spirits of anger, or something like that.
The magical power I sense from them is definitely weaker than the wind spirit I saw earlier.
If that wind spirit felt like a high-rank, these would be mid-rank? Maybe a bit stronger among the mid-ranks.
Seeing that they’re not afraid and running away like that wind spirit earlier when facing me, it seems my power adjustment was successful.
I feel proud.
“Kahaha! A spirit of fear, yet I don’t feel any fear looking at you.”
“Not living up to your name! It’s so infuriating!”
“Hehe, calm down, you two.”
Every time they speak like that, it’s not just for show, they seem to genuinely get angry, jumping up and down in place as their red energy violently flickers.
Wow, is this what it looks like when anger is maximized?
The ash spirit trying to calm them down beside them looks a bit pitiful.
“I was already angry, and now you’re going to have to help us vent our anger.”
“Maybe if we beat someone up, our anger will subside a bit!”
“Hehehe. Oh my, oh my, the brothers are really angry. You’re in big trouble, aren’t you?”
Hmm? The conversation suddenly turned this way?
Is this what they call provocation?
Well… they don’t seem like much, so I’ll teach them a lesson and get rid of them.
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