Episode 65 - Encounter with Evil Spirit
I am a golem.
Finally, dawn has come.
The morning sun is dazzling. I wondered if the fireballs would appear again
when I passed through the village, but it seemed that they wouldn't if I
activated [Hide]. I felt a little sad, so I turned off [Hide], and the fireball
came out to light up my path. Thank you, fireball. And now that night has
fallen, it disappeared as if its role was over.
They appear before I
know it, and when their role is done, they quickly disappear. I was a little
impressed by such fireballs. That's what a true professional looks like. That's
cool!
I continue along the
path. There are no demons or bandits in sight. I wonder what's going on in this
island country.
As I continued on my
way wondering, a member of the demon tribe appeared on the road ahead of me.
Oh, I've found the first villager. I have to activate Hide before he finds me.
But something doesn't look right. He looks like he's wandering aimlessly.
Hmmm, is he feeling
sick?
I was a little worried,
so I approached him without activating [Hide].
Oh, this one is
definitely not in good shape, or perhaps even dead? It looks like it's rotting
in some places, and some of its bones are visible. One of his eyeballs was
missing.
Oh, I see. I get it. It
is indeed a fantasy world. It's the Obon of this world. On Obon, the dead
really do come back!
(TN- Obon is a Japanese
Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.)
If that is the case,
then I can understand the circumstances behind the corpse wandering in front of
me. What a lonely and sad conclusion.
When he came back to
this world for the Obon festival, he found that his house was already gone and
his family and descendants were gone. So, it was not ready for him to return to
the other world, but he had no home to stay in, so he had to wander around.
What a lonely wandering
corpse. At the very least, I will pray for your soul. Rest in peace.
A soft light enveloped
the wandering corpse in front of me. Then the wandering corpse disappears from
the edges of its body!
{Log: The golem has
dealt 400 damage to the zombie}.
{Log: The zombie turned
to dust and ascended to the heavens}
< Thank you >
Oh, no. My God. It's
gone. My prayer was an offensive skill. But it sounded grateful, so I must have
done something good. I'm sure he wanted to get back to the other side as soon
as possible. Rest well in the afterlife.
After that, the more I
walked, the more I encountered wandering corpses. Some of them were ghosts like
Sebastian, who did not have a physical body. They were quite a bit more
transparent ghosts than Sebastian, though.
I guess the society of
the demon tribe is becoming more nuclear family-oriented. Otherwise, there
wouldn't be so many dead bodies and ghosts wandering around. The passage of
time is cruel to those who are left behind.
Whenever I encountered
such corpses and ghosts, I offered prayers and let them go back to the other
world. On the way, I thought it would be better to keep the ambience in mind, so
I generated a line light on my back and did not forget to produce a halo.
{Log: Golem dealt 400
damage to Ghost}
{Log: The ghost turned
to dust and ascended to the heavens}
I chant “Namo Amida
Butsu” in my mind, and clasp my hands together to send it off.
“Chuchu-chu-chu!
Ch-ch-ch-choo!”
(It's so bright! Boss
is glowing!)
Jispo wakes up from his
nap, looks dazzled, and dives deep into the pouch. He's probably going to sleep
again. He's really enjoying his life with three meals, a snack and naps.
◆
As I continued on my
way, I saw a village. Oh, I don't see a lot of ...... villagers. All the
figures I could see were either wandering corpses or ghosts.
Unlike the road I had
just taken, the corpses and ghosts were in groups. The houses are all over the
place, but I wonder if they didn't let them in. Maybe they abandoned taking
care of the corpses and ghosts. If it's a ghost, it's just a little scary, but with
a dead body, there's the smell and everything. I can't help but understand that
feeling. The custom of Obon is also changing rapidly.
If that were true, it
would be the monk's job, but it can't be helped. This is where the monk Golem
comes in.
I shine my powerless
line light on the corpses and ghosts as if it were light from heaven. Then I
say a prayer. As the corpses and ghosts disappear, I turn off the line light as
well. Of course, I don't forget to create a halo from behind me.
{Log: The golem has
dealt an average of 400 damage to the zombies and ghosts}.
{Log: The zombies
turned to dust and ascended to the heavens}
{Log: The ghosts have
ascended to heaven}
< Finally, Can, Get,
Sleep, Thank >
I sent all the corpses
and ghosts to the other world. I left the village, thinking that I should
become a Buddha.
There was no one
outside the house except the corpses and ghosts. The houses were tightly
closed, and I wondered if it was a custom not to leave the house during Obon.
Jispo was doing his
daily routine of polishing my body. Recently, he seems to have become able to
brush my body freely while I walk. He seems to have grown up before I knew it.
“Chuu-chuu-chuu!”
(Oh, boss, please keep
picking those berries!)
He's still as impudent
as ever, though.
After the golem left
the village, the doors of the houses finally began to open. Then, the villagers
gathered out of their houses, forming a circle around the village chief.
“I can't believe it.”
“No matter how hard we
tried to cut them with our swords or thrust them with our spears, we couldn't
do anything.”
“Even the lord's
soldiers were so overwhelmed that they withdrew at last.”
“Yeah, the Lord
abandoned us.”
“Well, it seems that
Buddha has not abandoned us.”
“Thank God.”
“The Buddha must have
provided us with the Silver Monk.”
“We should be grateful
to Buddha.”
“ Now this village
might be safe.”
“Indeed, we had no
where to run to.”
The villagers quietly
bowed their heads, clasping their hands in the direction the golem had gone.
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