Chapter 24: I Take Refuge (Namu) (7) (1/2)

Chapter 24: I Take Refuge (Na exposed itself for a brief led wildly, the talisman burned ue when he saw the talis time since he saw a talisman burn so fast

—Kuhuhhhhhhhhh

When the talis howled in rage Ru Hiana shi+elded her ears fro…!’</e was over when she saw the stunned look on Chi-Woo’s face The ghost shook violently and rushed towards them With a surprised look on his face, Chi-Woo moved his hands quickly He took out a new piece of talishost

path of fla vibrantly in the air

—Kiahahahahhhh!

A painful screa inside the pit

“Wow, a,” Chi-Woo exclaihost

“W-What?” Ru Hiana asked in shock Likewise, Chi-Woo looked surprised by what he had done

“Ah, this is called a pain on ghosts if they trespass…” Although Chi-Woo had seen plenty of ghosts suffer fro a talisulped and looked forward It took her a while to understand the situation since everything had happened so suddenly

“Huh…?” Her eyes widened On top of these pained beings ere suffering froy bloomed upwards like a haze Like paint dampened by water, it scattered across the air and wrapped around Chi-Woo

“Be careful!” Ru Hiana shouted Meanwhile, Chi-Woo felt an unfamiliar sensation seep into him from all parts of his body It was an unpleasant sensation It felt like the thing was trying to penetrate him His head was about to jerk suddenly, but Chi-Woo resisted with all his ht and stopped hishis two hands, tre to his will Chi-Woo felt his control stolen away et about this when it had happened so often in his childhood?

“This bastard…!” Chi-Woo pressed his lips together He ered to sit down Then he forcefully clasped his tre hands and murmured “Naly less words twice and closed his eyes “Nama…Saddarunma…puntarika…sutura…”

Ru Hiana watched fro on the floor after being enveloped by a dark aura that caused his whole body to treainst monsters, she couldn’t co what to do, Ru Hiana fu pushed back?’</e to enter Chi-Woo’s body was pulling back like it was running away The aura broke in parts and twisted, and Chi-Woo’s noticeable tremor died down to some extent In the meantime, Chi-Woo was so concentrated on his prayer that sas collecting on his forehead “Nas he shouldn’t see—hosts found out that a sh an intense level of tored him to free them of their resentment or lend them his body There were even sos were at their worst, Chi-Woo had wandered around places at dawn like a sleepwalker There was even a time when he woke up inside a mountain It still sent shi+vers down his spine when he recalled opening his eyes to find hi the many masters he served to escape from this torment, there was one famous monk Chi-Woo stayed in the temple with theto their wishes; a the sutras were the Diamond Sutra, The Thousand Hands Sutra, The Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, Vimalakirti Sutra, Flower Garland Sutra, and many more Unfortunately, none of them could free Chi-Woo from the clutches of his unidentifiable destiny There was a silver lining, though So the prayer of the Lotus Sutra— one of the three Mahayana Scriptures written in the early days of Buddhisht after Buddha finished his pursuit in Bhod Gaya and came out to the world; thus, it was considered one of the most important scriptures in Buddhiseful spirits feared the most

The prayer expressed resolute faith for Buddha, and the belief that as long as they had a strong will tothey couldn’t defeat It didn’t matter whether Chi-Woo was a Buddhist or a sha so much After he witnessed the power of the prayer, he prayed whenever he had the tiain

“Na repeated the same chants for the third time, Chi-Woo slowly raised his head and opened his eyes His dizzy head felt clearer now The uncoone He turned slightly and ot to his feet and walked to the path of fire The fire was still burning, but it was much weaker than before

“That bastard” He looked down at the vengeful spirit that made him recall a bad memory and took out a new talisman He usually comforted spirits and prayed for theeful spirits with deep resentment, he prayed for support and annihilated the to,” Chi-Woo said coldly and scattered his talis evil aura began to grow fainter Then they stopped an turning to dust, Chi-Woo let out the breath that he had been holding His mind was still in disarray like the aftermath of a typhoon

“How…” Ru Hiana wi?”

“Huh?” Chi-Woo tilted his head “Ah That one wasn’t a wi</eeful spirit It was stronger than the one possessing Hawa, but nowhere near an evil spirit” An evil spirit was beyond awful One of hisan evil spirit possessing a woman, and in the end, they lost their lives from the tremendous task Chi-Woo made a bitter smile in remembrance of hissuch havoc, it was obvious hoerful a wi must be

eful spirit, I would’ve handled it as soon as I was transmitted here’ But with this, he had finished the task that needed to be done and made an is, which was significant progress in itself

“Still…” Ru Hiana looked at Chi-Woo with ad” She looked more in awe than in disbelief In her point of view, Chi-Woo had vanquished a vengeful spirit by pulling out a couple of sheets of paper and praying And his opponent was soainst She wondered how strong this hero was; and what kind of arduous life and hardshi+ps he had overcome that he was able to see spirits in a world like this one Seeing hoas able to respond to a dangerous situation calmly, she assumed he was a seasoned hero with much more experience than her

“No I’ person”

Ru Hiana also added humility to her mental list of Chi-Woo’s character Now, her impression of Chi-Woo was one of a veteran hero who ments of situations and solved thereat”

Ru Hiana thought people who respected their teachers tended to have good personalities, and her expression became even softer Chi-Woo scratched his head It felt nice to receive a gaze full of admiration, but he didn’t feel very coh he was a non-hero, Ru Hiana probably admired hie

Moreover, he hadn’t iven to him Chi-Woo didn’t kno to make a talisman, in fact He hadintensely all day long for several days

‘I need to save them’

It hadn’t even been a day, and Chi-Woo had already used five talismans If he kept this up, he would run out of his supply in a h’</eh Chi-Woo had followed many masters and his church mentor, it was the first tie fire On the other hand, the effects of the talis He was able to neutralize the spirit way ht he would Chi-Woo could only think of one reason for this

[It re on some kind of war…ah well, you are] Raphael had said this before

[Where did you get such precious iteuel had also been amazed by his items

Chi-Woo didn’t know exactly what happened, but it seeht have received an enor over to Liber, or they were finally showing their full potential Using a crapload of money was definitely worth it

‘Then perhaps, it’ll be the same for </e

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