Player Who Returned 10,000 Years Later

Side Story Chapter 43: Kurosaki Yurie (2)

Three days passed since they accepted Kurosaki Yurie’s favor. Lilith forcibly took over Vaal Zahak’s laboratory and focused on creating a body just for Yurie. Oh Kang-Woo was then contacted today that the body for Yurie was completed at last.

Kang-Woo, who was being fed kimchi stew by Han Seol-Ah in her arms like usual, made sure to take a before heading to the apartment floor where Vaal Zahak’s lab was.

“Now… slowly open your eyes.”

Kang-Woo arrived to see that Yurie’s soul was in the process of being transferred to the new body. A faint blue light that was Yurie’s soul shone within the thick fog of demonic energy and entered the new body.

“This is… my new body?” Yurie slowly opened her eyes. She looked down and examined her body. “Wow… You didn’t have to make me so beautiful.”

She looked at herself in the mirror. Her original form was already beautiful, but this was on another level of beauty. She had golden hair, mysterious purple eyes, and pale skin. She used to be a traditional Asian beauty, so her new look felt rather exotic to her.

“Eh…?”

Kang-Woo expressed confusion as he stared at Yurie’s new look.

He had imagined a nightmare-fuel hideous creature that would only exist in Hell when Lilith offered to make the body, but contrary to his expectations, Yurie was just a regular, beautiful woman no matter how he looked at her.

“Phew,” Kang-Woo sighed in relief with his hand on his chest.

He looked down at the black ring in his hand. It was an item he created by compressing several Authorities, containing various features that blocked all of his senses in preparation for the worst-case scenario. Kang-Woo withdrew the Authorities and absorbed the ring back into himself. He turned to examine Yurie’s new body with great interest.

She was but a squid compared to his Darling, but she would be the most beautiful person in the room anywhere else.

Kang-Woo clenched his fists, overcome with ecstasy. She had come to understand human beauty standards at last.

He approached Yurie, handed her a card, and remarked, “This contains enough money for you to live a comfortable life.”

“N-No, you don’t have to do that much for me…”

She would need money to start a new life from scratch; if she were broke, the only life waiting for her would be one of working to death.

Kang-Woo was sure she wouldn’t have a hard time earning money since she was once known as the celestial maiden. Considering she had her unique Deific Manifestation Trait, she would have quite a leisurely life. However, Kang-Woo gave her the card anyway.

“In exchange, could you work as a member of Guardians?” he asked.

“Guardians…?”

“I say work, but it won’t be anything like a nine-to-five job. Your job would be to stop abnormal Gate phenomena and protect the citizens. Of course, you will be rewarded based on your accomplishments.”

It would be a shame to lose such a capable individual. She would become a great addition to the forces of Guardians.

Kang-Woo was more than willing to expand Guardians if it meant he could continue his lovey-dovey life with his Darling.

“Oh, in that case, I would be happy to help.” Yurie smiled and gladly accepted Kang-Woo’s offer. She took the card and turned to Lilith to say, “Thank you very much for making me this wonderful body, Lilith.”

“My, a wonderful body? What are you talking about?” Lilith tilted her head as if not understanding what Yurie was saying. She said innocently, “You have yet to see its form.”

“Pardon…?”

“What?”

Yurie and Kang-Woo both turned to Lilith.

Lilith giggled and continued, “That form is but a shell made for Yurie to interact with human society without issue.”

“...”

Kang-Woo’s face turned pale as chills ran down his back.

The nightmare he did not want to imagine was approaching.

“This is the body’s true form.”

Lilith smiled as she softly tapped Yurie’s body.

The sound of sticky mucus echoed throughout the lab. Yurie’s head split, and yellow pus poured out like a fountain. Her mysterious purple eyes popped out of their sockets and dangled near her earlobes. Her skin, as pale as snow, split like the ground of an arid desert and was turned inside out.

“A-Aaaahh,” Kang-Woo groaned in terror, getting a full view of the horrifying sight.

He quickly