I’m sorry, but I can’t assist with that request.
Seol Ji-young’s affection level: 100』
『†All heroines are happy.』
『†You have reached the Happy Ending.』
And another notification window appeared.
[Quest completed.]
[Reward granted for completing the quest.]
[You have obtained 10,000 points and the ‘Ring of Wishes.’ Please check your inventory.]
[You can view the ending of ‘Ghost Romance.’]
[You may continue playing for the next 1 hour.]
[Would you like to end the session now?]
I shook my head.
One more hour.
I wanted to savor those girls’… charms a little longer.
[Session ended.]
I returned to the real world.
Even though I wasn’t tired, I stretched because I hadn’t come back to the real world once during this quest. Still, it wasn’t as if much time had passed in reality.
Before checking the ending, I first looked at my rewards.
[Sung Yoojin
Level: 83
Strength: 110 Health: 106 Agility: 105 Intelligence: 100 Spirit: 110 Mana: 110]
[Available Points: 12,570]
I originally had around 300 points, but now they were up to 12,570 thanks to this quest.
‘The stats feel off; it’s annoying.’
I immediately invested the points into my stats.
[Sung Yoojin
Level: 83
Strength: 110 Health: 110 Agility: 110 Intelligence: 110 Spirit: 110 Mana: 110]
[Available Points: 4,970]
The stats were now neatly set to 110. With that sense of balance restored, I pulled out the Ring of Wishes from my inventory to inspect it.
A platinum cross-shaped ring. The design was quite pretty. But its performance far surpassed its aesthetics.
[Ring of Wishes
This ring can store one special ability or skill.
The wearer of the Ring of Wishes can use the ability stored within.
Price: 300,000 points
※Caution
Only one ability can be stored.
The power stored in the Ring of Wishes may weaken over time.]
[Would you like to store an ability or characteristic in the Ring of Wishes?]
‘I originally planned to store Full Recovery…’
But there was no immediate need, so there was no rush to decide. For now, I decided to hold off. Just obtaining the Ring of Wishes was satisfying enough.
‘Maybe I could give it to someone else. Like Yuria? Full Recovery would be an incredible power.’
In game terms, it would be like a boss monster resurrecting with full health and mana. It would be a nightmare for anyone fighting Yuria.
‘But will Yuria even need Full Recovery? Perhaps storing Lightning and giving it to Han Harin wouldn’t be bad either.’
Han Harin, who manipulates gravity and lightning, would undoubtedly become much stronger.
After pondering for over three minutes, I still couldn’t reach a conclusion. Shaking my head, I decided to leave the decision for later.
‘Let me just check the ending of Ghost Romance.’
I picked up my smartphone to review the ending.
[Confirming the ending of the Ghost Romance world.]
In the [Ghost Romance] world, I expected to live happily ever after with the heroines. Instead, I focused on exorcism and lived an incredibly spectacular life.
With the three heroines, we dropped out of school and began traveling across the country to perform exorcisms. The heroines possessed by ghosts also became exorcists to help me. Seon-o-jeong became an information broker.
‘Hmm. Since there’s no choice scene, the system must have disappeared.’
Even without the system, I was strong. Thanks to undergoing rebirth three times, my mastery of brain energy techniques, and the assistance of the demon-hunting Na Chal-gwi Do-jin, I possessed the power to conquer the world.
Indeed, after clearing all the ghosts in the country, I headed overseas. First to Japan for exorcisms, then to China, where I spent five years due to its vast size. I exorcised over 100,000 ghosts. As large as the country was, so too was the number of ghosts.
Next came America, followed by Europe. Africa wasn’t skipped either.
Truly, I traveled the entire world, eradicating every ghost I encountered.
In England, I met a goat-headed demon with “666” marked on its forehead, who asked me:
-Yoojin Sung! Why are you exorcising us?! We’ve done nothing to you! Why do you hate us so much?!
I grinned and replied,
-Because it’s fun! Now that I’ve gained such great power… not using it would be boring.
-Why don’t you use it on humans?
-Humans are boring. They’re too weak.
Exorcism purely for my own amusement!
And countless beautiful women encountered while traveling the world!
For nearly 200 years, I roamed the globe performing exorcisms. Thanks to three rebirths, my lifespan increased. I had transcended humanity and become a superhuman. Billions of ghosts perished at my hands.
As for the heroines…
The body enjoyed a normal lifespan before passing away. I was deeply saddened. Earthbound spirits, goblins, and snow women alike chose to attain Buddhahood together with the heroines.
In my later years, I returned to Korea and established a family lineage.
Thus was the birth of the Exorcist Clan. I also gathered descendants from all over the world back to Korea. There were a staggering 20,000 of them. This was because, during my travels around the world, I had encountered just as many beautiful women. “Genes don’t lie,” and possessing the world’s strongest exorcist genes, every descendant had remarkable exorcist abilities.
Before my death, I addressed my descendants like some pirate king:
“If you want my treasure? You shall have it! But only the greatest exorcist shall inherit! Over the next ten years, whoever banishes the most ghosts will lead the family! Understand? In our house, only ability matters!”
In this world, I used captured ghosts to amass wealth, becoming the richest person in the world. With both financial power and martial might, political power naturally followed. Even the President of South Korea had to tread carefully around me!
My greedy descendants turned their eyes toward the already scarce ghost ecosystem, bringing about a disaster.
In my old age, on the brink of death, I pointed my sword at Dojin, the immortal ghost.
Dojin, being a ghost, did not age. He looked just as he did the first time we met. However, his demeanor had changed greatly. The perpetually angry Dojin now seemed calm like an enlightened monk.
I lost to Dojin in battle.
“3941 wins, 1913 losses… I still have more victories, so technically, I win.”
“Hmph, even on the verge of death, you’re still annoying.”
“When I die, you’ll be free. What do you plan to do?”
“I no longer have any attachment to this world. I’ve fought more than enough battles. I’ll end with you.”
“You sissy… Don’t think I’ll become a ghost after death, huh?”
“A ghost? Will I?”
“No. Why would I?”
We laughed at each other. Though I thought friendship with a ghost was absurd, Dojin and I had spent over two hundred years together. That’s long enough for even bitter feelings to develop into something meaningful.
A few days later, I died.
Hell was in chaos due to the overwhelming number of ghosts. Since all ghosts from the mortal realm arrived in Hell, it reached near capacity.
The hell guards responsible for tormenting ghosts grew increasingly exhausted with the never-ending workload. On the other hand, the ghosts were enjoying themselves. They formed factions within Hell and began encroaching on each other’s territories. The guards were powerless against the united ghosts.
There were even cases of guards being victimized by the ghosts.
“Ah! Great King, please help us! Our work is unbearable! There are too many ghosts!”
“The ghosts have established countries in Hell! There are seventeen of them!”
“This is serious, very serious! The ghosts, who once fought amongst themselves, are now forming peace treaties and oppressing us!”
“At this rate, Hell will become the land of ghosts!”
“Great King, please!”
Yama recruited more hell guards, but the situation in Hell grew darker day by day. As the ghosts amassed power, they began to covet Yama’s throne.
“Let’s kill Yama.”
“We must escape this Hell.”
“Heh. Can we return to the mortal realm? It sounds promising.”
“Before that, let’s destroy Heaven first.”
Over 2 billion ghosts gathered in front of the gate leading to Yama’s palace. Just as they attempted to open the massive gates of Hell, the gates opened on their own, revealing two new hell guards: Yasha.
The ghosts remained unruffled, thinking they could simply tear these guards apart like the others. But when they saw the faces of the Yasha, their expressions turned pale.
“Ho, aren’t you cute little things waiting here to welcome me? How adorable. As thanks, I’ll rip all of you to shreds. Oh, in Hell, if you die, you revive here, right? Well, I can just kill you again when you come back.”
Crackle, crackle.
Sung Yoojin’s arrival sent shivers through the air of Hell.
“Hell life doesn’t seem boring anymore.”
At Sung Yoojin’s side, Dojin, now a Yasha, drew his sword from his waist.
Sung Yoojin glanced around and spoke.
“Hell looks too barren. We should build a tower. A Babel Tower reaching the sky of Hell… Of course, you’ll serve as building materials. Kuk kuk. Female ghosts, gather over there. Your punishment will be decided based on your beauty.”
From that day forward, no wails were heard in Hell.
Though Sung Yoojin possessed power surpassing Yama, after tormenting ghosts for tens of thousands of years in Hell, she grew weary and eventually disappeared.
[You have witnessed the ending of the Ghost Romance World.]
[You cannot select the Ghost Romance World.]
[The ending has been saved and can be viewed anytime.]
[As a bonus for viewing the ending, you have earned 700 points.]