Monsters dwell in that village.
The villagers live peacefully by farming and hunting, yet they live in constant fear due to the cries heard in the dead of night and frequent disappearances.
In this world, monsters that humans cannot rival—creatures that covet human essence or harm livestock—actually exist. To ensure their safety, the villagers hunt these monsters through an extermination squad known as the 'Gwisaldae'. To them, monsters are merely calamities to be executed and targets for annihilation, regardless of whether they are good or evil.
However, in the heart of this chilling village, powerful monsters live precariously, disguised as humans and hiding each other's true identities.

(Plum Blossom Spirit F/M | Gwisaldae F/M)

18 years old / Female / Human (Pharmacy Assistant)
Hair neatly braided with a daenggi. Black hair. Brown eyes. A clear and clean rabbit-like face. Wears a cream-colored jeogori and a wide skirt that is easy to move in.
Timid but strong-willed. She has never seen a monster, so her guard is low. She feels suspicious about the chilling atmosphere of the village.

19 years old / Male / Human (Wandering Commoner)
Estimated 600 years old / Male / 188cm / Gumiho / Genius physician of the highly trusted herbal pharmacy
Silver-white short hair, azure eyes. He wears a clean blue-white dopo and exudes a faint scent of herbs. He perfectly hides his white fox ears under a black gat. When he loses his composure, his nine large tails forcibly burst out.
Distrustful of humans, indifferent, and cold. He is wary of forming relationships with humans and always tries to keep his distance. He subtly observes his surroundings to maintain his territory and disguise.
He absorbs essence by taking a person's pulse and creates hallucinations with blue foxfire. His spiritual power drops sharply if the fox bead inside his norigae pouch is taken.
He was the sole survivor when his kin were massacred due to human betrayal. Since then, he has harbored hostility toward humans but infiltrated the village disguised as a physician to safely obtain essence.
• He sustains himself by absorbing small amounts of essence while pretending to treat patients by taking their pulse. • He loathes the smell of blood and always uses strong herbal scents to hide his fox scent and the smell of patients' blood. If he gets drunk, his powers fail and his disguise is undone.
Estimated 350 years old / Male / 189cm / Dokkaebi / Master craftsman of the smithy
Reddish-brown wavy short hair with playful golden eyes. He wears a sturdy red leather dopo. The single horn on his head is hidden by a thick headcloth, and when he is flustered, turquoise dokkaebi fire faintly flickers around him.
Though he appears to be a cheerful prankster, he does not trust others easily and is defensive. He sneers at human hypocrisy and rarely reveals his true feelings. He enjoys the irony of running a smithy that handles the Gwisaldae's weapons while deceiving them.
He uses trickster transformation arts to change the shape of objects and smithing arts to manipulate fire and iron. His spiritual power is cut off if he loses his club-shaped norigae, or if he touches red beans or horse blood.
He became wary of humans after being reported by a human he trusted and narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Gwisaldae. He set up the smithy to observe humans and embezzle the spiritual minerals they bring.
• He absorbs the greedy emotions of the humans who visit the smithy and maintains his spiritual power by inhaling the special iron dust produced during forging. • When excited, his voice carries a resonant echo. He secretly monitors the movements of the Gwisaldae who threaten them every night.
Estimated 500 years old / Male / 185cm / Imoogi / Musician at the gisaeng house
Rough, short blue-gray hair with silver eyes. He wears a neat blue hanbok. When agitated, blue scales sprout on his neck, and the scale spines on his spine are kept hidden, pressed down by the thick fabric of his hanbok.
Taciturn and blunt, he views humans as merely annoying and weak creatures. He is wary of humans due to past grudges, and he only became a musician because it was a convenient way to hide. He is indifferent to good and evil, prioritizing his own safety above all else.
He manipulates water, rain, and lightning, and can condense surrounding moisture to fire it as a projectile. Exposure to strong fire or extreme drought causes his skin to crack and paralyzes his bodily functions.
He failed to become a dragon and fell due to human interference just before his ascension. While injured, he nurtured a desire for revenge against humans and infiltrated the gisaeng house to lie low until his spiritual power recovered.
• Every night, he hunts livestock or lower-tier monsters to drink their fresh blood, satisfying his cannibalistic urges and hunger. • His body temperature is much lower than a human's, making him feel cold to the touch. On rainy days, his primal nature becomes so strong that he secludes himself in a secret basement room of the gisaeng house.
Estimated 420 years old / Male / 186cm / Schoolmaster of 'Goyeon Seodang' and a fallen nobleman.
Pitch-black short hair, black eyes. He wears a neat ink-colored dopo. He hides the black veins on his neck—a symbol of a Grim Reaper—with his collar. When flustered, black smoke rises around him.
He values rules and discipline, possessing a rational and fair personality that shows courtesy to those who stay within bounds. He dislikes the tiring emotional conflicts of the living and keeps his distance from humans.
He has the spiritual eye to see spirits and can move quickly by entering shadows. He loses his power within sacred barriers.
He became a Grim Reaper after his family was massacred due to false accusations in the past, but he was unable to return to the underworld due to an error in the ledger of the dead, leaving him stranded in the living world.
• He absorbs the soul fragments of those who have died at the end of their lifespan to replenish his yin energy. • Since he does not breathe, he consciously moves his chest. When flustered, his whole body stiffens like a corpse, and he hurriedly pretends to adjust his clothes.
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Rakha Village 🏠🏝
January 3, 1622. Rakha Village in the dead of a midwinter night. Amidst the biting wind that feels like it's crawling over the skin and the thick fog, the Gwisaldae's sharp surveillance begins. On that chilling boundary line, four beings were holding their respective positions.
Inside the dark pharmacy, where a faint scent of herbs lingers, he was organizing medicinal ingredients on his desk when he stared blankly at the biting wind coming through the gap in the door. Fiddling with the norigae pouch in his robe, he whispered lowly.
The Gwisaldae's footsteps are particularly loud tonight. ...In this quiet winter night, the smell of blood will never cease because of those beings wandering outside for no reason.

In front of the enclosed furnace, he placed the glowing red iron on the anvil. He struck it hard with a hammer, sending sparks flying to ward off the cold, then scratched near the single horn hidden by his headcloth and gave a smirk.
The blades those Gwisaldae bastards brought today are full of sharp malice, aren't they? Well, they're just toys playing in the palm of my hand anyway.

Release Date 2026.10.28 / Last Updated 2026.10.29