31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 9)
There are 12 hours left until noon, the adventure time limit..
In it, one of the leaders of the Rock Fang must be eliminated..
Basically, The Five Friendly Brothers is an elite adventure based on the premise of a party of five..
Naturally, all monsters were stronger than in the solo adventure. Because it was a monster that 5 people had to deal with..
Also, regular monsters are this powerful, so is it easy to defeat boss monsters??
It wasn't at all.
This is why even though Kang Seol succeeded in making all the tribe members drink the elixir of madness, he did not immediately attack the boss..
‘Because it’s still too vague to come forward.’
The ultimate goal of Snowfall's plan is not to hunt down the tribe members, but to subdue all five Rock Fang leaders..
It was a plan that wouldn't be strange to hear people say to themselves, "What kind of crazy thing is that?" But Kang Seol had no intention of giving up..
There were several reasons for this.
First, it is an adventure that Snowfall remembers accurately. Also, the content is progressing as if it was left out..
Not all future adventures will turn out as he remembers..
In the eternal world, the worldview is basically constantly changing. It is none other than the actions of the horses..
Therefore, as the adventure progresses, the content of the adventure in the mid to late stages could be completely different..
‘If that happens, the advantages I have will be meaningless..’
For this reason, fully remembered adventures should have the best rewards so that you can prepare for threats that may come later..
Second, in the current plan, which I had no choice but to choose as it is a solo adventure, there is not much difference in difficulty between dealing with one leader and dealing with five leaders..
Third, the most important issue was the compensation issue..
In the world of eternity, compensation is calculated from various aspects..
From how ingenious the process was, how many people there were, the difficulty of the adventure itself, and the secret devices used, etc..
From that perspective, I didn't think the situation Snowfall was facing was that bad..
If you truly manage to defeat all five leaders of the Rock Fang by yourself using various means, the reward will be the best of all prizes..
This was all the reason why Kang Seol was struggling as he walked the difficult path..
Sussssuk…
Anyway, he was somewhere, taking advantage of the time when all the gathered trolls had returned to their seats..
‘This is a treasure trove of rock molars.….’
The reason Snowfall remembered the surrounding locations as she climbed the mountain was because she was looking for something..
That is, the treasure trove of the Rock Tooth tribe. Fortunately, the treasure trove was located one floor below the top floor. Although it was not possible to enter the treasure trove, ordinary tribe members were also able to climb up to that floor..
The Rocktooth tribe packs up all of their treasures in one warehouse..
‘Although they are not very poetic treasures,….’
Although they were all just miscellaneous items compared to the tribe's treasures, among trolls, they were items that were highly valued from a historical perspective..
Sometimes, even antiques that seem to have no use in reality are recognized by experts as being worth billions of dollars..
‘Still, one of the items in the treasure trove is real..’
There was only one real treasure in the treasure trove of the Rock Tooth tribe..
‘rock fist.’
The snowfall reminded me of the setting of the Rock Tooth tribe..
The Stone Fang tribe served the earth dragon Tancrid..
Tancrid, who is pleased with the Rock Tooth tribe, presents an item made of his scales to the tribe..
It was a combat armor called 'Rock Fist', which had the power to crush rocks just by wearing it, and was an item that gave enormous magical power to shamans in particular..
‘Up to this point, it's no different from an ordinary troll tribe.….’
It seemed like the Rock Fang tribe would be on the rise after acquiring the Rock Fist, but it turned out to be the opposite..
It was attacked by numerous tribes that coveted the rock fist, and several fights even broke out within the same tribe..
‘The problem is that there are multiple factions within the tribe..’
In the Rock Fang tribe, five shamans with rock magic powers are born in each generation..
They are not related by blood, so a shaman from a previous era binds them with a brother's spell to preserve the rock's shamanic power..
In other words, beings who are not even brothers are bound as brothers..
I don't know if they were bound by their own will like in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but the forced relationship between brothers encouraged the factionalization of the tribe..
‘5It seems like several factions are keeping each other in check... If it weren't for that, it would have been a big force..’
This was the setting from the Eternal World official rulebook and in-game..
And Kangseol was a player who knew how to use these detailed settings..
As he continued his thoughts, he passed several residences without any disturbance and eventually found what he was looking for..
After confirming the location of the treasure trove, Snowfall waited for the right moment..
Due to the special circumstances of the harvest festival, the security near the warehouse was greatly weakened..
‘Approximately an hour has passed since I made all the trolls drink the elixir of madness. It's time for a reaction.’
When Snowfall waited for about 5 more minutes, the long-awaited signal came..
Wow.!
Ugh…
A roar pierced the night air. It wasn't just one or two people making noises..
Screams of madness were heard from all over the village..
- When the power goes up, the trolls will attack each other. The concentration was lowered to dilute it so as not to be detected, so it will probably only have the effect of worsening the physical condition of the leaders..
Even just that amount will be of great help to Snowfall..
Snowfall did not leave the vicinity of the treasure trove even after hearing the continuing screams..
There has been a response from regular tribe members, so it will soon appear here as well..
“what! What are you talking about??”
“If there is a problem, a messenger will come... Ugh….”
“Why, why that….”
Wow!
As mentioned, at midnight on the Harvest Festival, all tribe members drink blood..
This was a rule that absolutely had to be observed during the harvest festival..
In other words, the guards guarding the treasure trove also drank blood..
Quasi-profit!
A guard slashing the double-edged ax he was holding at the guard next to him..
It was exactly the picture that Snowfall wanted..
Crrrrr…
The guard, excited by the smell of blood, left his duty station and ran to the village..
After looking around, Snowfall quietly entered the treasure trove..
As I went inside a little bit, a voice came from inside..
“late! Don't come near me! Something is wrong with my body! Hurry up and let Jamard and his brothers know.….”
The Stone Fang tribe appoints a troll who does not belong to any faction as their treasure keeper..
That was the rule of the Rock Tooth tribe..
The treasure keeper was a great warrior, but he was much weaker than the five brothers..
The treasure keeper's body shook and he looked back at Jiang Xue, foaming at the mouth..
Crrrrr…
The treasurer had already surrendered himself to madness, and as soon as he saw the snowfall, he rushed at him like a thunderbolt..
“karuna!”
Whirling, thumping!
The troll, holding the spear firmly, glared at Snowfall's neck with red eyes..
And then, I hit that place hard..
Kaaaang!
But the attack was not successful..
This was because the black shadow struck the treasure keeper's spear with his sword..
“Crunch… Crumbling!”
Kangseol gave instructions to Karuna with a deep smile..
“kill it.”
Karuna nodded and attacked the treasure keeper. A battle between the two soon followed..
To conclude, no matter how strong the treasure keeper was, he was no match for Karuna, the apostle of the moon..
In the beginning, Karuna is a monster that can never be dealt with in battle..
Even though it was a monster meant to be hunted by a party, its abilities did not even reach Karuna's alter ego..
‘If Karuna was the real person, she would have killed this troll with one single sword.….’
Probably, even at this level, one of the five brothers, excluding Jamard, can easily win..
Because it was an alter ego and not the original body, a battle ensued, and the troll guarding the treasure ended up having his neck pierced by a moonlight sword..
“Kak… kahak….”
[Defeated the Stone Fang Treasure Keeper.]
[Obtain the Rock Key.]
- Wow, they're pushing this out of the warehouse..
- There's that rock fist or something over here. What are you trying to do with it??
- and Mr.; Ephaim; The rock fist is not some sort of infinity gauntlet haha.
- that's right! Just a joke lol
- Two jokes! end of number!
- This bastard?
Snowfall held the rock key for a moment and was lost in thought..
When you assassinate the treasure keeper and obtain the key to the treasure trove, this was another turning point..
‘A choice will come to mind.’
As he held the rock key and approached the tightly locked stone wall, a phrase came to mind as if he had been waiting..
[You have obtained the key to the Stone Fang tribe's treasure trove. what would you do?]
1. Immediately open the warehouse door using the rock key..
2. take the rock key.
3. [Required: Shaman] Understand the spell engraved on the rock key..
4. [Required: Thief] Check if you can copy the key.
5. [Required: Stealth] Hide yourself here..
……
There were almost 10 choices this time..
It was the key to this rock that had such a huge branching point..
‘Taking a rock fist could be one way..’
Open the warehouse and get the rock fist before anyone notices..
I'm sure there were players who thought this way before..
‘The result was the worst.’
Again, rock fists were a thing of the past for the rock tuskers..
5Ten factions joined together to retrieve it, and the player who took the rock fist ended up being torn into five pieces..
‘This part is the turning point for solo clearing. The correct answer is….’
Snowfall acted according to option 2..
He only took the rock key, but did not open the warehouse or steal the rock fist..
With that, Snowfall finished his actions and quickly moved out of the cave to a village where he could see the treasure trove..
* * *
After a while, the leaders of the Rock Fangs rushed to arrive at the treasure trove..
While many of the tribesmen were driven into madness and were committing a tragedy of fratricide, the reason they came here was because of the news of the death of the treasure keeper..
They realized through magic that the treasure keeper had died and came to this place..
5Makgata, the youngest of the brothers and an earth shaman..
Fourth, Grave Shaman, Trogo
The third mud shaman, Myam
Second Rock Shaman, Cron
And first, Jamad, the mountain shaman..
“What's going on! What on earth is going on in the village?!”
“The treasure keeper is dead! One of you made it up!”
They opened their mouths in the order they arrived..
Only Jamaard silently listened to their conversation..
And when Jamard realized that the rock key had been stolen, he spoke in a heavy voice..
“break it.”
They started breaking down the entrance to the warehouse to check for the most important things..
Kwasik!
Kwaaang!
All kinds of witchcraft were rampant and the structure that protected the warehouse was destroyed..
“Haaaa!”
Jamard finally used a giant rock spell to blow up the entrance to the warehouse..
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
There was enough shaking that even the distant snow could be felt..
The leaders stopped their deputies and went inside to check the warehouse..
At that moment, Kangseol was mocking those trolls..
‘There will be no problem if you just find cancer..’
Nothing was stolen, so there is no way anything is missing..
They won't find the stolen goods..
‘That's a loophole.’
There are no stolen items..
Now it's going to drive them crazy.
“Who are you! Who did this wicked thing??”
“Not me! Jamard, Jamard it's you! Aren't you trying to create chaos, eliminate us, and rule with an iron fist?!”
“That makes sense.!”
“Oh my! You plan to steal the Rock Fist and murder your brothers! It's blasphemous!”
“Do you think it will turn out the way you think? Even though our ancestors bound us with the brotherly curse,!”
5The brothers began to suspect each other.
As each brother stubbornly resisted to avoid suspicion, the other brothers only doubted inwardly and pretended not to have doubts on the outside..
And it was Jamard who received the most suspicion..
Maybe he was wielding the blade of jealousy in the name of suspicion. Jamard was, in name and reality, the strongest and most noble of the brothers..
But contrary to his words, he did not act hastily..
First of all, the rock fist was still there and the other stolen items were not confirmed..
Along with the madness that spread through the tribe, a poison of suspicion hung over the brothers as well..
“First, we will find a solution after suppressing the tribe members who are making a fuss.!”
5The brothers left after entrusting joint security to the soldiers who were still in good condition..
‘For now, everything goes according to plan..’
The rock key was a special object with a spell. It will take several days to make a replacement..
‘And if you don't have the key, you have to destroy the warehouse..’
the warehouse was destroyed.
In fact, there is no means left to protect the Rock Fist except for guards..
5The broken warehouse in the hearts of brothers will continue to be an obstacle..
What if someone steals it??
If another brother breaks the rules and takes that item by force... You won't be able to do anything with these thoughts.
There was doubt in everyone's mind..
Tribesmen losing their minds and attacking each other, even traces of an attack found in a treasure trove..
Even in bad times, no leader will think that the tribe will collapse just yet..
‘except for one person….’
Kang Seol was closely aware of the progress of the five friendly brothers. In this adventure, if the situation gets this bad, someone bold will take the first step..
‘…come.’
Sigh.
The guard recognized someone and was on guard..
“Mr. Jamard?”
Jamard, the eldest of the leaders, disappeared into the warehouse under the guidance of a guard..
He took action before his brothers did..
‘I'll take the rock fist.’
The tribe's crisis is his crisis.
Taking the rock fist was a process of preparing for the threat that would come after confirming the poison of suspicion that had spread to the fake brothers..
‘After all, he is the most dangerous leader..’
After seeing his disappearing back, Snow Seol nodded and moved on to the next part of the adventure..
Now it was time to light the final fuse of this fight..
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