31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 122)
In the pitch-black darkness, Snowfall exhaled. I definitely exhaled, "Whoa," but no sound was heard..
‘It's the gateway to ignorance..’
There was nothing to see or hear. There wasn't even any smell..
You step somewhere with your foot, but you can't tell if it's the ground or the soft mud..
In that situation, a choice came to mind..
[You are wandering in an unknown place. This is a space where there is nothing, you cannot know anything. how will you act?]
1. stay still.
2. [Required: Light of Istia] Removes the surrounding darkness.
3. [Required: Bell of Ether] Ring the bell to ward off evil around you..
4. [Required: Sylvie's Feather] Get out of here.
5. [Required: Wisdom] Think about understanding your surroundings.
……
‘under… The light of Istia? A species of ether? It’s been a while since I last saw you, but it’s still the same.’
The choices have never seemed more insipid than this time..
Istia's Light, Ether's Bell, Sylvie's Feather, etc. This is because most of the conditions that appeared in the options were artifacts that were extremely difficult to obtain..
‘To move on easily... Do you need items that are at least treasure level or higher?.’
If their value was converted into grades, they were at least graded as treasure..
If you use treasure just to break through one gate, you will definitely suffer a loss..
‘so… In the end, you have to roll with your body.’
The Blood Saint also passed through this gateway without any artifacts. With only mental strength.
‘Now that I think about it, I was a ridiculous bastard..’
Blood Saint was such an incredible horse that he even felt jealous of the horse he raised..
Snowfall defined the Blood Saint as follows:.
Good but strong.
Even when he entered the Labyrinth of Pain, he had already established his own ability system to some extent, so this gateway would not have been able to stop him..
Snowfall headed forward as she continued to step on the soft, sometimes hard floor..
‘More and more... It seems like it's going uphill.’
All my senses had faded and I couldn't gauge it accurately, but the snowfall continued to advance. Just because you sit still doesn't mean you have any sharp skills..
‘The blood saint broke through this gate in a short time.?’
I don't remember the exact time, but I knew it took a few days..
‘Then the method….’
At that time, the only option I could choose was 'walk while thinking,' so I probably ignorantly tried that method..
‘Phew….’
Of course, the method that Kangseol was trying to use now was also the same..
Someone watching this scene might say this to him:.
Nothing has changed.
It's still the same with no progress..
‘no, i have changed.’
By the time we entered the Labyrinth of Penance, we were already far ahead of the Blood Saint..
And there was one more thing that was different..
Whirly Whirly-!
A shadow covered Kang Seol’s body..
[Shaman 'Jammard of the Volcano' takes on the form of a raven.]
[‘Absorbs the abilities of ‘Volcano Jammad’.]
[Occupation: Fighter.]
With this, Snowfall's abilities and Jamard's abilities are combined..
‘And if this happens, wisdom will explode,….’
[you are wise.]
‘Okay, I passed the minimum standard..’
Snowfall was able to choose a choice that even the Blood Saint could not choose..
[Sensitivity is triggered..]
[I feel like I don't know anything.]
‘Damn it, I need to roll again.’
While walking, thinking.
Since there was no known method other than this method, Kang Seol did it that way..
walking. I walked again. But I didn't stop thinking.
The floor is both soft and hard. A strange smell felt at some point.
‘It seems like I can slowly smell it..’
focused on the senses.
A smell so strong that it passes through the shaking floor and clogged nostrils..
Where is this place?.
‘Where were you when you were a blood saint? Yeah, it was there..’
the stomach of a huge whale.
Suddenly, the place where the Blood Saint wandered all the time at the Gate of Ignorance was the belly of a whale..
When I realized that, I remember other players around me cheering loudly..
- ha ha ha! It's amazing!
- I didn't expect it at all!
Kang Seol had already lost her voice once in the Labyrinth of Penance, so unlike other players who held their bellies and laughed, she focused on the situation..
‘The important thing at the gateway to ignorance is unexpectedness. And mental damage.’
Because it was a completely unexpected place, it was difficult to recall, and mental damage accumulated in the process..
‘You shouldn't take too much damage at this gateway..’
Since we had not yet begun to conquer the labyrinth in earnest, it would have been difficult if we suffered irreparable damage at the first gate..
Especially since mental damage is directly linked to life..
‘A strong smell... The floor was soft, then hard, then random... Occasional slopes….’
Snowfall's many troubles were clearing away the thick fog..
‘smell… this smells like blood.’
It's a smell I've become quite familiar with these days, but I could still feel it deep into my bones..
‘reading… It's a place with a lot of blood.’
Several scenes passed through my mind..
‘It's a place with a lot of blood... Slaughterhouse? laboratory?’
As I continued to think, more information was given..
‘this… I know what the floor is..’
Why is the floor so uneven and why is there a curved slope?.
Kang Seol clearly realized where he was now and got goosebumps all over his body..
[I feel psychological shock..]
[the mind is polluted.]
He tried to calm his mind as best as he could. and thought.
‘Where I am now is a labyrinth of asceticism..’
ssssss…
The black fog receded, revealing the surroundings..
- Wow;
- it's crazy;;
- It gives me goosebumps haha
- ㄹㅇ I dropped my spoon while eating.
dead body. There were corpses everywhere..
Everyone was lying down with questioning expressions, and rotten me was shaking everywhere. White bones and decomposed bodies were mixed together, so there was no way the floor was even..
Kang Seol looked around with a calm expression..
‘It's a door.’
He made a sound out of his mouth..
“iced coffee. I can finally hear it now.”
And then I looked down.
The eyes of the corpses were staring at him. As if to say, ‘You too are destined to be like this.’.
Kang Seol realized that these were the corpses of those who lost their lives in the labyrinth..
He looked away from them and walked towards the door with a carefree smile..
I profit…
“Goodbye.”
[overcome ignorance.]
[Ignorance disappears within the labyrinth of asceticism.]
[mental pollution : 13/100]
[Ignorance was overcome in the shortest amount of time..]
* * *
It's been a few days since I overcame my ignorance..
The place that appeared this time was a dry wasteland..
A place where the ground is cracked and the trees are all dead, rotting, and crumbling, as if there was a drought. A place filled with fog that makes you delirious.
Snowfall walked there again.
I wasn't alone this time. Karen was on the left and Jamard was on the right..
- Teacher, do you usually enjoy eating fish??
- The mentality is really great haha.
- This person just rolled around on a pile of corpses..
- It looks like you went to a kids cafe.?
- The psychological damage must have been just that much..
- In fact, kids cafes can be more dangerous.!
Snowfall was very satisfied with the current situation..
Because I immediately realized what this ordeal was like..
‘It's a penance of doubt..’
Kang Seol had the leisure that only those who have experienced every penance can have..
‘If you have doubts... It went as I expected..’
The order of the last ascetic is mixed up.
I didn't know which one would come out first. However, I knew that I had to experience it at least once, so I prepared for snowfall..
Karen asked.
“What's wrong, master??”
“hmm?”
“Because you seem to be in a good mood.”
“Leave it alone, fairy. Not once or twice….”
Jamard and Karen had a conversation.
Those who had been unable to provide any help at the gateway of ignorance were now willing to help him by his side..
‘Mental pollution is 24… I still have some spare time, but… It keeps going up.’
The penance of doubt was simple. I had to think of this place as a dream..
Can you remember how the dream scenes began? Dreams have a blurry beginning and the events in between do not continue clearly..
The austerity of doubt was also like that..
‘Perhaps this fog is tormenting my mind. It's clouding your judgment..’
That was the basic gist, but in fact, there were so many things that were affected that it was difficult to criticize it by saying that it impaired judgment..
Sense of direction, purpose, trust, identity, etc..
The asceticism of doubt affected all those things and, on the contrary, made the ascetic doubt all those things..
‘Am I going the right way??’
‘No, this is the labyrinth of penance.?’
‘Maybe I was abandoned?’
‘I didn't choose to enter the labyrinth of penance.!’
‘I am… what?’
In the end, it was the austerity of doubt that made you doubt everything..
And when this asceticism of doubt reached its worst point, it was when it touched the ascetic's trust..
As Kang Seol continued his thoughts, Karen said:.
“It's a terrible place, isn't it, Jamard??”
“yes. It's already been two days. I couldn't eat properly for two days and just walked..”
“therefore! It's frustrating, really..”
Kang Seol glanced at Karen with hazy eyes..
‘everything should be questioned.’
Such a boring time has passed.
When the snowfall continued for a few more days, the gate finally appeared..
“door! It's the door, master.!”
“…….”
However, it was a bit much..
“The door… There are three?”
“What should I do??”
Kangseol asked Karen.
“Well, where do you think you are??”
“me? You're asking my opinion now?”
Karen asked with wide eyes..
Kang Seol nodded and waited calmly. Karen thought for a moment and then chose the door on the far left..
“Here, here.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah, I feel the energy from here.”
“Jamard is?”
Jamard crossed his arms and laughed at Karen..
“That's bullshit, the middle door is real.”
“You're funny….”
While the two were arguing, a choice occurred to Kang Seol..
[You have gone through a long ordeal and have finally reached the end. There are three doors in front of you. where do you want to go?]
1. Trust Karen's words and open the left door..
2. Trust Jamard's words and open the middle door..
3. Ignore what they say and open the door on the right..
4. [Forced: Mental Pollution 100] All doors are fake! There is no door to get out of here!
5. [Required: Duran's Branch of Truth] Find the truth.
……
‘…Now I can't even trust this option.’
These options also seemed to be forcing him to make a certain choice. As if you have to decide between these options.
While he was distracted for a moment, the fight between Karen and Jamard gradually escalated. They also seemed suspicious of each other..
“Jamard! They say I lied?”
“lie? hmm… Yeah, I lied..”
his eyes burned red.
“continued until now!”
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
Quasi-profit!
Jamard stretched out his arm and crushed Karen's delicate body..
“Wow…….”
“There's no way that damn fairy would call my name kindly. is not it?”
“Ughhh….”
“Did you dare to put us in your mouth with such a trick? Your liver is also big.….”
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Wood clatter!
Karen's neck was broken..
But the snowfall didn't stop it.
and at that moment.
Pusss…
Karen's body disappeared like smoke..
Kang Seol nodded..
‘As expected, it was a ghost's trick..’
Jamard snorted..
“Hmph, they are the evil spirits of the labyrinth, after all. I finally feel relieved. let's go! The real thing is in the middle.”
- also! Jamard! I believed it!
- I believed it from the beginning!
- You're doing something big.!
Contrary to the viewers' fuss, Kang Seol spoke with a somber expression on his face..
“I guess I didn't read everything.”
Jamard sensed something strange and asked Kang Seol..
“…What are you doing??”
“The evil spirit that exists in the labyrinth of asceticism reads memories and erodes the spirit of the ascetic..”
“what is that….”
“you… You didn't read all my memories.?”
Jamard's face crumpled in an instant..
“…How did you know? Wasn't he the first person to come to the labyrinth??”
As Jamard's figure became blurred, the ghost of the labyrinth appeared..
- An unimaginable identity ㄴ(OoO;)ㄱ
- It's a self-made play... I believed itㅠㅠ
- What then? It was all fake?
The ghost of the labyrinth smiled and said to Kangseol:.
“Hehehe… There's something strange about your memories. Sparsely... There isn't a single proper corner. I copied a corner that was okay, but this problem occurred... What was strange? I'll fix it next time, so tell me?”
“All.”
“That couldn't be possible, but I still imitated it in my own way.?”
“That's the problem.”
Before entering the labyrinth, Kangseol left one request to his summons..
- Don't ever step forward before I ask for help. Rather, what you do for me will only bother me more..
Now, even if Kangseol makes meju out of red beans, his summons will believe him. If Kangseol makes that decision, his summons will follow..
Looking at the results, Snowfall's preparations were quite appropriate..
‘Well, when I first fell into the wasteland, I didn't remember making any such preparations. I'm glad I remembered it now.’
The ghost imitating Jamard asked:.
“…Have you been deliberately waiting for us to choose the door??”
“It would take me a few more days to find it on my own, because it was like that last time too..”
I ignored Jamard, who turned out to be a fake snowfall, and tried to head to the door on the right..
The ghost of the labyrinth tried to stop him..
“wait! How did you know! My imitation is perfect….”
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
A huge hole was created in Fake Jamard's chest..
“Oh my gosh….”
Kang Seol’s body was stained black at some point. The snowfall that took the shape of a raven was no different from a tank that appeared on the battlefield..
Being able to use the shape of a night crow. That in itself made it clear that Jamard was still in Snowfall's shadow..
So no matter how perfect the ghost's imitation was, it couldn't have fooled Snow Seol..
“…Mental pollution keeps rising. Anyway, take care..”
The ghosts of rainforest trees emerged around Snowfall, which was about to leave..
【You will fail... You will be eaten by the labyrinth.】
【When you reach the end, you will be frustrated.】
【Wouldn't it be better for you to beg us for death? Hehehehe….】
Everyone waited for Snowfall to choose the right door..
In fact, the only option left to Kang Seol was this door. And the moment he approached the door on the right.
‘…hmm?’
Tingling.
An unpleasant feeling surged up my spine..
[Sensitivity is triggered..]
[It seems like a door you shouldn't enter..]
“…It's pretty good?”
【what?】
“It wasn't all three.?”
At that moment, the option window that appeared in his field of vision disappeared..
[You have gone through a long ordeal and have finally reached the end. There are three doors in front of you. where do you want to go?]
1. Trust Karen's words and open the left door..
2. Trust Jamard's words and open the middle door..
【Nonsense!】
【how… How did you know!】
Kang Seol pointed to his golden eyes and said.
“I have pretty good eyesight..”
Snowfall moved a few steps, following the flow of power reflected in his insight.
As he stood in front of him, a door suddenly appeared in the air..
[The insightful eye sees through the truth..]
[The skill of see-through increases significantly..]
[The power of insight grows even greater.]
In the end, this time, Snowfall reached the next gate much faster than when it was Blood Saint..
- Activate trap card!
- That's what I was aiming for! Activate trap card!
- They aimed for that again! Activate trap card!
- I aimed for that again, and again I aimed for that again…
- Brain: Please stop, you bastards.…
- Are we a brain in a vat?…
One of the ghosts watching Snowfall leave cursed..
【Not yet… The labyrinth hasn't even started... The labyrinth awaits you….】
Ghosts who are now part of the labyrinth.
Snowfall opened the door to the next penance and said,.
“Me too, not yet.”
[overcome doubts.]
[Doubt disappears within the labyrinth of penance.]
[mental pollution : 28/100]
[Overcome your doubts in the shortest possible time.]
And one more message came to mind..
[Someone's mind is completely contaminated.]
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