31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 221)
Bitan did not know what kind of place the Alfrina Strait mentioned by Santos was..
Grief that was only recognized as a ship heading in that direction..
The voyage has already begun.
The Sea Man sailed through the wind and rain for several days, and as the angry sky calmed down, the sea also calmed down..
“Puppu! stop for a moment!”
“Pooh-!”
When Pupu stopped at that spot, the Sea Man also stopped..
After hoisting the sails, the ship is literally standing still in the middle of the sea..
【why? what's the matter?】
Bitan asked Santos what his intentions were. He wasn't particularly suspicious..
Almost all questions of grief began with very simple intentions..
Same thing as now.
Really, I was just curious..
Santos did not answer, but went into the cabin and did not come out..
After a while, he appeared holding something..
“Hahaha! Let's go fishing, fishing!”
【fishing? What is it?】
“What! Sea urchins just have to watch what the captain does and learn.!”
【Is sea urchin okay? Sea urchin is the best!】
Santos sitting in the corner of the deck, absorbed in fishing..
Fortunately, it seemed like they had always prepared small creatures to use as bait..
flinch…
“Ah chooooo!”
Fluffy…
A fish falls onto the deck when the fishing rod is pulled up..
I felt vitality and strangeness at the same time in the way the mouth fluttered and opened..
【Great, great….】
“Grief, pick up your fishing rod. I'll teach you fishing!”
【I need it?】
“It can be said to be essential to becoming a true sea man! There wasn't a single member of the crew who didn't know how to fish.!”
【Oh oh! Then, this is a combat skill that Bitan needs to learn.!】
“Wahahaha!”
Shoot ahhh…
Shoot aaaaa…
After throwing away the fishing rod, the two stare blankly at the horizon. I watched the sunset like that..
For some reason, I couldn't say a word..
“It's overwhelming?”
【…I feel strange.】
I didn't catch much fish..
No, in fact, this is also a packaging, and the grief did not catch a single fish..
It was natural to feel bad about the continued waste, but my heart wasn't like that..
Strangely enough, I actually felt better..
The wind you feel after casting your fishing rod, the salty scent, the story of Santos quietly told... It was so good.
【this… Very good!】
“fishing?”
【huh!】
“haha! Flivver was also an expert at fishing.….”
【Fliver? who is fliver?】
“Carpenter. This fishing rod was also made by Fliver..”
【Where is fliver now??】
Santos recalled with a vague feeling..
“It's in Alfrina.”
【Then we can meet again this time.?】
“…huh. Anyway. ruler! Grief, this is enough meat..”
【I didn't catch a single fish?】
“That's good. where….”
popo pong…
Santos returns the smaller fish he caught to the sea..
“Go and bring your parents next time..”
【Captain! Why are you letting me go?!】
“Because there is no need for such weak meat.!”
【I see! Only the strong ones eat it! As expected, the captain is great!】
“We have to protect the weak ones! Mhahahahaha!”
【Oh oh… The weak ones need to be protected..】
Tuk.
Santos stroked the grief-stricken head..
“Yes, you have to protect the weak one..”
Another few days sailing.
Santos drank alcohol at night..
“Ehehehe… I was saving this.”
【Ugh… Wow….】
After drinking the alcohol given to him by Santos, Bitan vomited all the alcohol he drank into the sea water..
【Ugh… I'm dizzy.】
“It's a shame you don't know the taste of alcohol.”
【Uhhhh… It's bitter. I saved these things?】
“Well, everything is precious on the sea..”
【Why on earth are you drinking this??】
Santos seemed to find the whining of grief cute and responded with a chuckle..
“Sometimes I don't want to be me.”
【If you drink this, you won't be me?】
“uh… There are times when it's like that, and there are times when it's even more me..”
【I do not know what I mean.】
“Drink some more and you'll find out.”
【okay?】
a few days later.
Grief discovered the power of alcohol..
Santos sang and played strange instruments. Grief laughed harder than usual..
【Hahahaha! It's so funny!】
“Funny? Well then, let me sing you a serious song!”
The melody changed, and a sorrowful voice rang out..
【Captain.】
“huh?”
【That song... good night.】
“No! You must like my voice!”
【The voice isn't that great, but the song is good.!】
“You are quite honest.?”
Santos continues his calm song.
Grief looked into Santos' face..
Although it was a skeleton, it seemed to vividly depict its life when it was alive with the moonlight shining on it..
【Captain! I feel strange!】
“Sounds good, right? this song?”
【huh! It's a song I made myself?】
“no.”
Santos shook his head..
“It's a song written by Sonio.”
【Who is Sonio again??】
“He was a musician. He was a friend that was a waste to have on this ship..”
【What's wrong with this boat? Grief looks great?】
“Hehehe! yes?”
I felt countless emotions from Santos..
“Grief, I know how legends usually end?”
【no? I'm not interested in that.?】
Santos came to Bitan's side and told him the story. A voice that goes well with the sound of waves.
“Any legend usually ends with, “They lived happily ever after.”.”
【That's normal? why?】
“Because that way you won't be sad. Because that's how everyone goes crazy about the legend..”
Santos looked at the sea in front of him. Alfrina Strait, a place as cold as ice and as heavy as death.
“It definitely has to be that way. Only then can those left behind find hope..”
【hope….】
“In that sense, Santos' legend is not over yet.!”
dreamy atmosphere.
It must have been from this time that grief began to feel strange..
* * *
As the Sea Man approached the Alpine Strait, the weather worsened..
【cold….】
Whether you were in the cabin or on the deck, it was cold all the same..
Even in this situation, Snowfall did not wake up. What was surprising was that even though he did not eat or sleep for a long time, no abnormalities occurred in his biological activities..
Even so, heartbreak worried him..
【uh… I guess it's okay?】
“your friend?”
【Because we're not friends!】
“Puhihi… Yeah, close..”
【Yeah, I guess I'm just sleeping.?】
“It will be like that.”
Santos looked somewhat gloomy..
Hehehe…
The situation after another few days.
crackle crackle!
Even Santos, who only had bones, clenched his teeth as if he felt the cold..
The number of drift ice floating on the sea gradually increased..
【…What's this?】
“drift ice… The sight of drift ice means that we are getting closer to Bitona's territory..”
【why?】
“Bitona… It's a cold thing.”
【I see!】
“…heartbreak.”
【huh?】
“Are you dreaming??”
【It's about a dream again?】
“A different dream this time. When you sleep, what you see.”
【When you sleep... What you see?】
Bitan thought hard for a moment..
After waking up, I tend to forget all the dreams I had, but there was one type of dream that I remembered..
【dream of going back to the past?】
“Previous?”
- Wow!-!
- Please, please…
- Kill it! Kill it! drink blood!
- You will become stronger... Hehehe!
- Grief will help you!
Grief trembled and scared me..
【Such dreams?】
“…How do you feel after having such a dream??”
【exhilarating!】
“It's refreshing?”
【…I don't do it.】
Bitan pointed to Snowfall lying down for no reason and said..
【What can I say… After meeting that bastard, everything is a mess. Grief… I don't think it's heartbreak anymore.】
“That can't be true, now grief is neither a good urchin nor a bad guy.?”
【Eh? So what is heartbreak??】
“Grief is heartbreak..”
【And only great sea urchins understand it.?】
“Really, you can't be defined by anything. It's the same for all of us. The sailors on this Sea Man are especially special.!”
【Ehehe… Captain! So what does the captain dream of??】
Santos lifted his head weakly..
he was a little strange.
“…I want to know?”
【huh!】
“Dream of the day we lost our sailors.”
- Damn it! Santos! Wrong, even now….
- The crew has been harmed, we can't run away like this! You idiots!
- Who is this idiot?!
On the day when Vitona's song rang out, the souls of all the sailors of the Sea Man were taken away..
Kiaaaaa-!
- Wow….
- santos!
one two.
Sailors losing their souls.
Now it was Santos' turn..
puck-!
- Cough… call….
Someone pushed Santos' shoulder and barely saved him from Vitona's hands..
- Puppu! take santos!
- eww… Ugh…
- Santos! Wake! look into my eyes!
- My body… my body…
His body lost all flesh and internal organs, leaving only bones..
It was Vice Captain Sirba who saved him from Vitona's hands..
Santos making eye contact with Sirba.
- I will definitely come to rescue you?
Santos just nodded..
- I believe, I'll wait.
last words of trust.
That was the curse that remained for Santos..
“heartbreak.”
【Captain….】
“I am… I am… You're a coward.”
After this conversation with Bitan, Santos broke down..
“I am… You're a coward!”
【…why?】
“This isn't the first time I've been back here..”
【then….】
“I must have come here several times, no, dozens of times. It's a place I still remember vividly..”
Santos hit his head on the floor and sobbed..
“But still… I couldn't go any further... . Because I’m afraid… Every time I came here and went back.”
【Dying is scary?】
“No, I'm not scared of dying.”
【then?】
The spark in Santos' eyes grew stronger. If it were a person he would probably have been crying..
“Forgetting... scared….”
What Santos said I finally understand.
The saying that a legend must end well.
“If I die too... No one remembers us, no one comes to save us.!”
【Captain….】
“Sorry… I don't think I can go any further.”
Santos said to Pupu.
“Ppuppu… Let's go back, not yet... I'm not ready yet.”
Grief asked..
【Then when will you come??】
“…….”
【So when will you be ready??】
It was then.
A strange singing voice began to be heard. Santos' face soon turned into despair..
“Three, siren! Ppuppu… hurry!”
“Boooooo-!”
Pupu was about to turn the boat and go out, but the singing voice gradually got closer..
“this sound….”
Ahahaha…
Sirens resembling mermaids flocked to the drift ice one by one..
They gradually increased their singing voice, as if to mock Santos, who was scared..
The good news is that Santos, who had already lost half of his soul to Vitona once, is still fine listening to their songs..
Also, the demonic spirit, grief, and the fainting state, snowfall, were also not possessed by the sound of the song..
Ahaha…
The sirens must have felt strange about this, and they enchanted them with an even more mysterious melody..
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
Whoa whoa whoa!
Kiaaaaa!
A spear flew from somewhere and pierced the Siren's chest. It was Santos who did it..
“Wicked things! I'll cut off everyone's throats!”
【Captain!】
“heartbreak.”
In the meantime, Bitan was giggling and pointing with his hand at the monster that was gradually approaching the lead..
【What is that?】
“…Vitona.”
Kiaaaaaaa-!
A huge sea snake appeared through the drift ice..
Bitan expected Santos to get scared and put his head down on the floor. Because it was like that until just now.
but.
“heartbreak… Thanks for coming all the way here..”
【…Captain? They say I have to run away?】
Santos didn't run away..
Instead, I raised my head and looked at Vitona..
“Next, it's about the sea man Santos. Grief goes back. Puppu! request!”
sreung-!
Santos shouted, pulling out the curved sword from his belt..
“Voila! Santos appears.!”
[Santos uses water walking.]
[You can walk on water for a while.]
[As the amount of activity increases, the duration also increases..]
pot-!
Santos runs towards Vitona..
“Hahaha! Everyone has waited a long time! Your Santos has arrived! It's okay to clap!”
Santos rushes aimlessly.
There seemed to be no chance of winning at all..
“every… Everyone… I'm sorry I'm late! Just be patient!”
“Woooooooo-!”
Pupu also stopped moving the boat and dived to help Santos..
thud-!
A feeling of heartbreak struck my heart for the first time..
【what?】
Santos gradually moved away..
I knew heartbreak..
If this continues, he will die soon..
“Hahaha!”
[Enchanted Vitona uses Bad Weather.]
[A strong chill blows across the front..]
Sighaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
Vitona spewing frost from her mouth.
Soon the surface of the water froze and formed a glacier..
Whirling…
thud-!
Santos falls after climbing a glacier.
“Hehehe… Don't laugh, you guys.!”
[Use “Santos is setting sail!”.]
[Short-term status ailment resistance increases by 20%.]
[Deals additional physical damage when attacking.]
Although he was quite unsightly, it was painful for Bitan to watch him..
【Strange….】
What a joke-!
Santos flies away after being hit by Vitona's tail..
Fortunately, the landing was stable..
Grief could no longer watch him..
It became really painful to watch him..
Dadadada-!
【I too….】
thud-!
Bitan bounced back while running towards Santos like a puppy on a leash..
【Wait, captain! I too….】
Dadada…
thud-!
The same thing happened again.
Grief looked back..
The lantern tied to Snowfall's waist was crying out in sorrow. made it impossible for him to escape.
Bitan changed direction and ran towards Snowfall..
Dadada…
【It's going to happen, right? huh? It's going to happen?】
“…….”
snowfall couldn't wake up.
He was still on the verge of death because the effects of the Youngsaenghwan and Ur's magic shock were greater than he expected..
Grief approached Kang Seol and grabbed his chin. And he shook it up and down to make it look like he was talking.
【I waited a long time?】
“…….”
【hurry! Wake up quickly! You're good at rescuing people! Grief can’t do that! I don't know how to do it! If you wake up now, I will listen carefully.….】
What a joke-!
The sound of Santos flying once again hit my ears. It seemed like if he looked away for even a moment, he would fall apart..
【Ugh… The captain dies... . I'm dying….】
The death of life was not that big of a deal to the demon spirit..
Even when the black knight I spent the longest time with died, I didn't feel any regret or sadness..
But now I can't believe I'm feeling this way.
It was really bad.
【this person… If you just want to sleep, let me go! I'm going too!】
Is this what it feels like to scream at a wall?.
I was upset that no matter how much I shouted, there was no answer..
【Don’t die, Santos… You can't die….】
Whoa whoa whoa-!
Santos flew away.
This time, instead of falling onto the glacier, he fell into the sea..
“Woooooo-!”
Fortunately, Pupu tied Bitona’s body..
Kiaaa!
While Vitona was making a fuss, Santos came up with his hands on the glacier..
He seemed to have lost his will to fight for a moment. His body was shaking, and he seemed very frightened..
“Phew… Phew… Santos is invincible... . The sea man is invincible!”
Santos is not invincible.
The sea man is not invincible.
It won't be long before you die.
Grief, for the first time since birth, stopped wishing for someone to die. That twisted everything about grief..
【I'm going to save Santos..】
how?
The bonds of chains prevent us from moving forward..
Sigh… Sigh.…
Grief pulled the main chain to the lantern. He tried moving a few times, but it wouldn't budge..
heartbreak despaired.
Taking dozens or hundreds of lives was easy enough to make you yawn, but saving one life was so difficult..
It was a path that was thousands and thousands of times more difficult..
Sigh.…
Bitan grabbed the chain and said as if she had made up her mind..
【Grief will become a great urchin.】
Wow…
And, I started devouring it from the end..
【Grief, it's heartbreak!】
Heartbreaker opening his mouth wide and devouring his chains..
【Whoop….】
Then I covered my mouth and held on with all my might. She rolled on the floor in pain, but never spit up.
【Wow... Ugh….】
This was not the intention of Kangseol, who decided to use the demonic spirit as a weapon, or Frannan, who twisted the spirit of sorrow..
At least from now on, it was completely uncharted territory..
How far can a being called a demon spirit change?.
“Ahhhhh!”
[Jinju embraces change.]
[The pearl changes into a form that best suits the heir..]
……
“Huh... Heo Eok….”
Meanwhile, at that time, Santos was dizzy..
Kwajajak-!
The curved sword could not pierce Vitona's scales and broke like glass..
“It's so hard….”
Whoa whoa whoa-!
Bleep-
Santos rose high in the air. Vitona moved to snatch him..
“Boooooo!”
Pupu tightens Vitona's body and prevents him from reaching Santos, but the fight will be over in a few minutes anyway..
This is the second time Santos has lost..
And I had to accept it.
“sorry… every….”
I think I lost this time too.
But then, a shout was heard that seemed to rip even the eardrums that were not there..
【Squeeze me, Santos!】
Santos reached out his hand without realizing it..
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-!
It was in an instant that the chubby grief was wrapped like a chain and changed..
“this… what? Hehehe… to corrupt me?”
Santos laughed at the sight of grief..
Grief, somehow, remembered.
When were you the strongest?.
Grief, which turned into a black sword in Santos' hand, answered firmly..
【to save you.】
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