31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 224)
This is the glory of the East now... So, this is the story before the Khan Empire rose from the dust and wind and enjoyed prosperity in the East..
To tell this story, we had to first deal with the deep-rooted legends of the East..
dragon.
There were three main types of dragons in Pandea..
An ancient dragon, the ruler of the sky who uses magic and dragon words..
A drake that split off from a primitive dragon and has a strong body, but cannot use magic power..
And the main character of this story is the cloud dragon that controls the weather..
The cloud dragon was a transcendent being who used Taoism, not magic, and was involved in all aspects of the East for a long time..
Humans created many legends about their unapproachable presence, from the legend that Pandea was created by a cloud serpent to the legend that humans who trained for hundreds of years became dragons..
In this way, the roots of the East were intertwined with the cloud serpent. At this point, the Khan Empire, one of the two great empires existing on Pandea, was also like that..
In the past, the East was a place of chaos with all kinds of forces running rampant. A tremendous amount of blood was shed as human greed and fundamental evil energy came together..
However, someone's will was involved in this unfortunate death that seemed natural at first glance..
It was Hwageumu, the evil dragon of the East..
The eastern cloud serpents were creating their own world and it was customary not to intervene in the human world..
However, Hwageumu incited and influenced foolish people to do his will in the human world..
Those who were given the power of the evil dragon and who served under him were all powerful enough to shake the East and their power was also powerful..
Moreover, even if I defeated them, I couldn't even imagine that I would dare to defeat Hwageumu, who was behind them.….
Just like that, it seemed like the East had finally fallen into the hands of Hwageumu..
But while everyone was holding their breath over the dragon's magic, there was a man swinging a spear at Hwageumu..
Despite the magic of the fallen stars and the moon, the man who drove a spear into the heart of a dragon.
Hongcheon.
After fighting for three days and nights, Hongcheon killed Hwageumu and drank the blood that flowed from him..
With that, the bloody battle in the East came to an end..
It was a bad story that happened over 300 years ago, and even though several generations have passed, it is still passed down like a legend. However, no one dismissed this as nonsense..
Hongcheon, the progenitor and dragon slayer of Khan, the great empire of the East.
Hongcheon is still alive.
As the Emperor of Khan, as the drinker of dragon blood.
For over 300 years.
And now, the East, which has maintained balance under his power for countless years, is facing a new phase..
A month before Snowfall arrived in the East, the Dragon War began to decide who would succeed Hongcheon to the Khan Empire..
* * *
A dark and quiet space.
Snowfall's summons, Karuna, Karen, Jammad, and Ur, were familiar with this kind of space..
Because the shadow space of snowfall was exactly like this.
But this did not mean that they now exist in shadow space..
They were sucked into an unknown space right after Kang Seol took the eternal life pill and died..
It was some time later that they recognized each other..
“Ur! you knew?”
“What do you mean??”
“This is how it's going to happen.”
“I should have known.”
Karen asked the bespectacled spirit.
“Well then, you probably know where we are and how to get out.?”
“…….”
“ur?”
Ur pursed his lips..
In fact, all of this was done in consultation with Kangseol and Ur..
Ur believed in the snowfall, and the snowfall also believed in Ur..
Otherwise, he wouldn't have planned such a crazy act as he did in the sea near Lavene, the southern city of Prion..
But that didn't mean he could be held responsible for everything that happened afterwards..
Jamad said, glancing at Ur..
“This… It's hard to explain. I don't understand. Ur, can you interpret this space??”
“It's not possible.”
Jamard quietly closed his eyes..
I sensed something from Ur’s answer..
“It's a matter of time.”
“…okay.”
Kang Seol once explained to Ur that something like this would happen..
Because Kang Seol was the one who knew best about the efficacy and side effects of Yeongsaenghwan..
Kangseol had warned Ur about what would happen after he took the eternal life pill..
- The moment this medicine enters your stomach, it will melt into your body, breaking the mold and creating a new balance..
- Can I think of it as body modification??
- It's different from that. It is true that the body will be remodeled, but more importantly, as the body breaks down, new space will be created within my body..
And Kangseol didn’t know everything about that space either..
This is because in the first place, I only encountered it through text saying that the derived space was like this. Only his legendary words, Immortal, were able to explain all the principles and phenomena of this space..
At least the snowfall could provide a rough explanation and the fact that it was telling us that this would happen was a great help to Ur..
“what is help….”
I had the confidence to cry.
What he cannot interpret is the same as what no one in this world can interpret..
I expected that I would be able to get out of this darkness quickly..
However, despite the long voyage, the snowfall did not wake up. I thought that he would wake up soon after he died, but not only Snow Seol but also the summoned beasts could not escape from the terrible darkness..
“If it's time... how long does it take?”
Karuna asked Ur..
Ur gave the answer he hated the most..
“I do not know… I guess you can say that.”
“You're scolded.”
“How on earth was this space reclaimed? This is ridiculous. Man made this?”
panting…
Coco and the crows were watching them from around..
“Still, I can guess to some extent. I can't guarantee it, but it will get better..”
Ur frowned..
“I wish I had heard a little more about this place..”
In this case, I had to approach the very simple part first..
Not only Ur, but everyone knew it..
jamard said.
“The fact that Kang Seol knew about this space in advance and hinted at it does not mean that this space was at least created with a negative connotation.?”
“That's right, this space wasn't made to keep us locked up like this..”
Karen's eyes opened wide at those words..
“huh? That means this black space is helpful to us.?”
“To be precise, it would be helpful. Let's learn about it now.”
“hmm… Wouldn't the owner be in trouble if we weren't there??”
Everyone's eyes turned to Karen's words..
Karen, who noticed what was in their eyes, smiled brightly..
“sorry! That can't be possible.”
* * *
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss For…
Shadows gathered in my hand.
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss For…
Gathered even stronger.
“It doesn't work. Not yet.”
The power of the shadow was the same, but summons could not be summoned..
Since the summoning problem was not caused by external factors or abnormal conditions, I could not connect with them even through the power of bloodline..
It was a situation that would have made Snowfall quite embarrassed, but he thought rather indifferently..
‘Ur hasn't interpreted it yet. There are times like this.’
If Ur had finished interpreting space, summoned beasts could have popped out at his fingertips at any time, but unfortunately, there was no response at the moment..
In that case, you might think that taking the Eternal Life Pill would actually be a loss since you won't be able to summon it for the time being, but that wasn't the case at all..
Just look at the message that came to mind while Snowfall was sleeping..
[Yeongsaenghwan (永生丸) rebuilds the body.]
[The energy of the eternal life cycle combines with the blood of origin..]
[The blood of the beginning energizes the spirit of eternal life..]
[All abilities increase by 50.]
[I fall into a state of openness..]
[Begin the construction of nothingness.]
……
The true efficacy of Yeongsaenghwan was not revealed immediately..
In order for the eternal life illusion to activate, one had to experience a state of physical collapse, that is, death..
Since Yeongsaenghwan itself is included in the extreme poison, it would have naturally led to death anyway, but Kangseol tried to use even his death to shake off the pursuers of Yeongsaenggyo..
And in the end, the plan succeeded brilliantly..
However, some problems remain.
The first problem was that it was resolved now, but there was a crisis of one kind or another due to the long period of time in suspended animation, and the second problem was that the summoning spell could not be used for a while..
Is the efficacy of Yeongsaenghwan great enough to endure such problems? We come to the question, and the answer is yes..
As the vision of the immortal leader of the Yeongsaeng Church who performed numerous illusions, the Yeongsaeng illusion had quite a unique effect..
Perhaps Ur is suffering from the construction of nothingness, which is the first effect of the Eternal Life Pill..
The thought of him struggling brought a smile to Kang Seol’s face..
Gaebyeok, the first stage of eternal life, rapidly increases the body's capabilities and creates a new independent space within the body..
In other words, this independent space is called nothingness, and it is the reason why the immortals were able to summon strangely powerful summons..
‘Anyway, all abilities increase by 50... That's amazing.’
In total, his abilities have increased by a whopping 300, so even if he fights a knight of similar level with his bare body, he will easily win..
Originally, all abilities would have only increased by about half, or about 30, but as the medicinal energy of the Eternal Life Pill combined with the original blood, even more abilities increased..
It was something that could be seen as a result of heavenly luck. Having gained so many abilities, Kang Seol wasn't too worried about the future..
With abilities comparable to those of a tank, and Jamard's fighting skills that he had learned, the gap in summons would not have been felt much..
At least for the time being, when there is no chance of meeting a strong enemy..
‘Well, let's think about it later. There are a lot of things to solve now..’
Kang Seol climbed on his shoulder and asked Bitan, who was dozing off..
“Grief is not uncomfortable?”
Grief woke up as she broke the swollen bell in her nose..
【Ah, I called you?】
“huh. Isn’t it inconvenient because the light has disappeared??”
【no! Grief has grown and no longer fits into the lamp.!】
The existence of grief was also important to Kang Seol. I thought it was simply a weapon fused with demonic spirits, but I never thought it would grow on its own..
‘If it weren't for heartbreak, it would have been dangerous..’
Bitan blinked and looked at the snowfall..
【Heartbreak, heavy.?】
“no. at all.”
【But why do you look at me like that?!】
“just. I feel like the heartbreak has changed somehow..”
Grief has changed a lot.
Previously, his personality had been forcibly distorted to instill a sense of estrangement, but now it felt like I was just seeing a little bad boy..
【Hehehe! Grief had a great adventure! So my body got bigger too.!】
“Yeah, I'm proud of you.”
It's not that it wasn't, it seemed like Grief's body was twice as big as before..
I felt a heaviness even on Snowfall's shoulders where the grief was resting..
Grief's growth was a huge boon to Kangseol. Especially in a situation like now where the summoning spell has been temporarily sealed..
‘Let’s check out the rewards you get when you find accommodation..’
Actually, I didn't have much expectations..
When I checked the titles and achievements, there was no significant change..
If Bria, one of the pillars of the Church of Eternal Life, had been killed, there would have been at least a brief change, but it wasn't..
‘Did you survive the fire??’
I thought it would have been swept away with Ur's tremendous power, but I was a little disappointed..
‘Well, they won't let you down that easily..’
I wasn't too worried.
The snowfall had already flowed all the way to the East, and once he came to the East, the Eternal Life Church had already faded beyond his consciousness..
Perhaps, if they met again next time, Bria could easily be brought to her knees even without using Ur's power..
‘Still, if I had defeated it this time, the reward would have been higher, but that's a shame..’
If you had killed Bria, you probably would have achieved the level of non-exaltation.?
And the same was true for Vitona..
Snowfall, who inherited Santos' memories, learned that the fight between Bitan and Vitona took place while he was sleeping, and she also recognized that she was receiving compensation for that..
However, there were some concerns..
Since Kangseol did not intervene in the fight with Bitona at all and only Bitan fought on his behalf, I was worried whether his contribution would be calculated properly..
‘Well, even if the compensation is insufficient, it doesn’t really matter. Even though I already got the eternal life pill,….’
In addition to summons, equipment, and now medicines, I was able to laugh even if the compensation was a little lacking..
【It's a village! It's a village!】
“Yes, I see heartbreak.”
You can slowly check the newly acquired rewards and the changes in grief there..
In fact, it was worth checking them out before stopping by that small town. What was so urgent that Snow Seol postponed checking for compensation and came to the village?.
Snowfall entered the village after completing the inspection..
It was such a small town that I wondered if inspections were even necessary in the first place..
The armed forces of the guards remained at the level of vigilantes..
Few people were seen in the village..
They were all wearing clothes that were completely different from the southern part where he was..
Instead of hard armor, they were armed with leather and cloth, and the shape of the weapons was completely different. It wasn't until I saw people walking around on the streets that I realized I had come to the East..
Snowfall walked through the village as if possessed. Like a person with a fixed destination.
He soon arrived at a bulletin board with a wanted flyer..
Originally, this bulletin board would have been set up separately by the Adventurer's Association, but the association's branch seemed to have been unable to enter it due to the extremely small size of the village..
“Won't you become a hero??”
A cute girl with braided hair spoke to a man wandering in front of the bulletin board..
When I looked at him, he was a man who immediately gave me the feeling that he was a transfer..
“What is this kid??”
“With Seolhong Lee, why not make Khan even greater??”
“Kid, I'm busy, so go over there and play..”
“I am Yonghwa (龍華)! He is a descendant of the great Hongcheon.!”
“How are you? so?”
“Won't you become a hero??”
The man answered while stroking the girl's head..
“It was a fun story. But if you are Yonghwa, I will be Yongseok, kid. Don't bother me, get away from me.”
“That's cruel.!”
“You'll see all sorts of strange cases. This is why I didn't come to places that were too remote, ugh.….”
Kang Seol watched the situation silently from a distance..
His mind was extremely confused..
That was the reason I put everything aside and rushed straight here..
Why?.
why.
Are you referring to that girl?.
“ha….”
Snowfall sighed and the man left and looked at the girl's sullen back..
The word pitiful is bound to come out..
I was concerned that he was frozen like a mouse in the rain..
The arrow of vocation visible in front of Kangseol was pointing towards her..
The surprising thing is that none of the horses Kangseol raised had the same characteristics as hers..
“I'm going to turn.”
A being that I saw for the first time was telling Kang Seol that it was something that needed to be recovered..
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