31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 263)
Kang Seol looked at Hyemyeong with a momentarily lost expression..
‘Young Hye-myeong... oh my god.’
I already knew that I would meet him if I went into Mia's painting, but I was a little embarrassed to actually see Hyemyeong in front of me..
“Don't come any closer, it's a warning..”
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
Hyemyeong’s bong gave off a soft golden light..
The golden light within was weaker than Chiu's light, but that would not be his full strength..
“hey!”
Kang Seol came to his senses at Hye Myung’s anger..
“Reveal your identity!”
“we are….”
Actually, now was the most difficult time..
Mia is very wary and Hyemyeong is protecting her..
Since you suddenly approach them, it's natural to be suspicious..
However, there was no way Kang Seol and his party could not have expected this..
I said the words I had prepared in advance..
“It's a relic society..”
“…what? relic society?”
“Yes, this time I was dispatched to Janita Plateau because of important ruins..”
Kang Seol had to remember what exactly Hyemyeong was doing at that time..
What items did you get and what adventures did you go on?.
Judging from his behavior, it appears that he has not yet obtained the wilderness. It was as expected.
For a moment, Kang Seol wondered why his speech had become shorter, but he concluded that he probably subconsciously thought of the person as someone he had known for a long time, not as someone he had just met for the first time..
‘It's not wrong….’
Anyway, the important thing now is to get the other person to accept your presence..
“relics… episode?”
Hyemyeong looked for a moment..
He who acted confidently was intimidated by the word “Relics Association.”.
If Hyemyeong had met Kang Seol and his party somewhere other than here, there would have been no reason to be intimidated just because they were part of the Relic Society..
‘I guess I have no choice but to hesitate now.….’
That's right, if the Relic Association got involved, things would have gotten complicated..
“Heh, heh… From a relic society to a place like this? Well, somehow… It seemed like the uniform color was not the uniform color here.….”
Chi-woo, who has a blank expression, and Seol-hong, who senses the situation and acts calmly..
It would have been great if things had continued like this, but Chiu added an awkward act..
“Yeah, that's right. We are a relic society..”
Chiwoo was really bad at lying..
Normally, that would have been nice, but unfortunately, in the current situation, it only raised the other person's suspicions..
“Hmm….”
Hyemyeong noticed something strange and asked back..
“If it's a relic society... Which of you is in charge??”
Chi-woo lacked knowledge about the existence of the Relic Society, and Seol-hong's level was not much different..
In other words, the person in the group who knew the most about the relic society was Kang Seol..
“grow.”
“like… Yes, it looked like it. name is?”
The names of Kang Seol, Chiu, and Seol Hong were conveyed..
“So, for what purpose did you guys come here? Oops, doesn’t the Relic Society tell outsiders about its work??”
Kang Seol responded calmly..
“That can't be possible, we came here to find one thing. We found out that what we're looking for is here..”
“…thing?”
Mia, who was hiding behind Hyemyeong's back, glanced at his luggage..
It seemed like he was uncomfortable with this situation as he kept squirming..
Kang Seol noticed something suspicious about her behavior..
‘Botjim… I guess it's over there.’
Due to the structure of the ruins where the wilderness spirit rests, there were items that could be obtained first..
‘You must have already obtained the golden statue from the ruins..’
Ruins of Wattala.
It was around this time that Hyemyeong began to gain great power..
Before the spirit of wilderness, he acquired a sleeping golden statue of a god and gained enlightenment from that statue, resulting in an explosive increase in power..
“that… What exactly are you looking for??”
If I say that Kang Seol is a new figure here, Hye Myung's expression will be worth seeing..
However, right now, I wasn't close enough to Hye-myeong to pull off such a prank, and I had to convince them that they weren't enemies..
And most of all, I was concerned about the warning Mia left before Kang Seol and her group entered the picture..
The first of Mia's warnings.
- The world in the picture is literally a new world. We cannot expect what has already happened to happen again. Choices are divided into various paths and will lead to good or bad things..
- That means… Are you saying that something different from the original past could happen there? Picture: The problem that arises when we replace this wilderness spirit that has lost its power with the intact wilderness spirit there is?
- Although the power of this wilderness spirit has disappeared, it certainly exists in reality. The future will not be greatly distorted because of this. but… If you want to obtain a complete wilderness spirit, you must replace what the wilderness spirit did in the past. Otherwise….
Mia said this.
- When you return, it may be very different from what you knew. If that happens... There won't be another chance to fix this. This opportunity... Because I squeezed out every last drop of strength I had left..
Mia's drawings can change the past.
No, since I said this would be the last time I lost my power, it would be fair to say that I was able to change the past..
This was the reason why she was targeted by some evil people..
But now there are only a few people left on the continent who know of her abilities..
‘You only have this one chance, and you shouldn't twist the future into anything other than what was decided. Because it's too dangerous.’
Just recovering the wilderness spirit won't throw the future into disarray..
The spirit of wilderness had only shown one miracle until recently, when it lost all its power..
‘If we complete that miracle here, we will be able to bring the wilderness spirit to reality..’
Of course, there were caveats.
It is said that Daedeok Hyemyeong, which was famous throughout the continent, exists just a stone's throw from Gwangyalyeong..
“What we are looking for….”
gulp…
“It's a drop.”
Phew….
Mia sighed softly at those words..
Maybe this is a sigh of relief.
They may have judged that a dispute might arise over the already recovered golden statue..
Fortunately, the tension eased somewhat when Kang Seol and his party said that they were looking for something other than the golden statue..
Hyemyeong looked at Snowfall for a moment and scratched her head..
“What does it look like, that drop?”
whilick…
Snowfall showed the appearance of the wilderness depicted on the scroll..
“Hmm… this… hmm….”
Hyemyeong thought for a moment and said:.
“This will do. I think I know where what you're looking for is..”
It will happen.
Because the wilderness spirit could only be obtained by opening the second gate of the Wattala ruins..
Kangseol remembered that there was a clue given in the ruins element that a mysterious bell was sleeping at the second gate..
“I will help you guys. Instead, please do me a favor.?”
After a while, Hye-myeong approaches Kang-seol after stopping by their temporary shelter..
That request wasn't a big deal..
“This, close your eyes.”
“…….”
Both Chiwoo and Seolhong see something for the first time..
But snowfall knew what it was.
golden statue.
At first glance, it looked like a reclining Buddha, but it also looked like a statue modeled after the greedy god believed in in voodoo..
Because he was showing his teeth and wearing a lot of jewelry..
Kang Seol already knew that Hyemyeong had found this in the ruins and was gradually releasing its power..
‘You're moving forward well..’
Snowfall never had the heart to take this away from him..
this was his.
‘The golden statue is... He's pretty coveted, but he already got it.’
It was not a future worthy of an inflection point..
Would robbing him of his identity and depriving him of the abilities he would gain would make things better than they are now??
‘No, I don't touch anything else as much as possible. Let's only aim for the wilderness.’
Kang Seol nodded and said.
“If you help us with our work, we won't report it to you..”
“Really??”
“Yeah, I hate being bothered..”
“thanks! I heard that the Relics Association is very strict in handling its affairs, but I don't think that's the case with you.!”
- Because it is not a relic society!
- nod-!
“Ah, that's a compliment. Rather, did you say it was the spirit of wilderness??”
“Yes, wilderness spirit.”
“Unfortunately it's impossible to get it right now.”
I already knew about snowfall.
‘I guess the timing was a little off..’
Hyemyeong told me the reason..
“This ruins opens once every three days. That too at night.”
Previously, something I experienced once at the Demon Lord Alkatron..
Ruins that appear at night. The ruins of Wattala were even more difficult to enter, with a three-day entry limit..
“It'll be two more days before the ruins open..”
“…okay.”
Hyemyeong raised one eyebrow and looked away in sorrow as Kangseol obediently believed his words..
“however… I wasn't in a hurry so I couldn't ask earlier, but what is that black creature? Is it emergency food or something??”
Bitan frowned and replied.
【It's black! Food! It's heartbreak!】
“heartbreak? What is heartbreak... Wait, you're talking too?”
“Grief is my assistant.”
“aha! They say that if you go to the Relic Society, it's full of strange creatures, and there was this guy who even said that. Nice to meet you, my name is Hyemyeong. I apologize for my harsh words earlier..”
whilick-!
When Hyemyeong held out her hand, Bitan placed her tail on it..
【Please forgive me just this once!】
Hyemyeong chuckled at Bitan’s reaction and said:.
“I will take care of your meals. Corn porridge is okay for dinner?”
Chiwoo pricked up his ears at those words..
“corn porridge?”
“huh.”
“Well, great.….”
“But the condition of the corn is a bit bad.”
“What is it like??”
“A few are a bit rotten..”
“Why is it a little bit rotten? If it rots, give it to the ground as fertilizer! If a few are rotten, there are some that are fine, so you can just give it to them.?”
“Mia is growing up, so we need to feed her healthy food. I was taking care of the rot. I'm glad you guys were able to come and get rid of it before it rots further. Ha ha ha ha ha.”
- Ha ha ha ha ha?
- This bastard?
- I'm killing you!
Kang Seol chuckled at those words..
‘Because I wasn't eating it myself. The reason he did something like that was….’
Hyemyeong's body is like that of an iron man..
Even if you eat just a little bit of rotten corn, nothing will happen..
It may not have tasted good, but it wasn't for Kang-seol to actually eat, so the good ones were given to Mia, and the bad ones were given to Hye-myeong..
When Kang Seol found the traces he left behind, he felt strange..
“I will take care of your meals during your stay..”
“uh? It doesn't matter?”
“That's how it should be. Because it's better than rotten corn porridge..”
“…That's right, right? But changing the chef doesn’t mean the corn will come back to life.….”
chin… chin…
Kang Seol took out a lot of things from her belongings..
It was a full range of ingredients in a seasoning container..
Hyemyeong was very surprised that everything had not lost its freshness..
“Does this all go in there? I get it! It's a relic from the Relic Society.!”
At this time, it would be the first time you have seen your belongings as there will be no transfer or anything..
“What does that mean?.”
“ha ha ha! I like you more and more!”
Cheeeeee…
Snowfall prepared a meal containing not only vegetables but also meat..
Seolhong asked softly..
“From the looks of it, he is devoted to Buddhism, but I guess that's not the case with meat... Isn’t it??”
“that….”
Seolhong was worried that Kangseol had momentarily forgotten what kind of person Hyemyeong was..
However, it was Kang Seol who knew Hyemyeong best..
“uh? doesn't care! I eat meat too.”
“…Isn’t there a precept??”
“I beat him up. Now there's only one precept I keep.”
Hyemyeong smiled..
“save yourself.”
- save yourself.
What Kang Seol once said to one person.
Hyemyeong’s realization was also Kang Seol’s realization..
“This is my first time hearing this precept.….”
“Well then, it's a precept I created..”
“It was pure nonsense..”
“Haha, even if it's nonsense, how difficult is it to keep even that one thing??”
* * *
After finishing the meal, the group quickly fell asleep..
“Wow….”
Chi-woo was asleep, seemingly guarding Seol-hong's side..
It may have seemed defenseless, but Chi-woo would probably protect Seol-hong if something threatening happened..
crackling…
widely…
Seueuugh…
Mia and Hyemyeong were not in bed..
Snowfall got up from her seat and walked to a place a little away from her bed..
There was Mia sitting on a rock and Hyemyeong swinging a baton violently..
Whoa whoa…
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
The sound of a powerful blow shook the plateau..
“Phew… Phew… I woke up?”
“…uh.”
Hyemyeong looked back at Kangseol and smiled..
“How about mixing it up??”
“…….”
One of the legendary 10 horses, sparring with Daedeok Hyemyeong.
Of course, hard work will still be needed to become a true Hye-myeong, but even so, his traces will remain..
“Don't if you don't like it.”
Kang Seol grinned..
“no, okay.”
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