31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 268)
Seueuugh…
As if possessed, Kang Seol stretched out her hand towards the door..
however.
His hands were only fluttering in the air, unable to move forward to where the door was..
‘damn… I can see it but I can't touch it!’
No matter how much I swung, no matter how much I stretched, the door was far away..
‘I can finally see the door... why!’
If I open that door, I'll be able to see everyone again.
Everyone is waiting for the door to open here..
“snowfall! To the damage!”
Chiwoo's sharp scream.
Kang Seol suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly bent his back into an arch at the sight of a presence..
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
The stone statue's club, which had been swung at his upper body, groped awkwardly in the air..
Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssd…
Immediately, the Gate of Nothingness was moving away..
Was I too greedy in wanting to immediately solve the problem in front of me? Snowfall inevitably returned to reality..
‘First, let's start with the ordeal..’
If you were to suffer a stone statue like this because you were looking away, nothing would be more absurd than that..
“There are more statues! focus on the senses!”
“Are there more statues? no wonder!”
Chi-woo and Hye-myeong gain confidence in Kang-seol's words. They hurriedly gathered at the location of the snowfall..
Whoa whoa…
Teueoong-!
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
[Chiu uses Gust Sweep..]
[Elemental damage is converted to physical damage over a short period of time.]
A vortex was wrapped around both of Chiwoo’s arms..
Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
As if firing a gun, Chiu hit the statue's chest with both palms, and a palm-shaped seal was engraved on the statue's chest..
Kwajijijik!
Due to Chiu's attack, the statue was shattered into pieces, starting with a crack in its chest..
“I can't see it yet! So I'll take care of the statues.!”
“okay!”
[Hyemyeong uses fireworks..]
[For a short period of time, all attacks have a knockback effect.]
Whirling-!
Hyemyeong's baton rotated and struck the stone statues..
tudung!
Bulloooooooo!
Hyemyeong pushed away the stone statues that kept gathering around him and Chiwoo cut them into pieces..
Quasi-profit-!
In the meantime, Snowfall gradually reduced the number of monkey statues that were invisible to them..
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-gak!
Taaaaaang-!
“I'm going crazy because I can hear the sound but can't see it.….”
“I think I'll see you soon.”
“Uh... Actually, me too!”
- I'm sure) Chiwoo is a lie.
- I can't see Chiwoo's back lol.
However, an unexpected situation occurred.
Hehehehe…
Aren't the broken bodies of the statues put back together and returning to their original state?.
‘This is not it….’
It seemed like overcoming the ordeal wasn't something that could be accomplished simply by destroying all the monkey statues..
because.
dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd…
The monkey statues that had been broken down were also being repaired just like the visible statues..
“damn! It doesn't decrease?”
“Unbelievable… monkey? There are so many….”
Hyemyeong felt like she could finally see the stone monkey statue..
And they seemed embarrassed by the intimidation of their numerical superiority..
‘The number has increased since the beginning. why? And why is it a monkey?….’
Sigh…
Kang Seol suddenly remembered something strange that occurred to him when he entered this space..
His eyes fell on the chains hanging from the ceiling..
There were many monkey statues hanging from the chains. The sight of them all sticking together was bizarre, but what was important now was another fact..
Among the stone statues hanging on chains, there was an unusual one..
As soon as he confirmed the reality, Kang Seol decided that that guy was the key to breaking through this ordeal..
‘golden monkey!’
A golden monkey statue was surrounded and protected by chained monkeys.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
Kuziik!
“Ugh… There's no way?”
Kangseol said to Chiu, who was increasingly having trouble blocking the attack..
“ceiling! It's the ceiling!”
When Kang Seol mentioned the ceiling, Hyemyeong frowned..
“I can see it too.”
“Me too, for real this time.”
Wow!-!
Kwaza Viscount!
As if it wasn't a joke, Chiu struck the head of the monkey statue and blew it away..
Although everyone was aware of the existence of the monkey statue, it did not seem like the situation would improve any time soon..
While they were hesitating, a group of monkey statues came rushing in..
“Go all the way to the ceiling in one go.”
Crackling…
Chiwoo clenched his teeth and gathered wind..
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
His body shone golden..
[Chiwoo uses the Whirlwind Pavilion.]
[Opponents hit by a kick have a high probability of falling..]
[A rising wind occurs.]
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
Chiwoo's rotating body.
But no one hit anything.
In the first place, it wasn't an ability used to attack someone..
Quaaaaa…
A huge wind was focused on him..
Chiwoo stopped spinning..
“now!”
As he shouted, Kang-seol and Hye-myeong each placed a new figure in Chi-woo's hands..
“Wow!”
[Chiwoo uses Combo: Waterspout..]
[A storm based on elemental attack power deals damage to enemies within a certain range..]
Quaaaaaaa-!
Snowfall and Hyemyeong rise high with their power.
It looked like the two would climb to the ceiling in no time, but a problem arose..
chin!
chin!
A stone monkey statue blocked their path..
I couldn't give up the opportunity I worked so hard to create..
‘damn!’
Just as the mountains were piled up, stone monkey statues stepped on the shoulders of the group and aimed at Kang Seol and Hyemyeong..
At that moment, Kang-seol and Hye-myeong's gaze crossed. That moment brought a truly magical feeling..
‘…I think I know what you're thinking..’
Just by looking at the will in each other's eyes, we could feel exactly what each other was thinking..
Having acquired Watala's weapon, the power of spirit, they reached a perfect connection like never before..
like one body.
whilick-!
whilick-!
Kangseol turned his body to face the floor and Hyemyeong looked towards the ceiling..
“go!”
Bullfighting-!
Hyemyeong’s hand fiercely stretched out.
Kang Seol stretched out her hand and pushed Hyemyeong’s hand away..
His body rose significantly once again..
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-!
Leaving the falling Hye-myeong behind, Kang-seol quickly grabbed the chain..
[enlightenment! Your abilities will be strengthened.]
[Continuous: Resonance continues: Strengthened by wholeheartedly.]
Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk-!
Sigh.!
Snowfall that skipped the chain in an instant.
The golden monkey statue was embarrassed and tried to hide between the other monkey statues..
sreung-!
Snowfall stretched out her sword forward..
‘Damn it, not enough.!’
Because I was chained, and because the monkey statues around me got in the way, the attack felt a little short..
But the sword he wielded was grief.
“I'll catch it!”
Whirling-!
Grief stretches like a snake and breaks through the monkeys.
In this way, even though the power was weakened, it was possible to reach the opponent..
Taaaaaang-!
A sword strike that hits the golden monkey right between the eyes..
“I got it!”
So bad so bad…
Kwajajajajajag!
With that blow, the golden monkey's body was drawn with incontinence and split open..
Stand tall-!
All the statues stopped in an instant..
“Huh... Heo Eok….”
“Haaa… Phew….”
Whoa whoa…
thud-!
Snow falls to the ground with correct posture.
On the ground, stone statues were gathering together and changing their appearance..
Clap…
Clap…
They were bent over and stacked on top of each other..
Dedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd…
One side of the ceiling was opened, and the stone statues turned into stairs leading there..
* * *
Meanwhile, they were not the only ones going through hardships..
“Argh! Ahhhhh!”
A woman in pain, hitting her head on a stool and screaming horribly.
It was Mia, a woman from the Youngan tribe who let Kang Seol and his party into the painting..
“ha… Haaa….”
Mia, who exists in the present rather than the past, was undergoing a change with a pale complexion..
New memories flooding in like a flood.
Anecdotes with the three members of the Relic Society that are overlaid on existing memories.
brrrr…
Mia, trembling, looked into space with glass-like eyes and shed tears..
“iced coffee… Ahhh… Everything… I found out everything.”
The true identity of the three members of the Relic Society who visited her in the past..
No, is that really the right expression??
Are the memories of them new memories created by changing the past through paintings??
Or is it that their entry into the picture was a predetermined fate they faced while following the path of time??
If so, isn't their fate also predetermined??
I don't know the answer yet.
rattly…
rattly…
Pusssss…
A bunch of her paintings turned into flower petals and fluttered away..
This is what happened because the old man burned all the paintings that Mia had left behind without realizing it..
“no… don't go!”
For her who lives holding on to the past, the most precious thing was a painting..
Her paintings are like fragments of memory..
At the end of this attempt, she has lost her powers, so when the remaining paintings disappear, she will be left with nothing..
“Ugh… Black… Don't take it from me. traces of that person….”
Mia sobbed for a long time, holding on to the scattered pictures. She acted calm towards Kang Seol, but in reality, she was sick..
The deep illness in her heart devastated her. Her cursed life made her curse herself once again.
If I pour out my tears, will my worries be emptied?.
But still, there was a bigger worry for her than the missing painting..
“oh my god… no… . As it is… As it is….”
They set off in search of the past to obtain the spirit of the wilderness. what happens to them.
Mia is the person who read the last page of the book..
Because I had memories from the past, I knew what was happening to them..
Is this a future that hasn’t changed yet?.
Otherwise, is it the past that cannot be changed because it has already been decided?.
What awaits them…
“they… everyone will die….”
If we don't change the past, we all die. In her mixed memories, the images of the three members of the Relic Society who died after being turned into rags by the Sondae came to mind..
“Stop me... please!”
Was it wrong to mess with the past?.
Still, I was wandering around looking for the answer..
* * *
crackling…
widely…
“You don't have to sleep?”
“I tend to recover quickly.”
“ha ha ha! That's the same thing.”
Hyemyeong and Kangseol were sitting by the fire talking..
After passing the second trial, I walked along the path leading to the stairs..
nothing, nothing.
Because of the strangely long road, Kangseol and his party had to force a march..
I entered the ruins and it feels like the second day is coming to an end..
Only with the space where the next ordeal would take place right around the corner were they able to take a proper rest..
On the second day, not being able to sleep properly was a very painful situation for Mia, even if it was for Seolhong..
Kangseol, Hyemyeong, and Chiwoo.
In a broad sense, even Seolhong could be considered a military person... They were able to continue the arduous march, but Mia suffered from high fever and body aches..
Therefore, the group takes a short break to restore Mia's stamina..
Even during that brief break, Kangseol and Hyemyeong did not fall asleep. Because I thought I didn’t know when something would happen..
“Haaa….”
Hyemyeong sighs while looking at the burning embers..
“…You look worried..”
“Don't be too sensitive to my feelings. Wattala's power can be used for just that.….”
“No, I said that because I wanted to sigh..”
“…me again.”
Hyemyeong looked at Mia's sleeping form once..
‘Is that the concern?.’
A choice that came to mind countless times when moving Hyemyeong..
It was a choice he had to make over and over again after he became involved with Mia..
“listen to me.”
“…However much.”
“It's about Mia. No, is it exactly my problem??”
“I think I heard it last time.”
Even though he knew what Hyemyeong was worried about, Kang Seol calmly pretended not to know..
“That's a different problem. Did I ever tell you about Mia's abilities??”
“…no. All I heard was that he was kicked out of the tribe..”
Hyemyeong explained with a stern expression..
“Mia's painting is dangerous.”
“…….”
“You have the power to change the past. Just listening to it takes my breath away?”
“I understand why you were kicked out of the tribe. It's not a power that a single spirit tribe can protect..”
“Yes, that's a dangerous force..”
Hyemyeong seemed somewhat listless..
Feeling unsure of himself.
“For Mia, pictures are everything. They say that the moment of drawing is the most enjoyable moment. She said she was lucky to be born, haha….”
Hyemyeong's distorted face.
“I am… I hope Mia doesn't paint for the rest of her life..”
“…….”
“Those who knew Mia's whereabouts even broke the rules and killed them all, but... I am….”
“You're leaving?”
“…okay. Someday I have to leave her side.”
It will happen.
Hye-myeong cannot protect Mia forever. When Kang Seol, who lived as Hyemyeong, was young, he thought that was the only way to do it..
Because Hyemyeong was destined to leave Mia someday..
‘That judgment might be wrong.’
Now that I am here, I look back at Mia in the distant future, when she was left alone. After Hyemyung left, there was something off about her abandoning the painting..
Hyemyeong, no, he himself sentenced Mia to such a future..
‘It's similar.’
Perhaps Kang Seol and Hye Myung’s current situation was similar..
Hyemyeong will leave Mia, and Kangseol will leave Seolhong. The time will come when you have to make an important decision..
“If Mia didn't paint, the world might be okay..”
“…okay.”
“However, if Mia doesn't paint, her world will definitely fall apart..”
Snow speaks with confidence.
Hyemyeong faced those snowy eyes..
“…Why do you speak so confidently??”
“that….”
By changing Hye-myeong's behavior, can Kang-seol's own judgment, which is driving him now, be changed??
it is unknown.
If Hye-myeong was a horse driven only by Kang-seol's will, all of this series of actions would be worthless enough to be thrown into the trash can, but he was not an ordinary horse who acted as simply as a doll..
‘Because I was stubborn.’
Hyemyeong shook her head..
“Well, when I think about it, I think that’s quite possible. thanks….”
He couldn't finish his sentence..
Because Kang Seol interrupted him and changed the topic..
“Unbelievable… Hurry up, we need to wake everyone up.….”
“…what? suddenly what is that….”
Tsuzzzzzzzz…
Snowfall woke up trembling..
An enormous ghostly sound from afar awakened his senses..
‘So... how!’
There's still a day left until the gate to the ruins opens..
‘no way… ? They say they forced their way through the gate of the ruins.?’
The suspicion grew bigger and bigger..
I couldn't sense any other ghosts, and it seemed like they couldn't stand the wait and had broken through the ruins alone..
‘Damn it….’
Kangseol looked in the direction where Geunseondae was approaching and said:.
“This guy... I came through the gate of the ruins..”
Hyemyeong was startled..
“If it's a guy... The one who chased us….”
“…okay.”
“why! There would be one more day left... Could it be that they were forced to intervene? That's possible?”
Snowfall turned her head in the direction where Gwangya-ryeong was sleeping..
Now, rather than obtaining the wilderness command, you will have to worry about your party escaping from the ruins safely..
So much has changed.
Every moment has been tightening them..
ugh ugh ugh…
From the entrance, the ruins vibrated as if a force was smashing down the gate..
At that moment, Snowfall’s vision changed completely..
Darkness filled all around him, and a huge curtain fell..
Snowfall looked down at the feet.
His feet were stepping in the dark.
thud…
thud…
thud…
The huge door shook as if it had been hit by a mythical monster..
A sound came from beyond the door..
- The hesitation is still the same..
“you….”
- Does this body have to be destroyed again??
A roar was heard from beyond the door..
Dedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd…
The door shook violently from that laughter..
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