31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 280)
A soldier whose escape route was blocked looked back at his pursuer and asked:.
“…How did you know?”
“Because it smells.”
Fuuuuuk…
Pooh wow…
“Kiyi….”
There was an uproar as several ghosts who had been sneaking into the city for several days were exterminated. The enemy within really existed.
Even in the Central Army, a large number of ghosts were captured who had actually borrowed the appearance of dead soldiers and pretended to be those soldiers..
After this day, the transferees staying in Song Dynasty made their attitude clear..
Approximately one-third of the former troops left the Song Dynasty, and the remaining personnel cooperated with the central army..
It could be said that he participated in the training with some enthusiasm, but in reality, it was just a verbal training and was about adapting to the organization..
Still, it's funny to the remaining transferees, but there were also small benefits..
It is said that they have been given various adventures related to the defense of the city, so it would not be a loss if they could save their lives in this task..
Wow!
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Kotaro fiercely attacks Snowfall. The sword he held in his hand was a wooden sparring sword..
After avoiding the wooden sword by bending his back, Kang Seol pulled Kotaro's back with his leg and broke his posture..
“Ugh….”
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-!
The snowfall's blade reached Kotaro's neck, but did not go any further..
“Huh... Huh... Thank you for your effort.”
“Thank you for your effort!”
Transferees bowing their heads.
The transferees' attitude toward snowfall has changed a lot in a short period of time. Like people training at a dojang, they chased after Kang Seol, trying to learn at least one more thing..
- Oh, I don’t have anything to teach you haha.
- So, he's a summoner.?
“and… saw?”
“How does it move like that? I couldn't do it.”
“Can you do it? Isn’t that person the one with the highest score among the transferees??”
“Maybe not? They say other towns fight without a day off... It's easy in this neighborhood?”
“That's right….”
Pandea's worldview is that there are wizards who use martial arts and swordsmen who use magic..
The only relevant abilities were derivations of derivations, so if you wanted to obtain them, you could obtain them..
Since all abilities followed that basic formula, there was no need to get frustrated if things didn't work out. As their abilities rise, the first thing they will think of is how to use them, so they too will reach this point someday..
Kang Seol took the time to briefly interact with the transferees..
There wasn't really anything to gain from them, but the central army and the transferors could mix together more smoothly only if there was a link called snowfall, so I took my time steadily..
* * *
The afternoon break is over, and the time for the regular meeting held every day since being dispatched here has returned..
The meeting was run by the Central Army staff, and various agenda items were discussed depending on the defense situation..
“A total of forty-two… There were so many ghosts in this small castle, that's why it was so crowded..”
Qiu yawned and said.
The staff spoke about matters related to him..
“The boundary amulets you sent have been placed in various places..”
Jamard clearly showed himself as a great shaman through this incident. Not only is he a combat enthusiast who is good at fighting, but he is also equipped with wisdom and techniques..
Maybe this is all because of a strange scripture called Dark Living Magic. Jamard felt this as well, and occasionally suggested to Kangseol that he should look into the magic scriptures..
Seolhong asked.
“Additional support is?”
“They say it will take some time to dispatch a shaman from the center..”
“Now that things have gotten a little bigger... I can't help it?”
It was just as Seolhong said..
A hypothesis that a ghost may exist behind the monster movements that are taking place throughout Khan..
Seolhong reported this to Yonggung through the recorders, and was informed of the progress of the situation through immediate processing..
“It seems like the ghosts were determined. It is said that traces of ghosts continue to be discovered in other cities as well..”
“Umm… It's not good….”
We talked about a few more agenda items..
“Can the iron guns in the castle be repaired??”
“As you instructed, it is currently being repaired. However, the destruction range is too wide, so I don't think it's suitable for defensive purposes..”
“The barrier is?”
“We are reinforcing it, but... Citizens are tired.”
“It would be worth it... . Not only did we take heavy damage from the air raid, we also need to prepare for the next air raid.….”
You may have thought that you had an advantage because you only had to defend, but in reality, that wasn't the case at all..
While the enemy was aware of this side, this side did not know when and where the enemy would attack..
In short, maintaining a state of extreme tension..
It might be okay for trained soldiers, but it was a fear that would be difficult for ordinary citizens to endure..
“Resources are limited... It is difficult to take a long time….”
“They also suffered heavy damage from the air raid, so I think it's fair to say that their strengths are similar.….”
The staff stopped talking and saw Biran sitting next to Kang Seol, drinking something with a serious expression..
“Biran, what are you drinking while working??”
“Yongseok bought it for me and strongly recommended it, so I had no choice.….”
Biran blinked one eye several times towards the snowfall..
“…Isn’t that usually done without being noticed by others??”
“I will correct it.”
“No, don't correct that... hmm… no. The interrogation?”
“It didn't blow in the end.”
“It wasn't that there wasn't enough torture.?”
“If you actually see it, it must be so devastating. I vomited as soon as I got there. The torture experts dispatched from Cannes were truly amazing... The squeamishness is real….”
“It is unavoidable to save even a few more citizens' lives..”
Kang Seol quietly listened to the meeting and was lost in thought..
‘Where did they come from??’
This word has two meanings here..
Ghosts that were enough to cause trouble throughout Khan suddenly appeared. First, where did they come from? Second, how were they able to infiltrate the Song Dynasty?.
“Maybe it came over the castle wall??”
“They would have been found out. The security forces are maintained in quite large numbers before and after the air raid, and as a result, fatigue has accumulated..”
“Then, go confidently through the gates… You couldn't have come in.”
“…yes.”
Kang Seol, who was listening to Chi-woo and the staff talk, listened blankly for a while, but then remembered something and spoke straight to the staff..
“sewer.”
“…yes?”
“If it seeped here through the underground,?”
“Sewage management is carried out every day. If the person in charge noticed something wrong, it would definitely be... ah!”
“They are the ones who deceived even the transferees. For sure….”
The staff's eyes spun furiously..
And I looked through the documents and checked the list of ghosts that had been revealed..
“there is….”
The aide pointed to the job of the man the ghost was imitating..
“There was a ghost who took on the role of a person in charge of a sewer purification facility.!”
“I guess I should check it out..”
Chiwoo said.
“Are you saying there could be guys crawling under your feet right now? eww… Then, if you use explosives to blow up the sewer,….”
“The Song Dynasty will fall..”
“yes? In the end, we have to find them and push them out without damaging the facility.….”
Kang Seol said this.
“Even if they used the sewers, there's no guarantee that the sewers are their base..”
The staff nodded..
“The number of monsters that survived the supply alone would have filled the sewers. That's probably not their base..”
“Anyway, first we have to check if they actually used the sewer..”
“yes. Then who….”
Everyone's eyes naturally turned to Snowfall..
* * *
The next day, Kang Seol reported to Seol Hong that he had discovered traces of monsters in the sewer through reconnaissance..
It felt like a strong smell had settled into my body, but the smell will go away in a few days..
More important than that was the whereabouts of monsters and ghosts..
“I didn't even know they were right around the corner.….”
“There were traces of use, but it was definitely not a base. The road led somewhere.”
“hmm….”
While the staff was answering various questions from Seolhong, Seolhong seemed to have decided on his next move in his mind..
“So, let's do it this way..”
The words that poured out of her mouth were not just a simple strategy..
“Let's hit this one first. The first thing to do is to find out the base..”
“This is a dangerous idea.!”
“why?”
The staff opposed the march, citing various reasons that were easy for Seolhong to understand. He looked like he hoped others would oppose Seolhong's opinion..
However, Kang-seol and Chi-woo's reaction was exactly the opposite of his wishes..
“great.”
“great idea.”
- Look at the expression on the staff’s face haha.
- Don't bother public officials, you guys.!
- Let's do it right now!
- The staff is scheduled for a second-level special promotion..
The staff immediately intervened..
“Joe, if that many people were trapped in a small space, the damage would be extreme! Even if it falls apart….”
“That many people? We will maintain our defensive forces..”
“yes? So how are you going to go out??”
Seolhong looked at Chiwoo and Kangseol in silence..
“…Are you a genius??”
Chiwoo strongly agreed with Seolhong’s idea..
- Hahahahahahahahahahaha
- If you send only two, that is ‘going out’..
- Let the infantry stay home and let the tanks go to the battlefield.!
“Wow, this is crazy. Seolhong, this is a lot more complicated than you think.!”
Seolhong laughed..
“A true victory is when you can solve complex problems simply..”
That's what they said, but there were a few people who followed Kang Seol and Chi Woo. Including Biran, there were three Jeonja who were good at chasing..
The number of people had tripled compared to the first time, but it was only 6 people..
Biran, holding his nose, followed along along the flowing sewage..
“Ugh… It smells disgusting.”
“Because it's a sewer..”
“that… A more foul smell that cannot be expressed in words….”
“It must be the smell of a monster's excrement. This smell... It must be close to Ticobee's excrement..”
Ticobi was a lizard monster with smooth skin..
“how do you know that?”
“I'm interested in this.”
After those words, Biran walked a little away from Snowfall..
One of the transferees placed his hand on a drop of suspicious liquid placed in front of his feet..
cook…
and took it to his mouth.
“stop… I was wrong, please let me go back.….”
Biran saw that and fell into panic..
- Save me, save me…
- Strange guys….
Jeonja chewed, savored the taste of the liquid, and said:.
“It's bitter. It's a bodily fluid. It must have gone this way..”
“Looks like you came to the right place.”
“Let's keep going.”
The transferees took more initiative than expected and took on this task. Kotaro said he was very disappointed that he could not follow suit, but that the other transferees he recommended would be much more helpful..
These were the transferees..
Jeopuk…
Jeopuk…
There was no sign of anything nearby..
“It all went away. Did you notice??”
“Since all the infiltrated ghosts were filtered out, communication would have been cut off. If she felt suspicious, she would have left immediately..”
“Please, they should have left a trace.….”
“I hope so.”
Snowfall was lost in thought as she quietly followed the chaser. The words that the ghost captured in the barracks divulged kept ringing in my mind..
- The Yasha has broken the boundaries, and the demon king will fall..
‘Could it be that there is a hole in your world??’
Just as the home of spirits is the spirit world, the home of ghosts also existed..
That place is called the ghost world.
Common ghosts lived there.
In order not to invade human territory and not to disappear.
I was disturbed by the organized movements of those ghosts throughout Khan..
‘Umm… To what extent does Yasha have anything to do with this??’
Even if it is true that the yaksha broke the boundary, it may not have been intentional..
‘…Yaksa is a being without reason..’
Could it be that we escaped from the control of snowfall for no reason?.
Anyway, you can't judge anything rashly until you know the truth..
Wow!…
A group of people who got out of the sewer.
The pursuer expressed his disapproval..
“hmm… The traces are sparse and broken..”
“wait a minute!”
Whoop whoop…
[Biran uses the wind of the day.]
[Brings out memories of the desired air within a certain range..]
Hehehey profit-!
It appeared as if a seal made of air had stood still..
“Did you have this talent??”
“I didn't blow into your ears on purpose. I'm breathing too much.”
“I understand.”
The trail led to a deep mountain path..
It is located a little far from the city, to put it simply, in a place that is no different from a mountain valley..
“oh my god….”
Crrrrrrr…
Cuong!
Wow!!
Monsters that fill the valley.
The number seemed to be hundreds..
If the scale of the enemy was this much, it would be difficult to wipe it out without causing any damage, even if it was a snowfall..
Hundreds of monsters. Considering that the monsters were of different sizes, it was large enough to threaten Song Jo..
Kang Seol conveyed this fact through his alter ego next to Seol Hong. The answer came right away.
- It was closer than I thought. then… What do you see around you??
Shoot ahhh…
A couple of abandoned houses with unusual doorknobs, and a waterfall that falls three times. The monsters were quenching their thirst with the water falling from that waterfall..
Seolhong relayed this story through his lieutenants..
- Find a citizen who knows at least one thing about the northwest valley, the triple waterfall, and the house with the unique doorknob! hurry!
a moment's commotion.
10After a few minutes had passed, Seolhong said:.
- The coordinates were specified. Hurry up and get away from there and go back the way you came for about 5 minutes..
“Does it reach the range of the iron cannon??”
- barely. It's heavenly luck.
* * *
The ghosts that permeated the valley acted like shepherds herding sheep..
“I thought they would self-destruct, but now they're annoying.”
“Hehehe… Yes, it's only for a short time. Just swallow it slowly. Since the yaksha has broken the border, we can target humans at any time..”
“Still, I don’t want to wait… I want to put something in my mouth quickly..”
“Giggling... Let's wait for them to get tired and then go in..”
Hundreds of monsters and about 100 ghosts were literally invincible..
These are beings who were part of the ghost army a long time ago..
They were like the remnants of the fallen legion..
They haven't tasted human blood in a long time. I was that hungry, but I learned to wait for a long time..
And after a long thirst, greater pleasure comes..
“You idiots! Standing there like that, all I can think about is shaking. Should I be the leader of the humans instead? If you sacrifice a human being to me every day, I will lend you a trick on your behalf..”
“Hehehe… Then give me one arm and I'll take your place..”
Not all ghosts are obsessed with pleasure..
They also tend to follow someone who is a little wiser..
The leader of the group was better than these people..
“Don't make a fuss, what are you going to do if someone hears?.”
“It's okay because I ate everything on the mountain.!”
“Tsk… Anyway, stay quiet. 'Cause I'm still figuring out the situation.”
“But why should I stay quiet? Just kill them all?”
“You idiot, just kill all the humans. It's because of Yasha.”
“ah!”
“You must not be seen by the Yaksha. The yaksha will kill everyone it encounters..”
“that's right! Yasha is scary….”
“Yasha is strong….”
For some reason, even the ghosts were afraid of the yaksha..
Why are they so afraid of the yakshas that they clearly followed the yakshas?.
right then.
The sky flashed with a suspicious light..
Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
“…what?”
“Ugh… Snow….”
Light poured down.
No, that wasn't light.
fire.
it was fire.
“That… what….”
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
Kiaaaaa!
“Ahhhhh!”
A thunderbolt fell from the sky.
Fireworks shot in the direction of Songjo.
Seolhong, who exploded a peony from his iron cannon, quietly recited:.
“Become ashes, invaders..”
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-!
A valley that became a sea of fire.
It seemed like hell had unfolded as the barely surviving monsters and ghosts screamed..
And then, a dusky shadow appeared beyond the flames..
Quasi-profit-!
Push shot-!
It was snowing and raining.
“No, they are bastards.!”
“run away!”
Any thoughts of fighting have already flown far away. Most of the troops burned down and there was no way there was anything left..
“Huh... Heo Eok….”
The leader of the group, who barely survived, tried to run away to avoid Snowfall and Chiu..
Sigh…
With a creepy feeling, someone's hand grabbed the ghost's neck..
“K….”
Kangseol grabbed the ghost's neck and lifted it up and asked:.
“…Where are you?”
“Wow... human… what… what….”
His golden eyes demanded the truth.
“Yasha.”
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