31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 331)
Snowfall returned to the camp's lodgings with Bron and Burtul..
“Why did you trick me, father?.”
“Brutul.”
“I still remember that day vividly. But how… Have you been deceiving your tribe until the day you die??”
“…Because it's everyone's fault.”
“Everyone’s… wrong?”
“Let me explain everything. There's probably something you don't know.”
Burtul didn't make the worst choice..
He waited to hear from Bronn..
“Bram and other frost demons did not become like that because they wanted to..”
“then… Who wanted it??”
Bronn told Burtul the truth he had been hiding from him..
“It's a shortage.”
“…….”
“The tribe made them embrace the power of the spirits..”
“Is this Branca's order??”
“Of course, there must have been Branca’s will as well. but… It was an unavoidable situation..”
The reason they had no choice but to accept the heroic spirit.
It was also closely related to the situation of the glacier at the time..
“It has been a long time since we, the waterfall clan, settled here in the land of glaciers. Even now, Hygeltongue is a land of death, but I heard it was harsher back then..”
Kang Seol nodded..
When describing Hygeltongue in various sources, including various ancient documents, it is described as one of the lands of the dead..
This means that from the past it was too dangerous a place for life to settle down..
“Our ancestors survived. Other ancestors who inherited this land from that ancestor also survived..”
Bronn's eyes deepened..
“In the process, our ancestors developed a deep connection with the beings here and learned wisdom and power from them. Also, I became like them. however… Their power is a dangerous power that is one step closer to wildness. The power of our ancestors was forgotten like that..”
The power of the Frost Demon is borrowed from the heroic spirits of its ancestors. Snowfall reminded me of a troll..
‘Branca received strength from them..’
Burtul continued to listen..
“Branca was the one who brought back the forgotten magic. Even at that time, the Glacier Maw fought several wars over the supremacy of Hygeltongue. Because there were many enemies. The power of ancient spirits awakened us to the wildness we had forgotten and allowed many wars to end in victory..”
Bram is Bron's older brother..
In other words, they were brothers, but Kang Seol was curious about something..
‘Bram inherited the power of a heroic spirit, but why couldn't Bronn awaken the power of a heroic spirit??’
Bronn quickly answered that question..
“I, who inherited the pure power of the waterfall several generations ago, was no match for the power of the heroic spirit. Instead, my brother Bram delved into that dangerous power as well as I did. We were young at the time and had to do anything to protect our tribe without Branca..”
“…Are you saying that Bram took on all the burdens instead of his father??”
“Not only that, many tribe members, including Bram, accepted the power of the heroic spirit..”
“why… why….”
Why did I have to accept such a dangerous power? The new generation of tribe members, including Burtul, did not understand the tribe of that era that jumped into it even though they knew the danger..
“Because I had to survive.”
“…….”
“After moving to Hygeltongue, Madria's power was greatly weakened. There was no longer any place to retreat. we are… We had to create where we needed to be by our own will..”
In other words, the reason Bram and Frostgwart accepted the power of the heroic spirit was not because of greed, but to protect the tribe..
“…Even if that were the case, would anyone forgive them for what they did??”
“know. That night, many people died.”
“Mother! She lost her life to Bram, the person she trusted the most... . But why did my father….”
“Because I know it wasn't his fault..”
Bronn seemed to have already forgiven Bram..
“Nothing can be judged solely on results. There are things that were right at the time, but aren't right now. It was like that this time too..”
“So does that mean they were right?!”
“This means that the tribe is wrong. Making them hold a knife without a handle and telling them not to get hurt is wrong from the start..”
Since it was a tribal decision, it was only natural that the tribe should take responsibility as well. Bronn said so.
“Brutul. we threw away.”
“…….”
“We hand over dangerous power and responsibility to them... It's all covered up.”
Hearing Bronn's words, Burtul could only catch his ragged breath..
“But now what good does that do? They can't return now. The spirit doesn't want to lend us its power anymore..”
“I'm here to solve that.”
“…I'll think about it for a while..”
“That's it.”
Bronn was looking at the back of Burtul as he trudged out of the dorm for a long time..
“haha! It feels bad to fight with a bastard older than me..”
“Sometimes you need an open conversation.”
Kang Seol actually felt affectionate from that sight..
A bond between father and son that I have never felt before. Kang Seol had never had someone so kindly show her the way..
“Well, it's just as I heard. The Frostmaw are outcasts, but they are not exiled for their sins..”
“It's because of power. You never know when it might explode?”
“okay. In fact, on the night when the Frost Demons ran rampant, many tribe members who went out to suppress them lost their lives at their hands... The majority said there was nothing they could do..”
“Power was more important than the life that was already gone..”
“Because I had to survive. It was also the tribe's choice that the Frostmaw was crushed by its power..”
“So, what do you plan on doing? If we just reconcile like this, will things get better??”
“The emotional rift will become fainter as generations pass. And emotions are the first things to be thrown away before going to war..”
Bronn said, looking straight at the snowfall..
“A memorial service will be held. To appease the spirits.”
“They say the memorial service performed by a shaman other than Branca is dangerous..”
“So I'm talking to you now.”
“…….”
“Please make a memorial service for me.”
In the end, it seemed like things worked out like this.
“Because I inherited Branca’s power.?”
“About half.”
“the other half?”
“You are the strongest shaman I know. If you fail, you won't have to try again.”
“I'm telling you to grab a stick and jump into the fire..”
“ha ha ha! I didn't even assume you would fail. If you come forward, I won't forget this favor..”
Kang Seol asked Jamad..
‘can i do it?’
- There is nothing special about the memorial service. The problem will depend on how favorable the heroic spirits are. accept it.
‘are you okay?’
- If you don't accumulate debt to this extent, you may end up saying something else later. I don't think he's that kind of guy. It’s a memorial service… It's been a while.
Kangseol nodded at Jamad’s words..
“Okay, I'll try it..”
“Really??”
“okay.”
“Thank goodness. … really.”
* * *
Grumbling…
Trolls were crowded into the garrison of the Frostmaw tribe, which was arbitrarily high and low..
The border was left to those who had nothing to do with the scholastic spirit and the heroic spirit, so it was as if everyone who had been cursed by the heroic spirit gathered together..
“Yeba! It's here!”
“Ishii!”
Yeva was holding something and looking down at the tribe..
“what is that?”
“To leave it as a picture.”
“It's not cold?”
“It's bearable. I took the medicine that Kang Seol gave me..”
“But he also had a talent for drawing.?”
“Didn’t I tell you that I graduated from art school??”
“What, then I drew that beard too??”
“……This is real.”
“ah… sorry.”
Oooooh-!
The howling sound of a snowy wolf rang out for a long time..
Oooh!
Awwwwwwwww-!
“eww… scared.”
“Why are they crying like that?.”
“well….”
“By the way, I got to see the trolls' memorial service in person. Are we lucky??”
“Considering that this is Hygeltongue, I have nothing to say even if you call me unlucky..”
“ah.”
crackling…
Ride, ride, ride…
Trolls sitting in a circle with a huge bonfire in the center.
There was snowfall in the location closest to the bonfire..
“Snowfall, is it a troll??”
“…Sounds that don't even sound like words.”
“No, it's fascinating. How can humans get along so well with trolls? Plus, it's transference..”
“Looking at the amazing sight of humans holding a memorial service for trolls, your words are convincing..”
“yes?”
“What will happen to us if snowfall fails??”
“No, I think what's more important is how this war progresses.….”
“Will we survive until the war ends??”
“Ha ha ha ha ha! I got caught up in something serious.?”
“When I return, I will first write a book about this unbelievable story. I already left a lot of records..”
“Oh, good idea. Let's do that when we come back alive..”
“hey! If you say that, it feels like you're going to die.”
There was no way the words spoken by two humans in a corner could reach the troll..
While the two were talking, the trolls were gathered together and gathering themselves..
Sigh…
Bronn came and sat down next to Snowfall..
“Kangseol, have you ever been a leader??”
“No, not really.”
“That's surprising. Someone with your level of ability works alone..”
“is it. I think I'm unsuited for that position..”
“huh? It's inappropriate?”
“okay. Isn’t there such a thing as leadership qualities??”
“It’s a quality… There is one.”
Bronn grinned and told his story..
“I know what kind of person is who stands in front of someone.?”
“One who is superior to others? Or the wise one?”
“I'm sure there are guys like that. I don't know much about the others, so I'll tell you the story of Hygeltongue..”
“In Hygeltongue, there is a guy standing in front of you.?”
“He's the guy moving forward..”
“…….”
“There is no time to look back. In Hygeltongue, you have to keep moving forward as if your heart dies when it rests. I don't have time to check if this direction is right or if the guys following me are keeping up well..”
These are the words of Bronn, who enjoyed a golden age in Hygeltongue, the land of the dead, so they must be true..
“It's a matter of survival for us. therefore… Right now, all I can see is a future that ends Irizard. The rest is up to those who followed when peace came..”
“Bron.”
“therefore… You have to do it. Then there will be a next time.”
Bronn put his hand on Snowfall's shoulder and said.
“I believe in you.”
Kang Seol chuckled..
Partszzzzzzzzzz…
Snowfall, who turned black as she accepted Jamad, responded..
“trust me.”
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
As the snow blew loudly on something finely ground, the flames of the bonfire soared..
Grumbling-!
That moment.
Snowfall, along with Frostmaw, fell into the world of heroes..
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss For…
The night eventually swallowed everything.
There is nothing left of Frostmaw and the surrounding environment except for the bonfire..
“Wouldn’t it have been better if I had helped from the side?.”
“…snowfall.”
Jamard spoke to me..
“I guess I'll have to take action myself..”
“already?”
“I'm already here.”
“…what?”
Grumbling…
The bonfire illuminated the surroundings..
Appearance as if something hard is stuck to something soft.
What is the identity of that huge thing seen around the bonfire?.
‘…sole?’
When I looked closely, it looked like the sole of something's foot..
‘bear?’
Snowfall saw the sole of its foot, which was bigger than a troll, and slowly raised its gaze above it..
‘…oh my god.’
It's so huge that you'll have to scream right away..
A white bear of enormous size was sitting.
- I can smell Branca, and this is my first time seeing him..
When the bear spoke, the room rang loudly..
Jamard answered..
“Heroic spirits. Ancestors of the Glacial Maw, the tribe is now facing a grave crisis. need your help.”
- I don’t think the four guys who say that are even glacier maws..
“I, who am not even a glacier maw, came forward for them, but why is their ancestral heroic spirit silent??”
Kugugugugung Palace…
Next to the giant bear, this time a giant wolf came..
- When I look at you, I feel like I'm looking at Branca, that kid..
“…Branca?”
- Yeah, he was a guy with a quirky side like you..
“Branca's tribe is in trouble, so why are they turning a blind eye??”
Seuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
This time an owl came.
Each one is as big as a garden.
- Because it’s useless.
“…what?”
The owl glared scaryly and said.
- You will continue to resist, but in the end you will not be able to break the submission that is written in your blood..
“…….”
- We have lived a long time. Watching, clashing, lending strength. but… It was no use. Watching you will only shatter the peace within us..
Jamad protested..
“They say they are our ancestors, but they don’t have that much patience??”
- There is one way to break Genshin's control..
“…Is it true??”
It is possible to break the control of the original spirit..
Perhaps it was one of Jamard's ultimate goals..
Freeing the trolls from them.
However, the words that came out of the owl's mouth made Jamard's expression harden..
- You just have to give up being a troll and giving up on life..
“…What are you talking about??”
- My existence cannot be defined by anything. Perceiving beyond blood and form.
“That means… Are you telling me to be something other than a troll??”
What they were saying was that, instead of being a troll like themselves, you should become a being of a completely different dimension..
- Yes. Just as the chrysalis becomes a completely different being when it reaches fable, you become a better being.…
Crackling…
Jamard, who had been listening quietly, frowned and answered..
“Then… What does it mean??”
- …what?
From the beginning, Kang Seol knew that their persuasion would not work on Jamad. The things they said were things Jamaard detested..
“If nothing remains, if everything changes except who I am….”
Whioooooooo…
The energy of the earth swirled around the night raven’s body..
“what does it mean?”
- Otherwise, the day will never come when trolls escape the original world..
“…hey. i am a troll.”
Jamad instead scolded the heroic spirits..
“We are barbaric and warlike. Rejects any power other than primitive magic and physical strength..”
Grinning…
he laughed.
“That's good. Purity is good. That's me, Jamad..”
thud…
thud…
A huge snow leopard approaches.
- If you give up being a troll, the reason to fight disappears. Isn’t not fighting not the future you want??
“No, it has changed.”
Jamard corrected their error..
“You're not trying to remain a troll just to fight, are you? I'm trying to fight to remain a troll. Fighting is inevitable. i understand it.”
- It really is a life full of struggle. You and Branca really look alike..
right then.
A frost storm raged in space..
Hwiiiiiiiiii.…
Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk…
Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk…
someone's laughter.
The heroic spirits were looking down at the raven without even blinking their eyes..
Soon, something bluish came out of the raven..
“That's how it should be! cancer! That's how it should be! It's still the same.”
- …Branca!
- As expected, I smelled you..
- Didn’t he leave for the spirit world??
Branca's lower body was like a cloud of smoke, and only his upper body and face were clearly visible. It was proof that he was a spirit and not a substance..
“Oh, of course. I've been through various things... I'm indebted to this guy now..”
- That look... Could it be that you lost??
- Branca lost?
- Branca will not lose! He's the one who accepted our power…
Heroic spirits who seem to be extremely shocked by Branca's defeat.
Branca persuaded them on Jamard's behalf..
“Heroic spirits. The Glaciermaw needs your strength..”
- Didn't you say the same thing a long time ago, Branca?.
“Was it like that? I don't have a good memory.”
- Stupid guy! Even though I resisted so much, nothing changed! You have only resisted Irizard for generations. Is there anything so meaningless about putting effort into something that doesn't change??
“That's right. We may have to fight until the day we die.”
The bear spirit, who had kept his mouth shut, asked:.
- then… Even though I lose endlessly... What is the reason you want to fight??
Branca laughed..
“Hahaha! What can I do, I was born that way. Realizing that this is our life.”
- You will lose. Irizard has already surpassed Madria.
“That's no reason to avoid a fight.”
- Emon's power is not something we can easily see even if we add our strength. already…
“That's also not a reason to avoid a fight.”
softly…
The scent that passes the tip of your nose.
A pure white fox has come.
- Branca, your role is done. I'll ask the young troll.
When the fox appeared, the heroic spirits stepped back and bowed their heads..
- Young troll. Beyond all these obstacles, why should you struggle?.
Jamard answered as if he had made a promise..
“that we were born on this earth.”
- …I see.
Slurp…
The appearance of the spirits gradually changed..
In the form of a giant troll.
in its original form.
Countless lights flickering behind them.
They are all heroic spirits..
- That's right.
The giant trolls looked down at Jamad and said.
- Then, there is no choice but to fight.
Kwazizizik-!
As the night broke, the spirits dispersed..
Whioooooooooooooooooooo…
Their souls were sucked into the body of the frost demon..
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