31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 347)
The forest keeper, a huge parrot, had colorful feathers. From his somewhat foolish-looking eyes to his chatty features, the forest keeper was exactly as Kang-seol remembered from the past..
“You see, giant bees might actually be the most powerful guys in this forest. He has a nasty temper, but his fighting power is also amazing! Their stings can pierce any tree, and if you get stung, you'll have to stay in bed for a month! It's really not scary?”
“It's scary.”
“yes? Also, the shell is so hard that it doesn't die easily? What happened in the past….”
“Oh my, that must have been a big deal..”
“uh? Uh... that's right.”
The forest keeper said a lot, but it was too much..
Kang Seol nodded roughly as if she knew how to deal with him and responded briefly to what he said..
“Hey, are you listening to me??”
“uh, thank you.”
“I'm even thankful... Anyway, the giant bee….”
“Shh… We're almost there, so don't make a sound now..”
“that's right! Because giant bees are quite sensitive to sound! what? How did know? But how do you keep quiet? I've never done it before.”
No matter what the forest keeper said, Snowfall was keeping an eye on the terrifying hive of giant bees in the distance..
‘There must be at least a few more.’
The beehive was not all that was visible. There will definitely be more beehives hiding here and there, and the numerous bees nesting there will fly out from somewhere as soon as the bees in the territory are attacked..
Kang Seol quickly recalled that memory..
- cheer up! cheer up! Charlie!
- …….
Charlie faced the giant bees while wearing plate armor, risking the penalty to avoid being pierced by the stings..
‘There was no trick back then….’
That was the first time I realized that a giant bee's sting could pierce even plate armor..
“How are you going to get rid of the bees? I'll fight like Charlie?”
“…….”
Snowfall was reminded of Charlie by the forest keeper’s words..
Charlie was the pinnacle of mediocrity..
An unforgettable impression, like a man with ordinary features and doing simple work in the village..
If it weren't for his well-groomed mustache, it was an impression that wouldn't have remained in my memory. The forest keeper probably has nothing to remember Charlie about other than his mustache..
Clearly, Charlie had set out to wipe out the giant bees and ended up in great trouble..
I've done snowfall once, there's no need for it anymore.
‘In the first place, it takes days and days of suffering to catch it..’
impossible due to time.
dump…
Snowfall leaned against the stump and quietly closed her eyes..
“what are you doing? It's a nap?”
“…….”
“Are you giving up? Do you think you will do me a favor?….”
“No, I'm waiting..”
“…What are you waiting for??”
Snowfall yawned and lowered her head..
“wind.”
- wind?
- ???: hmm… The southeast wind will arrive soon. Jojo-gun
- How do you know?
- I looked at the weather forecast from the Korea Meteorological Administration this morning..
“aha! wind!”
The forest keeper listened to Snowfall's words and sat down next to her and waited with his eyes closed..
“Wow….”
And then I fell asleep in an instant..
Falling asleep at a really fast pace.
Kang Seol looked at the forest keeper and remembered the past..
It was in this forest that Charlie spent the most time in the underground garden, as he searched for various poisonous plants to perfect the optimal combination method..
- You know, Charlie. All humans are silent like you.?
Every time, the forest keeper stayed by Charlie's side and kept him from getting bored..
Snowfall remembered that time when she saw the forest keeper sleeping quite deeply. At that time, he just hated the work he did, but he didn't hate being a forest keeper..
Tduduk…
He plucked the grass and let it blow in the wind..
Even the direction of the hive was opposite from here..
In the forest of the underground garden, the direction of the wind changes every moment. So, sitting still and waiting for the desired wind to come will take much less time than moving frequently..
‘It may take some time, but it's still the fastest way..’
Snowfall waited for quite a long time, watching the forest keeper dozing off..
“Seup… Tsk….”
cook…
cook…
“wake up.”
The forest keeper was dozing off, drooling, and woke up startled when someone poked him in the side..
“Sigh-!”
“quiet.”
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
I heard the sound of a giant bee flapping its wings in my ear. They seemed to be patrolling the area..
“The wind is still there?”
“No, it's done..”
Snowfall lit a fire with the firewood she had prepared..
widely… widely…
Grumbling…
As soon as the bonfire lit up, Snow Seol took out a lot of the grass she had prepared there and put it in..
It was a stinkweed purchased from a madness store..
“Ugh… What a smell! hip! It smells like a wild boar's butt.!”
“Cover your nose.”
“nose? How do you block your nose? You can't breathe?”
“You can rest with your mouth.”
“ah! It works?”
I had to go through a lot of trouble just to take the stinkweed out of my arms..
Snowfall also took out a cloth and covered her mouth and nose..
“me too!”
“…here.”
The forest keeper also took the cloth he needed..
Snowfall kindly tied a cloth around the forest keeper's beak..
And scattered the stinkweed on the bonfire..
Soon, the color of the smoke began to turn white. When we think of white, we often think of cleanliness and purity, but the intensity of the smell was completely opposite to that..
Soon the smoke started flying in the direction of the beehive..
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut…
crackling…
Taaaaagh…
It took about 3 seconds for the giant bee, which was flapping its wings vigorously, to fall to the floor, and for about 10 seconds, the bees surrounding the hive suddenly put their heads down on the floor..
patter-patter…
Giant bees fell one after another, not only in the visible hives but also in other places..
Trembling giant bee.
Soon even the shaking stopped..
Snowfall approached the fallen giant bee and checked its condition..
“Dead.”
Efficacy of stinkweed.
I was so upset when I found out about this from someone who trained as a druid and went on a succession adventure together..
It was even more unpleasant because I learned this after Kangseol defeated the giant bee..
Perhaps, in the underground garden lore adventure, sharing information with each other seemed like a much easier way to pass the adventure..
“Huh? These guys!”
The forest keeper suddenly swallowed the dead giant bee with his large beak. The stinkweed itself wasn't fatal, and it only hit the giant bees, so it wouldn't be a big problem if they swallowed the bee's corpse..
“These bad guys! You're harassing the forest! These guys!”
Well…
Sigh…
They pretended to be admonishing someone and made it seem like they were doing something very just, but in reality, they were just taking a lot of punishment..
- perhaps… Could it be that the giant bee did nothing wrong??
- The forest keeper is suspicious!
Snowfall eliminated most of the giant bees living in this area just by burning stinkweed and smelling the smoke..
The forest keeper, whose boat was as big as Namsan Mountain, tapped Kangseol’s shoulder and said,.
“Oh my... well… No, not this… great job! Is there something you want in return for doing my favor??”
‘You came.’
If a job is done, there should be a reward..
Soon, a choice came to mind..
[One of the forest keepers' biggest headaches has been solved! The forest keeper wants to reward you for solving his problem. what do you want?]
1. I'll take the giant bee's shell..
2. I'll take the giant bee's hive..
3. I'll take the giant bee's sting..
4. I'll take the giant bee larva..
……
There was a use for whatever I took..
Shells were coveted by mechanical engineers and blacksmiths, honeycombs were desired by cooks and druids, and stingers were desired by alchemists..
‘It's not important what you take.’
Snowfall said this to the forest keeper:.
“Is it possible to concentrate the venom of giant bees??”
“ah? That's what you want?”
“huh.”
The giant bee's venom had little effect when used as is. Instead, the concentrated result was the most poisonous of all poisons..
‘'Cause it's something I can't do now.’
Charlie was a master venomist and assassin, able to concentrate the venom of giant bees on his own. However, since snowfall was a job that was far from poisonous, help was needed..
‘The effectiveness of the finished poison will be much lower than that of Charlie, but... Still, this is the best.’
Charlie, a master of poison, had a much more powerful effect even when using the same poison. Even if Kang Seol uses a recipe that only he knows, he won't be able to achieve the same effect as Charlie..
‘Even so, it would have had some pretty nasty effects..’
It was a poison that I was confident would work on Azanic as well..
Jorororok…
A forest keeper who captures concentrated poison inside the bark of tree fruits..
“ruler! Here it is!”
“thank you.”
“and… Take this too!”
Forester handing over something in a similar container.
“This… why….”
“The beehive remains intact! Good things will happen if you take it to a sleepyhead.!”
This also seemed to be some kind of Easter egg.
Because the snowfall didn't even touch the beehives at all..
As a gift to a sleepyhead, it felt like it would definitely lead to a good reward..
“Reach out your hand!”
Cheeeeee…
[Obtain the Forest Keeper's Seal.]
[A sleepyhead will meet you.]
Then obtain the second seal..
Not only can it be carried on the back of the hand, but it is also engraved with the pattern of a forest densely packed with trees..
The forest keeper scratched his head and said.
“then… Thank you, it was a meeting that reminded me of that person for the first time in a while.!”
“…that human?”
“huh! There was a human being who ignorantly climbed a tree and caught a giant bee! Hehehe! Isn't it funny? huh? I think that intelligence may be the most important value for all living things.….”
Crash…
“what? Are you mad?”
“I'm not angry. huh.”
- He looks quite upset for some reason.
- It looks like he's angry to us haha.
- Why are you angry?
- Are you hot-tempered??
The forest keeper looked at the forest and said.
“Are you doing well? I said I would never come back again.….”
Snowfall’s expression changed..
‘Could it be that I miss you??’
If I thought about the hard times I had with Charlie, I thought it might be possible. Moreover, the forest keeper has been protecting this place alone for a long time..
Along with loneliness, there will also be longing for a lost relationship..
“Human, next time we go out… Find a person who looks like this.”
months… months…
The forest keeper drew a picture on the ground with his claws..
It was a crude drawing..
Other than the mustache, I couldn't even make out any other facial features. Instead, his mustache is really well drawn.
“…It looks like this?”
“Yes, I have hair under my nose.!”
“I want to see you again?”
“huh! Tell me to come play! We had fun while we were together!”
Kang Seol chuckled..
“…okay. okay.”
“bye! hi! But the swamp keeper won't be as friendly as me.!”
Snowfall leaving the forest keeper as is.
After passing through the forest, we reached the second gate..
This was also a cave terrain, and the same preparation work that was done at the first gateway was carried out here as well..
‘Phew… It took some time.’
Still, it was pretty fast..
Now only the final gateway remains.
A swamp unfolds before your eyes.
On the outside, there was nothing wrong..
‘Where is the swamp keeper??’
Of all the managers, it took the longest to get the poisonous plants from the swamp keeper. That's why Charlie once found the poisonous plants he wanted in the swamp..
‘Once inside….’
Kugugugugugugung…
“…uh?”
Kugugugugugugugung…
[‘The main contents of ‘Revenge of the Dragon’ will be changed..]
[‘‘Dragon’s Revenge’ changed to ‘Untimely Visit’.]
……
Snowfall quickly confirmed the changed adventure details..
“……this.”
The entrance to the ruins did not survive for less than 6 hours, and Azanic soon entered the underground garden..
It is even said that it is not long before the entrance can withstand Ajanic's power..
‘damn… I thought it would be like this….’
In this case, it would have been better to give up on taking a single hit and run away immediately..
Just when all the efforts so far were about to go in vain, someone appeared next to Kang Seol..
“Do you need a seal??”
A fat toad man appeared and spoke to me..
“…what?”
“I am a swamp keeper. If you help me from now on, I'll give you the Seal of the Swamp..”
Snowfall looked at the toad and looked embarrassed for a moment..
‘…This guy?’
Then he quickly changed his expression and said with a fake smile on his face..
At best, the remaining time was only about 30 minutes, and it was virtually impossible to gain the swamp keeper's favor and obtain the desired poisonous plants and swamp seal in that time..
The dragon will break down the gate and grab your head from behind..
No matter how much I thought about it, I had to give up..
“…Yes, swamp keeper. How can I help you??”
After thinking about it a little more, I thought speedrunning was right..
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