31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 359)
When Kang Seol completed his eyes that could see through the darkness of the labyrinth, Shin Hyeon only said thank you for your hard work and left the annex..
Snowfall returned to the annex and lay down stretching out her arms and legs for the first time in a long time..
I suddenly felt tired..
Shoot aaaaa…
Soon it rained.
Opening my eyes in the labyrinth brought more discomfort than opening my eyes underwater..
For example, the pain you are currently feeling as if your eyeball is falling out..
‘It's a good sign.’
If this was just pain, it would have been one of the factors that caused irritation, but Kang-seol could guess that it was not that..
‘Seonjian's evolution is imminent..’
These growing eyes will probably change for the better on their own if you give them the nutrients they need..
Even so, at a time when Seon Ji-an, who had achieved the best he had recently, was often showing incompetence and feeling discouraged, he took an opportunity at the right time..
Snowfall felt at peace with the peace that had come for the first time in a long time..
Although he was practicing intensely every day, there was no real crisis that came to him. There was no scary-looking lizard chasing them, and no battle was planned that would put the fate of the tribe at stake..
Snowfall is just snowfall now.
I grew up always throwing myself into the abyss of despair. Partly because it was fast and efficient, but also because I wasn't confident in devoting myself to something..
But when I opened the lid, it wasn't that bad..
Of course, whether you think so or not, it is true that there is still a long way to go..
‘Because I can only see it now. It's still far away.’
I came here to practice shadows..
Just because I was able to see the darkness of the labyrinth, I shouldn’t have become conceited..
“Hmm….”
I heard a presence outside the door..
Shinhyeon was a man who walked around without a trace, so it was clear that he made a presence on purpose..
“Come in..”
“That’s right… No, you'd better come out..”
Kang Seol was curious about what Shin Hyeon had come to see, so he went outside the annex..
“Ugh….”
“Hehehe… why are you like that?”
Shinhyeon piled up chestnuts in one corner of the yard of the outbuilding. All of them were clearly dead, and the number was well over ten..
“This is it….”
“The carcass of a night beast hunted nearby. They are all small children and their souls are already extinct..”
In short, it is an empty shell..
‘Then why did you bring it to me??’
Shin-hyeon seems to have noticed Kang-seol's doubts and gets straight to the point..
“What you have to do from now on is the skin of the night beast. That is, processing the shadow shell..”
“…Yes?”
- to?
- I didn't hear you clearly?
- I'm good?
“What are you surprised about? Do you think it's useless??”
“No, I'm curious about the reason..”
“Huh... The ghosts here do not disappear even if you cut their throats or pull out their internal organs. Because both are useless. So to speak, these guys are like mushrooms. It's a shadow that lives on the soul..”
“hmm….”
“When the soul disappears, they become mushy like feces and disappear..”
“…It disappears?”
“Yes, it is absorbed into the labyrinth again. And then it attaches itself to another soul again. In other words, it's like fighting an eternal battle that won't end simply by cutting them down..”
I finally got a feel for it..
Shin Rip and Shin Hyeon stayed in the labyrinth for a long time and seemed to have learned how the labyrinth builds its ecosystem..
“Fortunately, there is a way. If you scrape out the soul residue inside and burn it, most of it just disappears. Otherwise, they always win. Because the darkness will eventually return to the labyrinth. From now on, I will entrust that glorious task to you. Well, the explanation ends here. What to say?”
- Summary) I'm having trouble doing this, so I'd like you to do it for me. Join the glorious evolution.
- It's something that's needed for the world. Of course, the job is yours..
- Is it twisted? What should I do if they tease me??
- Even the labyrinth is random.…
- I'm becoming more confident. I need to get out of here….
“doesn't exist.”
“…….”
Snowfall roughly nodded and went in front of the body..
Shinhyeon looked at the snowfall for a moment and then left..
Perhaps this was the second gateway that Snowfall had to experience..
Of course, I wasn't particularly happy about the content of the class..
‘Shin Rip and Shin Hyeon are legendary swordsmen. It wouldn't be a bad idea to learn swordsmanship.’
If I were to make a specific plan, I would focus on swordsmanship for about 10 years... If I did well, I might be able to handle the sword better than Shin Rip or Shin Hyeon..
However, if you ask whether that is appropriate, the answer will be no at all..
‘Because I came here for the shadows.’
Maybe it was for no reason that I met a teacher who was on the vague line between shadow and swordsmanship, and that led me to worry like this..
In the first place, being a summoner doesn't mean there's a penalty to weapon skills..
No, to be exact, there was one..
If a summoner uses a heavy weapon, their overall stats will be reduced, and the same goes for heavy armor..
It wasn't a martial forest from the martial arts world, and Pandea wasn't a very comfortable place to deal with monsters wearing only a piece of cloth..
Of course, the clothes Kangseol was wearing boasted strong defense power that crushed such a concept, but that's generally the case anyway..
‘Swordsmanship is either good if you can get it, or not. First of all, let's get rid of this damn shadow..’
However, even as a way to further advance the power of shadows, there was something about the disposal of corpses that was a little unconvincing..
I never thought I would be digging up corpses rather than fighting..
‘Well, I wouldn't have just ordered it.….’
How a disciple cannot see the teacher's big picture.
Still, I was going to do as I was told for now..
Sigh…
These are the guys we hunted today..
The breath stopped, but the shadow did not disperse. I couldn't see any soul..
‘There seems to be some residue left behind..’
However, Shinhyeon did not teach me how to remove the residue..
‘what… You can do it like this.’
He converted the grief into the form of a dagger and drove it into the solar plexus of the night beast..
Ppajik-!
‘Yeah, it was like this shell..’
If the crow's shadow was skin, then the night beast's shadow was skin..
hard shell.
Snowfall draws grief from top to bottom..
Tsuzuzuzuzu-!
Open stomach with a sound that makes me feel strange.
- Police Chief Bob is entering..
- Even Prosecutor General Bob is with us..
- Oh wow;; If you mix and eat a bowl of rice, it tastes great... This is hell!
Snowfall opened both chests of the corpse..
Jeokjeok…
A shell that is empty inside, like a ball of bread..
‘Where is the dregs of the soul??’
As I was scanning through everything with my own two eyes, something caught my eye..
A black thread connected to something that looks like flesh. A faint light was coming from there..
The light of the soul was clear.
‘found.’
Snowfall that scratches and examines flesh.
‘This is how you manipulate it..’
The thread was digging into the flesh..
The flesh was stained black under the influence of something injected from the thread..
“The method is vicious..”
What does the dregs of the soul smell like?.
Also, what about the texture?.
Kang Seol held it to his nose and even brought it right in front of his eyes to observe it closely..
- Shinhyeon: What is this guy doing??
- I told you to burn the trash, but I think it might be better to just burn it together..
- It came from the National Accreditation Association. This person is a great pervert.
“In this way, souls were bound and nourishment was exploited..”
Anyway, the darkness that is said to be binding, perhaps the darkness itself that spreads throughout this pitch-black labyrinth is the enemy..
‘ruler… then….’
Now that all the debris was removed, there was no problem. Soon the shadow will fall.
Rumbling…
a flowing shadow.
Snowfall burned it with the fire she had prepared. I thought what would happen if it didn't catch fire well, but surprisingly it burned well..
What is surprising is that even though fire exists, we are helpless in the pitch blackness of the labyrinth..
‘Unless you made the eyes.’
anyway.
It's been about 15 days since I went through this process..
Rumbling…
Something special happened to Kang-seol, who was repeating the process of observing and burning them as usual..
When I tried to bring the torch to the disembodied shadow, the shadow wriggled as if it had life and took refuge towards the snowfall..
‘what? This guy….’
Even climbing up the other arm.
This absurd situation where the shadow is attached to Kang Seol, not the soul..
‘Are these guys intelligent? Or is it possible because there is no intelligence at all??’
I thought the shadow was taking away souls through someone's will, but instead, it seemed to work the same principle as the water that fills the ocean..
Creating an ecosystem just by being there.
‘It means there is no will. There is no purpose. just… hmm?’
After Kang Seol learned a little about the nature of this shadow, he thought for a moment..
‘I have no will... I have no will... So what if you instill will? for example….’
Whioooooooo…
I tilted my palm as if the snowfall was sucking up the shadow that had crawled up my arm..
I actually used my power..
OK.
Whiriri profit profit-!
The shadow was sucked into my heart..
“…what?”
There was even a message that I can now see..
[Continuous: Shadows respond to the sticky darkness.]
[absorbs shadows.]
[Shadow space is permanently increased by 30..]
[The grace of darkness falls.]
[Mastery of shadow-related abilities increases..]
[enlightenment! Awaken new abilities.]
[Continuous: Awakens Shadow Affinity.]
……
【what's the matter?】
Grief approached and climbed onto Snowfall’s shoulder. and looked into his eyes.
“huh?”
Snowfall's pupils were shaking.
* * *
“Was he doing well and not acting like a fool??”
“You were so absorbed in it that you even hummed a song. Did you start working hard at everything, unlike the first time when you had no motivation??”
“Anyway, it's a good thing. Now that we are sharing the work, there are a lot of animals in the area..”
“Hehehe… Now I just have to cut without worrying about it..”
“It is important to understand those beasts. He still doesn't have enough power to fight them. You have to take it step by step.”
“Well, it will happen someday.”
“Still, I worked as a chore for two months, but the fact that he followed me without saying a word, is quite admirable..”
The night beast was something they had to fight against, but at the same time it was very similar to the current snowfall situation itself..
Therefore, in addition to disposing of the corpses of night beasts, it also provided an opportunity to understand for oneself how they move and why they are strong..
“hmm….”
Unlike Shin Rip, who was praising Kang Seol, Shin Hyeon was stroking his beard as if something was bothering him..
“why are you like that?”
“They asked if the guy had a strange temperament or if he was getting bigger..”
“hmm… Surely, if the original purpose was to check how the big guy is also engulfed in darkness,.”
“and… hmm… This….”
“If you have something to say, say it..”
Shinhyun scratched his head..
“The guy's energy is a little... It got weird.”
“It gets weird?”
“Should I say it has become heavier??”
“…Did you practice at night??”
“I don't know because I don't go to the outbuildings outside of the designated times. However, it has definitely become heavier..”
“It's amazing. Let’s visit the outbuilding in person….”
It was then.
Someone walked from the direction of the outbuilding..
It was a snowfall that did not leave the outbuilding for nearly five months..
Kang Seol left the annex on his own and came to see Shin Rip and Shin Hyeon..
Shin Rip and Shin Hyeon were more worried than happy. Usually, there is a reason when people do something they don't want to do. It's usually a bad thing.
The energy of snowfall was felt with every step..
Shin Rip and Shin Hyeon are people who can feel each other's energy from the way they walk..
Shin Rip’s eyes narrowed..
“Hyuna, what you said is true..”
“It's strange?”
Before we knew it, the snowfall had come close to normal..
“What happened?.”
“It's no different, there is Cheong.”
“tell me.”
“I want to see a living night beast, not a corpse..”
“…hmm?”
Kang Seol politely asked his brother..
“Take me on this hunt..”
“You're not ready to go hunting yet..”
“I won't go hunting. Just trying to get closer to them.”
“…Why??”
Shin Lip waited for his answer..
Soon, snowfall gave the answer.
“Here's something to check.”
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