31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 361)
God's hand.
Although it was given a great name, as the name suggests, it was in the shape of a hand..
‘…These guys are aiming for Xinjiang’s hand..’
Snowfall, whose eyes became cold without realizing it.
One-Armed Sword Saint, Xinjiang's Hand.
When I imagined it being carelessly taken into the hands of others and used, I became very angry..
“This is my first time hearing this. I haven't seen anything like that.”
“Do you know what the hand of God looks like? Or the fact that it exists.”
“I don't know, I don't care.”
The small woman behind took out something..
“…Well, lying doesn't work.”
Kang Seol’s eyes changed when he recognized its existence. A pendant with gold decoration that resembles a human face..
“Is the author's answer true or false?.”
Woman speaking in a quiet voice.
[Belian uses confirmation bias.]
[If the answer to the question is found to be false, summary judgment will be triggered..]
The decoration on the pendant opened its eyes and answered..
- Geez it….
[Summary judgment is triggered..]
“…shit.”
“lie. I will cut off your left arm..”
Fuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
“Wow!-!”
Snowfall's left arm was cut off in an instant and fell to the ground in an instant..
- What, what?;;
- crazy…
- I didn't see it;;
However, although she screamed in pain, Kang Seol’s expression was more intact than expected. As if it was already expected.
‘Confirmation bias among the heresy inquisitors... It's going to be a bit of a headache..’
Snow picks up his arm and places it on the amputation site..
In an instant, the blood and flesh congealed and the arm was restored..
“…Is it a monster??”
Sisters Belian and Veldre watched blankly. When I heard the voices, they were both young women..
“The monsters are you who throw your arms at random..”
Snowfall frowned..
‘I never thought I would use confirmation bias... The conversation went off the rails..’
To be honest, I had no intention of just ignoring them even if they came up in conversation now..
“Next, I will ask a question..”
“I have no intention of answering. This time it's my turn. It's your turn.”
“Your turn passed? You have no right or power to ask us the truth. Belian, are you ready??”
“Sister, I'm ready.”
Sisters Veldre and Belian reacted indifferently even after seeing Snowfall prepare for battle..
Snowfall didn't like their attitude..
“Well, there may be no qualifications. still….”
As he placed his palms together, something dark stirred..
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss For…
“There is power.”
“…shadow?”
Wow!-!
When the palms collide, black energy inflates like a balloon..
Snowfall’s eyes are becoming bloodshot..
Golden eyes with a strange red glow.
[Summon a night beast.]
[The night beast's combat power is proportional to the amount of darkness used to summon it and the summoner's abilities..]
kujik…
Kujijijik…
The amount of darkness that Snowfall had collected before collapsing due to the side effects of the raven was significant..
Soon the night beast grew to the size of a medium-sized beast..
Crrrrrrr…
The fact that it was possible to move even without a soul meant that Labyrinth was not the only being that could handle night beasts..
Kang Seol found a way to raise them based on clues obtained from their corpses. This is a pitch-black labyrinth. If you put your mind to it, you could do anything..
“That is….”
“Demon, monster….”
Kangseol was proud to see the large night beast. and pointed forward with his finger.
In front is the direction toward the masked sisters..
“bite.”
Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
The snowfall night beast, which gains strength in proportion to the snowfall's abilities, was much faster than the regular night beast..
Snowfall discovered that the darkness obtained by killing the night beasts here is not only a sign of passing the first gate, but it can also be used as a resource to summon the night beasts..
‘It's an occupational disease. Otherwise he wouldn't have found it.’
It was the result of thinking of a way to survive..
All I have is a summoning spell.
If the remaining talent doesn't work, just keep practicing until the summoning technique works..
This was the testing ground for that judgment..
“A counterfeit at best! Assist, Belian.!”
“huh!”
Jiying…
[Velian uses the Shield of Wisdom.]
[The target's defense increases by the caster's wisdom..]
Wow!-!
A golden, brilliant shield vaguely surrounded Veldre..
[Veldre uses Killing Play.]
[If the first attack is successful, the next attack will always be a critical hit..]
Jiyiing…
Veldre's longsword let out a pure cry..
Paaaaat-!
As she leapt up to face the night beast summoned by Snowfall, she realized one mistake..
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
The pressure of the night beast I faced head-on was beyond imagination. The wind pressure was enough to cause the mouth to open, so a head-on collision should have been avoided..
Belian must have noticed her mistake and helped her..
[Belian uses a strong wick..]
[The target's maximum health increases by 20% for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds, you lose that much stamina, but your defense increases by 20%..]
“Haaap-!”
Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
The night beast's fist and Veldre's sword clashed..
In an instant, Veldre's eyes doubled in size..
“What kind of power is this?….”
Power struggle fails.
It's natural for losers to get kicked out..
Kwazizizik-!
Veldre flew away after knocking down two trees..
However, she is also a being close to being a superhuman. As long as Belian supported her, she was not a woman who would easily kneel down..
“sister!”
Paaang-!
Veldre, who regained his temporarily shaken spirit and ran towards the ground, was faster than before..
Crumbling…
Because of the sudden jump, the night beast missed Veldre..
What Veldre is aiming for is not the night beast, but the summoner, Snow Snow..
The most traditional and efficient way to deal with summoners was chosen..
widely-!
When the snow fell on the tree, the tree bent its back like a whip..
“…what?”
[Use Night Haze.]
[Manipulates objects that have no will to be touched with darkness..]
At the same time, the snow falls and claps its hands..
Wow!-!
Go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go-!
Veldre swung his sword to cut down the tree that flew like a whip..
Because of the strange energy mixed in, it wasn't cut as well as intended, but in the end, it was successful at both ends..
“first of all….”
Snowfall, which must have been hiding behind the trees, suddenly became invisible..
“sister! Dangerous!”
As she struck the tree, the medium-sized night beast turned into three small ones..
This was Veldre's first time encountering a summoner who used such strange powers in actual combat..
However, she decided she had won..
Since it is small, its power will not reach that of the medium size..
Individual factions will instead create a way out..
However, Snowfall had a habit of striking at the opponent's weakest point..
papad-!
One of the smaller ones ran toward its younger brother, Velian, while the other two blocked Veldre..
My younger brother, Belian, won't be able to take down even one of them alone..
“Such cowardice!”
It wasn't something Veldre would say, who used a strategy of avoiding summons and targeting summoners, but the most useless thing to say in a match is cowardice..
In the past, even snowfall would not have been able to pull off such neat and sophisticated movements..
The only summoned beast he could control in detail according to his will was the crow, which was a creature, and his skills in handling them were not very good..
However, perhaps because she spent three months just perceiving the space, Snowfall was able to understand how time was passing in the space itself. This gave momentum to the operation of the night beast..
“Uh, sister!”
“Belian! run away!”
whilick-!
Veldre holds his sword backwards and decapitates a night beast..
As expected, the strength and power of the shell must have weakened as it was divided..
And once you understand this fact,…
“Until there.”
“…….”
Snowfall suddenly appeared and was hugging Belian’s neck. And where the other arm went was her mask..
“break it?”
“Pfft….”
Kang Seol had a lot to ask them, so it was better to interrogate them than kill them. At first, the cut side of his arm felt a little sore, but he didn't really care..
After enduring a long period of penance, his spirit became somewhat calm..
“Drop your weapons.”
Bulldog…
Veldre drops his sword.
“question. where do you come from?”
“We are treasure hunters. Since I'm a wanderer, I need to find out where I came from….”
Grinning…
Kang Seol laughed as if he was expecting the other person to come out like that..
“No, no... I forgot?”
grasp-!
“Ugh… Uh, sister….”
A snowfall that takes confirmation bias out of Belian’s hands..
“Lying is bad. ruler….”
Veldre was startled and waved his hand..
“Yeah, I'll tell you the truth!”
Unlike Snowfall, who even if her arm falls off can be picked up and attached within 3 seconds, it sticks right back as if she had applied glue, if she lost her arm, she would have to live as a one-armed person for the rest of her life..
“…we come from the west.”
“Is the author's answer true or false?….”
- Jin Si Il….
Confirmation bias proved her answer was true.
‘I came from the West?’
Honestly, it was an answer I didn't expect at all. I never thought the name of the West, which I had no interest in at all, would suddenly pop out..
After a moment of silence, confirmation bias came back to life..
‘I guess I should make my question more specific..’
I thought it would be good to go into detail..
“What group do you belong to??”
“…I belong to the relic society..”
“Is the author's answer true or false?.”
- Jin Si Il….
identity proven to be true.
‘Relic Society?! … It's annoying.’
The Antiquities Association is a group that mainly operates in secret in the West..
They were people who dug up or stole relics and used them to do things..
As far as Snowfall knew, it was true, but time had passed so it was not certain..
“So what's the next question??”
A word that Veldre blurted out while pretending not to like it. As if her behavior was funny, her snowfall made fun of her..
‘Did you know you would fall into the trap of confirmation bias??’
she had a plan.
“Change the question to your younger brother.”
“What, what? why….”
“I just want to.”
“Also, there are a lot of things my younger brother doesn’t know. I should be able to answer everything?”
“well?”
Confirmation bias imposes a fatal penalty on the person who asked the question if the same subject answers the third question truthfully and sincerely..
For this reason, asking a third question was taboo when using confirmation bias..
This is not a well-known fact, but perhaps Veldre predicted that Snowfall would not know this fact..
Snowfall had no intention of handing over the initiative..
“Why do you, the Relic Society, know exactly what is in here??”
Other than Shin Kang, no survivors had yet emerged from the jet-black labyrinth. Although we reached the end of the Xinjiang labyrinth, we created our own door and were far from breaking through..
At least, as far as Kang Seol knew, that was the case..
So even if the hand of God was sleeping here, there was no way anyone would know about it..
‘Moreover, they even gave it a grand nickname, ‘Hand of God’.….’
“that….”
“If you don't answer, you'll lose your mask, then your arm, and then your neck..”
“……There are people with special powers. they help us.”
“Special powers? If the answer is not sincere, I will sell it on my own.….”
“Ah, okay. We call them prophets. They can find out the location of artifacts with strong energy hidden throughout the continent..”
Kang Seol used confirmation bias.
“Is the author's answer true or false?.”
- Jin Si Il….
Confirmation bias comes back into play.
Now, I can only ask one last question..
After thinking deeply, Kangseol asked a key question..
“Why is the Relic Society looking for the hand of God??”
“…….”
“Belian! Don't answer! I'd rather give up my arms….”
“Black… black….”
Belian shed tears like chicken shit at the thought of losing his arm..
Tears flowed through the mask..
Snowfall growled at Veldre..
“Even if I avoid the answer, I think I'll live.?”
“If you kill your brother... I'll give it my all and kill you.”
Kangseol, who thought that enemies appeared wherever he moved, shrugged his shoulders and poked Belian's body..
Startle!
“Answer me.”
“…….”
“If you don't cooperate, I'll break your neck before my arm..”
Belian finally lowers his head at the threat of snowfall..
“The Relic Society gathers relics to fight against the vested interests that control the holy kingdom of Baranoa. They have become corrupt, and their subjects have been deceived by them... We have to stop them.”
“Is the author's answer true or false?.”
- Jin Si Il….
Snowfall stroked her nose for a moment, then looked at her surroundings..
‘Has the nature of the Relic Society changed? but… Because what I remember is their whole body. by the way… Is it almost time??’
Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
“Ahhh-!”
Snowfall pushes Belian hard and sends it away.
pot-!
Veldre picked up the sword and took down Belian and spoke to Snowfall..
“I'll kill you right now….”
Pak-!
Snowfall threw confirmation bias at Veldre and cut her off..
“right now? It's going to be difficult right now?”
Snowfall retrieved the night beast.
Wow!…
darkness returning.
Even this little darkness was precious now..
It is similar to the shadow used on creatures, but I really liked its flexible nature..
When I used it in practice, it performed better than expected. From now on, all that remains is to move forward..
When Snowfall showed an indifferent attitude as if she had no interest in the battle, Veldre became angry..
“bullshit….”
At that time, a cold voice reached her ears..
“Are you a guest??”
Seueuugh…
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
Shinhyeon's brilliantly shining sword was shining at a distance that almost touched her neck..
When did they approach me?.
“You'll have to be a guest..”
gulp…
Snowfall grinned..
“Oh my, how has the time already passed??”
There was a force in the world that forced us to tell the truth, but.
“You're asking, answer me.”
Veldre said without being able to move his body even a little..
“that… That's right.”
There was also a force that forced people to tell lies..
Shinhyeon said with a grin..
“Well then, let's stop playing and go home before it's too late..”
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