31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 381)
I had heard of a man named Yoohyeon..
The currently inactive master of the tent.
Therefore, Yoohyeon is currently the strongest among the active members of Jangmag..
“Are you hurt??”
As Yuhyeon approached Yurim, the crow that was attached to Yurim flew towards Yuhyeon..
food deukdeuk…
Yurim relayed information to Yuhyeon..
“They... I use three types of swords, Master. There….”
“Starting with the answer to my question. … Are you hurt??”
“that… yes….”
she looked at me.
“yes. Seol… For saving me... . I'm sorry, it's my fault..”
Yuhyeon put her hand on Yurim's shoulder and shook her head as she blamed herself..
“It's no one's fault. No person can be perfect. So, you raise your sword..”
Sigh… Yuhyeon straightened his bent knees and said, looking at Lucia and the others..
“To reach perfection someday.”
“…Yoohyeon. I was indebted to you?”
As the surprised face said, Yoohyeon left many scars on her face. Because I killed the hateful face and defeated the smiling face Jamad..
‘This guy... Yuhyeon.’
It was a strange feeling to see the master of the tent I had only heard about in front of my eyes..
“be careful. Master, they use strange sword techniques. If you combine the three swords... It's hard to stop.”
Yoohyeon smiled and scratched her chin after hearing her words..
“That's funny. Three swords become one.”
“fun? dare….”
“I'll cut your mouth into pieces first..”
Paaaaat-!
Three people joined forces from the beginning.
Neither I nor Yu-rim used up a lot of strength in an instant, so we couldn't help Yu-hyeon..
“danger….”
Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
Lucia is the first to strike with her sword..
Bullfighting…
Yuhyeon knocked it out without difficulty..
‘unusual sound….’
At the same time, two swords were aimed at him..
tudung-!
Yoohyeon bounces them off without difficulty again..
Tung!
Bulloooooooo!
tudung!
‘Oh my... medical charge….’
Yoohyeon held one hand behind her back and dealt with all three people with one sword..
In other words, he is holding down three people with one hand..
“Ugh….”
“This is profit!”
Surprised faces gritting their teeth when loopholes were not revealed as expected..
However, people cannot be perfect.
A hole created the moment Belian's vibration sword is removed. It wasn't intentional, it was definitely a mistake..
The three decided that way..
Like a huge current, the three swords became entangled..
[Velian uses a vibrating sword..]
[The sword vibrates, making defense difficult..]
[Veldre uses a spread sword..]
[The effect given to the sword gradually expands and spreads..]
[Lucia uses the bloodletting sword..]
[When the Bloodletter inflicts a wound, it causes the target to bleed heavily..]
……
‘That is…!’
look at the same place at the same time.
Aim strongly at the target area.
The three of us soon become one.
It was their breath.
and against it…
A sword that was one from the beginning.
[Yuhyeon uses Jeolgi: One Mind Slash.]
[Cut the target.]
At the point where the three swords met, Yuhyeon's sword came first and was waiting..
Standing at the intersection, without a moment of hesitation.
Quaaaaaaaaa-!
cut down everything.
Puhwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
There was no trace of Veldre standing in front, and the other two were reduced to rags by fragments of the broken sword..
just one move.
Conquered everything with just one move.
“Ugh… Oh my gosh….”
“right… Wow….”
Sisters scattered and fallen.
Now it has been reduced from three to two..
Even that number seemed likely to decrease soon..
“I enjoyed it. also….”
Clap…
“I can't do just one.”
Yoohyeon holding a lead sword.
‘It's overwhelming skill.….’
Yuhyeon looked like a god, crushing the approaching threat with only a sword..
“Master!”
Yurim's face changed from surprise to emotion and she approached Yuhyeon and hugged her..
“…I missed you.”
“Me too, Yurim. I'm glad you're safe..”
Reunion of teacher and disciple.
We have already heard a lot about the relationship between Yurim and Yuhyeon. It is also said that he recognized Yurim's genius and did his best to teach him..
“eww… Ugh….”
A fragment stuck in Lucia's chest..
She's still alive, but living is wrong.
approached her.
With all the other sisters already dead, I was struggling to figure out what lingering feelings I had left..
“eww… Ah… No way... As it is….”
“Why do you do that? Are there any regrets left??”
It was then.
Wow!-!
She tugged on my collar..
“This, this….”
“listen… listen….”
What should I listen to??
Is there really something I want to say??
I lifted my ear to her voice as her voice gradually became quieter..
“I am… I am… you… I remember….”
“…what?”
“It occurred to me… You have to remember… you… or not… all… porridge….”
“…What are you talking about?”
“Deja vu… I forgot… If you forget… not….”
déjà vu.
The words that came out of her mouth kept ringing in my head..
‘no way!’
Maybe she knows something about my phantom pain.
“Lucia! hey!”
Tuk…
no answer came back.
My eyes are dead and my breath is dead..
she won't come back.
“damn….”
While I was biting my lip and thinking about her words, Yurim and Yoohyeon approached..
“are you okay?”
“It's okay, Seol-ah.?”
I turned back and looked at them..
“that is….”
At that time, another illusion appeared next to Yoohyeon's appearance..
“Ugh….”
Squeaky…
Yoohyeon's eyes are bloodshot and she is wearing a mask..
‘That… how….’
Tuk…
Yoohyeon tapped my shoulder and asked.
“OK… Are you afraid??”
Squeaky…
The headache gradually subsided..
The evil illusion also disappeared as if it had never existed..
“…it's okay.”
“Well then, let's get out of here..”
Yurim responded to Yuhyeon’s words..
“But, I don't know where Ryan is.….”
“Where is he, I already checked.”
Yoohyeon looked at us with a hesitant look in her eyes..
* * *
Together with Yoohyeon, we visited a mountain cabin in a remote place..
Ryan was there..
Addicted to poison, foam constantly flowed from the mouth. The marks on his body showed that torture had been committed here..
“Kick… To die like this.”
“…rian.”
“Yoohyeon, listen carefully.….”
seed profit…
“The curtain and all, you better leave.”
Lian speaks tremblingly.
Yoohyeon said with a grin..
“Where does a wanderer fly away from here?.”
“Kick… Kihi… that's right. That means... I mean really….”
Tuk…
“Wook….”
Ryan's death tormented me even though I never knew him..
I profit…
I quietly slipped out the door and stood on the cliff..
It was snowing outside.
When my birthday came, it was always winter..
When it snows like this, I think of the past..
What were the days like at the loading dock, what was the snow like on Santos' ship, what was the scenery at the mountain cabin where I met Yurim again?.
When it snows, everything comes to mind vividly..
It's good…
I looked back at the sight and saw Yurim approaching..
“It's not cold?”
Her rosy cheeks and her breath escaping. Winter gave me a nostalgic feeling.
Yet, the doubts in my heart did not subside. What were the words Lucia was trying to leave behind, and why did her sense of déjà vu not go away?.
“What happened… There was?”
“in fact….”
When I brought up the story that Lucia had told Yu-rim, Yu-rim pouted her lips and said:.
“Seol-ah, actually… So do i.”
“…what?”
“I have two secrets I haven't told you. huh? Sorry, I was surprised.?”
“ah….”
I was trying to recover from the shock I had just received. Did she have something to hide from me?.
“Honestly, kinda….”
“Ahaha… what.”
“What are the things I didn't say??”
Yurim told me facts I didn’t know..
“That feeling of déjà vu. I have it too.”
“…what? That's really true?”
I couldn't believe there was someone else besides me who felt this sense of déjà vu. And the person who felt that déjà vu was Yurim, the girl closest to me.….
“In my case it's a little different….”
“It's different?”
“The managers at the loading dock, the faces… And even the people in the tent.”
Yurim placed her hand on her heart..
“Every time I see them, this place gets cold. Should I say it’s painful??”
“…It's painful?”
“Yeah, not as much as you... It's kind of painful... I feel contradictory and fortunate.”
unknown feelings.
Yurim smiled and said this.
“you are there.”
“…….”
“I have you.”
she was right.
We have each other.
“Actually, what you went through… I heard it from labor and management..”
“…I heard you.”
My world where Yurim left.
Everyone has at least one secret they don't want anyone to know. To me, it just seems weak..
I especially didn't want Yurim to find out about my painful past..
Jeopuk…
A soft feeling came.
“…….”
Yurim hugged me.
I gently stroked her head.
It smelled good.
“Everyone in the tent is precious to me.”
“okay.”
“But more than all of that combined... You are more precious.”
“…why?”
The time you spent with the members of the tabernacle must have been longer than the time you spent with me..
“They all do it for me, but if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have been able to meet them in the end. you gave me the world.”
“…ah.”
She is loved by the curtain.
It was I who guided her to that tent..
Brushing some of the snow off her head.
“What, what! Oh, maybe it smells… me?”
“Yeah, it smells good..”
“…….”
Another secret of hers, she didn't ask.
There must be a reason for that secret too..
Yurim blushed and sat down on the cliff..
This is where I sat.
I also sat next to her..
“I don't know.”
“huh? what?”
“Why is everyone so strong??”
“…Seol-ah, the reason Rian died is different from us.….”
“No, I'm talking about this regardless of the issue of responsibility. Your teacher easily defeated the opponent we struggled with..”
“…You are strong too, Seol-ah.”
Her words were sweet comfort.
However, I still haven't resolved this anxiety..
“No, I… I need to be stronger than I am now.”
“why? Why do you want to become so strong??”
“To get out of the labyrinth, to meet everyone again….”
“…what?”
Yurim tilted her head..
“…what did i just say?”
“labyrinth… I think they said something like that.?”
“labyrinth?”
What a labyrinth.
Why are you suddenly saying that??
“No, that's not it. Something keeps screaming in my chest. You know, do you really need a purpose to become strong??”
“Umm….”
Yurim said with her lips pouted..
“Master said. You don't need a purpose to become strong.”
“…Really?”
“Yes, you said this instead. Ahem… I need a story.”
“…story?”
“huh! They say all strength comes with a story. hmm… So I….”
right then.
“…you're right.”
A voice came from behind.
“Uh... It's a surprise! Master! You almost fell from surprise.!”
Behind, before I knew it, Yuhyeon was standing there..
Yuhyeon smiled and said this.
“Snowfall, not all strength needs a purpose. If there's just one thing you need... It's a story, right?.”
“story…?”
“Talent, or time and effort… Or even the pain of loss and intense hardship..”
“…ah.”
“Everything will become a story.”
Aiming to become stronger did not necessarily mean becoming stronger. However, every strong man had a story. The story of how I was able to reach that level.
“It may be a bit far-fetched, but stories that the world can acknowledge must accumulate... It is possible to overcome the wall of realms.”
Yoohyeon smiles brightly.
“First of all, that's what I experienced..”
It's a story….
Do I have a story?.
‘…there is.’
Not only did I experience it at the loading dock, but I also experienced all kinds of hardships to become this strong..
So, the method is not wrong. There just aren't enough stories.
Wow-!
“Now, let’s build a story together.?”
“Is Seol with you too??”
“of course. The theme of the story is… Let's do it with time and effort.”
Yurim’s face crumpled..
“…That's something we can agree on.?”
“Not possible.”
“Heeing….”
Yurim looked like she was about to cry at any moment. She laughed for no reason.
It was a snowy winter when I was 20..
* * *
Time flows like running water.
“happy birthday! Seol-ah!”
As I accelerated my training, the concept of time became increasingly blurry..
A past where the passage of time was counted as each painful day..
Now, not by months, no… I started measuring it by season..
“already… Did that happen??”
“Now we are twenty-three too!”
eat…
Yurim seemed happy to be getting older..
No, even he seemed like a child to be happy that he was the same age as me..
3There has been a lot of change over the years.
We have experienced dozens of missions.
In the process, I collided with several faces. We survived and they died..
Well, there are some who don't die..
The biggest reason why I, or rather we, were able to survive was Yuhyeon. Yoohyeon became a new direction for me..
His skills were absolute.
His power, built up through effort and belief, was untouchable..
“Don't be impatient. snowfall.”
he told me countless times.
“In the end, all roads lead to one.”
“All roads lead to one….”
“It's called the truth of the intersection. No matter which powerful person you ask, the memory of tearing down the wall will always be the same..”
Yuhyeon's fingers stretched forward..
“Light will emanate from far away. All you have to do is head there… It's just such a simple way.”
“Master, did you see the same path??”
Grinning…
Yoohyeon smiled and avoided answering..
His specialty was swordsmanship, but he definitely filled in where I was lacking..
I became stronger.
Much more than I was before.
Sigh…
“Hmm….”
Yoohyeon handed me black gloves..
“this….”
“happy birthday, snowfall.”
“…….”
twenty-third birthday.
I see, it’s my birthday again..
Now it has become natural to celebrate birthdays. Everything I received from Yurim and Yuhyeon made me happy..
It felt like all these days would continue.
One, did someone say.
The scale of life is always level.
Clink-!
When you become absorbed in happiness, unhappiness is bound to knock on your door..
“no… no….”
Yurim trembled after receiving the letter delivered by the crow..
Sigh…
Yoohyeon takes over the paper she was holding..
“…okay.”
Yoohyeon looked back at me..
“toki is dead.”
“……yes?”
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