31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 384)
Wow…
Wow…
Crumbling rumbling!
In a sea with strong currents, something that sometimes floats and takes on water..
Shinyu, who fell from the cliff, naturally surrendered himself to the sea..
‘Everything has gone awry.’
From the black sea to the crashing waves. It was a situation that was enough to make one feel fear, but to Shin-yu, who already recognized everything as an illusion, it just seemed like a frozen landscape..
Came into a dream, had a body of my own that I hadn't had since death..
Before he realized that this place was a dream, Shin Yu was a genius swordsman with ridiculous talent..
And, when I realized everything and looked back, what was left behind was….
‘Pathetic.’
He appeared to be weaker than before..
I was conceited.
He thought that if he could get his body back, he would become a swordsman who could achieve anything..
I definitely expected that to happen, but the future unfolded was quite different..
He became a member of an organization called Faces and committed murder like a machine..
The drugs he constantly took for brainwashing and physical strength made his body unable to survive without them..
‘brother… What should I do in times like this??’
Suddenly, I missed my third brother, Xingang, who left me in the labyrinth..
A man who boldly pushes ahead and pursues his ideas no matter what..
I wanted to be like that guy..
like his brother.
However, not everyone could be Xinjiang..
I was dragged into the hell that the Yaksha experienced and met with failure..
‘Yurim….’
The hell Yu-rim experienced did not make him a prosecutor, but rather turned him into a murderer. It dried up his heart and soon cracked the soil of his emotions so that nothing could grow..
My passion for the sword was broken, and I felt sick of everything..
and… I came to hate people.
‘I see… So the yaksha was born..’
I couldn't bear this hell anymore.
wanted to end everything.
As a result, it failed.
- loser… you failed….
“…shut up.”
Someone with a face exactly like his muttered to him as he came ashore..
It was a vision that appeared after taking the medicine..
“Ugh….”
Now it was difficult to stay sane without medicine. It seemed like Shin Yura’s very existence would collapse..
Sigh…
Sigh…
I walked while wet.
Then, the rain that fell like a hole in the sky felt like it was washing away the salt..
“Hmm….”
When I applied strong force to the cut section, the bleeding stopped completely. The power to finely coordinate muscles.
The medicine of the faces also had an effect on strengthening the body. It's a power worthy of a killing machine..
“…They're all dead.”
Now that the faces are gone, we are now aimless machines. If it continues like this, dust will accumulate and it won't move anymore..
‘no! I'm not done!’
When I found traces of snowfall after a time that made it meaningless to say it had been a long time, a shiver ran through my body..
I thought he could end all the pain Shinyu felt..
But, it wasn't.
Yurim, it’s all because of her..
Everything went wrong because of her..
- That's right, it's her. The Yasha ruined everything..
“Shut up!”
The sound of fantasy chattering was still the same..
I was confused.
‘those eyes….’
Her eyes hidden behind the yaksha mask.
- If you fall... no….
The calloused hand desperately trying to catch myself as I fell off the cliff.,
and her tears.
The water droplets falling from her mask were definitely not rain..
It was warm.
There was warmth in the water droplets.
There was a remnant of Yu-rim training under Yu-hyeon when he was young..
- Shinyu is good. I also want to become strong like Shinyu.
- why? You are still strong enough?
- No, I will become stronger. There's something I must get back.
Unlike herself, who was drunk on power and had no purpose or will, she moved toward a clear goal..
- Snowfall, my dearest friend.
- …okay? Where are you now??
she smiled sadly.
- Far away, very far away now. But I will definitely find it!
Yurim gave a vague answer when asked what he planned to do after finding it..
When I brought up that memory, endless laughter flowed from my mouth..
eat…
It is a smile that is refreshing, yet filled with longing..
- I have to kill her.
The illusion urged him not to forget..
“Aaaah! Please be quiet!”
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
With one of his arms cut off and his balance distorted, he danced a sword dance in the rain..
I don't want to hear that twisted voice telling me to kill Yurim anymore..
Crumbling-!
I danced the sword dance with only one arm..
One-armed man with a different meaning from Xinjiang.
He became more perfect, but he became uglier.
Puuk…
The knife got stuck in the wet sand..
“ha… ha….”
I collapsed from exhaustion and didn't want to get up..
If I die like this, wouldn't that be a bad ending?.
- I will cut you down.
eerie voice.
The swordsmanship that Yuhyeon showed her.
Those words and that action never left my head..
All of Yuhyeon's powers that were dismissed as illusions were real..
In a world of fakes, he really left something behind..
As if it was stuck in my heart, as if it was putting heavy anguish in my head..
inspired.
“ah… Ahhh!”
I grabbed my sword again.
Whoa whoa-!
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
In the sparkling world of swords, he realized something. A fleeting flash of inspiration.
The last remaining talent given to him by heaven took hold of it..
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…
Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-!
His sword gradually got better..
“I, I… Do what you have to do... I will do it.”
* * *
Buried Yoohyeon.
And then I got up straight away and walked around randomly..
“where should we go.”
“well… Anywhere is fine. you choose.”
“…Again I?”
“huh.”
Yurim took off her mask and walked around the continent with Kang Seol's arms crossed..
they were good everywhere.
In a world where everything was a lie, there was no place for them.
It was each other.
Kugugugugung Palace…
Even as we crossed the continent, the ground cried.
People created by illusions said that heaven was angry and tried to hold ancestral rites or solve the problem on their own..
Snowfall and Yurim ignored everything and left..
Finally, at the foot of a mountain in the north, they made their own home..
They continued to have lucid dreams..
I clearly knew where this place was and why it was in my dream..
Nevertheless, I plan to live in a dream for the time being..
puck-!
“ouch!”
A snowball flew at Yurim's head and hit it, shattering it..
winter has come.
Since that incident, a year has already passed..
“are you okay?”
“It's okay... yap!”
Powok-!
“evil! I put ice in it.?”
“When throwing something, keep in mind the characteristics of the object and do not apply excessive force to your shoulder.….”
“…I put ice in it?”
“Hehehe… Well then, should this be enough of a snowball fight??”
“Yaaaaaa!”
“Aaaah! It's a monster! Someone save me! A monster has appeared! neighborhood people!”
“We're the only ones living in the neighborhood!”
For some reason, Yurim and Kangseol laughed more than before. Every moment was new.
She and Kang Seol haven't cut their hair since losing Yoohyeon..
“Don't you have to stick a carrot on your nose??”
“to? It wasn't a button?”
“I thought it was a carrot.”
“Button! I learned it's a button.”
“…Should I put both together??”
“OK.”
The snowman they made together had a button and a carrot attached to its nose..
“eww… It's cold, let's go in quickly..”
“I knew that would happen, so I lit a fire in advance..”
“also! Seol-i, you’re the best.!”
“Hehehe… again.”
“It's the best! snowfall!”
“This is strangely rewarding..”
eat…
According to rumors, the disappearance of people has become more frequent..
Since Kangseol and Yurim live in the mountains, people from Gunnut village who sometimes come to look for firewood would warn them to be careful..
What you had to watch out for wasn’t snowfall and driftwood..
'Cause they won't go away.
Because it's one of the few truths in a world of lies.
“Umm….”
Yu-rim fell asleep on Kang-seol's lap, covered with a blanket..
Suddenly, I used to fall asleep like this.
‘Because I can't sleep well….’
we dream within dreams.
She mostly had nightmares..
“Ugh… Ugh huh….”
I don't know what happened in her dreams, but she cried often. I tried waking her up a few times, but she said it would be better for her to just sleep and not wake her up..
Anyway, I said I had to go back to sleep and have the same nightmare..
Sigh…
I placed a pillow for her to lean on instead of her lap..
Happy memories were accumulated, but destruction came closer by the minute..
Snowfall prepared to face destruction.
We got one step closer to the essence of darkness, and we explored the human body to the point that even Agrath was confused..
Because it was clear that there were still more possibilities in the blood of the beginning..
There must be a way to deal with Shinyu..
Yu-rim stood up without a word, looked at Kang-seol's back as she was engrossed in training, and then disappeared..
Yurim also practiced to prevent his body from becoming dull..
They had to find the light before destruction came.
crackling…
crackling…
As time passed, along with the memories, anxiety also accumulated..
“Happy birthday, Seola.”
“…ah.”
twenty-four.
Although Kang Seol did not remember exactly when he entered the dream, he did not forget that he and Yu Rim had been together since they were 8 years old..
But now they have reached the age of twenty-four..
“thank you. Has it already happened like that?.”
“lol… What are you thinking about these days??”
“just… Something like this….”
“…You know, I want you to hear it..”
“what?”
Yurim laughed bitterly..
When she smiled, the snow-covered world seemed to melt.
“How have you been living, what happened to you?.”
“That's not me here?”
“doesn't care. I'm ready to like you out there too.”
“…really.”
“…Let me hear it. talk.”
Kangseol chattered while stroking the head of Yurim, who was lying on her lap..
Because she wanted to, she told me everything she had experienced and the emotions she felt at that time..
“…I see. So much happened.”
When I finished the story, Yurim was asleep..
I guess it's been a while since I haven't had a nightmare, and I even made a snoring sound..
An ordinary winter day passed by..
As the winter of that year passed, the collapse of the world accelerated..
It was natural.
‘The world of yakshas, memories... Because it's already over.’
Yurim has already become a yaksha after the faces and veil disappear. Of course her memory should have ended already..
At this point, it is a world that has been forcibly put together..
There are people whose strength has run out..
People who are stiff and unresponsive, as if frozen..
The same was true for animals and plants..
“…It's tough?”
“huh? Hey… It's so stupid.”
“…This hurts?”
“direction… Off?”
“I can't eat this. I'll find something else.”
“It's snowing….”
“are you okay. I'll be back soon.”
twenty-five.
“Happy birthday, Seola!”
“huh! thank you!”
I was especially affectionate and especially grateful..
In a world where everything was falling apart, we were the only ones who were okay. No, actually it wasn't like that..
We were falling apart too..
“me… kill me, seol….”
“…….”
“If I only suffer for a moment, everyone will feel better. I am a Yacha! You already know!”
“Yurim.”
“Please, don’t call me Yurim! I am a yaksha….”
Wow…
Kang Seol hugged her without realizing it..
“Ugh… Black… It's painful, Seol-ah.”
“are you okay. I'm next to you.”
After stopping crying, Yurim leaned next to Kangseol and asked a question..
“Hey… You can ask?”
“…what?”
“In the end, it's your choice, Seol..”
“…It's better to listen to it later?”
“Yes, prepare your mind.”
“then….”
Kang Seol folded his hand into Yu Rim’s hand..
“Yurim, I have always chosen to come this far. all the way.”
“…….”
“Every time, I felt confident that I had made the right choice. Because I tried.”
And shook my head.
“But, I'm sure about this one. No matter what choice I make, I will regret it for the rest of my life. therefore….”
Again, I grinned..
“Not choosing is my choice.”
“…Fool, Xin Yu will be so angry..”
“Come on, I'm not scared.”
“lie.”
“Was I a little nervous??”
Yurim muttered..
“You'll lose... Shinyu is stronger than anyone else.”
“I've always been fighting something. It was always a dangerous opponent. And yet… I'm not as confident as Shin-yu. But this time I'm not fighting to win.”
The eyes towards Yurim were unwavering..
Just like Yoohyeon in life.
“Fighting to protect.”
Yurim hugged him and cried silently..
Snowfall and Yurim burned like candles..
Burning the last of the wick, like a candle that finally sees the end of wax.
I struggled to make more memories and prepare for the coming destruction..
Death tightens, the moment of choice approaches.
“happy birthday!”
twenty-six.
“…It's already another birthday?”
twenty seven.
So winter has come again.
Winter came, winter went again, and another winter came..
“it's okay… It's done!”
Around that time, Snowfall made a big discovery..
I realized that something could be achieved by fusing the original blood and the source of darkness..
Perhaps, the fight with Shinyu might not be so one-sided..
Hehehe…
So winter has come again.
Snowfall welcomed a visitor on her 28th birthday..
Hehehe…
There was a blizzard.
“…Yes, is it winter?.”
Snowfall wiping the snow-covered yard.
I saw someone's face blurry from a distance..
Snowfall carefully put down the rain, changed her clothes, and came out..
Phew…
Phew…
man with frozen beard.
One-armed, unadorned coat.
A broken man moving in a still world.
“…Come on.”
“Snowfall, it’s been a while. You were waiting for me.”
“huh.”
“…….”
The two stood in silence.
“It looks cold. I want to have some tea.?”
Shinyu shakes his head.
“…No, let's get started right away..”
it snowed.
And I saw Shinyu’s eyes.
“Medicine... I hung up?”
eat…
clear eyes.
It was a familiar, divine feeling that Kang Seol knew..
“Thanks to Master and Yurim.”
“then….”
- kill her….
Xin Yu lied..
he still saw visions.
But now I've learned not to listen to it.
“Still, nothing has changed. kill yurim.”
“…….”
“Now, it's time to choose. Snowfall, your choice?”
“…….”
Kangseol closed and opened his eyes and said.
“Protect the Confucian Forest.”
It was decided from the beginning.
fate doesn't give you a choice.
And the girl caught up in that fate appears on stage..
Sabak…
Sabak…
“…Yurim?”
“Yurim!”
Yurim walked.
In the snow, by the snowfall.
“Yurim… What are you doing….”
“Is that the path you chose? Yurim?”
“…huh.”
Yurim's face was covered with a mask..
grotesque smile mask.
Yasha's mask, called the cursed mask.
No matter how far that bizarre mask was thrown, it eventually returned to Yurim's side..
But I haven't used it even once since that day..
“Yurim! Take off your mask!”
Yurim shakes her head at Kang Seol’s words..
“I wrote this out of my own will.”
“…what?”
Yurim looked at Shinyu and said.
“Shinyu, I put on my mask again.”
“…Because you are a yaksha?”
“…To protect something precious.”
The sword Yuhyeon left behind.
She placed her hand on the scabbard..
It seemed to empower her..
“It's a mask that always brought me pain, but it's my choice.”
Yurim said, putting her hand on the scabbard..
“Because you're trying to take something away from me... I risk everything.”
“…….”
“If not, everything will be taken from you.”
“Did you choose Yasha??”
the path you choose yourself.
She smiles while wearing a mask.
“Even if I wear a mask, I'm Yurim.”
The mask's smile no longer seemed bizarre..
sreung-
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