31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 446)
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Black lightning flashed loudly and the figure hidden within was revealed..
Heritage of the Earth, Tansia.
“…….”
“burnt… Sia?”
she had become a dragon.
However, it was not the dragon that was commonly imagined..
Where rough scales should be, there is skin with a smooth and chewy texture..
The facial features that should be dignified and angular are somehow slippery and round..
In addition, the wings, one of the dragon's greatest symbols, were not even the size of a hand span..
Yes.
It looks more like a giant salamander than a dragon. Even its size was only slightly larger than the original Tancia, and it was far from the overwhelming size that gave a feeling of dragon majesty..
- …So, as I said, it may be different from what you expected..
[Soul Form: Stay Dragon.]
[You can use the power of the dragon.]
[‘The content of Dragon's adventure is decided.]
The party and the heroic spirit forgot what to say for their own reasons..
Tansia looked around and cried when she saw the snowfall..
“Is it wrong? me?”
Kang Seol smiled, putting her hand on her head..
“No, there's nothing wrong.”
That was just Snowfall's thoughts, but the deer spirit Javatu seemed to have other thoughts..
- No scales. Wings are small. This child cannot be called a dragon yet..
“…Hey Javatoo!.”
Tansia looked like she was about to shed tears at any moment..
“Tancia, why aren’t you a dragon??”
As if trying to clear up her own doubts, she asked Javatu:.
- Because you swallowed the shadow.
“shadow….”
Snowfall realized the cause of the problem..
To be born, the earth dragon swallowed the shadow. At the time, I thought it wouldn't be a problem, but now that I'm looking at it, I wonder if the side effects have appeared now..
- Forces that cannot be digested create disharmony. To you, a shadow is a thorn stuck in your heart..
thorn stuck in chest.
Those words were hurtful to both Kang Seol and Tan Sia..
- However, it is also a pillar built in the heart. It's just immature. If you work hard, you will achieve something bigger..
“right… Ugh… Ahhhhh!”
Tansia toddled off and disappeared into the mountains..
How could a creature that couldn't fly be so fast and disappear in an instant?.
Kangseol looked at Javatu and said this.
“The words….”
The deer spirit Javatu closed his eyes and answered as if he understood what Snowfall was trying to say..
- The first step is to find out what you are. she will grow more.
Then, he looked to the side and called someone..
- cuppa.
Kururuk-!
Koopa with his wings spread wide stood next to Jabbatu..
- comfort me.
Paaaaang-!
As Koopa floated, a sound like a ball exploding was heard and the air trembled..
Koopa's figure also disappeared into the other side..
Jian laughed helplessly..
“The kid looked very heartbroken.….”
“You don't have to chase after me.?”
When Sindio looked at Karen and asked her, she answered:.
“huh? Ah, shouldn’t you give your child time to cry? Just go pick it up slowly..”
“That's right.”
Karuna nodded, agreeing with Karen's opinion. And Kang Seol also agreed with this..
‘You need time to compose yourself..’
Kang Seol had something he wanted to ask the heroic spirits gathered here, using this opportunity..
“Could you please answer one thing??”
- What is it, stranger?.
- That's it.
An old name was thrown out.
“Do you know Gori’s whereabouts?.”
Startle-!
All the heroic spirits gathered here cringed at the name..
- how do you get that name….
- Are you saying you know the loop??
These are all people who once had a contract with Gori..
Thanks to their power, Gori was once a deer, once a wolf, once a bear, and once an owl..
- That name… It's been a while.
- Gori… ring… Tsk tsk… Yeah, that guy..
Deer spirit Jabbatu said:.
- Gori, a human being we recognized. I thought he was the strongest among humans..
“…….”
- A person like that... Looking for it?
“Yeah, I was wondering if I could hear from you..”
- How do you know... Well, no, I guess it doesn't really matter. He would have committed all kinds of misdeeds if he were that kind of guy..
- Haaaam-! Right.
Life after Ascension.
Kang Seol still doesn't know what kind of fate all 10 Ascendants met..
Are they still there, and if so, what are they preparing for?.
If we can catch the whereabouts of any of them, we will be able to guess the whereabouts of the remaining horses..
Javatu said:.
- I don't know what I expected, but my relationship with Kori is already over..
“…Has there been any recent incident??”
- There wasn't. at all. Gori forgot us, and we also forgot him..
- He probably didn't go to another heroic spirit who was easier to manipulate.?
- Sigh… This guy will get along well with any heroic spirit..
Around the time of Ascension, the connection with the spirits of Mount Horus was lost. It was only interpreted that way..
“All right. Okay then, that's it.….”
- Are you leaving tonight??
“I'm thinking of moving in the morning..”
Snowfall planning to leave immediately.
Javatu turned around and spoke..
- Look at the abandoned mine area to the west. I felt an unusual energy there..
“…thank you.”
Thanks to the heroic spirits who quietly grumbled and took care of various things, there was quite a harvest..
Snowfall looked in the direction where Tansia disappeared..
* * *
“Argh! Ugh… Cough….”
Tancia ran up to the top of Horus with her plump and fat body..
“Tansia, not a dragon.”
Tansia looked at every nook and cranny of her cute body and muttered..
“Tancia, lizard. Hmm….”
It was something she had prepared herself for to some extent. She knew from the beginning that she couldn't be a fancy dragon..
Even so, there are no scales.
I can't even fly.
I couldn't help but be shocked..
Whioooooooo…
Then, something huge appeared through the wind..
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-!
It was a corpse hawk Koopa..
Wow-!
Koopa lands roughly with his claws on the ground..
“What are you! Don't brag!”
Tansia tells you not to boast about being able to fly. She was jealous of Koopa's flight..
Kururuk…
Koopa stood next to Tansia..
Tanxia looked down at the mountainside with a slightly pitiful expression..
“Tansia, they say I’m not good at it. They say I can't fly.”
“I didn't say that much..”
“The wings are small! therefore… huh?”
Tansia suddenly turned her head and looked up at Koopa..
“Did you say it? big bird….”
“It's Koopa, it's me.”
“I can say it?”
“I'm talking.”
Koopa narrowed his eyes and talked to Tansia..
“At some point I was able to do it.”
“I see….”
Tancia fiddled with her hands hesitantly..
“…I'm upset?”
“Tansia, they say you can’t fly..”
“I want to fly?”
“You don't have to fly?”
“Phew… Flying in the sky is more tiring and difficult than you think. ruler!”
Sigh…
Koopa bent down..
“Tayo.”
“huh?”
“Come on, hurry up.”
Tancia climbed onto Koopa’s back without any hesitation..
Huh…
Huh…
The wings flapped up and down a few times, and then the body took off..
Whioooooooo…
A great wind battered them..
Resistance that comes with flight.
“eww….”
“Please be patient..”
Paaaaang-!
Koopa made a sharp turn..
The landscape of Horus has become smaller..
“I want to look down?”
“huh….”
When Koopa bent his body diagonally, Tansia's vision became a little easier..
A sense of liberation that came after resistance.
Tansia is now captivated by the sky..
“how is it?”
“…good.”
“It's tiring and painful..”
“Still good. Tancia wants to fly.”
Koopa told her.
“Then I think I want to fly. Continue….”
“Continue?”
“Then I'm sure I'll be able to fly someday.”
“That's it?”
Koopa nodded..
Wow!…
“Koopa was also small at first. I thought I wanted to grow to become this big..”
“…I see!”
Tansia opened her mouth in surprise and seemed to have realized something..
“Hey, I can see it. Where to get off.”
Snowfall and the group were already standing on the ridge..
Tansia tried to wave her hand, but it was not possible due to her body structure..
“What I can tell you, please keep it a secret between us..”
“secret?”
The magical power of the word secret was fatal to a child..
“okay! secret!”
Whioooooooo…
Wow!-!
Koopa Landing.
Tansia jumped off his back..
“…Tancia.”
“I decided! Tancia, I will fly.!”
Snowfall stroked Tansia’s head..
“okay.”
“And there's a secret too! But don't say anything! Because it's a secret.”
“…secret?”
Koopa was taken aback by Tansia’s words..
“Coo, kurururuk?”
“secret!”
* * *
Snowfall left Mount Horus.
Perhaps it would have been a good choice for her to leave Tansia here, but Kang Seol didn't do that..
More than training, I was looking forward to Tansia enlightening herself during the trip..
Koopa went to the bottom of the mountain to meet Snowfall and his party and then returned. Cairo, the owl spirit, said that Koopa would become a hero spirit like them..
‘Well, you'll take care of it..’
Thanks to Koopa, we were not kicked out of Mount Horus, and although Tansia was lacking, we found her true form and obtained various information..
“I'm sad that the expedition team is leaving Horus..”
“The experience of setting foot in Yeongsan itself is a rare experience. Some people will be affected.”
If the foundation is good, there are things that naturally follow. The result of training, etc..
Of course, Kang Seol left in a flash without even having a chance to get anything like that..
“So, it's true that they headed west to the abandoned mines.?”
“It's not said directly, but the probability is high. Since the information was cut off in the first place... Jian, we can't get any more information.?”
“Already branded a traitor..”
Syndio said angrily..
“Should I leave this person behind? I don't think it's really necessary.”
“He's a complete villain. It's not wrong, so bear with it..”
“Okay… But, it's okay.?”
“what?”
“If it’s an abandoned mining town… It's there. your hometown.”
“ah… yes.”
Gurjant, an abandoned mining town.
A place that was closed due to the monster's actions..
It is a place where Jian’s childhood is intact..
“It's been a while since I saw my hometown..”
“You won't be fine.….”
“no? It'll be better than it looks. The monsters were rampaging for a short time and the building still remains. It's just that they left because they couldn't live a normal life because of the demonic energy that had spread throughout the land..”
Gurjant was not currently a suitable environment for people to live in. It's okay to stay for a short time, but if it lasts longer than a month, something is wrong with your body..
That's why everyone left there.
“for me… That's fortunate. Because everything stays the same.”
Kang Seol looked at Jian's expressionless face for a moment and then turned her head..
I kept quiet when I remembered that this journey started with him..
‘You must have something in mind.’
A few days later, the group arrived at the outskirts of Gurjant..
Sooooo…
A black fog lay at my feet..
Kangseol and Jian spoke at the same time.
“It's corruption.”
“It's corruption.”
Gian frowned at the unprecedented energy and spoke to Sindio..
“We can come up with measures?”
“what… For now..”
Jiyiing…
When Syndio waved his wand, a translucent membrane protected their bodies..
[Syndio uses Shepherd's Blessing.]
[Status Ailment: Prevents accumulation of corruption.]
[Has no effect on direct corruption.]
“You'll be fine for a few days..”
“Thank you. If it wasn't there, it would have been a big problem. then… Let's go.”
The party had to find traces of the council here in Gurjant..
A group divided into two.
Karen, Karuna, and Tansia walked around holding hands with Tansia in the middle..
“no one is here! Interesting!”
“Kahaha! Yes, you can talk as much as you want..”
And the remaining members, Kangseol, Shindio, and Jian, moved in the opposite direction from them..
“It comes to mind again and again.”
“Preparing a place to sleep must also be work..”
Kang Seol followed Jian’s gaze, looking for traces..
His eyes were tracing the ruins of Gurjant's buildings..
“every… It's the same….”
Kang Seol shrugged his shoulders and said.
“I'll take a look around for a moment..”
“Please.”
Jian and Sindio are left alone. They wandered around for a while, looking for traces..
“I don't see any traces of anything..”
“…Isn’t it headed to Gurjant??”
“ha… This is in trouble, what should I do??”
“As the sun sets, let’s go to bed first….”
It was then.
Paaaaat-!
Before they could react, someone jumped out of a gap in the building..
“who….”
A shadow covers Jian and Sindio's mouths..
“pee….”
The gurgling darkness enveloped them and allowed them to seep into the twilight..
What made Gian and Sindio silent was the snowfall..
“…appear.”
At the same time as those words were said, signs of presence began to be heard from the outskirts of Gurjant..
[An unexpected adventure ‘Visitor in the Abandoned Mine’ occurs..]
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