31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 507)
“Cluj! Please help me unload the mule.!”
“All right.”
The merchants that Snowfall met during her travels, Avani, Sinba, and their escort, Kluj, visited a deserted village on the second day after leaving separately..
It was embarrassing to even call it a village; it was a private house with about three or four households. Usually, places like this have at least one household that provides lodging and food, but this time I was lucky enough to find one..
“I'm glad the owner is kind..”
“Yes, you said you would also provide hay and carrots to feed the mules..”
“You are a good person..”
I was always unsatisfied with the bed because the haengjang was on the heavy side, but I felt like I could probably get a good rest today..
“If there's room in my schedule, I'd like to take a break for a day or two..”
“The owner is a horse that can cause a stir..”
“hmm… Still, if you're living away in such a remote place, wouldn't you need some things? We also want to leave some unnecessary things behind..”
“Shinba, you should think about selling it..”
“Avani, I didn't think of that.!”
Kluj grinned and approached them..
Just the right time to start preparing dinner. It seemed like the sunset was slowly rising..
“Let's go in. I think it would be a good idea to ask if there is a place nearby where I can wash my body..”
“Good idea!”
“I still felt uncomfortable!”
smart…
“You can come in..”
I profit…
When they opened the door, they were greeted by a woman whose wrinkles were not yet visible..
“Excuse me for the night. My name is Escort Cluj..”
“It’s called Syrah… . I was worried because it was my first time having a man in this house, but please rest in peace..”
“Thank you for your consideration.”
Kluge smiled and looked at the woman's movements. He always hid his guard under his friendly appearance..
“Please sit down, I'll bring you dinner..”
“I can help you with something….”
“are you okay. It's an uneventful dish, so I don't think there's much help for you..”
The three shrugged their shoulders and sat down at the table in the middle..
“Hmm… It is expected.”
“It has a slight smell of meat mixed in.….”
Especially, Cluj’s expression was dark..
“I….”
“…what's the matter?”
When Shinba noticed the scent and asked softly, he answered,.
“my hands are weird.”
“…hand? owner?”
“yes. These are the hands of a trained one..”
Avani tilted his head in response..
“This place is like a mountain valley. Adapting to mountain life often requires difficult work.….”
“It's not like that. The traces engraved on my hands….”
smart…
Then, someone knocked on the door..
“Oh my, it looks like the person from outside has returned. Could you please open the door??”
“…All right.”
Avani jumped up, but Kluj sat her down again..
“I am.”
“…huh.”
Avani and Sinba thought Kluj was worried for no reason..
This has happened occasionally, and each time it has turned out to be Kluj's overreaction..
Meeeee profit…
When I opened the door, there was a handsome man standing there..
“…hi?”
Although he is wearing a robe, anyone can see that he is wearing armor underneath..
pot-!
Kluge's hand quickly went to his sword..
Fuuuuuk-!
“Ughhh….”
The sword stuck in Kluge's shoulder.
“Cluj!”
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
“Wow!!”
Kluj was sent flying by the man's kick and hit his back against the wall..
“do… escape….”
Avani and Shinba assessed the situation and tried to move..
pot…
“Where are you going??”
The woman who said she was preparing dinner inside suddenly appeared behind Abani and Shinba and overpowered them..
“Ahhhh!”
“You don't need two, so do one first..”
Fuuuuuk-!
A dagger aimed at the chest from the back.
“Shinbaaaa!”
“I don't think there's any need for men either..”
Kluj got up and moved his opposite arm to counterattack..
Suddenly-!
My entire arm was cut off..
hopeless skill gap.
“Sorry, I hate wasting time..”
Fuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
The man's sword cut off Kluj's entire head..
“Wow!!”
Jeopuk…
Jeopuk…
The man approached Avani, who was covered in tears..
“why… Why are you doing this?….”
“Have you recently met a man with a peculiar way of speaking??”
“that kind of person….”
Avani instantly remembered the tone of voice he had heard last time in the village..
“…I saw it.”
“Well, I just saw it from afar..”
“How do you know that the way you speak is unique??”
“that is… I heard a voice….”
Fuuuuuk…
The dagger plunges into Avani's thigh..
“Ugh… Wow!”
“We had a conversation... yes? What did you hear??”
Avani trembled and said while glaring at the other person..
“Bastard… You will be punished... you….”
“scourge?”
man grinning.
“I serve God. Heavenly punishment will not come to me.”
The corners of the man's mouth were smiling, but his eyes were not smiling..
“It's coming to you who don't believe in God, just like now.”
Fuuuuuuk…
A sword stuck in the chest.
“big… uh….”
Avani's pupils became blurred..
Ssuk…
A man takes out a cloth and wipes the blood from his sword.
“Grizz is?”
“Almost caught up. I thought he was a helper because his travel route was similar to these people, but I guess he wasn't..”
“You clever bastard, you can't trace the traces.”
“Here is the trace….”
“Leave it alone, it is a gift to the wild beasts. see… The village residents?”
“We gathered them all in one building..”
“It's nice and clean. Burn it down.”
“yes.”
There was no guilt in the man's eyes..
It was the eyes of someone who blindly believed in his own justice..
“By this, my sins will be forgiven, since no one saw it..”
“Acting for the Kingdom is not a sin in the first place, brother..”
“…That's right..”
Those who committed this terrible act disappeared, leaving behind the burning villagers..
The scene was left as it was, as if something proud had been done. A heinous act that cannot be done without a certain level of confidence..
day.
Exactly one day later, someone arrived at the scene..
I profit…
The man with dragon eyes looked around the scene slowly..
Jeopuk…
Jeopuk…
“Avani, Sinba.”
Kluge's head, which had fallen off in an unsightly manner, was placed on his body..
“Cluj.”
The man buried them in one place..
Chameli had told him.
- He said that you will meet someone special during your trip, so don't be impatient..
- …….
- Everything will go as it should.
The man muttered quietly after finishing the burial..
“net lira….”
The man's gaze traced the traces left by those who did this..
* * *
AA AA AA-
The worship scene in the holy kingdom of Baranoa was filled with strange heat..
“Pray, my subjects. The trials that came to us two years ago were God's test of our weakness..”
“Oh oh-!”
“Pray, blessed ones of Baranoa!”
“Pray, let us all pray.”
“About the things we can't achieve, about the things we desperately desire.”
“I won't stop praying!”
A feeling between the border between fanaticism and faith. The priests of Baranoa were a privileged class..
It takes over the role of the king, holding enormous authority and ruling the country's affairs..
ten bishops.
five archbishops.
three cardinals.
one pope.
This service was presided over by one of the archbishops, and numerous subjects participated..
The archbishop's influence may have been responsible for the gathering of more people than usual, but in fact, another reason was more significant..
Recently, it was due to an unidentified incident that occurred in Baranoa..
people were disappearing.
Perhaps because of that, when the service was over and everyone had dispersed, there were people looking for the archbishop..
“Ugh… my child….”
“I heard the news….”
“Archbishop… If you have the Archbishop's magical powers, wouldn't you be able to find my child??”
“Mmm….”
Archbishop Thuan expressed his disapproval..
“please… please… Even if you look at poor me….”
“Wind is essentially something that should be offered to God, not to humans. Especially in things like this that humans cannot understand..”
He hesitated for a moment and said:.
“one….”
“…….”
“Everything in this world cannot be divided between a knife and cotton..”
“then….”
“I'll try my best. Don't tell anyone, but come see me tonight.”
“I… The reason for not telling you….”
“If fraud intervenes, the case will become even more mysterious. child….”
“Okay! yes! I will!”
“great.”
Seemingly getting what he wanted, Shin Min retreated and disappeared..
Someone was standing behind Archbishop Touen after the conversation..
Tuang asked without even looking at the person standing behind him..
“Was that madman captured alive??”
“Inquisitor Voldu has arrived..”
“He's a neat guy who gets things done, but he's as cruel as he needs to be and as violent as he needs to be. Don’t let your guard down though..”
“yes.”
“Even if Griz opens his mouth, no one will believe him, but even if it's just a rumor, it could interfere with work. To handle it without mistakes.”
The darkness of the Holy Kingdom was deeper than it seemed.
* * *
Griz, the man whom the darkness of Baranoa so desperately wants to hold on to..
He was now troubled by the vast plains in front of him..
“uh… I have to pass by this place no matter what.?”
I know the chase is on..
I also know that they will not harm their lives. Even until the moment of death, if you just listen to what they say, you will close your eyes without any problems..
Griz took out a round sphere from his arms. It looks crude, as if a face was made by cutting a hole in a pumpkin..
the sphere said.
“Wake up, ghetto.”
- It's up, Grizz..
“Okay, so the genius has two heads.!”
- The only genius is Griz. Ghetto is not a genius.
“Okay, it's not a malfunction. I was worried.”
- How can I help you?
“It's quite a crisis right now. I think I can shake them off only if I cross that empty plain... Is it possible?”
- Power calculation on both sides…
AKA, artificial savant ghetto.
- No escape, crushing defeat. I invite you to kneel and obey.
“Yeah, I wasn't expecting it. So you're not a genius. A true genius….”
Grizz grinned..
“Even though I know it's impossible, I feel embarrassed when I try..”
- That's not like Griz..
“that's right. … That's what he said.”
- I will respect you.
“I need to run like lightning when the enemy least expects it. Sooner or later, they will find out that you are hiding here..”
- Let me predict when….
“just now!”
Grizz started running through the meadow..
When he came out from hiding in a strangely formed crypt on a slightly hilly place, the inquisitor's men came out from all over the grassland..
“There it is!”
“catch!”
Smoke and fire rose from Griz's shoes..
[Griz is too fast and his invisible feet special effect triggers.]
[Movement speed nearly doubles, but not for very long.]
……
Ta-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-dah-!
Grizz runs across the grassland at incredible speed. Now he ran faster than any horseman..
“I am… I need to meet a friend… That friend will tell you the answer!”
Zech…
Grizz took out two round cylinders from his arms and threw them..
[Grizz's second-hand smoke bullet special effect activates..]
[Acrid smoke scatters in all directions..]
[Smoke does not dissipate easily and remains on the surface in a very irritating way..]
[Smoke has strong resistance to magic power..]
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
“Ugh… He's hiding! push out the smoke!”
“catch it!”
Huh... Heo Eok…
As I became more out of breath, things I had forgotten due to being caught up in research came to mind..
Why couldn't I make friends?.
It must be because of his unusual personality..
is not it? If you have inferior guys as friends, it's only natural that they won't understand you..
“omg… omg….”
Still, if only I had a friend who would come to my rescue at a time like this... It would be nice if that were the case..
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
Clap la la la rock-!
Through the smoke, someone's shining whip wrapped around Grizz's body..
“Ugh, ugh.!”
“It's annoying too.….”
He was the man who killed Anavi, Sinba, and Kluj..
Heresy Inquisitor dispatched from Baranoa.
It was bold.
“sick! I hate being sick! Let go!”
“Be quiet, Grizz. I also had no intention of coming this far. If you go back quietly, your superiors won't make a big deal out of it..”
Those who restrain Griz with ropes imbued with magic. Although they were hidden by robes, they were all priests..
grizz said.
“You… Do you think it's right? You are wrong! that girl….”
“Shut up, do you think you were right? girl? That's funny….”
The man grinned and slapped Grizz on the cheek..
Wow!-!
“Ahhhh!”
“You made it.”
“therefore… Let me go….”
“ha ha ha… You should only do that when you are in the opposite situation. It's not something to say when you're tied up so pitifully.?”
“…….”
The rope was so tight that I couldn't move my body..
Oh, I see..
It's a failure.
It's difficult, it's difficult..
I think this problem will be the most difficult problem of my life so far..
What should I do, I?
Tell me, Milan.
you know everything.
For the first time in my life, I threw myself into an unlikely fight. to meet you.
- Grizz, do you think you are good??
comes to mind.
Milan, the conversation I had with him.
- This body is not bound by good or evil. Only imagination and curiosity always move me.!
- …it is not so.
- …to?
- I don't think so. you are a good person.
- …why?
- Because I always want to help someone. Your inventions are always evil, but I can sense the goodness behind them..
- Ahahaha! That's funny! Milan, no matter how much you do, you can’t define me. you… my… therefore… hmm….
- Even if it’s just my one and only friend??
- …Yeah, that one. friend. Hmm… That's a really unfamiliar word..
Pak-!
The priests kick Griz's dragging legs so he can walk straight..
“Milan… What should I do? what should i have done….”
“It's so noisy, maybe I should cut out my tongue?”
“It will be noisy from above..”
“hmm….”
- Grizz. Do you think there is an answer to every problem??
- Of course! Griz solves any difficult problem.?
- is it… But there are things in the world that are not so clear. There are some problems that are difficult to handle as a human being..
- Griz is different from them! It's excellent!
“promise… You did it….”
- haha! That's you. But... If you have any trouble, come see me..
- Why? Is it because you’re confident you know all the answers? If that's the reason….
Wow!…
Wow!…
- I will help you, as a friend..
- …….
- The answer is… Well, let’s figure it out together… haha!
Griz immediately saw his vision blurred with tears. Because a completely unexpected person was standing in front of me..
It was a snowfall that followed the traces all night long..
“…What is this guy doing??”
Voldu drew his sword at the sudden appearance of a black figure..
sreung…
“That young man at that time….”
“Milan.”
“Well, well... What now….”
“Milan sent it. grizz.”
I see.
Milan was watching.
no wonder! I'm not the friend to lie to you!
“kill the guy.”
“Hmm!”
A barrage of swords rains down on the defenseless Kangseol..
Bulloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-!
“Wow!….”
“Ughhh….”
The shadow of the snowfall repelled all those who clung to it..
Grizz grinned through tears..
“Help me... me….”
“Grizz, if I say any more than this,….”
Boldu approached slowly..
Because I had to cover Grizz’s mouth..
“…I made a god, I.”
“Grizzuuu! The guy I'm going to kill!”
Srrrrrrrgh-!
Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-!
The sword that Voldu drew was blocked by the sword of snowfall..
Snowfall grinned..
“I thought you would commit it someday, but you ended up doing it..”
“…can you help me?”
The answer came right away.
“I will help you.”
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