31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 73)
[Atarak is angry.]
[When she shakes her body, spiders come pouring out from everywhere..]
In addition to the spiders that ran away earlier, more spiders poured out..
Kiyi!
- I… Do you know how long I've been holding my breath? Until I grew up like this, I endured humiliation and hid underground..
Atarak confessed a story that Kang Seol was not very interested in. Snowfall got annoyed and shouted at Karen..
“Karen! Take that chatter away.”
“Okay, sounds fun..”
pot-!
As Karen rushed towards Atarak, numerous spiders blocked her path..
Puhuaak-!
[Experience points are accumulated.]
[Killed a Sulfur Spider.]
“damn….”
What a joke!
[Experience points are accumulated.]
[Killed a Sulfur Spider.]
“It's a bit much?”
Kiyi…
- The reason I hid in a place like this... It's not to be looked down on by people like you.!
Whoa whoa…
Atarak tore off part of the ceiling and threw it at Snowfall..
“Pfft….”
pot-!
Jamard dragged Kangseol's body and threw himself away from the debris..
Kwazizizik!
key… key profit!
The place where the rock was broken was full of spiders..
Kiyi!
- dare! How dare you!
Perhaps because he was locked in a room like this, Atarak seemed to have trouble controlling his anger..
Anyway, there was no way the blind, angry attack would hit Karen and Jamard..
Whoa whoa!
Kwazii profit!
kii……
Huh!
Kwazisig!
The corpses of the spiders were already piling up to the point where they could hit their feet..
Jamad said while protecting Snowfall..
“Be careful, their blood is pooling.”
“blood? this….”
The space that was thought to be flat was actually slightly hollow in the center, and the spider's blood was slowly gathering in the center..
If there is a concern, it is that if blood accumulates like this, eventually all space to step on may disappear..
‘How do I bring down that monster??’
If it were not a solo adventure, a ranged attacker would have been deployed to attack Atarak directly..
They didn't attack directly, so there was no difficulty in surviving, but they couldn't just avoid it forever..
“hot!”
Meanwhile, Karen saw a gap and threw a broken stone fragment at Atarak..
deeply.
Kiyi…
- What you said about taking me down was just words. Resist as much as you can, child. The more you resist, the more I am filled with joy and the more I can enjoy a rewarding meal..
Slippery saliva fell from Atarak's mouth and onto the floor. All her eyes were on Karen.
And a ball of thread came out of her mouth..
[Atarak uses Spiderweb Bombs.]
[Projectile Persistence: Affected by Motion Capture.]
Karen, who saw a bundle of spider webs flying at a fairly high speed, instantly decided that she should not hit that projectile..
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
She used her wits and threw a spider that was threatening her in the direction of the projectile..
puck! Powok!
The spider that hit the ball of thread was wrapped in its web and fell to the floor..
key……
And he just wriggled on the floor and didn't show much movement..
“Wouldn't it be dangerous if I got hit? There's no way it's right.”
Tung!
Bullfighting!
[Atarak uses Spiderweb Bombs.]
[Projectile Persistence: Affected by Motion Capture.]
Atarak used the same tactic against her again..
However, Karen, who was on guard, beat the spiderweb bomb by a significant margin..
Kiyi…
- You're quick, so what about your colleagues??
Tung!
Tooung!
[Atarak uses Spiderweb Bombs.]
[Projectile Persistence: Affected by Motion Capture.]
The thread spewed towards Snowfall and Jamad..
Of course, Jamad was also paying attention to Atarak's movements..
“Inhale!”
Kiyi!
puck!
Cheolpuk…
Jamard uses the same method that Karen first responded to..
After one failed attack after another, Atarak became angry in her comfortable web..
Kiyi…
- Everyone, they look down on me.!
Jiang Xue looked at her and mocked her..
“Why don't you stop talking there and come down if you're dissatisfied? You coward.”
Were those words valid?.
Atarak reacted differently than before..
Kiyi…
- …Okay, you mocked me, so don't be sorry if you die a slightly painful death..
Slurp…
[Atarac uses Sweet Dreams.]
“be careful! It's a mental attack!”
Jamard, who noticed the ominous energy unique to mental magic, shouted. With that shout, everyone's field of vision began to narrow..
As an unpleasant thought entered her mind, Kang Seol bit her lip hard..
Puuk!
The blood flowed, and a message came to mind..
[Roll a magic resistance die.]
[The magic resistance die rolls a 4..]
[Jamard resists sweet dreams.]
[The magic resistance die rolls 5..]
[Snowman resists sweet dreams.]
Luckily, Snowfall and his party resisted magic one after another..
But the luck didn't end there.
[The magic resistance die rolls 1..]
[Adds 1 to the dice eye for high resistance.]
[Karen falls into a sweet dream.]
‘no!’
Along with the snowfall, Jamard saw Karen standing blankly for a moment and realized that something was wrong with her..
“Damn it! Hey fairy!”
Jamard lunged at Karen..
Atarak looked at her with shining eyes..
* * *
Karen was looking ahead with a blank expression for a moment. Her eyes were dazzling because everything around her was decorated with gold..
someone was talking to her.
“why are you like that?”
“huh?”
“You would be the only one dozing off in front of Emperor Montra. Karen.”
“Jin, I dozed off.?”
“haha… Are you now trying to fabricate something just because no one is watching??”
“You fell asleep. If you dozed off, it's okay.!”
“Yeah, that's better..”
Karen felt a really old feeling settle in her heart. It was comfort, or comfort.
“…Are you back??”
“What does that mean??”
“No, no. Karuna is?”
“I guess I'll be staying at the training center again today. It's been like this until now.”
Always the same days.
In Montra's imperial palace, the sunlight that blesses the land shines and she takes a sweet nap..
Her brother Karuna will be absorbed in his training as always, and the overworked emperor will occasionally visit her for a chat to relieve his headaches..
It's very natural, and it's a daily routine that seems to continue forever..
however.
‘Feeling like I'm forgetting something important….’
In these peaceful days, her heart felt a strange feeling. Her emperor noticed this and asked her why.
“Why are you doing this, Karen??”
“jin. You know, what happens to the emperor??”
“Emperor? why is that suddenly?”
“I just wonder if someone as great as Jin was great from the beginning..”
“You're asking me everything. Still, I have to answer.”
Jin answered with a mischievous expression..
“I inherited Montra..”
“…what?”
“I inherited it, I'm not the one who built Montra.”
“Kahaha! What is it!”
“Of course, when I took over, no one called Montra an empire..”
“…….”
“In my generation, Monttra became an empire.”
Karen liked this man in front of her..
Of course, not out of rational feelings, but as a lord. It was comfortable to be together and enjoyable to watch..
“If you look closely, it doesn't seem like he's that capable.….”
“ha ha ha! If the ministers had heard that, they would have been shocked. It's good, because that's who you are.”
“Anyway, answer the question. What happens to the emperor??”
“The emperor is what the times make.”
“What is that.”
“And times are created by people..”
Karen tilted her head at the enigmatic words..
Jin continued to have conversations with Karen about the emperor and the empire..
he recalled.
“Looking back, many people worked hard for me. To somehow make me emperor.”
“To make Jin the emperor... Why??”
Karen looked at Jin..
Looking into Jin's upright eyes, it seemed like he could understand, at least a little, the feelings of the public servants who worked hard to make him emperor..
“This is someone I want to make an emperor... People who want to serve... hmm… It's difficult.”
“Anyway, the position of emperor is not a particularly good position, so even if you meet a good person, never make him or her emperor..”
“Kahaha… Who would I serve other than Jin?.”
“…….”
Jin just smiled calmly and made eye contact with Karen. But still, discomfort remains in Karen’s heart..
So an uncomfortable expression kept appearing on her face without her realizing it..
“There's still a problem left.”
“Hey. I'm worried... I think there is.”
“Tell me, aren’t we in a relationship where we share even the smallest of worries??”
“Jin tends to only share his heavy worries with me..”
“Hahaha, what can you do when you are the only one who can make me feel at ease?.”
Karen said with blank eyes.
“I wasn't selected.”
“Not getting selected? what?”
“The sword. The sword… No matter what I do, I won't be selected.”
“Like that….”
“The moment you think you have to swing to protect yourself, your body becomes as hard as stone..”
Jin's expression turned cold..
“who?”
“huh?”
“Who are you trying to protect??”
“Someone other than Jin... I think it is.”
“…….”
Jin laughed again.
“Do you remember the promise you made to me??”
“Then, I will serve Jinman and draw my sword for Jinman..”
“That promise is what prevents you from moving forward..”
“huh.”
“So you are asking permission to draw your sword for someone else..”
“…….”
“…To me who is already dead.”
“die? who?”
Hehehehe…
Suddenly, the imperial castle began to shake..
“Karen.”
“jin! Come on! last name….”
Jin shook his head..
“It's a dream, Karen..”
“…what?”
“I am dead, Montra is destroyed.”
Pajik-!
Dedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd…
Quasi-profit!
The stones that made up the castle crumbled. Karen, embarrassed, tried to hold Jin's hand, but Jin shook her hand away..
“Why why!”
Tuk-!
Jin pushed her..
Karen fell into a dark space..
“Go, Karen. Don't look back.”
“Jeeeeeein! You son of a bitch!”
Jin's face slowly turned into sand and began to disperse..
As he turned white and scattered, he spoke to Karen..
“Foolishly loyal knight, accept that my era is gone and a new era has come..”
“Jiyin!”
“So be saved..”
* * *
[Karen resists sweet dreams.]
“Ahhhhh!”
“Wake up, fairy!”
“…uh?”
Karen realized that everything that had just happened was a dream..
And now she is being carried on Jamard's shoulders and is becoming a burden..
Kiyi…
- Go ahead and offer your all to me. To this fire queen.
Atarak was confident of victory as Karen fell asleep and Jamad and Kangseol were cornered..
Actually, if Karen hadn't just woken up, it would have been a pretty dangerous situation..
“what's this….”
“Come down and talk!”
pot-!
Karen did some tricks and got out of Jamard's shoulder. And she wasn't picked, so she held on to her sword, which she had always carried like her burden..
Kiyi…
- Was the dream I gave you sweet, child??
Atarak's whisper was heard in Karen's ears..
“Ah, that was so fucking sweet..”
Kiyi…
- Dreams reveal your most precious memories.
“no wonder.”
Jin and Karuna.
The memories she had with them were her happiest memories..
Kiyi…
- Give yourself to me and I'll keep you in my dreams forever.
And it was also the most painful memory..
“Don't talk shit, you damn spider.!”
Karen took a stance.
“Karen!”
“hey!”
Kiyi…
- You are foolish. Then die.
Boom! Bullfighting!
[Atarak uses Spiderweb Bombs.]
[Projectile Persistence: Affected by Motion Capture.]
A spiderweb bomb was shot at her..
Atarak assumed that Karen would dodge as always, and prepared for the next attack. However, she did not avoid the attack.
Clap-
Srrrrr!
Her sword was drawn out with a clear sound..
What came out of her scabbard was a sword, but it was a huge flame..
Grumbling-!
Saaagh… Wow…
The spiderweb bomb was scattered helplessly by the flames born from her sword..
It wasn't just the spider web bomb.
Kiyi!
Kiyi!
With one swing, the spiders that were blocking her were set on fire one after another..
Kiyiyi!
Sigh…
Embarrassed, Atarak moved a little closer to the ceiling..
Karen growled at her..
“Jin shouldn't have been touched. Now, prepare yourself because I'll fry it until you're done..”
Her sword slowly began to melt..
“I think I'm a little angry!”
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