31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 7)
Adventure 2-1. 'Abandoned one'’
There are many strange fates on the sharp rocky mountain. They are outcasts from the Stone Fang tribe for various reasons..
You came into contact with one of them, an outcast, who was suffering from a terrible endemic disease. Through long research, the Exile discovered that corpse finger mushrooms, which grow wild on the cliffs of Pointy Rock Mountain, are essential to overcome endemic diseases. Get him this item, and he will help you..
Objective: Obtain Corpse Finger Mushrooms and deliver them to the Forsaken..
Current remaining time 「10 : 59」
‘Did it happen??’
The abandoned person in front of Kang Seol was so moved that he trembled as if he had been struck by lightning when he heard that he would come forward for him..
Snowfall nodded and came out of the hut..
This was another device from the eternal world, also called a side quest or hidden quest..
It is often activated within an adventure, so it has a significant impact on the overall flow of the adventure..
The Forsaken Side Quest was different from other side quests..
‘Because they give you a helper as a reward.’
aid.
As the horse adventures, he sometimes encounters NPCs and turns them into helpers..
The helper actively or passively helps the horse depending on the level of favorability he has developed..
There are levels of helpers, and the level of outcasts that Kangseol remembers was very high..
That was the reason why he spent every minute and every second of his precious time helping the abandoned..
Snowfall was planning to turn the current crisis around with this side quest..
After accepting the side quest, I looked at the time limit for the main adventure..
It's currently just past 3pm.
If you delay even a little, there was a possibility that you might not be able to get what you wanted because the sun would set..
Thanks to this, he became anxious and climbed the mountain even faster..
After some time passed, the warmth of the day disappeared somewhere..
The sun is fine now, but darkness will probably come with the sunset..
‘I don't have time until the next day... Anyway, I think I found the location..’
The Rock Fang leaders had to be defeated by noon the next day..
So now is the only time to do the outcast a favor..
Snowfall arrived at the cliff after many twists and turns..
- There is none.
- doesn't exist.
- excuse me… Is it a mushroom or a crab? I can't even see my nose sticking out.?
- They're struggling so hard, they're struggling. What are you doing? I feel like I'm dying because I already have no time..
- Haha, the person above is making a sudden move. Makgata, the youngest of the five brothers, keeps throwing parties of five, so how can he do it solo? lol
- That’s because it’s a waste, because it’s a waste! Ugh, I have this physique and this judgment, but I'm dying here.….
The people watching him were so sad that they were blurting out words that Kang Seol couldn't even see..
Their worries weren't that strange either..
In fact, near the cliff where the snowfall arrived, not a single leaf of grass grew, let alone mushrooms, except for one tree that struggled to break through the cliff..
Did I come to the wrong place??
That moment.
[Sensitivity is triggered..]
Snowfall, who was quietly looking down from the cliff, saw a choice..
[This seems to be the cliff edge the outcast spoke of. But corpse finger mushrooms are nowhere to be found. what would you do?]
1. waiting.
2. Let's search the area.
3. Go back and tell the truth to the outcast.
4. [Required: Biology 1] Check whether the environment is suitable for mushrooms to grow naturally..
5. ……
Kang Seol glanced at the message and then sat down..
‘Heyyo' sponsored Madness by 100.!
[I'm sorry, but where did the air conditioner remote control in my room go??]
- Why are you asking that here lol?
- Oh, I don’t know this haha
- I just got here, and he still can't infiltrate the tribe? ㄹㅇ The game exploded..
Contrary to many people's worries, Snowfall was looking at the sky with a calm expression. He was currently carrying on a brief thought..
‘I wondered why I had this feeling of déjà vu.….’
This space wasn't like that..
It was about this situation and this adventure..
‘My first horse had this adventure too….’
Among the countless adventures that exist in the eternal world, there were adventures that only appeared in adventures 1 to 10 at the beginning of play..
The friendly five brothers were one of them, and Snowman's first character also experienced this adventure..
‘And died….’
Kang Seol put a lot of love into the first character..
At that time, I didn't know that my dream would last for 17 years, so I did my best at every moment..
The effort was the same even when entering the rest area as well as on the adventure..
The first character that I trained with passion and without knowing much about it was the 5 friendly brothers, who died while doing the ‘Abandoned One’ side quest..
He foolishly fell to his death while trying to obtain a corpse finger mushroom growing on a cliff..
Maybe it was natural.
A caster with poor agility and strength was trying to harvest mushrooms while hanging on a steep cliff, so no matter how strong the rope was, he would not have been able to hold out..
It’s because Kang Seol chose the wrong option..
At that time, the young snowfall was greatly shocked, and when she woke up from her dream, she shed tears like a waterfall..
At that young age, I was so sad that the horse died because of my own mistake and that the horse could no longer move forward..
My heart still hurts when I think about it..
Now, compared to then, not only has he grown a lot, but his mind has become dull as well..
That's probably why Snowfall never forgot the information about the Corpse Finger Mushroom..
While I was lost in thought, the air started to cool down..
The sun was slowly setting, and soon the sky turned into a sunset color as if painted in watercolor..
Just like that, the sound I had been waiting for began to be heard..
Tdu-duk-duk…
- Uh, huh?
- It sounds far away?
- Monga… monga is happening…
The reason why Kang Seol did nothing and waited quietly was soon revealed..
Crump patter…
Something was coming out of the cliff.
Elongated mushrooms grew as if life was being born in a place where there was nothing. However, the appearance of the mushroom was quite bizarre, so it was not a very beautiful sight..
From the black body to the head that looks like a human fingernail.
5This mushroom, called corpse finger mushroom because it has a single stem, appears only in the twilight hours of the sunset..
‘now!’
Snowfall activated Shadow Hand, the Shadow Summoner's basic ability..
Seueuugh…
Two black arms extended from his shoulders..
The interesting thing about this shadow hand is that it has some physical power..
‘Of course, other than that, it's not much of an ability..’
As a basic ability, all simple functions are included..
It was often used to subdue monsters before the first summoning was successful..
Luckily, the trap adventure Ruins of the Forgotten Moon was the first adventure, so I didn't have to use it..
‘egg… Like holding an egg.’
- Shadow hand! I heard the controls are really tight..
- What does it feel like??
- What it says in the description is that it feels like you suddenly have a tail..
- Ugh… But what should I do with that??
He slowly lowered his black hand, adjusting to the strange sensation..
Since this is my first time trying it, I might fail, but if I feel like it's going to be close, I can use Karuna..
Slurp…
The shadow hand crawled down the cliff very naturally..
And after fumbling a few times, I was able to grab the mushroom..
Wow!…
Boop! Snowfall smiled faintly as she pulled the mushrooms that were pulled out to the top of the cliff..
- Doctor Octopus! You were here!
- Upset!
- It's your first time, but you're so good;;
- Why, why, why?
However, just when Kangseol was about to wake up in a good mood, holding the mushrooms..
flashing!
Something flashed in the corner of his vision..
“light?”
Snowfall immediately realized where the light was reflected from..
It was a tree on the cliff that I had overlooked earlier..
‘what is that?’
The object that reflected the light was hanging on a tree and was barely able to fall..
Snowfall once again used its shadow hand to pull up this object..
Slurp…
tup!
Snowfall, which was able to easily obtain and pull things up..
He immediately knew what the object was..
“clock… pocket watch?”
It was a pocket watch that could be used as a necklace..
There was a small crack in the clear glass of the pocket watch..
When Kang Seol became interested in this strange object, a message came to mind..
[Sensitivity is triggered..]
[The hidden adventure ‘Lost Pocket Watch’ begins..]
Adventure 2-2. ‘A pocket watch that lost its owner.’
This pocket watch was left on the lowest peak of a sharp rock mountain, in a place where you had to go deep into it..
Looking at the eagle symbol engraved on the surface of the pocket watch, it seems to be an item with a story. Maybe there is someone in the Free City of Congory who knows about this pocket watch..
Goal: Find someone who knows about pocket watches..
Current remaining time “No time limit”」
‘This is also a side quest?’
- uh… So, that watch... hmm… I don't have it?
- Quests are not included in the settings book.?
- Evande;
- Merging, bugunga?
The free city of Kongori was a city located near a sharp rocky mountain..
In other words, you will find out when this adventure is over anyway..
Kang Seol decided not to worry about something that couldn't be solved right away..
Sigh..
Snowfall left with the watch in her arms..
* * *
“Can I trust it?….”
The outcast muttered..
Talking to oneself was a daily routine for this troll..
cursed body.
Not only his tribe but also his mother gave up on him, but he didn't give up on himself..
I do not know.
Everyone abandoned themselves because they didn't know..
he thought so.
Ignorance is not a sin, but mistakes occur because of ignorance..
‘‘The Outcast’ searched the luggage of abandoned merchants after being hunted by the tribe..
The Rocktooth Troll took most of the intact items in the luggage, but each time there was one item that was left untouched..
it was a book.
He brought it home and read it..
At first, I couldn't read those books filled with unknown characters at all..
However, as he began to learn magic on his own using the spell books left behind by his mother, he was able to naturally read those books as well..
This is because there was also a spell that helped with language acquisition..
He grew up like that. As time passed, he devoured knowledge and learned more principles..
He also learned that the disease he was suffering from was endemic to the sharp rocky mountains and that a cure definitely existed..
‘Corpse Finger Mushroom.’
okay… If only I had those mushrooms.
But I couldn't find the mushrooms.
He wasn't strong enough to hang from the cliff and collect mushrooms, and he didn't have anyone to pick mushrooms from the cliff for him..
he was a loner.
While I was stamping my feet like that, the human Kangseol appeared..
Compared to other trolls, he has relatively less aversion to humans..
This was also because I learned about their culture and history through books..
Kang Seol came to visit him, and after hearing his story, she left, offering to get him mushrooms..
“There's no way I can save you... No way….”
The outcast hated vain hope.
How much time was wasted in the hope that one day I would get better..
Vain hope is harsher than despair.
So why are we expecting him to appear?.
He now realized that faith does not come from ignorance, but from desire..
Rustle.
“…huh?”
Rustle.
Rustle.
The sound of tree branches breaking under footsteps.
The outcast caught the sound of those footsteps with all his senses..
Soon, someone appeared from that direction..
It was snowing.
“…….”
The outcast frowned..
Snowfall’s face was full of scars..
In that short period of time, his disease spread..
Endemic diseases are scary.
Probably wouldn't have made it to the cliff..
But at that time, Kang Seol grinned and took something out of her pocket..
It was my first time seeing it, but I felt like I knew what it was..
It was the corpse finger mushroom I wanted so much..
dump…
The abandoned man fell down and cried..
“thanks… Thank you, stranger. I am saved.”
After he stayed like that for a while, the snowfall lifted him up..
He went into the hut with the outcast. And to the man who repeatedly expressed his gratitude, I briefly explained my future plans..
The outcast quietly listened to his story, thought for a while, and then answered:.
“All right. I will do my best to help you.”
[Saved the outcast.]
[As a reward, the outcast helps you..]
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