The 31st Piece Turns the Tables - Chapter 133
Episode 133:
There was a woman who drank alcohol from the morning with her hair down.
“Sister… Did you drink all night again? We’re about to go on an adventure, so I need to take care of my body…”
“Haha, take care of your body? Yeah… it’s good to take care of your body. But Inyoung-ah, Adventure is not a place where people who are about to die without muscles or loose fat can come back alive. So things like taking care of your body… do you really need to do that?”
“I’m drunk, man, please stop going in. sister! “Come to your senses.”
The drunk woman was Joo-yeon Son, one of the main members of Audenin’s alliance.
It was rare to see the normally brash and chilly woman relaxed like this.
“A little more….”
“Yes? “I can’t hear you clearly.”
She looked sad.
“Can I… wait a little longer?”
“… My older sister, Changsik, is dead. So, can’t we stop doing this now?”
“Yiyi… Yaaaa!”
Clink!
The crafted drinking glass was smashed. It was because she couldn’t hold back her anger and threw it away.
“Huh… Hahah… Changsik isn’t dead, he’s not dead!”
“I couldn’t stop you from going in. Then… it’s over.”
The atmosphere of selecting ascetics in the labyrinth was so cold.
There was a reason why things happened that way.
Although the conflict between guilds was cited as a reason, everyone was worried about the absence of Park Chang-sik, the de facto alliance leader, when he headed to the labyrinth.
This was especially true for Son Joo-yeon.
That’s why I looked for people who would head to the labyrinth on his behalf.
It was a plan that failed spectacularly due to the appearance of snow.
Choi In-young knew that Son Joo-yeon was in communication with Park Chang-sik.
In fact, in addition to his great personality, Park Chang-sik was always full of confidence, and some of the union members were drawn to that appearance.
Choi In-young collected the glass debris at Son Joo-yeon’s feet with a sad expression.
“I was already eaten by the labyrinth.”
“Fuck…”
“Seup… Harsh words! also!”
“Fuck… Fuck… So why would you go into a place like that, you idiot…”
“Sister.”
“Why did you just lick the honey dripping from the union and fall asleep on your dick… Why did you come forward!”
Choi In-young held Son Joo-yeon’s hand.
“You know best that Changsik oppa is not that kind of person.”
“You idiot.”
“We all gathered together because of that idiot.”
“… It was like that at first.”
The first value to disappear after being transferred was faith.
Mutual trust and promises, and trust as colleagues.
Everyone was struggling to survive, so it probably didn’t matter who got kicked by them.
But Park Chang-sik was different.
He showed a different side.
Because of that, many people gathered around him and the current union was born.
But now, without him, the coalition is just a boring, selfish group suffering from all kinds of dirty problems.
The Union without Park Chang-sik was lonely.
“The longest adventure so far has been three months.”
“…3 months?”
“Yes, and it’s been four months since Changsik entered the labyrinth.”
Four months after entering the labyrinth.
There was no hope.
The labyrinth ate people again.
“So now, for Lee Da-eum’s sake…”
That was then.
“Grandchild!”
“… huh?”
“Son Joo-yeon! I heard Son Joo-yeon was here! Haa…haa…grandchild!”
A man came to the store where Jooyeon Son was. It was a familiar voice, so it was probably one of the guild members she was close with.
The prediction was correct.
“Why did you come? Juyeon-nii drank until morning…”
“Haa… haa… You were there… Wait a minute, just take a breather… Huh…”
The man must have been running in a hurry, so he was covered in sweat. This was done.
What news is there to rush to deliver in such a hurry? Son Joo-yeon, who was about to fall asleep due to intoxication and fatigue, was momentarily buried in that question.
And for a moment, goosebumps appeared all over my body.
“You… no way…”
The man laughed.
“Ha… That’s right.”
Son Joo-yeon falls down with a loud crash while trying to run out of the store.
“sister!”
“Right? “That’s you, right?”
Son Joo-yeon stood up without much shock and shouted. And the man nodded to the question she asked.
“I’m back.”
The wait is over.
* * *
“I will kill you! “I’m going to kill you!”
Park Chang-sik’s neck was grabbed by Son Ju-yeon’s hands.
“Knock…Knock…Someone…breathe…breathe….”
“What happened! “What on earth happened inside?”
“Explanation… I’ll explain everything, so just give me a break!”
Choi In-young hugged Son Ju-yeon’s waist from behind and pulled her.
“Sister, stop drinking… I told you to drink sparingly.”
“Let go! “That bastard…”
“Heh… I’ll live now.”
Park Chang-sik touched his neck and laughed.
He looked around and took a moment to decide what was going on.
“labyrinth? “A labyrinth?”
“I heard you went there four months ago?”
“Weren’t they all dead? “You said it was hopeless, right?”
“I don’t know, I just arrived too.”
Full of people.
A large crowd of people surrounded Park Chang-sik, who had just been transferred, to the point where it seemed as though all of Audenin’s transferees had gathered there.
The real Son Joo-yeon asked belatedly.
“But why… are you alone?”
“….”
“The others….”
Park Chang-sik limped and approached the place where the guild members were gathered. And he bowed his head.
“sorry. Jang Heung-su, Seong Jae-ho, and Kim Tae-gyu died inside the labyrinth.”
“….”
“It’s all because I was weak. “They…”
He flutters…
“No… Jaeho… Jaeho is dead?”
“You’re lying, right? “Are they all dead?”
“What about private? “So you bought that private information?”
“I thought that bastard was the only one who abandoned his colleagues!”
they don’t know What happened inside?
That’s why I was looking for someone to pour out my anger about loss on.
Clutch…
Park Chang-sik clenched his teeth as if he had been insulted and then responded as calmly as possible.
“I don’t think that’s what I’m going to talk about here. “Let me go to the lighthouse and tell you.”
The key members of the coalition headed to the lighthouse, wading through the crowds of people.
Park Chang-sik arrives at the lighthouse and sits in front of the conference table. And Son Joo-yeon, who noticed that his leg was not in good condition, asked a healer within the guild to look over it during the meeting.
“I’m fine. “Maybe if I just rest, I’ll get back to normal.”
“thank you.”
“Ugh, the smell of alcohol.”
“Jooyeon, have you been drinking since morning?”
“No, I’ve been drinking it since yesterday.”
“….”
The leaders of the coalition sighed and laughed.
They waited for Park Chang-sik to open his mouth.
“We…”
he finally began.
The stories he told in detail were so terrible that they made people frown.
“In the end, this is a fight against yourself.”
“Everyone collapsed there… Jae-ho attacked Tae-gyu…”
“What should I do…”
The sensitive person even had tears in his eyes.
“Then… what happens to those whose souls are stolen like that?”
“That’s right, they could all be there forever….”
“That’s….”
Park Chang-sik then went on to tell a story about the final penance.
The unbelievable power of the final boss of the labyrinth and the undisclosed force that stood against him.
“Nonsense!”
“Changsik couldn’t be of any help?”
And in the end, the story progressed to the point where the boss of the labyrinth was defeated and the reward was chosen.
thud-!
Park Chang-sik took out a treasure chest.
People also secretly assumed that the box was the reward for this labyrinth.
Clap-
“Huh… heh heh….”
“What equipment…”
More than a dozen extraordinary equipment and even ancient coins and jewels.
But it wasn’t enough.
“The reward I chose… was this.”
Considering that three guild members lost their lives and were caught in the labyrinth, this was an insufficient compensation.
“Private! “Didn’t you receive compensation separately from that person?”
“Where is he now?”
“He went back to his dorm first to avoid getting caught in an argument.”
One of the leaders said.
“No! That’s probably not it. “They probably went back first because they were afraid that we would claim compensation.”
“that’s right! In a way, that person was able to come out with compensation…”
Park Chang-sik’s expression looks somewhat dejected.
The only one who noticed it was Son Joo-yeon.
“… What was the reward chosen by Private?”
“It’s obvious! “To have this much treasure all to yourself…”
Park Chang-sik shook his head.
“Liberation of the soul.”
“….”
“He wanted the liberation of all souls caught in the labyrinth. “Even though I knew it wouldn’t be fair compensation.”
“….”
“That can’t be possible….”
Park Chang-sik closed his eyes and said.
“Thanks to that goodwill, the members of the labyrinth raid team that left first were also able to be liberated from the harvesters.”
“Believe that now….”
Park Chang-sik said, rolling his eyes.
“If you value your life, don’t insult him anymore. He is not the type of person to be treated like that. “With just the slightest effort, it would be easy for him to silence everyone here.”
“….”
“My story is over. Now you can take a portion of the treasure as a token fee. “It’s a little… tiring.”
The atmosphere was miserable.
At first, everyone was happy to hear the news that the survivor had returned, but everyone became solemn at the fact that the treasure was the price of the team members’ lives and at the character’s mentality of keeping it secret.
At that time, a woman sitting in a corner spoke carefully.
“Um… have you all seen the updated rankings?”
“Oh, come to think of it…”
“I didn’t check.”
The man who always admired Son Joo-yeon and was jealous of Park Chang-sik said.
“Changsik, do you know that you are now behind me in points?”
“is that so?”
The man taunted Park Chang-sik, looked secretly at Son Ju-yeon, and said.
“Well, the score is not an absolute indicator of strength, but even so…”
“That’s nonsense!”
“… hmm?”
“score! Everyone, check your scores now.”
“what’s the matter?”
“What’s going on?”
Everyone’s eyes were on the leaderboard.
And my eyes stopped at the name Private written in order in the first and second places.
“Changsik has over 2 million points?”
“You gave over 1 million points in one labyrinth?”
“That’s… it’s not that, the first place is…”
“Oh my god…”
In Audenin, there was only one person who surpassed Park Chang-sik’s 2 million points.
* * *
[Information is private.]
[Your score is 5482500 points.]
[Adventure score has exceeded 5000000 points.]
[Achieve the first achievement ‘Frontline’] [Receive
the first title “Leader Guard” I get it.]
Top adventurer ranking
1. Private (5482500)
2. Private (2211710)
3. Let’s Talk (1502120)
4. Spoon Killer (1372420)
5. Who Eats Mango Mangoya (1240130)
Kang Seol was sitting in his dorm after changing his torn top into everyday clothes.
I was exhausted from the arduous life in the labyrinth, so even moving my eyes to confirm the title was difficult.
[First Title: Spearhead]
Related Achievements: Front Line (Adventure: None)
Special Ability: Reduces the ability score consumed by 1 when strengthening an already unlocked ability on the ability tree.
‘Now that I think about it, I’ve accumulated quite a bit of ability points….’
– Wow… It’s an awesome effect, but look at the snowman’s expression doesn’t change haha
– ＼(ㅡ ㅅ ㅡ)/ Snowman’s expression haha
– It looks like he’s thinking about what to have for lunch. Is that
the person who just came out of the labyrinth? Haha
– A man who is no longer satisfied with just his first title!
– It’s the ability to roll a snowball;
– The poor get richer and the rich get richer, is this? The first person to win the title gets to eat it all!
– For us who watch it, it’s always new and always thrilling!
– ღ’ᴗ’ღ I’m leaving my support here~
Park Chang-sik will probably organize and tell you about the labyrinth.
‘Right now… I want to get some rest.’
Because so much had happened in the labyrinth, I was a little tired both physically and mentally. That’s why I lay down in an armchair and slowly lowered my eyelids, with the intention of getting some shut-eye.
Knock knock knock.
Someone disturbed his rest.
‘Is it a union?’
Perhaps, if you have any questions about the labyrinth, you can come to him directly.
“who are you?”
“…Can we talk?”
“talk?”
Suddenly it occurred to me that the person standing outside the door might not be a member of the coalition.
“Ugh…”
He got up and walked closer to the door.
“I think you need to tell me what your purpose is so that I can feel motivated to open this door as well.”
“…Mellie.”
“yes?”
“My name is Chameli Black Pilgrim.”
“Black… Pilgrim?”
The group to which Kang Bo-seok, who competed as the final ascetic of the Labyrinth, belonged.
Did he come because of something that ended four months ago?
Squeak…
When Kang Seol opened the door, he could see the other person’s impression.
A person who is not that tall.
She also looked like a woman in her clothes.
A black pilgrim with the hood of his robe pulled back. A few other pilgrims were standing behind him.
Chameli said.
“I came because I have something to discuss with you.”
“Have you left Audenin yet?”
“Because I had to wait.”
“Who…no way…”
“Yes.”
Chameli laughed awkwardly.
“You.”