The 31st Piece Turns the Tables - Chapter 19
Episode 19
The arrow did not seem to have been shot from such a close distance. Most of them got stuck in carriages or surrounding objects.
“How…how did this happen!”
“What’s going on, Aden?”
“Seongho! Hey Jin Seong-ho!”
Except for Baek Sang-gyu and Seo Jin-cheol, two other party members were hit by arrows.
One of them had his neck pierced by an arrow.
Pussy…
After hearing the sound of the wind blowing a few times, a party member named Jin Seong-ho rolled his eyes.
That’s how he lost his life.
“Aaaah! Dead! “He’s dead!”
“Aden! “What should I do!”
A group of people who had committed murder once were embarrassed like children when death came so close to their nose.
Kang Seol observed Aden’s expression.
Arden’s face turned red.
And then, as if he had made a decision, he shouted to those around him.
“There is a canyon nearby! If you shake off the chase there and enter the Great Forest, you won’t be able to find it! “Hurry up and drive the carriage!”
“B-but… isn’t that easy…”
“Shut up! “Have you forgotten who paid you to hire you?”
Aden forcefully persuaded people as if he had changed.
Kang Seol knew that his actions were not appropriate.
Normally, in such cases, merchants would respond to attacks by forming a phalanx of wagons.
Either Arden has never gone uphill or the level is such that the pursuer cannot fight back.
In any case, the situation was not that easy.
Aden shouted at Baek Sang-gyu’s group this time.
“How long are you going to hold on to a dead guy and whine! Get in the carriage!”
“what? “What are you saying now?”
Sigh.
Aden put the dagger to Seo Jin-cheol’s throat.
Because it was so fast, Seo Jin-cheol could not react at all.
“Heoup….”
“If you don’t want to die, do as I say. “The play ends here.”
Seo Jin-cheol’s eyes were round and he could only nod his head slowly.
Baek Sang-gyu’s group left Jin Seong-ho, who was hit by an arrow and died instantly, and helped another injured man onto the carriage.
Snowfall followed them into the carriage.
“Fuck… Fuck… What on earth happened…”
“Wasn’t it an easy adventure! “Why do we have to go through this!”
Death comes to everyone and sends fear as a messenger.
Baek Sang-gyu’s group, reduced by one person, rolled their eyes in fear.
“It hurts… It hurts… It hurts so much…”
“Gyeongmo!”
Another man was lying down with an arrow stuck in his chest.
He continued to moan, but now the movements have gradually subsided.
“I… I’m going to die like this…”
Tuk.
Baek Sang-gyu’s group was reduced to two.
Hee hee hee!
The sound of horses running faster and faster.
Pushu shot.
Wow!
“Hehe…”
The sound of an arrow piercing through the tent of a carriage.
The whole situation was so confusing that I couldn’t come to my senses.
Even in this situation, Kang Seol maintained his cool.
‘Caught at the edge of the canyon.’
Both the first and second characters met the same ending.
There was no major danger before reaching the end of the canyon, so there was no need to make a fuss like Baek Sang-gyu’s group.
Baek Sang-gyu saw that and screamed in anger.
“You made it seem like it was an easy adventure, but it wasn’t!”
“…what?”
“Damn it… how am I supposed to get out of this?”
Seo Jin-cheol growled at Kang Seol.
“Hey, let’s work together until we get out of here.”
This would have been obvious at a normal party, but this party did not trust each other, so it was an issue that needed to be addressed.
Seo Jin-cheol believed that Kang Seol would follow his words.
Because there were two of us and Kang Seol was one.
Regardless of whether their plan was discovered or not, Snow Seol also thought it would be difficult to escape on her own.
However, the answer that came back from Kang Seol embarrassed Seo Jin-cheol and Baek Sang-gyu.
“why me?”
– yes? Me?
– Hahaha, I was tired.
– These bastards look like murderers just by looking at them haha. Why are we going together?
– Did you get caught in a fucking cosplay?
Baek Sang-gyu’s eyes were bloodshot and he tried to pull the curved sword from his belt.
Sreung.
“You tend to be oblivious. People’s words don’t sound like words… huh?”
“Uh… why is my body… ugh…”
Baek Sang-gyu and Seo Jin-cheol’s bodies did not follow their control. It felt like it was slowly hardening, as if it were concrete.
Clink.
The curved sword that Baek Sang-gyu was holding fell to the corner of the carriage.
“Why is Rain’s damn body….”
“Me too!”
Their tongues were constantly teasing as their bodies hardened only from the neck down.
Kang Seol looked at them and said.
“You tend to be oblivious.”
“what? You bastard! you! “You did all this!”
“Loosen it! “I don’t know what you did, but I will kill you!”
“You should not carelessly swallow food given to you by others.”
At Kang Seol’s words, Baek Sang-gyu and Seo Jin-cheol realized what had happened.
Something had been manipulated into the alcohol I had just received.
“Oh… shit! “Are you fooling me?”
“No, that can’t be possible… Aden! “Aden, what is this bastard?”
Push shoo shoo shoot!
“Chase!”
Doo doo doo doo!
I could hear the sounds of people chasing me on horseback.
Before we knew it, a group of wagons were leaving the canyon.
Kang Seol dressed up and got ready.
Whoa…
He held a black energy in his hand, and when he shook it off, a huge figure appeared inside the carriage.
Whirring whirring…
“That… That guy…”
“Troll! You’re a troll! No, that is….”
They knew it too.
What Snowfall summoned was Jamaard, the chieftain of the Rock Fars, who had only been seen from afar during the previous adventure.
How could I forget that terrifying sight?
Baek Sang-gyu muttered in disbelief and thought.
‘Did you defeat that Jamard?’
Jamard, whom it seemed unlikely that one party could defeat even if they combined their efforts.
Of course, Kang Seol defeated the monster alone, but Baek Sang-gyu couldn’t even guess that.
Jamard asked after seeing the snowfall.
“…the situation is not good.”
“It seems like it, but let’s wait and see.”
“joy. Let’s protect it.”
When Kang Seol tried to get out of the carriage, Baek Sang-gyu and Seo Jin-cheol became desperate and called him.
“Hey! Take it away! “Take us with you!”
“Where are you going! you! If we continue like this, the predators won’t let us go!”
Kang Seol said without looking back.
“So why me?”
Instead of providing help, Baek Sang-gyu’s group will become shackles holding his ankles.
It was obvious that they would probably be left here to meet the ending they deserved.
‘come.’
Suddenly, a rope barrier and armed men appeared right in front of the wagon train. They all had tattoos like Arden’s on their faces.
“Hold on tight!”
With Aden shouting, the front of the carriage procession began to fall over.
Since the entire line was hit, the other wagons were unable to advance any further and collapsed.
“Uh huh?”
“no!”
While Baek Sang-gyu and Seo Jin-cheol were screaming, Snow Seol’s appearance in the carriage had already disappeared.
* * *
Snowfall successfully broke away from the group under Jamard’s protection before the entire wagon train collided with the rope obstacle.
The impact of rolling on the ground followed, but thanks to his protection, no major damage was received.
A few people escaped from the group of raiders and chased after Snowfall, but they were all crushed by Jamad’s hands.
Snowfall was now looking at the place where the collision occurred.
“Are you just watching?”
“okay. “If you come forward now, you will only lose strength.”
“Just figure it out.”
Aden gathered his troops from the group of broken carriages and prepared to greet the attackers.
“Damn it… How did you know and come all the way here? Hey, it’s a battle.”
The part of Aden’s words that was not false was that there really was a carriage escort.
Even stronger than Baek Sang-gyu’s group.
“I think there were about twenty attackers. “Each of you must survive on your own.”
“Damn it… we never said anything like this!”
Boom… Boom…
Someone approached me from afar, twirling a curved sword.
As expected, he had the same tattoo on his face as Aden.
“Aden… no, Kujo. “Did you think you could escape from us?”
“How can the one who is running away know that, you idiot?”
“Hehehe… You still have as much pride as that tongue. “I should have used that tongue for you.”
“I was planning to make a big deal because Daewoo wasn’t very cool… Do you have any plans to do business together? “I’ll treat you better than Borgo.”
“Can you protect me from Borgo’s pursuit?”
“Is it okay?”
“Then die peacefully. “Do you have the map and interpretation?”
“then! It’s here in this arms. “Try to take your skills wherever you go!”
“Then let me say goodbye in advance. “The map will return to its original owner.”
“Damn, if anyone hears it, they’ll think Borgo found it. “I found it, you bastard!”
Kaaaaang-!
Aden Ani Cujo’s group, which appeared to be outnumbered, clashed with the advance guard sent by Borgo.
Meanwhile,
Snowfall was checking the details of the changed adventure.
Adventure 3-1. ‘The carriage runs.’
A wagon train scheduled to go to Novira was attacked. It seems like there is something I don’t know about. You must survive the raid.
Goal: Survive and escape the chase.
Time remaining [None]
Snowfall knew the truth of this adventure from the beginning. Of course, this adventure changes from moment to moment.
This adventure was more complicated than it seemed.
Borgo, who is famous among the ruin hunters who settled in Nobira (only the name is different, but the figure and role are the same),
Kujo, a subordinate who was always dissatisfied with Borgo, obtains a map of another ruin during the exploration of the ruins. I watch it secretly and try to interpret it secretly.
Meanwhile, Borgo notices this and chases Cujo, but Cujo has already escaped to Kongori, and Borgo’s group has no choice but to set up camp near the forest and target him.
The interpretation that Kujo received stated that five living sacrifices were needed to open the entrance to the ruins.
‘In other words, me and Baek Sang-gyu were being carried as sacrifices, not as escorts.’
That’s why Aden was so addicted to alcohol.
To make the party obediently become a sacrifice without being able to move their bodies.
Kaang!
Kaaaaang!
Snowfall quietly watched their clash.
This is something I have already experienced twice.
I already knew the result.
As time passed, the outlines of the battle gradually emerged.
“Hehehehe… Hehehehe….”
“Hehehehe… If you want to die, continue.”
“If you leave anyway, Borgo will kill you.”
“That’s right. Then hurry up and die.”
It’s a really funny situation, but no one survives the collision between the two groups. As expected, looking at the situation in front of me, the same situation was unfolding.
‘No, the sacrifices survive.’
The first character, Snowman, chose to use his magic power to recover his body from the shattered carriage and ran away from the scene. Thanks to you, I survived.
‘And the second character chose a different option.’
Snowfall waited for their battle to end and approached it as it was nearing completion.
“Huh… Huhuh… Borgo?”
Cujo, who had lost both eyes, was gasping for breath there. Black blood was all over his body. He had already lost so much blood that he looked like he was going to die soon.
“No, this smell… It’s Snowman. “Please save me.”
“You are already dead.”
“Hehehe… That’s right. I shed this much blood… how can I live? “Hey, want to tell me something interesting?”
A choice came to mind.
[Aden’s real name was Cujo. As he is dying, he tries to tell something interesting. How would you answer?]
1. Talk? What are you talking about?
2. No need.
3. Who are those who were chasing us?
4. What does the tattoo mean?
5. [Need: Threat] Tell me everything.
…
“No need.”
“under! ha ha ha! So let me just tell you this. Soon, a large monster that doesn’t even look like a human will arrive here. Then it’s porridge anyway… Hey?”
Stutter. Stutter.
Snowfall searched for Kujo, who was out of breath. And I forcibly took out everything I could get my hands on.
[A map of a certain ruin has been acquired.]
[An interpretation of a ruin has been obtained.]
Kang Seol glanced at the map and checked the interpretation.
Because the interpretation of the ruins was perhaps as important as the map.
‘Oh my…’
His brows furrowed.
‘At this level, it would be best to use the interpretation as kindling.’
The content of the interpretation was similar to what Kang Seol knew, but upon closer inspection, it was interpreted in a completely different way.
In other words, either his memory was wrong or his interpretation was wrong, but Kang Seol trusted his memory more.
“Kk… Hahahaha!”
Kujo laughed like crazy at Snowfall’s actions.
He cursed Kang Seol’s future as if he were a prophet.
“Yes, I guess I’m greedy for the treasures in the ruins. Because I did that too. But the cluck… ruins have already been captured by Borgo.”
“so?”
After acquiring the map, Kang Seol was reminded of a choice once again.
[I looked at the map and identified the location of the ruins. It is near the great forest. What do you want to do?]
1. Return the map to Kujo and find out how to buy it.
2. Stay here and wait for the borgo.
3. After returning the map, run away to Nobira.
4. Head to the Great Forest.
…
Among these, the choice Kangseol would make was obvious.
Cujo’s last words before his death were:
“…you will eventually give in to your desires just like me.”
He answered Cujo, who had already passed away.
“No, I control my desires.”