The 31st Piece Turns the Tables - Chapter 193

Episode 193:

Golan, the grave robber.

It was one of Snowfall’s horses, and he was also the one who first imprinted the name Snowman on the gods who enjoyed the game together.

Goal Run was initially one of the average snowfall horses. At least not before he stood out in a strange place.

[You gain Temperament: Habitual Kleptomania.]

[From now on, you will steal from someone without realizing it.] [

You realize that you are a grave lover.]

[You will have to dig up all the graves to become a traitor. It is solved.]

Only after awakening these two abilities, which are fatal to adventurers and even to normal horses, was Kangseol able to decide on the course of the goal run.

From that day on, Golan became a grave robber.

While Lian, one of Kangseol’s horses, awakened tremendous innate ability, Golan awakened a unique acquired ability, causing trouble for Kangseol.

The ability called habitual kleptomania made it impossible for Golan to enter the village.

It became impossible to rest or maintain properly.

He went into the village without thinking, and before he knew it, he was hanging other people’s belongings around, and he was often chased by guards day and night.

It also became impossible to aim for normal missions.

When traces of a grave were discovered during the course of the mission, they dug up the grave, ignoring the constraints of the mission, making it seem like they had literally become a single-celled organism.

But how can there be only a shadow in everything?

[You will be able to smell money.]

[You will be able to quickly find hidden treasures.] [

You will gain Temperament: Hoarder.]

[You will not be able to sell the items you have collected, but rather collect them in a designated location. Just by doing this, your abilities increase.]

New abilities acquired while digging into the tomb.

This was the ability that allowed the horse Gollun to make a huge leap from a caterpillar to a butterfly.

The ability called Money Smell did not always activate, but once the Money Smell was activated, the tomb was like a jackpot. When you dig it up, it’s full of treasure, like barnacles hidden under a rock.

This enabled Golan to quickly supply a much larger amount of treasure than before.

And the long-awaited collector.

Treasures that could not be entered into the village anyway, so they were sold to grocery stores or on the black market. Because of that, he didn’t get the full price, but Golan had to sell it while holding back tears.

There was no point in having something that couldn’t be used.

However, after gaining the ability to be a collector, the reason for that disappeared. No, rather, it was a situation where he had to buy a lot of treasure.

The tomb is dug up and the treasures found there are placed in a designated location.

And this leads to an increase in abilities. Additionally, larger graves are dug based on increased abilities.

Goal Run, with its growth in sight, was truly on a path to radical success.

His warehouse grew, and as a result, Golan became strong enough to crush other horses of the same level.

But that didn’t last.

The not-so-secret secret that he stored his treasure in a limited location spread among players, and a large number of people appeared seeking his treasure.

Not only grave robbers and relic hunters, but also general adventurers.

And among them were cruel murderers who deliberately interfered with adventures or robbed other horses of their loot.

It would have been nice if it had ended with just them, but even the most infamous among the residents of Pandea were after his treasure.

Adventure 25. ‘Grave Robber’s Tomb’

You happened to discover an entrance leading to someone’s tomb. You have stepped into this place where there is no one guarding it and there is little evidence that it is someone’s tomb.

It’s very dark and has a damp smell that makes your feet heavy. What will you discover here?

As of now, that future cannot be envisioned as it should be.

Goal: Meaningful discovery

Time remaining: “Approximately 3 days”

Snowfall sucked air deep into the lungs.

A different smell from the Gatif family basement filled his nose and lungs.

Damp but not stuffy, dark but not uneasy.

‘Is it because you’re friendly?’

There was no need or reason to be anxious, as the structure he created was full of traps he had created.

“long time no see.”

– Have you ever been here?

“I just feel like that.”

Since I didn’t have very good memories of this place, I paid no attention to it. Even after his death, other players continued to invade this place aiming for Golan’s treasure, but it didn’t really mean much.

‘Because there are no special items here.’

I wasn’t sure since we hadn’t been together, but I guessed that Kangseol’s goal run in his prime would not be as strong as Kangseol’s now.

And since this was a place where a lot of useful items were stored, it was fortunate if Kangseol found at least one useful item here.

Of course, even such items could be said to be valuable to other adventurers.

But that didn’t mean those adventurers would set foot here.

‘Because it doesn’t make sense.’

The things that Golan, or Kangseol, brought here were not only treasures.

There were guards who moved items from other tombs to prevent theft, and they also brought treasures that were dangerous if handled without knowing how to use them.

If the value of what you would gain by defeating all those dangerous things was not that great, it was natural that the reason for coming here would naturally disappear.

‘It’s me that’s why I came… because I have to retrieve Golan’s maintenance here.’

Crunchy…

His white bones were broken into pieces by Snowfall’s boots.

Snowfall slowly walked forward.

[Intermediate Perception activates.]

[There is a trap nearby.]

I know.

The first thing that greets you is probably the historic arrow trap. It wasn’t a great work, but it was an effective trap to filter out random strangers.

‘There’s no way it’s going to work…’

It’s been a long time since I trained goal runs, but there was still no way the traps I set up back then would work.

Jjiiing…

Ping-!

“….”

As Snowfall took a step from the trap section, an arrow was fired.

He nodded for a moment and then took steps again.

Chiiing…

Chiiing…

Ping!

Peeeeee!

All of the ships were intact, so it would not have been an accidental launch.

Whirling-!

Snowfall used her shadow hand to retrieve an arrow stuck in the wall.

Embarrassment spread across his face as he checked the arrow.

‘This… is not the arrow I prepared.’

Someone touched the arrow trap.

That fact puzzled Kang Seol.

In the case of dismantling the trap, I could at least understand it. I remember every time Golan worked hard to rebuild the trap.

But you’ve repaired the trap and filled it with all the arrows you’ve run out of?

Is this as if they are trying to pretend to be the owner just because the owner has disappeared?

Jjiiing…

Ping-!

Jjiiing…

Ping-!

Kang Seol continued his thoughts while dealing with the arrow trap with ease.

‘Couldn’t Golan be alive?’

Probably not.

Kang Seol, who was involved at the time, knew best about Golan’s death.

So who is managing this place?

After passing through the arrow trap, the insight was activated again.

[Intermediate Perception activates.]

[There is a trap nearby.]

‘There was a trap here that caused the floor to collapse.’

I remembered that it was a trap that was quite cumbersome to maintain.

“….”

The tiles were all rearranged.

‘Someone must have tampered with this place like the arrow trap earlier.’

Kang Seol, who felt like returning to retrieve Yu Ji, became interested in an unidentified person.

I lightly stepped on the tile.

[It’s a trap!]

[The scaffolding collapses!]

Rumble…

The scaffolding collapsed over a fairly wide area, but Snowfall was unharmed.

He was not slow enough to fall into this trap.

Kang Seol looked from the intact scaffolding towards the collapsed scaffolding. It was quite deep and dark, so an ordinary person would not have been able to see the inside properly, but Kang Seol was able to see the inside with Seonji’s eye.

“… hmm? dead body?”

There were spikes made of steel sticking up from the floor, and around them were the corpses of intruders who had previously fallen here and died.

What Kangseol noticed was the new corpse next to them.

‘…He died recently.’

Although the body was decomposing, it was not completely crushed.

He probably died here not long ago.

“… It’s fun.”

– Declare it’s fun!

– Crazy lol. What’s so funny?

– Ugh… I’m getting goosebumps;;

Whether the body is that of a former person or a native, what is important is that this place was welcoming uninvited guests until recently.

Pot-!

Pababat-!

Rumble…

[It’s a trap!]

[The scaffolding collapses!]

Pot-!

As Snowfall ran across the steps like a leopard, it seemed as if she was ignoring the trap.

Snowfall, who passed the scaffolding trap in an instant, defeated the following traps with great vigor.

A trap in which rocks roll or the ceiling falls.

Even the trap of being confined in a room full of poisonous smoke.

‘Everything is well maintained.’

We’ve already passed through quite a few pitfalls.

Kang Seol looked at the next trap.

Open land. It was a maze, the royal road to traps.

– Oh, I’m so glad to see you in the maze haha

– You don’t have to worry about getting lost in the maze if you place your left hand on the left side of the wall.

– But I won’t do that.

– Why?

– That’s not fun, is it?

– Is this a guy who knows how to have fun?

Strangely, as soon as Kangseol saw the maze, he remembered when he designed this place.

Since fostering Golan, the gods have occasionally shown interest in Kangseol, who has been adventuring alone.

– What are you doing alone?

– Setting traps.

– trap? Why is the trap… What is it?

– A maze.

– maze? Wow… it’s really spacious, isn’t it?

– How about this?

– … There are quite a few traps besides the maze, right?

– yes? Ah yes.

– How do you manage everything?

– Ah… I just happened to think of something…

Kang Seol shook off the memories of the past and returned to reality, moving forward without hesitation.

[You are standing in a maze. Which way should we head?]

1. Right.

2. Left.

3. Front.

4. Turn back.

…

“Right….”

Pot!

[It’s a trap!]

Pew pew pew!

Kwasik!

Snowfall, who knocked down all the flying arrows, moved on.

“Left this time.”

As I turned left, it was a dead end.

[This is a dead end.]

“….”

– Be confident and get it all wrong!

– Life is about confidence!

– Something… Something… Sucks but Cool!

Kang Seol went through the maze as if he realized something.

Pot-!

[It’s a trap!]

Pot-!

[This is a dead end.]

– This is a bit strange;;

– Wasn’t there a hole here earlier?

– lol;; No scary stories.

– This….

he concluded.

‘The maze… is moving.’

The current maze has a completely different structure from the maze he designed himself. Kang Seol laughed out of frustration.

“What else can I say…”

he said, looking around.

“Me and you rats.”

The surroundings were quiet.

“I know everything, so come out.”

– Rat?

– no way! Another adventurer!

– Have the goats already taken action?

At that time, the sound of a rat was heard.

Squeak… Squeak…

Drudduddudduddudduddud…

At the same time, the walls of the maze began to vibrate and change in structure.

– what!

– Miro is angry!

Dduddudd…

At this moment when the maze changed, Kangseol remembered something from the past.

– So you’re going to raise grave rats here?

– I like your hair so I take care of it like it’s my own, right? In fact, it appears frequently in ruins.

– Well… he thought it was his house. It’s a very unpleasant monster… and it grows by eating treasure, right? Won’t it be a pain in the ass later?

– So I prepared other devices too!

The transformed maze surrounded Snowfall like a boxing ring and blocked it in all directions. And the foothold that Snow Seol had stood on collapsed.

[It’s a trap!]

Rumble…

Snowfall slowed down by touching the wall as it fell.

Drudduddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

…

Snowfall on the ground.

The basement wasn’t that deep.

Squeak… Squeak…

Rats waddling along.

Giant rats the size of people were glaring at the snowfall.

And behind it, a rat that had gained a lot of weight and was breathing unpleasantly gave off a foul smell.

Squeak… Squeak…

Snowfall said calmly, surrounded by a flock of rats.

“What if I close my business and still receive customers?”

Squeak…

Normally, grave rats don’t grow this far.

‘It’s probably because they ate the treasure on the other side.’

The grave rat, which had grown so large, drooled as it watched the snowfall.

Whirling…

Snowfall summoned Karen.

[The hidden adventure ‘The Mouse and the Owner’ is activated.]

Jjijik!

As the group of rats rushed towards Snowfall, Snowfall gave her an order.

“Burn everything.”

Karen grabbed the hilt of the knife.

Grumble-!

[Karen’s Continuous: Friend activates.]

[Continuous: Surprise Appearance activates.]

[Happy Coco affects Karen’s abilities.]