The 31st Piece Turns the Tables - Chapter 27

Episode 27:

For what purpose did the wanderer come to Snowfall?

For some reason, Kang Seol caught something in the other person’s voice, which seemed desperate. But I didn’t necessarily say it out loud.

I quietly listened to the other person’s story.

Since it was a quiet alley, the conversation between the two proceeded without interruption.

“I… need help.”

“also.”

The only people who would wait for someone in the ranking without sleep would be desperate people.

If you’re that desperate, you’ll definitely want help.

“Why me?”

“Please listen to me for a moment.”

“What is your name?”

“About one person. “You can let go.”

“We’re not there yet. “Let’s talk about it somewhere else, not here.”

Kang Seol led a group of people into a quiet bar and inn.

After finding a place to stay, I sat down in a suitable spot on the first floor. Of course, I had at least one person sit in front of me.

One person had something different from the others.

‘The hand…’

The right hand had turned black, as if it had rotted.

Ssyuk.

He must have felt Snow’s gaze as he lowered the sleeve of his right hand.

“Isn’t it fascinating?”

“Why are your hands like that?”

“Because I’m possessed by a ghost. “Because I was cursed.”

“curse?”

There were often cases like that in the eternal world.

Cases such as touching an ugly or cursed object or being attacked by a spiteful evil spirit.

However, the hand of one person felt different from a curse.

At first, I misunderstood that it was a rotten hand, but upon closer inspection, it actually felt hard and smooth.

‘I don’t think it’s a curse…’

Kang Seol became more and more curious about the story of one person.

One person told a story about the black hand.

“I have siblings.”

“younger sister?”

“Your sister and… my sister. “No, should I say there was?”

“what?”

“My sister is dead. “On my second adventure.”

One person’s story was like this.

Strangely enough, the brothers met each other on their friendly five-brothers adventure and promised to live together and return home.

However, the adventure of the five friendly brothers was not that easy, and his older sister was in danger of falling off a cliff while fighting a troll.

Tup-!

However, at least one person managed to hold onto one hand of his older sister, Han Sae-byeok.

My younger sister Han No-eul was also watching.

– brother! Never let go! sister! Hang in there!

– No… If you keep doing this, you will fall, Dawn.

“There were too many trolls. “My sister tried hard, but…”

My hands were full of sweat.

Han Yeo-myeong was unable to support his older sister’s weight with just one hand.

Ssuk…

Sssssseu…

More than one body was gradually pulled closer to the cliff.

– Ugh….

– No! brother!

The other personnel were all dealing with trolls, so they were of no help.

Han Yeo-myeong trembled as she recalled that time.

“At that time… my sister’s voice, her eyes looking at me, her last words… I remember everything.”

– …Dawn. Let go of your hand.

– shut up! Early in the morning!

– My sister Han Yeo-myeong loves me very much. …No-eul please.

– Holy fuck! Please don’t let go!

– …I’ll let it go.

Sigh…

the horrifying sensation of my hand slipping out of my hand.

A feeling of desolation and emptiness.

And even as he falls, Saebyeok’s eyes are concerned about him.

“I feel like I’m going crazy because it appears in my dreams every night… My sister comes to visit me every day.”

“What do you say when you come?”

“Please save me… Please save me.”

“So what about your hands from then on?”

“Yes, a strange message appeared.”

[An unexpected accident! Constitution: Obtains demon-possessed hands.]

“An unexpected accident… That was it.”

“yes?”

“no.”

unexpected accident.

Various systems exist in the eternal world.

Among them, there are systems that have a positive impact, but there are also systems that have a negative impact.

This situation usually involves cases where the adventurer’s spirit collapses or he is injured and suffers aftereffects after seeing such a terrible scene while on an adventure.

‘Because the hands are possessed by a demon… I have acquired a constitution that is difficult to obtain.’

Unfortunately, there is no way to relieve the ghost’s grudges or use a purification ceremony by a high-ranking priest.

Those hands belong to a ghost.

But there are pros and cons to everything.

If you get that hand back from the ghost, the ghost’s hand will be of great strength to one person.

That was the hand of the ghost that Kang Seol knew.

“Are your hands not moving?”

“yes. “I’m right-handed, but I eat with my left hand.”

“It will be uncomfortable. But what is your favor? If you really want a way to return that hand to its original state…”

“Oh no. There is no way around this because it is my guilt and regret. “What I’m asking for is my younger brother.”

“Brother? “Now that I think about it, what happened to your sister?”

“My younger sister joined the guild. “After that happened, he became distant from me.”

I had a rough guess.

The younger sister pours out her hatred towards the older brother who left her. Even if it’s like that, you’ll have to endure it.

“I think I let go on purpose. Actually, I don’t know anymore. I may have tried to let go…”

“Are you saying it’s dangerous because your younger brother joined the guild?”

“Well… do you know about the Justice Guild?”

“I do not know. “I’m not interested.”

“It’s a guild that was formed in the early days, and it has the highest adventurer score… It’s a guild that attracted people.”

“….”

At first glance, it seemed like we had encountered snowfall in the city. Although I didn’t have much interest at the time.

“That is not true. “They are lying.”

“Is that all?”

“no! That’s not the end. “It is said that since the guild’s party composition is determined by the executives as they please, people who are hostile to the executives within the guild are used as sword-bearers.”

“and?”

“It is said that there are people who recklessly left the village and suffered disaster in the village… again! Recently, there have been rumors of an alliance with a not-so-good guild…”

“It’s all a rumor.”

“That’s not it!”

“then?”

“My younger brother… my younger brother contacted me.”

“….”

“My younger brother asked me… to save him. The information I mentioned earlier is actually internal information confirmed by my younger brother. Noeul said she was in danger… and asked me to save her!”

Snowfall touched my forehead.

“Even if that is true, it is not a reason for me to help Ms. Han Yeo-myeong.”

“Why why? Why…”

“Because I am not an apostle of justice.”

“….”

“Each person has their own circumstances, Mr. Han Yeo-myeong. “I don’t have time to look back on anything other than what I aimed for.”

It wasn’t wrong.

The path to ascension is a path of suffering.

You must overcome almost impossible adventures and become stronger again.

Both physical and mental.

The power he gained by fighting against irrationality was for ascending to heaven, not for pretending to be a hero.

Once he acts as if he is on the side of justice, lambs will flock to him asking for salvation.

And there was no guarantee that the lambs were unconditionally good.

If that happened, it was obvious that the ascension would fail.

However, since he could not bring up such specific details, Kang Seol only talked about the conclusion. About one person objected to this.

“why! why! Even though he’s that strong… his adventurer points don’t fully show the difference in power! If your score is twice that of 2nd place… then you are 10 times stronger… no, dozens of times stronger…” “The

reason I became stronger is not to help those who are hiding behind the strong and waiting for salvation. Save yourself, Mr. Han Yeo-myeong. The way to save my brother must come from you, not me. I can’t save everyone around me.”

“What…”

“Oh and that hand.”

“hand?”

“That black hand may not be a curse. If you want to resolve your younger brother’s problem, you will have to let go of the guilt. Anyway, that’s the end of my story.”

Snowfall has left its place.

One or more people sat blankly in their seats, suffering.

Kang Seol watched that scene for a moment and then went up to the room.

‘Cold-Blooded’ sponsored Madness by 200!

[Snowman is cold-blooded! Oh, was the snowman cold to begin with?]

– It’s up to you to figure out why you should help with that.

– Do you have no brothers or sisters?

– That’s because I can’t sympathize with it anymore! Even now, I went to beat the dog for drinking his banana milk ㅡㅡ

– You were wrong lol Banana milk is a serious issue.

– Honestly, if it were me, I would help.

* * *

The events of last night remained in Kangseol’s mind.

However, what I said to Han Yeo-myeong yesterday was also what I said to Kang Seol.

‘You can’t be involved in everything.’

And life in Pandea was as if it had just begun. It is natural for people who cannot adapt to new rules to be left behind.

‘You can’t survive here just with my help.’

In this world, crises come at any time.

Every time, snowfall cannot help. The path of snowfall was fixed and the time available was also limited.

‘Han Yeo-myeong has the hands of a ghost. If you unlock the secret in your hands, it won’t be that difficult to get your younger brother back.’

By unlocking the secret contained in the ghost’s hand, Han Yeo-myeong obtains a weapon that is different from others.

As Ghost Hand is a very difficult ability to obtain, its ability was exceptional from the beginning.

‘And the ghost’s hand is an ability that may be helpful to me in the future…’

Some adventures require a special constitution.

The rewards of such adventures were usually far superior to those of other ordinary adventures.

The more I organized my thoughts, the clearer it became that I had to keep an eye on at least one person.

If he solves it on his own, it’s perfectly fine, and if it’s too much for him, it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to help him out.

‘Yes, at least helping. If you change yourself instead of being eaten by helplessness.’

So Kang Seol did not hastily help him and planned to just watch.

That was why Kangseol visited the information guild hidden in Kongori.

Perhaps the transferees did not even know that the information guild existed. Because it’s a place set up in a secret space of a fairly old tavern.

“There is quite a lot of information about the Justice Guild. If there is any information you want….”

“Only negative information.”

“You must give me 150 gold coins.”

“here.”

Sasak.

The information received was exactly as one person had said.

Rather, it seems as if there were even details omitted, and the ugly aspects of the Justice Guild were more serious than expected.

While reading the information, Kang Seol came across a name that was quite familiar.

“Predator Guild?”

– also! Recently, there has been talk of an alliance with a guild that has bad rumors…

I never would have guessed that the guild that one person mentioned was a predator guild.

Kang Seol tapped his lips and wrote down all the information.

“Is information from the Predator Guild also available?”

“Is this only negative information?”

“yes.”

“It’s 100 gold coins.”

Kang Seol received information about the Predator Guild.

“hmm… “It’s severe.”

A paper filled with detailed information about the predator guild’s evil deeds.

Grumbling…

Kang Seol burned the paper in the candle flame and asked.

“Why are you letting go at this point?”

“It’s 10 coins.”

Jinglang.

“I don’t know. “So far, the only time I have intervened in an incident involving transferees is when a citizen is killed by the transferees.”

“You know, but you are turning a blind eye to it.”

“They should have their own rules. This answer is my personal opinion and I will not be paid for the information.”

“It’s their own rules… I understand.”

Kang Seol was about to leave when he spoke to the informant again.

“Oh, and I’d like you to follow me for about a week.”

“Is there only one target?”

“yes.”

“How does it compare to you?”

“It’s much weaker.”

Kang Seol delivered information to about one person.

“Then it’s 20 gold coins. From now on, even the moment you sleep, the following will continue.”

Wow.

Snowfall paid an additional 20 gold coins and went out.

The next place he headed to was ‘Seers of Darkness’. This was to utilize the newly acquired ability points.

“You’re here again.”

The manager who recognized Snow Seol spoke to me.

[This is a place to study black magic. A person who appears to be the manager of this place asks you about your business. What would you like to do?]

1. [Required: Ability Score] I want to learn a new ability.

2. [Required: Ability Score] I want to strengthen my existing abilities.

3. I want to test my abilities.

4. Is there anything you need to entrust to me?

5. [Required: Shadow Summoner Wall of Enlightenment] I heard there is a Shadow Summoner here.

…

Kangseol tried to say that he had come to strengthen his abilities, just like before, but he stopped because the options were somehow different.

‘Is option 5 lit up?’

The options that were gray and unselectable last time were written in the same dark color as the other options this time.

‘By any chance… has any information been released?’

Kang Seol asked without hesitation.

“I heard there is a shadow summoner here.”

“Well… the news is late. “I think you are probably referring to Summoner Chao.”

“Chao? yes. Probably right.”

“We lost contact with him after he went to Novira. I’m worried because Nobira is a place with very evil people. It’s already been a month. “As for Mr. Chao, I don’t have to worry too much about the gangsters there, but there is no such thing as absolute human affairs.”

Kang Seol rested his chin and thought.

This question was actually connected to the enlightenment episode that would appear after 6 more adventures.

There was no need to rush right away, but if you put it off, you might not be able to clear the enlightenment episode on time.

A choice came to mind.

[Shao, the shadow summoner who could teach you, has been missing since he went to Novira. The manager here seems worried about this. How would you answer?]

1. That’s too bad.

2. It has nothing to do with me. Okay then.

3. Are there any other shadow summoners?

4. [Required: Enlightenment in a specific field] I might be able to take on Chao’s role.

5.Would you like to find out about Chao’s news for you?

“Would you like to find out news about Chao instead?”

“Is that true?”

“yes.”

“Then please do me a favor!”

[The hidden adventure ‘Disappeared Summoner’ activates.]