The 31st Piece Turns the Tables - Chapter 9
There are 12 hours left until noon, the time limit for
Episode 9 ‘s adventure.
In it, one of the Rock Fang leaders must be eliminated.
Basically, Five Friendly Brothers is an elite adventure based on the premise of a party of five people.
Naturally, all monsters were stronger than in the solo adventure. Because it was a monster that 5 people had to deal with.
Also, regular monsters are this powerful, but is it easy to defeat boss monsters?
Not at all.
This was why even though Kangseol succeeded in making all the tribe members drink the elixir of madness, he did not immediately start attacking the boss.
‘Because it’s still too vague to come forward.’
The ultimate goal of Snowfall’s plan is not to hunt down the tribe members, but to subdue all five Rock Fang leaders.
It was a plan that wouldn’t be strange to hear people say to themselves what a crazy idea it was, but Kang Seol had no intention of giving up.
There were several reasons.
First, Snowfall is an adventure that I remember accurately. Also, the content is progressing as if it was left out.
Not all future adventures will turn out as he remembers.
In the eternal world, the worldview is basically constantly changing. This is none other than the actions of the horses.
Therefore, as the adventure progresses, the content of the adventure in the mid to late stages could be completely different.
‘If that happens, the advantages I have will be meaningless.’
For this reason, a perfectly remembered adventure should have the best reward so that one can prepare for threats that may come later.
Second, in the current plan that I had no choice but to choose as it is a solo adventure, there is not much difference in difficulty between dealing with one leader and dealing with five leaders.
The third and most important issue was the issue of compensation.
In the world of eternity, compensation is calculated from various aspects.
From how ingenious the process was, how many people there were, the difficulty of the adventure itself, the secret devices used, etc.
From that perspective, the situation that Kang Seol was currently facing was not that bad.
If you were to defeat all five leaders of the Rock Fang by yourself using various means, the reward would be the highest of all prizes.
This was all the reason why Kang Seol was struggling along the difficult path.
Sssseu…
Anyway, he was somewhere, taking advantage of the time when all the trolls who had gathered had returned to their seats.
‘This is a treasure trove of rock molars…’
The reason Snowfall remembered the surrounding locations as she climbed the mountain was because she was looking for something.
This is the treasure trove of the Rock Tooth tribe. Fortunately, the treasure trove was located one floor below the top floor. Although they could not enter the treasure trove, ordinary tribe members were also able to climb up to that floor.
The Rock Tooth tribe puts all of their treasures in one warehouse.
‘These are treasures that are not worth much, but…’
Although they were all just miscellaneous items for tribal treasures, among trolls, they were items that were highly valued from a historical perspective.
Just as experts sometimes recognize the value of antiques in the billions, even if you wonder if they have any use in reality.
‘But one of the items in the treasure trove is real.’
There was only one real treasure in the treasure trove of the Rock Maw tribe.
‘Rock Fist.’
Snowfall reminded me of the setting of the Rock Molar tribe.
The Stone Fang tribe worshiped the earth dragon Tancrid.
Tancrid, who is pleased with the Rock Tooth tribe, presents an item made of his scales to the tribe.
It was a fighting armor called ‘Rock Fist’, which had the power to crush rocks just by wearing it, and was an item that gave shamans in particular tremendous magical power.
‘Up to this point, it’s no different from an ordinary troll tribe…’
The Rock Tooth tribe seemed to be on the rise after acquiring the Rock Fist, but it was the opposite.
It was attacked by numerous tribes that coveted the Rock Fist, and several fights even broke out within the same tribe.
‘The problem is that there are multiple factions within the tribe.’
In the Rock Fang tribe, five shamans with the magic power of rocks are born every generation.
Although they are not related by blood, a shaman from a previous era binds them together with a brother’s spell to preserve the rock’s shamanic power.
In other words, beings who are not even brothers are bound as brothers.
I don’t know if they were bound by their own will, like the Dowon resolution in the Three Kingdoms, but the forced relationship between brothers encouraged the factionalization of the tribe.
‘It’s a situation where five factions keep each other in check… If it weren’t for that, it would have been a big force.’
This was the setting from the Eternal World official rulebook and in-game.
And Kangseol was a player who knew how to use these detailed settings.
As he continued his thoughts, he passed several residences without interruption and eventually found what he was looking for.
After confirming the location of the treasure trove, Snowfall waited for the right moment.
Due to the special circumstances of the harvest festival, the security near the warehouse was greatly weakened.
‘It’s been about an hour since I made all the trolls drink the elixir of madness. It’s time for a reaction.’
When Snowfall waited for about 5 more minutes, the long-awaited signal was delivered.
Wow!
Ugh…
A loud roar pierced the night air. It wasn’t just one or two people making noises.
Screams of madness were heard from all over the village.
– When the potency turns on, the trolls will attack each other. The concentration was lowered to dilute it so as not to be detected, so it will probably only have the effect of worsening the physical condition of the leaders.
Even that amount will be of great help to Snowfall.
Snowfall did not leave the vicinity of the treasure trove even after hearing the continuing screams.
There was a response from the general tribe members, so a response will soon appear here as well.
“what! “What does this mean?”
“If there is a problem, a messenger will come… Ugh….”
“Why, why…”
Kaaaaaa!
As mentioned, at midnight on the Harvest Festival, all tribe members drink blood.
This was a rule that absolutely had to be observed during the harvest festival.
In other words, the guards guarding the treasure trove also drank blood.
Quasi profit!
A guard slashing the double-edged ax he was holding at the guard next to him.
It was exactly the picture that Kang Seol wanted.
Crrrrr…
The guard, excited by the smell of blood, left his duty station and ran to the village.
After looking around, Snowfall quietly entered the treasure trove.
As I went inside a little bit, a voice came from inside.
“late! Don’t come near me! Something is wrong with my body! “Hurry up and tell Jamad and his brothers…”
The Rock Fang tribe appoints a troll who does not belong to any faction as the treasure keeper.
That was the rule of the Rock Tooth tribe.
The treasure keeper was a great warrior, but he was much weaker than the five brothers.
The treasure keeper’s body shook and he looked back at Jiang Xue, foaming at the mouth.
Crrrrr…
The treasure keeper had already surrendered himself to madness, and as soon as he saw the snowfall, he rushed at him like a thunderbolt.
“Karuna!”
Whirly, click!
The troll, holding the spear firmly, glared at Snowfall’s neck with red eyes.
And soon he hit that place hard.
Kaaaang!
But the attack was not successful.
This was because the black shadow struck the treasure keeper’s spear with his sword.
“Cruk… Crrr!”
Kangseol showed a deep smile and instructed Karuna.
“Kill me.”
Karuna nodded and attacked the treasure keeper. A battle between the two soon followed.
To conclude, no matter how strong the treasure keeper was, he was no match for Karuna, the apostle of the moon.
Karuna is a monster that can never be defeated in an early battle.
Even though it was a monster meant to be hunted by a party, its abilities did not even reach Karuna’s alter ego.
‘If Karuna was the real person, he would have killed a troll like this with one single sword…’
Perhaps even at this level, one of the five brothers excluding Jamard would be enough to defeat him.
Since it was an alter ego rather than the original body, a battle ensued, and the troll guarding the treasure ended up having his neck pierced by a moonlight sword.
“Kak… Kahak….”
[Defeated the Rock Tooth Treasure Keeper.]
[Obtained the Rock Key.]
– Wow, this is pushing the warehouse.
– I heard there’s a rock fist or something over here. What are you trying to do with it?
– and Mr.; Ephaim; The Rock Fist is not some sort of Infinity Gauntlet lol
– That’s right! One prank lol
– two pranks! Number over!
– This guy?
Kang Seol held the rock key for a moment and was lost in thought.
When you assassinate the treasure keeper and obtain the key to the treasure trove, this was another turning point.
‘A choice will come to mind.’
As he approached the tightly locked stone wall holding the rock key, a phrase came to mind as if he had been waiting.
[You have obtained the key to the rock tusker tribe’s treasure trove. What would you do?]
1. Immediately open the warehouse door using the rock key.
2. Take the rock key.
3. [Required: Shaman] Identify the spell engraved on the rock key.
4. [Required: Thief] Check if you can copy the key.
5. [Required: Stealth] Hide yourself here.
…
There were almost 10 choices this time.
It was this rock key that had such a huge turning point.
‘Taking a rock fist could be one way.’
Open the warehouse and get the rock fist before anyone notices.
There were definitely players who thought this way in the past.
‘The results were the worst, though.’
Again, rock fists were a thing of the past for the Rock Tooth tribe.
Five factions joined forces to retrieve it, and the player who took the rock fist ended up being torn into five pieces.
‘This part is the turning point for solo clearing. The correct answer is….’
Kangseol acted according to option 2.
He only took the rock key and did not do anything such as open the warehouse or steal the rock fist.
With that, Kang Seol finished his actions and quickly moved out of the cave to a village where he could see the treasure trove.
* * *
After a while, the leaders of the Rock Fang arrived at the treasure trove.
While many of the tribesmen were driven into madness and were committing a tragedy of fratricide, the reason they came here was because of the news of the death of the treasure keeper.
They realized through magic that the treasure keeper had died and came to this place.
Makgatha, the earth shaman, is the youngest of five brothers.
The fourth is Trogo, the gravel shaman,
the third is Myam, the mud shaman,
the second is Kron, the rock shaman
, and the first is Jamad, the mountain shaman.
“What is going on! “What on earth is going on in the village?”
“The treasure keeper is dead! “Someone among you has done something!”
They opened their mouths in the order they arrived.
Only Jamard silently listened to their conversation.
And when Jamard realized that the rock key had been stolen, he spoke in a heavy voice.
“Crush it.”
They started breaking down the entrance to the warehouse to check for the most important things.
Kwasik!
Quaaaang!
All kinds of witchcraft were running rampant, destroying the structure that protected the warehouse.
“Haaaa!”
Jamard finally used a giant rock spell to blow up the entrance to the warehouse.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
There was enough shaking that even the distant snow could be felt.
The leaders stopped their deputies and went inside to check the warehouse.
At that moment, Kangseol was mocking the trolls.
‘As long as you find cancer, there will be no problem.’
Since nothing was stolen, there could be something missing.
They will not find the stolen goods.
‘That’s the loophole.’
There are no stolen items.
Now it’s going to drive them crazy.
“Who are you!” “Who committed this wicked act?”
“Not me! Jamard Jamard it’s you! “Aren’t you trying to create chaos, eliminate us, and rule with an iron fist?”
“That makes sense!”
“Oh my! You plan to steal the Rock Fist and murder your brothers! “It’s blasphemous!”
“Do you really think it will work out the way you think? Even though our ancestors bound us with the brotherly curse!”
The five brothers began to suspect each other.
As each other stubbornly resisted to avoid suspicion, the other brothers only doubted inwardly and pretended not to have doubts on the outside.
And the one who received the most suspicion was Jamard.
Maybe he was wielding the blade of jealousy in the name of suspicion. Jamard was, in name and reality, the strongest and most noble of the brothers.
However, contrary to his words, he did not act hastily.
First of all, the rock fist was still there and other stolen items were not confirmed.
Along with the madness that spread through the tribe, a poison of suspicion hung over the brothers as well.
“First, we will find a solution after suppressing the tribe members who are making a fuss!”
The five brothers left after entrusting joint security to the soldiers who were still in good condition.
‘For now, everything goes as planned.’
The rock key was a special object with a spell. It will take several days to make a replacement.
‘And if you don’t have the key, you have to destroy the warehouse.’
The warehouse was destroyed.
In fact, there was no means left to protect the Rock Fist except for the guards.
The broken warehouse will continue to be a hindrance to the hearts of the five brothers.
What if someone steals it?
If another brother breaks the rules and takes that item by force… he won’t be able to do anything with these thoughts.
Doubt arose in everyone’s minds.
Tribesmen losing their minds and attacking each other, even traces of an attack found in a treasure trove.
Even in a bad situation, no leader would think that the tribe will collapse yet.
‘Except for one person…’
Kang Seol was fully aware of the progress of the five friendly brothers. In this adventure, if the situation worsens this much, someone bolder will take action first.
‘…come.’
Sigh.
The guard recognized someone and was on guard.
“Jamade?”
Jamard, the eldest of the leaders, disappeared into the warehouse under the guidance of a guard.
He took action before his brothers did.
‘I’m going to take the rock fist.’
The tribe’s crisis is his crisis.
Taking the rock fist was a process of preparing for the threat that would come after confirming the poison of suspicion that had spread to the fake brothers.
‘As expected, he is the most dangerous leader.’
Snowfall watched his disappearing back, nodded, and then moved on to the next part of the adventure.
Now it was time to light the final fuse of this fight.