The 31st Piece Turns the Tables

Episode 374

Kwajijijijijik-!

Thanks to the huge bird called Koopa making a mess, the main street soon turned into a loon chase.

“Aaaah!”

“bird! “A bird!”

“Please do something!”

Karuna collided directly with Koopa and fell far away, unable to get up.

That’s how shocking Koopa’s appearance was.

Jamard also responded defensively to Coupa’s offensive and failed to make a clear offensive.

“Phew….”

Are you sure you’ll win?

‘They beat Jamard?’

Squeak…

In an instant, Jamard’s body swelled.

[Jammard uses the Meteor Fist.]

…

In response, the person named Zilliac clashed his fists.

[Zilliac uses the Black Fist.]

…

Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

A shock as if a terrible bomb exploded in the city.

“Kaaaaak!”

“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”

Zilliac and Jamaard retreated at the same time.

It was dizzy, as if the surroundings were almost completely devastated.

“Yu-rim…”

“Seol-ah… we have to run away.”

Even if I ran away like this, I didn’t think I would be able to escape Jamard and Karuna’s pursuit. I’ll probably catch it soon.

‘If I go back, it will be hell.’

For a child, enduring the murderous workload at the loading dock was risking his life.

Especially since you failed to escape, you will be tortured. He probably could have been whipped to death.

“They have to win. Otherwise…”

“Seol-ah, you’re wrong. Jamard is stronger.”

“….”

Yurim had special powers.

The power to capture fleeting movements.

Perhaps what Yurim said is not wrong.

‘You have to think, then how can you get out of it?’

Kwazijijijik-!

“Damn… He’s as strong as I heard.”

“The curtain is weaker than I thought. “Was it a false name?”

“Hahahaha! “Just keep smiling like that for now.”

Yurim overheard their conversation and shook her head.

“I’ll be leaving soon. I feel it in the movement. We…”

“Listen to Yurim.”

“… what?”

“In order for us to get out of here…”

I quickly explained the plan I had in mind to Yurim. It was a ridiculous plan and full of holes, but at least it was a more hopeful plan than going back to the loading dock.

“… can you believe it?”

“They must be better than Jamard.”

“No, I mean.”

It looks like he was scared.

“I trust you.”

“… I’ll try.”

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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The hand-to-hand combat is intense.

If things continue like this, someone will probably fall down soon.

Koopa flies in to stop it.

At incredibly fast speeds.

Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss-!

Yurim’s eyes shine.

And I stand at a crossroads.

Yurim can see the present moment, but I can see everything.

Karuna pushed past the passers-by and came towards us. The plan has already been half-failed.

‘Damn it…’

I turned around and flew away.

That moment.

Paaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Koopa quickly passed by the battle scene.

Carrying two humans.

“ha ha ha! Jamard! It’s exactly as I heard! Today is not the day, so next time… Huh? What is this guy? How did it stick?”

“Success! Seol-ah! Our success… Seol?”

“Kiri! “There’s a kid here…”

“I don’t know, but reinforcements have arrived, so let’s leave the reconnaissance at this point.”

Faaaaaaaaaaa!

Koopa carries Kiri with him and flies into the sky. Yurim moves away.

Creatures with wings are beautiful in themselves.

Because I’m free.

On the contrary, I had to prepare to be thrown into hell.

“I’ll show you hell…”

Karuna whispered in his ear.

“bye! bye! Yurim!”

“Seol-ah!”

“leave! “Don’t come back again!”

“That guy… he’s smiling.”

“… The mission is over. Now we just have to follow who Jamard is in contact with.”

“… damn.”

“You can’t save everyone.”

Just like that, Koopa disappeared.

Jeok…

Jeok…

Jamard came up to me with a kind smile and whispered softly to me.

“You can be prepared.”

People thought he was making sure I was safe, but the reality was completely different.

Just like that, the fate of Yurim and I changed.

I went to hell and Yurim went to earth.

* * *

Taaaaagh-!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I was freed from slavery on the loading dock. Instead, he was secretly brought blindfolded to Jamard’s villa.

“Good work.”

“yes.”

Jamard didn’t do anything particularly bad to me.

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

The old man standing next to him stopped him.

“If you are planning to kill me…”

“Oh no. You got so excited. “It would be troublesome if I broke it.”

“Yes… yes… so leave it to me.”

“Hmm, if this is enough. “It’s funny to get angry at a child.”

I didn’t do anything particularly bad.

At least compared to what I expected.

Hell was unleashed, but there was a place to step. I was fortunate that Jamard was a man with no regrets.

He didn’t take his anger out on himself.

It seemed like he was probably good at handling things like this.

Instead, an old man named Golan tortured me.

Crackling…

Crackling…

Ugh!

Ugh!

I can tolerate it.

If Jamard had tortured him himself, the old man would have died within two days. He tortured the old man skillfully.

Your nails will grow back.

Your toenails will also grow back.

The dented flesh is a bit scarred, but it will fill in again.

I couldn’t tell how much time had passed.

After a meager meal, I go to sleep tortured.

He wakes up again, eats, and goes to sleep only after being tortured.

Now I felt anxious without torture. Because it would mean being forgotten and disposed of.

An old man named Golan easily played with people’s hearts. He never smiled at me even once.

I wrote down information about myself and used it when needed.

“So today was your 9th birthday. Happy Birthday.”

Crackling…

Crackling…

Ugh!

My screams, so loud that my vocal cords were torn, could not escape. My childhood was filled with sharp blades and ugly-looking tongs.

Just like that…

[Terrible pain develops endurance beyond that of humans.]

[Enlightenment! Awakens a new ability.]

[Continuous: Awakens pain tolerance.]

I entered the winter when I was 11 years old.

My birthday will come again soon.

What kind of gift did you prepare?

Maybe it won’t end well this time.

“It’s morning, poisonous edema.”

“Hehe…”

Golan no longer gags me. This is because there is no need to be bitten.

I no longer scream.

When I looked at Golan, who was torturing me with an expressionless face, he seemed to see something terrible in me.

Now I was at the point where I could have a conversation while enduring the torture.

“Grandpa, Grandpa, why do you work for Jamard?”

“I used to be active as a master. Just before retirement, I was caught by Jamard and I am living like this.”

“Puhihi… It’s typical of a grandpa to handle things clumsily.”

“…shut your mouth, it will hurt.”

Puzzle…

“Ugh… It hurts.”

“new year.”

“….”

“The friend who abandoned you is probably spending the winter happily somewhere. You might just cling to the stove and have sweet dreams. Don’t you regret it? “What happened that day.”

Grinning…

“… Not at all. “I have never regretted it for a single moment.”

“I have never seen a person like you in my life. “There were a lot of people who talked loudly.”

“Am I really human in hell?…”

“….”

I grew up in a dark room without any knowledge or wisdom. If plants do not receive light, they dry out and die.

Humans are like that too.

“… Enough for today. Come back tomorrow.”

“see you again.”

Golan didn’t seem to be very happy about the process of coming to see me.

Jamard hasn’t visited the villa since I was 9 years old. Because he was traveling around the continent, he would have to manage businesses in all sorts of places.

I am forgotten even by the wicked who put me in hell. I was not the target of revenge.

He’s just an unpleasant guy.

“You must die today.”

“… what?”

Cold winter.

This is what Golan said on my birthday, which I never forgot.

I can escape hell now. But I couldn’t readily answer whether that was a better situation.

I didn’t want to die.

“Shh… Jamard’s people are still in the mansion. Listen to what I say and keep your answers to a minimum. Never raise your voice. No, when I give the signal, raise your voice loudly.”

“What is that…”

“If you understand, just nod your head. He’s a quick-witted guy, so you’ll soon know what I’m talking about.”

Nod…

Golan continued talking.

“It’s been more than two years since you came here. Jamard’s order was to dispose of it after two years.”

“….”

“You must die. “How long can you hold your breath?”

“…5 minutes.”

“You monstrous bastard.”

“I practiced because I was bored.”

The entertainment here was either trying to beat the record for how long you could hold your breath or making a mistake and passing out.

“A monitor will be dispatched today to make sure you are disposed of. “We’ll probably arrive at the mansion soon.”

“You must die. “Mark my words.”

Clap…

Golan covered me with a lot of the blood he had prepared in advance and wrapped me in a sack.

“It’s coming. Hold your breath from now on. “At least he’s a guy who uses a pen, so he might have a chance.”

Haaah…

I’ve been holding my breath since then.

Immediately, someone opened the door and came in.

Squeak…

“Ugh… the smell of blood.”

“… take it for granted. So what do you want to check?”

“The guy who was here. You asked me to check the disposition. hmm? “Where is it?”

“Where are you?”

“This swaddle? Wow… a lot of blood was spilled.”

“Once you’re done checking, leave.”

“I need to make sure I get some work done for a while.”

“Don’t untie it. It’s a special fabric, so it’s difficult to tie it again….”

“Unraveling it….”

Fuuuuuk…

‘Uuuuuu!’

A knife entered my thigh.

“… Since there is no scream, I am certain that he is dead.”

“Look at that, it’s only bleeding.”

“ha ha ha! I’m sorry. Then I’ll report that it was handled well.”

“Get out now.”

Kkeikik…

The pain I felt in my thigh was severe.

It wasn’t that it was painful, but it was dangerous if the bleeding wasn’t stopped.

“Hmm…”

I felt Golan come up with the bag, load it, and move it somewhere.

“Then please take care of me.”

“Would it be possible?”

“We’ll talk for a bit and then get moving, so give us some time.”

“… You need to finish it quickly. “It’s dangerous to stay too long.”

“I understand.”

Squeak…

I felt the bag being torn apart.

“Did you survive?”

“Puhaaaa… they say I have to die.”

“… Are you sure you’ve been holding your breath this whole time?”

“Breaked the 9-minute record.”

“… you crazy bastard.”

“Grandpa, tell me. “Where are you trying to take me by putting on a play?”

“… I’m not taking you away. “You are leaving.”

“leave? I?”

Golan said.

“Yes, we will leave here and board a slave ship. “It’s not a bad environment for slaves to live in, so get yourself out of there.”

“… Why are you doing this to me?”

Sigh…

“Take it with you, it’s a hemostatic agent.”

“say. “I…”

“It’s a birthday present.”

“… what?”

“Congratulations on turning 11, Kangseol.”

A real birthday present.

I could bear any pain, but I could not bear the turmoil in my heart.

Tears flowed.

“….”

“You can be proud of what you endured from me for two years. “Leave.”

“Why… why…”

“I don’t know. “I must have developed a sense of humor towards the end of my life, and I started to covet Jamard’s things that I couldn’t steal back then.”

“Then… I’ll let you go safely.”

Da-gak…

Da-gak…

The carriage starts to leave.

I heard Golan muttering.

“It’s because I’m still not good at handling things.”

I could see Golan’s expression.

He was smiling.

It was the face of a real goal-runner that was shown to me for the first time.

I received both hell and heaven from him. It was contradictory, but he was the second person to change my fate after Jamard.

* * *

I, completely injured, was put on a slave ship.

Dozens of children were crammed into a place more filthy than a chicken coop.

It was a structure that made it impossible to move.

“Ugh… Hmm….”

“What kind of bastard is crying and won’t shut up?”

“But…”

“Shut up and let’s go.”

Some children have already adapted to their situation, while others have not.

‘Is it comfortable?’

If you think back to the torture you suffered at the mansion not long ago, this place was paradise.

‘If you can’t move, just don’t move.’

A twisted positivity that cannot be achieved without going through hell.

Excited…

The slave ship moved.

I didn’t know how far it would go.

The start seemed to go smoothly.

however.

Exactly three days later the slave ship became noisy.

“Get the water out!”

“Shit! “Pull it up!”

It seemed like a slave ship had been caught in a storm.

Uweeh…

Buuuweeh…

The cabin soon became another sea of vomit.

‘Correction, this is hell too.’

The seasickness I experienced for the first time was not something I could easily overcome, even with my utmost patience.

I thought it would quiet down soon.

But maybe that’s because I thought fate was too funny.

Kwazizig-!

The shock starts from the bottom of the stomach and travels up the waist.

‘This…’

Soon, the ship was in an uproar that was incomparable to before.

“Trouble at the dock!”

“Stop it! “Plug the hole!”

“The water is rising too fast!”

“Slaves…”

“Take care of it first!”

“There… there’s a light… a ship… a ship is coming!”

“It’s a pirate plane! “It’s a pirate flag!”

Ugh… Ugh…

The child who I had earlier told to shut up started crying.

It must have been impossible to end up in such chaos.

‘This ship… is it sinking?’

If you sink, you won’t die even if you can hold your breath for 20 hours. I felt a little sorry for Golan, who worked so hard to help me escape.

Kwazizig…

“Aaaah! What are you!”

My stomach lurched.

‘I don’t know how to swim…’

At that moment, someone broke down the door of the cabin where the slaves were.

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“Ugh… the smell.”

The smell of the floor didn’t seem to be easy for him either. I was frozen and could only hear his voice.

Who could it be?

Is this the captain of this ship?

“Don’t give up, little lambs! Hahahahaha!”

A voice I heard for the first time.

He made his presence known.

“The Great Pirate Santos has arrived! To rob the slaves from the storm!”

“Santos is dangerous! “We have to get out quickly!”

“There are a lot of slaves here! “Let’s take him out!”

“I’m just trying to rescue you!”

“what? “All of this is money!”

“Damn it… what an excuse… okay!”

A new path to destiny opened with the storm.