The 31st Piece Turns the Tables

Episode 415

Adventure 34-(Special) ‘Star’s End’

federal city Shirlen.

Here, some very special ruins are alive and well in the city.

These ruins, which must have been built by ancient dwarves, were made using much more advanced technology than today.

The magic, magic, and institutional knowledge buried here make every scholar’s heart flutter.

But only once every few years.

These ruins become a playground for nobles who hide their identities.

Today was also one of those days.

That is, until Star’s End began to react strangely.

This old ruin has just woken up and stretched.

And I want blood.

Of course, survival is the most important goal.

Goal: Survive or break through Star’s End before it reopens.

CAUTION This adventure is very dangerous.

Please note that situations in this adventure change from moment to moment.

Current remaining time: “Unknown.”

One thing to point out.

The question was whether this adventure was really dangerous.

‘…I don’t know.’

The answer is probably closer to unknown.

The criteria for difficulty depends on the player’s level. It had absolutely nothing to do with the level of the player.

In other words, at Snowfall level, this adventure is very dangerous.

However, considering that Snowfall is a power that cannot be compared to the same level, it would be appropriate to say that the difficulty level of this adventure is unknown.

‘Judging by the energy I feel… it doesn’t look like it’s going to be easy.’

The special energy of the ruins disturbed the snowfall’s senses.

The evil beast that was targeting him was insignificant, but the secret of Star’s End was real.

“Did it fall apart?…”

It is unknown how many pieces the visitors here were torn into.

In addition, since the tremors seemed to have struck even nearby areas other than the auction site, they must have also been caught up.

Kang Seol asked Han So-mi.

“What are the chances of salvation coming?”

“no. The Investigation Bureau will probably come, but Star’s End is a place that cannot be damaged. “Both legally and physically.”

Their gazes turned to different directions. I felt like I was popular.

“Ugh… are you okay? Marijuu!”

“I’m fine….”

“Oh my! “Aren’t your knees bleeding?”

“… As long as you are from Lord Jalb, you will bleed.”

“Such disrespect! It’s because I wasn’t there to help her properly! “Quickly cut off my head…”

A noisy knight and a noble lady joined in.

“… huh?”

When the masked woman named Mariju saw the blood on Kang Seol’s hand and the hole in the chest of the woman who had attacked him, she waved her hand and hurriedly pulled her butt back from the floor.

“That person…”

“Is this… a bad beast?”

Sreung…

Jalb pulled out his sword and held it forward. He was ready to swing that sharp sword at anyone who acted suspiciously.

It was Han So-mi who stopped him.

“It’s the Federal Bureau of Investigation. “We were just caught up in it.”

“How can you believe that?”

Sigh…

When I showed him the investigator’s seal, Jalb holstered his sword.

“Excuse me. “It’s a very serious situation.”

“In situations like this, impatience leads to big mistakes. Lord Zalb? “Did you say that?”

“That’s right. “What about you?”

“I’m Han So-mi.”

“Han So-mira. “Remember that.”

Jalb seemed to be on the precocious side.

He didn’t seem that old compared to the way he spoke.

Marijue jumped up and asked, shaking off her dress.

“Until last night, I never dreamed that I would face such a situation dressed like this.”

Unlike its appearance, which was decorated with jewels, it had a quite easy-going appearance.

Patter…

Patter…

Mariju throws the pearl necklace and jewel bracelet to the ground.

“Marijou? There’s no need to do that…”

“It’s hindering my ability to move.”

“Hmm…”

Kang Seol looked around to check the situation.

Mariju came over and asked.

“So what do you think about it?”

“What do you mean?”

“To be honest, I’m not curious about who did it… I’m more interested in how to get out of it.”

They were trapped in a square space. A stuffy space where you can’t even feel the wind. If I sit still here, I will die from lack of breath.

“There’s no door.”

“That’s right.”

It was right then.

Kugugugoong…

“Mariju-sama!”

“Uh uh… don’t make a fuss, Sir Jalb.”

“I’m sorry. “The ruins are shaking…”

“Wait a minute, something is on the ceiling…”

What lit up the black darkness were the letters on the ceiling created by dots shining like stars.

Everyone closed their mouths and stared endlessly at the letters written on the ceiling.

“Hoo… interesting. “After all, this place is the ruins of a dwarf.”

“yes? “How do you know that?”

Han So-mi was startled by Marijuu’s words and asked.

“That script is the script of an ancient dwarf.”

“yes? Really?”

“You can believe it. “He looks like an empty-headed nobleman, but in fact, he came here because he was more interested in ruins than in auctions.”

“Marijou is already a great archaeologist. “He will probably decipher those letters in the blink of an eye and lead us outside.”

“… Isn’t that too irresponsible? And you can’t decode it that quickly.”

Deciphering the ancient dwarf’s writing was not that simple. Although it was a short sentence, it would have taken a long time if there were words mixed in that were difficult to interpret.

“Just wait and see. Where…”

“Some dwarves escaped from the old mountain. “What you hold in your hand is incomprehensible.”

“… yes?”

A sentence that Kangseol naturally uttered. Everyone in the group, including Mariju, was surprised.

“Oppa, were you able to interpret it?”

“… I know?”

Something similar to this happened to Kang Seol in the past.

〔Forget Ur along with Alkatron.〕

The phrase that sealed Ur again in Alkatron. It was Kangseol who read the phrase that Ur said he would never be able to read.

And now, phrases presumed to be in the language of the ancient dwarves clearly flowed from his mouth.

“What do you mean?”

When Kang Seol tilted his head, the surroundings vibrated.

Dude…

“Is it because you read the sentence?”

“No, I don’t think so.”

Crumbling…

a stone statue rose from the floor.

A pirate statue carrying a monkey on its shoulder.

A warrior stone statue wielding a large axe.

A stone statue of a wizard with a staff wrapped in blazing flames.

Lastly, a huge troll statue blocked their path.

The club he held in his hand was quite brutal.

“What… is this?”

“for a moment! “There’s a pattern on the floor…”

Mariju checked the pattern that had formed on the floor.

The archaic pattern engraved on the floor seemed to symbolize something.

“Don’t you think the statue should be erected on top of this pattern?”

“… surely.”

At that very moment, a choice occurred to Kang Seol.

[It seems like an unknown ordeal has come. The floor is full of unknown patterns, and stone statues of unknown meaning just stand blankly. What should we do?]

1. Move the warrior statue to the right front line.

2. Move the warrior statue to the left line.

3. Move the warrior statue to the right rear row.

4. Move the warrior statue to the left rear row.

…

It looks like the statue itself can be moved.

“I get it! “Move the dwarf and defeat that troll!”

“Yeah, I think so.”

“Oh oh! That certainly makes sense. Then how…”

While they were wondering how to overcome this ordeal, a sound came from behind them.

“Um… Marijuu?”

“Lord Jalb, why are you doing this?”

“Look this way.”

The heads of those who were talking turned quickly.

The round sphere in the hand of the wizard statue glowed.

“This has been shining since a while ago…”

Kang Seol asked him.

“Did you ever touch that sphere?”

“You’re touching me!”

Jalb swallowed his saliva.

“Actually… I just touched it.”

“Please step away.”

Kugugugoong…

“What?”

The stone statues began to move. No, there was a crack in the stone statue, and soon the skin color changed to the same as that of a human being.

“no!”

The reason why Snowfall shouted was because the changes that happened to the dwarf statues also happened to the troll statues.

The statues have not been moved yet.

A dwarf wizard was standing in front of the troll.

Rumbling…

Before the flames could be lit, a terrible tragedy occurred.

Quaaaaang-!

A wizard who gets crushed and flies away.

The warriors and pirates shouted something and rushed at the troll, but their swords were unable to cut through the troll.

Kwazizig…

In the end, it was all destroyed by the troll and reduced to fragments.

Pussssss…

The broken things returned to stone. And as if as if nothing had happened, it returned to its original place and became a stone statue.

“Look at that!”

Stars lined up on the ceiling.

One of the five stars has lost its light.

“You mean I have five chances?”

“No… I think it was. “I think there are only four left.”

“I… Jalb!”

“I’m sorry! “I was just checking to see what would happen if it exploded…”

“Ugh… It’s okay. “Thanks to you, I know how this ordeal works.”

While they were talking, only Kang Seol was silent.

“Why are you doing that?”

“… didn’t you notice anything strange?”

“strange thing? Jalb made a mistake, but such a strange person…”

“I’m sorry! “I’m sorry, everyone!”

“Oh, that’s not it… I’m talking about the surrounding area.”

Kang Seol’s words attracted everyone’s attention.

“around?”

“brother! “What did you see in that moment?”

“fire.”

“I saw the fire too…”

“I need a fire.”

When he said that with a serious expression, Marijue smiled and said.

“Anything with fire is possible.”

Rumbling…

A ball of fire appeared in Marijuu’s hand. As expected, she was a wizard.

“But what’s wrong with fire…”

“Ah! The surroundings…”

“….”

The square space was all transparent. No, rather than being transparent, it reflected the shape like a mirror.

“… I guess I didn’t see it wrong.”

“yes?”

Kang Seol said to Han So-mi.

“Is it possible to trace Somi?”

Han So-mi was a hunter.

Although there was a problem with astigmatism, that fact was not that important right now.

“Yes… but why?”

“Look over there.”

A wall pointed to by snowfall.

A troll statue was shining there.

“uh? “Is it different from that statue?”

“The standing position and size are different.”

“I’ll check it out.”

Bleep…

Han So-mi blew a small whistle and something soon appeared.

“Seoul statue!”

“There was one more! oh my god! “There, there!”

A troll was standing near the back row, holding a dagger similar to a kitchen knife. Judging by its size, it seemed that it had not fully grown.

“… At the very least, you shouldn’t place a wizard in the back row.”

Jalb shook his head and said.

Kugung…

Kangseol pushed the stone statue and placed it on top of a different pattern.

The hidden troll turns to face the pirate.

In front of the big troll is a warrior.

And a wizard was made to stand on the side.

“Now let’s try it.”

“wait for a sec! “It’s too urgent!”

“It’s not urgent. “There are still many opportunities, so let’s try it out first.”

Kang Seol also agreed with that opinion.

Nod…

“So if I touch that sphere, it works?”

“yes. “Please check.”

Whioooo…

As soon as Snowfall touched the sphere on the wizard’s hand, a mysterious energy spread.

‘… It feels strange.’

That was how I felt when I first touched that sphere.

Soon the battle of the stone statues began.

Kwasik!

The pirate’s sword pierced the little troll’s heart.

Teueuung-!

The warrior’s ax struck the troll’s club. The perfect gap created by this.

Rumbling…

A huge flame erupted from the wizard’s staff.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh…

Chiiiiiii…

“That’s it! That’s Okay!”

“It’s a success!”

Han So-mi and Jalb are jumping up and down.

But the moment Kang Seol’s head tilted and tilted, their expectations were shattered.

Fuuuuuu-!

Sigh…

The troll withstood the fire and swung his club to kill the wizard.

As expected, the dwarf party that lost the wizard was wiped out just like before.

“… what is the problem?”

“Now it has been reduced to three stars.”

“….”

Strangely enough, everyone was only looking at the snowfall.

“Uh… I think I saw this scene somewhere.”

For a moment, Han So-mi recalled the moment she met Kang Seol with Kyung-taek Cho and Shin Mun-ho the other day. I think I relied on Kang Seol like this even back then.

“Did you find out anything?”

Mariju asked, coming close to Kangseol.

Kang Seol muttered.

“… necklace.”

“A necklace? What is that…”

“During the battle, the troll’s necklace glowed. “To be exact, when it was engulfed in flames.”

Jalb shouted.

“Really! The troll has a strange necklace on it! “I can just take this off!”

Crunch…

clunk…

The troll’s necklace did not come off.

It was natural.

Because it’s a stone.

Sreung…

“If it’s like this, even if I break it…”

“Stop it, unwanted problems may arise.”

“That’s right, Jalb. “Please don’t move carelessly.”

“Keuung….”

Kang Seol thought over and over again.

“They say I have to cut off the necklace during the battle… Who on earth…”

Soon his steps reached somewhere.

The place where he stopped was in front of the pirate statue.

Without hesitation, Snowfall lifted the monkey statue clinging to the pirate’s shoulder.

Surprisingly, it came off easily.

Sigh…

“…it was you.”