The 31st Piece Turns the Tables

Episode 423

Kwaaaaaa!

A blue light that powerfully pushes away snowfall and ur marige.

Kwajik…

“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

me their meh…

their landing is sloppy, but it was a miracle he returned to his original time without breaking anything.

“….”

Of course, someone had to sacrifice for that miracle.

“Haa… Huu… Huuuuu… Oh my God… I…”

Marijue was thrilled that everything she had experienced up until now was true.

It was worth it.

Humans regard time as a god and hold it in awe, so they couldn’t help but become overly excited when they got even a glimpse of its power.

Kang Seol checked the message.

There was no message that the adventure was completed.

Their adventure was incomplete.

Whether it was a MacGuffin or a tragic ending, this fairytale-like adventure ended on an ambiguous note.

As Snowfall looked ahead with tired eyes, Ur stood there.

“What have you done… what have you done?”

Ur asked Kangseol.

“She is stupid! I will believe your optimistic words and wait! I’d rather…”

“I’ll wait. “I told you to wait.”

“stupid…! Why are you betting? “Do you really think we can bring her back?”

Ur felt the weight of that question. Both Kang Seol and Han So-mi will be crushed by the weight.

“I said I was going to pick you up, so I have to go pick you up.”

Kang Seol’s words were clever.

I didn’t say anything about the success or failure of the job.

He only expressed his will.

“Damn it…”

The reason Ur was angry was not because he thought he was irresponsible. No he wasn’t irresponsible. Because no matter the situation, I never lied. He really wants to go get her.

Rather, it may have been snowfall that knew the weight of those words best. That’s why I say it so firmly.

Perhaps, she, who was left behind in the lapse of time, believed in snowfall and swung the hammer.

‘Damn it… Damn it!’

I was angry.

There was no winning process, but it felt like defeat.

Like the wind jealous of the sun that took off the traveler’s clothes.

Kang Seol achieved his goal by using unprecedented power that he could never reach.

The power of trust has no value in normal times, but it can be incredibly powerful in unexpected crises.

Sometimes worthless sometimes infinite.

That was the reason why Ur was so angry. Because I witnessed before my eyes the power of trust that shattered his truth and demonstrated its infinite true value. And because he was completely excluded from that process.

However, it was quick to recover from the setback. The god of fate finally gave Ur’s hand.

“… Unbelievable.”

Ur confirmed the stone statue of Maradum remaining here. To be exact, the Stone of Time he is holding.

There was power in it.

Much greater power than expected.

“That stupid wizard… was right?”

Maradum was right.

The power accumulated in the Stone of Time was enough to enable one person to reach Kagon in one step. Of course, it was impossible to get the magic power to return.

Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss going go the gosh…

For a moment, Ur’s eyes shining with greed.

He wanted to go back to the time before Khagon’s fall and punish the mages who made him like this. I also wanted to watch their destruction.

Maybe it was his new goal in life.

As Ur’s hand rested on the Stone of Time, there was a hand approaching.

Sigh…

Kang Seol’s hand gently placed on Ur’s wrist.

“… It’s you again. “Did you read my thoughts?”

Ur said without even looking at Snowfall. And warned.

“If you were going to stop me, you should have taken heartbreak first.”

“Because I’m not trying to stop you.”

“… what?”

It was a funny situation.

The power he had hoped for was right in front of him, and if he were Ur, he would have taken the power without hesitation and left for Kagon.

But why are you hesitating? Why does the weight of this gently placed hand feel like the weight of the world?

“This power is the power that must bring Han So-mi. “You know?”

“….”

It was a problem I wouldn’t have thought about before meeting Kang Seol.

To be honest, Han So-mi wasn’t very useful. It only had minor usefulness, but other than that, there was nothing else to attract his attention.

‘Why… can’t I choose?’

A free being that cries.

A being who can do anything he wants.

That was Ur.

But I couldn’t do it as I wanted.

Because the power of snowfall is powerful? Because if we fight, both of us will destroy ourselves?

It wasn’t.

It was because of Han So-mi’s actions.

She did something that no Ur could or should ever do.

Trusting others.

Making sacrifices.

Taking a step with that faith as fuel.

That made me hesitate to make a choice.

A suspicion arose that it might be wrong for Ur to choose an option just for Ur.

‘This can’t be right…’

Han So-mi and Kang Seol.

These are hateful guys who destroyed the truth and imbued it with the nebulous power of trust.

“… I trust you Ur.”

“You trust me?”

“okay. “We will return to the Ash Throne and bring Han So-mi.”

“This guy who has no plan… how much profit is he trying to make with that statement?”

Ur’s eyes grew cold.

“I am not stupid like her and I am not deluded by you.”

“Not everyone is stupid enough to trust others.”

Sreuk…

Kangseol took his hand off Ur’s wrist.

“I believe it because it is trustworthy.”

“….”

Ur shook his hands. And then I realized.

The reason I couldn’t move my hands.

Ur himself wanted someone to stop him from doing what he had done so far.

I thought about other people’s views on him from his birth to the present.

Everyone was afraid of Ur.

Everyone was in awe of Ur.

But no one said that they believed in Ur.

Because he was an absolute being, he was one of the few beings who could live as he pleased. Those who always had to be chosen by him did not trust him.

But now only Kang Seol said that she believed in him.

Ur recalled why he thought the intangible resource called trust was like currency.

Trust went around and around.

From this side to that side.

Kang Seol gave the trust he received from Han So-mi to Ur.

“I…”

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Kugugugugugugugugu…

Star’s End began to change.

The ceiling opened, revealing a night sky full of stars.

A blue bead was placed on a huge altar, and it was about to release its power into the sky.

“Ur!”

“I….”

Quaaaaaaaaa!

A beam of light stretched out into the sky.

The place where that light is headed is probably somewhere in the past.

* * *

Han So-mi, who was left behind, did not live through the tragedy. No, to be exact, I was receiving very warm treatment.

“It’s alcohol!”

“The oak tree is rotten! Bring the right one!”

“If we’re going to die anyway, let’s drink and die!”

The remaining dwarves were similar to the temporal anomalies, with only a different way of acting and speaking.

In other words, it is something that will naturally disappear someday. A predetermined death awaits.

But wouldn’t that be the case just because we were humans? As death is predestined for all beings, the dwarves did not grieve much.

Instead, I enjoyed pleasure.

They drank alcohol for almost a week.

That means that more than a week has passed since the battle with Maradum took place.

Han So-mi thought.

The time inside and outside is different.

Not hearing anything for a week was something that couldn’t have happened unless I abandoned her here.

Yes, as long as I don’t abandon her…

“It doesn’t matter if the times are different…”

If they are different, how different are they? What if the time axis is incredibly distorted?

In fact, he came to find her right away, but what if she had already returned to dust? She already has the body of an old woman…

“Huh…”

Han So-mi is thinking a lot.

Rather, it was exciting when he hit the hammer coolly.

“Why are you doing that? “Are you not drinking like usual?”

Surprisingly, Han So-mi was sitting next to Sirion, the king of ashes, and was being treated well.

She was wearing a pretty decent outfit.

It must have been human clothing that Sirion had looted. It may have been an old lady’s clothes, but it was old-fashioned and fit perfectly without any pinching.

Han So-mi felt like Snow White who appeared out of nowhere in the dwarf world.

Of course, Snow White wouldn’t be this wrinkled.

“no! drink! drink!”

Han So-mi gulps down an oak cup full of alcohol.

“good night! Feel so good!”

“Hahahahaha!”

The dwarves enjoyed the festival no matter what happened to her stomach.

They were not delicate enough to understand her feelings, and they were also in a sad situation about to die.

“Ehehehe… it’s delicious! “Dwarf liquor is the best!”

When Han So-mi gave a thumbs up and tapped the shoulder of the dwarf next to her, the dwarfs made a funnel with both hands and shouted.

“Whahahaha! That’s it!”

“We won! “We won!”

After a while.

While the dwarfs fell asleep where they were sitting.

Sirion left the venue.

Han So-mi was not there.

It wasn’t difficult to find her.

Whiiiiiiiing…

A place where the wind is strong.

“You were here.”

Han So-mi was looking out of the castle with a completely sober face.

The magnificent scenery filled my heart.

But her place is the spire of the Ash Throne.

As expected from an ancient building, there were no safety devices at all except for one railing to hold on to.

“Why did you chase me?”

“Of those who climbed the spire, there were three who died.”

“Three?”

“Two people drank stupidly and fell to their deaths while trying to build a roof.”

“Oh my…”

“And one of them just jumped. “She was my daughter.”

“….”

Han So-mi removed her eyes from the scenery she had been looking at as if she were fascinated.

And then I looked at Sirion.

“… I have a good feeling.”

“You might think that if you fall, your anxiety and feelings of self-destruction that I don’t know about will end. One…”

“… That’s it. “Not today anyway.”

“Then that’s a relief.”

Han So-mi put her hand on the railing and said.

“Have you ever trusted anyone?”

“If I had not believed, the Ashes Throne would have been in jeopardy. Weren’t you fine until Hana Maradum appeared?”

“Hmm….”

“There is no need for someone who walks into the future to inquire into the past. Didn’t they say that the world will continue even if we die and turn to dust? “Then it’s done.”

Sirion looked at her with eyes filled with wisdom.

His face was half covered by his beard.

“Rather, what I want to ask about is this body. “What about the future?”

“That’s…”

Han So-mi told Sirion a lot of different things. Maybe she just needed someone to talk to.

“I see…do humans ultimately prosper?”

“Not here?”

“It is a time of war. A lot of people died. Humans are also slowing down. “After hearing what you said, I just feel uncomfortable.”

“yes? why?”

“Why are they so prosperous again?”

“Um… I don’t know about that.”

Han So-mi, who had a good chat, looked back with a satisfied expression.

“Then shall we go back?”

Sirion knew.

He said that his communication with her could temporarily numb her pain, but it was not a fundamental solution.

“…Are you afraid?”

“yes? what?”

“… You think you’ve been abandoned.”

“….”

Han So-mi’s face suddenly darkened.

“If you act according to your mood, you become like me. Do you understand?”

“That cheerfulness is your strength. “Everyone likes you.”

“I was a dwarf…”

Han So-mi showed off her teeth and smiled awkwardly.

It was a smile that was neither ugly nor beautiful.

“Well… you can’t help but think that way, right?”

“….”

“I was left in an unknown place like this… Isn’t it strange that you came back to look for me? Yes, if you come to get me, you must be out of your mind. Yes?”

“I want you to come pick me up.”

Han So-mi’s face distorted.

“I said I was coming to pick you up… so I told you to wait.”

“Why did you break the stone?”

“Don’t ask why. I just… believed it. “I will definitely come get you.”

“Why do you doubt it now?”

“I don’t know! That’s just me! “Dwarfs don’t know how women feel!”

Sirion chuckled.

“Probably… if it were me, I would have given up on you.”

“How could you curse like that…”

Then, his face hardened with a straight face.

“But… they seem to have different ideas.”

“… yes?”

“Look at the sky.”

At those words, Han So-mi looked up at the sky with a surprised expression.

Rumbling…

The sky turned blue.

Whoosh…

Whoosh…

The vibration gradually grew louder.

“… uh?”

“You have good colleagues.”

Whoa…

whoa…

“I can’t believe I’m coming to get you.”

Kwaaaaaaaaaa!

A pillar of blue light fell from the sky.

A pillar of light formed in front of the spire of the Ash Throne.

Someone’s voice was heard from the pillar of light.

“… I finally found it.”

It was the voice of Ur.

Soon Ur stepped onto the railing.

“They came to pick me up!”

“I am also suffering because of this guy who has no measures.”

“You…”

“The guy you’re expecting is waiting somewhere else. Unfortunately, the accumulated power is not enough to bring that guy back.”

“I see!”

Whatever it was, Han So-mi seemed to be in a good mood. Having faith repaid brought great pleasure.

“But… you look happy? “Did you like living here?”

Han So-mi muttered.

“Dwarfs are good, food is good… Ah! Alcohol too! The alcohol was really great! But…”

She looked like she was about to cry.

“… I want to go back.”

“… Then let’s go back. name is?”

“yes?”

“Your name.”

When Han So-mi asked again, she spoke even more bluntly.

“Ha, Han So-mi. “Did you not know my name?”

“A name only has meaning when you hear it directly from the other person.”

“is that so? But isn’t it weirder now?”

“What do you mean?”

“You have become an old man. “In one day.”

“Don’t worry, it will be back to normal when you go back.”

“Thank goodness…”

Han So-mi laughed brightly.

“And as time passes, all living things age. Even humans cannot escape from this. “It’s natural.”

“They say a lot of things… but it doesn’t really make sense. I think it was like that last time too…”

“… Looking back, it was a bad habit of mine. “I will try to fix it.”

“Uh… was he a person who could change?”

“I change.”

Ur, the mage from the beginning of existence who pursues truth. However, it was also a being that shattered what was not the truth and brought new awareness to it.

“That’s me. Take your advice. And…”

He took off his mask while looking at Han So-mi, who had become an old woman. And he smiled slightly awkwardly.

“My name is the mage of Ursicho.”

“Uh… the face…”

The same face as Kang Seol.

But the behavior is quite the opposite.

In addition, there is a feeling of intimidation that you may not know.

Even though it was the same face, Han So-mi could tell that it was not Kang Seol.

And that he attaches special meaning to the act of giving his name.

“Engrave it in your soul. Hold on tight until the moment you die. “It would probably be a great honor.”

“What…”

“And the way you look now isn’t strange at all.”

“Are you saying that to mean pretty?”

“I think overinterpreting things is a bad habit of yours.”

“… I hear it often.”

When Han So-mi tried to climb onto the railing, Sirion grabbed her hand.

“Look.”

“Ugh… it’s in trouble if you do this. No matter how much I…”

“No haha! “You definitely have some bad habits.”

“….”

“I also want to leave something behind. “This Sirion.”

Ur shook his head.

“This is a gap in time. You are a fixed being. “Nothing you have can surpass time.”

“If it were an object, it would be like that.”

Sirion smiled slightly and said this.

“There is something hidden in the basement of this fortress. “These are things you can achieve in the future.”

“Wouldn’t it have been destroyed?”

“These are the institutions and magic built by our ancestors. No matter how much time had passed, it would have been protected from greed. “I will tell you how to open the door there.”

Sirion explained them to Ur and Hansomi.

Ur lifted Han So-mi up.

“Then go.”

Sirion blurted out.

“Goodbye, wizard.”

“… a mage.”

Kwaaaaaaaaaa!

Ur throws himself into the pillar of light.

As soon as they disappeared there, the pillar of light also disappeared.

Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

…

“Is it true that humans… can prosper again…”

Suddenly…

his body, made of the remnants of time, and the ash fortress slowly collapsed.

“It’s worth it.”

Puhwaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

The dwarf kingdom is being torn apart.

Meanwhile, Han So-mi’s body gradually regained its original shape as it passed through the pillar of light.

The clothes I was wearing had also returned to the equipment I had when I first arrived at the Ash Throne.

And she finally returned to Star’s End.

“Heo heo… heo heo… heo heo….”

“I’m back!”

“….”

Han So-mi stood in the center of Star’s End in a dazed state, as if she had just woken up from a dream.

Quaaaaaa…

Just for today, the pillars of light from the star’s tomb rose into the sky as if she were the main character.

Kang Seol came over and held out his hand to help her up.

“Hey… I thought I was staying there alone…”

Kang Seol just smiled without saying a word.

It was only then that Han So-mi began to cry. It felt like I was back.

She looked around for a moment as if she realized something.

The one she sought was Ur.

Ur He was looking down on the city from the top of the open ruins, with the pillar of light behind him.

“Um…”

Ur asked without looking back.

“So, how do you feel about time travel?”

[The raid battle with Ash Wizard Maradum’s resurrection ritual ends.] [The

power of the Stone of Time is completely extinguished.] [

The appearance of Star’s End is fixed in its changed state.]

[Information in the hidden space I obtained it directly from Sirion.]

[I obtained information about the hidden adventure ‘The Thing Not Yet Ridden’.]

[If the conditions are met, an unexpected adventure will occur.]

[Transformation through the great achievements of the Snowman and the college student dying. .]

[Big and small changes are made in the eternal world.]

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