The 31st Piece Turns the Tables

Episode 440

Kiaaaaa!

At Gum’s roar, monsters flocked from all directions at once.

Sigh…

[Tancia uses partial transformation.]

[Part of the body changes into the dragon’s body.]

[The transformed body is subject to the dragon’s stats.]

The right arm of the giant reptile is seen from all directions. He struck down the flocking monsters.

Kwajieeeeek-!

Kiiii…

A huge shock sent them flying backwards.

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu kind…

paaaaaaaaaaaa!

Monsters that are helplessly swayed by Tansia’s attacks.

Pak-!

A leader-like monster grabbed Tansia’s arm to block her attack.

Kwajijijijik-!

Tansia squeezed him and squeezed him.

“….”

Tansia was fighting the most passionate battle of her life, but paradoxically, she could not concentrate on the battle.

This was because the noble woman continued to stare at him.

Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

which I try to reach her, but it passes through in vain.

Tansia frowned as if she was upset, but then smiled brightly.

“I get it! It’s magic! “That’s magic!”

“Tansia…”

“But who is it?”

The reason Tansia couldn’t help but keep paying attention to her was because her voice was so cozy.

〔I am a dragon like you.〕

“Ah! really?”

〔Yes, really.〕

Gatekeeper Gum was the type that used sound to strengthen allies and neutralize opponents with mental magic.

In other words, most of his abilities were of no use in front of Tansia, and on the contrary, Tansia’s power exerted devastating power against the monsters he commanded.

Oh my gosh!

Kiaaa!

“Ugh… my arm hurts…”

However, there were too many monsters to fight with just my right arm.

Jian was weak.

But is Tansia now weaker than Jian? It was so overwhelming that I mistakenly thought it was.

Because the battle has never been this simple for this long.

I don’t know if I can at least use my left arm, but…

[Tancia, is it painful?]

“Uh… a little? “It’s strange… it’s a dragon…”

Heh…

Tancrid’s illusion spoke to her.

〔Dragons have stronger bodies and greater minds than any other living being.〕

“I know! But… isn’t it me?”

Kwazizig-!

Tansia struggles to protect Jian and Sindio, who cannot escape mental magic. She was depressed as she watched her battle.

No, more accurately, I cried.

“I know… Tansia is… uh… not a dragon, right?”

Tansia has tears in her eyes.

The time a child has lived in this world is not very long.

She was a dragon, but she was not a dragon.

Because she didn’t learn anything from her mother.

Taught by mortals, loved by mortals.

The power that was awakened after a long period of perseverance was literally the power of a lizard crawling on the ground.

No one urged her, but she was anxious.

〔… Tansia. The dragon is the spirit that protects this land. That power germinates into hope.〕

“I don’t know… what do you mean?”

Quasi profit-!

Quasi profit!

Tansia blocks the monsters that keep coming with her right arm. The border line was gradually getting closer.

〔Your body and mind will awaken as much as the hope that is conveyed to you.〕

“Hope?”

“A dragon is a soul that longs for hope. “Believe in the strength within you.”

“But no one…”

No one is leaning on me.

No one has any hope for me.

Tansia, who was thinking that, shouted.

“ah! there is!”

It was definitely there.

Someone who believes in her.

– Tansia, you have to protect your brother.

– Tanciaga?

– Yes, because Tansia is strong.

Tancia gazed at Tancrid’s illusion.

“There is one…”

Tancrid’s illusion looked at her and smiled.

〔That’s enough for now.〕

“What should I do now?”

〔Pause your mind and think of the person the other person wants you to be.〕

“The person my father wants me to be….”

The dragon is made of part bone, part scale, part blood, and part flesh.

And the mighty spirit that governs it all is filled with nothing but hope.

“

Uh

…. ”

Tancia’s partial transformation is a step forward.]

[The number of body parts that can undergo partial transformation increases.]

[Some body parts can maintain partial transformation at the same time.]

[Enlightenment! Tansia awakens a new ability.]

[Tansia continues: Awakens the King of Life.]

Tansia’s left arm has already expanded, just like her right arm.

Doubling the means of attack means that you can attack and defend at the same time.

Kwazijijijik-!

In an instant, the monsters were swept away as if a tsunami had struck.

[Sustain: King of Life]

– Attacks made with the body have scalability. Destructive power increases and the impact spreads over a wide area.

Her arm became a giant battle hammer rather than a shield.

“here!”

Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa8551114588 there?

Where her arm fell, there was a pile of something horribly crushed.

Not only was it all strengthened and surrounded by a carapace, but the monsters that were also receiving reinforcements from all over the place were pushed away, and the Goom was exposed.

Kiiiiiii-!

“Gotcha!”

Tansia stretched out both arms and caught the fleeing Gum and lifted him into the air.

Kyaaa!

Kyaaaaa!

Gum struggles while being caught.

Tansia looked away from him and looked for the woman who had advised her.

“uh? “Where did it go?”

Is it because something went wrong with Gum’s personal life? Tancred’s illusions disappeared before we knew it.

She didn’t regret saying goodbye because she didn’t know her mother and never felt your warmth.

I just gave strength to the hand holding it.

Kwajijijijik-!

[Defeat the gatekeeper, ‘Gum of Mental Absence’.]

[You will receive additional rewards.]

Tansia dropped the limp remains of the Gum on the floor and looked at the spot where the woman had disappeared for a moment.

For some reason, I felt lonely and unfulfilled.

“But when will you wake up?”

Tansia tilted her head as she looked at Sindio and Jian who were asleep.

* * *

The magic given by Gum of Insanity took Sindio and Gian to a terrible world.

No, to be more precise, Sindio, who grew up safely, set foot in a relatively normal world, but Gian was not.

He entered a world he never wanted to think about.

Whoa!

Fuuuuuuck-!

“Wrong… wrong….”

“Bitch! “What a dog!”

Whoa whoa!

The sound of violence is cruel.

Even though it is a simple sound, it makes us empathize with the pain and hopes that our conscience will intervene in it.

Jian hid.

He hid in one of the few intact pieces of furniture in the house… or rather, in the closet, which was the least broken piece of furniture.

There was a gap in the closet…

When Jian thinks about it now, he wonders what it would have been like if there were no gaps in his closet.

Through the gap, I could see those who used violence and those who were oppressed by it.

“die! die!”

“Please…don’t hit me…”

It was the foreman of the coal mine and Jian’s mother who was serving him.

Jian thought.

Mom was wrong.

There is no way I can survive after being beaten like that.

Even if you survive for now thanks to the luck of the sky, you will eventually die from the aftereffects.

Because there is no proper medicine or proper doctor in this city.

Such a death would be more painful.

“Ahhhh! “Ahh!”

Poop…

poop…

“Ah… ah….”

Weak violence and even more feeble screams.

Mom’s eyes went to the gap in the closet.

“….”

And then Jian’s eyes met.

His mother greeted him with eyes full of various emotions.

Pupils shaking with fear.

Anxiety that he would die if discovered.

At the same time… his eyes were full of guilt, ignoring his mother’s suffering.

Quaaaaang-!

A foreman who commits as much violence as possible and then returns home.

A space where only silence is left.

“You can come out… You can come out…”

Squeak…

A trembling hand opened the closet.

“Uh, Mom…”

“Jian… Jian…”

“I’ll call someone! wait! “Does it hurt?”

“Wait… Jian….”

His mother held Jian’s hand and shook her head.

“You can’t… let me know…”

“Why?”

“If they find out… they’ll… kill you. “They’re all part of the same group.”

“….”

I couldn’t say things like it doesn’t matter or I’ll take care of it.

“Jian… my son… my… lovely… son.”

“I’m sorry, Mom… I’ll listen carefully from now on! “No trouble…”

“Jian, the next time you come to see mom… I want you to be a good kid.”

“….”

“I want you to come as someone who does good things and helps the world. “Don’t live like your mother.”

“Hey…what’s wrong with mom!”

Jian’s mother stroked his head.

“Then… Mom will hug you…”

Touuk…

His face, swollen like a poorly made bread, turned black.

“… mom?”

Excessive silence.

“Um… um… ma… ma?”

mom.

…

Mom!

“Ugh…Mom!”

Sigh-!

Jian opened his mouth wide at the excruciating pain he felt in his cheek.

The illusion before his eyes had disappeared, and Tansia, whose horns had grown slightly larger, was staring at him blankly.

“Do you want to see Mom?”

“… It’s a dragon.”

“huh! “It’s a dragon.”

“… Ha, it was you. thanks.”

“what?”

“There is such a thing.”

Jian shook himself off and got up.

Next to him, Sindio was muttering with his back turned.

“I am an adult… I am an adult….”

“Why are you doing this?”

“Ah, my self-esteem was a little low… I talked about my mom better than that. “I guess you followed your mom well?”

“Well, at least belatedly. Rather, why are you doing this?”

“….”

When Sindio turned his head, his face with swollen cheeks was revealed.

“… What’s wrong with your face? “I thought the pronunciation was strange too.”

“Is that the case there too?”

“me? “Ahh…”

As Jian touched one of his cheeks, he felt that the shock from Tansia’s slap still remained there.

“It’s… my teeth are shaking.”

“… I’m glad you’re alive.”

Tansia said brightly.

“let’s go! “I’m going to brag to my dad!”

“Okay, okay.”

Jian shakes his head when he sees the battlefield where all the monsters are crushed, as if the building had collapsed.

“Little one, are you stronger than your dad?”

“I don’t know!”

“Check later. “If dad gets stronger, you have to tell me.”

“I won’t fight with Dad.”

“…Whew.”

Sindio asked.

“Are all the monsters flocking because of that dangerous guy earlier?”

“Maybe so. “The little boy gave me strength.”

“… Iknow, right. But I had a very unpleasant dream, what about that?”

“So do i.”

This is the reason Jian became twisted and obsessed with the past.

The guilt of ignoring her mother at the moment when she needed him most had brought him here.

“You know, when I tried it, I found out that being a good child requires a lot of preparation.”

“yes? Are you a good boy? If he does good things, isn’t he a good kid? “It’s all about preparation…”

“That’s not true. That’s how ordinary guys become good kids. “How much good deeds would a mean guy like me have to do to become a good kid?”

“… I guess that’s not wrong.”

“That’s why preparation is necessary. “I have to do the most good deed in the world for my mother to be satisfied.”

“…is there something there?”

“what. “Child, do you… have a dream?”

“dream?”

“Yes, that’s what I hope for.”

Tansia raised her hand.

“Becoming a dragon!”

“It’s already a dragon.”

“no no! really! “A friend of mine becomes a dragon!”

“… What about that one?”

“I… well… right now, I’m making sure you pay the proper price, right?”

“I wonder if that was just a dream… It doesn’t matter.”

“Then what about you, Jian?”

Jian chuckled and said.

“I wish I could look straight into my mom’s face.”

“What is that… But at that level… I hope it comes true.”

“Yes, little Sowon and yours too.”

They walked for a while and reached the end of the road.

Finally, a huge hall appeared.

“Wow….”

“Oh my….”

Jian frowned and stared straight ahead.

“Jian… You’re with people you haven’t seen before.”

“… Shurajin.”

“You said you betrayed me, but you were immature in how you handled things.”

Shurajin, along with his council gang, was handling a suitably sized box in the center of the hall.

At first glance, the box seemed to be the fruit of this relic.

“Are you looking for a piece of assertion?”

“….”

“Were you planning to interfere with the work of the council? “You’re so immature.”

Jian bit his lip and spoke quietly.

“Kid, can you take the box away from that woman?”

“Hmph, nonsense.”

Kkeikkeek…

The box was opened.

“….”

Shurajin paused for a moment and then took out something from the box.

It was a stone the size of an adult’s fist.

“Is this… a piece of assertion?”

“Oh… it looks as ordinary as a stone.”

“… I don’t feel any energy?”

“That can’t be…”

Just then, there were voices and applause that echoed throughout the hall.

Clap…

clap…

clap…

【Huhhhhh… You worked so hard to come here… But what should I do about this?】

This voice was a voice of sorrow.

“Who are you?”

Bitan smiled sinisterly and said.

【… I was one step too late?】

A lament that utters lines that a typical villain would say. But his appearance was not yet visible.

Shurajin shouted.

“What’s in the box… did you guys take it?”

Those who only reveal themselves after a vicious cry.

Snowfall and Karen.

And then there was Karuna and grief.

In particular, Bitan held a stone with a mysterious pattern engraved on Snowfall’s shoulder and held it out forward, as if a giant appeared.

【… So are you looking for this?】

Everyone in the room guessed that it was a piece of assertion.

Bitan narrowed one eye at Tansia.

Tanxia clenched her hands and trembled with excitement.

“It’s cool!”

Anyone could see that Grief looked like a villain.

Seueueu…

“Smell of shadow… There is a summoner.”

Shurajin looked around at Karen and Karuna, then his eyes stopped on the snowfall.

“Is it a summoner?… If so? …Whose disciple is this? “It’s a familiar atmosphere…”

Kang Seol tilted her head and asked.

“Do I have any obligation to answer?”

“Hmm… I know this smell.”

Shurajin said with a wry smile.

“Miray, that’s the smell of that hybrid. “Is she your teacher?”

“hybrid?”

“… Yes, Mudblood. How could such a hybrid be born from Master…”

“Master… I understand.”

Kang Seol said with a stern expression.

“You were Gregory’s disciple. “Does he have something to do with this too?”

Sigh…

She answered with laughter.

Among the shadow summoners of Pandea, Gregory is one of the top three monsters.

He is Mirei’s teacher who taught him how to become a night crow. One of the figures in the council that Jian was unable to speak due to his oath.

Jian suppressed his heightened emotions and watched the situation.

Gregory is a huge guy.

He is the one who terrifies Pandea with just his name. What judgment would Kang Seol make if she found out that he was involved in this matter?

“Now that you know Master’s name, you know how to behave, right?”

“… I understand. “More than that, Mirei is not a hybrid.”

“Tsk tsk… she’s a mongrel. “A poor hybrid.”

“….”

Kangseol thought of Mirei, who gave him strength and showed him a new path.

– Go… go and show the world you… no, us. That we… could co-exist…

She wasn’t a hybrid.

Seuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

!

Snowfall threw back the robe she was wearing and took a step forward.

And he spoke in a slightly angry voice.

“No one should step forward in this fight.”