Zaha asked,
What is that?
Watch out for the dice.
Seol Young said, walking ahead.
Since you saw it before, you should know that once she throws it, the result will co out in any situation, and one dies according to it.
Then not running into it is good enough.
Right. But the problem
Seol Young opened the door to the pavilion, and at that mont, a light flashed.
Applause rang out, and a topless man was breathing fire from his mouth.
The entire place was bright, with dancers in heavy makeup dancing around. Laughter echoed throughout the drinking party.
A man got excited and knocked down his drink, and the glass made of jade fell.
Seol Young stepped on the glass and broke it.
The problem is that the dice will seduce us into playing it.
Aha.
Zaha understood it right away.
You an to be wary of anything spinning?
They glanced at the paper lanterns on the ceiling, and one of them began to spin slowly in its place, and Zaha swung his sword and broke it.
Like this.
Right.
Seol Young nodded.
They had already blocked Dohwa twice, and she backed down, which ant her third attempt would be stronger.
We need to find her without falling for the curse.
They made their way through the hall, which was filled with talks, laughter, and won.
Beware of anything spinning.
A custor fell, and the coins on him began to fall, and a few spun around.
A cat jumped from sowhere, and a five-colored ball began to roll at its paws.
Seol Young-rang, do not pick up the coins. They are fake.
When did I pick any up?
The two broke them one by one and destroyed them.
A jade dolls head rolled on the floor, a musical instrunt in a magicians hand, a marble turning without wind.
As they destroyed all of these things one by one, the world they were in also began to crumble little by little.
[Hahaha!]
The won and custors laughed loudly too. The lanterns and flowers beca clearer.
The evil feeling in this place grew thicker, and at so point, a spinning watermill caught Seol Youngs eye.
He quickly turned away and kicked it.
There was an artificial stream in the middle of the hall, and the lanterns and wine glasses floated.
He looked at it, and dead courtesans lay there. So had bruises on their faces, and others had clear handprints on their necks. One even had a hollow on one side of her head.
As their eyes t, the ghastly corpses rose one by one, and they stretched out their hands.
What is this now?
Zaha swung his sword.
The corpses grabbed his sword and pulled on it. They were surprisingly strong, and Zaha frowned.
This isnt an illusion or hallucination. This is real.
Seol Young was puzzled.
He thought everything here was created by Dohwa.
Why is a real ghost in here?
And then he rembered. The elder in the village said,
-It used to be a banquet hall where nobles called courtesans to play, but it was soon abandoned as people drowned each year.
The story matched.
The banquet hall was cursed from the beginning.
Seol Young said, drawing a talisman in the air.
The people who were said to have drowned here each year didnt actually drown. The nobles played with them, abused them, and killed them.
Aha! Then they lied about the won drowning?
Zaha looked at the brutal appearances of the won. These souls died unjustly, like Dohwa.
And they were trying to stop them from spoiling Dohwas plans.
Normally evil spirits like this could be easily subdued, but there was a problem this ti.
Every ti they attacked, their skirts would flow around or their hair ornants would spin around.
The purpose of the ghost won wasnt to kill them. Soone among them was hiding the dice, and if they accidentally glanced at her, they would be cursed right away.
But we cannot kill them at random
Seol Young hesitated for a mont.
Then we have to do this.
Zaha tore the hem of his clothes, folded the torn part into several layers, and tied it around his eyes.
Right.
Seol Young followed him right away and placed it around his eyes.
Wait, they are pitiful souls. Do not kill them.
Then.
Throw them at .
They werent strong souls. And with his eyes closed, he had nothing to be afraid of. Seol Young raised his hands and caught the attacking ghosts one by one, imprisoning them in his plaque.
Seol Young-rang! You were the one who asked for these won!
All the ghosts that went to Zaha were thrown back and sealed in his plaque.
Doing this was so simple.
They were able to subdue these won to so extent without seeing the dice.
When did I ask you for them?
Ah, please, you said to throw the won at you. You are worse than normal n.
When did I
Seol Youn went silent and thought.
Wait.
Now, with a blindfold on, wasnt this the perfect mont to play a prank?
He couldnt see the other side since the cloth was layered several tis. It seed like they couldnt see everything around them.
Seol Young removed the blindfold.
Zaha, as if thinking the sa thing, stopped talking and hurriedly took off the blindfold, and their eyes t.
When did you say it? You surely said
But he stiffened up without continuing and didnt even look him in the eye.
What is it?
Seol Young asked. And then he saw sothing spinning at the periphery of his vision.
There was a lantern on the ceiling, and it could be seen in Seol Youngs eyes.
Seol Youngs eyes acted as a mirror, so Zaha avoided his gaze.
Tak!
And then there was a sound of sothing falling from behind them. One didnt have to see it to know what it was.
The dice.
They kept avoiding it, but they ended up seeing it in the reflection of the others eye
To send people away like this. Quite a clever thod, Seol Young-rang!
I didnt do that.
Seol Young said,
We need to find Dohwa right now. This isnt the ti for us to be fighting!
Such a la excuse.
Zaha said as he struck down the dice with his sword. A golden light rose, and he hit the dice with a terrifying force.
Swish!
A sharp tallic sound rang out, and the floor cracked, but the dice was fine.
Swish! Swish!
He cut it down several tis, and the golden light was so strong that Seol Young couldnt even open his eyes.
Still, the dice didnt budge.
It was said that if resentnt deepens, it can snow even in May.
Dohwa poured all her resentnt into this dice, and this made it clear that they couldnt match her strength now.
Round and round.
The penalties on all fourteen sides went crazy. Little by little, the penalties could be seen, and the dice could stop at any ti.
This surely we will not be punished, right?
Zaha raised his sword, and his spiritual energy rose.
Wait.
Seol Young gathered spiritual power in his hands.
It was ti for him to test what he had thought about earlier.
I will give it a try.
Seol Young-rang. Now is not the ti to test sothing out. Will you take responsibility if sothing bad happens? Besides, if a penalty involving two people is given, then even you will be dragged into this.
Look straight ahead. Earlier, when she tried to drag people, I experinted with various things and ca to a conclusion. It might be impossible to break the dice.
Seol Young raised his hand and said,
But do we really have to break it?
?
Zaha was confused.
Then?
Instead of answering, Seol Young acted.
Wind Spirit Curse.
A gust of wind rose from his hand, and it was a gentle wind that went around the dice.
The dice, which had slowed down and seed to stop at any mont, began to spin again. And Zaha looked at it.
I see.
He realized it. There was a way to not receive any penalties.
There were two things.
To destroy.
And to not let it stop.
Just keep it moving.
Why didnt he think of that?
Zaha looked at the dice, looking disappointed.
Right. It is much more difficult to go against it forcefully. But what if we can lean on what it is doing? We just need to make sure we dont tackle the power.
And this proves it.
Seol Young said.
If I had just concocted a way to force you to see the penalty, would I have bothered to stop the curse?
Fine. Lets say that
And Zaha asked,
Do we just let it spin for eternity like that?
Good question.
Seol Young replied.
I barely got hold of her. It is the only chance to bring out her main body.
He gathered all his strength in his hands as he was using the Wind Spirit Curse.
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