Episode 343
Two more days after leaving the wetlands.
Most of Kang Seol’s strategies exploited the opponent’s loopholes and resulted in great benefits. However, as this process continued, fatigue accumulated.
‘There is no end to these guys….’
It might have been a wrong decision to think that the chase would end if we killed and killed each other.
‘But if I gain ti here again…’
An underground garden of deep sleep.
You will be able to reach there well enough.
I was confident that if I reached that point, I would be able to virtually resist the chase. There are few people who know as much about that place as Snow Seol. Even if the opponent is Azanic, the Sky Dragon.
“Where…”
Kang Seol looked at the animals crouching around him. All of them are large beasts.
However, he fell into a long sleep and only snored even as the snowfall approached.
[The beasts sleeping here may be able to help fend off the chase. What would you do?]
1. Touch them to wake them up.
2. [Required: Jamut] Place the collected jamut on the altar.
3. Wake up by shouting loudly.
4. Leave it alone.
…
Snowfall took out the fruit jamut that she had prepared before coming here and placed it on the altar. The scent was so strong that it paralyzed their sense of sll, but a scent this strong would wake them up from their sleep.
It’s probably better to wake up to a good sll than to wake up because soone wakes you up.
After placing the fruit, Kang Seol and his companions step back for a mont and observe the situation.
Sniff…
Sniff…
The animals that were snoring and sleeping slled the sll and jumped up.
“… Success.”
Snowfall shook her head at Tantuinu’s words.
“Wrong. “I guess I’ll have to pretend this plan never happened.”
“… what?”
Wow!
The awakened giant beasts looked at each other, baring their teeth and claws. They fought against animals other than their enemies to get the fruit.
“…Why did such a reaction occur?”
Snowfall pointed to the nape of the beast’s neck.
“… That!”
The black spot on the nape of the neck gradually expanded and completely covered the animal’s body.
“Corruption!”
“It appears that the distance from Azanik has beco closer. “We need to leave quickly.”
The fact that the corruption process is taking place nearby is evidence that the host, Azanic, is getting closer.
If I ran into him, it would be difficult to survive right now, so I had to get away quickly.
Pot-! Paaaa-!
‘Fortunately, the entrance to the underground garden is nearby. Just get there and everything will be resolved.’
I’m not sure if Azanik ever visited the Underground Garden, but I could fight him there.
So I spent another full day just running. Any trick beyond this is just a trick, and if Ajanik shows up in person, it will be a waste of ti.
Their judgnt was quite accurate.
The entrance to the ruins, hidden by tree vines, was revealed.
“Huh… Huh….”
“There it is! “Over there…”
As the fall got closer, they ran for more than half a day at a speed that was almost like a full sprint, and Kangseol and Tantuinu were exhausted.
“Can I get so rest if I go into the underground garden?”
“yes. Maybe a little…”
As I reached the entrance to the ruins, a choice ca to mind.
[You have arrived at what appears to be the entrance to a suspicious ruin. However, the door was not open and it seed like I would have to find so way to open it. First of all, a few things…]
It was then.
“Until there.”
It felt like soone was talking to right next to .
However, Snowfall, Tantuinu, and Jamard’s eyes were looking at soone far away.
Whioooooo…
Because an overwhelming presence was emanating from him.
“….”
“I need to give you so answers.”
A human with goosebumps and dragon eyes looked at this place and said.
Snowfall quickly examined his features.
He also had a pretty good eye, and no matter how far away he was, he was able to easily recognize features.
‘Tattooed on the left side of my face, scar across my nose. And huge black horns.’
It looked exactly like he rembered Ajanik’s human form.
Azanik asked them.
“But do you know what you are involved in now?”
“….”
“I asked.”
Whioooooo…
I felt a sense of intimidation.
Once Kang Seol realized that answering his question was a great strategy to buy ti, she answered.
“I don’t know all the facts. But I know everything there is to know.”
After hearing the answer, Ajanik asked the next question with an expressionless face.
“But do you know what condition the girl you are trying to protect is now?”
“Huh…”
Tantuinu clenched his teeth as if he was convulsing. Kangseol and Jamad were greatly shaken by Ajanik’s words. Their eyes landed on Tantuinu.
Tantuinu was completely white.
A natural question arises for Kang Seol and Jamard after seeing this.
‘Could there be sothing wrong with Tancred’s body?’
Jamard’s expression hardened.
It was as if the reason why she had to travel through the Red Prison was revealed through Azanik’s mouth, not hers.
In the darkness, only Azanik’s tattoo and eyes were visible. He was relaxed.
It was as if both sides had received an answer to the question just now. Tancred was not in a normal state and the newly joined helpers did not know that.
“Do you know its whereabouts?”
“… That’s it?”
Ajanik seed to be irritated by Kang Seol’s question. Ajanik, who referred to it as ‘it’, seed angry that Tancred’s assistant did not even know what ‘it’ was.
“Last ti…”
While Ajanik was bombarded with questions, Kang Seol took the ti to prepare sothing.
‘If you take a little more ti…’
you can enter the ruins. Then we can get out of this crisis.
But Ajanik’s questions ended here.
“Do you think you can escape from ?”
“… well.”
Snowfall said as she repositioned the statue.
“I think it will be okay if I just get over this uncomfortable situation…”
“… Clean it up.”
Azanik stood up and gathered the flas in his right hand.
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
…
A feeling as if the space is being sucked in.
The extre heat created cracks in his hands.
A crack appeared on my bright red arm.
Blah blah blah…
RURRRRRRR!
The surrounding terrain burns up in an instant.
No, would it be appropriate to say that it was burned?
In so ways, it is a power that is close to ‘extinction’.
“Disappear.”
Wow…
everything happened in an instant.
Touuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
be see the flas flying out as azanic’s right hand is shattered).
The fla burned everything it encountered.
The trees, the air, and the thoughts of those who encounter them.
An unstoppable fla that no thought can form.
‘Damn it!’
Jamard was the first to move.
Twaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Jamard’s spell that has not yet unleashed its full supre power.
“Ho…”
Ajanik let out a short exclamation, but the situation was not optimistic.
Kwajiiiikik-!
The rocks Jamard had created were instantly destroyed, and flas reached all the way to them.
Right then.
Suddenly…
the red prison broke apart and a woman with huge horns hanging on both sides of her forehead appeared.
Wow!
The flas were blocked by the force of the solid rock that Jamard would one day reach.
“Huh… Huh….”
A woman gasping for breath.
Jamard caught a glimpse of her.
“Tan… Creed.”
And I couldn’t hide my embarrassnt.
The life energy was fading from Tancred’s body. Like a candle about to go out.
“Azanik….”
“….”
“You will get nothing from .”
“… We’ll just have to wait and see. “Do you trust those weak beings?”
Tancrid’s falling body was supported by Tantuinu
.
Rumbling…
This ti, a second fla was gathering in Azanik’s other hand.
As long as Tancred is defeated, the next fla cannot be blocked. But there was no need to stop it.
Clap…
Snowfall rearranged the last statue.
[You have unlocked the secret of the Underground Garden of Deep Sleep.]
[You are now standing in a field.]
[Be careful. The underground garden is the realm of sleepyheads, and no one can go against his will.]
Kugugugu Palace…
The door to the ruins opened, and a trendous wind escaped from inside, engulfing the group.
Whioooooooooo…
“Hold on tight, everyone.”
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Azanic extinguishes the fla as the door to the ruins that engulfed them closes.
He ca to the entrance, looked at sothing for a mont, and muttered.
“… I bought so ti.”
[You ran away from a powerful enemy.]
[Achieved the special achievent ‘Crisis Strike’.]
[Obtained the special title “Lucky Boy.”]
* * *
…
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Fortally…
“Wake up Snowfall.”
“Ugh….”
Snowfall stood up at Tantuinu’s words and looked around.
The whole field was spread out.
Even though it was clearly underground, the sky existed and the sunset was deep.
‘It’s amazing… a space like this.’
It looks exactly like the setting seen on the ga board.
Tantuinu asked him.
“Ti… how much ti do we have left?”
“About half a day… After that, the gate to the ruins will open again. “And I also have sothing to ask you.”
Kangseol gave the question to Jamad.
Jamard looked at the field for a mont and then asked Tantuinu.
“How much ti does she… have left?”
“….”
“… answer .”
Jamard was about to transform into an ugly face.
But soone’s voice stopped him.
“Don’t harass her, Jamard.”
“… Tancred?”
When I turned my head in the direction where I heard Tancrid’s voice, I saw a huge dragon lying down in the middle of the field. The sight of the sunset together was truly like a painting.
She had the appropriate size and power to the extent that it would not be awkward to call her an ancient dragon. Kang Seol and the others approached her.
‘Oh my…’
Kang Seol couldn’t hide his embarrassnt.
The power I felt from her was very weak.
It was a serious difference from the Azanic he had just faced.
“Co closer, Jamard.”
“…do you rember ?”
Jamard approached her as if possessed. And I felt Tancrid smiling ever so slightly.
“Mysterious child. I can tell the future by looking into the eyes. “You were different.”
“It ans that I wasn’t destined to live an obvious life.”
“… Maybe so.”
Tancred looks like it’s difficult even to keep his eyelids shut. But there was a story that had to be told.
“Azanik broke his silence.”
“Why is he targeting you?”
Ugh…
Tancred moved his large body and pushed what was in his arms out.
An egg, much larger than a normal egg, so big that Kang Seol could barely lift it with both hands, slipped out of her arms.
“Is this… your descendant?”
Tancred nodded.
“So what Azanik was after was your child.”
“Azanik wants to set the whole world on fire. “It is the only way for this world to be free.”
“… what? What is that…”
“Jamad, have you ever seen God?”
A sowhat absurd question.
Jamard responded to her words.
“If the primordial gods are also gods… then that can be said.”
“No, they are not gods. “They are just things that happened.”
“A… entity that occurred?”
“The sa goes for all transcendents in this world, including . They are beings who are served but are not particularly worthy. I have protected the land of Pandea from the mont I was born. But is it right?”
“….”
“If the right thing was done, who sets the standard? god? “Then who is God?”
“….”
“This was once my question, but now it has beco Ajanik’s question. Azanik said that if there is a God, he will find out for himself why he does not appear and why he does not correct the suffering in the world. And…”
Tancrid lowered his head.
“I fell into the abyss.”
“….”
“He was in despair. It seems he realized that God is not interested in this world. That’s why they want to destroy it. Maybe to get their attention, maybe to be free from them.”
“… completely crazy.”
“It’s clear that he was buried in madness… but I couldn’t stop him. Azanik… the dragon of the sky is strong.”
“Is stealing your child part of the plan?”
“of course. It is our duty to pass the power on to the next generation. But Azanik didn’t do that. They did not create descendants. That’s probably why he was left in such a strong state.”
“What are you trying to do by taking your child away?”
“The descendants who inherit my power have great potential. Perhaps what Azanik wants is to beco a god himself. Or… creating a god. “The exact intention is unknown.”
“Whether it’s the forr or the latter, they’re trying to take advantage of your unborn descendants.”
Tancred smiled slightly.
“New life is the future. It becos the driving force for the next generation to move forward. Azanik doesn’t know that he should trust them. Jamad, child of the earth. “I have a request for you.”
“….”
“Protect this child. “My breath will soon end.”
“Why… to ….”
Sseuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
The wind passing by the field.
The value embedded in it was refreshing, but at the sa ti, it felt vague.
“Jamade, you are stronger than any life I have ever seen.”
“….”
“It was like that in the past and it is like that now. And… it will be so in the dark tis to co. Because you are like that…”
Tancrid looked at the snowfall.
“I guess a new opportunity has co.”
“Tell , Tancred. “What should I do?”
“You already know the answer. Because he is the one who leads the tis.”
The sunset is fading away.
The night sticks out its head.
“I have many mories of living this life as a guardian of the earth but not being able to accept it.”
“….”
“Lives that focus on small values under the excuse of possibility. “The answer is to just look at them without intervening… There were tis when I couldn’t admit it.”
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
their an exhausted wind blew out from Tancrid’s nose.
“I’ve been watching you for a long ti, Jamad.”
“Tancred.”
“Finally, when death approaches, I realize. Your life is valuable in itself. “My duty was not in vain…”
“This… I didn’t want this to end, Tancred. “I… I… didn’t want it to end like this!”
Tancred laughed.
If you see her, you will understand what kind of expression a dragon makes when it smiles.
“It’s not the ending. This is a process. My will will continue and be with your life.”
“No… no! I’m still… I’m still on the road.”
Jamard’s eyes filled with water.
Kang Seol had never seen him express such intense emotions.
“We will look at the world from the sa perspective and have equal conversations! “I… I…”
Jamard clenched his teeth.
A pronunciation leaked out from the tusks.
“I wanted to be your…”
friend.
Tancred said with his head firmly on the ground.
“Jamade. We saw the world with the sa eyes. It also existed in the world with the sa aning and always….”
Tancrid’s breath trailed off.
“We were friends.”
Jamard brought up a mory from a long ti ago.
– If I go down that great path… then I can talk to Tancrid at any ti?
– then.
– So we’ll finally beco friends?
– Child….
She gave the sa answer as before and now.
– I already consider you a friend.
Her heart was sincere.
“This land will always need a guardian. Jamard… If I disappear, the balance of the world will be upset.”
she said breathlessly.
“You… beco the guardian of this land.”
“….”
Huh… Huh… As
Tancrid’s breathing beca heavier, Tantuinu rushed over and held her in his arms.
“mother! mother!”
“I… I… I’m going to take a long sleep here now. “The fields and life… and the stars… Earth, please take away.”
Slurp…
Tancrid didn’t move.
Jamard placed his hand on the bridge of Tancred’s nose.
“Mother Earth… no, my old friend Tancrid.”
Then he hit his head on the floor and bowed.
“Thank you for your hard work. “Rest in peace.”
Pusssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshest possible possible…
Tancrid’s body beca a halo of light and disappeared.
From then on, an enormous amount of ssages ca to Kang Seol’s mind.
[Earth Mother Tancrid ends her long life and disappears into the embrace of the stars.]
…
But there was no ti to examine it all.
“snowfall.”
“…Jamade.”
Jamard turned back and made eye contact with Snowfall.
Kang Seol faced emotions greater than the sadness in his eyes.
“No way… I can’t bear it.”
“….”
His emotion is not sadness.
“If I don’t pour out this anger…”
He was burning with revenge now.
“I can’t leave this place like this.”
Tantuinu approached and stopped Jamad.
“Have you forgotten your mother’s will? There is no way to fight against Ajanic right now! Hiding and gaining strength….”
“Snowfall.”
“Even if the attack is successful, you won’t be able to escape! Then everything… all of Mother’s will will disappear!”
Kang Seol closed his eyes and rembered sothing.
“I rembered.”
“… what?”
“Maybe there is a way.”
This is not a process to gain reward or survive.
It was Jamard’s ritual to commorate Tancred’s vain death. And Jamard had such a great trick.
“No, there is.”
[Enlightennt: The supre state occurs.]
[If you et certain conditions, you can imdiately manifest the supre power.] [The unexpected
adventure ‘Dragon’s Revenge’ occurs.]
[This adventure is very dangerous. ]
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