The 31st Piece Turns the Tables Chapter 73

Episode 73

[Atarak is angry.]

[As she shakes her body, spiders come pouring out from all directions.]

In addition to the spiders that ran away earlier, more spiders came pouring out.

Kiyi!

– I… do you know how long I’ve been holding my breath? Until I grew up like this, I endured humiliation and hid underground.

Atarak confessed a story that Kang Seol was not very interested in. Kangseol became annoyed and shouted at Karen.

“Karen! “Take down that chatterbox.”

“Okay, this will be fun.”

Pot-!

As Karen rushed towards Atarak, numerous spiders blocked her path.

Puhwaak-!

[Experience points are accumulated.]

[The Sulfur Spider has been defeated.]

“Damn…”

Whoops!

[Experience points are accumulated.]

[The sulfur spider has been defeated.]

“Isn’t that a bit much?”

Kiiii…

– The reason I hid in a place like this… wasn’t to be looked down on by people like you!

Whoa…

Atarak tore off part of the ceiling and threw it at Snowfall.

“Tsk….”

Pap-!

Jamard dragged Kangseol’s body and threw himself away from the debris.

Kwazijijik!

Key… Key profit!

The place where the rock was broken was full of spiders.

Kiyi!

– dare! How dare you!

Atarak seemed to be unable to control his anger well, perhaps because he had been locked in a room like this all alone.

In any case, there was no way Karen and Jamard could have been hit by a blind attack filled with anger.

Whoa!

Kwajiiiik!

Kii…

whoo!

Kwazizig!

The corpses of the spiders were already piling up to the point where I could walk over my feet.

Jamad said while protecting Snowfall.

“Be careful, their blood is pooling.”

“blood? “Oh my…”

The space that was thought to be flat was actually slightly hollowed out in the center, and the spider’s blood was slowly gathering in the center.

One thing to be concerned about is that if blood accumulates like this, eventually all space to step on may disappear.

‘How do we bring down that monster?’

If it were not a solo adventure, a ranged attacker would have been deployed to attack Atarak directly.

Since the other side didn’t attack directly, there was no difficulty in surviving, but it was impossible to just avoid it forever.

“hot!”

Meanwhile, Karen saw a gap and threw a broken stone fragment at Atarak.

Deep.

Kiyi…

– You were just saying that you were going to take me down. Resist as much as you can, child. The more you resist, the more I am filled with joy and the more I can enjoy a rewarding meal.

Slippery saliva fell from Atarak’s mouth and onto the floor. All her eyes were on Karen.

And a ball of thread came out of her mouth.

[Atarak uses a spider web bomb.]

[Projectiles are affected by Continuous: Motion Capture.]

Karen, who saw a bundle of spider webs flying at a fairly high speed, instantly decided that she should not hit that projectile. .

Buuuung-!

She used her wits and threw a spider that was threatening her in the direction of the projectile.

puck! Pow!

The spider that hit the ball of thread was wrapped in its web and fell to the floor.

Height…

And he just twitched on the floor and didn’t show much movement.

“Wouldn’t it be dangerous if I got hit? “It can’t possibly be right.”

Boom!

Bullfight!

[Atarak uses Spider Web Bomb.]

[Projectiles are affected by Persistence: Motion Capture.]

Atarak used the same technique against her again.

However, Karen, who was on guard, beat the spider web bomb by a significant margin.

Kiyi…

– You’re quick. So what about your colleagues?

Boom!

Tooung!

[Atarak uses a web bomb.]

[Projectiles are affected by Persistence: Motion Capture.] Threads

spewed out toward Snowfall and Jammad.

Of course, Jamad was also paying attention to Atarak’s movements.

“Sigh!”

Kiyi!

puck!

Shockingly…

Jamard uses the same method that Karen first responded to.

After one failed attack after another, Atarak became angry from the comfort of her web.

Kiiii…

– Everyone looks down on me!

Kang Seol looked at her and mocked her.

“Why don’t you stop talking there and come down if you’re dissatisfied? “You coward.”

Were those words valid?

Atarak reacted differently than before.

Kiiii…

– … Good. You mocked me, so don’t be sorry if you die a slightly painful death.

Slurp…

[Atarak uses Sweet Dreams.]

“Be careful! “It’s a mental attack!”

Jamard, who noticed the ominous energy unique to mental magic, shouted. With that shout, everyone’s vision began to narrow.

As an unpleasant thought entered her mind, Kang Seol bit her lip hard.

Phew!

The blood flowed and a message came to mind.

[Roll the magic resistance die.]

[The magic resistance die rolls a 4.]

[Jammard resists Sweet Dreams.]

[The magic resistance die rolls a 5.] [

The Snowman rolls a 5 in Sweet Dreams . I resist.]

Luckily, Snow and his party resisted magic one after another.

But the luck didn’t end there.

[The magic resistance die rolls 1.]

[With high resistance, 1 is added to the dice.]

[Karen falls into a sweet dream.]

‘No!’

Along with the snowfall, Jamard saw Karen standing blankly for a moment and realized that something was wrong with her.

“Damn it! Hey fairy!”

Jamard launched himself at Karen.

Atarak looked at her with shining eyes.

* * *

Karen was looking ahead with a blank expression for a moment. It was dazzling because the surroundings were all decorated with gold.

Someone spoke to her.

“Why are you doing that?”

“huh?”

“You would be the only one dozing off even in front of the Great Montra Emperor. Karen.”

“Jin, did I doze off?”

“Haha… Are you now going to fabricate something just because no one is watching?”

“You fell asleep. “If you dozed off, it’s okay!”

“Yeah, that’s better.”

Karen felt a really old feeling settle in her heart. It was comfort or ease.

“…Are you back?”

“What did you mean?”

“No, no. “What about Karuna?”

“I guess I’ll be staying at the training center today as well. “It’s been like that ever since.”

Always the same days.

In Montra’s imperial palace, the sunlight that blesses the land shines, and she takes a sweet nap.

Her brother Karuna will be absorbed in training as always, and the emperor, who is suffering from heavy work, sometimes visits her to talk to relieve his headaches.

It is a very natural and daily routine that seems to continue forever.

however.

‘I feel like I’m forgetting something important…’

In these peaceful days, her heart felt a sense of strangeness. The emperor noticed this and asked her the reason.

“Why are you doing this Karen?”

“jin. You know, what happens to the emperor?”

“Emperor? Why is that happening all of a sudden?”

“I just thought that someone as great as Jin was great from the beginning.”

“You’re asking all sorts of things. “But you still have to answer.”

Jin answered with a mischievous expression.

“I inherited Montra.”

“… what?”

“I’m not the one who built Montra just because I inherited it.”

“Kahaha! What is it!”

“Of course, when I inherited it, no one called Montra an empire.”

“….”

“In my generation, Monttra became an empire.”

Karen liked this man in front of her.

Of course, not out of rational feelings, but as a lord. It was comfortable to be together and enjoyable to watch.

“If you look closely, it doesn’t seem like you’re that capable….”

“Hahaha! If the ministers had heard that, they would have been shocked. “It’s nice because you’re like that.”

“Anyway, answer the question. What happens to the emperor?”

“The emperor is what the times make.”

“What is that.”

“And times are created by people.”

Karen tilted her head at the enigmatic words.

Jin continued to have conversations with Karen about the emperor and the empire.

he recalled.

“Looking back, many people worked hard for me. To somehow make me emperor.”

“To make Jin the emperor… why?”

Karen looked at Jin.

Looking into Jin’s upright eyes, it seemed like he could understand, at least a little, the feelings of the public servants who worked hard to make him emperor.

“He’s someone I want to make emperor… someone I want to serve… um… it’s difficult.”

“Anyway, the position of emperor is not a particularly good position, so even if you meet a good person, never make him or her emperor.”

“Kahaha…who would I serve other than Jin?”

“….”

Jin just smiled calmly and made eye contact with Karen. However, discomfort still remains in Karen’s heart.

So, an uncomfortable expression kept appearing on her face without her realizing it.

“There are still problems.”

“Hey. “I feel like I have concerns.”

“Tell me, aren’t we in a relationship where we share even trivial concerns?”

“Jin tends to only share his heavy worries with me.”

“Hahaha, you’re the only one who can make me feel at ease, so what can I do?”

Karen said with dazed eyes.

“I wasn’t selected.”

“You’re not getting selected? what?”

“The sword. “The sword… no matter what I do, it won’t be pulled out.”

“Well…”

“The moment you think you have to swing to protect yourself, your body becomes as hard as stone.”

Jin’s expression became cold.

“who?”

“huh?”

“Who are you trying to protect?”

“I think it’s someone other than Jin.”

“….”

Jin laughed again.

“Do you remember the promise you made to me?”

“Then I will serve Jin Man and draw my sword for Jin Man.”

“That promise is what prevents you from moving forward.”

“huh.”

“So you are asking permission to draw your sword for someone else.”

“….”

“… to me who is already dead.”

“die? who?”

Ddeudduh…

Suddenly the imperial castle began to shake.

“Karen.”

“jin! Come on! Last name…”

Jin shook his head.

“This is a dream Karen.”

“… what?”

“I am dead and Montra is destroyed.”

Pajik-!

Deddeudddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd…

Kwaziig!

The stones that made up the castle crumbled. Karen, embarrassed, tried to hold Jin’s hand, but Jin shook her hand away.

“Why why!”

Tuk-!

Jin pushed her.

Karen fell into a dark space.

“Go Karen. “Don’t look back.”

“Jiiyin! “You son of a bitch!”

Jin’s face slowly turned into sand and began to disperse.

As he turned white and scattered, he spoke to Karen.

“Foolishly loyal knight, accept that my era is gone and a new era has come.”

“Jiyin!”

“And be saved.”

* * *

[Karen resists the sweet dream.]

“Aaaahhh!”

“Come to your senses, fairy!”

“… uh?”

Karen realized that everything that had just happened was a dream.

And now she is being carried on Jamard’s shoulders and is becoming a burden.

Kiiii…

– Come on and give me your all. To this fire queen.

Atarak was confident of victory as Karen fell asleep and Jamad and Kangseol were cornered.

In fact, if Karen hadn’t just woken up, it would have been a pretty dangerous situation.

“What is this….”

“Come down and talk about it!”

Pot-!

Karen did some tricks and got out of Jamard’s shoulder. And I grabbed the sword that I had always been carrying like a burden because it had not been drawn.

Kiyi…

– Was the dream I gave you sweet?

Atarak’s whisper came to Karen’s ears.

“Oh, that was so fucking sweet.”

Kiyi…

– Dreams reveal your most precious memories.

“no wonder.”

Jin and Karuna.

The memories she had with them were her happiest.

Kiyi…

– Offer yourself to me and I will keep you in my dreams forever.

And it was also the most painful memory.