– Volume 9 Episode 6
206. 51 A forest where mysterious things live. (3)
“Are you going to accept it?”
he said, staring hard. Taesan nodded.
“okay.”
If Lee Tae-yeon’s words were true, in order to break through the 51st floor, he had to clear the gremlin’s quests first. There may have been other means, but this was the standard route, so
there was no reason to reject it.
[Subquest accepted.]
The gremlin grinned.
“Then first, it’s about those damn fairies. They are very proud of their wings. Tear off those wings and bring them to me.”
“It’s brutal.”
“They boasted to me first. I am a lowly creature that crawls on the ground without wings. Get out of our realm. What would they say if I ripped off their wings?”
The gremlin chuckled and waved his hand.
” go.”
“Do you have anything for me?”
I asked for items or skills to clear the quest, but the Gremlin replied with a cold expression.
“Why would you give me that? You have to figure it out.”
He pointed his finger at himself.
“I gave you a quest because I wanted something from you.”
This time, his fingers pointed toward Mount Tai.
“Then you have to take care of the rest. If you bring it, you will receive a reward, if you do not bring it, you will fail. Are you sure?”
“What if I say I want to give up the quest and go back?”
“Then you must return it.”
The gremlin said without any change in emotion.
“I am not forcing you. Whether you accept my quest or get out of the forest and return, everything is your choice.”
The Gremlin didn’t particularly catch the mountain. It was as if you were responsible for whatever choice you made.
“Are you going to send it back?”
“okay. If you want, I’ll send you back to town with a gesture. Do it’?”
“no.”
Taesan shook his head and thought.
‘Are they giving me options as well?’
I thought it was strange. The 51st floor has suddenly risen, but there is a city that has not been seen yet. And to
think that there are people with broken hearts gathered there. No matter how you think about it, it was unnatural.
Taesan, who met the gremlin in person, was able to realize the reason.
The reason why the 51st floor is a very unique floor is because it is a kind of filter.
Are you going to go any further than this?
won’t you move on
Perhaps the people in the village didn’t give up right away. He must have been trying to break through the 51st floor by continuing to receive the gremlin’s quest.
But all attempts would have failed.
And at some point you’ll realize He said that this front was not allowed to him, and that he would not be able to advance no matter what. He said he couldn’t cross this sieve.
Those whose hearts were broken like that stay in the village on the 51st floor. To the sanctuary that the wizard made for them.
The reason why only the broken ones were in the village was simple. Those who did not did so either died trying to cross the 51st floor, or went over the sieve to the 52nd floor
.
Just like the warrior, Quaned, and Lee Tae-yeon did.
“Can’t we just tear off the wings? Does it matter how many there are?”
“The more the better, but you only need to bring one first.”
Taesan left the forest.
After getting out of the monochromatic trees, we arrived at a colorful forest like a rainbow garden. Then the voices of the golden fairies were heard again.
[Come out.]
[An interesting person came out.]
[Let’s play.]
Giggling, they disperse. All the light shines through Taesan moves to avoid them.
Papababak!
The light pierces the trees and other trees begin to fill in their place.
‘Lee Tae-yeon said something.’
Fairies attack adventurers over a certain amount and get tired of surviving. Then he leaves and doesn’t come back for a while
.
Lee Tae-yeon, who realized this through several experiences, chose the method to keep the fairies from getting bored.
They dance and sing like clowns, displaying their emotions loudly. Since she was a woman full of emotions, she must not have been unable to act.
Seeing Lee Tae-yeon like that, the fairies watched her with curiosity.
The fairies didn’t attack either, probably because it was fun to watch, not fun to play with. That’s how Lee Tae-yeon continued to play the clown.
The fairies’ wariness of Lee Tae-yeon disappeared and the distance got closer and closer.
It was the result of Lee Tae-yeon acting like a clown for over a month.
And Lee Tae-yeon, who judged that they were closer than a certain amount, rushed at her like a dog and twisted the nape of the fairy’s neck.
Perhaps her strategy is also one of the correct answers. However, Taesan had no intention of writing such a thing.
Keying.
Taesan, avoiding all light, clenched his fists.
[You activated Marvas’ jet-black wave.]
Kuuuuuuu!
A black wave rages in and begins to trample the entire forest. You can see the fairies attacking from afar.
[Run away.]
[Run away.]
The fairies begin to run away with short screams.
Their distance was too far. Normal attacks did not reach.
Then it had to be a physical attack
.
[You activate acceleration.]
The body quickly flies toward the fairy. The screams of the fairies grow louder and begin to disperse.
Taishan aimed at the nearest fairy among them.
[You activated emotional interference.]
[Ahh!]
The fairy who was running away suddenly grabbed her head and twisted her body. To the fairy who couldn’t quickly return to the forest, Taesan got closer in an instant.
The fairy stumbled and tried to hide in the woods, but it was too late. Taishan’s sword pierced the fairy.
[Kihehe!]
The fairy’s face twisted.
Taesan slammed his sword into the ground. The fairy struggled a few times before drooping.
[Don’t you feel like a villain?]
“It’s a bit like that.”
The fairy had a beautiful appearance that seemed to come out of a fairy tale.
It felt strange
to stab him to death with a knife .
Taesan tore off the wings from the fairy’s corpse. Having obtained what he wanted, he returned to the Gremlin’s realm.
While blowing tea, he looked at Taesan and put on a dumbfounded expression.
“already? …no. Did you give up?”
“here.”
Taesan handed over the fairy wings.
The gremlin, who accepted it blankly, murmured.
“…That’s right. What did you already bring
? Even the fastest one took a week.”
He had a puzzled face. But soon, with a smile on his face, he attached fairy wings to his back.
“how is it?”
“It looks bizarre.”
Shining fairy wings on Gremlin’s green body. It was very strange.
“Ugh. Is it because of the different sizes? I wish I had so many fairy wings.”
The words of the next best gremlin were expected.
“Bring me more fairy wings.”
“Even if you ask me to bring more, it’s hard to do more than this.”
The fairies have already been beaten by Taesan. There was a high possibility that he would not come out while being wary.
“You don’t have to worry about that. I’ll take care of it.”
The gremlin grinned.
“There is a special pheromone in fairy wings. It synchronizes with the pheromone of the same species and tells each other where they are.”
bubbling.
Something was boiling in the pot. The gremlin put the fairy wings in it.
“And when these things were taken care of…
he rummaged everywhere and put in all sorts of grass roots and bits of wood.
“And put this in.”
He finally put the black shard into the cauldron.
Chii profit!
Then the boiling things cooled down in an instant. Before long, only small decisions remained.
The gremlin gathered the crystals and pressed them together.
“With this, you will know where the fairies are staying.”
“Did you say it was okay to have one because of this?”
“okay. Knowing the location
can be the wings of a fairy.”
[Stigma made of fairy wings]
[Stigma made with advanced alchemy. It seems to guide you to the resting place where the fairies stay.]
“And if you are now, you would have been a target for them, so take this too.”
The gremlin scraped the remaining crystals and began to mix them with something. The finished product was sprinkled all over Taesan.
[You have obtained the fairy’s invisibility cloak.]
[The fairy’s invisibility cloak]
[A powder cloak made with advanced alchemy. For a certain period of time, you can erase yourself from the recognition range of fairies. And the forest also recognizes you as a mysterious being and does not change
.
Taesan quietly read the effect.
Both of them had a section called alchemy written on them.
Tae-san’s eyes sparkled with interest.
“If there is something called alchemy, can you combine things like herbs?”
“Is it possible. That’s what I can live on, making my own territory here.”
The gremlin said with a proud face.
“If it is alchemy that has reached a high level, it has power in a different direction than magic. It’s annoying because there’s a lot to prepare, but the effect is certain. It is also the power of alchemy that allows me to live while enduring persecution
. Just looking at this forest right now, it is my own realm that I created with alchemy.”
In fact, as soon as I entered the gremlin’s forest, the forest stopped changing. It must mean that he wrote something to prevent outside beings from entering.
“It can’t be helped that the damn fairies touch the light from afar, but at least I’m satisfied now that the threat of searching is gone like when I came in.”
“Are you creating a realm?”
“There are other abilities, but that is the main one. If I handle it well , I can make
this entire forest my domain.”
the gremlin snarled.
Taesan asked.
“Can I learn alchemy too?”
alchemy.
There was interest. As a reward for clearing the 51st floor, Lee Tae-yeon received a blessing powder made of fairy wings from the gremlin.
The effect was an unprecedented effect that, if sprayed on the body, could be used virtually indefinitely for a certain period of time and mana did not decrease.
I haven’t seen it myself because she used all of them while breaking through the labyrinth, but if the effect is real, it’s quite meaningful as a mountain. Does that mean you can use the frozen world dozens of times in a row?
Perhaps it was also made with alchemy. If he learned, he could be able to make something like that with his own power, not just as a reward.
and area design.
It might not have been in the labyrinth, but the value of that horse on Earth was very high.
If you get it, it will be of great help.
“…you? Alchemy?”
Rejection appeared on the gremlin’s face. It was as if he had seen someone trying to steal the treasure he was desperately protecting.
“This is something I have worked on all my life. It’s my only hope that I’ve gathered because I don’t want to live with my miserable people. Thanks to that, I entered the labyrinth and settled in a place like this.”
The gremlin opened its arms.
“Look at this forest! It’s like a treasure trove of alchemy !
Medicinal herbs scattered around are worth a thousand gold, and even a single tree root comes out only once every few decades outside!”
His face, which had been shouting with ecstasy, suddenly contorted.
“I hated my own people. Those who are lowly, crawling on the ground and barely living a day. So I learned alchemy. I thought that I had literally given my life to learn and finally gained the power of the mystic to rise to an equal position with them, but nothing has changed. To them, I am still just an ugly gremlin.”
he grew up
“You said you wanted to learn alchemy, right?”
Eyes full of rage turned to Taesan.
“Then kill them. And bring me what I want My heart will change depending on what you brought and what you did.”
“good.”
I heard the answer.
Taesan turned around. As soon as he tried to leave, the gremlin was rather embarrassed.
“Are you accepting?”
“Why do you refuse?”
He will be fully rewarded. Otherwise, the meaning that has come down to this point will fade.
“Can I get the fairy wings first?”
“Uh uh uh.”
The gremlin stuttered in reply.
Taesan quickly ran through the forest. Because of the cloak made of powder, the fairies did not show up even after entering the rainbow-colored forest.
Taesan took out an orb and
read the force’s wavelength and its direction.
Approach it quickly but quietly. Maybe it was because the forest didn’t follow Mt. Tai, so I was able to reach my destination faster than I thought.
There was a small lake there.
Above it, countless fairies were splashing water and playing.
And among them was also a fairy three times as large as the others.
[Fairy Queen has appeared.]
[Fairy Queen. Seeing that they came out together, are they going out?]
The ghost whispered softly.
[It’s much stronger than other fairies. It’s not a monster on the 51st floor.]
“It’s rather good.”
The gremlin said that it changed its mind depending on what it brought.
If it was the queen’s wings, he would be satisfied.
Taesan quietly looked at the fairies and began to devise a strategy.
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