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Chapter 361
Chapter 361
Episode 361:
The Hand of God.
Although it was given an amazing name, it was, as the name suggests, in the shape of a hand.
‘… These guys are aiming for Xinjiang’s hand.’
Snowfall’s eyes became cold without her knowledge.
The hand of the one-armed swordsman Shin Kang.
When I imagined it being carelessly taken into the hands of others and used, I became very angry.
“This is my first time hearing this. “I haven’t seen anything like that.”
“Do you know what the Hand of God looks like? Or the fact that it exists.”
“I don’t know and I’m not interested.”
A small woman behind her took out something.
“… Well, lying doesn’t work.”
Kang Seol’s eyes changed when he recognized its existence. A pendant with gold decoration that resembles a human face.
“Is the author’s answer true or false?”
A woman speaking in a quiet voice.
[Belian uses confirmation bias.]
[If the answer to the question is found to be false, summary judgment is triggered.]
The decoration on the pendant opened its eyes and answered.
– Georgieit….
[Summary judgment is triggered.]
“… Damn it.”
“lie. “I will cut off your left arm.”
Puhwaaaaaaaaa!
“Kaaaaaaak-!”
Snowfall’s left arm was cut off in an instant and fell to the ground in an instant.
– What is it;;
– Crazy…
– I didn’t see it;;
However, although she screamed in pain, Kang Seol’s expression was more intact than expected. As if it was already expected.
‘The Inquisitor has confirmation bias… It’s going to be a bit of a headache.’
Kangseol picks up his arm and places it on the amputation site.
In an instant, the blood and flesh congealed and the arm was restored.
“…is it a monster?”
Sister Belian Veldre watched it blankly. When I heard the voices, I realized they were both young women.
“The monsters are you who throw your arms at random.”
Kang Seol frowned.
‘I never thought I’d use confirmation bias… The conversation went astray.’
To be honest, I had no intention of just ignoring them even if they came up in conversation.
“I will ask the next question.”
“I have no intention of answering. This time it’s my turn. “It’s your turn.”
“Your turn has passed? You have no right or power to ask us the truth. “Is Belian ready?”
“Sister, I’m ready.”
Sisters Veldre and Belian reacted indifferently even after seeing Kang Seol prepare for battle.
Kang Seol didn’t like their attitude.
“You may not have any qualifications. Still…”
As he faced both palms, something dark stirred.
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu0022.
“The power exists.”
“… shadow?”
Twaaaaaaaaaaaa!
When the palms collide, black energy inflates like a balloon.
Snowfall’s eyes are becoming bloodshot.
Golden eyes with a strange red glow.
[Summons a night beast.]
[The night beast’s combat power is proportional to the amount of darkness used for summoning and the summoner’s abilities.]
Kujik…
Kujijijijik…
Snow gathered before collapsing due to the side effects of the raven. The amount of darkness was considerable.
Soon the night beast grew to a medium-sized size.
Crrrrrrr… The
fact that it was possible to move even without a soul meant that Labyrinth was not the only being that could handle night beasts.
Kang Seol found a way to raise them based on clues obtained from their corpses. This is a pitch-black labyrinth. I could accomplish anything I wanted.
“That is…”
“A demon…”
Kang Seol was proud as he saw the large night beast. And he pointed forward with his finger.
In front is the direction where the masked sisters are.
“bite.”
Paaaaaaat-!
The snowfall night beast, which gains strength in proportion to the snowfall’s abilities, was much faster than the normal night beast.
Snowfall discovered that the darkness obtained by killing the night beasts here was not only a sign of passing the first gate, but could also be used as a resource to summon the night beasts.
‘It’s an occupational disease. Otherwise I wouldn’t have found it.’
It was the result of thinking of a way to survive.
All I have is summoning skills.
If the rest of the talent doesn’t work, just keep practicing until the summoning technique works.
This was the testing ground for that judgment.
“At best, it’s an imitation! Assist, Belian!”
“huh!”
Ji-ing…
[Belian uses the Shield of Wisdom.]
[The target’s defense increases by the caster’s wisdom.]
Gaaaaang-!
A brilliant golden shield vaguely surrounded Veldre.
[Veldre uses the Play of Kills.]
[If the first attack is successful, the next attack will always be a critical hit.]
Jiiiing…
Veldre’s long sword let out a clean cry.
Paaaaat-!
As she leapt up to face the night beast summoned by Snowfall, she realized a mistake.
Whoa…
The pressure of the night beast facing me was beyond imagination. The wind pressure was enough to cause the mouth to open, so a head-on collision should have been avoided.
Belian must have noticed her mistake and assisted her.
[Velian uses Steadfast Wick.]
[The target’s maximum health increases by 20% for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds, you lose that much stamina, but your defense increases by 20%.]
“Haaap-!”
Kaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The night beast’s fist and Veldre’s sword collided.
In an instant, Veldre’s eyes doubled in size.
“What kind of power…”
The struggle of power failed.
It goes without saying that the loser gets kicked out.
Kwazijijijik-!
Veldre flew away, knocking down two beautiful trees.
However, she is also a being close to being a superhuman. As long as Belian was assisting, she was not a woman who would easily kneel.
“sister!”
Paaaang-!
Veldre, who regained his temporarily shaken spirit and ran towards the ground, was faster than before.
Crumbling…
Because it jumped out so suddenly, the night beast missed Veldre.
What Veldre is targeting is not the night beast, but the summoner, Snowfall.
The most traditional and efficient way to deal with summoners was chosen.
widely-!
When the snowfall touched the tree, the tree bent its back like a whip.
“… what?”
[Uses Night Haze.]
[Manipulates objects that cannot be reached with darkness.]
At the same time, the snow retreats and claps its hands.
Twaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Ka-ga-ga-ga-!
Veldre swung his sword to cut down the tree that flew like a whip.
Because of the strange energy mixed in, it wasn’t cut as well as intended, but in the end, it was successful.
“First of all…”
Snowfall, which must have been hiding behind the trees, suddenly disappeared.
“sister! Dangerous!”
As she struck the tree, the medium-sized night beast turned into three small ones.
It was Veldre’s first time encountering a summoner who used such strange powers in actual combat.
But she decided she had won.
Since it is small, its power will not reach that of the medium size.
Rather, each faction will create a way out.
However, Kangseol had a habit of attacking his opponent at their weakest point.
Papat-!
One of the smaller ones ran toward its younger brother, Belian, while the other two blocked Veldre.
The younger brother, Belian, won’t be able to defeat even one of them alone.
“What a coward!”
It wasn’t something Veldre would say, as he used a strategy of avoiding summons and targeting summoners, but the most useless thing to say in a match is cowardice.
If it had been in the past, even snowfall would not have been able to pull off such neat and sophisticated movements.
The only summoned beast he controlled in detail according to his will was the crow, which was a creature, and his skills in handling them were not very good.
However, perhaps because she spent three months just perceiving the space, Snowfall was able to understand how time was passing in the space itself. This gave momentum to the operation of the night beast.
“Oh sister!”
“Belian! Run away!”
Whilick-!
Veldre holds the sword backwards and decapitates a night beast.
As expected, the strength and power of the shell must have weakened as it was divided.
And since we have figured out this fact…
“That’s it.”
“….”
Snowfall suddenly appeared and was hugging Belian’s neck. And where her other arm was, it was her mask.
“Smash it?”
“Huh…”
Kang Seol had a lot to ask them, so it was better to interrogate them than kill them. At first, the cut side of my arm felt a little sore, but I didn’t really care.
After enduring a long period of penance, his spirit became somewhat calm.
“Drop your weapons.”
Touuk…
Veldre drops his sword.
“question. “Where do you come from?”
“We are treasure hunters. Since he’s a wanderer, I need to find out where he came from…”
Sigh…
Kangseol laughed as if he was expecting the other person to come out like that.
“No, no, no… Have you forgotten?”
grasp-!
“Ugh… uh sister….”
Snowfall takes confirmation bias away from Belian’s hands.
“Lying is bad. Now…”
Veldre was startled and waved his hand.
“I’ll tell you the truth!”
Unlike Snowfall, who, even if her arm falls off, picks it up within 3 seconds and sticks back together as if she had applied glue, if she lost her arm, she would have to live as a one-armed person for the rest of her life.
“… We come from the West.”
“Is the author’s answer true or false?…”
– Jin Si-il….
Confirmation bias proved that her answer was true.
‘You came from the West?’
Honestly, it was an answer I didn’t expect at all. I never thought the name of the West, which I had no interest in at all, would suddenly pop out.
After a moment of silence, confirmation bias regained its strength.
‘I guess I should make my question more specific.’
I thought it would be a good idea to dig into the details.
“What group do you belong to?”
“… I belong to the Relic Society.”
“Is the author’s answer true or false?”
– Jinsiiil….
An identity that turns out to be true.
‘Relic Association?! … It’s annoying.’
The Relic Association is a group that operates in secret mainly in the West.
They were people who dug up or stole relics and used them to do things.
As far as Kangseol knew, that was the case, but time had passed so it wasn’t certain.
“Now what’s the next question?”
A word that Veldre blurted out while pretending not to like it. Kang Seol probably found that behavior funny and made fun of her.
‘Did you think you would fall into the trap of confirmation bias?’
She had a plan.
“Change the question to your younger brother.”
“What what? Why…”
“I just want to do that.”
“My younger brother, there are a lot of things I don’t know. “I guess I can answer everything, right?”
“well?”
Confirmation bias imposed a fatal penalty on the person who asked the question if the same subject answered the third question truthfully and sincerely.
For this reason, it was taboo to ask the third question when using confirmation bias.
This is not a well-known fact, but Veldre probably predicted that Kangseol would not know this fact.
Kang Seol had no intention of handing over the initiative.
“Why do you, the Relic Society, know exactly what is in here?”
Other than Shin Kang, no survivors had yet emerged from the jet-black labyrinth. Although he reached the end of the Xingangdo labyrinth, he created his own door and was far from breaking through.
At least, as far as Kang Seol knew, that was the case.
So even if the hand of God was sleeping here, there was no way anyone would know about it.
‘What’s more, they gave me the grand title of ‘Hand of God’…’
“That’s…”
“If you don’t answer, if you go, you will lose your arm, neck, and so on.”
“… There are people with special powers. “They help us.”
“Special powers? If the answer is not sincere, I will sell it on my own…”
“Oh, I understand. We call them prophets. “They can find out the locations of artifacts with strong energy hidden throughout the continent.”
Kang Seol used confirmation bias.
“Is the author’s answer true or false?”
– Jinsiiil…
Confirmation bias is back in full swing.
Now I could only ask the last question.
After thinking deeply, Kangseol asked a key question.
“Why is the Relic Society looking for the hand of God?”
“….”
“Belian! Don’t answer! I’d rather give up my arm…”
“Huh… Hah…”
Belian shed tears like chicken shit at the thought of losing his arm.
Tears flowed through the mask.
Snowfall growled at Veldre.
“Do you think you’ll survive if you avoid the answer?”
“If you kill my younger brother… I will risk everything I have to kill you.”
Kang Seol, who thought that enemies appeared wherever he moved, shrugged his shoulders and poked Belian’s body.
Startle!
“Answer me.”
“….”
“If you don’t cooperate, I’ll break your neck before my arm.”
Belian finally lowers his head at the threat of snowfall.
“The Relic Society seeks to gather relics to fight against the vested interests that have taken over the holy kingdom of Baranoa. They have become corrupt and their subjects have been deceived by them… They must be stopped.”
“Is the author’s answer true or false?”
– Jinsiiil….
Kangseol stroked his nose for a moment and then looked at his surroundings.
‘Has the nature of the Relic Society changed? Well… what I remember is their whole body. By the way…is it almost time?’
Paaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
“Ahh!”
A snowfall that strongly pushes Belian away.
Pot-!
Veldre, who picked up the sword and took down Belian, spoke to Snowfall.
“I’ll kill you right now….”
Pak-!
Kangseol threw confirmation bias at Veldre and cut her off.
“right now? “It must be difficult right now, right?”
Snowfall retrieved the night beast.
Whioooo…
darkness returning.
Even this little darkness was precious now.
It is similar to the shadow used on creatures, but I really liked its flexible nature.
When I used it in practice, it performed better than expected. From now on, all that remains is to move forward.
Veldre became angry when Kang Seol showed an indifferent attitude as if he had no interest in the battle.
“Bullshit…”
Then a cold voice reached her ear.
“Are you a guest?”
Seuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
the “shinhyeon
‘s brightly shining sword” was shining at a distance that was almost touching her neck.
When did they approach me?
“You will have to be a guest.”
Gulp…
Kang Seol grinned.
“Oh my gosh, has it already been this long?”
Although there were forces in the world that forced us to tell the truth.
“You’re asking, so answer me.”
Veldre said, unable to move his body even a little.
“That’s right.”
There was also a force that forced people to tell lies.
Shinhyeon said with a grin.
“Then let’s stop playing and go home before it’s late.”