The 31st Piece Overturns the Game Board

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Why was the highschooler trailing him?

Seol realized something when he noticed that the highschooler's voice was trembling. Still, he didn't say anything.

Seol just patiently waited for the highschooler to speak.

And because they were the only two people in the quiet alley, the conversation flowed easily.

"Because... I need help."

"I knew it."

The only kind of person who would stay up late into the night to observe the rankings was someone who was desperate.

And a desperate person always wanted help.

"Why me?"

"Please, could you listen to my story?"

"What's your name?"

"Han Yeo-myeong. You can speak casually to me if you want."

"I don't think we're that close yet. Why don't we first go to an appropriate place to talk?"

Seol led Yeo-myeong to a quiet inn that had a bar.

After Seol secured his lodging, he sat down on the first floor and asked Yeo-myeong to sit in front of him.

There was something different about Yeo-myeong from the other people he met.

'His hand...'

His right hand was completely black like it had rotted.

Slide.

Yeo-myeong must've noticed Seol's glances. He covered his hand with his sleeve.

"It's strange, huh?"

"Why is your hand like that?"

"It's because it's possessed by a ghost. I got cursed."

"A curse?"

Situations like this often happened in The World of Eternity.

This could happen if you touched an 'Abomination' quality item or a cursed item or if you were attacked by an evil spirit with a grudge.

However, Yeo-myeong's hand felt different from a normal curse.

At first, Seol thought his hand had rotted but a closer look revealed that it was hard and smooth.

'I don't think it's a curse...'

Seol became more curious about Yeo-myeong's circumstances after that.

Yeo-myeong then started telling his story.

"I have a sister."

"A younger sister?"

"Yeah, a younger sister and... an older sister. Well, I guess it's 'had' now?"

"What do you mean?"

"My older sister died during the 2nd Adventure."

Yeo-myeong's story went something like this:

Surprisingly, the three of them were able to meet during 'The 5 Good Brothers' Adventure and promised to return back alive together.

Unfortunately for them, 'The 5 Good Brothers' Adventure was a difficult Adventure and Yeo-myeong's oldest sister was on the verge of falling off a cliff during their battle with a troll.

Grab!

But luckily, Yeo-myeong was able to grab his older sister's, Sae-byeok's, hand before she fell off.