The 31st Piece Overturns the Game Board

Chapter 77

Chapter 77

Glow...

Seol wasn't transported right away.

He entered the darkness once more, in a situation where he had to choose between the options in front of him.

Chao's request required him to go to a town far east of the Shade Canyon, the Expedition System naturally activated.

[[You arrive at a lifeless town. This place is called Twilight Town. They are a small community of slash-and-burn farmers. The smoke which rapidly rises from their chimneys is the only sign of life. You receive a proposition from them to rest her for a bit before leaving. What do you do?]

1. Accept their hospitality and unpack your belongings.

2. Check if you can replenish your food and water.

3. This is the first time you have ever been welcomed like this. Refuse their proposal but leave them with one of your items as a gift.

4. It's suspicious. Not only are they not on guard, they're openly welcoming an outsider. Leave the town immediately.

5. There's no need to open that can of worms right now. Even if there aren't many of them, there's still over 10 of them. Since there's a lot of able-bodied men as well, I shouldn't act rashly. I should accept their proposal for now while observing the situation.

......]

'Argh, what a shitty situation.'

Seol already ran into a few towns similar to this before.

Towns where modern conveniences hadn't reached.

Nine times out of ten, Adventurers and outsiders were chased out of those kinds of cities. After all, they would have been pillaged a myriad of times before.

However, it was these towns that welcomed outsiders that Adventurers really had to be careful of.

'For now, I should go with option 5.'

Seol wasn't sure what unexpected misfortunes would happen to him if he chose option 4.

And since option 5 wasn't all too different from option 4, he went with option 5.

Press...

As he pressed option 5, the option's color changed and the other options disappeared.

Right after, he received a new message.

[That night, you witness a shocking scene.]

- God damn it! I knew this would happen LOL

- We got caught? We got caught? We got caught? We got caught? We got caught? We got caught? We got caught? We got caught? We got caught? We got caught? We got caught?

- These kinds of towns are always ominous!

The results were as expected.

The town was hiding a secret.

It was likely the secret would be revealed soon too.

And as Seol foresaw, more messages popped up.

[["Eternal Life, Immortality! Eternal Life, Immortality! Eternal Life, Immortality!" You can hear their prayers from a hall deep inside the town. In the end, it was as you expected. The town's residents were the cultists of a mysterious existence. You have secretly uncovered the truth, but you have yet to decide on what to do.]

1. The ominous feeling you had wasn't wrong. You abandon your items and run. (You lose all of your belongings.)

2. They have not realized that you know their true identity. Stay here a bit longer to properly confirm what is going on.