The 31st Piece Overturns the Game Board

Chapter 123

Chapter 123

Earlier, before Seol cleared the Gate of Doubts, Changsik was experiencing hell.

Whenever he spoke, his sounds were drowned out. He would look in front of him, but couldn't see or discern anything. The mysterious sensations brought fear, not curiosity.

'Someone... let me out of here...'

His memories of how he came in and what he was doing were all fading.

It was because his mind was tainted.

However, suddenly, Changsik's surroundings became brighter.

[The final flagellant has overcome Emptiness.]

[Emptiness disappears from the Labyrinth of Penance.]

"U-Uaargh...?"

It was as if someone turned the lights on in his dying mind.

"Ahh... Ahhhhh!""

Changsik had been drooling all over his armor to the point that it was wet.

Changsik screamed and covered his eyes, the intense brightness causing him pain.

"Kaaaaargh!"

And then, a moment of silence.

"I-I'm alive? I'm... alive?"

Touched by the words that escaped his mouth, Changsik felt a surge of emotions that almost made him cry.

No, he was already crying.

After being tortured in extreme terror that made him unable to even tell time, Changsik's heart couldn't calm down in the face of sudden freedom.

"Haaaah..."

He let out a long, deep sigh of relief. Now that he was capable of judging the situation, Changsik started looking at his surroundings.

"Where... am I?"

He inspected the floor, but something felt off.

The walls looked weird too, but more than anything was the smell...

An indescribably foul smell exuded from the floor and the connected cave.

"Is this a tongue?"

It was an idea that suddenly appeared in Changsik's head.

And the way the floor writhed and wriggled only made Changsik more sure of his assessment.

[You have received a mental shock.]

[Your mind is tainted.]

"I-I have to get out of here!"

Rumble!

As the tongue wriggled back and forth, the space got smaller. It seemed like it was trying to swallow Changsik.

Changsik scrambled around before barely pulling on the door handle a short distance away.

"Ahhh!"

And he lept into the door.

Click.

As Changsik vanished through the door, the tongue thrashed even more violently inside the mouth.

"Gasp... Gasp..."

Changsik felt gratitude for the fact he was still breathing and tried standing up.

"Where... is this place? Did Snowman succeed?"

If it wasn't for Snowman, Changsik would have definitely died due to his mind being tainted.

The fear from being unable to sense or control anything had pushed Changsik's mind to the edge. It was definitely something that Changsik did not want to go through again.