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177 – Nymphs and the Game of Darkness # 1

177 – Nymphs and the Game of Darkness # 1

“Mr. Ildo, I hope we can meet in the field someday.”

Achilles picked me up at the airport.

A short travel story to Greece.

Now that I think about it again, I realize that a lot has happened.

“I want everyone to get along well… ! This Oinoi is now leaving Greece and returning to Korea, where cutting-edge science is developed… !”

“I like Korea better than Greece… !”

“Of Calls… ! Korea is a world of ruthless capitalism… ! We nymphs love capitalism… ! Long live capitalism… !”

The nymphs did not seem to have any regrets about leaving Greece, which was similar to their hometown. Rather, it seems like he wants to go home quickly and is running towards the plane.

I also boarded the plane with the nymphs.

Whiooooong-.

An airplane starting to take off.

“Ahh… ! The plane is taking off… ! It is clear that no nymph has ever soared as high in the sky as Oinoi… !”

Oinoi made a fuss as always.

Immediately after that, he took out a sleeping mask to cover his eyes from his pocket and fell asleep.

Recently, since they had been on airplanes a few times, it seemed like flying didn’t seem that special to the nymphs.

The ancient fairies have completely adapted to the 21st century.

Palak-.

I have now opened the book “The Hero’s Path” That I acquired in Greece.

『Training List – Obtain expected rewards upon completion of all』

『Reward – Endurance 1 NP』

『Kore’s Head Stroking 0/1』

『Kore’s Leg Massage 0/1』

“It’s not finished.”

Since I had recently stroked Ari’s head and massaged her legs, I was slightly hopeful that the training list would be completed.

However, since Ari was not Kore, the training items were not updated.

“What on earth is this?”

Core.

It was a word used by nymphs to praise certain young ladies.

For example, it meant women like Seo Ye-rim.

“To stroke Seo Ye-rim’s head and massage her legs?”

I imagined myself stroking Seo Ye-rim’s head.

Why on earth would I caress the head of the Fire Witch, an S-class ranker who is ranked among the top five in terms of destructive power?

It might have been easier to reach out to the vicious pit bull next door and pat its head.

“How dare you massage your legs?”

It was a moment when my expression became frowning.

A difficult quest in many ways.

It was truly appropriate to describe it as “Training” Toward the path of a hero.

Whiuuung-.

With that feeling, the plane landed on Korean soil.

“Sir, I’ll give you a ride home.”

“Are you okay? “What should I do because I’m grateful?”

Ari, who had seemed oddly aloof and cynical not long ago, started his car in the airport parking lot.

Boom-.

Then a problem arose.

“This stone slab is so heavy that it is difficult to load…” !”

“If it were a wide car like Jina’s truck, it might have been easier to load it… !”

“I’m just trying to push it in somehow… ! Let’s do it… !”

The nymphs had acquired a trophy in Greece.

It was a stone slab the size of a small refrigerator, and the wide, flat relic had a woman with pointy ears resembling a nymph carved in relief.

What’s unique about it is that it has a long arrowhead tail, like something that demons or anthropomorphic bacteria would have?

“A nymph with a tail.”

It was a very strange stone slab.

Soon, the nymphs managed to fit the stone slab into the trunk of Ari’s car and piled into the back seat.

I also got into the passenger seat and fastened my seatbelt.

Boom-.

Ari spoke little until the car started, which created a very awkward atmosphere.

Not long ago, when I examined Ari’s body.

After Ari returned from his absence, saying he had to make a phone call somewhere, he would look at the distant mountains or fall into silence.

Something must have happened.

“Ariya, thank you for the ride. “If you are having trouble or need help, please contact me.”

“Okay. “Senior, I’ll see you next time.”

Boom-.

Ari’s car left Taecho Village.

The nymphs waved their hands at Ari’s car.

“Moralis… ! Let’s play together again next time… !”

“Next time, let’s play hide and seek together…” !”

“Let’s talk about making money together… !”

Anyway, did the nymphs have a good time playing with Moralis, the nymph of muddy water?

Anyway.

I relaxed and stretched, smelling the air of Taecho Village, where I returned after a long time.

“After all, home is the best.”

“This oinoi is also happy to be back home… ! Greece has a lot of old, old buildings, so the air conditioning sometimes doesn’t work well and it’s not very good… !”

“Every time this Coris goes to a place without air conditioning, it’s so hot that he almost turns into a nymph of boiling water… !”

“Of Calls… ! Illinois is also doing the same… ! Korea, which benefited from the 5th industrial revolution and was fortunate enough to become a country with the second largest GDP, is truly a nymph-friendly country… !”

It seems that the nymphs also came to think of Korea as their home or hometown.

Perhaps the nymphs said, “This Oinoi is a native Greek nymph…” ! He wants to stay in Greece… There was a time when I wondered what I should do if I said, “!”

Without that, it seemed like I had no regrets about Greece.

“Let’s quickly decorate the yard with this stone tablet of a nymph with a tail…” !”

“It’s a good idea… !”

“I want to go back home quickly…” !”

I arrived at the well house with that feeling.

“There hasn’t been any problems at home so far, right?”

When I opened the gate and arrived in the yard, I found that someone had written my name “Haildo” In the yard using rocks and tree branches.

It seemed like some kind of message or distress signal, and I thought I knew who had written these words.

# # #

I crossed the apple orchard and headed toward the large rice field.

This abandoned rice field was a place where I once had a strange encounter.

There were small ants there, just like I remembered.

━Gyuji… !

“You called me?”

These ants seemed to be called wandering ants, or wise ants.

Unlike most ants that live in communities, these ants like to wander from place to place.

Also, it seems that they are also called merchant ants because they use the goods they acquire while traveling around for economic purposes, such as exchanging them for sugar.

Once upon a time, I gave these friends a sugar cube and bought “Ant Pumpkin.”

It is said to be a mysterious gem that allows one to understand the stories of insects, and that its performance is fully revealed only after special processing.

Of course, not everyone could do that processing, and even nymphs like Oino and Coris could not do it, so they just kept the gems as they were.

“Did you say that just holding this will increase the favorability of insects?”

Zek-.

I took out the “Ant Pumpkin” And showed it to the merchant ants.

━Gyuji… !

Then the merchant ants cried out as if they were very satisfied.

It’s like, “I checked your ID…” It felt like he was saying “!”

Self-.

The merchant ants were now placing things on top of the old wrapping cloth.

Pieces of broken glass.

A stone that looks ordinary.

There were miscellaneous items such as plastic drink caps.

Does it feel like you have scraped together a bunch of things that look amazing and valuable through the eyes of an ant?

━Gyuji… !

The ants are like, “If there’s something you want to buy, choose it…” !” He seemed to say.

However, in my opinion, they were just miscellaneous and there was nothing I wanted to buy.

“Is there anything else? Is this the end?”

━Shuji… !

━News… !

Each of the ants talked as if they were having a meeting about something.

An ant that disappeared into a nearby tunnel seemed to reappear about a minute later and held out something to me.

Zek-.

It was a card.

You could call it a card pack for card games.

“This is a Dual Stone card, right?”

“Dual Stone” Is a card game played by two people. Each card has a monster card with attack and defense power or a magic card with special effects, so the one who defeats the opponent first wins.

As a side note, it was a card game created jointly between Egypt and Japan.

It was quite popular until I was in elementary school.

“Hey, it’s been a while. I played a lot when I was young. “Ancient God’s Counterattack Pack”? Are you still selling this? “It reminds me of the old days.”

━Gyuji… !

As old memories came back, I decided to purchase a card pack from Ants.

At that time, the ant pointed to a small sign.

There was a circle drawn there and “30” Written on it.

Perhaps because I had the “Ant pumpkin” With me, I felt like I could understand its meaning well.

“Ask for 30 whispering coins?”

━Gyuji… !

They are ants with a thorough business concept.

It was a complete capitalist ant.

“Okay, well, I don’t have anywhere to use it for the time being anyway.”

I gave the 30 Whispering Coins that Keungkeung often asked about to the ant merchants and bought the “Ancient God’s Counterattack Pack.”

When I opened it right away, there were 5 cards in a row of level 1 “Death Squirrel” Cards with both attack and defense power of 300/300.

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As an aside, the “Death Squirrel” Looks similar to a dog squirrel wrapped in bandages like a mummy.

“What, there are five identical cards?”

I feel like I was scammed.

Well, originally, most card packs felt like this.

You have to buy several to get some rare cards.

“Should I live a little longer…” .”

As I was contemplating many things, I could now see the rice fields where the merchant ants were staying.

There was no roof or shade to block the rain.

“Wait.”

I picked up a PP box nearby, lined it with cloth, and handed it to the ants.

Although it was temporary, the merchant ants were very happy to have a campsite.

━Gyuji… !

“Thank you? If you are grateful, try bringing more useful items next time. Then I will give you a good price with this whispering coin.”

━Gyuji… !

So we parted ways with the merchant ants and headed back.

“Ahh… ! Isn’t that a “Dual Stone” Card…? ?”

When I returned to the well house, Illinois, who was waiting for Seo Ye-rim in the yard, looked at the card pack in my hand and showed interest. I was more surprised that the nymph knew about the Duel Stone.

“Do you know what this is?”

“Muhuh, that Illinois is a nymph who was called the bottom of Springfield… ! I mean, I’m familiar with all the card games… ! Did you know that the inventor of Indian Poker was Illinois? ?”

It was the moment when nymphs became interested in card games.

# # #

The golden desert of Egypt.

Standing there, a woman wearing a white robe looked out at the vast desert and spoke.

“Behold our feat. And despair, ye mighty ones—.”

It was a soft first pitch.

It was a poem singing about Pharaoh Ozymandias, who was once called the sun of Egypt and was said to have brought prosperity to the desert.

It is said that during the New Age, when the Pharaoh existed, temples and oases made of gold in the desert beautifully radiated light, and everyone sang of hope.

Of course, the brilliant feat was buried in the sand and desert climate, so there was nothing left, so it felt like it was in vain.

The golden eyes of female, S-class 4th ranker “Priest – Teto” Still held hope as she looked at the vast desert.

Teto asked.

“A pyramid was discovered in the Greek sea, right?”

Then the male practitioner, who was motionless like a shadow, bowed his head and answered.

“Yes. It looks like the Greeks are trying to monopolize the information, but we have already completed our investigation. I heard that “Stone tablets” Were also released. What would you do? Would you like to go to Greece?”

“No. The stone tablets found in the Greek pyramids are all just stones from which spirits have escaped. That’s why you can’t make it into a card. Except one. “We have to go to Korea.”

Teto tapped the screen of her phone.

In Teto’s golden eyes, he saw a “Slab” Engraved with a girl with a pointed tail.

It was a photo posted by Nymph Illinois on social media.

“This little spirit with a tail will once again lead us to the prosperity and glory of the Age of God.”