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"Did you know what kind of place it was?"

"Of course. There's no way I wouldn't know the legend of this body being entangled with a tiger. I also know that Ahn Ah-nine-goal was originally called Baekgol."

Although the Ahn Ah-nine-goal legend is related to a tiger, it's not a legend with a tiger as the main character, nor is it a good story.

Long ago, there was a region called Baekgol on the northeast side of Eosaeng Oreum, a side volcano of Hallasan, which had many large and small valleys like furrows in a field.

It is said that Baekgol was inhabited by wild beasts such as tigers, lions, and bears, making it very difficult for people to live there.

'But in fact, there is a contradiction in this legend. Lions have never lived on the Korean Peninsula. East Asia doesn't have a lot of grasslands, so it's hard for lions to live there.'

Even if we don't know about tigers and bears, lions didn't exist on the Korean Peninsula.

It's possible that flesh was added and exaggerated during the story's transmission, or that it was created from someone's imagination from the beginning.

The Korean peninsula, with its thousands of years of history, has a dizzying number of folktales in each region, and these folktales could not all coexist without contradictions.

"One day, a monk appeared in Baekgol and gathered wild beasts in a valley and warned them. He said that he would send them to a good place to live, but if they returned, he would destroy their race. And the wild beasts disappeared into a valley, and even that valley disappeared, and Baekgol became Ninety-Nine Valleys."

Hwang Ji-ho told the story of the possible destruction of a powerful clan as if he were an old man telling a story from the past.

Hwang Ji-ho knew the Ninety-Nine Valley folktale exactly, and he was aware of the contradictions.

"I see that you have realized that there is a contradiction in this folktale. As you think, there are parts of this folktale that do not fit. If tigers and bears had been together in that time, they would have fought until only one remained, so they would not have been mentioned together."

I pointed out the other points as contradictions, but the warrior race Hojok seemed to be bothered by the other points.

In this world where the Gaecheon myth exists, there were quite a few parts of this tale that did not match reality.

However, I could not ignore it.

'This world is ambiguous in the boundary between fiction and reality. Even Nabiryung is a being born from imagination, but it exists as if it were natural and exerts great power.'

So even if it did not actually happen, it was highly likely that it had power.

The Ninety-Nine-Bone Tale is less well-known than the Gaecheon myth, so even if Hojok sets foot on that land, it would not be destroyed, but it would not pass without incident.

Hwang Ji-ho seemed to understand this well.

"Even if it did not actually happen, the thoughts and beliefs of those living in this world are powerful. That is why I am on guard so that Hojok does not set foot on that land. I sent them to look around, but Cheongho and Jeho will not set foot on that land."

Hwang Ji-ho smiled reassuringly.

If you had the heart to reassure them, shouldn't you have mentioned the Ninety-Nine Valleys from the beginning?

And it wasn't just the powerful clans that had to be wary of that land.

"It's not just powerful clans that you have to be careful of."

"Is that so? If they're the enemy's companions, I don't know, but the Ung clan is none of my business."

"You have to be careful of lions, too."

When he mentioned lions, Hwang Ji-ho seemed to think of the Jin clan, which symbolized lions.

In Plumago, or in this world at present, I haven't heard of the Lion Clan doing anything on the Korean Peninsula.

Of course, lions have never lived on the Korean Peninsula, but things that symbolize lions remain.

Due to the spread of culture, lions existed on the Korean Peninsula in the form of the Bukcheong Lion Dance and the Seoksaja Statue.

And currently, there are lions famous all over the world on the Korean Peninsula.

"They're not real lions. However, there's a legend that they chased away lions, so if those who symbolize lions come, the land will be unpleasant."

Not only on the Korean Peninsula, but also outside of this land, many people will think of them when they think of lions.

The Red Lions, one of the top 10 professional player teams in the world.

The lions led by the Red Flame King Yeom Bang-yeol were exactly like that.

"Are you talking about the Red Lions? The team logo has a lion pattern on it, and they consider themselves to be lions and have a lot of pride, so they must be influenced by it."

There are terrible legends of Yongsal scattered throughout the land, but the Red Lions' power was so great that even those with Yongsal weapons could not attack the modern-day Dragon Clan without permission.

Even during the last Yonggung incident, the undercover team was on guard against the Red Lions, and the demons who were after Yeom Jun-yeol's mother were eventually captured by Yeom Bang-yeol.

So the undercover team must have been looking for a way to tie up both the Red Lions and the Dragon Clan.

"The incident of senior Yeom Jun-yeol's reckless behavior in Plumago happened in Jeju Island. However, there is a legend that a dragon that tried to steal the jade bead of the Hallasan Mountain spirit and ascended to heaven was shot down by an arrow and turned into stone in Jeju Island, and there is a place called Yongduam."

"There are always security guards around descendants of the Dragon Clan. If they were to say they would protect Jeju Island, they would have assigned the Red Lion team instead of the Dragon Clan."

Yongduam is a famous place with a great view and close to Jeju International Airport, so it is quite well-known.

There was no way they would have assigned the Dragon Clan as security guards in such a place.

Judging from the way the Dragon Clan was overprotective, it is predicted that they would have opposed Yeom Jun-yeol's school trip.

However, they probably assigned the Red Lion team because they couldn't interfere with Yeom Jun-yeol's memories of suffering throughout his second year of high school.

"That must have been the case."

"Judging by the expression 'probably,' it seems that it wasn't properly described in Plumago."

"Before the rampage, seniors Cheon Dong-ha and Ma Jin-seung died first. That's why the game was centered around the two seniors before the incident."

"So that's why you made Yong Je-geon take a night walk in Jeju Island. He was excited, saying that he had to go to Ninety Nine Valley as soon as the sun rose."

I told Yong Je-geon about the school trip course I remembered from Plumago and asked him to look around.

When Cheon Dong-ha and Ma Jin-seung made Yeom Jun-yeol escape, there were no bodyguards by their side.

In the school trip scenario, the reason why the bodyguards left their posts due to the continuous chaotic events and battles was vague.

I guessed that the cause was already somewhere in this land.

'I thought that the reason the Red Lion couldn't use its power was likely in Ninety Nine Valley, and since Yong Je-geon reacted like that, I guess I was right.'

At that moment, I felt a presence outside.

It seemed like the group that visited the most dangerous tourist destinations in Jeju Island had returned.

In Seon-oh, who had gone to eat lunch at the hotel with Hyun-mu, was not there, but Cheong-ho, Kim Shin-rok, and Yong Je-geon came this way.

"Eui-shin, you slept well. You must have been very tired."

Yong Je-geon looked as happy as yesterday.

Seeing him in such a good mood, I wondered if he had found some clues.

However, his shallow expectations were shattered in an instant.

"You dragged our descendants around, so you must have found something. Report it."

"Hwang-ho, this dragon didn't find anything."

"Yeah, I felt really bad when I looked around, but I don't know why. He doesn't even have the 'eyes' of the demon tribe."

Hwang Ji-ho and Cheong-ho's expressions crumpled at the same time.

Although there was almost nothing similar in terms of appearance, the timing of their expressions changing was like that of friends.

Cheong-ho protested.

"You've been talking like there's something going on all this time, but aren't you pretending not to know?"

"That dragon doesn't know anything, but he's just trying to get on Cheongho's nerves."

"Jeho is right."

Yong Je-geon seemed to enjoy getting on Jeho's nerves and the other tigers' nerves.

He must have been really upset that his friend had been suffering among the tigers.

'Even Yong Je-geon didn't notice.'

I told Yong Je-geon in detail about what was happening in Plamago outside of the school trip route.

But Yong Je-geon didn't notice.

In the Plamago school trip scenario, a big incident happened that made Yeom Jun-yeol realize that he was being targeted.

While dealing with the incident, he was put in danger of being assassinated, but it was thanks to Cheon Dong-ha that he realized that the target was Yeom Jun-yeol.

'Cheon Dong-ha figured out that the assassin was a person sent by the government. And I expected the chaos that would occur if Yeom Jun-yeol died.'

If Yeom Jun-yeol died here, the Dragon Clan and the Red Lion would risk everything to find out who was behind it, and they would also find out that the government was involved. This version is sourced from MV3L3MPYR.

There was no way they would stay still after finding out who the culprit was.

Cheon Dong-ha wanted to prevent the Dragon Clan and the Red Lion from fighting each other with all their might on the Korean Peninsula.

And he also wanted to prevent his friend from dying.

In return, he lost his own life and the life of another friend.

'What's even more horrible is that he risked his life to protect Yeom Jun-yeol, but he ended up getting killed.'

Cheon Dong-ha was smart, had a broad perspective on the world, and was righteous.

But the mastermind was one step ahead.

The mastermind took advantage of that and dealt with Cheon Dong-ha, and caused Yeom Jun-yeol to go berserk, so that he would be killed by proper procedure rather than assassination.

In addition, he secured the legitimacy of the bill that included the immediate execution of players by saying that he had stopped the serious rampage of powerful players, and he drove the Korean peninsula into chaos by having the Dragon Clan and the Red Lion rise up.

In order to prevent this, he had to find out what tricks ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) the mastermind had used beforehand.

'How did they cause such an incident in Jeju Island and succeed in taking away the bodyguard next to Yeom Jun-yeol?'

There were some clues to deduce, but they weren't enough to make a guess.

He felt anxious.

Yong Je-geon, Cheong-ho, and Kim Shin-rok visited the dangerous place, but they didn't get any information.

He thought that the mastermind might be watching, but there weren't any eyes watching the surroundings.

He thought that if Nana Hwang Ji-ho went there themselves, something would change, but it was hard to be optimistic.

'The fact that the mastermind is leaving this place without any surveillance might mean that investigating this place now is meaningless. 'Does the mastermind have the means to cause an incident in a short period of time?'

There are many ways to protect only Yeom Jun-yeol, but it was not something that could be done while giving up the safety of others.

Finally, Cheon Dong-ha greets Yeom Jun-yeol and falls to the ground with all his strength.

The image of Jin Majinseung kept coming to mind.

At the same time, the method I tried to ignore came to mind.

"Jo Eui-shin, don't worry too much. I'll find someone with better sense than Yong Je-geon."

"Je-ho and Cheong-ho couldn't find anyone, but since you're only mentioning me, I guess you recognize that I'm better than those two. How many people on the Korean Peninsula have better sense than me?"

"I guess not."

Yong Je-geon grumbled and Hwang Ji-ho refused to back down.

Yong Je-geon seemed to already know what I was going to say.

In the end, I opened my mouth with difficulty.

"......There's also a way to ask the people who directly witnessed the incident."

"The people who directly witnessed the incident?"

Hwang Ji-ho, Yong Je-geon, and Kim Shin-rok seemed to notice my heavy tone, but Cheong-ho didn't understand and asked back.

It was an incident that hadn't happened yet, so it was understandable to find it strange.

However, in Plumago, it was an incident that had already happened, and there were those who experienced the situation firsthand.

If you use the replay, not only the parties involved in the incident, but also those with better eyes than Yongjegeon will be able to see the scene of the incident.

"If you use the replay, you will be able to get eyewitness information from the seniors who went on the school trip at that time."