# The jig is up... **Quest Group**: 1149807 **Steps**: 23 ## Summary Ah... Haha. Right, right. We met before, ain't we? Well, how ya been all this time? Hah. Well, my good sir, seems your sense of humor is still intact. As for myself, things are much as they always have been. However, judging by the radiant glow on your face, it seems that life in exile has been quite comfortable? Oh my... Ain't no way that'd be true, is there? My whole body's achin' so bad, I thought I might've just died. ## Quest Text Steps ### Step 1 - **Dialogue**: Huh? You just gonna lie there and sleep all day? I'll guzzle down all yer favorite soju if ya keep this up... ### Step 2 - **Reward**: Name's Dolswe from Hanji County, y'see. How could a simple bumpkin like me hold such a high rank? ### Step 3 - **Objective**: The jig is up... - **Summary**: Ah... Haha. Right, right. We met before, ain't we? Well, how ya been all this time? Hah. Well, my good sir, seems your sense of humor is still intact. As for myself, things are much as they always have been. However, judging by the radiant glow on your face, it seems that life in exile has been quite comfortable? Oh my... Ain't no way that'd be true, is there? My whole body's achin' so bad, I thought I might've just died. ### Step 4 - **Reward**: You might've heard already, but I'm Dolswe now, ya know? Could you please speak a bit more casually with me? ### Step 5 - **Objective**: Please, Seungsan. - **Summary**: I see. I shall do as such. As you can see, Her Highness's countenance is quite unusual. Strange occurrences are happening everywhere. Do you have the faintest idea of just what might be going on? Well now, I reckon ya gotta hear it straight from the lady herself to be sure, but I think I got the jist of things. ### Step 6 - **Reward**: Ain't no doubt in my mind that the late king was poisoned. I ain't seen it with my own two eyes, but still. ### Step 7 - **Objective**: Why do you think so? - **Summary**: Did I ever tell ya? The late king's body turned all black, that's what I heard. The late king was usin' the power of Dark Bonghwang that Lady Yeonhwa brought to keep himself alive. If ya think about it, Dark Bonghwang was kinda like a bridge, sharin' energy between the two of 'em. ### Step 8 - **Reward**: But then, because some poison threw one of 'em outta balance, it messed up the other one too. ### Step 9 - **Objective**: And the sky turning dark...? - **Summary**: A sacred relic entwined with a life loses its power with the demise of its host. Such is the natural order of things. Those who were saved from the brink of death by the power of the Fox Orb fell ill once more after the departure of Miss Mieun. The Legacy of Taebaek, having escaped Princess Yeonhwa's control, unleashed the pent-up energy of Dark Bonghwang. If the Fox Orb and Taebaek's Relic share the same principles, then your hypothesis holds merit, Dolswe. ### Step 10 - **Reward**: But I am puzzled as to why Her Highness appeared at Yuunru at such a time... It is indeed a mystery. ### Step 11 - **Objective**: If your hypothesis is true, then... - **Summary**: Yessir! This here's treason, plain and simple! The late king's funeral bein' rushed through in just three days, that's all part of it! ### Step 12 - **Reward**: Well, looks like she's gone and gotten knocked out cold again! How in tarnation did she manage to get back up the first time? ### Step 13 - **Objective**: How is Yeonhwa? - **Summary**: Now hold on a sec, Traveler. Have ya seen Lady Yeonhwa's complexion? She was lookin' as dark as midnight, but now she's as fair as a cotton field in bloom. Could it be the extraction of the relic from Her Highness's body has restored balance to her flow of energy? If that's the case... That's right! All that nastiness done gone up and left her, and now her body's in perfect harmony. ### Step 14 - **Reward**: Looks like my theory might just hold water. Ain't no doubt about it, the late king was poisoned, sure as a tick on a hound dog! ### Step 15 - **Objective**: Why did Yeonhwa attack the bamboo... fiend? - **Summary**: Seungsan... You was talkin' 'bout those guys from earlier... They hail from the Centipede Market, don't they? Correct. The Centipede Market seeks nothing but to execute all yogwes, and monopolize the power extracted from them. They must have caught wind of Her Highness being here, and came to steal the relic of the Tiger Palace. ### Step 16 - **Reward**: So, the Centipede Market ain't no market after all? I was here thinkin' it was some place where all them peddlers flocked to... ### Step 17 - **Objective**: Who's behind the mask of that bamboo fiend? - **Summary**: I wonder myself... Sure seemed like someone important... Come to think of it, that young fella was standin' right next to him, lookin' all fresh and green. Yet that bamboo-zlin' fiend was speakin' all gentle-like to the young'un, callin' him "young master". Sounds like they're pretty close. I'll take it upon myself to uncover their true identities. If they keep wandering around like that, they're bound to leave something behind. ### Step 18 - **Reward**: Oh, if only Mihyun were here, could've had her sniff things out, see if she could catch a whiff of somethin'! ### Step 19 - **Objective**: Might we move her to your place, Seungsan? - **Summary**: Very well. I shall relocate Her Highness to the Hado School. I will be sure to speak with Director Yeook on this matter. Ha-ha-hado School? Did ya just say Hado School? Well, I'll be! Who'da thunk the ol' Hado School's still hangin' 'round? Let us discuss the details later. If what you say is true, then the Crown Prince is clearly in danger. ### Step 20 - **Reward**: You go on ahead. I have a report to receive from an associate. I shall follow shortly. ### Step 21 - **Objective**: Yeonhwa is no longer safe here. - **Summary**: You're right, Traveler. But what are we gonna do? We got our own tasks to tend to, don't we? If we don't find proof of the late king's poisonin', the Crown Prince could be in danger too! Are we not still in the dark about who is behind this? And what their purposes may be? It cannot be certain we can condemn them, even if we uncover evidence. And such a journey will be fraught with peril. Well now, I reckon the Traveler and I better start diggin' around and chattin' nice and friendly-like, don't ya think? ### Step 22 - **Reward**: Why, even that mighty Lee Duksoo done went and whimpered like a pup in front of our Traveler! ### Step 23 - **Reward**: (Seungsan left with Yeonhwa to go to Hado School.)