Yeah I really hate when they leave out and change major details from the novel
Yeah ;; I was so excited for the old man and for the scene with the barrier stone. There was no build up and it felt like the stone activated out of nowhere with no meaning... They're rushing this whole arc and leaving out so much. Plus pulling him into the portal? That never happened, like, didn't Adante block the hand and go in on his own?
Omgg im a sucker for spoilers! Can you share more of it(≧∀≦)
Yess, it's been a while, so details might not be 100% right. I love talking about this, so bear with me.
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In the novel, by this point, they've dived even deeper into Hyoseop's past and trauma (which they might reveal in a couple chapters of the manhwa, so I'm not sure if you want more in-detail spoilers there). I can't remember exactly how long Hyseop spends with the old man, but it's between 6 months to a year. The farm is off the grid, no internet or service all, you gotta travel to town to get signal, so Hyoseop has no idea what's been going on. The old man takes care of him and provides for him the entire time, treating him like a grandson, and Hyoseop helps him farm and travel to the town which is HOURS away on his slow tractor. During this LONG period, Adante is practically going insane looking for him. Once he does track him down, you can FEEL how pissed and obsessed he is, which flags Hyoseops trauma. He goes into a panic attack and when the shield lights up, it had been so long I almost forgot about the stone, and you feel so relieved that he's safe. Adante is honestly distraught by the fact that Hyoseop was so scared that the stone reacted to him as a threat. He's actually almost pissed by the fact.
Then when the portal opens up, Adante has to beg him not to jump in because Hyoseop was genuinely debating it. The black shadow hand reaches out to pull Hyoseop in, but Adante blocks it and gets grabbed instead, but he's strong enough that it doesn't pull him in. The old man comes outside, frightened about the portal, and a bunch more hands shoot out and start destroying the farm and land. Seeing how the destruction of the farm upsets Hyoseop and that it disrupted their conversation, Adante says he'll be in and out of the portal and beat it within 20 minutes... but he wanted Hyoseop to wait for him so they could finish talking. Hyoseop agrees, but when Adante goes in, Hyoseop gives the old man the protection stone and uses a teleport scroll to disappear again. He never steps foot in the portal, but a shadow hand did grab his backpack before he took off, so Adante believes he got snatched up after he went in.
Can I ask where you read the novel because I need to read that first hand asap
Sure, I can give you where I read! But I must correct myself. I realized OG author of this thread and I might have mixed up our timing with the old man. Hyoseop is in hiding a bit before meeting the old man and for a LONG time after the old man, but the novel described a lot of scenes with him, so I think that's why we got confused.
I think you're wanting the part for these last couple chapters?
https://azilatl.space/story/tscgasah/chapter-120/
Chapter 120 is when he makes the call, but Dante tracks him down in chapter 121. The confrontation is almost 7 chapters long!
Thank you ^^
Yeah i think i messed it up too.... It took him 6 months with the old man and one year in Baños.... I switched up the two... I was so overwhelmed that they jumped over things... Haist
Isn't the timeline a little messed up?
Spoiler
It's only been a month and Haechang found him?? He should've only been found after a year, he even had a tan... And Haechang should've gotten the tip from a foreigner.... And Andante would've been gloomier and scarier than that....I won't go into specific details since it'll become a major spoiler, but the author or artist or whatever just divulge it like that?? What the heck?
They just killed the excitement and impact... Sheesh