<Supernatural Disaster Management Bureau> Pahyung-class Disaster

Registration Number 0956QWGE.1632.Ga06.

[The Serpent Groom]

A small village during the Joseon Dynasty.

- Say, have you heard the story? They say people wandering at night are disappearing day by day.

- I've heard it too. Don't go out at night, lock your doors tight, and just sleep.

- I wonder if a tiger has come down from the mountains.

However, it was around the time when everyone, regardless of age or gender, began to be found one by one as cold, blood-soaked corpses.

A message descended from the heavens— This is not true. One of the villagers came up with a plan. A ritual that hadn't even been confirmed.

The serpent's grudge must be appeased, so offer a groom every year.

And so, the villagers decided to select a groom by drawing lots every year.

Though a groom was sent every year, no men were left in the village, and eventually, people began to leave. Thus, it became a deserted village, Baem-gol (Snake Valley).

In the meantime, numerous attempts and failures occurred. The details are as follows:

1. Every year on the day of the October full moon by the lunar calendar, a groom is sent to an abandoned shrine deep in the mountains. • He must go alone; if accompanied, everyone except the groom will lose their way in the mountains. • The groom must be sent with a single lit candle in his hand.

2. Upon arriving inside the shrine, wait quietly for the bride. • One must bow three times before entering the shrine. • The candle must never be put down. • When the bride arrives, the candle will go out on its own.

3. The light returns to the shrine, and he faces the bride. • Never speak first. • Never stand up first. • Never act rudely. • Never upset the bride. • Never try to look at the face inside the bride's veil.

4. After that, most were either reported missing or found as mutilated corpses for violating these rules.

— This concludes the exploration records, and it was the disaster Agent Choi was about to enter.