Snoc

## Introduction

A young miner in Suol that dreamed of becoming an adventurer. In [Timeline - 1], Snoc had been manipulated by the mysterious robed figures and merged with Nowem a magical beast to become a Demon Person, the Tyrant of the Earth.

## Personality

Snoc was a miner who was mining in the largest mining city in the kingdom, Suol.

His mother had died earlier in his childhood from being overworked while his father was also a miner who passed away a few years ago. Afterwards Snoc was looked after by a friend, Sam who acted more like an older brother to Snoc, as their fathers were both friends but tragically passed away when the mineshaft collapsed. Although Snoc had it rough being in the mining business, Snoc always had a dream of become an adventurer even though the chance of him being one was slim since he was frail and had no connections.

Snoc encountered the mole, Nowem for which he felt instant connection towards which he picked up with him. After the incident with the mysterious robed figures, Snoc formed a contract with Nowem who is able to manipulate Earth together with Nowem. Zich brought him alongside his party to help him and Nowem make attonements for the deaths which Nowem accidentally cause and do kind acts as well.

Snoc originally had very shy and timid personality as he was a smaller figure and had Sam defend him when he gets bullied. After traveling with Zich, Snoc picked up more confidence in his ability as he is thrown into situations which requires him to participate in battles. He treats Hans as his Senior as he came under Zich's wing after Hans had, and gains the same dream of Hans as well, becoming a hero.

## Abilities

Snoc had a compatible mana and had formed a contract with Nowem, which allowed Snoc the ability to manipulate Earth to attack and defend. Snoc can either work together with Nowem attached to him to manipulate earth easier with their combined strength or they both can do separate actions as two separate units.

Some Earth manipulation techniques that Snoc can do includes making rock armor as an 'equip' as a defensive armor, summon stalagmites from the ground to impale opponents, or general manipulation of the earth around to form other shapes and forms as required. His rock armor increases his defense and his physical attacks.

During the battle within the ancient ruins near Violuwin, due to the special interference of the ruin's properties, Snoc couldn't use the surround earth as easily. As the party progressed, Snoc's training increased his ability to control earth to his will more flexibly and more forcefully. Somethings that would have required concentration to do, could be done more easily thanks to Zich's training for Snoc.

Snoc’s power applied to everything that was derived from the earth. Mithril, which was a type of metal, was no exception to this rule. Mithril possessed magical defense properties, is a harder material to damage, and was a metal ten times more valuable compare to gold. Although Snoc had limit amount of capcity to control the mithril at the beginning, Zich trained him to increase this during his journey.

After the battle against Wips Midas, Zich stole the idea from Midas who had ambushed them with empty armored figures. As soon as Zich realized how effective the empty armored figures were, he immediately trained Snoc to do the same thing. Snoc’s abilities were actually way better than Midas’. While Midas could only control gold, Snoc could control all earth minerals. Unlike Midas who embedded gold in the armored figures’ limbs to control the armor, Snoc could control the armor too.

## Timelines

### [Timeline - 1]

In this Timeline, Snoc and Nowem merged together to become the Tyrant of the Earth, Nowem, where he was one of the Demon People that appeared during this time. As his name implied, he used the earth’s strength and as soon as he appeared, he demolished Suol and settled down in the Iruce Mine. Fortunately, he didn’t move out of this mine at all, so his danger level was low. The Kingdom had desperately tried to recapture the Iruce Mine after Nowem made it his home, as t he iron ores in the Iruce Mine were an extremely significant strategic resource. However, all the soldiers that were dispatched to Suol never came back alive. Nowem’s hidden strength inside the mine was too enormous.

As the Kingdom continued its efforts to recapture the Iruce Mine, it realized Nowem’s true strength and how powerful he could be in his home ground, and the Kingdom eventually collapsed from that. The resources the Kingdom lost from Suol’s destruction eventually led to its doom. Moreover, all the soldiers and armies lost from trying to recapture the Iruce Mine further deteriorated the Kingdom and hastened its downfall.

Even though there were a lot of Demon People during this time (to the extent that this period would be called the ‘Demon People Period’), it was rare for a Demon Person to destroy a whole Kingdom. As a Demon Person that brought ruin to a Kingdom, Nowem gained much notoriety as a powerful being.

According to survivors’ testimonies, Nowem was violent and cruel, and he diligently cornered his opponents by utilizing his authority over the earth.

### [Timeline - 2]Present

Zich befriended Sam which allowed Snoc to asked Zich how it is like to be an adventurer, but Sam shut down the dreams of which Snoc tried to express. Drew, an adventurer who had a very terrible personality was tasked by the mysterious organization to activate Snoc's mana and lead Snoc to the mole, Nowem. After being robbed and abandon by Drew, Snoc returned to his home with Nowem, only to be kidnapped by the robed figures and brought back to where Nowem had been released by Snoc's father, ultimately causing Snoc's father's death. The robed figure embedded the sealing stone into Snoc, triggering his hatred and emotions against Nowem, and merged Nowem together with Snoc.

After Zich had killed the robed figures, Zich calmed the berzerked Snoc and allowing Snoc to form a contract with Nowem. Zich asked Snoc and Nowem to travel together with him in order to allow Nowem to atone for the sins of the death of Snoc and Sam's parents. Snoc and Nowem agreed, and travels alongside Hans and Zich on their adventures.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 194
2. ↑ Chapter 45
3. ↑ Chapter 47