Episode 105-Survivors (5)
‘I don’t think I can break this right now.’
After breaking up with Regner. I moved the character and headed to the city with Riena.
If it were a real game, you could play it with determination and beat all the chapters in a day or two, but with Riena, it was difficult.
Because every action had to be tailored to her. It was impossible to run around all day, skip quests, or skip dialogue.
That’s because what I’m playing right now is definitely not an ordinary game.
It may be a strange thing to say for someone sitting in front of a monitor and fiddling with a keyboard, but it was reality.
‘So today, let’s just rest.’
I chuckled and manipulated the character to change direction.
I was originally going to proceed to some extent today, but I changed my mind after hearing the news just before that.
There is a high probability that chaos will come from outside again.
If that happens, Liena, the strongest warrior in the village, will have to step up and fight. Considering her personality and role, she will probably fight more dangerously and fiercely than anyone else.
I decided to let her focus on it. It was a respite and a gift to her in what could be described as the calm before the storm.
It was still unclear whether she would accept this as rest.
“Would you like a drink?”
“—?!”
The place I took Riena to was a tavern that sold alcohol and food in the game. She followed me with a nervous face, but her expression became more and more bewildered after entering the noisy and crowded but cozy room and meeting the easy-going owner.
They don’t seem to know that I really brought them here to eat and drink.
‘Because I’m qualified.’
I, who had earned a lot of money thanks to the residents’ hard work in hunting mode, prepared this event for her.
As she is quick-witted, she seemed surprised and embarrassed at first, but soon she held the glass filled with alcohol with trembling hands as she saw things in front of her that could not be tasted in the grassland tribes.
“—…”
I don’t know if she knows about alcohol, but I’ve never seen her drink, at least not while I was watching. Her wide-eyed reaction as if it was her first time drinking Gokju was delicious.
‘There are many places to play.’
While I was leaving, I decided to visit other places as well.
No quests or battles at all. This city, which is the setting of Chapter 4, happened to have such a system in place.
If I could heal her in this way, I could do anything.
When I saw her reaction with sparkling interest, I decided to actively use these features in the future.
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“So, these seeds are the seeds of a tree that produces a lot of sweet fruits.”
“That’s right. “Wow, the juice made from the fruit is so excellent that I managed to get it.”
“I’m curious about that drink I’ve only heard about. “It won’t be hard to get a drink.”
The time when Riena was in the game with him. On the other side, there were people who had just gotten out of the game.
Varun chuckled when he saw the seeds that hunters Naru and Dune brought from the creature hunt.
It was fun to try this because I wanted to drink more sweet drinks when I was feeling anxious after hearing rumors that the surrounding situation was not unusual.
“It’s not just fruit trees.”
Naru must have misunderstood Varun’s words and cleared his throat and brought out something else. They too are seeds. To be exact, they were seeds of various herbs used by hunters.
“I brought these seeds because I thought it might be possible for farmers to sprout them.”
“indeed. “If farmers can do it, mass production will be possible.”
Varun’s eyes sparkled as he heard the hunters’ words. Just as miners can dig up the ground with a single stroke of a pickaxe, farmers who have developed the farmer trait were also able to plant and harvest crops at a rapid pace.
If useful herbs could be cultivated in that way, they could be produced in large quantities in an instant.
“The test isn’t difficult, so let’s go right now.”
It was late, but Varun wanted to try it right away. It’s not difficult, because all you have to do is take a farmer and go back into the sandbox crafting and plant seeds.
“Then let’s give it a try.”
Farmer Luzon, who was about to sleep after finishing his hard work, entered the game world again through a crack in the center of the village with a dazed look on his face.
Varun, Naru, and Dune, who were not assigned to the game and could not enter, waited endlessly for the farmer in front of Luzon until he came back with the results.
‘You’ll just have to do what you’re doing.’
It was night outside, but it was now day here, where day and night change quickly. Luzon, now accustomed to this, picked up a hoe and headed to the farmland.
Then, real seeds, which were slightly different from the seed items in the game, were sprinkled on the soil.
“Give water and fertilizer.”
I moistened the soil with a watering can and took out fertilizer made from monster by-products from the fertilizer container and sprinkled it on. It was a farming method in the game that was different from real farming and could only be done by those with farmer characteristics.
‘…I can’t?’
But even though all the work was done, the seeds did not grow. The same was true even after time had passed when other crops would have grown quickly and could already be harvested.
Luzon, sighing, reported this fact to Varun. Naturally, everyone was disappointed because they had great faith in the farmer’s abilities.
“Well, don’t worry too much. “Even if it’s not possible to grow quickly, isn’t it possible to grow normally?”
“If you think about it, the seeds we brought were from another world. “I think it’s natural that we can’t grow them in a square world.”
When Luzon appeased them. Dune suddenly opened his eyes wide and announced that there was still a way left.
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The source of the seeds is Creature Hunting, and they are taken from items in the game. Dune had a point in saying that it wouldn’t work since he was trying to put that item in another game, sandbox crafting.
Items could be interacted with even if their origins were different, but seeds are, after all, living organisms.
“Let’s try it in real life.”
Varun adopted that opinion and instructed Luzon to plant seeds in the land of this reality.
Just as miners and transporters could demonstrate their abilities here, farmers could also fully utilize their abilities here.
It’s just that farmland takes up a lot of space and can be a weak point, so it was made a focus in the game.
“Oh, this can’t be happening. It really took off!”
Luzon, who had plowed the ground, sowed seeds and watered it as a test in Varun’s yard as suggested, jumped in surprise.
Unlike the game, the seeds really sprouted. This made them realize that crops taken from the game could be grown in real life.
“From what I heard from Tina, hunters use herbs to maximize their combat power and heal wounds, so if the herbs grow properly and can be harvested in large quantities, it will be a great help to those who have to fight black monsters.”
“That’s good, but what I’m most relieved about is that we have one more weapon.”
When Naru opened his mouth excitedly, Varun nodded. Varun was also in a good mood right now.
“A weapon?”
“Because war is not the only answer. “For us, who have to stop the monsters concentrated in the north who destroyed the Dwarven Kingdom, we must avoid war with the western powers as much as possible.”
I hope that Garhan, who I already have a relationship with, wins, but if that doesn’t happen. Varun wanted to maintain a friendly relationship with Luke, who would become the new warchief.
The products that could be used in such cases were products that could be used for trade. There is no reason to go to war if you can avoid war and get what you want.
“Oh, wouldn’t they take notice if they heard that we have valuable items?”
“If you don’t have that much sense, you’ll end up fighting.”
In fact, Varun’s thoughts were somewhat out of place in this grassland. Because they are more accustomed to plunder than trade.
Varun assumed the worst and decided to prepare thoroughly.
“I will show you the magic that was personally chosen by the guardian spirit and learned from the mage [Lestra].”
And the next morning, Larsen, one of the preparations, stood on the wall amidst the clamoring residents and raised his staff toward the outside of the wall.
‘I’m curious. How was it implemented?’
Early in the morning, without even opening his eyes properly, he sat in front of the monitor, yawning as a habit, and was watching Larsen along with the residents.
It was an attempt to use the skills learned at the hero training center.
‘Jeez, it was like hell.’
Larsen trembled as he recalled what happened inside the hero training center. The person who greeted Larsen, who was placed in the training center, was the grimoire [Lestra].
The grimoire forcibly injected the knowledge it contained into Larsen’s brain, confined him in a virtual space and trained him to master it.
Larsen, who became the hero created in this way, consumed most of his mana through the raised staff and unleashed a huge spell in the air.
“Unbelievable. “What the hell is that?!”
“A picture appeared in the sky!”
All the residents were astonished at the sight of the huge magic circle they had never seen before. A magic circle tens of meters in diameter appeared in the air and began to shine brightly.
“Ugh, pour it out!”
Larsen, whose face was pale due to mana exhaustion, shouted and numerous hot burning fire arrows rained down from the magic circle.
A feast of great magic that bombards a large area with one blow. Even Varun, who had seen everything so far, was left speechless.
“Are you okay?”
“Ji, now once I shoot this, I can’t move. “I lost all my strength…”
Larsen, who had cast a huge spell, collapsed and had to be helped, but Varun had a hunch that this great magic, even if only for one use, would be a great weapon.
‘Preparations are progressing steadily. It would be nice if I didn’t have to use it, but even if I had to fight, I have no intention of losing.’
Varun helped Larsen down the barrier and bit his lip as he looked towards the west in the distance.
Varun’s strange intuition was telling him to continue to keep an eye on the west.
‘What, are you here again?’
And as a result, the intuition of Varun, the tribal leader who had experienced all the hardships of childbirth, was correct.
Just a few days after Garhan’s soldiers first came, he was managing the residents by looking at the screen as usual, when he saw them running from the western border again.
‘It’s Le Thai.’
He picked up the only one of Garhan’s soldiers who was marked as an ally with the mouse and transported him to the village at once.
As soon as he landed in the village, Letai shouted, looking for Varun, as if he was bringing some urgent news.
“What is going on?”
“Wow, we’re in big trouble. The Warchief has finally fallen!”
Letai, who was trembling in half-panic, immediately shouted as soon as he saw Varun.
Varun closed his eyes tightly as he realized what he had sensed happened.