Episode 33 – Miracle on the Frontier (3)
‘Now that I think about it, shouldn’t I just call her here?’
When we returned to the bomb shelter. I looked at Shura on the desktop and scratched my head. Since Shura is outside, I was planning to hand over the essence to the residents and have them use it on my behalf, but in fact, there is no need to just slightly change the arrangement of the residents and bring Shura here.
“—?!”
With my thoughts going so far, I walked up to Maureen, who had handed over the water, among the residents who were unpacking their belongings while watching me, and clicked the mouse to hit his body.
He looked at me with wide eyes, as if he was very surprised, and rubbed his arm that had been hit by my flailing arm.
‘What I gave you, please give it back.’
I feel sorry for them for being like this and that, but there is nothing they can do. I backed him into a corner and kept stroking him with my arms until he realized my intention and took the water out of his arms.
He was saying something urgently, begging me, and doing other things, but he finally understood what I meant and took out some purified water from his backpack and handed it to me. After putting it in my inventory, I immediately started changing the layout of the residents.
‘Send Maureen out and bring Shura in.’
Maureen, one of the 16 people currently assigned to the game, was kicked out of the game, and Shura, a girl who was working outside without knowing anything, was brought here.
“–?! —!”
Shura, who was leisurely minding his own business, was caught by the mouse pointer without any warning and was lifted up into the air, and was seen struggling with a shocked face.
It wasn’t actually my preferred method because the residents seemed surprised every time this happened, but it was the best way to control them as they had limitations in communicating right now.
“—.”
“–, —.”
When Shura, who was hanging limply as if hanging from a claw machine, flew through the air and entered the world of the game being played, Maureen suddenly disappeared, and the confused adults were seen explaining and reassuring her. I was curious, but she didn’t cry. He just seemed a little surprised.
“—…”
Instead, she froze when she saw my character standing still while manipulating the desktop. In fact, people who met her for the first time, even if they had heard the story in advance, all had similar reactions, so it would be the same for her, who was still a young girl.
I was confident that I would be shocked if a character the size of a real person appeared in front of me.
“Please do it.”
I grinned and approached Shura holding the monster’s essence. I’ll have to check now whether this method will work or not, but I wanted to succeed as soon as possible.
If you take risks and find new ways, unwanted sacrifices may occur.
‘Is it done?’
With such earnest feelings, I used the monster’s essence on Shura, who stood in front of me with a nervous face. In the original game, it is an item that uses a tool called a synthesizer to give equipment special powers.
[Orphan Girl Shura]
[Attribute: Dagger Skill (1%)]
[Batch: Sandbox Crafting]
[Comprehensive fatigue: 18%]
[Mana: 100%]
[Emotions: surprise, tension]
‘succeded.’
The moment the monster’s essence hit her body, it glowed and did something. This is something that should not happen in an ordinary game.
I immediately captured her image and looked into the correct information, and as I expected, she awakened her inherent potential.
Talent is not something that can be developed simply by having it. Some conditions are required, such as several years passing, learning from a teacher, or awakening through an opportunity.
But now, Shura has ignored all those conditions and instantly awakened his abilities using the essence of the monster I gave him.
‘Is it really a battle-related talent that has awakened to the essence of a monster? Anyway, I guess I did something for nothing.’
I felt proud and smiled at the thought that I had achieved something through guessing and acting, but I paused for a moment when I saw Shura with a bewildered expression on his face, saying something to the adults gathered around him.
It was awakened because it was the only fighting trait among the residents, but that meant that Shura, like Riena, would have to fight against enemies.
I wasn’t comfortable with the fact that I had to make her, who seemed young to me, fight against monsters.
‘It’s inevitable?’
However, when she approaches my character with a nervous look on her face and bows her head along with the others. I gathered my weakened heart.
The world over there is completely different from the one where I live. A place rampant with marauders who kill people like horrible monsters.
My life depends on the lives of those who have to live in such a place. You have to fight to live.
Perhaps she is well aware of that fact. When I see him expressing his gratitude to me like this, unable to hide his joy.
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Mana, a mysterious force that exists in nature. A miracle that turns ordinary humans into superhumans.
It is a power granted only to a select few. There are differences in how it is used, but it does not discriminate against status or origin.
All of the famous kings and heroes were awakened people who knew how to manipulate mana, and the mana awakened people were always treated well in the forces they created.
At the same time, even as various methods of use, such as magic and sword techniques, were developed, it was almost impossible to artificially awaken or contain mana itself.
Artificial mana awakening is literally a miracle that only appears in dreams.
‘I-I really need mana!’
But that miracle happened here and now. In the frontier of frontiers, where no name is even recorded on the map.
He kicked Shura out of the game once she had finished her business, but now was not the time for her to worry about such things.
The white hands that are touching the cold dirt floor are full of strength. The strength felt throughout her body was clearly not the strength generated by the muscles of a poor, weak girl who had not eaten enough.
“Can you tell me what happened there?”
“Chief…”
Varun and Riena, who had been waiting for her, approached her. The faces of both people showed that they had expected it to some extent.
“There’s no way he would call you there for no reason.”
“Well, is he really God?”
Shura, whose strength was gone, sat down, looked up at them, and told them what he had been through.
Riena remained calm and touched Shura’s body to find out about mana. Pure mana that responds directly to Riena’s mana. Shura had truly awakened mana.
“He actually performs miracles. He has many bodies and many powers.”
Varun told Shura about his identity based on what he had seen and heard. Shura had no reason not to believe that guess. Because the evidence itself was like himself.
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“You were chosen by Him. It may be harsh to say this to you, who are still young. But no matter what, since I was chosen, I must fulfill my duty.”
“It may be scary, but you have to be a warrior. Shura.”
They do not know that he recognized Shura’s hidden talents and developed them in advance. Varun simply wanted to use Shura as a warrior as a chieftain who had to protect the people.
Likewise, Riena, who overlaid her past as a warrior by awakening the mana she had as a child, smiled bitterly but did not deny it.
“I’m rather happy.”
Shura, whose eyes were shaking after hearing those words, bit her lip.
Those eyes were full of the hatred and resentment that I had harbored for so long.
There was certainly hatred towards the enemies who killed his parents and destroyed his village, but that was not the fundamental problem.
‘Being weak is a sin. But I can become stronger now.’
What I resented more than anything was my inability to do anything. How much better it would have been if he had been able to hold and swing a stick like his father. At least she was the type to fight in anger rather than tremble in fear and cry.
However, she, who was the weakest of the weak, was not even allowed to struggle.
Because when I was chosen by him. And when he awakened himself. Shura was rather happy than afraid.
“I know how you feel. “If you can overcome the trials ahead, you will surely receive an even greater reward.”
Riena, who had a similar experience, could understand that feeling.
‘Did he recognize this child’s talent?’
Riena breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Shura’s tendency to fight rather than avoid, but wondered if he had recognized this as well.
In fact, what is as important as talent is your own attitude. That was the first thing a warrior learned from his teacher.
“This is this?!”
“Liena!”
And almost at the same time, the bodies of Varun, Riena, and Shura were lifted up and soared into the sky.
“You’ve already been through it. You do not have to worry. “Because this is His will.”
At that time, Shura was frightened and was shaking his arms and legs in the air, and even Varun was speechless.
Riena, who had a stern look on her face even in the awkward position of being held by her back and hanging in the air like a doll in a claw machine, calmed Shura down.
It was something I experienced often, but it was also because my trust in him became stronger as I progressed through chapters and defeated bosses alone with him compared to others.
“Tsk.”
“Where am I?”
They moved from place to place and landed in a place completely different from the village. This is the first time Varun and Shura have ever seen each other. Instead, Riena is a place I have already seen once.
“Hold your weapon, father. Shura, you too. If you do that, new power will flow from the weapon into your body.”
Riena, who was also a senior, opened her mouth and pointed to weapons imbued with power among the lord’s treasures scattered around.
Beside them, the man who had brought them here, holding a cane, was watching them.
“Hmm, what should I do?”
Varun, who could not take his eyes off the precious metals, paintings, statues, and other valuables scattered around the secret space, reached out to grab a spear that was right next to him.
“Heek?!”
But at that moment. He came rolling like lightning and blocked the way, blocking Varun’s actions. Varun was so surprised that he hesitated.
‘Are you telling me to catch this?’
He gave Varun a staff that would transform him into a druid. Shura, who was watching, even sat down and stood up in front of the dagger repeatedly to indicate that he was using the dagger.
They had no reason or ability to go against his will, so in the end, Varun and Shura picked up their own weapons and naturally changed careers.
‘It worked out well.’
He smiled faintly as he watched the scene off-screen. Anyway, compared to the moment they first appeared, things are very different now. It didn’t take much time.
[Field infiltration occurs]
“uh?”
Just that moment. The background of the game suddenly darkened along with the in-game notification sound indicating that an infiltration had occurred.
It was something that even he hadn’t thought about.