Episode 37 – Miracle on the Frontier (7)
“Fortunately, there was little damage. “Before I even step out…”
Glitch emerged, but its eradication was quick. Varun, who arrived a little late, fell into a deep sleep as he saw Glitch’s body gradually turning into black ash and disappearing.
In fact, it was not because he arrived late, but because Riena arrived one step earlier and immediately destroyed the enemy.
‘I’m much stronger. Maybe even more than that kid’s teacher.’
As Varun watched Riena catching her breath, he remembered her teacher and the tribe’s warrior leader. He was clearly the best man in the tribe and the strongest warrior Varun knew. He was also in charge of teaching Liena, the daughter of the tribe leader.
However, beyond simply practicing martial arts, the current Riena was absorbing skills in the game, and was trying to surpass the level of mental techniques and strong swords used by existing strong people. It was a path no one had ever walked before, but she accepted anything to grow.
“There doesn’t seem to be anything around, Chief.”
“So far, we have been focusing our reconnaissance activities only on the west side, where we came from. Do you know anything about what lies east or north of here?”
While looking around the dark forest, Varun happened to be looking around and asked a soldier who had recently joined the tribe what was beyond here.
“We lived around here, but we don’t know much about places further east…”
But the soldier shook his head. Not only that, but none of the other residents really knew what was on the east side of the village.
There was a forest to the east of the village, but no one knew beyond it.
“According to the tradition handed down in our village, the land to the east is a cursed place. In fact, this grassland is also such a place, so it is a land where hunting is not done well.”
“curse. Even if there is such a thing.”
Varun chuckled after hearing the testimony. Clearly, the unidentified monster glitch that appeared just now was like a curse. But that wasn’t the only curse on this land.
Sacred. The sacredness that Varun thought was also present in this land.
‘I need to investigate the east as well.’
Varun glanced at the village where the castle walls had just begun to be built, and made a decision.
There is a high probability that they will take root here and live here, and an even higher probability that they will fight to protect this place.
So, for safety’s sake, it was essential to investigate what was around.
“Do you mean to investigate the eastern forest?”
“I’m not asking you to patrol frequently like you’re guarding the west, but I need to know what’s there.”
Varun returned to the village and before going to bed, he spoke separately to Les, the scout leader.
Thanks to you, early morning the next day. Before the sun had even risen, the scouting party was divided in half, with half going on their usual patrol of the western area, and the other half heading into the little explored forest.
“Do you think there are enemies to the east?”
“There are probably no hostile tribes. But if black monsters come from that direction too, we need to know what’s there.”
A scouting party galloping away on horseback. When Shura, who had not yet woken up and was yawning, asked himself a question, Varun told him why he had made this choice.
“Now that I think about it… those black monsters must have been here even before we came here.”
“I’m not sure, but I guess so.”
“Then maybe he’s been fighting those guys for a longer time?”
“Hmm?”
However, when Shura mentioned him in the ensuing conversation, Varun was slightly embarrassed. Because it was something I hadn’t thought about before.
If you really worship ‘him’, who no one can define exactly, as a divine being who protects you, then of course you need to know about him.
‘How long have you been on this earth, what exactly do you want, etc. There’s still a lot I don’t know.’
Varun was worried with a serious look on his face. All I knew about him was that he liked gold jewelry and that he communicated his thoughts through various physical actions.
“We will continue to be with him. “If he’s not by our side, he’s watching us from somewhere else, so we just have to do our duty.”
“Mo, my body!”
“Look. He is always watching us.”
As the sun slowly rose, the bodies of Varun and Shura rose into the air. It takes them to a game world filled with monsters.
To someone who doesn’t know it, having to fight endless monsters may seem like heavenly punishment, but it’s a different story if you gain something from that fight.
“Liena didn’t come.”
“He probably called me separately.”
The two fell into a familiar castle. This is the land where Riena killed the boss monster Deus and parted the dark clouds to let in a ray of sunlight.
In fact, Riena did not come. Varun, who instinctively realized that the hunting mode they were currently in was a kind of experience farming place, intuited the fact that Riena, whose strength was no longer needed to grow here, had gone to a higher place.
“This is a trial given to us. Just as tribal warriors trained themselves through hunting and training in the past, we train through this ordeal given by Him. “Other warriors that will arise in the future will also come here.”
Varun interpreted farming experience points in hunting mode as a trial given by God for those who have awakened their characteristics. It is not just training or training, but a trial given by God. In fact, it was just a difference in words, but the difference was big.
Shura’s eyes widened and his heart pounded. He is a chosen warrior. That one word became a great pride that overshadowed my fear.
“Hey, here they come.”
“let’s go. “Our job is to fight until we are exhausted.”
As soon as they left the secret space that was the safety zone, the regenerated monsters in the castle suddenly turned and attacked them.
Varun raised the staff he was holding with Shura in front. The reason the little girl was brought to the fore was not because Varun was trash, but because Shura had awakened to abilities specialized in close combat.
Soon their mana was rapidly activated and their skills exploded.
These skills are also miracles for them. This is because they have recently awakened and made it possible for them to use techniques that only those who have gone through long training can use.
Riena, who was a skilled warrior, was nervous at first, but the ghost soldiers she faced were instantly defeated by their skills.
“You take care of it.”
And it looks like that to him. He smiled faintly as he watched them fight on their own, without having to move the characters himself and guide their actions.
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‘Can we take it a little slower today?’
The reason I woke up this early even though it was the weekend was after meeting them. It has become assimilated into their lifestyle pattern of being active as soon as the sun rises. Of course, I only feel sleepy for a moment, but I’ve gotten to the point where I enjoy the early morning air these days.
After moving the three combatants into the Dark Blood, I took some time to look at them.
Those in charge of resource collection are also working in the game, and Morin, who has been building the castle wall since yesterday, is also working on the castle wall while improving his stamina.
A few meters per day… but the village is not that big yet. It is possible to build a wall just a few meters a day without taking too long.
‘Is it because there is a glitch?’
One thing that stands out is that some of the scouts who always guarded the west are active in the forest to the east.
Just as I flipped the screen to the left side of the monitor, after checking the points I received in return for scouting the eastern area, I flipped the screen to the right where the scouting party was active.
“—.”
From what I can see, it’s not a very dense forest, but the scouts are communicating with each other and slowly looking around with somewhat nervous faces. As expected, he seemed concerned that Glitch came out of this forest last night.
“uh?”
But at that time, I saw something that they couldn’t see when I zoomed out the screen. Something like a black dot near their path.
I quickly enlarged it and saw that it was a black crack that did not go well with the green forest. It was definitely different from the gate that opened in the village and connected to the game world. Even just looking at it, I felt ominous.
[Bug Nest]
“crazy.”
Just in case, I right-clicked and looked at the information. The information that comes out is at most one line. However, that alone is shocking enough to make you sigh.
A nest of bugs and glitches, which are hideous-looking monsters, was discovered.
“–?!”
After calming my startled heart, I saw that the scouts on horseback were activated, so I picked one of them up with the mouse and brought it to the entrance of the nest. The horse just stood there blankly, as if he knew his owner was gone, and he screamed and flailed his arms and legs.
However, as soon as I dropped him off in front of the nest, he immediately pulled out his sword and unknowingly backed away from the entrance to the nest under the tree, probably because he was scared.
‘What should I do? Should I fight again?’
Afterwards, when they brought him back to another panicked scout, he turned pale and started talking gibberish, testifying to his colleagues about what he had seen.
Then the scouts immediately turned their horses and headed toward the village. This is to announce this news. To save their time, I moved them to the village by dragging them all at once.
Obviously a fight will break out again. Because it’s clear that there are enemies in that nest.
“I can’t help it.”
After clicking their tongues, Riena, Varun, and Shura, who had just entered the game, were called back outside. The three people, who didn’t know what was going on, were confused when they saw the scouts nagging, probably due to motion sickness because I was moving them with a mouse.
In the end, games are just a means for both me and them. The real goal is to stop the enemies, especially the monster bugs, from trampling on their village and my reality.
‘also.’
As soon as Varun heard the situation, he nodded with a stern expression and hurriedly armed the residents.
If there is a nest of monsters right near the village, it is right to kill them before more monsters emerge from there.
“—!”
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Varun, who was fully armed and ready to go, stood in front of the soldiers with a solemn look on his face, holding the staff that had made him a druid. I also looked at him with a nervous face.
Immediately after that, Varun looked at the sky and started talking. Is this a speech meant to relieve the soldiers’ fears?
‘What are you saying to me?’
However, after seeing their reactions and Varun’s actions, I thought that maybe Varun was telling me something.
It wouldn’t be surprising if they thought of me as someone special for helping them with games and other functions. They ask me to look after them or bless them.
‘There’s nothing I can’t do.’
Only in the game can I help them directly, but now it’s impossible. So it’s best to do whatever you can.
“–!?”
“—!”
I dragged them all and lifted them into the sky like a horse. The idea was to save time and energy going there.
“—.”
Of course, some horses were scared when their feet left the ground, and some who were not familiar with them closed their eyes or trembled, but people who were familiar, especially people like Varun, were dangling in the air and were slowly passing by as if they were in the middle of a battlefield. He looked down and had a serious expression.