Episode 41-Wind of Change (1)
“—.”
With a determined look on his face, Varun ordered the residents to arm themselves. It’s probably a natural reaction since you don’t know how your neighbor will react.
I also woke up early in the morning, rubbed my eyes, sat down in front of the monitor, and watched them get ready.
‘It will give you achievement points, right?’
If you think about it, this is the first time the residents come into contact with the opposing tribe since they settled down. There is no way not to give achievement points.
I currently have 7000P points, and if I save a little more, I think I can activate desktop destruction, which I think will allow me to directly intervene in the desktop.
“–?”
The residents must have been more nervous than me. Les, one of the armed soldiers, was seen asking Varun something with a serious expression.
Then Varun suddenly pointed his finger at the sky. When I saw that finger, I immediately flinched.
‘I wonder if they think I ordered it.’
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Les nodded with a serious look on his face, as if he agreed to Varun’s words, so it seemed like he knew what they were talking about. It seems like they thought I meant to step forward when I picked up Riena last night and told her the information about the other person.
I didn’t expect any special treats because I enjoyed just watching them, but they seemed to think of me as something special and worship me, so it might have an effect. In fact, it is not a wrong interpretation from my perspective as I hoped that the power of the residents would grow, but it is also true that I am anxious that something burdensome may be done for no reason.
“—!”
Still, the fact that ‘I gave orders’ seems to be helpful to Varun, the leader of the group.
When he gathered the people together, pointed to the sky, and shouted something, the soldiers moved without hesitation as if they were of one mind and one mind with a determined look on their faces.
If so, that’s enough. It’s all for them anyway, so if they can use my existence, it would be right to use it.
‘Are we really going to fight?’
As the residents soon began to run their horses across the morning dew that had settled on the grass, I too watched them without leaving my seat.
It is said that it is their habit to live in a harsh land to plunder and absorb the weak, but I was curious whether Varun or Riena would make such a choice. I wanted to know how they would react to their neighbors who settled nearby if they didn’t try to plunder it in that way.
First of all, as a complete outsider watching them, I wonder if I really have to fight. There must be a way for us to subjugate the opposing tribe without fighting.
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“They already noticed. Should I chase you?”
“no. “I want to avoid war as much as possible.”
At that time, he was watching these scenes with interest outside the monitor. Varun and the villagers rode quickly and reached the plains where Liena came from last night.
The other person is not stupid either. They already knew that the opposing scouts had observed their appearance and quickly turned and ran away.
“It would be nice if we could become one.”
“If he wants that too.”
As Varun muttered absently, Les next to him nodded.
When Varun first heard this news from Riena, his heart was pounding with excitement. This is because I thought it could be an opportunity to once again accelerate the growth of the tribe, which seems to have been blocked recently.
Although he is using the functions of various programs and games to give them strength, honestly, Varun decided that it was still not enough.
Their numbers were still too small, and the process of gaining strength through the game was still extremely slow.
‘To solve all of that, our numbers need to be bigger and bigger than they are now.’
Varun, watching them from outside the monitor, came to the same conclusion. The way to break through this slow growth that they have been facing at some point is to have a larger population.
If Morin has more colleagues to help her build a castle or go into a bug nest to fight enemies, her efficiency increases dramatically.
“Then how are you going to convince them?”
“He wants us to grow too. We have special powers there. “I think that’s enough to convince them.”
When Riena opened her mouth after hearing his words, Varun answered with an unwavering voice.
Actually, they definitely had something. Various resources, including high-quality weapons and food, as well as blessings that awaken talents.
In particular, the issue of stable food supply was something that everyone living in the grasslands desired, and therefore it was a resource that led to plunder and war.
And they could freely grow such food in another world. It was farming in a way that even settled people who were well-versed in farming could not do.
‘There is no reason to fight. In the end, it’s all about making a living.’
Varun, whose goal was to merge the tribes, naturally wanted to avoid fighting. At the same time, I wanted to achieve it at all costs.
Not only was it their own purpose, but it was also the wish of the being who gave them countless blessings.
“I think there is a misunderstanding as expected.”
Les, who was watching the front, sighed and said.
As the soldiers led by Varun slowed down and slowly approached the village that was visible in the distance, they could see the opposing tribesmen already prepared for battle and waiting.
“Brother, there are too many enemies. Plus, he’s armed…”
“Nothing has been decided yet.”
They also saw the soldiers that Varun had led. And then it hardened. Among the non-combatants evacuated, there were some who burst into tears, expecting a pessimistic ending.
As they were a tribe of the grasslands, which had recently become rapidly chaotic, they had been fighting against hostile tribes and marauders, so it was possible to guess the level of the unidentified army that had just arrived.
‘You can’t believe you came fully armed like that. Was there a tribe like that around here? Could it be beyond the wall?’
Rakum, the young tribal leader who personally led the scouts last night, clutched the bow in his hands and bit his lip. The enemies, armed with shining silver armor, seemed stronger than any enemy they had faced so far.
If we had a direct confrontation with them, the damage would definitely be great.
“I hope there is no misunderstanding!”
But at that moment. Varun, who took the lead, shouted first and spoke to them.
“I don’t want to fight. “There are a lot of things I want to know and a lot to talk about, so can we talk?”
“conversation?”
They were agitated by Varun’s words. Even Chief Rakum, who had made up his mind, flinched.
“How can you trust what they say when they bring armed soldiers with them? Who are you and what do you really want?”
“If I had to explain it, I would say we are neighbors.”
Varun laughed at Rakum’s reaction and stepped forward, holding a cane. At first glance, it seemed like he didn’t really have the will to fight, as he wasn’t carrying a weapon such as a sword or a bow.
“older brother!”
“If it can be resolved through dialogue, it is right for us to do so.”
Rakum felt that he had to come forward and talk for the sake of his tribe members. Varun’s strategy of deliberately arming the soldiers to give them a sense of intimidation worked.
“We are just a small tribe that recently moved here.”
“I know. It’s the same with us. “I am Varun, the chief of the tribe.”
When the two people finally rode their horses and got close to each other, they met alone and started talking. Varun took his time and opened his mouth first to introduce himself.
“Food, weapons, livestock… can you support all of that? No way. “This is a barren land with nothing in it.”
“It’s natural that you don’t believe it, but there’s no proof of that here.”
Varun, who realized that Rakum’s tribe was an ordinary small tribe, naturally got to the point. A proposal to unite the tribes as one, offering support for everything they need.
It was a resource distribution issue that would not normally be considered easily, but it was not a problem at all for Varun, who had a treasure trove of resources.
Of course, Rakum did not trust him easily, but Varun knocked on the high-quality armor he was wearing.
“If we could just live as neighbors, we wouldn’t have made this offer. But young chieftain, as you know, these are harsh times for the small and weak.”
“That’s true, but…”
Varun also did his best because he had to make this merger happen. As the tribal leader, Rakum was suspicious until the end, but he had no choice but to step on the troops brought by Varun.
‘If you refuse, we will attack.’
Cold sweat broke out on Rakum’s back. In the end, from Rakum’s perspective, what Varun does is to increase his power like other tribes.
They just chose a slightly more moderate method from the beginning, rather than using force to force them into submission or plundering them.
However, it would be extremely difficult to refuse this offer and choose to fight.
‘Has the time to choose come? But even if it is a time of choice, in the end there is only one choice.’
Rakum looked back at the tribe members looking at him and sighed deeply. It was clearly a time when everyone was exhausted. If it was destined to happen someday anyway, I felt like it might be wiser to use this as an opportunity for everyone.
“If you accept us as true members, we will cooperate like this.”
“We all started from the same situation. I was no different from you either. “I just met ‘him’ and received grace.”
“Uh, you mean him?”
In the end, Rakum decided to accept Varun’s offer based on his own judgment as the chieftain.
There was also an expectation that if Varun was a tribal leader who wanted to increase his power, he would not treat them harshly as they would be his strength.
However, I could not hide my doubts when the word “Him” was mentioned. Who on earth is this being that such a strong and relaxed tribal chief carefully refers to as ‘him’?
“Anyway, if we come together, we will come into contact with him, and you will have no choice but to follow him.”
Varun, seeing Rakum’s embarrassed expression, grinned. There is no need to explain it in complicated words anyway. The god you believe in and follow is not a mountain god or ancestral god that only appears in legends or myths, but a real being. So I believed that I just had to show it.
[Tribal Growth-First Merger: 3000P]
“Oh oh.”
In fact, the god is now wide-eyed after seeing the achievements Varun has achieved through his bold decision. He was recognized for his contribution to smoothly increasing the power of the tribe without armed conflict.
‘Was this the answer?’
He was slightly excited like the residents and smiled faintly as he looked at the screen. There is no way he wouldn’t be happy because Varun, who followed his intentions, completed the task successfully and received a decent reward.
‘I need a way to tell people that what I did now is the right thing to do and that I think we should continue to do this in the future.’
He was looking around the desktop and moving the mouse busily. He desperately wanted to let the residents know that the achievement he had achieved today was the right path he had hoped for and that he had done well.
[File Transfer]
What caught his eye was File Transfer, one of the programs he had already activated. He already had a record of using this to receive loot donated by residents. However, that is not the only function of the transfer program.
‘I can give you something too.’
The exchange of files was clearly two-way, not one-way. His mouse pointer twitched on the send button.