Episode 49-Wind of Change (9)
“Gotcha. “I got it!”
‘You won?’
The giant spider, which was screaming and struggling, slowly collapsed, spewing out bodily fluids.
The residents who fought to the death, the person who looked at the scene with a nervous look on the other side of the screen, and everyone who sensed victory watched.
The body of the fallen bug soon turned into cloudy ash and scattered, and all that was left on the floor were some by-products, including poisonous fangs.
They really caught the bug.
‘It’s still not enough. ‘Is this a fundamental problem?’
However, while everyone else was cheering with joy, Riena, who had made the greatest contribution in the center, looked down at her sword with a stern expression. It was because this battle was not satisfactory for some reason.
Clearly, the in-game skills he had acquired were powerful skills themselves, but he thought that there was a limit to dealing with bugs, which were giant monsters, rather than looters or glitches of similar size.
“But is this really the end?”
But now was not the time to relax yet. Gur, a warrior and one of Rakum’s companions, scratched his head and pointed to the end of an invisible passageway.
To say that the leader was captured and the end was over, the eerieness felt in this gloomy cave was still the same.
“You’ll find out when you go and check for yourself.”
Varun, who agreed with that point, regained his cool and urged the group. Eventually, the tension rose again and they took up their weapons and began to go deeper into the cave.
“There are still some left.”
Riena, who was in front, was the first to detect the presence of many people. As they expected, the fight against the monsters trying to eat the world is not over yet.
“Woah, this place was real. A nest of bastards!”
“The cubs are coming!”
They were startled by the sight that soon unfolded before their eyes and hurriedly took their seats. At the end of the passage is a huge, open cavity. There, tiny spiders and eggs were rolling around in a haphazard manner under the faint glowstone light.
[Bug lv 0]
Larvae that have not yet become adults. They were also bugs. Confirming their presence, the larvae defined them as enemies and rushed at them with their teeth exposed, and a clash between the surprised them and the angry baby spiders occurred immediately thereafter.
***
‘I’m going to need some help with this.’
Although it is a baby spider, it is a monster that looks similar in size to a large dog or wolf. This is the point at which the guys with dark brown bodies collided with the panicked residents.
I was quietly watching them without letting my guard down for a moment, hoping for their victory. I quickly grabbed the mouse and changed the screen. Those baby spiders were bugs, but perhaps because they were level 0, none of them seemed that strong. At best, it looks similar to or even worse than the level 2 glitch that started appearing recently.
Seeing how several animals were cut into pieces at once by Riena’s sword as she unleashed her skills, it seemed like a villager with ample combat experience and armed skills would be able to deal with them.
“—?!”
So, I hurriedly picked up the residents who were doing their own thing in the village with the mouse and dropped them in front of the entrance to the bug nest. I was nervous and worried about how to convey my will in case they wouldn’t understand my intentions, but fortunately, the residents started talking loudly to each other and, led by a few brave people, noticed and acted quickly.
He hurriedly grabbed any weapon he was carrying, and even if he didn’t have enough weapons, he grabbed a club roughly made from a nearby tree branch and ran into the dungeon. Although it is certainly dangerous, there is no need for them to come to the forefront.
Even if you just throw a stone from behind, it will help the warriors who entered before you.
“It’s really hard to beat the main content.”
When I saw the villagers joining the warriors and fighting together, I sighed and laughed. As expected, the joining of the residents was a great help, and the warriors who were embarrassed by the difference in numbers were able to fight properly again.
Me and I, who lived in different worlds, had only one purpose in this huge system that they were intertwined with. It’s about stopping those monsters called bugs.
The residents, who come from grassland nomads, certainly have many enemies, such as wild beasts and hostile tribes. But in the end, the main content of this system is the fight against bugs.
Everything revolves around fighting bugs, and fighting against in-game enemies to get loot or fighting against real-life enemies to increase your power is actually nothing more than a stepping stone to that end. It was planned that way from the beginning.
[Bug nest disappears]
As a reward for all of our hard work so far, one of the main contents has been conquered.
Instead of attacking indiscriminately, the residents completed the mission of wiping out the strongholds of the creatures that had built nests and were breeding in large numbers within them.
[Achievement Accomplished: Nest Attack (1)]
[Achievement Achievement: Stage of Development (1)]
While they were cheering at the piles of corpses of spiders slowly disappearing, various messages praising their achievements appeared on the screen I was watching.
Most rewards are points. As expected, if you are active, you will not run out of points.
[Bond strengthening rights]
“What is this?”
However, there was one reward I didn’t know what it was. Naturally, I clicked on it to find out more about what the hell this was.
[Reward given when the close bond between users and guardians is finally achieved]
The explanation was brief. The reward bond strengthening right given for achieving the achievement of the stage of development was literally an item that strengthened the bond between me and the residents who worked together to achieve the current development.
But how do you do that?
[Activate document program]
In front of my hesitating eyes, not knowing what was what, there was a program that was running on its own. A program used when working with documents.
The blinking cursor on the empty white paper dazzled my eyes. What should I do with this now?
[Enter the names of the guardians here]
As I watched quietly, the program kindly taught me how to use it.
‘Name, name?’
However, even after hearing the explanation, I could not move my hands easily. Because the name you are asked to enter does not simply mean entering their name.
The idea was that I should name the group that immigrated here and became associated with me.
“What should we do?”
When the accident stopped, I burst into laughter. At that moment, numerous words passed through my mind.
***
“Let’s all go back. “Have you taken everything you can?”
“I got it, Chief.”
“Then let’s go out. “It’s not a place you want to stay for a long time.”
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When the bug nest has been somewhat resolved. After getting enough rest, Varun stood up holding his cane and instructed the residents to return.
The others also clearly looked like they were having a hard time, but they were still smiling because they had won. The warriors who came in first and fought, as well as the other residents who quickly reached his support and came to help, all lined up and began to leave the nest.
“You worked hard today.”
“Do it, it was just something I had to do.”
Riena patted the head of Shura, who fought on the battlefield with her, and praised him.
Riena, who had some talent from the beginning and was the only warrior in the village, received his favor from the beginning and had all his resources concentrated on him, was clearly the strongest at this point, but Shura, who belatedly awakened and realized his true talent, is now stronger than most warriors. It was a state.
‘…Am I not chosen after all?’
There was someone watching Shura like that. Larsen, Racoum’s younger brother. Larsen, who was caught by his mouse while working in the village and brought here, fought hard along with the others.
However, the power of an ordinary boy was limited to the ability to stick together with adults and barely kill a single baby spider.
It is insignificant compared to the appearance of Shura, a girl of her age, who uses the skills of a former assassin to move through spiders alone and slash enemies attacking from all directions with her sword.
It was a sight that could not help but pay attention to the energetic boy who dreamed of becoming a warrior.
“Don’t be too upset. “I’m sure you too can awaken Mana.”
“But what if I don’t get the mana until the end?”
“Even if that were the case, wouldn’t He be able to give grace? “You still have a chance.”
Lakum, who sensed his younger brother’s feelings, smiled bitterly and tapped his back. Rakum, a proud warrior, was also shocked when he saw in person what level Riena and Shura were today, so his feelings were not that different from Larsen’s.
‘Of course I want to be chosen by Him. I want to become strong like Riena. Still, where did I get this opportunity?’
Rakum, who came out of the nest, looked up at the gradually darkening sky and smiled bitterly. As of yet, Rakum has not received any significant help.
However, Rakum thought that he had received an opportunity just by joining Varun’s tribe, which was blessed by the mysterious spirit of this land, without bloodshed.
If it had been in the past, I would not have been able to see the possibility of further growth here as I could not focus on training alone.
“hmm? “What is that?”
And that moment. Lakum, who was walking blankly looking at the sky, saw something in the sky and his eyes widened.
Even Rakum wasn’t the only one who saw it. Rasendo and the other residents next to him were all looking up at the sky and muttering and asking, “What on earth is that?”
“Joe, Chief?”
“Oh…ohhh!”
Varun was astonished to see the letters in the sky becoming clearer.
They intuitively felt that this was not a natural phenomenon, but something from a divine spirit who was taking care of them.
“Hurry to the village! hurry!”
Varun urged the residents to hurry to the village. Normally, he would have picked them up with the mouse and carried them away, but they had no idea that he was busy working on a document program and couldn’t pay attention, so they ran really hard, fearing that there might be a problem.
“Joe, Chief, what is that? “We didn’t do anything.”
“His will is clear.”
When they arrived, the town was already in turmoil. All the residents came out and were looking at the sky and talking.
I did this because I didn’t know whether the letters fluttering in the dark sky were punishment or blessing.
‘What on earth…what?!’
Varun, who was receiving attention from others, was also staring at the sky and breaking into a cold sweat, not knowing what was happening.
Varun felt as if something invisible was touching him. It was a familiar feeling. This is because it was similar to the sensation felt when the mouse lifted oneself up.
“This, this.”
At the same time, his eyes widened. As something flowed into my head, the letters in the sky, which were like angled pictures, gradually began to be read.