Episode 52-Crash (2)
“I can’t believe I can’t hold a sword… I’ve been holding a sword my whole life…”
“It’s witchcraft, Larsen. That’s something no one can learn. “Don’t be too sad because you are special and He recognized that.”
When the man who guided his brother to a career change opportunity was away again. Rakum, who was looking around with admiration at the world in the game that had only been explained to him by Varun, laughed when he saw his younger brother Larsen.
It’s only been a few years since an immature little boy was able to hold and swing the lightest sword in his entire life. Of course, it’s unfortunate that he can’t use the sword he practiced so hard, but the tribes of the grasslands have more special powers like magic than the martial arts that warriors universally learn. He treated me well and praised me highly.
“I don’t think it’s witchcraft. “It’s a slightly different force.”
“Other powers?”
Of course, the power Larsen acquired by changing jobs is a slightly different type of power than the magic they know. As the name magic suggests, it is more similar to the magic of settled peoples living beyond the wall than to witchcraft.
Larsen, who acquired those skills automatically, recognized them intuitively.
“Well, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, you gained strength by being chosen by Him. Let’s go out now. “I’ll have to check it out myself.”
“…yes!”
It is the faint cries of ghost soldiers coming from outside. After hearing this, Lakum suggested to Larsen that they should go outside and fight.
There was no way Larsen could refuse that. As he aroused Larsen, he worried that it might be an unwanted awakening, but it was unnecessary to worry.
His goal in life was to follow his older brother and become a strong warrior. He was intimidated by a series of recent events, and after witnessing the activities of Shura, a girl his age, he desperately hoped that such a miracle would come to him as well.
“Hey, hey!”
Of course, I was frightened and hesitated when I saw the undead ghost soldiers in the form of rotting corpses, but I also had my trusty older brother by my side.
“Use the strength you have received from Him with confidence. come!”
When the ghost soldiers saw them leaving the safety zone, they growled and rushed at them with their weapons. Rakum grabbed the spear and swung it, lightly smashing the skull of the one who ran towards him first, and shouted to his frozen brother.
‘hot.’
Almost at the same time, a wizard’s skill erupted from Larsen’s wand. A fire bomb that fires a series of blazing fireballs.
Cold sweat broke out on Rakum’s back as he saw the hot fireball flying past his face, causing an explosion and catching the ghosts.
The blow was too powerful for a blow delivered by his younger brother, who he thought was too weak for a man.
“It looks like you had a good experience.”
“The ghosts you mentioned were the same monsters. But I didn’t see the large skeleton wraith. “Larsen gets tired quickly.”
“If you keep repeating it, you will learn to control it and it will naturally increase. “So did I.”
The brothers left the game and returned to the village when their stamina was completely depleted after several hours of fighting.
Varun chuckled at the sight of his brothers carrying their own weapons and going through the same things he had experienced.
Both of them were drunk with their newly acquired power and were using up all their stamina and mana while firing their skills at random, so their faces turned pale.
“Next time, don’t waste too much energy. The monsters there keep reappearing no matter how many times you kill them, so killing them is not our goal. “You always have to take your time.”
“ah…”
Varun advised them in a soft tone. Rakum soon realized what that meant and nodded. To leave strength means to leave at least some room to fight.
It was only natural that it was their duty to fight against enemies such as marauders and even bugs who could attack at any time.
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
“We have medicine for emergencies, so don’t worry too much and get some rest today. “I don’t think anything special will happen today so I can recover my stamina quickly.”
Varun advised his brother to rest. In fact, if a truly emergency situation arises, there is no way to use it. One of the biggest roles of low-level potions that can be farmed while hunting in hunting mode is to restore consumed health and mana.
The only thing I wanted to do was to save because there wasn’t a lot of it.
“The fence construction has already progressed so far. “It wasn’t that long ago when we arrived.”
“Since the number of capable people has increased to two, the speed has also doubled.”
Rakum, who was about to return home, was a little amazed when he saw the stone block wall in the distance.
The 3m high, 1m thick stone wall that Morin, who has the transporter trait of being able to directly handle the blocks in the game, was quickly building with a colleague who had awakened the same trait as herself, was already encircling most of the village.
It’s only at the level of a wall now, but Varun, who had seen parts of it in the game, was convinced that it wouldn’t be difficult for it to become a huge and magnificent castle wall someday.
“But I feel sorry for those who are working hard to build it, but we may have to tear it down again.”
“yes?”
“If new people join this time… we need to expand it.”
Varun scratched his head and muttered. In fact, the plan was to send men back to the new small tribes that the scouts had discovered to negotiate with them, so if they rejoined, the fence would have to be expanded.
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‘It may be easier to increase the population than you think.’
Immediately after transferring brothers Racoum and Larsen. As I progressed through Chapter 2 with Riena, I took my mouse out of the game in windowed mode, picked up the scouts who were about to pack up and leave, and took them to the area near another tribe they had discovered.
While playing the game, I also glanced at the place to understand the situation.
As before, the troops under Varun’s instructions were carefully approaching the tribe members and attempting to talk to them.
“—?”
“–.”
After explaining their purpose, the scouts continued to persuade them by giving them gifts.
A middle-aged man who appeared to be their tribal leader was worried with a serious look on his face, but looking at the faces of the others who were watching him, it seemed like somehow things would work out peacefully, just as Varun had intended.
‘Will it exceed 300 people? Now I really need to take off the small tribe title.’
If they join, the population will be over 300. I provided abundant supplies through the game, and based on that, the tribe that started with only 30 people grew so much in a short period of time.
Even if we are hostile or compete with each other, we have no hesitation in becoming one, perhaps because we basically communicate and share the same culture.
“–, —!”
“good.”
It seems that the tribal leader has finally made a decision. When he shouted something to the gathered tribe members, everyone cheered, and the scouting party sent by Varun also bowed as if they agreed with the decision.
And while they were neutral and impossible to control with the mouse, they are now controllable.
I was thinking of moving them with the mouse once they were ready to move, so I moved the character again and continued to glance at the screen while playing the game.
“It is a clear fact that the border is broken and demons are crawling out. But stupid people are denying it.”
In the middle of Chapter 2 of the game with Riena, a side quest was going on that would strengthen my skills without stopping even while I was focusing on other things for a moment.
“—?”
“I’m afraid. “I’m afraid that such an unexpected event will cause them to lose the power and wealth they hold.”
The NPC that strengthens the player’s skills is an old paladin who has been pushed to a certain position. This is a person who was kicked out for speaking upright words in a church that was tainted by corruption.
Thanks to Riena, who was now naturally conversing with NPCs, he was grumbling and spewing out words that were not in the script.
“If you are truly demon hunters, I can help you. But you have to prove your skills.”
Still, the quest proceeded normally. The paladin declared that if he passed his test, he would be given the power to help catch the demons, and this was the content of the sub-quest.
“Come on, give it a try. “You can attack both of them.”
Although he was an old man, the paladin with a muscular physique stood up and drew his sword. Riena looked at me in confusion, but without any intention of wasting time, I immediately swung my weapon, my staff, and fired a crackling thunderbolt.
“Ugh!?”
Originally, the player had to deal with him alone. However, in a situation where there were no such rules, he had to accept the combined attack from me and Riena just as he had promised.
“Si, your skills are quite…”
It seems he looked down on Riena a bit. Not only does she use this game, but she also goes through all sorts of hardships in real life. Her growth is very rapid and she receives a lot of investment.
A basic tactic where I assist with magic from a distance and she pushes the opponent in the front line. Her sword, bursting with blue energy, cut off several large tree trunks and exploded into deep scars on the ground.
In the process, it was the opponent who was unilaterally pushed out.
This paladin, who gained notoriety as a newbie cutter with his colorful and difficult patterns recognized by the ranker who was conducting the strategy, was eventually driven to the end of the wall and admitted his defeat.
“—.”
“Huh, okay. “She was a very vicious female knight.”
When Riena stomped on his shoulder to prevent him from getting up from the floor, he finally admitted his defeat and put down his sword.
“This is a heavenly inheritance given to the Holy Knights. I’ll give it to you. “Please continue to stop the devils on behalf of the church pigs who have lost their senses.”
He gave a set reward. It is a type of potion that strengthens skills. But the number was two. Originally, only one was given.
“—…?”
Riena held one of them out to me. Just like when two Heavenly Guardians came down, there were two rewards.
After thinking for a while, I took it and strengthened my character. In order to keep up with her in the future, my character also had to continue to become stronger.
“I’m serious. “I don’t know for what purpose you go out hunting down demons, but I saw a brighter hope than the Holy Knights of that proud sect.”
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“—.”
As we were about to leave, the paladin left his last words with a look of disappointment on his face. When Riena answered something, he nodded as if he was satisfied.
For a paladin, all of this is a natural reaction because it is the reality they belong to.
He’s the one who puts all his hopes on the characters in my game. I feel strange looking at it. To me, all of this is just a means.
‘All of this must be an experience for Riena.’
I glanced at Riena walking next to me. A strong person like her absorbs all of this and makes it her own.