Episode 76 – Gust from the North (6)
“This is the first time in my life that so many tribe members have gathered together.”
“Honestly, in the past, I think I would have worried about making a living first.”
In return for winning the battle, a large number of new tribe members joined. The ruler, Varun, as well as others, naturally had to worry.
Although the number of people becomes the strength of a tribe, the composition of the population is also important, and above all, resource consumption increases beyond production capacity.
However, they had a strong belief.
“Is that true? Is there really a magical land where day and night change in the blink of an eye and grains grow in an instant just by planting them?”
“When you go there for the first time, it’s even more surprising that everything is just squares, right?”
The story about the world in the game quickly spread to the new joiners. The seniors felt proud and told about the place in an even more exaggerated and braggadocious way, and those who had already seen the evidence in abundance believed what they said.
“Oh, oh! grow! “I was chosen!”
Thanks to this, they were not afraid even when some of them were lifted into the air by an unknown force. Rather, I was happy.
Those who were selected for their talents by an off-screen entity were assigned to sandbox crafting, where the number of people assigned was increased, and learned how to awaken and use their powers from seniors who were already working there.
And since seats were limited, many people ended up leaving the game in the process. But just because they’re out of the game doesn’t mean they have anything to do.
“The number of transporters has also increased significantly.”
“That’s right. “A skilled person can stack 10 stones a day, but now that we have more than 10 people, we can stack over 100 stones a day.”
“Bigger walls and facilities will be needed. You should work hard with the miners. Didn’t you feel it clearly during this war? “We must actively use the strength gained there.”
Varun ordered a larger castle wall and pavement from Maureen, who can manipulate blocks taken from the game in real life.
In order to surround all the tribes with a thousand inhabitants, the size of the wall would have to be enormous, but it was not impossible as the number of people capable of constructing it also increased accordingly.
“But Maureen. “No matter what, it will take a long time if we do it on our own.”
“I can’t help it. Still, we’re not the only ones taking action. Didn’t a lot of miners come out this time? “If they have the power to freely sell land, we can create more through collaboration.”
Maureen, who was stuck piling stones all day long, needed to work as efficiently as possible. So what I thought about was cooperation with miners.
With miners who could dig freely, they could use space more efficiently, such as building part of the facility underground, and reduce their labor.
“So, first of all, how are we going to build the wall we’re going to build this time… Ugh?!”
At that time, Maureen’s body, which had been thinking about how to build a stronger and taller castle wall than the existing wall, flew up into the sky.
He brought Maureen into the game world.
“That one?”
“Did you receive his call?”
A world where everything is made of square blocks. Maureen fell from the sky, screaming in confusion to the dazed people stationed there.
They had been called to him like themselves. In fact, he was seen moving his character towards Maureen.
“Don’t worry too much. Our mission is to hunt down enemies and obtain the essence of monsters. Come this way.”
Shura urged them on their way. They are junior warriors who have recently gone through hunting mode, changed jobs, and awakened their skills.
He placed them here for additional farming of monster essence. Of course, the role of guiding such newcomers was taken by seniors who had come and been active in advance.
‘Oh my. Still, he is a talented person who receives his favor.’
Among them, some were warriors from the beginning and some were becoming warriors for the first time, but no one could say anything to Shura.
This is because she was one of the strongest in terms of ability to use skills. It is a tradition handed down to the warriors of the grasslands to respect and be loyal to the strong.
Shura was even one of the early members who continued to invest in the being they worshiped as their guardian deity.
“I can’t believe there is such a deep underground right underneath the vast field.”
“You see that steel door over there? “You must close it when you come out.”
They entered the underground passage he had dug and walked for a while until they reached the entrance to the underworld. There was a door installed at the entrance.
It was literally just a door, but monsters could not get past this door.
What appears when you cross that door are skeleton golems that keep respawning. These were monsters they had to hunt.
“Oh, here it comes!”
The newly joined three were planning to form a party and hunt them down. Meanwhile, Shura, Larsen, and Rakum, who were already familiar with this fight, were planning to leave this place and go deeper.
Second floor of the underworld. It was a place where stronger monsters respawn.
‘Give me strength this time too.’
While their successors were fighting monsters, they crossed the passage that the banshees had broken down last time and headed deeper.
In the process, Shura took a deep breath and simultaneously grabbed the ring he was wearing on his hand. Instead of a burning desire for revenge, it was now unwavering faith that made it possible to overcome the fear of unknown powerful enemies and unfamiliar environments.
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‘Isn’t it nice to have so much to do?’
I could see people, including newly deployed warriors, going underground to farm the essence of monsters.
By doubling the number, farming the monster’s essence would have become easier. Their skills, equipped with special equipment made from mutant by-products, are also sufficient to deal with monsters that exist deeper.
Now, all you have to do is awaken more people with the essence of the monsters they are farming and place them anew.
But before that I pulled Maureen, the porter, aside for something else.
“—?”
Maureen looked embarrassed when I manipulated the character and approached her. Even the people who were farming in the main area stopped their work for a moment and looked at us, as if they were so amazed.
‘I hope this helps.’
After filling my inventory with the items I had prepared in advance, I opened another Internet window next to the game window.
This is also a kind of strategy video posted by a game broadcaster who creates beautiful structures or buildings using various materials that exist in this game.
I planned to make it myself and show it to the residents so they could use it. I wonder if it can be reproduced exactly or if it can be copied exactly, but it doesn’t matter.
They are probably smarter than me. If I showed them a possibility, they were able to develop it further on their own.
‘I heard that good-looking rice cakes are better to eat, but it’s better than a clunky box restaurant.’
After bringing Maureen to the plains, I began building buildings by swapping blocks. Buildings with various purposes and concepts, such as houses, bridges, churches, etc., are created by my clumsy but faithful hands following the video.
“Are you even trying to find out?”
Maureen, who now had to go outside and act as a builder rather than just a porter, watched me in fascination.
It would be nice if they could watch this walkthrough video that even I, a beginner, can easily follow, but this is the limit for now.
“ah. paper.”
At that time, when I saw him desperately muttering and memorizing something, I realized that there was still something I could give them in this game.
‘I was so stupid.’
The flaw was that I was so urgent to make a living right away that my thoughts were focused only on that. There are quite a few items that can be created and combined in this game.
Paper made by processing materials such as wood was one of them. When I took out the combination table and handed him the wad of paper and pen I had made, Maureen accepted it with a puzzled look on her face.
And then I started drawing the building I was building as I saw it.
“There wasn’t even a text message.”
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As I watched them use their fingers to count and memorize how many blocks were needed, I realized that they didn’t even have proper letters.
I didn’t know if there really was no writing or if Maureen was just blind, but when I thought about it, I didn’t think I’d ever seen Varun, the tribal leader, write anything in particular.
‘It’s much more convenient if there’s a text message.’
It goes without saying, but if they had text, they would be able to work much more efficiently. You can quickly and systematically pass on the knowledge you have acquired, and you can also tell more and more quickly to those who cannot enter the game.
[Korean typing program recommendation]
“…?”
At that moment, as if he had read my mind, a recommended program came to mind. It was a program I had never expected, so my thoughts stopped for a moment.
“—. —…”
The master program saw Varun looking around the small house I had built, drawing pictures and memorizing the number of blocks while groaning, and recommended a program that would help him practice typing in Korean.
It gave a hint that this problem could be solved by using this program.
‘Is there nothing to lose?’
So far, I have never suffered a loss by activating the recommended programs.
I don’t know how things will change during the activation process, but it was worth a try.
In the end, I activated the program on the spot.
[Inject text into the subject through typing]
“hmm?”
Indeed, the typing program influenced by the master program had undergone transformation. As soon as I ran it, a prompt popped up asking me to select a target.
It was also possible to select a subject by pointing with the mouse. Of course, I chose Varun, the tribal leader. You can choose up to two people, so after thinking about it for a while, I also chose Riena.
In any case, for this text to spread, two people must teach it to others. It was enough to establish their authority, so they decided to support the father and daughter.
‘Is this really all you need?’
The typing program then had me practice typing. As the original purpose of the program is to improve your typing skills by repeatedly typing numerous words and sentences.
So, I started hitting it. Because I was confident in my typing speed. In fact, it’s a speed that I learned through chatting and online games rather than typing programs.
‘It’s fun to do this after a long time.’
Seeing my typing speed steadily increasing, I chuckled and continued typing. The master program would not have recommended something that would be harmful to them.
So, it was after I was in the middle of typing that I found Varun and Riena writhing on the floor, clutching their heads.