Episode 91 – Predation and Evolution (1)
“Is all that really true?”
“That’s right. “This is a clear fact that I have personally seen, heard, and experienced, Warchief.”
Warchief Garhan’s tribe. Garhan’s eyes were shaken by the report of the returned envoy Letai.
I was already confused after hearing the testimonies of others and Varun’s suggestion. However, when Letai, a trustworthy warrior, personally went to the Arin tribe’s home base to see what it was like and testified, the confusion grew even greater.
‘Is it really a special land ruled by spirits?’
He closed his eyes tightly. At the point when Luhan’s trusted tribe was destroyed and absorbed, he had already given up thinking about what to do with the Arin people by force.
Now, in order to suppress the Arin people by force, we literally had to mobilize all our capabilities. However, Garahan’s main enemy now was not the Arin tribe in the northeast, but other tribes in the west and south.
And it was crazy to split the already insufficient power into two.
“Warchief, I dare say that we must join hands with them. “Even more so when you consider not only the abundant supplies they have, but also the role they play!”
“If what you say is true, doesn’t that mean they have a big role to play in stopping those black monsters? “That is correct.”
Garhan could not deny the words of Letai, who was already completely inclined to the side of the Arin people. One bug that chased them ended up wiping out a small village and setting up a nest there, producing numerous glitches.
A hard shell, terrible poison, and even reproductive power that are incomparable to that of most magical beasts. Garhan, who had already become obsessed with bugs, could not ignore the fact that the Arin tribe was attracting the aggro of bugs coming from the border and killing them.
“Please send me as a messenger again. “I will do my best to make the intentions of the warchief, who has great generosity, known, and to form an easy alliance.”
“good night. Letai, take responsibility for your interactions with them. If we can lower the danger in the east in this way, it will be easier to worry about the other side!”
Finally, Garhan made a decision. They recognized the Arin people as a powerful force equal to themselves and decided to make an agreement and interact with them rather than attack them.
LeTai, who was excited about the good results, bowed his head and smiled. According to what Varun had explained to him the other day, he had made a great contribution by persuading Warchief Garhan and brought about an agreement, so he thought he would be recognized by the guardian deity.
“let’s go!”
LeTai got on his horse and crossed the plains once again. Unlike before, now he didn’t have to just talk to the end.
“Please tell him that we are grateful for the warchief’s decision and that we are also positive about exchanges.”
“All right.”
“Then, now let’s see what we can share with each other.”
Varun, who returned to the village after leaving the northern part to Rakum, chuckled when he saw Letai flying through the air after being caught by a mouse.
LeTai, who was scared at first, was laughing as if he was enjoying being caught by a mouse and flying in the sky. Although it looked like a doll caught in claws, it was proof that it had been recognized by God, so Letai, who was still an outsider, was happy.
‘We have abundant resources. But we don’t have enough people.’
Varun pondered what to give and receive regarding Garhan’s intention to form an alliance brought by Letai. In fact, it was Varun who had the advantage.
This is because the resources collected in the game were clearly abundant. Considering that what the grassland tribes wanted most was an abundance of food, the Arin people, who were free from that problem, were in possession of a great weapon.
“Aren’t there a lot of people under the warchief? “We want to get those people more than any other resource.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
When Varun spoke directly, a slightly embarrassed Letai nodded. Warchief Garhan voluntarily and forcibly united all the tribes in the area and placed them under his command.
The number was tens of thousands, so it was definitely not a small number.
“What do you think? Do you think the warchief will let people go?”
“Of course…many tribes came under his command in such a short period of time.”
Letai nodded at Varun’s words. Population is the power of a group. However, the population is also a huge black hole that sucks up resources.
Garhan only wanted young, healthy people who could serve as soldiers, but the reality was that more than half of them were children or elderly people who were difficult to become soldiers.
In the end, there was no reason for Garhan to hold on to the people since he was in a situation where he had to constantly wage war to maintain a large group.
‘But the guardian spirit selects the good and bad among those people and grants them abilities that match their talents.’
The same would be true for Varun, but he had a strong backing. A mentor who can immediately recognize and awaken hidden talents that others and even oneself cannot see.
Varun aimed for this and tried to relocate more tribe members through an agreement with Garahan.
“I will tell you that. Since you will be able to obtain goods, including food, the warchief will probably think deeply about it, so it will not be difficult to persuade him.”
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After receiving this new order, Letai became a loyal warrior of the Arin tribe and went around busily trying to conclude the agreement.
The agreement went smoothly as Le Tai, the envoy who was supposed to deliver the information, had already been completely included.
‘I’ll take care of it.’
And without hearing the details, he just noticed that the conversation was going well, so he grabbed LeThai with the mouse and moved it back to the border.
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‘The problem of external forces has been resolved for now. I really just need to focus on the bugs.’
Three types of enemies that threaten the inhabitants of the desktop. External forces, bugs, and in-game enemies. Among them, the most dangerous and anomalous were external forces, including Warchief Garhan, and the residents actually went through several wars with them.
If this agreement that Varun is working on goes well, that worry will be alleviated. I saw that alone as a huge benefit.
If you do this, you will not be able to use the tactic of securing population by occupying the opponent, but I believed that Varun would have thought about that as well.
‘Make the defense line stronger and secure more resources.’
My work was focused on one thing. Now that you have easily blocked one danger, use the activated defense game Glory Tower to strengthen the defense line of the northern fortress and continue farming resources in the game.
The first resource they want to secure is hunter-specific equipment that has begun to be supplied to warriors as well as soldiers.
In Creature Hunting, these equipment, which must be purchased with money or learned crafting skills, are currently replenished by purchasing them with money from the in-game store.
“That’s really amazing. “The by-products of this strong but rarely seen black insect are precious, so where do they come from in such large quantities?”
Brandt of the Hunters’ Association clicked his tongue as he looked at the large amount of by-products we brought. Hunters in this world treat bug by-products as high-quality ingredients, but they are extremely rare.
However, we were able to fight against a large number of disgusting bugs and collect the by-products left from the piled up corpses.
Literally, the money is pouring in. With the in-game money I earned, I swept up all the items sold in the basic store and took them back to the desktop world.
Even after buying enough to run out of stock in the store, there was enough money left over to distribute it as a reward to hunters who had come into the game and were having a hard time. Then, they relieved their stress in their own ways, such as going to a bar with the money, buying cool drinks, and ordering in food.
‘It’s not enough to live like this. Ultimately, you have to make it yourself.’
However, I was not satisfied here. We’re sweeping up as much of the store’s items as we can, but it’s still not enough.
In order to get the numbers right, we had to be able to use bug by-products, such as hard shells and sharp stingers and jaws, rather than simply selling them.
“–?”
“—!”
Crafting equipment requires a new talent different from that of a hunter. To that end, I carefully reviewed their status charts with the villagers.
[Dwarf Eva]
[Attribute: Dexterity, Craftsman (Potential)]
[Batch: -]
What caught my eye at that time was the dwarf who had recently moved in with Kherson. As a young female dwarf, she stayed at home and did odd jobs while Kherson, who had become an architect, was working on the construction of the wall.
Thinking that her talent might be specialized in making professional equipment rather than sewing, I sent out one of the hunters and assigned her to creature hunting.
“—!”
Of course she and the hunters were surprised. She suddenly fell into a world she had only heard about, and a different race of people whom the hunters had only recently met suddenly came here.
‘What’s the use of race? We’re all on the same team anyway.’
Unfortunately, I didn’t have the time to look at the confusion they were feeling. My character walked among them, who were shocked and didn’t know what to do, and jumped up, turning their gazes away.
And when they all look at me with bewildered eyes. I had my character sit and stand up repeatedly and take them somewhere in the city.
‘The seniors just need to comfort me.’
As I intended, the hunters who had started following me seemed to be explaining what the situation was to Eva, who was still surprised.
She was still tense and tense, but fortunately her expression quickly calmed down, and I took them to an NPC.
He was a master of equipment manufacturing who ran a large workshop.
“What is it, raccoon? “I heard they’re wiping out the equipment manufacturers these days. Is that you?”
The workshop master, with the rough, muscular face of a wolf, recognized us. Thinking that I had definitely purchased a ton of equipment these days, I chuckled and clicked on the option that I wanted to learn how to make equipment.
“You want to learn production skills?”
The Master looked at us with disapproving eyes. It was similar to the reaction in the game, where the craftsman had a rough personality.
“All of you? No? “Then who?”
When asked if I was going to learn everything, I shook my head. When asked who would learn from me, I turned around and sat down and stood up in front of Eva, who was standing among the confused hunters.
“–?”
She pointed at herself, her voice shaking in disbelief. However, since I had already discovered her hidden talent, I confidently pushed the body and brought it in front of the Master.
“Then let’s try it.”
The master, who was grinning, saw Eva trembling in front of him and grinned, baring his teeth.