23 – World 11. Magic Practice (1)
“A thing to do?”
“I’m thinking of moving to the front line. Because you have to catch monsters there and raise your body level. I have to walk again, so it will take a week or two.”
“A week or two?”
“Yes. Instead, you have to learn how to practice magic, so you won’t be bored.”
Karina explained it step by step, but I didn’t understand.
“Do I really need to go on foot?”
“There are no wagons going to the frontlines in this village. Even if there is, you have to hire a mercenary to protect the wagon if you close the connection, but the mercenary does not go to the frontline.”
“Something like teleportation?”
“There’s not a lot of it, but… only the royal family can use it. Or get permission from the royal family.”
That said, there was no other way to move.
I nodded in understanding and looked around for a moment.
Inside the temple, I could see the priests moving around busily, diligently carrying the sacks I had piled up.
Karina also nodded and said, as if she noticed where my gaze was heading.
“If it bothers you, you can help. If you move all of that, your body level will rise by 1.”
Come to think of it, did I say that helping villagers raises their physical level?
It was a rare opportunity, so I decided to check it out.
“Let me help.”
“Then give me my necklace too. I’ll help too. Oh, by the way, Ren, you can’t. It’s hard to lift a sack with your abilities.”
It was not difficult.
I first summoned subspace and handed the necklace to Karina, then took off the gauntlet I was wearing and pulled out a bracelet and handed it to Ren.
Since it was a bracelet that raised all stats by 40, it was thought that it would be able to carry the sacks as well.
Karina stared at the bracelet Ren had received and said.
“Does that bracelet also increase all stats?”
“yes.”
“Lee Seong-min’s stats exceeded 700, so it was only natural.”
Afterwards, I approached the area where the sacks were piled up and spoke to a priest.
“I will help too.”
“Yes? Oh, thank you. Then, please move the sack to the warehouse over there.”
As Karina and Ren moved the battery in earnest, the priests began to take a break one by one.
I was helping because of my physical level anyway, but seeing the priests openly taking a break gave me a strange feeling.
‘Is the player helping while feeling this way?’
He had no choice but to help because of his physical level, and seeing the reactions of the priests, it seemed like there was nothing to say about the residents.
Like Hayden said, he’ll treat you like a slave.
Anyway, I was able to finish it relatively quickly as I moved 4 sacks with my overflowing strength.
Also, as soon as the bag work was finished, a priest who was watching came over and talked to me.
“thank you for your effort. I will move away, so please offer up your prayers.”
pray?
Not understanding what that meant, I naturally looked at Karina.
As expected, Carina easily explained what the priest had said.
“You can think of asking for a reward for your achievements in front of a stone statue.”
It seemed to be a condition to raise the body level.
Approaching the stone statue with the intention of checking it out, I put my hands together as if in prayer and asked for a reward for my achievements.
Then, a calm narration penetrated my ears.
[The body level rises by 3 due to the feat you have done.]
‘3?’
Why is it going up by 3?
While I was wondering, Karina also came and prayed.
Then, just like me, he said his guess that his body level had risen by 3.
“It seems that the effect of donating food remains.”
“Have you unlocked all jobs?”
“You don’t have to think hard. It will be a feat that remains even after opening the job.”
As if Karina’s words were true, Ren’s physical level also rose by 3.
Apparently, moving the sack didn’t seem to have much of an impact.
But Karina was interested in the food itself.
“Mr. Lee Seong-min. If you have enough food, it might be a way to distribute it to the residents.”
“Is the body level going up?”
“There is that, but maybe you can get an achievement.”
Achievements.
Acquiring an achievement here meant being able to raise the protection level.
Heyden’s protection level was only raised by 4 levels.
“It’s just speculation, though. But I think it’s worth a try.”
It’s an achievement…
Well, I don’t know about the achievements, but it seemed like the level of the body would definitely go up.
As Karina said, it was well worth the effort.
“Let’s try.”
I closed the connection without saying that, and went back in with a bag of flour and equipment to give to Ren.
It seems like a job that uses an axe, so the unique ‘ruthless cutting axe’ with a level 60 limit seemed to be enough.
It’s an item that only increases strength by 120.
[Run Leventia.]
After connecting and checking the inside of the temple and the appearance of Karina and Ren, I opened the subspace and took out the equipment to give them.
For Karina, the Sword of Life Loot and the Mountain Expert Set.
The mountain expert set was a rare leather armor.
The upper body is in the form of fastening the front with a string, and the lower body is tight, dark brown leather pants that come up to the stomach.
Gloves and boots were also a set item with a long shape reaching up to the elbow and knee.
Likewise, he gave Ren an axe, a bracelet, and a set of mountain experts.
First of all, I couldn’t give you the bracelet I was wearing, so I gave you another bracelet.
‘A bracelet that increases all stats by 25 would be enough.’
For reference, the bracelet had the effect of creating a weak shield every minute.
Anyway, after handing over the equipment and getting my bracelet back, I was able to spot Karina who couldn’t take her eyes off the ax for a moment.
“It must be an illusion that that ax looks better than my weapon, right?”
“It is an illusion.”
Both were weapons with a level cap of 60.
Maybe it’s the effect of making someone else’s rice cake look bigger.
“Yes? Oh, more than that, this leather outfit is a lot more comfortable than I thought.”
Karina put on the leather armor I gave her over her old clothes and said as if she was amazed.
In addition, Ren was wearing leather armor, looking curiously at the long-handled double-bladed ax that was the size of his torso.
It was a weapon that seemed to weigh quite a bit, but Ren’s strength was at least 146, so he believed that he would be able to wield it without difficulty.
“I’m all dressed, so let’s go.”
Also, when I came out of the temple, I could see that it was a small village with about 30 to 40 houses huddled together.
‘It’s like the old countryside.’
bumpy dirt road.
A house made of stone and wood.
A little further away was a field larger than the village.
‘And······.’
As soon as I came out of the temple, it was fresh, if fresh, to see about 10 residents on the nearby street turning their heads at once.
‘Were you waiting for a new worker?’
However, contrary to what they had heard, everyone started looking at each other with surprised eyes.
It seemed to be because of our current armor.
However, there was no reason to stop food rationing.
“Let’s start.”
“You seem to be getting used to that way of speaking now.”
“…”
what to get used to
Will you get used to it after a few minutes?
I was just paying attention, thinking before I spoke.
Of course, having not said that far, I headed for the nearest house and knocked on the door.
thump-
The door opened with a small sound from inside.
“Yes, who… uh, what?!”
As soon as I opened the door, a middle-aged woman looked at me with a startled attitude.
I thought it was a reaction, and I opened the subspace and handed over three bags of flour, sugar, and a little salt.
At the same time, Karina, who was next to her, proudly stepped out and said.
“Here, Mr. Lee Seong-min told me to prepare a plan to survive with this food.”
······When did I?
Aside from the question, the middle-aged woman made a surprised face in a different way.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. Seongmin Lee noticed the difficulties in the village and made the decision to donate his own food. You can thank me enough.”
“thank you. Thank you very much.”
I wondered why it was such a strong reaction, but when I looked closely at the fields far away, I understood.
Most of the crops in the field were withered and not growing properly.
‘Is there something wrong?’
Of course, I didn’t have any relationship with farming, so I couldn’t figure out the cause.
One way or another, starting with that first house, other houses were stopped in turn to distribute food.
However, many words came out just by simply rationing.
“My family only has 10 mouths to eat. I can’t even last a few days on this amount of food!”
“under. It’s probably giving them food to gain strength anyway. Don’t do that, give me all the rest. You guys don’t even eat anything.”
“Do you have any meat or vegetables?”
Most of them were asking for more food.
Each time, Karina stepped forward and responded appropriately.
“The amount of food is fixed, so no one can give more.”
“As you can see, Seongmin Lee does not need to gain strength from distributing food. If you treat me favorably in this way, I will take the provisions back.”
“I hope you get your own meat and vegetables.”
It was Karina who took care of it as if she had become my personal assistant.
Karina told the reason why some residents and several words were exchanged only after distributing food to all the houses.
“Because players cannot harm the inhabitants of this world carelessly. I believe in it and do it.”
“yes?”
“Fortunately, there are exceptions. Exceptions are made when the other person threatens or accidentally harms you without knowing anything.”
It is said that the residents, who had been talking about food, knew that it would not harm them.
Come to think of it, Hayden said something similar.
“Anyway, now that we’ve distributed all the food, let’s go to the temple. I don’t know, but my body level will go up a little bit.”
“I might as well go up. And you?”
“What are you talking about? You shared it. So the physical level will rise as well.”
Saying so, Karina moved to the temple again.
‘Certainly that was the reason he spoke to me instead of me?’
It seemed like it would be clear to check at the temple first.