31 – World 11. Fort Fritton (1)
next day.
After finishing the day yesterday by learning how to practice, I ate breakfast the next day and moved on to another world.
Of course, Karina and Len were also together.
“Today is also peaceful.”
At that time, Karina stretched all the way up to the sky and said.
As she said, until now, as if the crisis of destruction was a lie, only peaceful scenes could be seen.
Here alone we could see the dirt roads and green plains, and on the other side large forests and mountain ranges.
Thinking of Karina’s desolate world covered in black fog, I wondered if I could take a rest here just by looking at the sights.
Anyway, I looked away from the scene and asked Karina.
“Are you going to the frontline now?”
“It should be. You will have to walk diligently from today.”
You don’t have to walk.
“The earlier we arrive, the better, right?”
“Yes. Because that’s what wastes time. Of course, even now, I have saved enough time.”
Karina said that she saved time by finding a job without helping the residents.
I said into the air on the other side, thinking of shortening the time further.
“Summon Pet. The magic carpet.”
Phuong!-
Pet summoning was also a game ability received from the Creator, so it could be used here as well.
The wonderfully patterned carpet that appeared along with the white smoke waited for my command while floating in the air.
“No… Lee Seong-min. What is that?”
“It is a means of transportation. Get on.”
After giving a simple answer and getting on the rug first, Karina got on the rug with a confused expression.
In contrast, Ren rode in front of me casually.
“Could you ride this and fly?”
“It will be much faster than walking.”
“How the hell is this…”
As if denying the fact that the carpet was flying, Karina only responded that it was nonsense.
Regardless, after confirming that Karina and Len were properly mounted, I tapped the magic carpet and said,
“Let’s go.”
At my words, the carpet moved forward, floating a meter or two off the ground.
“Miss Karina. What direction?”
“You just have to go over the mountain range on the right and keep going.”
Having heard that far, I ordered the carpet.
“Did you hear? Fly a little higher since you have to cross the mountain range.”
Then the carpet slowly rose and flew high into the sky.
Also, as the altitude increased, Karina, who sat behind me, spoke nervously as she held on to the armor around my waist.
“Mr. Lee Seong-min. It doesn’t fall suddenly, does it?”
“It can’t be.”
“What if it falls?”
“Well.”
What if you fall involuntarily like Karina said?
‘What do we do?’
In the past, I could have easily rescued them no matter how they fell, but now it was impossible.
However, thinking that it would be enough if I did not fall, I passed over.
“Why are you not answering?”
Leaving behind Karina’s anxious questions.
To be honest, the speed of the carpet wasn’t that fast.
In terms of speed, it would be about 50 to 60 km per hour?
Instead, it seemed to be able to arrive faster than expected because it was flying while ignoring all landmarks.
‘Now I just have to be careful of the monsters flying over the mountain range.’
It’s my opinion, but no matter how rampant the players were, they couldn’t have captured all the monsters in the mountain range.
Maybe monsters flying through the air will attack this side?
I waited patiently, but no monster appeared as expected.
As I was looking around, I was puzzled by that, and Karina, who was closely behind me, said.
“Mr. Lee Seong-min. Why are you like that?”
“I was afraid that a flying monster would appear.”
“There won’t be. Because the players are chasing after this. Besides, killing all the animals would have destroyed the ecosystem itself.”
“Even animals?”
Karina added an explanation as if it were.
“How useful are animals? You can earn money by selling leather or meat. Of course, all the money I earn goes to jobs and equipment purchases.”
“Simply put, I caught everything in sight to make money.”
“Exactly. In fact, this was also a lot of talk at first.”
When I nodded, indicating that I wanted to hear more, Karina continued her explanation.
“First of all, our players’ bodies lack a few things. I can’t taste the food, and I’m not even full. Plus, you don’t need to sleep, and you don’t have genitals.”
After listening to it, I could see that it lacked all three human needs.
“In a word, save the world. Eating or sleeping should be solved by closing the connection. However, for that reason, the residents here did not pay the players.”
Maybe it was like a story from the beginning two years ago.
“At the time, it was said that you had to work hard to get a job and get a rusty sword.”
“It must have been difficult.”
“I don’t know because I didn’t log in at the time. Maybe Mr. Hayden knows better.”
Well.
What kind of fight has Hayden been fighting?
I was amazed all over again.
“Fortunately, some players volunteered to speak up. The money goes back to you anyway, so don’t regret it.”
“That’s the theory.”
“Of course, that was only possible because the player gradually became stronger and played an active role. If it wasn’t for that, it wouldn’t have been possible.”
After all, there must be merchants here too, so there was no way he didn’t know that money was circulating.
In my opinion, they didn’t treat the players as the same person.
Wouldn’t he have regarded it as an easy-to-use worker and soldier?
The player would have worked hard like a slave to raise his body level, so there was a possibility.
“After that, the royal family directly stepped up and gave rewards to players who were active. After that, the residents also started trading with the players.”
Having heard that, I nodded as if I understood.
‘Should I feel sorry for the player as well?’
In order to get rid of the fog of death that hit the world, it was necessary to save this place, but the residents did not help.
I’m glad to hear that it’s changed now.
“The trouble is, it’s already too late.”
“Are you late?”
“If you are like Seongmin Lee, can you feel attached to the world and its people?”
oh
“I see what you mean.”
In short, it meant that the players who had already been treated unfairly had run out of affection.
“Right now, more than half of our players avoid war. When the evil tribes are determined to attack, they are busy running away. In the end, it’s a structure where both sides suffer.”
“Aren’t you participating because of the Divine Protection level?”
It’s my opinion, but it seemed that if I participated in the war and won, it could be replaced with an achievement.
But Karina denied my words.
“It’s more about life than protection level. Once you die twice, you won’t log in anymore. Even if you log in, you absolutely avoid war.”
He said that his life was the most important thing.
If it was natural, it was natural.
“On the other hand, there are players who participate in the war to somehow save our world. I plan to gather such people and preserve and grow as much as possible.”
“I’m saying that we should do our best to bring those people together.”
“Lee Seong-min can’t handle everything alone, either.”
exactly.
As she said, it would be difficult for me to handle everything on my own.
I don’t know if I came here with my original abilities, but now I couldn’t use anything other than the online game abilities I got through a contract with the Creator.
It’s fortunate that I have the subspace ability.
If not, I wondered if it would have been dozens of times more difficult than it is now.
“But will people gather because I am active?”
“It will probably be huge. The problem is getting rid of useless people among them. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this.”
Karina, who said as if to only trust herself, spoke in a slightly worried tone, as if she had remembered something.
“Can you fight better than that?”
huh?
“What is the purpose of that question?”
“Lee Seong-min has only shown magic until now.”
Perhaps because the subspace and the fog of death were removed, Karina seemed to be mistaken for me to be a wizard.
So I gave a simple answer.
“Wizards are just a side job.”
* * *
The flying effect of the magic carpet was also amazing.
This is because Karina reached the distance she had to walk for 1-2 weeks in just 3 hours.
It was because they flew while ignoring all the geographical features, such as mountains.
“I didn’t expect you to arrive so soon… Mr. Seongmin Lee. That’s Fort Fritton.”
“Yes.”
I looked down for a moment and looked at a place called Fort Fritton built on the ground.
As a fortress built in the middle of a steep mountain range, it was found that the fortress walls were also endlessly long.
In addition, there were relatively flat land and numerous buildings built on it, as if all the rocks and trees were cleared inside the wall.
And.
“There are a lot of people.”
There were people who were presumed to be soldiers everywhere on the wall, and even in the village where the buildings were built inside, well, thousands of people roamed.
“It’s a place where people from this side should never break through. Players reorganize here and go out and deal with the thugs.”
“In a sense, this is the real starting point.”
“Yes. Also, people seem to be wary, so get off in front of the gate over there.”
As Carina said, the soldiers who discovered the magic carpet screamed and moved their bows and cannons.
Not only that, but some soldiers even clung to ballistas that were bigger than themselves.
I moved the magic carpet and went down in front of the castle wall thinking that if I stayed still like this, I would get hit no matter what.
Fortunately, there was no attack, probably because they calmly landed in front of the castle wall.
“Cancel Pet Summons.”
Perong-
After descending to the ground like that, I returned the magic carpet and looked up at the top of the castle wall.