58 – World 11. To the Hatchery (9)
He won a victory against over 2,000 thugs.
Of course, it wouldn’t be strange if they jumped for joy, but the party was digging the ground with tired faces.
Pak- Pak-
“…”
“…”
They were literally digging the real ground.
If you ask why, it’s to catch the beast buried in the ground and collect the crystal.
“I liked that Mr. Lee Seong-min summoned the strange animal and covered it with dirt…”
Muel muttered something as if he was digging with the shovel in his hand.
For reference, the shovel was brought after temporarily disconnected.
Also, not only the party, but also the soldiers I summoned were digging with shovels.
After digging the ground with more than 100 people, the efficiency seemed to come out somehow.
At the same time, Soltis, who was shoveling by the side, spoke.
“Nearly 1,000 vicious tribes are buried, so we can’t just leave.”
“That is true. I can’t just leave 1,000 of them.”
If it is 1,000, only 20 kg of crystals will come out.
Of course, the party, who had no intention of leaving it behind, began to shovel more diligently.
“Ah, I found it!”
As soon as Muel found the murderer, he killed himself again by stabbing him with a shovel to confirm the kill, and then found a decision.
The reason for this is that very few of the poor survived.
Even if he had survived, it was at the level of weak wriggling.
‘Well.’
Watching Muel like that, I organized my future work.
‘First of all, if we organize all the thugs here…’
It seemed that I would have to go to the place where the bird beasts were and collect the crystals, and then collect the crystals from the beasts that the drake Regnis had dealt with.
After collecting all the crystals like that.
‘I have to take care of the hatchery.’
I was wondering how to deal with a hatchery half the size of a large village.
This is because if the Hungry remained in the hatchery, they would have to fight again.
“…”
I’d rather come back after it’s been refurbished.
If he went back and raised his level this time, he could have become stronger than he is now.
Then, when dealing with the hatchery, even if a battle breaks out, it will be easier.
‘It would be easier if the soldiers could catch only the 2nd stage object.’
Looking at the strengthened soldiers this time, they definitely got stronger.
All stats increased by 25, so he could move better, and his size increased from about 160 to about 170, so he could easily attack 0-1 monsters.
In addition, the property given to the weapon was able to give proper damage.
But even so, it didn’t catch my eye.
‘Well, if I keep investing, I’ll get stronger.’
While thinking about the soldiers for a moment, someone approached me.
Six new players joined.
Among them, the woman who had been talking to me for a while spoke to me with an expression of admiration.
“Are you good at it? I live thanks to you.”
“If I had kept running away, there wouldn’t have been a crisis.”
This is the answer, but this woman and the players stopped some of the thugs, so it was helpful.
I had no intention of denying that.
“Do whatever you want with the thugs on your side.”
There were about 15 evil tribes in the 2nd and 3rd stages that the players were in charge of.
When I told him to take care of the decision of the evil tribe, the woman nodded coolly.
“I won’t hold back. Well, no matter how you look at it, it’s the first time you’ve seen it.”
“I came to Fort Fritton a few days ago.”
“Also. Looking at your skills, do you think it’s a 5-star active in a different fortress? I’ve only heard it in rumors, but it’s amazing to see it in reality.”
Now that I see it, they seem to think I’m a 5-star player from another fortress.
how do i correct this
However, I wondered if there was a need to correct it for people seeing it for the first time.
“Is that why you came to say that?”
“This is also a fate, so let’s get to know each other. Seeing you here, don’t you intend to work in Fort Fritton?”
The woman smiled with a wolf-like strong face, not much different from her first impression, and held out her hand to me.
“Call it Ulir. Occupation is 4 stars (☆☆☆☆), body crusher. As you can see, I’m having a party with them.”
Come to think of it, I realized that this was the party Karina had in mind.
Ulir then introduced the others in turn.
“This is Dolph, who is in charge of the front line of our party. I have a job called a 3-star (☆☆☆) steel shield.”
I shifted my gaze for a moment and looked at a man who was about 190 tall and had a big physique.
It was a naive impression of a rural youth.
“Anders and Malik next to me. Both 3-star (☆☆☆) job wind archer and beast follower job…”
Looking at Anders and Malik, I could tell that they were both fairly thin and fairly short men.
Seeing that both of them greeted me in small ways as soon as they introduced themselves, it seemed that they were following Ulir’s words to become close.
‘Did he decide that it would be beneficial for him to become close with me?’
Perhaps the odds were great.
Once you become friends with a skilled person, it won’t be a loss.
“The timid-looking guy here is Brett. As a 4-star (☆☆☆☆) spell originator, he is in charge of our party’s firepower.”
Having been introduced one by one, I looked at one woman for the last time.
She had a pretty appearance as a woman with cool features and an overall impression that seemed haughty and proud.
“Lastly, Vivian. A 4-star (☆☆☆☆) job, a lake spiriter.”
“This is Vivian.”
Looking at it, it was a party made up of 3-4 stars.
In addition, after hearing about their occupations, I asked for a job that I was obsessed with.
“There seems to be no healer.”
“That’s also being replaced by Vivian. The spirit Vivian summons can even heal.”
It seemed to be a surprisingly versatile job.
In the meantime, the woman I introduced as Vivian started staring at me.
When I looked around for a moment, everyone was looking at me.
Not long after that, the woman named Vivian spoke again.
“What about that one?”
Oh, did you wait for my introduction?
I even introduced myself first, so I also responded.
“Lee Seong-min. A 5-star (☆☆☆☆☆) warlord.”
Perhaps because he guessed that I was a 5-star job, Woolir showed interest in the name rather than the job.
“This… Seongmin? Is this your first name?”
Ulir tilted her head and said that.
Looking at the reaction, it seemed that I knew at least the names of the 7 people who had 5-star jobs before me.
It was explained in a simple way without much fuss.
“Because I have nothing to do with the person you thought of.”
“Then a new five-star?”
Instead of answering, he nodded, and Ulir and her companions also made quite surprised eyes.
Predictably, I didn’t expect that I, who had a newly appeared 5-star job, would have such skills.
“It is completely unexpected. I thought he was a 5-star, of course, because his skills are better than what I heard in rumors.”
It’s better than what I’ve heard through rumors…
Listening to Ulir’s words, it seemed that the existing 5-star jobs couldn’t fight as well as I did.
‘Among the players, he must be the one with the strongest 5-star job.’
I wanted to know how to defeat the beasts if I was weaker than I am now.
Even so, it was understandable considering the flying dragon, Regnis, summoned as a numbering item, and Maldis, a divine beast, summoned as a summon card.
“But did you come to take care of the hatchery?”
huh?
“How did you know you came to the hatchery?”
“Because I know there is a hatchery around here. By the way, we were the ones who gave the hatchery information to Fort Fritton.”
It seems that Ulir discovered the hatchery and delivered it to Fritton Fortress.
If that was the case, it was understandable that he brought up the story of the hatchery.
“I’ll have to take care of the hatchery.”
But not now.
I was thinking of going back after making a decision and leveling up a little more and challenging myself.
Then Ulir spoke to me.
“If you’re going to take care of the hatchery, can we go too?”
“together?”
“Because there must be remnants of troops left in the hatchery. As you may have seen before, our skills are not that far behind.”
Well.
Hearing that, he could understand Ulir’s purpose.
‘I think he wants an achievement to get from handling the hatchery.’
Certainly, if it was at the hatchery level, it wouldn’t be strange to get an achievement.
At first, even though I caught 500 thugs mixed with stage 3 entities, they gave me one achievement.
Besides, as he confidently said, he seemed to have skills as well.
The proof was that no one had died against the beasts in the previous battle.
‘Was Karina trying to attract them?’
To be honest, it wasn’t difficult to attract.
They know my skills, so if I asked them to join me, they were more likely to accept it.
If not, I’ll accept crystals obtained from handling the hatchery or game equipment I own.
However, it was just my opinion, so I asked once.
“I would suggest that you join us rather than take care of the hatchery together.”
“joining?”
After hearing my answer, Ulir scratched his cheek as if in trouble.
“I am grateful for the proposal itself…but I am not the type of person to be subordinate to someone. I will decline.”
“Even though I can become stronger?”
“It doesn’t matter if you get stronger. That’s my personality.”
Looking at the others except for Ulir, it seemed that she was fully abiding by her choice.
‘Isn’t it impossible to attract them with a simple proposal?’
To be honest, it would be nice if they joined, but I didn’t care too much if they didn’t join.
I don’t know if Karina will regret it.
Still, I didn’t know what would happen later, so I nodded and respected her choice.