#11
“You both seem very righteous. Could you please call some people? “Why don’t you sort out the rankings right now?”
“That’s it.”
“Come at me.”
“Then Baek Do-hyeon can stay here, and Kwak Jeong-han can go with me.”
Baek Do-hyun won’t come to the dorm today anyway. This was because tomorrow was the day for Group 2. It was clear that he would probably spend the night at the training center swinging a sword and preparing for survival.
“Jaeyoung, as expected, you should leave Maseokjo. “I’ll tell you well, okay?”
“What about your brother?”
“You have to do it, brother.”
“Then I do it too. I… “I will definitely protect you, brother.”
Jaeyoung Lee said, holding on to his clothes tightly. My trembling hands reminded me of the day we first met. Maybe that’s why I couldn’t say anything. In the meantime, an unexpected question from Kwak Jeong-han flew in.
“Are you protecting the village with magic stones?”
“yes. When you first establish a village, you will be protected by the system for about a week. From then on, you have to process the magic stone and protect the village with the waves of the magic stone. Originally, the expansion of the Maseok processing plant came first… .”
“The village chief set up the training center first.”
“yes. “We decided that this had a higher survival rate.”
“Do you really need a magic stone? “The house was just expanded.”
“Because that’s where the magic goes. As the village grows, there will be more parts where magic stones are used. In order to build a castle strong enough to not collapse even when a cannon is fired, you need a structure made of magic stones. And you can exchange Maseok for money later. “As you go forward, you will realize the necessity.”
Sehyeon walked towards the dormitory to avoid the people gathering towards the training center. By tomorrow, most people will realize their aptitude and experience joy and sorrow.
“… I apologized earlier. I am… “I didn’t know anything.”
“It’s a difference in perspective, right? “Everything is fine, but I just need vinegar porridge.”
“yes… . “I will bring you a lot tomorrow.”
There are times when justice must step aside. Kwak Jeong-han probably realized this as well. That my definition is useless here.
Suddenly, it occurred to me that I should have greeted Baek Do-hyun with a kinder greeting.
Sehyun’s eyes stayed on the training center for a moment. Baek Do-hyeon could not be seen, perhaps because he had entered the training camp or because he was hidden by people. Even though their stats are lower than others because they are not awakened, seeing them like that makes them want to live.
I’m not a very affectionate person, but that doesn’t mean I want him to die. He rather hoped that he would come back alive and talk to me again in a blunt manner.
“Let’s go, Baek Do-hyun won’t be coming in today.”
Se-hyeon, without saying that it could be the last time, patted Lee Jae-young’s head and started walking again. No one knows the survival probability of the second group yet. That will depend on what kind of preparation we make at training camp today. Just that alone could have made a difference.
The problem actually lies with me.
Sehyun moved her gaze to the blinking awakening window at the bottom of the screen. There was a specified hold time that did not exist until yesterday. I didn’t want to pay attention to his behavior, which I didn’t know if it was consideration or prompting, but given the situation, it was quite annoying.
“On behalf of Sehyun… “Can I go?”
“Yes, no.”
“… yes.”
Kwak Jeong-han immediately gave up on the immediate answer that came out without any hesitation. He looked somewhat sullen. He was two meters tall, and when I saw him sitting down with his feet neatly gathered together, he seemed very timid, unlike usual.
“Let’s wish the second group good luck.”
“… “I’ll give you a seat.”
“Hyung, are you going to sleep now? “That bastard isn’t coming in today, so I can sleep comfortably.”
No, Jaeyoung? That person could die tomorrow… .
Seeing how happy he was with the expanded space, it seemed like Baek Do-hyeon wasn’t worried about his well-being at all. Sehyun just described that appearance as ‘childlike’. Of course, Kwak Jeong-han didn’t seem too worried either.
Oh, I don’t know.
Se-hyeon lay down on the dry grass that Kwak Jeong-han had quickly laid down. It was only after lying down that I realized that I had been receiving nothing but flatulence. For example, since coming here, Se-hyeon has never laid dry grass with his own hands.
Jaeyoung Lee ignored the wide space and lay down next to Sehyeon as usual. Kwak Jeong-han frowned as if he didn’t like it, but when Se-hyeon gave him a look that said it was okay, he soon sighed and relaxed his expression.
Sehyun didn’t know where Jaeyoung Lee’s trust in me came from. He may have been so impressed that he spoke to me for the first time after being dropped off in a place where no one was around.
Still, it wasn’t a bad thing to have someone you could rely on in an unfamiliar place. On the contrary, if the minds are well aligned, a high synergy effect can be achieved.
I closed my eyes, and soon the room became dark. Only after it got dark did Sehyeon, as always, open his eyes towards the sky.
Perhaps because it was dark everywhere, the awakening window pushed to one side of my field of vision felt like it was particularly stinging my eyes. Sehyun stared at the window endlessly until she fell asleep.
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The first thing Sehyun did as soon as she opened her eyes was to visit the ability development center. Because everyone had not yet woken up, the front of the training center was clean, unlike yesterday.
Lee Jae-young and Kwak Jeong-han, who were left behind as they were sleeping without the world knowing, will rush in with all their might if they find out later, but Se-hyeon had something he needed to check urgently.
Unlike the ability development center, which was filled with silence, many people were still sweating and training at the training center. The sound of metal rubbing against metal, along with the faint sound of fighting, passed through my ears. There was a high probability that it was the Maseok team that had been ordered to play today.
Sehyeon headed to the development center as planned. As I opened the door and entered, the dark space instantly became brighter and the ground with the complex magic circle engraved on it was dyed blue. Every time Sehyun stepped on the magic circle, the light that illuminated his feet spread gently around him as if drawing a parabola.
And when I arrived in front of the round monument rising in the center, a blue light reminiscent of a lake shot towards the monument.
[May the blessings of Hellvale be with you.]
[Would you like to check the characteristics of abilities that can be developed?]
The familiar letters floating on the tombstone evoked a little nostalgia. It was a phrase I got sick of when I was a beginner. Memories of the times when I visited this place countless times to raise my vassals came back to me.
Sehyun let out a long breath and stretched out her hand toward the tombstone. What touched his fingertips was not the video he had been watching in the game, but the painful touch of stone.
[We are investigating the development potential of the ability.]
After waiting for a moment, looking at the letters that appeared and disappeared faintly, the words [Understanding Completed] appeared on the tombstone. As soon as I took my hand away, countless letters brightened up the surroundings.
[There are no racial traits that can be developed.]
[There are no racial skills that can be developed.]
[There are no racial talents that can be developed.]
[There are no race stats that can be developed.]
also.
It was what I expected. As soon as Sehyeon saw that article, he turned his back and left the ability development center without any regrets. The next place we headed to was the weapons refinery.
When I opened the door and went in, there were things lying around in a mess, as if someone had made a fuss. Even as Sehyun sighed, he wondered how desperate he must have been to do this, so he picked up the things that were getting cold and put them away.
The reason Sehyun visited the weapons refinery was to make a bow. It would have been nice to have a gun, but since we could only build a hut, there was no room for such a thing. The environment was so bad that one wondered if even arrowheads were made of iron.
Actually, what I wanted to make was a crossbow, but perhaps due to the absence of a blacksmith and the low level of the smelter, it did not appear in the manufacturing list yet. No, there was only one weapon per species that could be manufactured.
Sehyun, who was sitting in front of the furnace tank and looking through the list of things that could be made, eventually clicked on ‘Hebwood Bow’. The crafting grade was D, low enough that even a beginner could make it.
“What about this… .”
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I can do it with my eyes closed. Sehyun immediately rolled up her clothes.
It certainly seems like it was, but it was after three failed attempts that the bow was actually completed. And the quality is unimaginably low.
“… “Oh, no way.”
I tried it several times, but the results were all the same. On my 7th attempt, I applied too much force to my hand to bend the bow, so much so that it broke in half. The broken fragments flew out, causing numerous wounds on his cheek. In the midst of deep anger, someone appeared in a smelter full of broken beams.
“I… .”
Sehyeon, who was holding the broken bow, glanced back at the timid voice. A man was looking at Sehyeon and the broken bow piled on the floor, not knowing what to do.
Perhaps it was because he was shocked by Sehyun’s serious dexterity, or because he felt the materials were precious, but the expression itself was not very good.
“Yes, please tell me.”
“Well, that…” .”
Although it was frustrating to see him hesitate, Sehyun waited patiently.
He was a large man with gray hair and full of freckles. His forearms were unusually large and thick compared to his body, and it was obvious that he had tremendous strength and useful abilities. For example, he is a blacksmith.
“Well, I… Can I make some for you… ?”
