#5
Everyone who was looking around shook their heads. It will happen. The Empire also had a thing called level, and LV.5 was almost the highest level. The top ranker during the beta test was around Empire level 6, so everything was said.
“Then I’ve done the most. Then, I will start as the chief of this village, so those who are dissatisfied can speak out right now. “Seeing as there isn’t one, I guess everyone agrees.”
It is a place where people who have nowhere to go gather, so everyone here is probably one who does not have an empire or has fallen. That middle-aged man who calls himself the village chief too.
People could not express their dissatisfaction even when they glanced at Kwak Jeong-han. Kwak Jeong-han also frowned and listened intently to what he said. In any case, the most experienced person had to be the king here.
“Then I will become the king, and everyone will join as residents. That’s what everyone thinks. “We have to start over from the freezing village.”
“wait a minute.”
Someone raised their hand towards the middle-aged man who was touching various things in the air. It was Sehyun. With everyone’s attention focused, Se-hyeon raised his hand and asked the middle-aged man, who would become the village chief, for something.
“I would like you to make me a temporary resident. Oh, and this student here too.”
“what? Temporary resident? Ha, really… . If you don’t have anything to do, why don’t you go out? Or, if something goes wrong here later, are you going to run away and live alone? Or is that empire really that big? “Then go now. I don’t know why you come here and talk about Temporary Residents.”
Despite the words of criticism, Sehyun did not blink and looked at the middle-aged man with a calm expression. Of course, the arm he was holding was lowered early.
The reason a middle-aged man spoke like that was because the number of residents was a very important factor before building a village. Moreover, once you became a resident, it was impossible to get out without a special event occurring.
On the other hand, if you became a temporary resident, you could leave the village and act as a stranger as long as you notified the village chief or the king. Since it was temporary, it was not included in the number of residents in the village.
It may hurt my mouth to say it, but I couldn’t stay next to the village chief, who could clearly be seen as tyrannical.
“Then, I will push the handsome Kwak Jeong-han over there to be the village chief. From the looks of it, for someone who has raised their empire to level 5, it looks like they have spread tyranny, right? There’s no guarantee that it won’t happen here too, right? Oh, I don’t know if you know that denying a request for temporary residency also constitutes tyranny. If you don’t know that, level 5 is just… “It’s a bluff.”
Sehyeon said, putting emphasis on the word bluff. At those words, the middle-aged man’s face turned red. Se-hyeon looked at Kwak Jeong-han and asked, ignoring the middle-aged man who was staring at him as if he were going to eat him.
“Mr. Kwak Jeong-han. If you become the village chief, will you let me and this child become temporary residents? In any case, temporary residents must speak to the village chief before leaving the village, so they cannot run away at night. “I will do my best to help you during your stay.”
“… yes. “If there are circumstances, I think it is worth considering.”
“Look, the old man over there. “This is Seonggun.”
“Well, I… ! What a bastard like that… ! sun! “f*ck, it’s okay if you do it!”
“Then, please make sure that me and this child become temporary residents, old man.”
When Sehyun said with a grin, the middle-aged man grabbed the back of his neck and made a loud noise. But it didn’t stop there, and the two young men raised their hands again and requested temporary resident status.
“I would also like to request it.”
“I also request temporary residency.”
One was Kwak Jeong-han, and the other was a document man who has not let go of documents in his hands even to this day.
“Don’t talk about anything else later, but if there’s someone else with an empire, talk to them now! Not there?! Then, temporary residents are limited to four people! “If you request any more temporary residency, you will be kicked out, so don’t worry!”
The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and spoke to the people as if warning them. People just kept their mouths shut as they stared at each other. Perhaps because of the inevitably small environment, no one was able to make a proper statement.
But this made it clear. Among the people here, the only people who have empires are Paper Man and Se-hyeon, who are temporary residents. Broadly speaking, this may also apply to children.
Actually, this was a kind of battle of wit and spirit. The reason the middle-aged man was allowed to become a temporary resident was actually because Se-hyeon and Kwak Jeong-han were interfering with his ability to solidify his position. If it’s in the village, it’s obvious that it’ll incite people into conflict, and it’s not easy to control, so it’s a paddle that can be discarded for later.
Regardless of whether there was an empire or not, this was usually the position of temporary residents.
The middle-aged man stretched out both hands in a grinning manner and began moving his fingers in the air as if typing on a keyboard. And when he finally tapped somewhere with his index finger, dark blue flames began to rise beneath his feet. It was an awakening that inherited the data of an existing character.
The flames that raged like a fiery flame died down, sending ashes flying around, only when the middle-aged man’s appearance took on that of a shaggy-haired Australopithecus.
The change did not end there. After awakening, the middle-aged man lifted his foot sharply and struck the ground. As a starting point, dirt rose from the area around where the people were standing and the village began to expand. Old wooden houses were built and a shabby fence was erected around the village.
People were crouching and shaking, covering their heads on the ground shaking as if there had been an earthquake. There were only a few people standing unperturbed. Among those unmoved people were Se-hyeon and Lee Jae-young, who was right next to Se-hyeon. Of course, not to mention Kwak Jeong-han and the document man.
[A nameless village was founded.]
[Gapjun Kim has become the chief of an unnamed village.]
[The total number of residents is 98.]
[The total number of temporary residents is 4.]
[The village is currently at level LV.1.]
As if the expansion was completed, the earthquake stopped and the system text appeared before my eyes. Sehyun nodded with satisfaction as she steadily looked at the letter indicating that she had been accepted as a temporary resident.
Gapjun Kim. It was the name of the Australopithecus who became the village chief. As expected, he was a king without an empire. There was a high probability that he was defeated and gave up his tyranny. He also likely raised his empire to at least LV.3, if not to LV.5. The sense of building a village was definitely impressive considering it was my first time doing it.
Of course, except for the village chief’s house, all the houses were small and shabby. The shabbiest and smallest house among them is probably a temporary residence.
And another Australopithecus appeared after the village was established. Considering that he was of the same race as Kim Gap-jun, he seemed to be Kim Gap-jun’s ‘grand duke’. For some reason, I felt an indescribable energy.
What was really fortunate, though, was that everyone didn’t change into Kim Gap-Jun’s race, perhaps because there was a selected race. Of course, when awakened, each species will change into a race that has completed the aptitude test. An example of this is Kwak Jeong-han. Those blue skin and fins.
Sehyeon’s eyes turned to the awakening window floating in the corner of his field of vision. Although I had currently pressed hold, the window did not disappear and followed me to one side of my field of vision. It was said that ten days was the limit, so it was necessary to determine whether awakening was possible before that.
“We will divide up roles within the village, so don’t hesitate and everyone line up here!”
The way he spoke was already old-fashioned, but when he woke up, he looked like a primitive species. Se-hyeon patted the back of Jae-young Lee, who was right next to her, and burrowed into the crowd of people gathered together. Even if they were temporary residents, they had to work like residents and pay for their meals during their stay.
“Jaeyoung, aren’t you hungry?”
“me… It’s still okay. “What about your brother?”
“You’re okay too.”
Perhaps out of consideration for players whose levels have been reset, the inventory contained two types of potions and chewy bread given at the very beginning. The quantity is 10 each. As the situation was like this, I told him to eat sparingly for now, but when I looked at Jaeyoung Lee, I suddenly thought that it might not be enough for a growing child.
“If you’re hungry, I’ll give you something. “Brother, I don’t really like bread.”
“it’s okay. I can endure it too. “I won’t take anything from you.”
As Se-hyeon guessed, Lee Jae-young was very young. He is now only 14 years old. He was at most a first year middle school student. She looked around the village and found no one younger than Jaeyoung Lee.
It was truly ironic. Even when Ellix first came out, teenagers were strangely uninterested in it. He looked at the enthusiastic adults as if they were some kind of mutant, and stayed away from Elix for no reason.
Of course, there were no teenagers playing, but the proportion of users was overwhelmingly high among adults. But now it occurred to me. A thought that perhaps the system deliberately excluded children.
As such, Jaeyoung Lee was a somewhat special case. Unlucky case.
