As soon as we entered the village, dwarves who looked to be about 120 cm tall were pointing their bows at us.

It was characterized by unusually large ears and feet compared to their body size, and most of them were dressed in hunter’s clothing.

“Who are you?”

It was a very common cliché.

A village with its own story, wary of strangers.

Shin Yuri, who was next to me, was startled.

“A strange window has popped up.”

“Shin Yu-ri just needs to stay still.”

The window Shin Yu-ri is looking at is also looking at it.

It was a window for us to choose how to respond.

──────────

1. We are adventurers. I arrived here following the call of a great will. I’ll ask. Are there people who need help?

2. hehehehe, they are the dwarves of the forest. They say your ears make pretty good medicine. I’ll save your life if you just show your ears.

──────────

After looking at the options, I was very disappointed.

I remembered Maria saying, ‘The difficulty of the first choice will be very low, I don’t think I will have to teach you.’

‘Still, how is it that dungeons are getting so complicated?’

Wouldn’t it be easy the first time?

It’s not possible to be full on the first drink, and of course I chose number 1 and said it.

“We are adventurers. I arrived here following the call of a great will. I’ll ask. Are there people who need help?”

[Your trust in strangers has increased by +1.]

[Current Confidence: 1]

Then the dwarves put down their bows and said,

“Sorry for the misunderstanding. There are many people in need of help in this town. I look forward to your performance.”

It didn’t have to mean much.

Those NPCs were passive NPCs, and they were like programs that acted on given values.

The NPCs who were aiming at us scattered as if they had never been hostile toward us.

“How amazing. It’s like playing a game.”

“Similar.”

Shin Yuri also seemed to be quite interested.

It’s a good start.

Everything is fun and interesting to start properly.

‘It’s a pity that I can’t broadcast.’

In exchange for Maria providing a lot of information about this place, we decided not to broadcast it.

Maria too overreacted and handed over the information or something.

He said he didn’t want this to be known outside.

‘It’s fortunate though.’

I glanced to the side.

Newbies who first set foot in this world were showing a pretty big reaction no matter what they did.

‘Am I communicating directly with the viewers with this taste?’

Although there is only one, the fact that there is a viewer (?) made me flutter.

In addition, the reaction was good and it was even a little admirable that he absorbed it as he was taught.

“Aha. Then you have to talk to the NPCs and get the quests, right?”

“Yes. But there must be a proper order to them.”

“Order? What if the order is wrong?”

“Rather than what happens, the efficiency will be a little less. Or you may not get the reward you want.”

Every attack has an optimized route.

Since I already know all the information about this place, I have created the shortest attack route in my own way.

“For now, the goal is to get the reliability to 12.”

“OK.”

I walked towards a small cabin nearby.

Inside was a young boy with a crying face.

As I approached, the conversation was automatically activated.

“Ah, you are an adventurer who came to this village. Could you please help me a little?”

[The quest, ‘Young Dwarf’s Request’ has been activated.]

──────────

[Request from the young dwarf]

The young dwarfs are too afraid to milk the goats.

They are looking for an adventurer who will milk them instead of ‘goat’s milk’.

──────────

Shin Yuri looked at the boy with a pitiful expression.

Maybe it was because he was still a newbie, he seemed to have a lot of empathy for the NPC who looked like a real person.

“You mean you make these kids work?”

Newbies can do that.

I took out an item named ‘goat’s milk’ from my inventory without any specific instructions.

“here.”

[The quest, ‘A Request from the Young Dwarfs’ has been cleared.]

[Your trust in strangers has increased by +1.]

[Current Confidence: 2]

Shin Yu-ri seemed surprised.

“Didn’t you have to weave it yourself?”

“That will take half a day.”

Even as a swordsman.

Even as a streamer.

Or even as a lord or guide.

In fact, the content of milking goats does not have much merit.

The early quests in this town were nothing special.

“And if you proceed in this order, the herbalist who was friendly with the shepherd boy will ask us for help right away.”

[The quest, ‘A Herbalist’s Trivial Request’ has been activated.]

It was a request to get the ‘lily of the valley root’, which can be easily obtained outside, and even at a brokerage store.

[The quest, ‘The Herbalist’s Trivial Request’ has been cleared.]

[Your trust in strangers has increased by +1.]

[Current Confidence: 3]

The information Maria gave was accurate.

The first two times, I listened to them all the way just in case, but now I don’t have to.

“Oh, you rumor… … .”

[Quest, ‘Innkeeper.]

[The quest, ‘Innkeeper’s Request’ has been cleared.]

Current reliability 4.

“oh? hello? you are him.”

[The quest ‘A certain lady’s request’ has been cleared.]

Current reliability 5.

Soon after, I hit 12 confidence and heard a new notification.

[Reliability level 12 has been achieved.]

Then the old dwarf, who had asked me one last favor, spoke.

“The village chief is looking for you… … .”

I was already walking toward the village chief’s house.

* * *

Yuri Shin got used to the system little by little.

‘Ah, NPCs aren’t real people.’

I knew it in my head, but it really didn’t touch me.

Because he seemed to talk and think like a real person.

‘Even if I just cut off the conversation, the progress will be complete?’

It seemed that the programming was already done.

Even if you proceed without listening to the request, the clear is complete.

I learned from Cha Jin-hyeok that this is the basics.

Reaching reliability level 12 was quick.

It turned out to be a lot easier than I thought.

Shin Yu-ri asked while walking in step with Cha Jin-hyeok.

“Is this how you normally play?”

“Yes. This is basic.”

“I see.”

She learned a little bit of the wrong standard.

Shin Yu-ri’s standard was fixed to Cha Jin-hyeok.

* * *

I saw a colorful giant mushroom from far away.

It was the village chief’s house.

What followed was quite common.

There was a lot of talk, but in the end, it was a very obvious story asking to save the village chief’s granddaughter.

[The quest ‘Save the village chief’s granddaughter’ has been activated.]

Actually, the dwarves’ quest itself was not important.

Because the only thing they gave as a reward was something useless like ‘trust’.

The important thing was the village chief’s granddaughter.

“Did you understand the story?”

“Yeah, roughly. The village chief’s granddaughter was kidnapped by an army of ants and taken to a huge tree called the Sacred Tree. The roots of the huge tree are intricately spread deep into the ground, but they are hollow and used as a habitat for ant colonies. We have to rescue the granddaughter kidnapped by the ant army.”

I nodded.

I had a clear understanding of the overall story line.

“How big is the sacred tree the village chief said?”

“Probably too big. They said it was much taller than the trees around here.”

It’s been like this since before, but Shin Yu-ri seemed to forget the reality for a while and become completely immersed in the game.

If this was a talent, it was a talent, but Shin Yuri was rather fortunate.

We looked at the map and moved.

This time, they moved for about 14 hours, but Shin Yu-ri did not show any sign of fatigue.

As expected, the exhaustion I had earlier was a matter of mental strength.

I pointed to one place with my finger.

“It looks like that tree.”

“Wow, I’ve never seen such a huge tree.”

As the village chief said, I saw a very huge tree.

It was an old tree that looked like a zelkova tree.

Although it was enormous, it was not a very lively tree.

“It looks like it lost a lot of vitality as the ant colony settled down on the root side. If left as it is, it will wither before long.”

“Ah, I can see that too. I just didn’t think it was big.”

Shin Yuri said as if he had promised something.

“I will reflect.”

As I got closer, I saw the name.

[Shin Seongmok]

Curiously, no plants grew around the sacred tree.

So it seemed that he was standing alone in the square in the forest.

“I see ants.”

Around the sacred tree, ants the size of a human hand were roaming around.

There were eight red eyes near the head, and the jaws were quite sharp.

[LV44/Warm Redneck Worker Ant/-]

[LV42/Walker Ants/-]

[LV44/Warm Redneck Worker Ant/-]

“Each individual is not that strong.”

I looked at Shin Yuri’s eyes just in case.

Because some of them were particularly weak against bug-type monsters.

However, it was difficult to find a particularly frightened look in Shin Yu-ri.

Rather, there was a strange madness in Shin Yu-ri’s eyes that only those who had gone mad could understand.

He didn’t realize it yet, but it must have been the look in his eyes that was thirsty for hunting and playing.

Seeing those eyes, I was a little excited too.

“But they are dangerous guys when they form a legion. These guys will attack in groups of thousands or even tens of thousands. It would be next to impossible for the two of us to hunt.”

I paused for a moment.

Originally, at such a moment, it is the basic attitude of a streamer to stop and wait a bit.

I am still growing at this moment.

“If so, there is a high probability that there will be a clear route other than direct hunting.”

Not only had I already fought the legion of eight red-necked ants, but they were quite well-known for their strategies.

“Let’s see if there’s anything sweet that can lure them into the area. Like bees, for example.”

“Is there really such a thing?”

“… … That would be an official attack, but we have already prepared.”

I took out several jars of honey from my inventory.

“I will lure them with this and destroy them.”

Maria even told us that the ‘army of eight red-necked ants’ lived here.

I didn’t tell you the strategy, but in fact, this was the level of telling you the strategy.

Well?

But didn’t you tell me this?

“I want Shin Yu-ri to take on the ranged attack.”

“You are playing. Please call me by my awakening name. My awakening name is Mangbuseok.”

Read at noblemtl.com

Good attitude

He even actively expressed his opinion.

“But after I attack once, I will be exposed to the attack defenselessly. I don’t know if I can kill all the ants at once, but if that’s impossible, I think we’ll be in danger.”

very good point

Shin Yuri is also growing.

“Look closely at the Sacred Tree. Can’t you feel something?”

I had a little bit of hope, but it didn’t seem like it was there yet.

“I don’t know. I will reflect.”

“The ants have carved numerous scars on the sacred tree. But above a certain height, scars are not visible.”

“Really?”

“It must mean that Seongmok Seongmok himself has some kind of power to stop the army of ants.”

“Then can I assume it’s safe up there?”

“I guess so.”

Of course, maybe not.

Even if there is 99% in the dungeon, there is no 100%.

Maybe I’m right, but I can’t help it if I’m wrong.

If you don’t understand that, you shouldn’t play.

“I will use honey to attract ants. When a large number gathers, show off Mangbuseok-nim’s abilities to your heart’s content.”

Shin Yuri. No, Mangbuseok climbed up the tree.

I heard that I climbed a lot of trees when I was young, and I was pretty good at climbing.

I have distanced myself from the sacred tree in my own way.

‘This should be enough.’

It was clear that Mangbu-seok would be able to unleash his capabilities here.

When I broke the jar of honey I was holding in my hand, the worker ants all looked at me at once.

‘It seems to be rushing in.’

Worker ants began pouring out of the ground.

The number was so great that it was like a backflow of stale water.

I slowly pulled my body back, preparing for the unexpected.

Before long, the siege weapon, which was awakened as an irregular and called a rare villain, used her only skill.

[I used the skill, Nemesis’s Rage.]

A magic cannon with unbelievably powerful firepower was fired for a level 45 skill.

It seemed to fire a railgun about two meters in diameter.

A beam of light made of purple magic, no, a pillar of light radiated with a force that seemed to tear the surroundings apart.

The momentum was so bloody that I wanted to hit it myself.

uh but

A streak of purple light bent bizarrely toward the sky, then began to fall in direct sunlight.

It was like a pillar of light shot from the sky.

‘My side?’

The attack of the siege engines was falling towards me.

I could see the shape of Shin Yuri’s mouth from afar.

-die.