Chapter 326 Reality in Illusion (4)
“Thank you so much Morse. If it wasn't for you, I would have been in great trouble.”
Pablo returns from farming. Even though it was late in the afternoon when the sun was setting, he did not return home and was covered in dirt as if he had come straight to Morse.
“What. It wasn't even that hard.”
Morse, who simply went up to the hill behind the village and delivered the words instead. So he waved his hand like it was nothing.
“no. I've thought about it before... but you seem really different from the other rumored adventurers. When it comes to village affairs, he takes the initiative more than anyone else, and when there is a difficult situation, he takes the lead and helps anyone without hesitation...”
Pablo, who was talking to himself, suddenly became emotional, and his voice trembled. He must have done countless things Morse did for this village.
“Thank you.”
“Hey, why are you doing this again?”
Morse gave an awkward smile as if he were embarrassed to show his sincere gratitude. But Pablo spoke to him with a more serious face than ever before.
“If the village chief died like that and you hadn't been there, this village would probably have been scattered and disintegrated. It is thanks to you that we saved this village from ruin and escaped the fate of living a life of wandering vagabond, so no matter how many times we thank you, we cannot express our feelings.”
Treji, a village of slash-and-burn farmers on the path of decline.
Those who scrape by by gathering herbs and trees and doing small-scale farming were unable to make a living due to the sudden increase in the number of monsters, and it was getting difficult little by little.
[Why did the number of monsters increase so much...?]
[Yesterday, too, the Caleb family was killed...]
[If we can't go to the mountain to pick up herbs, what should we eat tomorrow... ]
A situation where you have to risk your life to carefully dig herbs and farm. However, there were virtually no measures to overcome these problems for them.
[Heng? Subjugating monsters for a small town of less than 100 people? Are you kidding me right now?]
[Uhm..... In the Erda Mountains, we're in danger too... We have to pay at least 100 gold...]
An official from the lord's castle who snorts and shows an indifferent attitude. However, even if the entire village raised money, they couldn't afford to hire mercenaries at an exorbitant price. The moment when even the village headman loses his life in the attack of monsters and virtually the entire village is about to collapse. Morse was the first to set foot in this village.
[Morse, the savior of Trezi Village]
He wiped out all the monsters near the Erda Mountains where Trezi Village is located. They were finally able to safely enter the mountains after killing the notorious Twin Head Ogre, who had always terrorized the village and dominated the entire district.
“That's it... I just did what I could.”
He hunted not just savage wild beasts or kobold-level monsters, but twin-headed ogres whose victory could not be easily guaranteed even if knights who could use aura appeared. He was talking like it was nothing, but everyone in the village, including Pablo, knew very well what it meant.
“No..... If you're at the level of your level, you're probably a strong person who makes this entire continent lively. Even if they are worms stuck in a mountain valley, gathering herbs and farming, they don’t know that much.”
There may be unknown circumstances, but he suddenly appeared a year ago and completely settled in this village. At first, he secluded himself in great despair and was in poor condition to the extent that he could not properly come out of his place, but with the persistent interest and comfort of the villagers, he improved incomparably.
“I don't know what's going on. But adventurers like you can't stay in a small town like this forever.”
“.....”
Morse became much brighter than before. Pablo, who thought he was ready to step into the world again, never wanted to let him go out of personal greed, but spoke sincerely for him who had a huge bowl that they could not handle.
“Anytime is fine. You don't have to stay here because of us, so if you have something you want, don't hesitate to leave.”
“What is that...”
Morse asked with a puzzled face at Pablo’s words. But Pablo interrupted him as if he wasn't finished yet.
“Don't worry. No matter how long the journey takes, we will always be here waiting for you. This cabin and this village... will always be your home and family.”
Virtual Reality Arcadia.
Morse, who knows that everything is an illusion of data made of 0 and 1... No, it was Lucas, but at this moment, looking at Pablo giving him advice with a very serious face, I felt a sense of realism at this moment.
pounding.
The reality of losing everything that was precious overnight.
It was none other than the residents of this village who gave him the will to live again, who was despairing and frustrated in hellish pain day by day.
That's why Morse smiled as he saw Pablo thanking him.
“Thank you very much.”
“Hmm...? what....?”
Morse says thank you, but instead expresses his gratitude. When Pablo asked, his eyes widening as he didn't know the reason at all, he said,
“It’s just everything... not knowing what kind of pain I’m experiencing, and providing such a cozy place for me, a stranger I don’t know, and taking care of and showing interest in many ways.”
He deliberately built a nice hut for himself with all the villagers gathered, and prepared meat dishes that he didn't know where to find when he didn't have enough to eat. Because he knows the hearts of those with sincerity, he was able to open his heart and treat them sincerely, even though he understood that all of this was an illusion.
“For me, this time is fun. Eating the food Aunt Laila made and playing with Ruby. Uncle Kane and Uncle Pablo... And the way Grandpa Feynman gets drunk and gets drunk. Those trivial and trivial daily life are precious moments that I don’t want to miss.”
Unlike other people who enjoy Arcadia as a game and entertainment, Morse is living his real life here. That's why he said to Pablo, who was staring blankly at him, as if telling him not to worry.
“Do not worry. There may come a day when I will leave this town... but not right now.”
Morse will remain here of his own volition.
As if his heart was a little relieved by his story, Pablo laughed with his usual mischievous smile.
“Then... Shall we have a beer with my uncle?”
“Uh... Do you think Aunt Dorothy will be very angry then? You didn't even come home?”
He was dressed in loose clothes with agricultural implements slung over his shoulders. Morse asked with a bewildered look as he remembered his wife, who would be waiting for the table just by looking at it, but he said with a big smile as if it didn't matter.
“On a pleasant day like this, you still have to drink. Just have one drink and go.”
“Uh..... Wait a minute..... I wonder if the present I received the other day is still there.....”
A drinking party suddenly unfolded at Morse's house. However, this place grew bigger and bigger because of the men who had gathered not long after, until it was finally suppressed by Dorothy who appeared late at night with a poker.
Daily life in a small rural village that is so peaceful and naive.
Even though it was virtual, Lucas laughed and cried and enjoyed the moment with all his heart.
In order to soothe the solitude, loneliness, and sadness that drives you crazy in your heart.
* * *
Numerous classes that exist in Arcadia.
Among them, divine classes such as priests and paladins have always been very popular among people.
- It's true that priests are noble jobs. How do you raid without heals and buffs?
- The paladin is the best man. The tang is very hard, but you can heal it, and the dildo is on the side, right?
-Besides, the recognition among NPCs is very good. Even when negotiating or negotiating, compared to other users of the same rank, it seemed that they were rated at least 2 levels higher.
-The church discount is not bad, right? No matter how low-end you are, you get at least a 10% discount on potions.
decent abilities.
high-efficiency skills.
In addition, because they were able to bring enormous influence and superiority from NPCs under the tremendous sign of the Holy Empire, they were able to grow into higher rankers faster than anyone else.
Holy Guild Holy Cross.
This guild, made up of clergy and paladins, quickly grew into one of the three largest guilds in North America, enjoying tremendous fame and rapidly increasing its power.
“The Holy Church has sent a letter to our guild.”
Holy Cross Guild Master Hallelujah.
He accepted the letter that came in suddenly, checked the seal stamped on the sealed wax, and asked with a puzzled face.
“A letter sent directly from the Holy King? suddenly?”
The Holy King who reigned as the absolute number one in the Holy Church of the North American continent. He had never sent a letter like this before, so Hallelujah opened the seal with a look of half curiosity and half anticipation.
“Hmm...”
“What is it written on?”
Hallelujah's servant and sub-master of the Holy Cross Guild. Looking at him frowning with a stiff face, Agatha asked with curious eyes.
“I don't know, but... I think it's a guild-only quest?”
[Do you accept the quest ‘Cultural Investigation Request'?]
A translucent message pops up in front of you as soon as you finish reading the letter.
Looking at it, Hallelujah was able to notice that this was a quest dedicated to the guild only occasionally. The question is...
“But why is the King Seong delivering this directly? I've never had anything like this before...?”
A quest that seems to be on a completely different level from trivial cooperation or support requests. Besides, even the contents of the letter were so meaningful that Hallelujah's head began to spin even more complicated.
“Find the hidden traces of the ancient gods... isn’t this related to the main scenario that was recently revealed?”
“Yes. It's making a lot of noise these days.”
Become an apostle of God and resurrect the ancient god who was sealed away.
Agatha nodded her head and replied, as there is no one who does not know that the stock price of professional explorers has risen high without knowing that the stock price of professional explorers is sky high because of people who dig through all kinds of ancient records to become the main character of this huge narrative.
“By the way... According to the contents of this letter here, we must erase all traces of the site and block it out?”
“yes....? no why?”
“It's me, don't you know?”
A quest that seems to be related to the main scenario. However, seeing the letter that said to thoroughly erase the traces of these ancient gods and keep them buried as secrets, Hallelujah rolled his head for a long time to guess the meaning of the church including the Holy King.
“What are you going to do?”
Hallelujah with a mighty influence that no one dares to oppose in this Holy Cross.
So, without giving any advice, Agatha glanced at him and asked.
And to her question, Hallelujah got up from his seat and answered with a meaningful expression.
“Well... I don't know for sure, but I can't refuse the quest the King himself gave me.”
Hallelujah, who officially accepted the quest by pressing the Accept button. And he said with a strange smile as if he had guessed it roughly.
“Still, can you guess why they gave you this quest? From the standpoint of the monotheistic sacred church, other ancient gods suddenly begin to appear...? It's terribly inconvenient and I'd say no.”
A sacred denomination of monotheistic ideology. Agatha nodded as if she understood, and asked, as he understood.
“So... where is the quest area?”
“Let's see... if you look at the coordinates written roughly...” The
continental map pasted on one side of the wall. He slowly moved his finger here and there and looked at it. He pointed at a point with his finger and smiled. .
“It’s the Erda Mountains.”
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