They were at breakfast on a Saturday morning. Eren thought of applying the same idea again. In the short term, it seemed like the only way to solve all their problems altogether.
"I'm thinking of burning the forest."
But I have my doubts as it may harm the village as well."
"Eren said we don't worship trees. But we're still "forest" elves.
We aren't radical enough to burn a forest. And even the very existence of this forest depends on us. Thanks to the heart of the village, this forest exists. We don't want to destroy it.
You need to calm down a bit."
They ate a delicious puree made by boiling and mashing a black vegetable. Although Eren thought it looked like a potato, it tasted a little different.
Eren learned the origin of this forest from Emily with these sentences. He immediately stood up. He walked to the tiny tree in the center of the village. He touched it with his hand, as he had done dozens of times before.
But he only saw that the skill page was opened with his profile panel. Finally, a new page has opened. It was a page that he opened almost every day for the last few days and examined for hours.
[Would you like to make a Class Selection?]
He had this "Class Panel" since that dark night two weeks ago when he managed to reach Level 20. He touched his left arm with a little timidity, still feeling a loss of feeling and control. Neither his bones nor his tissues had fully healed. In fact, his arm might not have fully recovered for years.
It was this that made Eren hesitate in his thoughts. He used to want to choose a class related to hunting or magic.
But now, his eyes were starting to drift towards the healer class that came before him.
This was becoming the main theme of his nightmares.
[Class Preferences:
1- Healer
2- Fighter
3- Runner
4- Magician
5- Gardener]
When Eren wanted to see these preferences only in his personal panel, the 5th grade "Gardener" was not visible. But other than that, this sacred tree called the heart of the village had no other extra benefit.
Considering my left arm, should I choose Healer or the original plan, the Magician?
Since he couldn't go to the forest in the last few days and he couldn't gain exp, he didn't rush to choose a class.
But he was slowly getting better. At least he was well enough to take Mel with him for a walk in the outskirts of the forest. Even collecting exp by killing simple slimes was a great advantage.
In the end, he made a fast decision because it was what he always wanted.
"I want to be a magician!"
He didn't want to regret it in the future. And deep down he hoped that there would be a healing skill in Magician Class.
[Do you confirm that you are giving up your quest for your first class selection?]
Ha?
System. Isn't my unique class task canceled? I had to kill 100 wolves by morning and I failed.
[Scanning in progress...]
[Examining Data... 10%....50%...99%.....100%]
[Analysis Over]
[The gifted "Unique Class Quest" is repeatable. The system has given you two rights.]
Eren was a little happy at first, then looked at his left arm and shook his head.
"As long as I last-hit the creatures, is it okay if I don't fight them?"
[The system only accepts that you have killed a creature if you manage to get over 90% exp]
Eren gave up when he remembered his exp, which dropped to 60% with the slightest intervention of Emily. He couldn't kill one hundred wolves on his own with this left arm. Moreover, things could have been worse if the quest turned out to be something else.
But he still didn't give up when he had one last chance. He would try to recover for the time being and straighten his arm by obtaining other HP Elixirs if he could.
He walked over to the table where Mel had breakfast with his brother and sat down.
"Good morning, Nimbo. If you don't have a job, can you help me with something?"
For the next few minutes, he talked about his plan. They would find people in the village to serve as hunters other than Emily, and they would hunt en masse.
Eren wasn't just doing this for class selection. He wanted to change the rule that "there must be only one hunter" in the village for generations.
He found four volunteers over the two-day weekend, apart from finishing the stone wall on the north side of the village.
Nimbo, Mel, Rabbu-i and Galadrim. Eren already knew the others, but Galadrim came as a surprise even to him.
Galadrim was a quiet woman separated from her husband and living alone. She was a lonely widow who didn't even talk to her family. She was a loner who only came to the center of the village at mealtimes. (Also she had the biggest boobs Eren has ever seen in his entire life. Even the absurd and unique women on the internet couldn't compete with her upper body. They weren't just massive and also incredibly hot!)
Galadrim wasn't a good weapon user, she said. But her physical strength was above average and she could use a shield.
These five spent some time together in the slime area under Emily's supervision.
Mel would use a sword, Nimbo a hammer, Rabbu-i ice spells, and Galadrim a huge shield and a small blade. Eren chose to use his sword, as the issue of becoming a mage was not finalized for now.
By Sunday evening, these five had been a good team and had the potential to ease the load on Emily's back in the future.
There were people from almost every position in the group. A tank, two kinds of mages, and two warriors. A healer and an archer would be needed to create a better setup than this in a magical world.
If they could reach Emily's Levels in the future, Eren planned to include Emily in the group as an archer.
It was a sweet and innocent thought. Because wolves attacked the village for the second time on Sunday evening. In addition to having more wolves than before, extra wild cats and dogs entered the village.
This time everyone broke into their homes with the experience of the previous attack. And there was no one moving unnecessarily in the village. One of the rules that would come into effect in times of emergency was that if everyone was safe, they should go up to their rooftops and wait for Emily to kill the creatures.
Except for those with spells and archers, no one should be doing anything.
Despite a few bad events and chaos, this time Emily stayed inside the village and protected the villagers. Then she started a big clean-up around the village.
When it was all over, Emily and Eren were sitting on the ground in the southern part of the village.
Eren was shamelessly kissing Emily's cheek while simultaneously massaging her shoulders. His hands kept slipping between her clothes and sliding down her breasts, her waist, and even her lower body. If their bodies weren't bloody, he'd take his chance for a true outdoor experience.
It was a very pleasant and sweet time. The couple who would soon go home and sleep were in their own world. But just at that moment, their sweet moment was disrupted.
Emily suddenly lifted her head and looked towards the forest. Eren concentrated on where she was looking.
They both saw a man come out among the trees on the south side.
The point that gave Eren goosebumps was that this man wasn't an elf. He was a human.
He was a man with blue hair, red eyes, and a huge spear on his back who exuded a sense of danger. There was a big smile on his face and a great perversion in his eyes as he looked at Emily's body.
It was like he couldn't wait to fuck Emily, and other than this scenario, nothing was an alternative for him. He had an ego as if the entire forest, the elven village, and even the entire world belonged to him.
When he got close enough, he opened his mouth with a smile that showed yellowed teeth.
"Good night. May I know your name, my Lady."
He didn't use fluent Elvish. But there was a clear vibe of speaking experience. Indicates that, he had communicated with a lot of elves before.
Eren broke in and yelled. "You're asking other people's names without saying your own name first?"
The blue-haired person was taken aback as if noticing Eren for the first time. He continued to stare at Emily without turning his eyes to Eren.
"My name is Alexen. I am the leader of a well-known trading and war guild within the Granxil Empire. We want to establish a good close relationship with your village. We have no ill intentions. We also sense that you are in difficult times and offer help."
If Emily hadn't talked to Eren a lot in the last few months and listened to stories about the outside world from her mother, maybe she would have believed him.
Even with her mother's warnings If she didn't have Eren, things could go bad. She needed attention and love from anyone a couple of months ago. Just for quick sex and a couple of sweet words, she could be the reason for the hell descending on this village.
But right now, she wouldn't believe the lies of this man. At that time she remembered her father and his disappearance.
"Your offer of help is very welcome, Alexen. But we've dealt with the situation and we don't need any help."
At that moment, Eren intervened.
"Besides, since when has bandits started helping small elven villages like this. Get lost, little bandit!"
Until then, Alexen hadn't even looked at Eren once. But his gaze hardened, even though he knew Emily would look down on him badly.
He looked at Eren with hatred. Despite being an experienced bandit leader, this was the first time someone had angered him so easily.
"Who are you?" His eyes looked as if he wanted to cross the distance of a hundred meters between them and tear Eren apart.
Eren gave him a disdainful look this time.
"I'm the leader of this village. We don't want people like you in this area. Get away before my patience runs out. If you're the one making these forest creatures angry, or if you don't leave this area..."
Alexen was very angry. The friendly demeanor that had worked in the villages of many different races in the past has disappeared.
He could plunder this village and sell the precious elves in it as slaves. He even had thoughts of adding a slave collar to the hottest women like Emily and adding them to his personal harem.
"What will happen if I don't go. Keep talking."
As Alexen was about to get angry, he saw Eren smiling at him. He felt danger from this human with strange clothes.