Chapter 7 - Chapter 7: Theory

"AQA, if a dies, will the others be informed about this the moment one dies?"

[That is correct]

"With that, we now know that Leon is still alive. But what in the world is taking that asshole so long?"

"On the bright side, he is still alive so the only thing we should do is wait"

[The mission has been completed]

[Biggest contributor: Leon Andreas]

[The five players will now be rewarded with enhanced farming tools]

[Each will receive <150> points]

[For exceeding the requirments for the mission each will receive an additonal <50> points]

[The biggest contributor will receive an additional <50> points]

With the mission clear announcement from AQA, the others became relieved that Leon succeeded and even went beyond the requirments for the mission which made them earn additonal points.

After an almost an hour, the rest of them who were watching from the castle's watchpost saw Leon and cheered for him.

"MVP! Nice going!"

"You bastard, I will be the next one who will receive the additional points!!!"

"Arrogant bastard, tell us how you did it!!!"

Though they said sharp words, the four genuinely complimented Leon for what he has done.

"Cut it out already. Also, I wanna see just how well made the farming tools are"

"Let's go look for it then"

"You guys haven't seen it?"

"We were waiting for you to arrive before we opent the box"

Speechless, Leon smirked at their words and went inside to open the box.

"Wow"

"Now that is amazing"

"We still need to test them out though"

After opening the box, various shiny tools and equipments were shown to them.

"Let's see this, shall we?"

Ping!

[You are using the enchanted ]

[The becomes easier and sharper by ten times when used for farming]

Seeing the effects of one of the farming tools, everyone became frantic like a bunch of children who are excited to open their christmas presents.

The five of them then became in awe after seeing the effects of each tool.

Bam!

Aldo threw the shovel with his full strength.

"Why did you do that?" They asked.

"I feel like the things me and Charlie did were all for naught"

Charlie picked up the shovel and saw the effects of it.

[You are using the enchanted ]

[The will allow you to dig anything with ease while making the user not feel the weight of whatever they are digging]

As the two remembered how foolish they looked like digging the dirt outside with their hands on all fours, resembling dogs, they could not help but frown and become mad at it.

"Cheer up. At least we now have tools to make our lives easier"

[Warning: A merfolks will be attacking the castle]

[The merfolks are creatures of beauty and elegance. Because of this, many humans abducted them for personal reasons]

[They will attack because they hate humans]

[A mission has been generated]

[Mission grade: S]

[Mission Difficulty: C~B]

[Protect the castle (2)]

Mission description: The merfolk princess saw the castle from a far using her divination ability. After seeing Anise and others from different species, she became sure that the humans in the castle are also slavering other species.

Time until the army of the merfolk arrive: Twenty seven days

Objective: Protect the castle. Do not let anyone die

Reward upon completion: One weapon from the of your choosing but cannot exceed <150> points. Points (May varry depending on how you will resolve the problem)

Failure to complete the objective: Fall of the castle. A random person will die.

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[May the Heaven's bless you all]

"Seriously, again?"

"But this time, we have about a month to prepare"

"Let's just look up for their information in the for now"

They then red the description of species number forty five .

As they red their description, they would nod in agreement and wore a disgusted expression.

"Hey guys"

"What?"

"Where do you think this place is? I mean, if there are other creatures out there, there should be humans and other intelligent life out there too, right?"

Tony asked.

"That is not entirely impossible but AQA said in the first day that this world has already fallen"

Leon answered.

"Just because this world has already fallen does not mean there are no living creature besides us. It will depend on how you interpret that sentence actually"

Marco replied.

"So even AQA's answers are too vague for us to use in decision making?"

Charlie asked as he scratched his head.

"Sigh"

"Not necessarily"

"What do you mean by that, Aldo?"

"While AQA's words are vague, we can still narrow down the possibilities as AQA's answers, assuming it is right, will happen. There is also the possibility that we are not in fact in a world but a small land that continues to expand"

"I don't get it... What exactly are you trying to say?"

"What we know for sure is that this place we are in is a 'Fallen World'. A world that has met its end.

But what if we are here in order to bring the world back to life? As we are beings that did not originate from this world, we are not subjected to all of its laws. Hence they need other beings from outside of their own world"

"How does that explain why creatures are appearing one by one?"

"It is either happenstance or history repeating itself.

Since this is a 'game' they could be 'monsters' that we have to get over with since they are random obstacles of the game's storyline which is part of happenstance. Or it could be that we are currently somewhere in a part of their world, building our own country, after time was rewinded back to before it ended, which explains why this is considered as a fallen world because their end is inevetiable and has already happened before.

While there are countless posiblities, I think this two possibility in particular holds the most chance as to what is actually happening"

"What advantage does knowing that gives us?"

"If this is history repeating itself while we are here to change the future, that will only make things harder for us. But if it is a 'game' that we have to complete, then the difficulty can be either lower or greater than the other one"

With nothing else to do, they all continued to work hard and fortify their defenses.

Each passing day, their 'partners' begun to show their own ego unique to them. But it did not change how they saw themselves as their purpose, the first that the will buy, was already decided by the .

[Twenty first day]

[A mission has been generated]

[Mission grade: C]

[Mission difficulty: C~A]

[Subjugation]

Mission description: There are several dozens of that possess and are trying to kill the source of the life energy that they noticed due to how they envy the living.

Objective: Vanquish or get rid of the that has taken control of the .

Reward upon Completion: Points (May varry depending on how you will resolve the problem)

Failure to complete the objective: A bigger threat than the Merfolks will appear.

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