"After the success of the acceptance phenomenon, one would then become an accepter who receives the nurturing of the sun. In my case, my nurturing came from the moon."
There's only one result of the nurturing, and that is permanent physical enhancement.
"It's been three years, but I still haven't reached the limit and am still improving." Nai clenched his fingers into a fist tightly. The pulsing physical strength he could feel in his hand and body made him feel like he could already punch through a thick concrete.
"Accepter huh, Garut, who lived far longer than me, should be much stronger despite his old skinny body." However, what Nai was searching for wasn't power, nor destruction. But something more useful in daily life.
Not to mention, there is always something that he wants to acquire in his life.
Immortality was on every living being's gene, to find ways to live longer. The ultimate goal and desire of every being's DNA is immortality.
Who wants to die anyway? Nai was more afraid of dying and in pain than anyone. The only reason he volunteered on that suicidal mission on earth was because he knew he was already old.
Instead of waiting to die in his home, he might as well die in a flash on that mission. The mission was just a cover. He just wanted to die painlessly at that time.
Nai made up his mind; he needed to be prepared for the next visit they would make.
...
Agah Village.
It was a village where wooden huts mixed with mud stood on land, and wooden houses built on trees brought harmony to the land. It was a strange but beautiful sight. However it was currently filled with desolation in the air.
The village is located at the intersection of the vast grassland and the grand forest, with no end in sight.
There are neither mountains nor hills in sight. However, there is a rushing river not far from the village inside the forest. The river seems to come underground before flowing deep into the forest.
At this moment, there are three old men sitting on some stones not far from the river.
They wore capes made of wool and slippers made from hay and straws combined. The three of them wore badanas on their heads as a symbol of their status.
"Village Chief, will they make it?" The elders looked worried by the side. They know that Garut can see the future and has set off to find the cure, but...
The village chief didn't seem to be worried at all. His gaze was on the river, lingering between the splashes and sparkling drops that would appear from time to time. "They will."
The elders turn silent. They also know about Garut's ability. In the whole village, only he has gained an ability. The ability even becomes the cornerstone of their village, which saves them every time.
"I doubt he won't return to this village at all. All these years, we haven't been able to find any traces of another village near us."
The village chief shook his head as he said, "There's no need to doubt him. He will come back... before the whole village completely falls.".
He was the village chief, but here he was staying away from the village because of an unknown diseases spreading. The only thing he can do is wait for the cure to arrive. He's never been this powerless before.
The village chief sighs heavily.
...
"Old man, why didn't we just steal the miracle water from that brat back then? He's all alone; we can just take it by force. There's no need to be cautious and respectful to him, right?"
The leader of the group can't help but recall the exchange back then.
Now that they have the miraculous water on hand, their problems will be solved soon.
The old man Garut, who was on his mount, sneered, "You think I don't want to? Why do you think I said I could see the future?".
The leader was confused. "Why?". Old man Garut glanced at him in disdain, and he said, "I'm trying to test him to see if he was the same as me to be all alone in the wild. When I know he was, that is when I acknowledge the exchange on equal terms."
"I see." The leader has a look of realization on his face. Old man Garut had explained it to him before that.
"Those who passed the acceptance phenomenon are naturally blessed with great strength and would continue to grow stronger with time. Even tens of them won't be able to defeat him." Garut said that before.
"But we have weapons. Can't we just ambush him from behind?" The leader suggested it with an unwilling face.
Garut really wanted to smack the head out of this ignorant, "Foolish, foolish, foolish. Tell me what you can do and how you would feel when you're growing stronger?"
"Um, I can lift more heavyweight objects?" Run faster?" The leader spoke hesitatingly.
Sighed... "Wrong, it's the feeling of heightened senses." After saying that, Garut didn't bother talking with the leader anymore. He only chatted for a bit because he was feeling bored. Now he felt tired instead.
What a life he had!
Actually, he had thought of just killing Nai back then, but when he thought that he might escape and find revenge afterwards, He throws that thought out of his mind.
It's better to be steady than blinded by greed.
Garut thought.
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Viridescent Castle.
Nai has decided to call his territory surrounded by walls Viridescent Castle.
Although he only had a pyramid-shaped shelter at the center as his only building, it won't be long before he can build a castle with it.
And that solution came with the appearance of Garut and his companions. The miraculous water will be his resource to exchange many things with them from now on. Also, he's going to raise its price.
In order to do that, he will need to be strong enough to fight numbers with quality. That's why it's early in the morning.
Nai started doing light exercise at first, then resting after a meal. An hour later, he started heavy weight training.
He didn't know how strong he was exactly, but he estimated that he could lift a thousand kilograms of boulder. That's only an estimate. That Garut could be more than that.
But because of his age, which was in Nai's favor, There's a high chance that they were on par with each other based on the fact that he didn't kill him to steal the miracle water he had.
There's also a chance that they were afraid I would destroy the bag containing the miracle water when I was pushed to the corner as they don't know where to find more again.
After a night of thinking rationally, he came to the conclusion that the combination of the miracle water and him had made the current situation balanced.
However, now that they know where he lived, They might not be so kind in the future when they visit. Because at that time, they would surely have thoughts of killing him if they found out the source of the miracle water was just around the corner of his shelter.
"Not enough! I need to add more weight!" Damn it! If those damn people didn't make me feel insecure on our first exchange. I won't have to do this hard training at all! It's all their fault.
Nai naturally held a grudge against them, even though they hadn't threatened him openly.
"Just the fact that I am outnumbered means they have more advantages over me." Just seeing the goods they exchanged for me has already shown him that this world is in a primitive era.
"And in this era, only the strong win." There is no law to restrain humans' greed for everything. It's the law of the jungle!" Double the effort! No, I'll triple it now!
A month later.
Nai didn't even take a day of rest for a whole month as he dove into the never-ending heavy training every time after meals and rest.
The morning sun shone on a small area devoid of grass beside the shelter. It was where Nai trained his combat skills.
At the moment, he was standing there doing basic training on the use of a spear, stick, axe, and dagger.
He even made a bow and arrow with the current materials he has. "Although I'm in a dangerous situation right now, I can't run away from my hard work all these years."
"Even if they are dangerous, I still need to face them. Because I have a little goal now. In order to do that, I would need to continue the trade with their village." A village! That means there are people!
And people mean there are women! Nai also needs to find someone to continue his bloodline here, after all. He didn't want to die without leaving a trace in this world.
Though he didn't plan on dying at all. "I will build my empire in this place. And the only ones I can trust are naturally those who came from me."
Yes, he is going to increase the population of his place by having as many bloodline descendants as he can.
Nai's eyes lit up with ambition. It was a ridiculous idea at first, as it consumes too much time.
"However, this is a magical world. Even immortality isn't unreachable anymore."