Since the festival will be held this Rabon(Saturday), Elaina has only 6 days of preparations for the bazaar. Although Elaina is quite reluctant to join this bazaar especially since it is something that she is not yet that capable of competing with a strong chance of winning, she is easily swayed by the rewards that are being given to her whether she wins or loses the competition.
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1st Place: 10,000 FP, 10 bags of seeds from the ledger(Your own choice), Gold trophy(with effects), a blueprint of your own choice, and 1000 gold coins
2nd Place: 5,000 FP, 5 bags of seeds from the ledger(your own choice), Silver Trophy(with effects), and 1000 gold coins
3rd Place to 5th Place: 1,000 FP, 1 bag of seeds from the ledger(Your own choice), Bronze Trophy(with effects), and 500 gold coins
Consolation Price: 500 FP and 50 gold coins
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For Elaina, the 1st place rewards are quite enticing for her. Not only she will be getting lots of seeds, but she will also get a blueprint sold in the ledger, a thousand gold coins, and lots of FP that can only be received if she has saved for a long time or she has done missions that yield very high FP and saved them.
What is more interesting is that the trophies given seem to have effects but because the description is vague, she cannot tell what effects each trophy will get on her speculation, it must have some unique effect that escalates the higher the tier of the trophy. Gold has the maximum effect, silver has the average effect and bronze has the minimal effect.
As for the consolation price, it is still somewhat decent but compared to the previous three rewards, it is considerably lackluster but Elaina can understand as this is only will be the one given if she doesn't get any sort of awards or anything. So even though it is somewhat disappointing, 50 gold coins and 500 FP are still valuable for Elaina.
"Based on the rewards tier, I can aim for the third price in my actual performance. The highest I can aim for is the 2nd tier of the rewards but reaching the first tier of the rewards is not possible right now. I can try the second place but this will be too much effort on my part and I don't want to stress myself out. Therefore, I will only settle on aiming for the 3rd prize," Elaina muses to herself.
"[Why not aim for the top? Shouldn't you become a bit ambitious?]" the unknown god asked.
"It's fine to be ambitious, but there are limits to ambitions and how one can achieve them. Reaching the first tier of rewards is something that is not possible for me right now. My farm is not yet fully developed while my competitors will surely carry the best of the best that their farms can produce. I am just being realistic and estimating what is more logical based on how I will perform if I participate," Elaina said with confidence. "It's not like I have no confidence in reaching the first place, but it takes a lot of effort and resources, as well as time and care poured into everything and I have only access to so little of all of those."
She said it right. She does have the chance to reach the champion if she tries. But she does not want to make a false attempt to showcase what her farm can do in just a short time. Sure, the rewards are tempting, but she wanted to take it easy for once and also logical considering she has just started her farm. It would become really suspicious for her to just become capable of becoming the first place upon joining.
"[Hmm, I guess you have a point. And I don't want you to stress yourself on winning. It's not like I will punish you if you fail to get an award at all. So if you are certain that is the only tier you are confident in winning, then, go ahead. Oh, by the way. As you can see, I finally finished the first batch of crops that I have been experimenting with. Mind if you can test them? You can say that...they are the "experimental crops" that I plan to introduce. You grow them and see for yourself whether they will be something good or they are not that good.]"
"New seeds? Do I have to buy them?" Elaina asked.
"[No. This is not yet for sale. But if your feedback on the crop is good and you are certain that this crop is beneficial for agriculture's business, then I will start selling them in the ledger afterward.]"
Elaina almost forgot that she received this power from the unknown god so that she could help with the process of introducing new crops to the world and in return, the power of the gods would help her with flourishing the farm. Although most of the crops that the unknown god has shown to her so far have been a bit broken for the economy and are quite fast to grow, she can't deny that these crops are something that she considers good crops that will be beneficial, not only to the health of the consumers, but it is also quite easy to grow.
But now that she has finally settled, it seems her first job has finally arrived. But she doesn't mind and honestly, she is excited for these experimental seeds.
"Do I still have to access the ledger to materialize those seeds?" Elaina asked.
"[Yes. Don't worry. You won't be spending anything in the process. Just purchase them like the Taming Gloves before.]"
Elaina nodded. She keeps the letter in her hands and brings it inside for safekeeping before going to the ledger and ordering the experimental seeds. On the ledger, the seeds in question are EX01, EX02, EX03, and EX04.
"They don't have names?" Elaina asked.
"[Well, as I said before, they are still experimental and they are not yet final. I will only bestow a name on it once they will be considered an approved crop. So right now, those are the names that I have labeled to monitor them and how they work. Can you please record them on how fast they grow, how fast they get flowers or fruits, and how fast they mature? That way, we can see and adjust how fast they grow, or how slow they should grow to maximize their benefits.]"
"Are these all spring plants? Are they delicate or do they need some special attention? Some plants are a bit sensitive to the sun and the like. Are there any specific things I need to watch out for?" Elaina asked for more information regarding the seeds.
"[Don't worry if they die. Just experiment on them on how they will grow and whether they will survive with little to no water or do they need to be near a water source like rice to fully grow. Just experiment. I will give you additional seeds to see how well they will grow and record the results on the Almanac. I will create a specific section in the almanac where you can record your results.]"
Elaina is excited after hearing this. The way they are doing right now is like the unknown god is the boss while she is the assistant. She does the manual labor and observation while the Unknown god will do the final changes, and adjustments and studies the results of the observation.
"[I can tell from your face that you are excited on this matter. And yes, this is a joint effort with both you and me doing the work. I am not going to deny your contribution here since you are doing almost all of the work. Once every experiment we do is successful, you will receive rewards as well. It is a win-win situation for both of us.]" The unknown god seems pretty chill Elaina seems to have finally gotten to know a bit more about this god.
"Ha, I like where this is going."
And so, Elaina started to participate in the activities of the unknown god to create crops that will soon be introduced to the world. One, that many people dreamed of doing.