"What is this? Batavia?"
Isn't that the name the trees said when they investigated the entrance of the silent forest?
And what's more, an invitation?
Felyn was amazed when she saw the transparent screen in front of her. In her entire life, she had never seen a screen with such color. Moreover, a screen suddenly appeared last night after the golden light disappeared, this must be something very interesting.
Excited, Felyn immediately said 'Yes'. She didn't even bother to report this matter to the elders. Those people would definitely be even more worried and delay the investigation into the silent forest even further.
[An invitation from the Lord of Batavia.
Dear Felyn Rosewood, we observe your potential as the youngest Ranger in the history of the Elf continent and are impressed by your achievements. Therefore, the Lord of Batavia is willing to employ you with a very high salary.
Job type: Batavia Infantry Soldier. (100-year contract)
Payment: Your magic energy realm at the Great Perfection stage will enter the Sea of Mana LV.1 realm
Various kinds of necessities will be provided by the Lord of Batavia himself. You only need to carry out your duties as a Batavia Infantry soldier.]
"What!?" Felyn screamed and her body almost fell to the ground. Luckily she immediately held onto a branch nearby.
"This isn't a lie, right? My magic energy realm will rise to the Sea of Mana realm?" Felyn stared in disbelief. She pinched her cheeks several times and it felt very painful. She also immediately circulated her magic energy to see if what she saw in front of her was an illusion.
"Haha… I spent 100 years training so hard. And all that was just to reach the Great Perfection realm. But with this, I can break through to the Sea of Mana realm?" Felyn laughed in disbelief.
In this world, those who had magic energy in their bodies could train it and develop it. 10 realms are divided based on how far a person's development level is.
It started from the Tempering of Ring, 9 Ring of Magic, Great Perfection, Sea of Mana, Core of body and soul, Transformation Relam, Sun and Moon, Celestial Body, Sea of Star, perfection Relam. This is common knowledge in this world. Although most will only reach the Sea of Mana stage, and there has never been a record of someone being in the Core of Body and soul stage other than in past legends.
Felyn alone, with all the effort and hard work she did, all of that could only reach the Great Perfection realm. For her to see the Sea of mana realm was a dream that she didn't even dare to dream of.
'But, how did they know that I was in the Great Perfection stage? I never even told anyone. Not even my friends or my father.' Felyn felt a strange chill and looked back.
There was no one there. It was a dense, quiet forest. Her previous friend had returned and there was no aura or living creature around here. But for some reason, the golden screen seemed to be staring at her with a very sticky gaze.
After seeing no one, Felyn looked back at the golden screen in front of her. "100-year contract…"
To be honest, she really wanted to accept it. Because even if she trained until the end of her life, she was not sure she could break through to the Sea of Mana stage. This was a realm that very few people could reach.
100 years was such a long time for humans. But for an elf like her, 100 years was so short and would pass quickly. So the offer given was not bad. No, this was even such a good offer.
Without any other hesitation, Felyn agreed to the contract. The system thanked her and disappeared.
"Now, what…" Before Felyn finished her sentence, her body experienced such intense pain. The current of magical energy raged and surged like an endless wave. The Ring Realm that she had worked so hard to form was destroyed without a trace and was absorbed into her body. As if it was a very natural process, a sea that was like an ocean was formed in the depths of her body. Every inch of her body flowed with endless magic energy and continued to rotate.
Sea of Mana Lv.1
The sky seemed chaotic as all the magic energy that was so dense in the air was forced into Felyn's body. It felt like she had lost all control of her body and someone else was controlling all of this process. Felyn could only see and realize that she was no longer standing on the tree branches.
Her feet seemed to be stepping on empty air like standing on the ground. And the surrounding forest was destroyed to nothing because of the strong mana fluctuations. From a distance, several Elf troops ran in fear and watched from a distance. They only saw a small dot in the distance and could not observe further.
Before Felyn could feel the feeling of the Sea of Mana realm, her body was transferred and she saw an empty tent that was so foreign.
"This is real..." Felyn couldn't believe what she was feeling right now. The feeling of being in the Sea of Mana stage, something she couldn't even achieve from 100 years of training.
Clank…
From outside, a voice was heard and a gun was pointed at her. The figure of a faceless humanoid creature with clothes covering its entire body. His hand was holding a piece of wood and a barrel she didn't know.
"Don't move and come with me to meet the Lords."
Felyn who saw the gun pointed at her just nodded slowly. Whether the strange weapon could hurt her or not, that was not the problem. When she arrived at this place, information flowed into her head that told her what she needed to know.
The two of them walked out and approached three people who were chatting with each other. Although the language they spoke was strange, Felyn could understand it.
"There is no problem with building a storage warehouse. Besides, we need a warehouse to store the food we find. Do you see what the soldiers found?" Miftah pointed to the pile of wood, fruits and various berries that were lying and divided into several separate parts. In addition, there were also some animals that were still alive that were caught by the soldiers such as deer that were tied up and strange birds with quite large shapes.
"At least we need to prepare clean food and drinks. Alam, no matter what development we have to go through, it will be a problem if we don't have food or drink reserves."
"Besides, your idea of building a farm or a weapon manufacturing room is good. But we can't do it for now. There is a problem where we don't have the necessary resources and we don't have enough workers. At least we can survive with the food reserves we have."
"That's true." Hanif also nodded hearing that.
Looking at the conditions, there were not even more than 20 people in this area. The soldiers didn't need food or drink, didn't need rest or obsessions like pleasure. Besides, the lack of resources was a problem.
"Okay... so we have to start looking for people who are willing to live in this middle of nowhere?" Alam looked around and was quite skeptical. When he saw the soldiers he assigned up to a woman, his face brightened up quite a bit.
"Lord, I have brought the people you recruited."
"Good job." Alam nodded in satisfaction and looked at the figure of the race called an Elf.
It was a beauty that was truly pleasing to the eye. But for now, he didn't really care how beautiful his subordinates were, in a world he didn't know and dangers that could come at any time, none of the three cared whether she was beautiful or not.
Alam asked with a serious face. "First of all, can you sort out the fruits collected there and put them in this warehouse, separate the ones that are edible and the ones that aren't. After that, you can join the patrols with the other infantry soldiers."
Felyn looked at the pile of fruits and nodded slowly. She walked away from the three people and looked at the fruits collected in front of her. From inside the warehouse, the soldiers brought out several boxes made of wood and handed them to Felyn.
"All the edible fruits, separate them and put them in this place. As for all the inedible ones, we will throw them away. If there are any special items in this place that have good value in any production, tell us and we will report it directly to the Lord. Do you understand?"
Felyn nodded. "Is that all?"
"For now, that's all your orders. After this, you will join us in exploring around this place, and start building more outposts and paths between the trees that will make it easier for us in an emergency. After that, we will start to make a map of the whole place and start setting and making traps and looking at the surrounding ecosystem. If possible, we will turn this plain into an advantageous territory for us in the upcoming war."
"Wait a minute. Isn't that too much? And war? Are you serious about going to war? Who are you going to go to war with?"
The soldier's tone became colder and more annoyed. "You only need to follow the Lord's orders and the Lord has bestowed upon us the duty to protect them. We soldiers never get the chance to serve directly with the Supreme Commander and this is the greatest honor we have! Soldier, do you consider this honor a disgrace?"
When the faceless soldier said that, all the hardworking soldiers fell silent and looked at Felyn with strong hostility. Everyone here pointed their weapons at Felyn with intense anger.
Felyn did not answer. She had the power in the Sea of Mana realm that was on par with the elven elders in the great forest of the elves. Even so, she refrained from using her bow or attacking the foot soldier in front of her.
It was all because of the contract that restrained her. If she broke the contract, then the end she would get would be death.
After calming herself down, Felyn sighed softly. "How long do you expect us to finish all of this? 1 or 2 years?"
"1 or 2 years? What do you mean?" The soldier held the shovel in his hand tightly. Although he did not have eyes, his gaze showed a burning gaze. "We will finish all of this in 1 month!"