Translator: Dreamscribe

Jinwoo returned to the Secret Base and calmly observed the situation.

Most of the story about Leon had been revealed.

"Has my acting improved too?"

Was it because he had been too immersed in Leon?

Some of it was from the setting Tia had arranged, and other parts had just naturally come out in the flow of events. He had unraveled the story to a certain extent and had given out a Quest, so it was time for a short break.

The players were working harder than ever to complete the Quest.

Jinwoo walked through the streets of Evanth while staying hidden.

It had changed quite a bit compared to before.

“Oh, fruit wine?”

Even taverns had opened in Evanth now.

Not just fruit wine, but alcohol made from grains had also appeared. Seeing players doing business together with NPCs brought a smile to his face.

Jinwoo received a bottle of fruit wine from an NPC and teleported.

He arrived at the cemetery filled with tombstones.

After the players had left, the cemetery was once again hidden to prevent anyone from approaching. To the eyes of players, it would appear as nothing more than an empty clearing.

Jinwoo didn’t come here often either.

In truth, this cemetery held no real significance. The tombstones only had names inscribed on them, and both the souls and bodies were trapped in the land of Erosion. Everything Jinwoo had told the players here was true.

“Hmm?”

The moment he looked at the clearing, Jinwoo stopped in place.

Because there were countless flowers laid across the clearing.

They were white flowers, but hardly any white flowers remained in Arsilan. These ones had been carefully made from paper or cloth and were laid out beautifully.

“They really are Heroes.”

To move the heart of a Archmage.

It was a miracle even Erosion had failed to accomplish.

Jinwoo stood there, quietly gazing at the scene.

Swoosh!

As he waved his hand, the cemetery appeared. Jinwoo blew the flowers into the cemetery.

Then, he quietly placed the fruit wine in front of the graves.

"At this rate...."

I'll have no choice but to do my best.

Jinwoo smiled at the corners of his mouth.

* * *

The once peaceful situation in Arsilan changed drastically. The laid-back atmosphere was gone, replaced only with tension.

[Magic Barrier: 59%]

This was because the Magic Barrier's value was decreasing sharply. As the number decreased, the barrier’s color grew darker. Sometimes, horrific skull-shaped figures would appear.

Players were reviewing the maps and records Leon had left on Arsilan Worlds, struggling to locate the core of the magic circle. As the value continued to drop, the urgency grew more intense.

Many were sending inquiries to FS Games.

If the Magic Barrier were to be lifted, Arsilan would be destroyed. Then what would happen to the operation of Arsilan Saga?

To such inquiries, the Salvation Headquarters Director at FS Games gave a brief reply: “Many scenarios have been prepared and are still being developed. We sincerely hope that the worst-case scenario does not occur, please protect Arsilan.”

The world created by the Heroes, that was Arsilan.

It was just a game, but the players felt a sense of responsibility. Even if it was a game, the affection they had poured into it was real.

Title: I'm at the lab right now.

The map locations and magic circle patterns seem to have mathematical significance. Ran them through AI at the lab, and here’s the result.

[Attachment: Map Coordinates]

Brothers with Elkin!

Or those who are close to Beastkin!

I’m counting on you.

I’ll keep researching.

The professor is with me right now too.

LifeHunter: Request accepted

Anonymous1: Oh, please let it be right this time...

Anonymous2: It’s kind of far, though?

Jam-sik: Even if it’s not, let’s not jinx it. What matters is continuing the attempts, even if we fail.

GukbapClub: Fuck, this Erosion bastard is seriously pissing me off.

LifeHunter mounted a Elkin immediately. Elkin, once a chick, had grown a little and developed a comb. With his increased intelligence, he could understand and act on LifeHunter’s words.

Tatadadak!

As Elkin sprinted forward, his guild members followed behind. They pulled out the map and compared it with the coordinates obtained from Arsilan Worlds, advancing rapidly. But when they arrived and examined the location, there was nothing.

Just in case, they even dug into the ground, but only dirt came out.

“Looks like this one isn’t it either, hyung.”

Jam-sik drew a large X at that spot.

LifeHunter frowned. And so, the meaningless attempts continued.

Anger toward Erosion was rapidly building up in Arsilan Worlds as well! Posts condemning Erosion dominated the top ranks of the Best section.

Yet, there were a few completely out of sync with that atmosphere.

Title: What? Did something happen?

Why so serious?

I was harvesting rice in the Workshop, and when I came back, why is everyone acting like this?

Why are you fighting monsters?

Y'all should try rice farming.

Just plant, harvest, and sell rice, and gold comes rolling in.

Right now, I’m basically duplicating gold.

By the way, rice is better than wheat.

Anonymous1: Are you crazy, bastard? Everything’s about to collapse.

└ForRiceMoney (Author): Bullshit. The world doesn't collapse that easily.

└Anonymous1: If monsters swarm in, your farm’s gonna get wrecked too.

└ForRiceMoney (Author): What! I’m doomed. What the hell’s going on?

└SockThief: [Link] Check this out

ForRiceMoney (Author): This looks exactly like the Evanth sewer.

└Anonymous2: ??? Why is this real?

└ForRiceMoney (Author): I used to rice-farm in the sewers and made a ton of gold.

└Anonymous3: It really does look right. After Early Access started, we even did an expansion construction through a Quest from the Village Chief.

It was a post that normally would have been ignored, but it suddenly became one of the top Best posts.

LifeHunter and the players headed to ForRiceMoney’s farm. It was a fairly large-scale farm located in front of Evanth. Not only they but also members from top guilds were gathering in droves.

“Is it that serious?”

“Isn’t this just an event?”

Players who usually didn’t care about Quests couldn’t quite grasp the urgency. Focused solely on production professions, they couldn’t feel the crisis on a personal level. ‘ForRiceMoney’ was one of them.

[Magic Barrier: 54%]

*A crack has formed in the Magic Barrier, and it begins to affect Arsilan.

Rumble rumble rumble!

As soon as it dropped below 55%, the surroundings began to shake. Evanth’s recently completed city wall trembled violently and started to crack, and the ground split open.

Stones from the city wall crumbled, destroying all the market stalls built in front of Evanth using Contribution Points.

Smoke rose from inside Evanth, and even the farm partially collapsed. The carefully grown crops were swept away by dirt and left in ruins.

Fruit trees transported from Elvens at great cost in Contribution Points were brutally broken.

“Ah....”

“Huh....”

The atmosphere changed to something terrifying in an instant.

Swish

“ForRiceMoney” and members of the Farming Alliance picked up pitchforks and rakes.

Their fury toward Erosion continued to build.

And it became harder and harder to predict just how far that rage could go.

Strangely enough, it kept striking exactly where it hurt the most.

*****

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