Working hard Billing Knight Episode 5
“I had a mountain valley in a place where even the back hill of the village was not. I remember the expeditions coming to the point of exhaustion instead of having monsters.”
We looked around the devastated territory.
The existing residences, including the Lord’s castle, are no longer usable. This is because the number of orcs pouring out from the dungeon has reached almost 10,000.
“Crazy.”
That’s right. 10,000.
It’s ridiculous that in the territory where only 3,000 residents lived, there were 10,000 orcs who were bigger than any Hell Baron. Even though the distance between orcs was less than 3 meters, the territory was full. How can there be a force of 10,000 in a place where even 3,000 residents can’t eat enough and survive?
It’s truly an unbelievable sight… but I know. In fact, it is believable.
“Yeah. If this is not reality but a game, it makes sense.”
While killing an orc warrior, I witnessed a ridiculous sight.
After a short time passed since the orc warrior died, the corpse disappeared and a pouch containing gold coins dropped.
“13 gold. It’s enough to have a meal at a decent restaurant for about 1 gold, so it’s enough money to have 13 meals.”
If it goes like this, the situation will become grave.
In the worst-case scenario… it means it may regenerate.
“This is insane.”
Regen (regeneration). An abbreviation of the word “regeneration”, which refers to the phenomenon in games where monsters reappear after a certain amount of time has passed since their death.
If regeneration occurs, the orc warrior I killed, enduring injuries that could make my whole body collapse, will come back to life. If a monster like that can come back to life, even in the current situation where an orc warrior can barely match a decent knight, how can humans who become helpless once they’re injured stand a chance against such monsters?
When I was thinking about that, a scout returned.
“Reporting! I greet you, my Lord!”
“What’s the situation?”
“We need to retreat! Those orc monsters are splitting into groups of a hundred and spreading in all directions. It is expected that one of the groups will pass through the training grounds!”
“….”
My expression naturally twisted.
“No, they drop and regenerate according to the game system, right?”
In online games, monsters usually do not move far from their regen points. How can they hunt if they just wander around instead of staying near the spot where the monster regenerates?
However, upon further thought, the orc warrior had chased me for 3 kilometers with the intention of capturing me.
“No, it’s not going well. I need to gather more information.”
Before giving the move order, I spoke first.
“Log out.”
I returned to Earth. The installation of Revenge was not in progress at all. It’s obvious that installation does not take a long time in the age of photons.
“It hasn’t even been a second.”
It’s a phenomenon that has already been confirmed multiple times, yet it’s still amazing.
When I enter the Ardenia continent, Earth’s time stops. Even if I live for 20 years, I don’t feel the passage of time to the point where I don’t need to worry about the ratio.
On the contrary, when I come back to Earth, Ardenia’s time stops. Time flows completely separately, and moreover, I am the reference point.
“Let’s check the homepage.”
While Revenge is being installed, I access the website to explore game information.
Worldview, overall map, monster encyclopedia, Q&A bulletin board, beginner’s guide, major systems, NPC list, etc.
And I found the result.
“Continental Calendar 1317… I see.”
✧˚·̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥·̩̩̥͙✧·̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥˚·̩̩̥͙✧ 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓉𝓎𝓃𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁𝓈 ✧˚·̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥·̩̩̥͙✧·̩̩̥͙˚̩̥̩̥˚·̩̩̥͙✧
