Chapter 68: Finally a Tutorial (10) (2/2)
“No”
“Then what is it?”
“I have a favor to ask you”
Allen pursed his lips slightly in interest “This is reat hero like you”
“I have a task I wish you would lend a helping hand to”
“Please go on Why, did the sixth recruits cause soain?”
“No, that’s not it” Chi-Woo inhaled deeply and said, “I’ for a hero”
“Hero? Who?”
“A hero who has the power of a druid”
Soh Allen’s eyes, and Chi-Woo had to put great effort into appearing nonchalant Allen observed Chi-Woo carefully and replied in a low voice
“I don’t knohy you are looking for such a hero…but that’s me”
“What?”
“I’m a hero who has the power of a druid” To Chi-Woo’s surprise, Allen easily adain and exclai! Can you help me then?”
“…Calm down Could you explain the situation to me first?”
“Okay, you kno druids are very connected to nature?”
“Um…I suppose you can say that”
“Then, wouldn’t they be able to row?”
“That is certainly possible,” Allen agreed
“Then,” Chi-Woo’s eyes sparkled, “Would it be possible to revive the ground?”
“Isn’t that obvious?” Allen snorted “Land is the foundation of nature and the s Plants and animals alike can only live and walk in this world if there is land Druids are not icians, and they need a source like the land”
“Oh, then…” Chi-Woo began to go into great detail, asking questions such as whether or not a druid could revive a barren land with their powers, and if they did, how long would that take Although Chi-Woo had boe of questions, Allen replied to each and every one of them sincerely, and most of his ansere positive
“That’s perfect” Chi-Woo clapped, and Allen looked at hi on
“Let’s make a deal”
“A deal?”
“Yes Don’t you want to becoain?”
Allen frowned, and Chi-Woo quickly added, “I inal powers as a hero”
Allen’s eyes turned round, and Chi-Woo explained his plan to introduce hinificant portion of his total merits to make up for the divinity necessary for Allen to be chosen In other words, they were going to establish a contract through a third party
“That’s possible?” Allen sounded doubtful
“Yes, it is possible I ca sure,” Chi-Woo said excitedly
“…So I’ll be in a similar situation as Ru Amuh,” Allen confirmed
“Yes!” Chi-Woo nodded ardently
By forain a support system to recover their powers; all heroes currently on Liber wanted this to happen for them, but since this was impossible for many, there were plenty of heroes who didn’t even venture outside due to their reluctance to take on the risk Thus, it was unbelievable that Chi-Woo was letting hiain his poithout risks Chi-Woo had told hi this, it sounded like Allen was the one receiving a favor Thus, Allen had to ask
“What do you gain from this?” It would be a lie if Allen said this wasn’t exactly what he wanted, but he desperately tried to remain level-headed In response, Chi-Woo relayed to Allen what he had heard from Eshnunna and the natives Allen looked stunned by Chi-Woo’s answer He had expected so, but to think it was all for the purpose of far the problem of food supply
“I know that onea contract with a God Perhaps you wouldn’t get along too well orto force you, but—”
“No” Allen shook his head If Liber was a normal World, there would have been merit in Chi-Woo’s words But the situation was severely dire, and he didn’t really have the luxury to be picky hich God to serve This was the ti a contract with Shahnaz would grant him a sturdy lifeline
“If it’s Goddess Shahnaz…it’s fine It seems the Goddess controls the wind…and since wind is also part of nature, I don’t think we’ll clash,” Allenat Chi-Woo If Chi-Woo had made a personal request, Allen would have accepted it easily However, Chi-Woo wanted to do this for the public and the benefit of everybody while shoulderingup his most precious asset Allen couldn’t understand that
“Are you really going to use your precious divinity for such a simple reason?”
“What do you mean? We don’t know any other way to ensure our food supply”
Allen knew the proble, but he still didn’t understand why Chi-Woo would go so far
“I don’t want to starve again Or are you fine with that, Mr Allen Leonard?”
“Well, I…” Allen pursed his lips It wasn’t the first tiht, but Chi-Woo sure had a talent for shutting people up “To tell you the truth… I knew the severity of the ie, but I didn’t really have the will to solve it” Allen licked his lips and continued, “It’s probablythat there was no way to solve the probleoes for everyone else”
Allen could have accepted Chi-Woo’s offer easily, but his personality didn’t allow it Then, he confessed his deepest thoughts “That includes you You haven’t been chosen by a God yet You could’ve put yourself before others, but why…”
“Solanced at Allen with a s we do is for the sake of filling our sto in the end”
Allen’s expression blanked, and it was clear froaze how taken aback he was
“…Ha!” He burst out into laughter suddenly “Ahahahaha!”
‘Did I say so funny?’ Chi-Woo was also surprised
“Ha! You’re right That’s exactly right!” Allen laughed for a while and wiped tears off his eyes before nodding “Yeah, we can only be heroes if we eat and survive” Allen let out another peel of chuckle and asked, “So tell me, sir What is your na to tell me?”
“No that’s not it” Chi-Woo hesitated If Chi-Woo had to state what he regretted doing thehi’
“Have I notyour naly, hurt that Chi-Woo was still unwilling to tell hiether
“You’reThat’s not the case at all It’s just that…” Chi-Woo explained his reluctance without
“What? Is that true?”
“Yes If I revealed my name in such a serious atmosphere, it would be ridiculous”
“Thatto tell you”
“Just tell h”
“No, I don’t want to Many had pro”
“Hah! Seriously?” Allen chuckled and shook his head, not expecting such a story behind Chi-Woo’s name at all
“Okay, then I won’t ask any you as ‘you’, I will call you ‘teacher’ instead That’s how I feel about you”
“But I’m not a teacher”
“No, in my perspective, you are certainly worthy of the title” Then Allen recalled the conversation he had with Chi-Woo before co to the fortress “You also said you weren’t a commander…” A soft smile formed on his face, and he muttered, “It was hard to believe you then, but I can certainly believe you now”
“?”
“I a that you are worthy of respect”
Chi-Woo looked at Allen in confusion, baffled by Allen’s sudden goodyour request isn’t a difficult thing fornutrients into the dirt would be a piece of cake But I want to remind you that the divinity that you offered to pay is very difficult to collect in our current situation It is very rare and precious In other words, what I’ you in return would be worth ht with you?”
“Um…Are you sure that you can do what I asked you to do?”
“I give you reed to the proposal ”I swear to you, Teacher Whatever my relationshi+p with you or anyone around you becomes, I will take care of this land with all my heart until I die”
Allen extended a hand, and Chi-Woo grabbed it Allen’s hand was rough and tough, but his firrasp conveyed his steadfast will
“So, when are we doing this?” Allen asked
“Let’s strike the iron while it’s hot and go iht now”
The two got up from their seats and went to where Shahnaz’s statue was Chi-Woo introduced Allen to the Goddess and asked her to choose him Shahnaz was disappointed by the fact that Chi-Woo wasn’t asking to be chosen himself, but she didn’t have any complaints Actually, she welcomed it A God was an existence that lived off of beliefs, so each and every believer was precious in this situation, and someone at Allen’s level elcomed After Allen reawakened his power, Chi-Woo and Allen both returned to the fortress
They soon found Eshnunna and the other natives scuffling around an eing hi from afar Allen kneeled on one knee and stayed still for a while before he got up Noticing a change, the natives scooped up handfuls of dirt in their surroundings, and their eyes widened Soon, a bright smile bloomed on all their faces Chi-Woo wasn’t sure what had happened, but it seeone well Like Allen had pronificantly
The natives crowded up to Allen and asked hie of questions Eshnunna also looked at him with surprise and approached hi, but Allen turned to Chi-Woo and se, Eshnunna also turned around and spotted Chi-Woo Chi-Woo gave her a thumbs-up when their eyes roup of natives followed hi back at Chi-Woo Although she didn’t say it out loud, her eyes shone with deep gratitude Just like that, another problem had been solved Well, the problem wasn’t officially solved yet, but Chi-Woo had provided the basis to solve it
‘I should go back to running now’ Chi-Woo stretched and walked out of the fortress Then he ran with everything he had
‘I feel good today’ He didn’t know if it was because he had solved a pressing probleetic today
‘Maybe I should raiseone’s convictions wasn’t li in battles Even the sed, and the act of ensuring a community’s food supply was no s hand to the salvation of Liber In other words, the ood deed today had influenced, the more merits he would accumulate in the future
“One, two! One, two!”
But of course, Chi-Woo had no idea about this as of now