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Chapter 48: The 100th Day of Living in Another World
The 100th day of living in another world
First thing in the morning, Merinard and the others returned to town. Of course, they have a large amount of potatoes and rice in spatial storage.
Merinard estimates that it will take at least 20 days to negotiate with the council and coordinate with other merchant associations. If there are any inconveniences along the way, the Chamber of Commerce will send a message. All we can do is wait patiently.
Meanwhile, the village was to focus on building houses and developing trade routes. Two row houses with sleeping capacity for about 20 people will be built in the west residential area, and once that is completed, we plan to build a series of detached houses. I have entrusted Rudrug and Roa with this, as well as the maintenance of the village roads.
I was also working with the logging team along the trade route, diligently removing the roots of the stumps that remained in the ground. Today’s logging team consisted of six members: Haruka, two warrior rabbits, and a rabbit who had not yet taken up a profession.
Haruka chopped down the trees with her strength, and the two rabbit men pruned the branches, then used earth magic to cave in the area around the remaining stumps. After that, the two warriors cut the roots and threw them into the forest.
“Village chief, this is just a question.”
“Hmm, what is it?”
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“If we expand the site with the chief’s skills, won’t the trade route be ready in no time?”
One of the warriors who was working with me to remove the roots asked me this question without any hesitation.
“Well, yes, but ……”
“What’s going on?”
“I’m having a hard time getting the next site expansion released. Maybe the next skill release will make it possible.”
“Oh, you mean the skill release requirement?”
“I think it will be possible with the next skill upgrade. If the road to the settlement is opened, by any chance, the ability will be released. ……”
“Well, if the road is opened, it will be easier to get to and from the village, so it won’t be a waste.”
“I know, but I always have faint hopes.”
The next site expansion, when it is released, is likely to be quite large based on past trends. If that happens, I would like to expand the trade route to the city and the road south to the sea.
In particular, if the expansion to the south is completed, the east and west sides of the Great Forest will be completely divided by a boundary. This will prevent threats from the forest in the east and interference from the city, and will also make it possible to procure seafood and salt from the sea, which will be a good thing.
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“I think we’ll put the trade route on hold for the time being once we open up to the settlements. Until we hear from the Merry Trading Company, I’d like to concentrate on raising everyone’s level.”
“Oh, hunting orcs in the east! We want to join in!”
“We’re looking forward to the Nanashi Village Warriors.”
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Day 107 of Living in Another World
-Seven days after Merinard left the village.
Today, the road to the village was finally opened. It was a major construction project that took a total of 55 days from the start of logging.
Unfortunately, we did not hear any announcement of the skill increase. Still, we all felt a sense of accomplishment, so let’s call it good.
However, although my skills did not increase, it was good news that the occupation of “lumberjack” and the skill of “logging” appeared in the rabbit couple. I can entrust them with the main logging work from now on, and I hope the couple will get along with the rest of the work.
“Haruka, from a strategy game standpoint, what kind of development do you think would be preferable in the future?”
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“N-no, I don’t know. …… We’re not going to capture any cities or capitals, are we?”
“No, no. Think of it more in terms of territorial defense.”
Right now, i was chatting with Haruka in the former settlement, taking a rest.
“I guess the first thing we should do is to provide food aid to the beastmen territory. Even if it comes to war, it seems that they are inferior to the human race in terms of strength, so the beastmen will have no choice but to defend themselves.”
“If it becomes a long-term war, the food problem will be a bottleneck, won’t it?”
“The food problem will be a problem in a prolonged war. If we can adjust the situation to the extent that we can slowly push them while supporting them, we may have a chance to attract the needy and refugees to our village.”
“Certainly, I would like to expect that.”
Just as Haruka said, “using the beastman territory as a shield to prevent interference from the humans” was the ideal for the current village. What about humanitarianism? I have that feeling, but I just want to avoid the village being trampled and wiped out.
“Speaking of loyalty. I’m sure there will be migrants, refugees, and others who can’t enter the village because they are just barely under the threshold.”
“There have been a few people in the past. However, I’m not going to lower the standards, okay?”
“That’s fine. I think there are quite a few of those people, however, who will become more loyal as they see what the village is like.”
If you understand the safety of the village, I think your loyalty will certainly increase. But what about making them live outside the village for days?
“Well, I see your point, but do you have any good ideas?”
“Well, for example, maybe there should be some kind of accommodation outside the compound adjacent to the village. They could live there for a while.”
“But wouldn’t that be dangerous?”
“If we make them villagers outside the compound, I can check their loyalty level with my appraisal, and if they want to kill or come in without permission, we can trap them with automatic expulsion.”
“I see. If we check the number of visitors thoroughly, there won’t be any accidents.”
“I’ll take care of that. I mean, who else is qualified for this job but me?”
“I’m sure you’re right. Then I’ll let Rudrug know about the accommodations.”
While returning to the village, i worked out the details of their emigration plan, and returned to the village with a souvenir of the meat of a great hare they came across on the way.
After returning to the village, we all had an evening meal together to report on the opening of the trade route. The Rabbit tribe was overjoyed because they had completely regained their village.
“Listen to me, with everyone’s cooperation, we have completed the development of the trade route.”
The entire village burst into applause and cheers.
“There are still about two weeks until we hear from the Merry Trading Company. Starting tomorrow, I’m going to start a period of leveling up, focusing on the combat team.”
“Oh!”
“Let’s do it!”
“But Keisuke-san, if that’s the case, I’m afraid we’re a little short on hunting grounds.”
Sakura said she would like to see the barrier extended a little further into the interior.
“Hm-I see… That’s right, let’s extend it a little.”
I was a little hesitant because the site that can be expanded is reduced, but if the villagers die because the level is low, it’s putting the cart before the horse. We decided to increase the number of hunting grounds and strengthen the villagers as a whole, and discussed specific measures such as extended distance and group formation.
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Sakura and the others also said that leveling up was slowing down when facing orcs, so they wanted to open up new hunting grounds by extending the barrier.
The operation to recapture the settlement has finally come to an end, and a new operation to strengthen the villagers has begun.
Status as of Day 107
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Keisuke Lv26
Occupation: Village Chief Nanashi Village ☆☆☆
Unique Skill Village Lv7 (36/500)
『Village Chief Authority』『Range Designation』『Exile Designation』
“Ability Imitation” “Browse” “Collection”
“Goods Transfer”
village bonus
☆ Rich soil
☆☆ Versatile warehouse
☆☆☆ Goddess Faith
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Sakura Lv30
Villager: Loyalty 98
Occupation: Wizard
Skill Water Magic Lv4
Consume MP to attack with high power. Drinkable. Shape manipulation is possible. Adjustable temperature
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Tsubaki Lv15
Villager: Loyalty 98
Occupation: Farmer
Skill Farming Lv4
The land can be cultivated easily
Increases crop growth speed
Increase crop yield
Improves crop quality
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Touya Lv30
Villager: Loyalty 95
Occupation: Swordsman
Skill: Swordsmanship Lv4
A large upward correction is applied to the handling of the sword.
Greatly increases the power of sword attacks
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Natsuki Lv14
Villager: Loyalty 92
Occupation: Craftsman
Skill Work Lv4
Upward correction is applied to work and processing
Objects: wood, fiber, stone, metal
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Roa Lv24
Villager: Loyalty 88
Occupation: Wizard
Skill Earth Magic Lv4
Attack by consuming MP by thinking
Shape manipulation is possible. Changeable
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Haruka Lv28
Villager: Loyalty 95
Occupation: Appraiser
Skill: Appraisal Lv4
Ability to identify organisms and objects
* Appraisal conditions: Visual inspection of the target
Can prevent self-appraisal
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Akiho Lv28
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Villager: Loyalty 89
Occupation: Healer
Skill: Healing Magic Lv4
By looking at the target, MP is consumed to heal wounds, status ailments, and diseases.
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Rado Lv19
Villager: Loyalty 96’
Occupation: Warrior
Skill: Physical enhancement Lv2
strengthen physical ability
*Constant activation
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Rudorgu Lv14
Villager: Loyalty 90
Occupation: Architect
Skill: Architecture Lv2
Significant upward correction to building strength and quality
Physical ability increases only during construction work
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Beritoa Lv10
Villager: Loyalty 84
Occupation: blacksmith
Skill: Blacksmith Lv3
Increases processing speed and quality of weapons and tools.
Target: leather, metal, monster material
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