1st Place In The Ranking Is A Villager

1st place in the ranking is the villager

- Volume 3 Episode 15

15. Finally it?!

"Hello!"

"Oh, yes, hello."

The 'Forest of Darkness', which is currently being pioneered by players.

As the name suggests, it is always dark as at night because sunlight does not penetrate deep due to the leaves of tall trees.

Still, thanks to the sparsely growing luminous moss, minimal visibility is possible.

However, since sunlight does not come in, it is a place where it is difficult to find a single grass except for the trees that grow tall and receive sunlight and the moss that brings nutrients from those trees.

It is not uncommon to see the dead trees that have fallen behind in growth.

A small building located inside such a dark forest.

There are only stairs leading down to the basement in the building.

If you go down the stairs to the basement, there is an altar with huge statues on either side of it.

That altar is the entrance to the 'Cursed Underground Temple', a dungeon that Hoya tries to challenge to save Adamantite.

Admission is limited to a minimum of two and a maximum of eight people.

This entry restriction was the reason why Hoya asked Doban for help.

However, an unexpected bonus came along with Doban.

“My name is Yooa. I usually hear a lot from Dovan!”

"My name is Hoya."

After hearing Hoya's answer, the infant smiled brightly and waved the hand that shook Hoya's hand.

"Hey, but what happened...?"

When Hoya asked Yoo Ah, his answer was simple.

"I was bored, so I followed you. It's good to get to know you on this occasion. Oh, maybe I'm in the way?"

"No, not at all."

The friend's friend said that he was also a friend, and YooA treated Hoya as friendly as if he had known him for several years.

It didn't take long for Hoya to add friends over the horse with the infant, driven by the child's affinity.

YooA drew a V with his finger at an angle invisible to Hoya and showed it to Doban.

[Yooa: This is the difference between you and Lee hyung! haha!]

Doban couldn't shake the feeling that he had lost for some reason.

"Come on, let's go!"

Hoya had told Doban in advance which dungeon they were going to, so the toddler who had crossed over to Doban was the first to walk.

Among the three, the behavioral ability was the most outstanding in infants.

There were quite a few players in the underground cavity down the stairs.

The dungeon was discovered less than two weeks ago.

And since it is a dungeon where adamantite, the best ore among the ores officially confirmed so far, there were many of the players who are pioneering the dark forest in common.

There were also familiar faces.

"Ah! Hoya-sama! Long time no see!"

"Uh, hello."

Arko found Hoya and rushed to him.

The appearance of Arko he met after a long time had changed quite a bit.

"Did you dye it?"

One of Arko's trademarks, the equipment and the bread cap he had been playing with disappeared, and a long feathered headband was wrapped in its place.And his short rainbow hair was dyed brown.

"Of course, as soon as it was patched, I immediately ran and did it!"

While Hoya was on a trip to Jeju Island, Initium finally updated his hair dye.

In order to purchase hair dye, I demanded a slightly higher amount of gold than dyeing real hair in real life.

Even when the update notice was posted, there were shouts that it was too expensive.

But nevertheless, on the first day of the update, 5% of all players vomited the excitement of purchasing hair dye.

Arko was one of those 5%.

Arko's expression, which had dyed his hair brown, looked very refreshing.

"By the way, what did you come here for? Oh, did you ask something too obvious?"

Arko returned to the place where his party was with the words to do his best to conquer his dungeon.

I wanted to go around the dungeon with Hoya, but it seemed too absurd to say that we should go around the dungeon together.

After Arko moved away, the three including Hoya entered the dungeon.

* * *

[You have defeated the boss monster 'Rock Shaman' in the 'Cursed Underground Temple'.]

[Experience points and items are settled by clearing all of the 'Cursed Underground Temple'.]

[Level has risen.]

The daily entry limit of the cursed underground temple is 2 times in total.

On the 4th day after we started attacking the cursed underground temple with three people, we were able to finally collect enough adamantite to make a sword at the end of our fifth attack.

The drop rate of the rock shaman's adamantite was not on the low side, but the size was smaller than expected.

It was about the size of a fist, and it took a little bit of time because I dropped one or two of them at random.

"Thank you so much for your help. I want to give something back..."

I didn't know it would take 4 days.

Hoya felt sorry for taking the two of them that much time.

"Ah~ What's the reward? The hunting speed is fast, so I've accumulated a lot more experience than usual."

Since they couldn't leave the place because they couldn't gather adamantite yet, the three of them went hunting in the nearby dark forest when the dungeon was over.

As Hoya was added to the party, his hunting speed was quite fast, so he had accumulated more experience than usual.

That alone was a sufficient response.

"But, if there's anything I can help with later, tell me. I'll do my best to help."

"Then thank you."

Hoya headed straight for Ordo.

Yua and Doban knew that Hoya had to craft a new weapon for him, so they didn't bother to catch him.

As soon as Hoya arrived in Ordo, he headed to Dan Thals's workshop and handed him the ingredients.

"how is it?"

"Yeah, very good."

Dan Thals was satisfied and nodded his head.

He gave a congratulatory order to Hoya, saying that it would take about two days for the sword to be completed and telling him to come to him in the evening the day after tomorrow.

Hoya, who came out thanking Dantals, went to Sarivan's house.

Since I came to Ordo, I really wanted to get a passing grade from Sarivan this time.

* * *

There was a lot of tension in Sarivan's house.

"...Okay, it looks perfect."

"......I think so."

Sariban lifted the spoon with a tense hand and put it into the soup on the plate in front of him.

When the spoon that was placed deep in the soup was raised as it is, the thick meat and vegetables showed off themselves as they soaked in the soup.

Eat me, don't you think it'll taste great?

seemed to say so.

'This time, apparently, a passing score.'

It was the perfect perfection that would not be missing no matter where it was presented.

Even the smell of the soup is enough to stimulate the appetite.

But the important thing is the content, not the packaging, that is, the taste.

gulp.

Sari Van swallowed his saliva and slowly brought the spoon to his mouth.

Hoya followed after that and took the spoon of soup to his mouth.

Then he carefully put down the spoon and covered his face with his hands.

"......"

"......"

Both are speechless.

Badu, who was quietly watching the scene from the side, tilted his head and cautiously approached him and sipped the soup in front of Hoya.

"Keep! Kek!"

After eating the soup, Badu coughed up.

[Condition: Appetizing appearance and 180 degrees are very surprised by the other strange taste. I'm wondering who's going to eat this. Growth is still low [...]

Haha... Aren't you being too explicit about your expression?

Hoya sighed and handed Badu the water and antidote.

As Hoya handed him a bowl of water, Badu ate the water and antidote from the bowl in a hurry.

Badu wasn't the only one drinking water in a hurry.

Sarivan and Hoya also drank water as if trying to wash their mouths.

"Hoya."

Sariban, who had emptied the large glass of water twice, put it down and said seriously.

"Let's give up learning to cook. I'll make it for you."

"......"

Initium is a virtual reality game.

yes it's a game

However, as it is a virtual reality, the ability in 'real' affects the play to some extent.

In reality, a person who has learned Taekwondo, Kendo, Boxing, etc. can move his body well in Initium and wield the sword efficiently.

Because they have the 'knowledge' they learned in reality and how to move their body in their minds.

The reverse may also be possible.

However, I did not know that even my cooking skills would be affected by reality.

As it is a game, the appearance came out plausible.

But why does kimchi stew taste like rested in meat soup?

If it was a skill, it was a skill.

"......ha."

Hoya sighed when she saw the system message generated when she ate the kimchi stew disguised as meat soup.

[You seem to have eaten something that shouldn't be eaten.]

[The state is 'Poisoned'.][Resisted due to the effect of the title 'Resident of the End of the Land'.]

'You must not eat'.

It was the handling of the system for Hoya's cuisine.

It was like this even though it had been over a month since I started learning to cook from Sarivan.

It was understandable that Sarivan said that.

Hoya thought deeply and opened his mouth.

"...Okay, I'll give up."

"Don't be too disappointed. There are things that people can't do, and that's it."

Sariban has been patting Hoya on the back with sincerity.

Hoya felt more sad that he did.

It seems that the rumor that there are many real chefs in the chef profession is not false.

"Hmm, it smells delicious."

"Ah, Lencia."

Then, Lencia entered Sarivan's house.

After Hoya gave the key to the matriculation test, Rencia returned to Ordo after clearing the ceremony and staying in the village of Yggdrasil for a few days.

She didn't come back because she had a conflict with the elves of the village.

Rather, they welcomed her Lencia and did her best for her.

So, her feelings for her elves were also softened a bit.

However, she returned to Ordo without resettling in the village of Yggdrasil.

The reason she returned to her Ordo was that the food there didn't suit her.

She was too accustomed to Sarivan's food.

The food of the village has also improved a lot compared to the past, but it was not comparable to that of Sariban.

Still, she visits the village quite often.

Because her mother is there.

"Soup? Can I eat it?"

"Oh, that."

Without time for Hoya to dry, Lencia lifted her spoon and brought her soup to her mouth.

She then made a terrific expression on her face.

"What is this... Sarivan, have you finally started poison cooking?"

"no."

"Then this is..."

At Rencia's question, Sarivan carefully pointed at Hoya with both hands.

Seeing that, Lencia quietly bit her mouth.

Then she carefully begins to comfort Hoya.

Hoya was more saddened by Rencia's reaction.

"Something smells delicious!"

Meanwhile, Consannu came to Sarivan's house, possessed by the smell that had escaped through the chimney.

When did this person come back?

As soon as he entered, he ate a spoonful of soup and his reaction was no different from that of Rencia.

In a bad way, she was surprised by the taste of the food and when she found out that it was Hoya who created it, she came to comfort him.

"Uh... It's okay! I can't cook either!"

"...it's not comforting at all."

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