《System: Gods' Gardener》 Dungeon 1 Lucas Rankin, a 16 years old young man who wants to help his family, he tries to apply in some open position, in every kind of job. He tried to become a waiter, a dishwasher or even tried to apply to a carwash. But suddenly he saw a flier near a supermarket, [Hiring Factory Workers] This must be it! I have to try it at least! He went to the address of the agency as soon as he saw them and pass a resume. After a week of waiting, he received a call from the agent that he was hired as a production worker in a company that makes USB cables. But it only lasted for 4 months before he was fired. He makes a mistake and made the machine he is using to malfunction. He doesn''t know what to do and continued his work. Who knows that an inspector from the Quality Control department caught him on cam and give him violation? This makes his confidence fell. After that day he never goes back on his work again. After two days he recovered from being down. He decided to plant crops for the meantime becuase, he still had enough money to prepares the tools and seeds that he needs to start. Just after he starts, a blackened land surprise him, but he just give a smirk. He though it was nothing. Land turning black is the only caused by burning dry grass. The area is not that big, the place were full of ashes. He took a pickaxe he owns and started to plow the land. But the soil is still tainted in black even after he is already dug a foot deep. Scorched soil can''t be like this, he smiled and plow the land. The land turning black might be good, it might be sign that this land is fertile. Ding! Suddenly he hit a solid things beneath the ground, "What''s that?" he got nervous. "It''s just a stone, I''ll go dig it!" He took a gardening shovel to remove the soil, the more he dig the more he is astonished, he dug a Hoe with black handles and silver blade! The blade was clean, there''s no sign of rust at all, just when he lifted it, a beep resounded from his brain. Ding! [System: You have obtained ''The Gods'' hoe.] He was baffled and fell on his butt. "S-system! Y-you mean, this hoe, is from the Gods!? And, and, System? Ha! haha! I-I can''t believe it! All of the novels I read is real?" He stared at the hoe like his girlfriend! " T-this, S-system show me m-my status." Ding! [Lucas Rankin] ''Gods'' Gardener'' Beginner Weapon: -Hoe of Gods *effect: No plants can defend against it. Low damage to humans. >Make the land fertile >Accelerate the plants'' growth (500x) >Portal to Earth/Hearth (Locked) Stamina: 95/100(%) Fatigue: 10% Gods Mail: 1 Plant points: 0 ---------------- " Huooh! It''s real! G-gods'' Gardener? and what''s this? God''s Mail?" He taps the button to see the messages. [Dear human, Once you discover this you already prepared yourself to make a living out of farming. So, I won''t give you a starter pack! By the way, I will buy the crops you harvested and will give points that equivalents to the quality of the crops!] "This? Never mind, he''s right. He gave me this hoe so it does not matter! Plus it can make the crops grow faster! After I earn enough money, I will make a portal and visit another world!" After that day, He planted 5 thousand seeds of cabbages and almost 5 hundred seeds of carrots. The time his crops grew up was abnormally fast and piqued his family''s interest. He pretended he know nothing. The harvest took one week. The quality of his harvests was good and earned a bit. He took 10% of his harvest and send it to the gods. The carrots grew big and juicy and the cabbage. "He-hey! Why so little? I have earned a few thousands of money out of this!" He said, "Haist! doesn''t matter anyway! He''s a god after all." After a year he managed to earn a few million out of his crops. He managed to buy the land where their house is standing. His vegetable freshness managed to attract the eyes of those who were running a restaurant. The contract makes them earned more! After a few months, he managed to renovate his house, he also secured the lives of his family, and his sister paid her debts from the university. After a few months again, he discovered that the effects of the Gods hoe''s stayed for as long as 3 months! He become successful than ever he imagined. He also decided to sell processed good like chilli paste. This makes him a very successful personnel if you compares him to his peers. He even has several bank account with six digit numbers each. "Hmm, this can make the expenses of my family for life. haha! Plus the effects of the land lasts for 3 months. I will send all of it to mom! Now I can finally do something I want to do two years ago!" +-+-+-+-+-+-+ "This is the world of Hearth hah?" Standing in front of the portal, Lucas Rankin finds himself in front of empty land that stretches without end. PLOCK! He started to dig the land and frowns. "It''s a suitable land to grow plants, but why there''s no grass at all. Hmm, let''s see, I have the map here." [ (Map of Hearth) ] " Let me see. System, can you find out where are we know?" [System: We are in the land of Emptiness. The land is suitable for normal crops.]If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. " Eh? Oh alright, so this world has special crops. Land of emptiness must be because the trees I can see is a bit farther? Then System, find out how far is the nearest forest and also find a place or town nearby. We need some information first." [System: ...The nearest forest is 3 kilometers in the north and the nearest town is 5 kilometers south] " Then let''s go to town first my little Hoe!" [.....] He walks in an endless land all by himself. On the way, he saw a few greenhouse-like domes. People coming in and out of it with a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables. He approaches a blonde girl whose carrying a sack of corns. "Hello miss, how about I give you some help? I''m not from here so I need some assistance." The girl ignored her and walk straight to the truck. When she came back she already has a 2-meter sword in her hands! "Mister, please go away. You can''t trick people here. I''m in a good so I let you slip away this time." She pointed the sword on his neck, she put a little cut on his neck enough for blood to roll down. "Hoho, Michelle don''t be so aggressive." an old and buffy old man walk out of the truck, he took off his hat and approach him. " Young man I can see that you are not from around here. What help do you want?" Lucas smile bitterly And laugh. "Thanks, grandpa, I am Lucas, I''m from far away land. Also, I am an adventurer, after m-my grandfather died, I decided to find some fertile land to start a new! Right now, I am looking for the capital if there is any law about land in this place." "Hmm. You really aren''t from here hah? This place is at the border of Grains City, and everything you see is their property! But a few kilometers farther is a free land! You just need seeds to grow in that place and enclosed the place. "It all yours and no one can take it from you and at the same time no one can protect you." He smiled brightly and bow "Thank you, grandpa, can I join you to the city for seeds?" "pff ahaha, Young man! I am Neil, and this girl is my granddaughter Della! Good! How about we have a deal? Did you know that the real reason no one plants those seeds because before they turn to little puppies, they need to take care of it for a long time? Plus they can just buy them to the hunters! "Those kind of farmers are having a hard time taking care of them because those kinds of puppies can''t be trained." "Hmm? What do you mean? Puppies?" Lucas said. "haha... Nothing!" He took something inside the truck and throw it to him. "Let''s go! I''ll take you on a tour, that suite will help you later, you must wear it, okay?" The suite covered everything on his body. The head was covered with thick leather, the glass that protects his eyes is an inch thick. There also thick metal plates that protect the chest part, his groins, and his tights! It was like he wears something that both astronaut and knights need to wear. The three of them entered the dome-shaped greenhouse. "W-what are they?!" On his front are hundreds of giant pots, and in the middle of the pot is a strange looking plant! It''s swaying left and right like it''s a sleeping person! Neil walks straight to a large container made up of marble. "Come over here, Lucas, right? I''m guessing that you and your grandfathered lives alone in a secluded place and know nothing about this era. Then let me give you a short explanation of the things, a farmer from this era must know!" He opens the lid of the container and removed the clothes that''s prevents the scent from going out. He took out a handful of a gem like grains inside the container and give it to him. " This is what you call mana grains, this kind of mana is useless to humans." He throws another handful of grains to the ground in the middle of the dome "But not for these puppies!" "Kaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!!!" Just as the grains dropped to the ground, hundreds of unknown creatures with familiar shape rush towards the middle of the dome like a chicken! They jump, some rolls, some even crawl like a snake! Their target is the Gems like grains that is thrown to the ground! "These creatures might be harmless when they''re like that, but they are quite aggressive towards strangers. They''re like a puppy but they don''t bark, but instead, they bite. These cute little puppies are the ''Plantros''. " A hundred of years ago, when this world has undergone a transformation, the manaless world evolve to a world overflowing with it, the high density of mana affects the plants and turned them into this intelligent species. "The more mana and the stronger they get, the faster they grow in numbers. One day a certain someone who calls himself god did something. He throws thousands of clay in the air and scattered it around the world, while three pieces of clay dropped in this city. The clay sunk on the ground. It absorbed the mana around the area and build an underground dungeon. That place is where we can collect these mana grains!" (Dungeon!? Oh I know I have this system. Maybe I can fight too?) He thought. " Grandpa Neil, you mean dungeon, does it mean there also monsters!?" "Haha of course. In our city, there are three kinds of a dungeon! Two of them are easy while the other one is hard mode. Since you ventures around by yourself that means you survive from those wild '' Treetans'' !" "Treetans?" Lucas Asked. "Yes, Treetans are those who do not produce fruits like the redwood and Narra." "Hmmp! Strong? He doesn''t even defend earlier and just stands there like a stone." Suddenly the sword on her hands shrinks from 2 meters to 20 cm. "Be careful there are no more grains for them to eat." "Groowlll!" "W-wait! What to do? What to do!?" He panicked at first but remembered the mana grains on his hands. He throws it towards Della out of panic. " D-della! Sorry. Run fast!" The group of Plantros look at her and began to charge. But Della did something else. She lays down the ground and pretends to be unconscious. "....." Lucas "....." Plantros Neil look at the scene and laughs!"Ahaha! Lucas, you have to run okay?" Grooohhh! "Argggg! What the heck? What''s with them?" He said when the Plantros chases after him like a rabid dog. He runs like his life was in danger, he managed to surpass his body limit because of his panic. He took out a black colored Hoe on his backpack and get ready to swing. *Fiiiweeet! A strong whistle stops the Plantros from advancing. "The Plantros might be glutton but when it comes to the loyalty they can be compared to your let dogs!" Della stood and shakes her body to remove the grains of mana on her body. "Hmp! You dare to humiliate me, bleeh!" She put her tongue out and laughs, she looks at the Plantros whose rushing towards the grains and smile. (Its good that grandpa manages to stop you, you guys already dead.) Old man Neil approaches Lucas and look at his weapon "Lucas, that hoe. It''s beautiful is that, a magic weapon?" "Eh..? ah. Haha, maybe it''s better to call it magic tool!" "Oh." ".... It was my grandpa''s joke when I ask the same question. Lame right?" Neil touched his beard and smiled. "Yes, It''s lame. Let''s go, I will guide you towards the city," he said while he took something from his pocket. "This is ''Shrink Lace'' It will reduce the size of the item it was attached by 80%. A magic item can attract the eyes of the greedy hands!" "T-thanks grandpa!" he attached the lace towards the ax, and it really shrunk! "Come on Lucas you look so ignorant hahaha!" Neil said and continue "Let''s go to the city! Haha, now I find a good partner for my granddaughter!" "D-dad! What are you saying?! Who wants to be with this ignorant!?" "Hey hey, little blonde corn, who said I want to be together with a brutal girl that uses a wig made out of corn silk?" Neil laughs watching them fight "Haha you two become close already? Haha, a good match indeed!" ""No way!"" Lucas & Della "Okay okay!! late go to the city!" Neil said and drive the truck. (Dungeons, little hoe I''m glad I found you!) Dungeon 2 The City of Grains The city of Grains, you can already guess that this city''s best products are grains, and also because they are the only city in the country who has discovered them after the evolution. Before the country learned about mutated corn, the Grain City has already collected a herd of them. The city also is one of the first city who discovered the usage of mana grains, that it speeds up the Plantros growth and its how fast they bear a fruit. "Plantros are still plants, they love a soil that is contacted with mana for a long time. The land on the border has a low-quality soil." He said. "But Grandpa Neil, I find it suitable for plants, it''s smooth and there''s no grass growing around it." "It might be true, but the reason the plants are gone is those treetans have eradicated them." "Thank you Grandpa, I''ll be going. I''ll go find you if ever I manage to build my own farm." "Haha, of course. You can visit our farm whenever you want, and Della too!" He scratched the back of his head and smiled bitterly " Haha, grandpa, I love corns. Can I visit corns instead?" "Haha, of course. Della loves them too." "...." "Grandpa! The buyers are already here!" "Okay, I''ll be there." He said, "Son, wish you luck." (Now I''m alone, what should I do first. I forgot to ask if there is an adventurer or merchants guild in this city. Well let''s explore it on our own.) The Kernel Inn "Good afternoon costumer, do you want to eat or to stay?" A beautiful young lady with round eyes and straight black hair welcome him in the counter. He look on his pocket and discover he has nothing. "Haha, no I''m not. Grandpa Neil suggested this place, but at this moment I only have my bag! I just want to ask if there''s a work for adventurer like me?" The girl look at him from head to toe and feel confuse. (Why did Neil recommended him here? Can this guy fight?) "Mister how about this, the Adventurers Guild is located right side of the inn, just walk straight and you''ll find a five story building with five doors. You need to be a registered adventurer before you can do dungeon diving. You can earn big with the drops of the dungeon monster, some even manage to build their of farm with the money they earn!" "Thank you, I''ll go back after I earn a bit." He bows and walk out of the inn. He walk in the right as the receptionist said, the city have a lot of tall buildings out of woods, that covers the road with its shadows. This makes walking on the road in the middle of the day doesn''t bothered him. After a bit of walking he found out a eye catching building in front of him. The building have five adjacent doors with different colors. (What with this building, hmm It might be the Adventurers Guild.) He walk straight the building, the building has five doors with 5 different markings. "The middle with dark gold color have S? Must be the highest rank. Gold A, Silver B, Bronze C... and plain white with a marking of a beast...?"Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. He entered the door without thinking, his instinct telling him that this door is for beginners! After opening the door, the room is like a cave, the walls separates the room and lead them to their destination. When he reach a room with a lot of lights and couple of adventurers with leather armor, he already know he entered the right room. (They look so shabby, and what''s with that sling shot? How can you shoot stone if you are already tired of carrying a load of stone on your back?) The group does not have anything on them, and everything they have are improvised. He went straight to the counter and asks."Good day, Miss can I register as an Adventurer?" The little receptionist smiles and look at what he wear "Good day sir, of course you just need to choose if weather you pay for registration or put it on your tab!" She look at him coldly and continues " If you can''t pay for a week, as the contract says, you''ll be a slave for life. Got it?" "Got it, just give me the contract!" he said. Deep inside him, he knows what the girl is saying. (Hmp, just wait and you see.) "Come over here, you need too choose contractor. They will be the one you will serve if you ever fails to pay your debt." He was lead to a room with a giant room, in its side there is a little board with a few names that is listed neatly. He planned to choose any female contractor and straight to the board. "Hmm? Della? This Della is she the Granddaughter of Neil?" He asked the receptionist. "She won''t accept even if you kneel so choose another one." she said. Instead of choosing a new one he tap on Della''s name and write his name on it. "Lucas Rankin, good then send." "Sorry sir but you are wasting our time." The receptionist keep her calm face but deep inside, she was irritated. ( Who do you think you are? Look at your appearance, you''re just a poor farmer suitable to be a slave.!) "Auntie, why don''t you shut your mouth up?" He said with discontent, "You should never look at the appearance of your customers, right? ''AUNTIE?" "Y-you, You''re the auntie here! Make another contract and get it do-" "Stop it ''AUNTIE'' I''ll take his contract." ???? "Shut up you! m--" Her eyes pop out when she saw the one who speaks, she steps back sweating hard. "M-Miss. Della, I-I''m sorry!" She kneeled then bow at her like a dog! Della ignored her went on front of Lucas. "Grandpa wants you to be C rank, but with the condition of you beating me, haha!" "Ahh? Wait what do you mean?" She smile on his question took her lays and release her sword "I''ll be your opponent in this test, if I beat you, you''ll be my slave okay?" "What!?" receptionist & Lucas. Lucas forehead started to sweat "Why all of a sudden? Did the contract says I only need to pay the debt?" "It''s okay! Or a man like you actually afraid of me? Well I''ll let you prepare for hour, I''ll be waiting here!" She jump at the end of the room and started to concentrate. "What the, this... haist." He went to a corner sat. "What to do, System, show me my status" Ding [Lucas Rankin] ''Gods'' Gardener'' Beginner Weapon: -Hoe of Gods *effect: No plants can defend against it. Low damage to human. >Make the land fertile >Accelerate the plants growth (500x) >Portal to Earth/Hearth (Locked) Stamina: 95/100(%) Fatigue: 10% Gods Mail: 0 Plant points: 2000 ---------- "This, the god bought the vegetables I plant last week, but what is this points is for? System do you have a store? Can you show me what''s this points for?" [System: The points is for the store.] [Store] >Plant Seeds >Tree Seeds >Pots >tools *Gods note: If there''s a point, there''s a store congratulation!* "....." He stares for the note for minutes he (I want to cry! It took me 2 years to collect them before I realize it!! ) He look at store and smile bitterly. "Yeah what did you expect from the store for a farmer? If someone asks for Tank or Warship he must be an idiot" He looks at the last option ''Tools'' to checked if there''s anything he can use to fight. ------------- >Tools -Shovel [2001 ppts] -Sprinkler [2001 ppts] -wheelbarrow [2001 ppts] -Sickle [2001 ppts] -Slapper [1999 ppts] -Lock- ---------- "..." Lucas & System "Wow I must be an idiot to think I can find a sword in a tool shop, right system?" Whispered. "But what the heck men. Is god making fun of me? Well since I have no choice, system I want the slapper." [System: You successfully buy ''Slapper''. You still have 1 ppt left!] "That''s great! I still one point! one point my ass! System let me check the ''Slapper''s effect." [Slapper] *An item used to slap animals and likes who plan to destroy your garden. Effect -A slap can make every living being to cry no matter how thick his skin/clothes are. "....." Looking at the effect of his ''slapper'', Lucas smiles maniacally and look at Della who is concentrating. ( Ku Ku ku, I suddenly have the urge her *as now.) Dungeon 3 Time runs slowly, even though he has the slapper he still can''t calm his self. A sword is a sword, and no matter what, a single stab on his heart can kill him. "Nervous mister ''Ignorant Adventurer''? You still have time to surrender! Don''t tell me you will fight me with your---- slapper?" "Hmm? This?" he asked smiles "I suddenly have the urge to slap your *as. Why did you ask?" "kuu!" Her face turned red and her body trembled, she looks at him. "Pervert! Look! I use silver armor! What can your slapper do to me?" Looking at her trembled Lucas found his chance to boost his confidence "Haha, how about this. If you win, I still will be your slave, but if I win, instead of being C rank, how about I''ll stay at F rank and you will compensate me with a shrink container?" "Hmp, arrogant! How about we start the fight now?" She said, "You see I''m currently a Rank B adventurer! How can an ignorant wanderer like you can win against me?" She unsheathed her sword and points it on him. " Miss Receptionist start the test!" "Y-yes!" She took out a recorder and click the video button. " L-Lucas Rankin test for Rank F adventure! Miss Della Rank B adventurer as his opponent! Ready... fight!" Cling! hiyaa! As the battle started, both side charges and meet in the middle of the room. Lucas swings his ''Slapper'' towards her hands but he is interrupted. A fast chop descended with intent to cut his hands. Another slash followed and send him into full defense! He rolled to the ground to avoid her sword, he saw a shadow approaching and rolled for a second time, he was almost get lashed with a whip. "Hey, are you serious? You want me dead?" Lucas said as he runs to avoid her bombardment. She did not reply, Instead, she throws the sheath of her sword and charged. He avoided the sheath with a sidestep and followed with a step back, a whip followed the sheath and almost hit him! If he did not decide the moment he avoids the sheath, he already has a lash on his face. Della charged at him with the sword on her left hand, she swings her sword without holding her back! When his arm is going to be chopped, he moves to the side a bit. "Hehe, lucky!" She can''t stop her momentum and at the time she lose her balance, while the sword slips from her hands and hits the wall. (This girl almost kill me! My heart feels like it doesn''t want to be with me anymore!) She extended her hands to support her body and get ready to sprint. *Slapp! "....." She heard a loud slap from her back, her face become pale and tears started to flow from her eyes. "Kiyyaaah!" She rolled on the floor and hold her b*t*. The slap hits her armor, but she still felt as if the slap hit her skin directly! "Wuhuhu! Pervert! I''ll tell father what you did to me!" she shouts even though her face was a mess, she covered her back and still feel the slap, the slap was like she is stung by hundreds of bees. "Ku Ku! How about I slap you again!? I only manage to hit the right cheeks! It might be bad if they grow with different size! kuhaha!" His laughter echoed on the room and his showing his teeth like a demon! He licks his lips and approached the crying Della. "E-enough! Wuhuhu! Y-you, win already! But I can only give you s-shrink bag!" "Oh, you mean you mean you agreed because you thought you will win against me? Ku Ku Ku! Looks like you need a ''slapunishment''!"If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. "Hiiihhh! No! No! Please!" Tears flow out of her eyes and begged for his mercy! "Pff, haha. Miss Receptionist, you did not see anything okay? If this news came out this slapper is helping me to grant you your desired punishment!" "Y-yes!" she said and took out a card from the recorder. "This is your card, and you will be a Rank C adventurer." "?? Why C? I said I''ll be an F rank right?" "No sir, It''s the recorders judgment. It records your speed, strength, calmness and how fast you decide." "Hmm. Sounds good! Come here Little Corn." He bent down and took a towel on his bag, he wipes her tears and smile. "You see, I might be bad, but I don''t want to see a beautiful girl as she cries. I''m sorry." *dug dog* "Y-you! I-I''ll go take the shrink bag!" She said and walks out of the door. Her face was red and her heart beats fast, she also can''t walk straight because her knee is trembling. (W-what was that!? That idiot!) Inside the room, Lucas completed his registration. His adventurer card is bronze, indicated that he can now enter the door with ''C-bronze'' sign. He went out of the building and walk straight towards the north. "The receptionist said the easiest dungeon here is the one on the north. Since I have my card, I''ll enjoy myself for a while!" The north of the city is quite far, but it does not matter, it was his first diving that''s why he''s excited. On the way to the dungeon, he finds out that there are few weapons and armor shop around, the density of adventurer thicker and thicker. When he got near to the entrance of the dungeon, he discovered a circle of adventurer encircling a blonde girl. A man with large psyche and longsword step forward and smile maniacally "Little miss, there''s a lot of us in here. Can you fight us? Why not just surrender your bag to us?" "Hmp, just a few of you?" she took her lace out and armed with a sword. "You don''t know whose shrink bag is this. I don''t know what will happen when he found out that your group takes it forcefully!" "Who? We don''t care, we are an adventurer, no matter what happens the law of an adventurer can''t be wrong." He said, "Adventurer can''t kill each other but, they can be injured right?" "Hahaha" The group started to laughs and unsheathed their sword, they use the circle formation like a spider web and get near to her. "That''s good, then I can hurt you all the time as long as I want!" Slap! slap! The voice was followed with a couple of slap and bodies fell into the ground. The person who was hit never screamed! Why? The slapper targeted their neck which is nearest to their brain! The pain is so sudden that they lose their consciousness. "What who the Haack!" The man tried to swing his sword towards his back to avoid being slapped, but he was parried by Della''s sword. "You can''t run away this area!" Slap! "Little corn, I feel like you should be holding bow and arrows instead of a sword!" Lucas exclaimed. "S-shut up, here take this bag, and get out of my sight!" She throws the bag towards him and turned around and left. "Wow, so thankful. Nevermind, this will lessen the burden on my body too." He ignored the unconscious people on the ground, and put his mountain bag inside the shrink bag, "Hmm, pretty good! I can move Creek now haha!" The bag is small that it can only have 5 boxes of cigarette if not for its ability to shrink. He put his bag into his waist and walk in the dungeons direction. The dungeon''s entrance was almost 5 meters wide and 3 meters tall. Every time and then, a group of adventurers are going in and out of it. He approached the guards of the dungeon and asks for information. "This dungeon has no limit on how many adventurers will enter as long as they can pay, right? then how many floors are there?" "Hmm, another noob. Well, let me tell you a brief history who about this dungeon. This dungeon is named after the discoverer, the Grace, Grace has almost 70 floors and counting. Every year the mana inside the dungeon will be thickened and will produce another layer! Every year the mana will be thicker than before and will create much stronger creatures. This is the dungeon who had the fastest spawning rate and the deepest dungeon in the city, and for this reason, they can''t slay everything and just let the dungeon accumulate enough man to make who another layer!" "Thank you for an introduction like an NPC, but what kind of monster this dungeon spawns?" "... There is only slimes and spores, but don''t look down to those from base floor 5 and below! Every slime on that area can paralyze, burn or poison you. The effect is not strong, but a lot of them is problematic! Clearing the 50th-floor tools 3 S rank adventurer to escape. The doctors found their body being corroded by poison, no, toxic." "Haha, slimes are slime." he bows and said, "Thanks for your advice but I''m a rank C adventurer too." "Well, just came back with your skin intact, haha!" ---------------- An hour after he enter "Yes the spawning rates are fast, every ten seconds in this floors, but what the hell men, the adventurers have already memorized the spawning area and monopolized the drops! "The sixth floor have a few slimes escaping from their sight, but still not enough, well maybe I can hunt when I get dipper? The layer 1-10 is the easiest. Maybe there are more preys on the eleventh floor?" He walks for a bit and now he was in front of a door size entrance. He went down the stairs for minutes, but when he saw the floor, he did not find any slimes. "S-spores!" *Spoooo! Dungeon 4 The 11th layers populated with hundreds of spores. Every time and then a group of spores will wobble their mushroom-like body and releases a powder in the air time to the air. "Hell! Is that that a paralyzing powder?" he took out his shrink lace and armed his self with the Gods'' Hoe. " It''s just a paralyzing powder, It won''t last that long. let''s go, little hoe." shoo! He charged straight forward aiming for a small group of spores. But before he was able to deliver an attack, the spores already discovered him! The spores release a low squeak and rush towards him. he did not dare to charge to a group of crazy spores and dash back to the entrance! The group of spores hops like a bunny from his behind and seems like won''t let him go. He shoots straight towards the 10th layer to catch his breath. The spores do not dare to go after him into a different territory they went back to the 11th layer and stop the chase "... That''s crazy. There''s a lot of this Spores! Those spores, are they using the mighty dragon spores!? I can''t charge aimlessly! I need to plan!" After a while, he smiles like a maniac and looks for an empty area to dig a couple of 2 feet wide stones. He stores the stones inside of his shrink bag and went down to the 11th layer unhurried. He took out his shrink lace and remove the gods'' hoe from it. He took out a few shrunken stones and positioned it in center of the lace like a slingshot. *Squash! "Haha! The hunts begin!" He swings the lace and releases the stone after it gains enough speed. After the stone is released, they return to their original size and the speed of the stone multiplied which launch a stronger impact and sends the spores'' into a pulp. Every time he killed, the corpses will not rot and stay on the ground. Instead, half of the corpse will turn into a blue colored smoke and gathered on the place where the spores die, the smoke solidifies into crystal-like grains. Each grain has the same amount of solidifying smoke. This only means that the amount of grains that will be produced is not clear. The other half of the corpse was absorbed by his body. He though that this is only natural and did not give too much attention into it. "Haha now you guys are nothing to me! Well, let''s wipe this ugly spores to their extinction!" He was hunting hundreds of spores for an hour already. The monsters in the 11th layer were wiped out a lot of times and it''s respawned speed can''t keep up on the way he hunts. He decided to speed up his pace and wiped a few more layers. When he reached the 16th layer of the dungeon he suddenly stops. He dashes at the corner of the room and slips behind a big rock formation. Just after a few more seconds, a group of thugs like people walks out of the entrance. They have all types of weapons! Broadsword, doubles edges ax, arrows, and dagger! They have every weapon as if the group are always ready in any kind of situations. "Where is he? He can''t be dead right? Go find him! We wait for him to get fat this long! We can''t let him go!" He said, his smile like a maniac then licks his dagger. "He has a shrink bag and a shrink lace, I''m also pretty sure that this brat has a lot of gain on him! After wiping 5 layers on his own. Just think about how much we can earn just by killing him?!" "Hmm, boss, the monster from this floor was not spores but corroding poison slime! They''re dangerous if we disturb them that we will be sacrificing a few lives just to escape. Plus that guy might be busy looking for a good location to hunt, his not going too far from this area." tack! Just after he spoke, a shiny piece of mana grain drop on their front, this attracted not only their attention but also the same to the group Corroding Poison Slime. Sweee!! The slimes released ear-piercing noise, the screech destroys their sense of balance and make their knees bent on its own. A couple of slimes spat a dark green colored liquid to the group. "F-fvck! We need to escape! My feet can''t move!" "Arrggkkk!" "B-Boss help kuhaak!" The level of their group can hunt group od spores, but the group of corroding poison slime? The corrosion effect melted the skins while their flesh was releasing a black fluid, and a rotten smell will spread in the entire layer attracting even more slimes! "I''m sorry, even though you''re human.. bleurgh!" He almost but covered his mouth, (So unlucky! Why? Why do they have to drag me into this situation!?)The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Currently, the group of slimes is feasting in the group''s corpse. The number was unimaginable, and they even made a small mountain of slimes in front of the entrance! (What to do? They blocked the entrance, how can I escape in this place? Portal? No Maybe I.. wait, they are slimes, slime''s intelligence is low, well I can''t just sit in this kind of place and wait for them to end their feast! They are feasting in human''s flesh after all!) He put his lace in the rock he is hiding to make it lighter and easier to lift. He hugged the rock and dash towards the corner where he can see the movement of the slimes. He leans his back towards the wall, and placed the stone on his front to use it his hideout, he removed the lace to turn it back to its original appearance. "There''s no turning back!" He loaded a shrank stones on his lace and used it as a slingshot''s ammo. He swing his lace in full force and sends the stone towards the crowds of slime. After he throws an attack he quickly bent his body to hide from the slimes. *Squish! The popping sound resounded in the entire layer! It''s like a water balloon that''s poked with a pin. He throws a quick look at what happened in the slimes, he confirmed that his a large part of them died, but he still remained nervous. There is a lot of them evaporating, but there''s still a lot of them! He put another round of stone and swing it with his fulls forces! *Patchie! *Plushh! *Pheew! After a few rounds, the stone he collected was used up. But there are still a few of them in the entrance! He took out his Hoe and think of a strategy on how to escape. "They only reacted to a living, but I don''t have anything on me! I only have 1 ppt, and my store is only selling goods for farmers!" He doesn''t have a choice but to dig the wall of the floor. He swings the hoe, with all of his might and slowly hit the wall. The wall is like a metal and the collision between his hoe, and the wall makes a deafening noise. *Dang! "Sh*t" He looks at his back and finds out, that the huge crowd of slimes was charging at him. He swings his hoe to send a rock towards them, but they are almost unscathed, he runs to a nearby rock and hides behind it for an ambush. *Shuck! The slime did not even react before it dies. It just stares at him to wait for his end! The slimes are dangerous on long range and direct confrontations. But can''t move if they are ambushed. Right! That''s it! He throws a piece of rock and distracted the group! He dashes around the rock to sneak an attack. He approached the end line of the slimes and started to swing his hoe like a golf club! *Splash! *Slush! "Dam*ed slimes! This will be the end!" Puchi* He slew every slime and acquired hundreds of more mana grains on his possession. With all his strength he rushed towards the dungeon''s exit! "S-status!" Ding! [Lucas Rankin] ''Gods'' Gardener'' Beginner Weapon: -Hoe of Gods *effect: No plants can defend against it. Low damage to humans. >Make the land fertile >Accelerate the plants'' growth (500x) >Portal to Earth/Hearth (Locked) Stamina: 30/100(%) Fatigue: 94% Gods Mail: 0 Plant points: 1 --------------- He breathes deep and was scared "Hell! I need some rest! My fatigue is so high! I feel like I''m gonna die!" "Haha, right? How many floors have you manage to clear?" The guard approached him and tap his shoulder. "Now you know that being an adventurer means that one of your limbs is already set in the grave just to acquires enough money to have a good future!" "You''re right! If I did not managed to find a way to slay those corroding poison slime, I''ll be a dead bones already!" "Haha, of course. The fifth flo-.. You what!? You cleared the 16th floor!? Those are high ranking slimes! Only rank d could fight them!" The people around the area heard his shout and look at the person he was talking to. "Hey, I know him l, he makes a group of thugs unconscious with one swing!" "Hmm? That''s him! The one who become rank C just after he become an adventurer. It means, he really clear 16th levels!" The guard now looking at him as if he was looking at a monster! "S-so you really are a rank C!?" "Haha, gotta go now. I need a rest." He said, and get away from the crowd. ---------------- Inside Kernel Inn A sissy man walk towards Lucas and pointed sword on him. "You ugly ancient cultivator like you here!" "Yeah, we just got our rank D. You are spoiling the mood!" "Dear customers, please don''t be rude to our guest. He is recommended by Mr. Neil and-" Before she has ended her words the man pointed his sword towards her! His eyes were red! Indicates that this person is already drunk! "What''d you say? I mean you don''t know this handsome me!?" "N-no sir but please-" "You are just a receptionist! Yet you dare to talk back!?" He swings his sword to cut her neck but a hoe interrupted his sword! slap! The next moment, a sound of slap can be heard in the entire Inn. The Imm become silent, then a deafening roar enters their ears. "Arrrrrggg!!". He wailed as if his tiny winny were cut into two! He was holding his *ss and sat on the ground! " Y-you! I''m a novel! You dare to hurt me!? Y-you. will be- Arggkk!" Lucas swing his slapper and slap him again on his legs! "little sissy, how about I cripples you before I rest? I just got back from my diving, and I was in a bad mood because of a group of thugs actor like you!" He turned around and slap the man''s shoulder and end his wailing. Lucas looks towards his companion and signs them to take him away. "Miss, it''s okay now. I will be not let a sissy like him humiliates a lady on my presence! If he ever makes a trouble, just let me know. I''ll take care of him!" Blush!* "T-thank you so much, sir! I-i am Violet!" She bows her head to hide her embarrassment. "W-well let''s proceed with the conversion! 1 night for four mana grains." "Violet hah? Haha, so cute! Then, have a good day! Miss Violet" He drops 4 grains of mana in the table and turn around to live. (H-he complimenting me! W-wait! E-erase go away already.) Inside the room, Lucas took out a coconut from his bag and stares at it with a weird expression! "Hmm? coconut? Can you turn into a plantros? or Treetans? I brought you as my drink but it turns out you''ll be my first companion!" He put the coconut on his bag and took off his shirt. (Haist, what an eventful day! Tomorrow I need to make a research on what kind of planteros exist in this world!) Revival 1 In the middle of the night Ding! [System: You received a Gods'' Mail(1)] [System: You received a Gods'' mail(2)] . . . [System: You received a Gods'' mail(12)] "Hmm, 10 minutes more! I''m so dead tired!" Lucas said half asleep. [System: God sent you 12 mails] "Pff! What? What do this guys want!?" He opened his mail and see who have sent him the messages. No, there''s only one messenger! What do this gods want? He opens the mails one by one to know what is that god is thinking when he sends those mails! [You there?] [Sleeping?] [You took two years before you make it in Hearth!] [You also took two years to discover the store!] [Well since it already reaches in this point, you can finally proceed the mission I want to give you!] [This world of Hearth was a paradise for farmers, and the evolution of the creatures here turned out to be cute and attracted my friends. My friends were a bit disappointed though!] [The mission I want to give you is to transfer, and revive every extinct plant in this planet, using the resources from Earth!] [And of course, every mission will give you Plant points(Ppts) as a reward!] [There is a daily mission with lower rewards that is enough to support your farm, and there is the main mission which will be focusing on the evolution of extinct plant. There are two sub-missions, Rule the world, and build a kingdom for plants and human to coexists. Which is the decision depends on you if you want to do it or not] [The future of this planet will be in your hands! Do your best and you''ll be rewarded!] [This will be my last message, I am invited by my friend to century-long feast! Haha!] [I''ll cut my messages to wake you up! kuhaha!] "....Is-is this real? The hell with him! It''s not the end of the of the world to wake me up this early!" he said and continue, "What with this missions? System, show me the mission page." Ding! [Missions] *Daily mission -Walk for 10 minutes (0/10) - 2ppts -Drink 8 glass of water (0/8) - 5ppts -Eat 3 times a day (0/3) - 10ppts -Dungeon for an hour (0/60min) - 25ppts *Main mission -Build a farm/dome 5 kilometers from any city (0/1) - 1960ppts -Revive extinct planteros 1 (0/1) - 1000ppts *Sub Missions -Rule the world (y/n) -Build a kingdom for plants and human to coexist (y/n) "..well seems normal, except for daily mission! Well, seems like giving the god my crops won''t work anymore! This sub-mission will wait after my farm become stable." He was gonna go out to eat his breakfast, but he remembered that it is only 2:00 am. He went inside the bath area and wash his body properly and wear simple pants and a plain t-shirt. Equipping his shrink bag on his waist, he went downstairs to look if there''s already food. "Hmm? Good morning Violet! So early, did you rest properly? Those thugs did not come after you again right?" The girl looks at him strangely and chuckled, "Hehe, no sir I''m Viola, we are twins! Thank you for saving my sister yesterday!" Lucas can''t help but scratch his head after he heard that she''s a different person."Well, Miss Viola. I know that it''s so early, but did the already made a breakfast? I will be working early today and I don''t want to go out with an empty stomach!" "Fufu! Of course sir. The Kernel Inn is Inn for early birds! Farmers and adventurers are the most customers of the Inn! The cheapest set is 2 silver coins and the most pricey set is 1 gold or 2 mana grains! We also have our best selling for only 1 mana grain!" "Haha, so cute! It''s so early yet your full of energy! I want the best selling set!" She smiled and list a note, "Your food will be served after 5-10 minutes, sir!" "Okay, I''ll be waiting in the dining area!" When he walked inside the dining area, there is already a lot of customers eating. "Woah, this is really a farming world! There is not enough table for everyone!"Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. He stands on the side of the room to wait for an empty table, but he saw an old waving his hands toward him. On his side is a blonde little lady who is still half asleep. "HAHA! As expected of the farmer''s grandson! You can sit beside her, she sleeps so late yesterday so she''s like a zombie! haha!" "G-Grandpa! I only work a bit longer yesterday! Someone took my shrink bag so I need to work!" "Haha!" He laughs and pinches her cheeks, "It''s your fault for accepted our bet! Well, I''ll give you a better bag when I earn more!" "Kuk! Let go or I''ll cry!" ding! ting! The room fell silent and the sounds of utensils dropping were the only noise they can hear. Their mouth was wide open looking at the blonde girl wailing! "I-is she still the blood Blondie!?" "I-i don''t know! Maybe because of that youngsters?" "Hush! Shut your mouths and continue eating, she will kill you for sure if she heard what you say!" While the bees murmured his food finally arrived. It''s Pork steak from the Watermelon pig, fried rice from chicken rice, and boiled corn from Corn Puppies! Neil laughs and drunk a glass of water. "Look, you have already tamed my granddaughter! I told you the two of you are destined to meet!" "Haha, please grandpa! She''s still innocent, let''s just eat our food before it gets cold! By the way, do planteros is still a plant? Why do they have meat!?" "kahaha! Of course not, they will evolve and developed parts and behavior according to their race! Chicken Rice lays thousands of eggs with full of rice inside! Watermelon Pigs can be breed without the usage of mana so it''s easy to raise them! While corn puppies need on a pot of soil to grow corns from their mana!" "Hmm, actually today, I planned to look for you and ask for a book of Planteros. I need to learn about them for the future of my farm!" "Hmm, I have already planned to give you this when I saw you wield your hoe!" he took a book from his shrink bag and throw it to him "That is the book which has the record of every planteros that exist in the history! The extinct planteros also is listed in the book! There are also lists of fruits and plants which do not have any sighting of evolved form, but I guess they just hide their self from the outside world!" "T-thanks grandpa! This will be a great help for me!" "Haha, well it''s good for my future Grandson-in-law to have a great future!" "G-grandpa!" "Hahaha" Lucas just smiled after hearing his words and eat his food before it gets cold. "Hmm, grandpa do you know a store who sold materials for my dome?" "Of course! the whole set will cost 200 mana grains! They also offer delivery for 5 mana grains! Here''s the place." He took out a paper and pen to draw a map and give it to Lucas. "Thank you, grandpa! I''m going to buy my materials after my dungeon diving!" "Good luck son! Don''t die okay?" "Haha, I won''t!" He proceeds to the north of the city to do diving. He hunted 460 mana grains after an hour and added to his gains from last time he has 2,360 mana grains on his possession. Ending his hunt, he checked his mission and received his points. -------------------- *Daily mission -Walk for 10 minutes (10/10) - 2ppts -Drink 8 glass of water (2/8) - 5ppts -Eat 3 times a day (1/3) - 10ppts -Dungeon for an hour (60/60min) - 25ppts Ppts: 27 ------------------ "Yosh! I only need to buy materials for my dome!" He went out of the cave and look for the place Neil told him. "Good morning, what do you need sir?" A buffy old man with his face full of beard. "Grandpa, I was directed here by Grandpa Neil. I need materials for my dome!" "Hoho! That stingy old man finally referred a buyer to my store ha!? Kuhaha! My name is Buckler remember my name kid!" He said and signals to follow him. "That old man doesn''t want to advertise even if he''s paid, since your the first person he referred I''ll do my best to not take advantage of you! Now tell me what you need? We have enough, materials, delivery trucks, and workers!" Listening to his story about Neil he can''t but laugh, he tells him the story about their meeting and was sidetracked! "Hehe, I''m sorry Grandpa, I need enough materials for largest dome your workers can build, and I also want the dome to be two times thicker!" "Hmm? What type of plantros are you raising and you need the largest dome and with double the thickness at that! Young man, are you planning to raise a damned herd of treetans!?" Knowing how strong and big treetans it can''t help but think that Lucas was planning to raise them, his instinct is telling him that he was planning dangerous! "Haha, no way! I just need to make it safer for my plants to grow! After all, I want my dome to build 6 kilometers from the city! It would be dangerous if treetans decided to attack the dome when I''m not in the place!" "Y-you!? Are you out of your mind!" "Haha, no Grandpa! Even Grandpa Neil knows my plan! Mana Grains is not a problem, I can pay it on my own!" "O-okay! The largest dome have twenty meters radius, it needs 400 mana grains to pay for materials, plus making the dome thicker will need 130% of original materials, it will be 920 mana grains! The delivery will be 30 because the destination was dangerous for my workers and it''s much further and not inside the city proper! Plus the workers can complete the whole dome for 3 days, 100 mana grains! All in all, you need to pay for 1050 pieces of mana grains!" He said and thought to himself ( Kid, you must have a good relation with that old man but I can''t put my workers in danger if the destination will endanger them!) "Haha, 3 days seems so slow! Do you have more workers? I''ll pay 500 if the dome is done by tomorrow, and 700 if you manage to build it by today!" "PFF!" Every worker inside the shop who are nervous earlier was baffled, the shop has a hundred workers and can build the dome within three if works together, but who dares to pay a lot if they can wait for three days to be done!? "How about this sir, 1,000 grains for the workers. If it''s a different shop, they will rush the building of your dome, but if it was our group. We can build your dream dome within 8 hours with the best quality!" A worker steps up and tries to bargain with him, Buckler did not stop him because it was reasonable! "Hmm, that makes sense! I only need to pay 1950 and I can finally rest!" He took out his shrink bag and pour the mana grains in the empty tray on the table, "Hehe please count 300 mana grains! The rest will be the payment!" "Hickok! R-rich! E-everyone! We have a big work to do! Tonight, we can eat and drink inside the Kernel Inn!" "Uwwoooh!" Everyone. The group was on the high spirit and started to move. Every moment was intense! The payment can feed them even if they won''t do any work for two weeks! "Haha, they sure are great workers! I''ll be back after an hour to lead you towards the location, I need to secure the area where the dome will raise its majestic body!" "Kuhaha! Young man! The old man really have a good eye!" --------------- 10 kilometers away from the city, 4 towering treetans that ranged from 6-8 meters tall with a body like a human were resting in the edge of the forest. On their back, an intertwined twig that forms a basket and contains 6 inches large stones that were used as their weapon! On the head part of this treetans was a triangular shape with acicular leaves! An evolve Pine trees! note: acicular ( Needle-shape) Revival 2 "Tree seeds can wait, trees take a long time to grow and bear fruits, I only have 17Ppts, I only need a bag of chili, and system, show me the pot store." ----------------- [Store] >Plant Seeds >Tree Seeds >Pots --normal pots(1Ppts/ea) -small red pot (1 ft radius) -medium red pot (2 ft radius) -large red pot (3 ft radius) --Magic pots(5Ppts/ea) -S/M/L ocean pot -S/M/L lava pot -S/M/L Lightning pot -S/M/L Music pot -S/M/L Nature pot >tools -------------- "W-wow, magic pots? So, I can choose what behavior of the Planteros should have?" He thought of what suitable behavior does a Chilli Dragon should have, spicy/ chili breath that could burn human skin, blind, and kill for some instances. They irritate plants and trees which kill them afterward, a calm chili dragon might be good. A dragon in the novels because they''re hot-headed, an energetic one might harm their own allies unaware, and a dragon with harmony and a beautiful executioner... They don''t exist. For felines, there is nothing to discuss, an energetic one suits them. A lively and energetic cat is what people want the most. Lucas decided to buy one ocean pots for his chili dragons and one lightning pot for his gigantic ginger cat and blackcurrant nether panther, he used up 13 Ppts. and only left with 4 Ppts. "Coco, can I have the mana grains from your younglings? I need them." When they were at the dungeon, they don''t have enough bags, and the cannon coconuts already are too many for starters. He has 10 of them carry 100 each on their barrels that total 1000 mana grains. "Coco~" Coco, whine low and have, ten of the coconut cannon who were surrounding the bed raises their head and approach them... "Cooooo¡Ö~" They move slowly with their two short limbs like penguins, so cute! The group tumbled forward to throw the mana grains out of their barrels. "Hahaha, god, they are adorable. A horde of summer penguins might be cute kuku!" He caresses their heads and picks up the small mana grains, with a bitter smile, "I guess, I need to buy more shrink bags! T^T" He dug two pits on the ground left and right two meters from his bed and he filled blue jade colored beautiful pot and a yellow pots which discharge electric effects every ten seconds with the land he digs with his hoe, the growth multiplier was applied to the soil which will make their growth faster. There''s only five seed of chili inside the bag, which irritated him. Five seeds? I can make a portal to earth and get thousands of them! He made five small holes in the soil and started to plant the seeds. (Wait, why there''s only four of them!? What the hell, my three plant points!#) The five seeds were reduced to five! He tried to look for it but it''s futile. He sighed depressingly, and just forget about it. He took out the blackcurrant and giant ginger from his bag to observe it, "The blackcurrant still fresh, but that doesn''t matter, right? They just need to absorb enough mana and they''ll evolve!" He made 20 small holes in his lightning pot and buried half of the crops under the soil. He went out of the dome for a moment to ask for a sealed container with three quarters are filled with water. Neil was confused for a moment, he doesn''t know what he needed it for, after all, Planteros only need mana grains to grow. He doesn''t know what his plan, but he decided to have Hugo buy a fifteen-meter cube container with 3/4 filled with water. While waiting, Lucas walks for ten minutes to complete one of his daily quests, earning additional 2Ppts. He bought natures pot and a bag of peanuts with 50 seeds in the bag. "What? Peanuts have 50 seeds while chili only has five?! Are you kidding me? Being an elite type, the seeds cost much higher. The price indicates its value, not the amount."Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. He dug another pit at the opposite end of the entrance and filled the green cold jade pot with soil. Fifty seeds of peanuts, the size of the pot was enough for all of it to grow some size. 6 am, Hugo finally arrived with a truck carrying a large glass tank of water. "Wait, Grandpa Neil, how am I supposed to put it inside of my dome? Aye!" He wants to curse but looking at him being in the presence of an elder he holds himself and scratches his head. Neil wrinkled face turned red from embarrassment "Haha, you did not tell me what you plan, so I don''t know it must fit the dome''s entrance. We can have another one if that''s the case!" "Haha, no Grandpa. It has a rubber hose and a faucet, it will do, how much is this, uncle Hugo?" Hugo''s body twitched and smile bitterly, "I''m only 21, you can call me brother instead! It cost 20 mana grains because the thickness and quality are the best!" "Hehe, yes brother. Here are 20 mana grains." Lucas hands the grains over and climbed the glass container. He opened it''s lid and took out the bag of mana grains and poured half of it inside the tank, "L-Lucas! It will melt, you''re wasting your resources!" Neil shout of shock. Lucas looked at him and chuckled, "Grandpa, this will not waste them, instead it will be absorbed better! I ask Coco if whether he likes the melted one or the solid, but he wants the melted one! Planteros are still plants, which they still prefer water!" "T-the- Is that true!? T-then, Hugo!" "Godfather, In I''m tired!" "Shut up or I''ll tell your father that you are being listless!" "O- Yes! I''ll be going!" Lucas just laughed at them and continue his work, he stirred the water using the handle of his hoe, afraid of breaking the glass. After the mana grains are completed melted, Lucas extended the rubber hose and water his plants, the rubber hose were long enough to reach every part of the room, which gives it a good impression to him. "Grandpa, can I ask a question? What kind of crops do the Grains city will buy without a hitch, and the highest price at that!" "Why? Tell me your plan first you brat!" "Haha!" His face turned red and laughs awkwardly, "Actually I need more mana grains, and clearing the whole dungeon took me too much time and attention. I want to be low key, so I need another way to earn mana grains!" "Is that so? Then it will be the black pepper ants! Pepper ants took too many resources to grow and... melted mana grains, alright. Della and Rita, can you get a pair of black pepper ants in one of my domes?" Della look at his grandfather in astonishment, "G-grandpa! Why don''t you go, and stop redirecting orders? I want a rest too!" "Of course I can do that, I''m your elder you brat. Well if you want to rest, you can rest with Lucas!" "Hicc! No freaking way! I''ll go! Rita let''s go!" Rita''s face turned sour and her eyes become watery, "How did I get into this?" Two of them gone towards the south using Neil''s truck. Lucas wore a cloak and mask to hide his appearance. "Grandpa, can you stay here for a bit? Also, sister Ranrem and Old man Redford, can you protect Viola and Violet for a moment? I need to ask Grandpa Buckler to make my walls for this dome." "What? A wall? You can only buy a three meter high and 5 feet thick glass wall at the best which can stand hundreds of treetans barrage of attack without breaking! But it cost 2000, and this dome of yours are a lot bigger!" "Haha,". He only laughs and lifts the bag which received earlier. " Oops, I forgot about it. Okay, we will defend this playing ground of yours !" Lucas dashes towards the city without a sweat as if it was nothing. He roamed inside the city and ask for a store of shrink bag, he was directed to a building with black walls and several guards on the entrance. Lucas approached them and wave his hands "Hello, I''m here to buy shrink bags any like!" "You need to show two hundred mana grains." They said emotionlessly. "Haha, here you go!" Lucas showed a bag full of mana grains which shock the guards and immediately let him in. Inside the building, the tiles were also black and the ceiling is black, only a dim bulb of light which enough for them to know where he was stepping. When he reached the first room, the shrink lace was displayed in a glass aquarium together with shrink earrings, and bracelet. In the wall displayed a shrink bag which has the same as he has. He was trying to move to the second room before he was blocked by the guards, he opened his bag to show them his wealth and stop them from advancing. The second floor has shrink bags displayed in the wall, twice, trice and ten times larger than his waist bag which looks like a backpack, the bags have a price tag on its front which is 800 mana grains. "Good morning sir, this is the black market, how can I help you?" (The name suites the design but their goods were not lol.) He thought to himself, "I want to ask if you have shrink gloves? Or something like that!" "Of course! We surely have and it''s made out of the best general treetan fiber we have! It cost 1,300, sir!" "Hmm, good. I want a pair of gloves and that biggest bag!" The face of the saleslady brighten up and work faster and more efficient. The buyer must be rich, this means he can have a bonus from selling several pieces of them while he''s in charge. Lucas also bought two extra bags which costs 300 each and put it on his waist. He paid 4,500 mana grains in total. He went to the wet market and bought a few ingredients for their lunch and dinner. Rambutan lobster, Pineapple turkey? Black pepper ants, salt, sugarcane snake vinegar, and spider soy sauce? And .ast but not the least the mole potato. This piqued his interest to roam around the wet market if he has a time, he went out of the wet market and went to a gigantic shop with lots of truck parked in the outside the building. An old man walks out of the gate with a garbage bag on his bag. When he saw Lucas with cloak and mask he suddenly becomes alert and vigilant and touched the hilt of his battle hammer. "Good day sir, how can I help you."