Chapter 53: Unofficial Territory, Study Villa (1)
Kyung-joon perfectly mimicked Heukgil-dong’s voice.
Kyung-joon then responded to the mimicked voice with his own.
” Judging by your attire, you seem to be from the Black Secret Village. Are you a wizard from the Black Secret Village?”
Then, he immediately cast the Voice Modulation magic again…….
『Tsk! You think I’d tell you that?!』
Of course, after that, he changed back to his original voice and spoke.
” The way you talk confirms it.”
That’s right.
Kyung-joon was pulling off a ridiculous one-man, two-role act!
Kyung-joon continued his show.
『Tsk! Die!』
” Hmph, you think such a weak Energy Bolt will work on me?”
Bang! Boom! Crash!
Kyung-joon used all sorts of magic to make it seem like he was in a fierce battle.
It was a truly absurd show to watch up close.
However, to the residents of Ria Village, who were well over 50 meters away, Kyung-joon appeared to be truly engaged in a fierce battle against the evil Black Secret Village.
” Damn it! So it was an invasion base built by the Black Secret Village!”
” Those b@stards…! They were planning to target Beginner’s Village as well!”
” Kyung-joon-nim! Win! Kyung-joon-nim! Win!”
” Everyone, cheer! This is all we can do right now!”
” Yes, that’s right! Kyung-joon-nim, fighting!”
” Kyung-joon-nim! You must win!”
” You Black Secret Village scum! Die by Kyung-joon-nim’s hand right now!”
No one suspected that Kyung-joon was fighting against a non-existent enemy.
At some point, everyone started calling Kyung-joon by the honorific title “Kyung-joon-nim.”
The show was nearing its end.
『Ugh! How can you be this strong……?!』
Kyung-joon mimicked the voice of a villain on the verge of defeat.
Naturally, it was Kyung-joon himself who responded.
” Is that all you’ve got?”
『How……! Who in the world are you?!』
” Me? I’m just a student.”
『Damn it! This can’t be happening…!』
Kyung-joon continued mimicking, then took something out of his inventory.
It was the 『Lowest-grade Fire and Light Shard』 he had transmuted in Plovdiv earlier.
‘Well, I made this as a test anyway. Might as well use it.’
As he poured mana into the shard, it began to emit an intense light.
From a dark red, it turned orange, and then into a blinding white light!
Wooong!
” Oh, what a blinding light……!”
” What in the world is going on in there?!”
” From what we heard, Kyung-joon-nim was winning! He’ll be fine!”
” Yeah! That light must be Kyung-joon-nim’s magic!”
” No, we heard the Black Secret Village guy’s voice before the light! Maybe it’s his secret weapon!”
” Ugh……! Kyung-joon-nim, please be safe!”
They were like spectators watching the climax of a play.
The residents of Ria Village clenched their fists and swallowed nervously.
And the moment the white light in the distance disappeared!
The fight came to an end.
Kaboom!
One side of the Study Villa crumbled, and smoke billowed out.
Whoosh, whoosh.
The thick smoke was quickly blown away by the slightly strong breeze of the grasslands.
A figure emerged from within.
It was Kyung-joon.
He clicked his tongue and muttered loudly as if for the villagers to hear.
” Ah, he escaped using a scroll in the end.”
Kyung-joon was acting like the protagonist who had just missed the enemy right before his eyes, wearing a very disappointed expression.
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[Adding the following targets to the Energy Tower’s non-attack list.]
[Liant, Fezun, Crescens, Brut…….]
Kyung-joon was done setting the last Energy Tower.
” Okay. You can come in now. It won’t attack you.”
” Really?”
” Yes, see? I’m perfectly fine.”
Kyung-joon shouted to the residents of Ria Village who were far away.
” Hmm…… If you say so…… Hey, Hans, you go first.”
” What? Me? You’d rather let me die than you?”
” Oh, come on. You still don’t trust Kyung-joon-nim after witnessing that battle?”
” Hmph, fine. I’ll go first.”
” V, Village Chief!”
Liant was the first to step within the Energy Tower’s range.
He didn’t hesitate for a moment.
As expected, the Energy Tower didn’t activate.
” It really doesn’t work!”
” He just touched it for a moment and completely took control of the tower…!”
” Who in the world is he?!”
The residents of Ria Village were astonished and one by one, they stepped within the Energy Tower’s range.
‘Well, I am the owner of this place.’
Kyung-joon smiled wryly to himself.
Of course, he could perfectly control the Energy Tower since he was its original owner.
However, from the perspective of the Ria Village residents, it appeared as if Kyung-joon had not only infiltrated the enemy’s defense base but had also taken complete control of it.
Ziiiing!
At that moment, one of the Energy Towers suddenly began to charge.
” Aack!”
” S, Save me…!”
” Run!”
Bang!
Soon, a shot was fired.
Fortunately, it wasn’t aimed at the residents of Ria Village.
” Yelp!”
A wolf let out a sharp yelp as the Energy Bolt suddenly flew towards it……
Boom!
And then it turned to ashes.
” It’s alright, everyone. I was just taking care of a wolf.”
” I, I see…… It was a wolf.”
” It wasn’t attacking us.”
” That terrifying tower is truly under Kyung-joon-nim’s control…”
Just a while ago, that terrifying tower had been a vicious enemy, threatening them and stealing their possessions.
But now, it had become their guardian, protecting them from monsters.
How ironic.
Kyung-joon’s prestige grew stronger.
” The enemy was indeed from the Black Secret Village.”
Kyung-joon handed Liant a piece of 『Burnt Black Secret Village Uniform』.
It was a piece of the Black Secret Village uniform he had obtained earlier, intentionally burned and torn using an Energy Bolt.
Of course, only Kyung-joon knew the truth……
” Damn those vile b@stards! To think they chased us all the way here to torment us……!”
Liant, receiving the piece of uniform, truly believed that the Black Secret Village was behind it all.
” Moreover, it seems they were planning to attack Beginner’s Village. That’s probably why they built a defense base in the middle of this grassland.”
” If it weren’t for Kyung-joon-nim, the Beginner’s Village could have ended up like our Ria Village……!”
” For your information, the guy I fought inside called himself Heukgil-dong.”
” That b@stard Heukgil-dong…! I won’t forgive him!”
Liant clenched his fists in anger, completely blaming the innocent Heukgil-dong.
Kyung-joon still thought Heukgil-dong was getting off easy.
” The God of the World told us that you had already saved the Beginner’s Village once before. As expected, Kyung-joon-nim, you truly are a hero.”
” Not at all. I even let the culprit escape, and I haven’t actually done anything for you. In the end, I couldn’t help you recover what you’ve lost.”
” That’s…… true. All the land deeds, the seeds, and the farming tools…… they were all burned. And they won’t be returning……”
Liant and the other villagers lowered their heads, unable to continue speaking.
In the end, having lost all their possessions, they were still homeless, no different from before.
” That’s why I have a proposition.”
Naturally, Kyung-joon had already thought about what to do.
” How about you all farm here from now on, and I’ll manage this place?”
” Farm…… here, you say?”
” Yes. It’s weird to keep calling it ‘here’, so let’s name it ‘Study Villa.’”
Kyung-joon cleared his throat and continued.
” I’m a busy student, so I can’t do much, but I’ll expand the boundaries of this Study Villa and make it suitable for farming. This land currently has no owner, right?”
” That may be so, but aren’t there wolves in this area?”
” I’ll take care of that with those towers…… It’s weird to keep calling them ‘towers’, so let’s call them ‘Energy Towers’. Anyway, after examining one of them, I think I can make more. I’ll use them to protect you from monsters.”
” You mean to say that Kyung-joon-nim can build those Black Secret Village weapons himself?!”
Of course, he could.
He was the one who made them in the first place.
Naturally, his words had a completely different meaning to the villagers.
” He must have grasped the structure instantly when he touched it earlier……!”
” How intelligent and amazing he is!”
” That’s the level of a true hero……”
Once again, praises for Kyung-joon were exchanged among the villagers.
Kyung-joon cleared his throat and gathered their attention.
” Anyway, I’ll install more Energy Towers and fences, making them denser and wider, so that all of you can farm here safely. Of course, plowing the land and planting crops is up to you.”
” So you’re saying, Kyung-joon-nim, that you’ll claim this land as your own and take us in as your subjects?”
” Hmm? Subjects?”
Kyung-joon’s eyes narrowed slightly at the word “subjects.”
His mind started racing.
After about three seconds of silence, he spoke again.
” Yes, something like that. Actually, ‘manager’ would be a more accurate term than ‘lord.’ So, what do you say?”
Kyung-joon asked all the residents of Ria Village.
He figured they would have no choice but to rely on him after losing their land deeds.
So he expected about half of them to follow him.
The rest would be better off living in Beginner’s Village, where they were originally planning to migrate.
However, it seemed his prediction was too pessimistic.
” How can we possibly refuse? We get to be citizens of a hero!”
” With this vast grassland, we can farm as much as we want!”
” With those towers…… no, Energy Towers protecting us, we’ll be safe from wolves and even orcs! All thanks to Kyung-joon-nim!”
” We might even be able to rebuild Ria Village, which was taken from us by the Black Secret Village!”
” It’s not Ria Village anymore! From now on, this is the Hero’s Village!”
” No, Kyung-joon-nim called it Study Villa!”
” Let’s all go sell the land deeds we bought! And let’s use a portion of that money as a donation for the development of Study Villa!”
” That’s a great idea!”
The response from the residents of Ria Village was explosive.
Thanks to Kyung-joon’s high fame, they didn’t doubt him one bit.
They already recognized him as someone they could trust, no, as a hero.
And this was immediately proven by the status window that appeared before his eyes.
[Successfully completed the sudden quest 『Resolve the Grievances of the Ria Village Migrants! (Unique)』!]
[The residents of Ria Village are now residents of Study Villa.]
[Study Villa has been upgraded from 『Unowned Land』 to 『Unofficial Territory』.]
[Territory System unlocked.]
[You can now check information such as satisfaction, loyalty, etc. of each resident.]
[You can order Study Villa residents to carry out various tasks.]
Thus, Kyung-joon’s Study Villa became a territory.
[Acquired the unique title 『The First Player to Own a Territory』.]
[Fame increased by 100.]
[Due to high fame, the average resident satisfaction starts at 50.]
[Due to high fame, the average resident loyalty starts at 50.]
[Territory skill 『By the Hero’s Command』 has been generated.]
[Special conditions must be met to use this skill.]
This was a first for any player.
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[Study Villa]
▶Territory Type: Unofficial Territory
▶Owner: Kyung-joon
▶Population: 107
▶Average Resident Satisfaction: 50
▶Average Resident Loyalty: 50
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