The Player Who Returned From The Apocalypse

Chapter 278

"Kahak! Grandpa. Pick me up, pick me up."

"Grandpa Mana. Catch me too."

"Grandpa. Teach me how to shoot a bow, huh?"

Deep in the mountains of North Korea.

Little children ran through the forest barefoot, pulling Mana's sleeves and crotch.

Occasionally, he would climb up and rest on his back, pulling his shaggy white beard and sparse hair.

But he laughed as if he didn't like it.

"Hey. Guys, be still. Didn't Grandpa say you have work to do?"

"Eh. Still, playing with Grandpa is the most fun."

"Can't we just skip it?"

"Heh heh. I'm sorry. But I'll play with the other kids. I'll go find you myself after it's all over. Oh, right. Shall we play hide and seek? As soon as work is over, this old lady is looking for you who are hiding. How about you?"

"Wow. It's hide-and-seek!"

The children heard Mana's words and ran in different directions.

Some would kick up a tree, grab a branch, then run to the tree, whistle, and call something like a wild boar to ride.

Of course, these were not ordinary people.

They were all elves with pointed ears.

"You're growing well."

Mana watched them happily.

It's been less than a year since he came here, but thanks to the good environment here, the children were growing up.

Some of them already worked with magic, while others wanted to play with a bow.

Mana was raising them like her own children.

Although it was difficult for her as a hunter in the Union Guild, she was working hard thinking that it was for the sake of the children and the prosperity of the elves.

They established a base in the Nangrim Mountains of North Korea and created a village with a magic trick to prevent others from coming.

The trees are changing shape to take the shape of a house.

There are more empty houses now, but my primary goal was to fill all these houses someday.

'Still, it's a little difficult.'

Mana tapped her bent back.

Maybe it's because she's too old to play with her kids. She slowly gained strength.

Even if it was just that she was looking after children, she didn't have enough body to do all the guild work by herself.

If Kim Gak-hwan hadn't helped her, she wouldn't have been able to survive like this.

She mana she sighed and she thought of this now that she has entrusted this work.

she is not resentful Without him, she wouldn't be here.

"Ttt. I'm getting older, so I think about everything."

Shaking her head, Mana looked up at the sky in the center of the town.

"Well then, let's go soon. It's time for a new baby to be born."

A huge tree obscuring the sky. The world tree he signed directly with stood tall.

* * *

Mana sat on the branch of the World Tree.

And she looked at the branches above it.

To be precise, it was the fruit growing there.

A fruit growing in the world tree.

Mana was waiting for it to ripen and fall to the floor.

It had to be prevented from falling to the ground.

'now!'

drop.

Mana reached out her hand, which was waiting for her, and carefully received the falling fruit.

The fruit was very large.

It was the same size as an ostrich's egg and weighed quite a bit.

thump-

There was a slight vibration inside the fruit.

"Ouch. Looks like you're awake. I'm sorry. Wait a minute."

Mana, sensing her vibration, hurriedly put her fruit down on the floor, took her dagger from her inventory, and shredded her fruit.

The juice of the fruit inside came out.

And.

"Yeah. Ugh-!"

A baby's cry erupted outside.

Mana carefully put her hand inside her and pulled out her child.

A child with pointed ears. it was an elf

"Uh huh. Are you surprised? I'm sorry Grandpa. Be patient."

Mana held her crying child, waved it, and cast a sleep spell.

It's a beginner's magic that doesn't take much, but it was easy enough to put a newborn baby to sleep.

The sleepy child closed her eyes and wiggled her fingers.

"Ugh. Cute thing."

Mana looked at it for a while, then carefully wrapped it up in her sack she had prepared in advance and went down.

Be careful not to wake the child.

He came down from her and headed to his house.

"Uh. You're here. Mana-sama."

Then she saw a very familiar face.

He was waving his hand happily, and she called out his name.

"It's been a while. Kim Seong-jin."

he returned

* * *

squeak-

Sungjin came into Mana's house and drank the tea he had made.

"Listen. I prepared a good tea that even you, who do not know the taste of tea, can recognize me. It also has a road map."

"Yes. Thank you."

Seongjin and Nu Lari took the teacup Mana had brought, savored her scent, and drank tea.

"Um. Does it smell good?"

"Yeah. I brought tea leaves, but it looks like I brought them for nothing?"

Nura-ri also drank tea and admired it.

This time, I was thinking of giving him the tea leaves I got from meeting Cain. The tea he gave was good enough to be praised by Waldemar and Peter, who are close to the top of today's society, but after tasting this, it seemed unnecessary.

Seongjin was bewildered because he could not taste the tea Cain gave him, but he felt that it was really good.

"That's right. I brewed the leaves of the world tree."

"Can I use it like that?"

"Well, what is it? I took something that fell and used it. I guess that's what the World Tree-sama wants to write like this."

"No. Fallen leaves are usually used as manure..."

Mana sipping her tea, ignoring Nu Lari's scientific remarks.

Looking at it, it seemed that he liked to drink it.

"So, why are you here now?" He said as if it would be about a month."

"I'm sorry I'm late. The war over there has been longer than I thought. Still, it's completely cleared up now. You can rest now."

"Ah. It's okay. I'm not interrogating you. It wasn't that hard to organize the gates."

"I know it's because we're the same old man, but you don't have to pretend to be that strong. Say it's hard when it's hard."

"Ttt. It's hard."

Mana looked outside.

"Come on. High, high!"

"Aaaaah!"

“Hyung-hyung. Me too.”

"Brother. Look at this. Slide."

Outside, Seongjin's fragments were playing with the children.

Dangerous play, such as a slide using a tame, and a slide using Omutade, where children are mainly tamed by throwing and receiving.

However, I didn't have to worry about them being children who would not get hurt in any way.

On the contrary, Mana, who saw it, smiled warmly.

“When you see that figure, all the hardships will fly away.”

"Are you kids?"

"Yeah. If you're sorry, just come and play like that sometimes. The kids like it too."

"Yes. I do. I like children, too. I'm looking forward to the funeral."

"Thank you for the compliment. Seeing something more pleasing than my compliments makes me feel like I'm done with my arms. Heh heh."

Mana said so and drank her tea.

Then she changed the color of her expression and asked.

"So why are you here?"

Instead of the friendly old man's face she had built before, she became a cold-blooded face as if looking at an enemy.

As if everyone knew.

"Well, as you know."

"Yeah. Then, as Peter said, this is it."

Sungjin nodded her head.

There was no TV, let alone the Internet, but she knew everything.

He contracted with most plants in the world, especially trees. He was gathering and getting information through it, so he could get the information he wanted if he wanted to.

"Let me start with the conclusion. I'm against it."

"Is that so?"

Sungjin looked outside her and said.

It was clear why he did not want to fight the gods.

"I don't know if it was when I was just liberated as an NPC, but I have a lot of things to protect now. What will happen to those children if I die there. At least I don't know when it comes to handing over the World Tree, but before that, it's hard."

When Mana dies, the World Capital contracted with him dies. It meant the end of the elves.

So he couldn't fight aggressively.

He could not possibly participate in the war with gods whose victory or defeat could not be known, unless it was a decent S-class monster.

"I can't say I've paid off my debt from what I've done so far... I'm sorry."

"No. I understand."

When Mana bowed and spoke, Seongjin stopped him and said,

He has worked so far.

While he was away for about half a year, he led the guild alone and signed contracts with plants all over the world.

That alone was worth saving him.

"I didn't come here to say that I'm overreacting to fight together. It's enough just to protect this place when we go to the new realm."

This time he felt at war with the underworld. War doesn't end overnight.

In the meantime, gates will continue to appear, and he cannot ignore them.

A minimum number of people had to remain.

'After all, Mana-nim is the best for defense.'

Mana raised her head at Sungjin's words, but she still had a sorry expression on her face.

"Then let's move on to the next story. Actually, I got a horse tower, can I install it here?"

"Matop? What is that?"

“It’s like a door to the new realm, but there are a lot of useful things there. I want Nura-ri to study there, but honestly, there’s nothing good about it because it stands out. So I’m thinking of installing it here, is it okay?”

"Hmm..."

Mana looked worried for a moment.

This was an elf-only space that she had labored for herself. It didn't feel so good to put another structure in a place like this.

But it was also true that she had just turned down her first request, so she was apologetic.

She used children as an excuse for her refusal, but that was often the case with others as well.

“…there will be no side effects for children?”

"Yes. And I will only use it for one year, which is the stage of moving to heaven."

"Okay. If you don't listen to this, I'll be a bad guy."

Mana held out her hand, and Sungjin grabbed it.

* * *

Kugugugugu-

Seongjin summoned the Magic Tower to the place designated by Mana.

A huge tower was automatically built towards the sky as if competing with the World Tree in height, and ascended high, and soon became invisible.

"Is this a horse tower?"

Nurari said as she touched the tower she had never seen before.

A structure that can feel a huge amount of magical power. Just looking at the magic power I felt made my body tingle.

'To work in a tower with such magical power.'

Nura-ri thought that Seong-jin had fought here, and no words came out.

"Isn't this going to affect the kids?"

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“Isn’t the enemy might come after this?”

"In case you don't know, I'll put a tamed monster here. Well, I think it's Kiwoo."

"Well, then."

"And Nurari."

Sungjin put his hand on his head.

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Sungjin gave him magic.

Then, Nura-ri was startled by the magic coming from Seong-jin, and then twice by the magic coming from the tower.

It was a tremendous magic that I had never felt before.

As Nu Lari opened his mouth, Sungjin said.

"Because you need a procedure to work inside."

[ Approved by the owner of the tower. ]

[ Skip the Trial of the Tower. ]

[ The tower can be moved freely. ]

[ You have acquired some knowledge of the Tower. ]

Nu Lari read the system messages that followed and ripped his head off at the ensuing flood of knowledge.

He was in pain.

It was only natural that he originally instilled the knowledge to be distributed by dividing it into one floor at a time.

This was something that Satan, the previous owner of the tower, could not do, but it was a power that came from the different number of floors he built the tower.

But Nurari didn't complain about it at all and didn't moan.

He rather laughed.

'this… Ancient knowledge.'

Let alone the tower, the knowledge of the ancient war era that had existed before was dazzling.

Demiurge was a medicine.

A number of better means of war came to mind.

My body was itchy.

"If this is enough, I don't have to say anything?"

"Yes. Thank you."

"Excuse me. It's all telling me to be well."

Sungjin turned around.

The business here was over, so he had to go look for another job.