Chapter 92
Pioneer
Village
Translator : PolterGlast
"Mmm...
no..."
"Just a little
more, you can put just a little more in."
"I-I can't...
anymore..."
I was watching her
closely.
The countdown seconds
above her head ticked down... and then reached zero.
"I-it's
over..."
Miku-san collapsed
onto the ground.
What she was holding
was something that looked like a futuristic grip strength meter.
What I call the Mana
Control Panel was a training device to improve MP.
--Yes, this is the
training room I created using the power of expansion.
It's definitely not my
room, and nothing indecent was happening.
If anyone is having
strange fantasies, it's just their wild imagination.
"But you've
gotten to the point where you can do three hours straight, haven't you?"
"Yeah, I can't slack
off when you're watching, Masru-kun."
In the current
situation where it's difficult to kill monsters with restraint, Miku-san is
training whenever she finds the time.
Miku-san, who couldn't
get used to the act of training for three hours straight at first, is now fully
accustomed to the training room.
"It was tough at
first, but I'm getting used to it now. It's a big deal that it doesn't use much
physical strength, though it requires concentration."
"As a backline
healer, you don't need that much physical strength... but personally, I think
it's better to raise your physical strength and defense when you can."
"Yeah, then I'll
tweak the training menu a bit."
By the way, I'm also
exercising with her, so Miku-san and I are roommates and training buddies.
Recently, we've been
giving each other opinions on our training content, so we're basically
trainees.
Miku-san is trying to
increase her magic attack power and MP.
The recovery power of
light magic seems to depend on magic attack power.
Ideally, we'd like to
use a more robust machine that can raise both at once, but Miku-san couldn't
use the powered-up machine that can raise stats by two each.
I think there's
probably a usage limit based on stats or LV.
By the way, I'm still
raising my agility by two each day on the 2P color running machine.
As a result of
fighting the Knight of the Holy Remains, I concluded that speed is still
justice.
If you're faster than
your opponent, you can avoid attacks, and at worst, you can escape from the
spot.
The words of the Red
Colonel, "If you don't get hit, it doesn't matter," are great.
I intend to continue
being an agility maniac.
"Come to think of
it, we've progressed enough that we should be out of the forest soon."
"A frontier
village... I'm a little scared to see it."
There are a large
number of frontier villages and territories that are being developed in this
country (this is not limited to the kingdom, of course).
And basically,
frontier villages are often poor.
Except for some areas
that have started industries and have the余裕 by cultivating large tracts of land, most lords who rule these villages
seem to be living on the edge.
Why is that?
To put it simply, in
the Grust Kingdom, there is still a law that says that the land you develop is
yours, like the Law of Permanent Private Ownership of Newly Cultivated Land.
It is said that when
the kingdom was still known for its military power, before the
great-grandfather king, it was not uncommon for adventurers who started
immigrating to make a name for themselves to defeat monsters and establish new
frontier noble families.
It seems that the
kingdom treated them as nobles without any problems as long as they paid taxes.
However, many
territories failed to manage their territory and stopped developing midway,
even though they succeeded in cultivating land and becoming noble families.
There are also many
frontier villages that have been able to develop a space without monsters by
chance, but are surrounded by monster habitats and cannot move.
The reason why such
villages have not collapsed yet is largely due to the nature of monsters.
Monsters are
mysterious creatures, and basically, they don't come out of their habitat
unless something very unusual happens.
Unless they are
commanded by demons or the Demon Lord, or their habitat is attacked by the
army, they basically have a strong sense of territory and tend to live within
that range.
So, while they are
afraid of monsters, they are able to live a precarious life.
By the way, the
country provides almost no support to the frontier noble families.
Therefore, it was said
that the frontier nobles and the central nobles in the kingdom were on very bad
terms.
The frontier village
we are going to go to was said to be a place that has been stagnant for a long
time... but let's hope it's not in such a serious state.
The next day after
such a conversation, we actually left the Gava Forest and arrived at the
frontier village.
"This is..."
"It certainly
seems stagnant..."
The whole village was
filled with a gloomy atmosphere, and everyone seemed to be doing their best to
survive each day.
Their attitude towards
us, who came from elsewhere, was not very good, and they were very cold towards
us.
Apparently, they were
afraid that we would do something bad and bring monsters to the village.
I wouldn't say they
should welcome us, but we didn't feel very good about being treated so coldly.
I was thinking of
offering the monster materials we had hunted in large quantities along the way
at a low price... but somehow, I lost the will to do so.
We refused the village
chief's recommendation to let us stay in a vacant house at a higher price than
the inns in the royal capital, and left the frontier village after staying for
only an hour.
"It was like a
place where the bad parts of the countryside were condensed."
"Yeah, there seem
to be a few more frontier villages, but for now, we should just go straight to
Went without passing through them..."
"Wait a minute,
you two!"
When we turned around,
there was a girl running towards us.
Seeing the girl
running towards us, Miku-san and I exchanged glances.
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