Chapter 14

I learned the joy of hunting with Tak and the others, but that’s not all—I certainly didn’t start forming parties with other players.

Sadly, I don’t have the guts to invite anyone.

According to Tak and Miu, “The beginning of a relationship with others starts with a bit of calculation.” Big brother, I’m surprised you have a sister who says such things.

So, I went to the western forest to gather items, leaving a yellow afterglow, to also stock up for tomorrow. The front-line players are stuck due to a lack of potions, and there are some movements to try to resolve this.

The specific measures include learning how to mix and synthesize potions in pairs.

I’m short on money and need materials to level up my hawk eye and arrows, so I came to the forest. However, herbs are abundant in the market. This game doesn’t have infinite supplies from NPCs, but items sold to NPCs can become part of their inventory. It’s a fantasy game, yet it’s quite realistic. Well, I’m fine since I can sell potions.

I keep gathering, shooting enemies with arrows, and repeating this process. Ah, the durability of my arrows has decreased a lot. I need to make another set of stone arrows +10.

While muttering this, I head to the usual non-combat area. I feel safe when I return to the spot faintly illuminated by the campfire.

“I’m back. Phew...”

“Huh...”

A girl was relaxing by the campfire. She’s shorter than me, and her face, which was relaxed from grooming a herbivore on the adjacent plain, turned to shock. But what caught my eye were her ears. Pointed ears. In other words, elf ears.

She has light green hair and pointed ears. I thought this game didn’t have races.

“Elf ears...”

“Yes, they are elf ears.”

“Why?”

“Oh, I edited my character’s ears to look like an elf.”

Hmm, I just used the default camera settings and had my body modified to look more feminine.

“You can do that?”

“Um, what about you?”

“Huh? I’m just back from gathering.”

“It’s night, right?”

“It’s night.”

It’s dark at night, and MOBs spawn in droves. I have a ranged attack and night vision, so I can handle it.

“They say hunting MOBs here is tough! It’s dark, and bats have poison attacks and can ambush you. You need an antidote potion! It’s impossible for a lone archer to do this.”

Ah, I’m being told it’s impossible. Preconceived notions are scary. By the way, bats have poison attacks. That makes sense; that’s why I got the poison blood. I’ll prepare an antidote potion for myself.

“Even so, it’s a ranged attack with a bow.”

“That’s the problem! The initial range of a bow, even when leveled up, doesn’t extend much, only about 25 meters. With an art, it’s 35 meters.”

Wow, don’t bring real-world ranges into this. You can’t expect headshots with a bow. But with an enchantment, it’s about 20 meters, so if the player increases their attack power, the range will extend. Aim for 300 meters.

“Okay, so...”

“What is it?”

“Is that herbivore a MOB? Why is it here?”

“It’s my familiar. I tamed it with my training sense, and its name is Haru.”

“Huh, training sense? Isn’t that a death sense?”

I have one too. Did you succeed in a super low probability? Lucky girl.

“Yes, training sense alone is a death sense, but if you have senses like a whistle or a whip, it’s easier to tame beast-type MOBs. In fact, it’s almost impossible to tame them with just training sense.”

I see. Miu didn’t explain this well. Well, I don’t have time to train my training sense right now.

“Anyway, let me introduce myself. I’m Letia. I created my character to resemble a forest elf.”

“I’m Yun. As you can see, I’m an archer.”

“Well, that’s obvious from your appearance. I recommend you change it soon.”

“My sister said the same. I’ll do it eventually.”

Aim for higher senses. They say some senses are useless, but from today’s hunting, they might change. In my case, I can increase the strength of arrows with alchemy.

“Anyway, why are you here, Letia? You said it’s impossible to do alone, yet you’re here alone.”

“I’m not alone. I have Haru.”

“Well, mostly. Did you get overconfident with your familiar and come looking for the next beast-type MOB, a wild dog?”

“Ugh...”

Bullseye. And what a funny reaction.

“You’re the one who stopped hunting, right?”

“Well, yeah. I’m almost done gathering, and I just need to mix potions and sleep.”

I just don’t want to show alchemy and synthesis to others. This girl might have preconceived notions and mock me. But she was a bit surprised.

“Are you trying to solve the potion shortage!?”

“No, I’ve been a producer from the start.”

More like a support role. What’s that?

“Meeting here is fate. So, I have a request. Can you make an antidote potion?”

“Why don’t you get it yourself?”

“Well... I’m embarrassed to say, but I don’t have SP. To tackle this dark forest, I got light attributes and magical talent.”

Ah, I see. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision.

“Why don’t you buy from the NPC store?”

“I did, but I used it all. I need antidotes for both me and Haru, and the NPC inventory is unreliable. Please make them!”

“Sure, if you have the materials. You can make them from the poison blood from the bats in this forest and herbs.”

For some reason, she was very surprised. I know, it’s not the official mixing method, right?

The items she sent, with a suspicious look, included 10 poison blood and 20 herbs. Well, with this amount, you can only make ten potions through synthesis.

“Can you make ten? That’s fine for emergencies.”

“Sure, I’ll make them.”

I took out my kit and mixed 20 herbs into 20 beginner potions.

“Why are you making potions? Did you trick me?”

“Well, it’s a bit troublesome, but I’ll do it.”

It’s a hassle to take out the synthesis kit in front of her, and even if I use the <<Recipe>> sense, the motion is the same, and people without the sense can’t tell the difference.

“So, <<Recipe>>—potion. And one more, <<Recipe>>—antidote potion.”

From the synthesis of 20 beginner potions into 10 potions, and then the synthesis of poison blood and potions, the antidote potions were completed.

I handed her the completed antidote potions.

“Here, the potions are ready.”

“Thank you very much.”

“Oh, my level is up. It’s going well.”

I nodded to myself while checking my sense status.

“Thank you. I’ll take my leave now. I hope to form a party and challenge this again.”

“Yeah, don’t take unnecessary risks.”

“You’re a mysterious person. Goodbye.”

Letia, leading the herbivore Haru. I didn’t correct her that I’m a guy.

Well, it’s fine since we’re not friends.

I’ll quickly make the potions to sell to Mr. Magi. Of course, I gathered a lot of gallstones from the herbivores on the way.

I also need to make seeds for antidote herbs and paralysis herbs through alchemy. Thinking about this, I might need more farmland. Ugh, do I have to buy more farmland again?

While thinking about this, I keep making the items I need through mixing, synthesis, and alchemy.