A Village Appeared on My Desktop

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Chapter

77 – Northern Region’s Gust (7)

“Ha, huff!”

It came unexpectedly. In that moment when I had no anticipation at all, I couldn’t resist.

Barun, who had been having a casual conversation with the tribe members, widened his eyes at the sensation that felt like something was sweeping over his body. But that bizarre feeling was just for a moment before his head began to throb violently, and his vision blurred.

“Chieftain!”

“What’s wrong!?”

The others gasped in shock when they saw Barun grasping his head and staggering. They rushed over to support his collapsing body, but his reactions only became more intense.

“Ugh, ughhh!!”

Barun began to let out a monstrous scream, blinking in agony as he desperately rubbed his eyes. However, the letters that started to appear before his eyes didn’t disappear, and instead, they burrowed deeper into his mind like a parasite.

‘This is a divine revelation!’

He had felt a similar sensation once before. It was when he realized their names, given by the guardian deity, through letters floating in the sky.

At that time, empowered by the program, Barun could read the letters without even knowing how. Now, it was the same. The only difference was that, unlike before when there was at most just one word, there were now far too many.

“I’m fine. The god is giving me a revelation!”

“Is that really true?”

The tribe members, worried about Barun, were startled at the mention of a god. With his face contorted in pain, Barun began to write something on the dirt floor with the druid’s staff he was holding.

‘Truly a blessing from Him.’

The letters he wrote on the ground were his name. Now inscribed in divine script that only he could read. Although he was enduring immense pain from the forced information being injected into his brain, Barun smiled, raising the corners of his mouth.

‘With this, we step up a level…’

“Chieftain!”

However, regardless of Barun’s thoughts, his body reached its limit. The substantial influx of information overwhelmed his brain, which declared a strike against the overwhelming chaos.

Those nearby grabbed the frothing Barun, crying out in a frenzy. As Barun drifted toward unconsciousness, the last thing he saw was the word [Sky] written in the blue sky.

At that same moment, Riena, who was waiting for a call in the village and personally training, also fainted, reporting similar symptoms.

“Could it be that you were in the same state? If you couldn’t endure it, how could I?”

“I’ve never experienced such a shock before… It was impossible to bear.”

“There must be a reason He gave us revelations together.”

The two regained consciousness that afternoon. As the father and daughter realized they had been in the same state, they chuckled faintly while recalling the knowledge that had been injected into their heads.

‘Letters. We have gained letters. The letters bestowed upon us by the god.’

Barun could express everything he saw with letters. Crafting elegant sentences according to rules was also within his capabilities.

It felt surreal. After all, letters were extremely rare and precious to them, akin to a castle. The few who could read and write had done so by learning the writing of those who lived beyond the wall.

There were certainly those who thought fighting well and hunting well were the only priorities, but Barun was convinced that having the ability to record would make governance much easier.

“I should teach the others.”

Barun even wanted to share this special knowledge bestowed upon them with the other tribe members. As Chieftain Barun, he could have chosen to keep it exclusive to a select few, but he had no intention of doing so.

Because this was a gift bestowed entirely by the god, not something they had developed or obtained. There was no doubt that monopolizing such a divine gift would attract divine wrath.

“I will handle the teaching. You must be busy, right?”

“Unless He calls for me, I’m not that busy.”

“Then it’s better for you to empty both body and mind and rest during that time.”

Barun proposed he would take on the teaching role. Riena offered to help, but Barun decided it would be better for each to focus on their own tasks since he now had the leisure.

“You are a knight. A person who fights against enemies. Just think of that. Only then can you ensure your safety.”

“…”

She couldn’t refute her father’s words. They were not wrong.

“It seems that He didn’t give us the revelation for no reason.”

“Really?”

Before long, Morin, who had learned some building methods from the game world, handed him a bundle of paper and a pen. Upon receiving it, Barun smiled.

He instinctively sensed that this bundle of paper could create something that would fill their inner capabilities as they grew stronger.

“Emergency!”

“Hmm?!”

But shortly after, they faced another new threat.

“W-what’s happening?!”

Just after finishing their dinner, a tension began to loom over the previously peaceful village. A few armed individuals on guard were being dragged up into the sky.

They could only tell that they were heading west, nothing more.

“Something seems to be happening in the west.”

Of course, excluding the newly joined, it was a familiar situation. It was simply that an unseen entity was discovering something and bringing them to it.

“Riena!”

“I’ll go check it out.”

With an expression that indicated she had realized something, Riena hurriedly donned her armor and grabbed her sword, but even she, known as the first sword of the tribe, was dragged into the sky.

Calmly responding to those in shock, she turned her gaze westward. Seeing that she couldn’t perceive what was happening at once indicated that the events were not taking place at close range.

“Monsters…!”

Soon, she landed on the ground. The location was transfixed with mouse controls, and they were astonished to see a throng of enemies approaching.

The familiar foes they knew were crawling towards them.

[Lv 3 Glitch]

These monsters, resembling giant centipedes the size of a tiger, rushed toward them upon spotting them.

Riena, armed with her sword, stood at the forefront, slicing through the neck of the enemy that charged at her.

“Poison…!”

She cried out as she witnessed the poisonous fluid from the centipede’s fangs instantly withering the grass it touched. Simultaneously, a golden light burst forth from her body, purifying the poison carried by the glitches.

“All done. Fortunately, the leader doesn’t seem to be here.”

“Here’s an injured one!”

Everyone else was gritting their teeth, engaging in an intense battle as they took down the numerous glitches one by one. Even lv 3 glitches were no trouble for skilled soldiers with their coordinated efforts.

However, there were also injuries. When Riena rushed over, she found a soldier whose leg was darkened and grasped from being bitten by the centipede, groaning in pain.

“Use this.”

Riena took out a small vial from her pouch. It was a potion she always carried, obtained from the game world.

As she poured that panacea over the wound, the poison was actually purified and the bleeding stopped.

“T-thank you.”

The young soldier, watching her heal him with the potion, expressed his gratitude with a dazed look. From the soldier’s perspective, Riena was quite an impressive person.

She freely used what was undoubtedly a precious potion to heal him and purified the wicked monster’s poison with divine power.

Her mana, which had transformed into a golden hue infused with divinity after receiving the Celestial Blessing of Judgment, only elevated that impression.

The saintess favored by the guardian deity. She was uniquely beautiful with an exceptionally pure image, changing the way others saw her.

‘These guys came from much further away.’

But right now, Riena’s attention was completely elsewhere.

The direction she was looking at was west, where the centipedes had crawled from. A little further along lay the village where her previous tribe used to live.

Perhaps due to the distance, she began to entertain a fundamental question.

What would happen if bugs and glitches existed in other regions as well? It was a perfectly reasonable doubt.

The bugs and glitches she knew were disentangling horrid monsters beyond comparison to the existing beasts.

‘Right now, the west is Garhan’s Domain. Have those monsters made it that far?’

Those creatures would undoubtedly have no different stance towards raiders. The savage raiders would inevitably clash with monsters they viewed as prey. But to her, who had lost family and hometown to those raiders, she sensed that bugs were currently a more dangerous enemy than the raiders themselves.

“You’re right. We must send a scout at first light to find out.”

After being lifted back to the mouse, she returned to the village and conveyed her thoughts to Barun. After listening to her account, Barun also agreed with her to investigate.

‘There’s value in finding out.’

And Riena’s doubt soon turned into a dilemma, helping a being outside the screen that could now read the doubts to decide to uncover the source of the bugs appearing from the west.

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‘The bugs that have appeared so far have all appeared within a two-tile radius of the screen.’

The next morning. I moved the mouse while reflecting on the events of last night.

Upon further contemplation, it seemed even stranger than I had thought. First, they had appeared in a location that was significantly farther away than the places where bugs or glitches had shown up previously.

Despite having revealed quite a bit of territory compared to the past, those creatures appeared from even beyond that distance. I had seen that with my own eyes, bringing residents to the road.

‘I still don’t understand them well.’

The land on which the village stood served as a pathway connecting to the reality I was in, but that didn’t mean the creatures couldn’t travel to other lands.

There were people living in other places, and those creatures could prey upon them.

“—?!”

To confirm that, I appointed Riena as the scout leader. Just in case, I wanted to take the strongest person with me.

Leading her, I dragged over a dozen scouts and dropped them off in the most distant location. I watched them cross the border into unknown territory, realizing my intentions.

I planned to keep an eye on them as they scouted while playing the game with the others.

[Garhan’s Domain (Contaminated)]

“Contaminated?”

Soon, the screen switched, and the name of the region emerged. At the word contaminated, my eyes twitched. Simultaneously, a massive nest writhing appeared in the exact opposite location of where Riena was on the right side of the screen.