Chapter 2: Gift Pack
He thinks deep in his mind what to do to increase his survival chance against this killing world.
After a few minutes of consideration in his mind, he planned his actions in different steps in his mind.
So,
He started to search in the nexus city to find something useful in the city for his survival or fortification of the nexus city;
After searching all around the nexus city, he is sweating all over his body and he feels tired because he never in his life did that much physical work continuously. His face shows a dull and untidy look and he feels his clothes also became untidy and dirty, but he did not stop his search because he believes there may be some goods for him in the city because the altar city also informed him that "Eldros' Will" always gives beginner altar-owners a starting gift to survive in the world of Eldros and this gift is like a one-time investment of the Eldros world to beginner altar-owners.
And he feels that he is not that unlucky that the guaranteed gift will not be given to him.
So, 15 minutes of more searching in the city, he finds a treasure-looking square box in the very corner of the nexus city. This box looks brown in color and he feels the box does not look mysterious at all compared to the ability-ball, but he thinks ability-ball is a one-time thing for all altars, compared to treasure boxes that Eldros' Will provides many times. Then he tries to see the status of that brown box because it is an effective way to know if this is a treasure box or some kind of trap, he believes.
A few seconds later,
A mysterious window pops up in front of Ash.
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Name: Bronze-treasure box (consumable resource)
Status: good
Quantity: 1
Ability: Provides essential items from lower-grade item level 0 to level 1
Description: A low-grade treasure box, that is found in different places by the will of Eldros. It is connected to the treasury of Eldros' Will and provides the most useful and urgently needed item to the finder.
Grade: low-grade
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Ash reads the pop-up window above. He thinks in his mind, "Please god, give me good items to survive and to become a powerful altar-owner." After he opened the bronze-treasure box, he sees a bright light come from the treasure box for a few seconds, then he looked at the box but the box vanished into thin air.
Then a window pop-up comes in front of Ash.
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Congratulations to the altar-owner for opening a bronze treasure box for the first time. Your items from the treasure box are stored in the city's warehouse.
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He thinks in his mind, "I want to see the newly acquired items from the bronze treasure box."
Then, two new windows pop up in front of Ash.
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Name: Hard breads (consumable resource)
Status: good
Quantity: 16
Ability: Provides essential energy to lower-beings to survive after eating it.
Description: Not tasty, hard bread to eat. Eat with caution and slowly or your teeth will be broken
Grade: low-grade
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Name: Drinking water (consumable resource)
Status: good
Quantity: 8 liters
Ability: Provides essential water elements to lower-beings to survive after drinking it.
Description: Just drinkable water but bitter in taste
Grade: low-grade
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He has a satisfied smile on his face after seeing the items. He thinks deep in his mind, "Basic necessity items for living 5 days is a good start in this world and I need to search more areas in the city because I have not completed the search of all areas in the city and I believe treasures in the city have to be more than one."
He started searching for treasures in the nexus city after getting one bronze treasure.
After 30 minutes of deep searching here and there in the city, he finds a basement in the city that is almost invisible to human eyes. He coincidentally finds the basement in the city.
Then he entered that basement. He sees this place is very large and dark. He feels deep fear in his mind because the basement is dark and he thinks, "Maybe some monsters will be here," but he gets to know from altar city that the city is almost safe from monster and beast attack for 15 days because Eldros World's Will protects the born altar city for 15 days. So, he is somewhat frightful about the place but he starts to walk in the basement.
After 15 minutes of search in a very dark space where he sees very thin sunlight, he finds a box that looks like a bronze treasure to him, so he decides to check with the status window.
Then a new window pops up in front of his eyes.
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Name: Bronze-treasure box (consumable resource)
Status: good
Quantity: 1
Ability: Provides essential items from lower-grade item level 0 to level 1
Description: A low-grade treasure box, that is found in different places by the will of Eldros. It is connected to the treasury of Eldros' Will and provides the most useful and urgently needed item to the finder.
Grade: low-grade
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He feels some joy on his face and he thinks in his mind, "Good that I found a treasure here otherwise all my effort would be wasted and I really don't like dark and silent places and this place mostly looks like a den of ghosts."
He opened the bronze treasure box. Again, the treasure box emits a golden light and vanishes.
He gets a pop-up in front of his eyes.
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All items obtained from bronze treasure box are stored in warehouse.
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He said in his mind, "I want to see new items obtained from the bronze treasure box."
New windows pop up in front of Ash.
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Name: Market (unique) (Blueprint-resource)
Requirement: 200 stones, 50 wood
Quantity: 1
Status: good
Ability: Transfer of things from one market building to another market building
Description: Used to construct Market building in the altar city for trading with another altar city. Only one building can exist in one altar city.
Grade: Not applicable because made by Eldros World
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Name: House (Blueprint-resource)
Requirement: 100 stones, 25 wood
Quantity: 1
Status: good
Ability: none
Description: Able to protect 4 people from wind, sunlight and irregularities of atmosphere in Eldros World
Grade: low-grade
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Name: Guide mark (Item-resource)
Requirement: Bound with altar to use
Quantity: 1
Status: good
Ability: Able to summon a person daily in front of your city's entry gate if you're lucky
Description: Provides one exit gate for one person in dark tunnel for people to come into your altar city
Grade: low-grade
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Name: Sword (Item-resource)
Requirement: none
Quantity: 1
Status: good
Ability: none
Description: Used as a weapon to kill enemies, very sharp sword
Grade: low-grade
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Name: Gun (Item-resource)
Requirement: none
Quantity: 1
Status: good
Ability: none
Description: Used as a weapon to kill enemies
Grade: low-grade
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Name: Bullets (Item-resource)
Requirement: Need gun to be used as a lethal weapon
Quantity: 20
Status: good
Ability: none
Description: Used as a weapon to kill enemies, very sharp bullets
Grade: low-grade
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After seeing all items from the bronze treasure, he feels his effort is rewarded in his mind and he has a trace of a smile on his face after the exhausting labor of searching for a bronze treasure.
After 5 minutes of rest, he again started to search the nexus city for finding bronze treasure boxes. He thinks in mind, "If I can find one more bronze treasure, it will be good for the city and upcoming citizens."
30 minutes later,
Ash searches all the areas of the nexus city but he doesn't find anything useful in the city. His whole body is sweating and his face and body are tired to the limit and the speed of Ash's walking has also become slow compared to his previous speed. He is only working because of his firm and committed willpower to pursue strength and power. He thinks in his mind, "I can find more treasure but my body is at its limit. I can find treasure after rest if there are more treasures in the city because I don't get any information from altar city about a time limit on finding treasure, so I believe there is no time limit in finding treasure."
5 minutes of rest,
Ash canceled the idea of finding treasure at this moment because he wanted to bind the city altar with the guide mark. He finds living alone in the city is not helpful for him and his city's development.
So, he goes to the core area of altar city and places the guide mark from his hand to the core area's place.
He sees the altar of the nexus city shine with golden light and the guide mark is fixing itself with pink vine in the altar. That pink vine looks like a big 10cm round wire but pink in color.
A mysterious window pops up in front of Ash.
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Altar city fuse with guide mark
Time needed: 5 mins
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He shook his eyes as if nothing happened but he thinks in his mind, "I was expecting this pop-up in front of me. I hope my city gets a new citizen after binding with the altar, otherwise nexus city looks like a ghost town with only one person here, that is me. I cheers-cheers to the Eldros World for me and my city's good luck. Alas, I don't have a beer or anything but I have water—I believe water can also be used perhaps."
And he started to focus on his other works that he needed to do—that is, searching for a bronze treasure. After searching three times all over the nexus city, he doesn't find a new bronze treasure. He feels disappointed and his face is also showing the tiredness of searching the city many times and a small sorrow in his eyes.
He sighed at his luck and he thinks in his mind, "It seems I used all my luck for finding bronze treasure and maybe I will not find any new treasure." He feels conflicted about his luck but he doesn't mind anymore.
He tried to see the status of the city, so he said "status window" quietly.
A window pops up in front of Ash.
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City: Nexus City
Ability: Territory defense double
Description: In the event of city defense, all the attack power, defense power of people and buildings becomes double.
Altar level: 0
Area: 625 square meters
Status: very small village
Building: Guide mark *1 (inactive)
Warehouse: Market (unique) (Blueprint-resource) *1, House (Blueprint-resource) *1, low-grade sword *1, low-grade gun *1, bullets *20, hard bread *16, drinking water *8L
Population: 1
Specialty: none
Attack power level: 0 (0/1000)
Description: City's power level to attack enemies
Defense power level: 0 (1/10000)
Description: City's defense power level against enemies
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He sees the status of the city, then he decides to command altar city for activating the guide mark. Altar city gives confirmation on activation of the guide mark.
50 minutes later,
A new window pops up in front of Ash.
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Time left before monster attack: 5 hours
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After seeing the pop-up message, Ash feels panicked and shocked but he is able to calm himself. He thinks in his mind, "What can I do to survive this monster attack? I should wait for a new person to come to get some information about this world and monster attacks. I also have a gun with 20 bullets and I have some shooting experience. If bullets can kill the upcoming monster then I will surely survive without a scratch on my body and altar city's passive ability is also territory double defense so my bullets' attack power also becomes double, so I feel that I will surely survive this monster attack."
He feels firm determination to survive in his eyes.
He started walking in the nexus city to calm his heart and refresh his mind.
At the city's entry gate, Ash sees a new person there.
He sees this person is a young boy with a handsome face and better body than his. He thinks in his mind, "I really hate the person if a person has a better body than mine and is more handsome than me on the blue planet, but here I am feeling a joy. Maybe this is a side-effect of monster attacks, and maybe I am struggling with monster attack fear, so I am feeling delighted because I get a partner who may be going to fight with me side-by-side in the monster siege. Or we both are going to die fighting the monster attack."
He tries to see the status of the young man.