What if the Terrans really are saving the world?

Chapter 25 Those damn robbers dare to steal my pig?!

Mana 1 already regretted coming with Terra. She sighed and stepped forward, intimidatingly warning the villagers, "We're on a secret patrol. You'd better not tell anyone about what happened today, or else..."

The village chief quickly nodded and bowed, making a gesture of crossing his index and middle fingers: "Don't worry! Don't worry! Sister. We swear to the Moon Goddess we won't say a word!"

Mana couldn't tell the villagers that Terra was a puppet of some elf, nor could she explain how Terra could come back to life, so she decided to just go with the flow.

Terra ran to the village chief and opened the chat window. The first task, "Arrival at the Village," was completed: "Alright, the next step is to kill the bandits."

The village chief said with a forced smile, "Don't worry about the pigs. We'll handle the robbers ourselves."

Terra said, "No."

I haven't even received my reward yet, and you're already trying to skip out on the bill?

Mana saw Tara build a simple house on the spot and put down a bed. She set up a worktable outside the door and placed the poor pig on it.

In the crowd, the resurrected Rice 1 glared angrily at Terra. Around him, several villagers came over to check on him and helped him up.

Rice 1 lowered his voice and yelled at them, "You betrayed me like this, didn't you? I was almost killed by that blocky monster! Stay away from me! I'm always so good to you, and you do this to me, but when something happens to me, you don't even utter a sound! You only found out you had something when you borrowed my picture book!"

He pushed away the villagers who came over to offer their concern, his heart filled with resentment.

This blocky guy is no good either.

And that nun over there, what's with the act of being so innocent? Pshaw!

Rice looked at the pig Terra had placed on the worktable, his throat itching. He had been there when Terra had stuffed money into the pig's belly.

If we could take that pig with us, the money inside...

Rice wasn't that concerned about money, well, he was, but right now he wanted to take revenge on those two pieces of crap from the Vatican and all the useless villagers around him.

"Just you wait and see!"

He spat, turned and left the village, running towards the mountains.

At this moment, the soldiers and Mana 1 were discussing some situations. Terra was watching this cutscene when she noticed an enemy monster running away in the distance, far away from her.

I guess the hatred level has disappeared.

Mana said to the village chief beside her, "We'll go kill those robbers tonight and take back your pigs, but it's hard to say how many we'll get back. I'll try to make sure you can still eat a couple of bites while they're hot."

The old village elder quickly waved his hand and said, "It's alright, you two can rest in the village tonight. We'll take good care of you. Look, it's getting late."

Mana thought to herself that she just didn't want to stay in the village any longer, and she couldn't let Terra stay there any longer either. They had only been there a short time and had already caused such a commotion. If Terra stayed overnight, she was afraid that the roofs of the houses in the village would be blown off. "It's okay. At night, it's easier to launch a surprise attack on the bandits' hideout."

The village chief said, "This..."

Soldier: "My Lord, the villagers don't actually know the location of the bandits' camp. I did scout around the area, but I didn't dare to go too deep, worried that the villagers would launch a sneak attack while I was away. Today, I was ambushed by them when I went out alone. Fortunately, my Lord, you arrived in time to save me."

The soldier had witnessed everything firsthand. He didn't quite approve of the severity of Terra's punishment of the villagers, but since the villager was eventually resurrected, he couldn't say anything, after all, he was a member of the Holy See.

"Is there a reward?" Terra asked the soldier.

"What did you say?"

"I'll consider saving you as completing a hidden quest, so give me a reward." Terra swung her iron sword at the female soldier NPC twice.

"Well, if I had to say what could be equivalent to the debt of saving my life, this is all I have on me right now..." The soldier took off the small bag from his waist. As soon as he took it off, Terra sucked it into his body.

Terra opened her inventory to see what new items she had:

[Amethyst Gemstone] *1

Amethyst? Terra remembers it as the lowest grade of gemstone, and it doesn't seem to be of much use.

He glanced at Mana 1 standing beside him with her arms crossed, and then thought of Director Xiang. His mother had said that she had no magic.

How about we make a staff out of amethyst for the NPC to use?

It seems we still need to dig some space underground. Let's use this gem to synthesize a seed and plant a gem tree.

"Are you satisfied, sir?"

"Good."

The soldier breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Mana 1 again.

"I'll skip that," Mana waved her hand. "Let's continue with the robbers."

Despite what Mana1 said, the soldier still gave Mana1 a money bag.

Since you've given it to me, I should accept it. Refusing would seem odd.

The soldier continued, "I've observed the bandits' activity range and think their stronghold shouldn't be too far away. I also saw ashes from a fire in the mountains to the north, so they probably won't stay in that area to avoid being caught. Besides, the main road to Mi City is to the east. They not only rob villages but also passing caravans. I think they might stay in the mountains to the southeast to make it easier to rob people."

Mana thought about it for a moment and felt that the soldier's words made some sense: "Then Terra... Divine Envoy, let's go explore the southeastern mountains tonight."

"They're not there, they're still to the north," Terra said, looking at the large map in front of her.

"How did you know?"

"I see it on the map." Terra clearly saw a scarred NPC icon on the large map, but it didn't seem to be the location of the real-world bandit enemy, only the location of the bandit camp.

The soldier didn't understand what it meant, only thinking it was probably some kind of magic.

Mana 1 couldn't understand how Miss Andrea 2 could activate the tracking spell using a doll that was far away, without ever touching the hair or skin of the robbers.

No, Mana couldn't even see how he used magic. She only saw Terra staring at something in front of her. She only saw air.

"Natai... Divine Envoy, let's set off now."

"No," Terra said. "It's almost night now, and lots of zombies and demon eyeballs will spawn at night. It's dangerous outside."

Terra noticed a problem as soon as he arrived in the village: he couldn't understand why, despite having so many NPCs, no town environment was triggered. He didn't hear any background music specific to the environment, even though the city of Mi City was a town environment.

In the old version, a town environment would be created if three NPCs lived in a rectangular area of ​​240×135 grid centered on Terra herself.

It seems that the new version has added a lot of NPCs, so the number of NPCs required to achieve the town environment has been increased in order to balance the difficulty.

"I've never heard of zombies or those demon eyeballs spawning around the village at night," the village chief said.

The old man had barely finished speaking when he met Terra's empty eyes.

After a two-second eye contact, the village chief changed his tune, saying, "Yes, yes, the village is very dangerous at night. Why don't you two stay at my house for the night? I've had my wife cook some good food, right?"

The village chief gave the soldier a meaningful look.

"Ah, yes, yes."

Whatever the divine messenger says goes.

Mana really didn't want to stay here anymore; it was so awkward in front of the villagers.