Pioneering the Apocalyptic World - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: The beginning of a new life

? Ouroboros Ring
An accessory imbued with the power of the primordial dragon Ouroboros Dragon and ?
that was the end and the beginning. What was destruction and creation.
When the missing thing is regained, it will become a new ??.
[Indestructible attribute]

It was the last item I created in the previous work.

“There are no special effects other than [Indestructible Attribute], so I wonder if i was given it as a souvenir?”

After all, the material is the soul of the strongest boss in the game. Far from being rare, it may be a unique item that can never be made again.

“I’m worried about the fact that some of the flavor text is broken, but… Well, the items carried over from the previous game won’t become important items.”

I understand the desire to cherish old users, but if there is an extreme difference, it will become a problem. That’s why, at most it’s a little more advantageous in the early stages, this time it’s just a memento that doesn’t have any kind of effect.
However, it is the item that led me to the making master. It’s have [Indestructible attribute] so it will not break, and if it is a key item for an event, it will not be lost, but there is no guarantee that the latter will be applied in the new work. so let’s be careful to not to lose it.
After staring at it for a while, I gently put it inside my clothes (clothes from in my initial equipment).

“The only thing left to do is actually play and learn.……Since there is no help option, let’s proceed with the same procedure as the previous work.”

At this time i didn’t realize that besides the help option, one more function, in a sense, the most important feature of a game was missing from the menu.

“First I have to secure water. I have to find a river or a village.”

In the previous work, water was a very important element. Especially in the beginning.
Since the game story setting was “a world ruled by a god of destruction”, the starting point of the game (which is random within a certain range) still retains relatively strong power of the Creator God (otherwise the enemy will be too strong and the player will die) rarely there is villages nearby, but rivers are very often nearby.
 
It is important point to explain that water recovers SP slightly, it is used for various items and is often required as a primary material in items recipes obtained in the late part of the game.
A primary material is, for example, to make an item A, an item B is necessary, and to make the item B the item C is necessary, and so on goes. The primary material is the material that becomes the starting point of the chain.
And since it’s necessary to create the most important item in the early stages, it should definitely be secured first.

“There it is it!”

After about fifteen minutes of walking eastward across the grassland, I was able to find a small stream.

“It’s transparent and doesn’t have a strange smell, it seems to be fine. There are fish here and there, so it doesn’t seem like I will have a problem with food for the time being.”

If this were a territory where the God of Destruction’s control is strong, it will become poisonous, so you need to be careful, but as expected, such a impossibly hard situation will not occur in the early stages.
 
But the fluid simulation of this river is amazing. You can feel the coolness and temperature and there are water droplets sliding in my skin.

“Is the player avatar was converted as it was?”

My face reflected on the surface of the water is the same as the playable character from the previous work… But it feels a little more precise.
The same can be said for the background, but the roughness peculiar to polygons is not seen at all.
 
The model is me in junior high school, with short cut hair and medium height and build. The only changes are that my eyes are a little droopy and i have blonde hair and blue eyes.……I’m not faking being young, it’s just that I started playing games when I was in middle school.
 
It’s too late now, but i pinch my cheeks to see if it is a dream, it’s really a realistic game.

“Well, let’s make the first base!”

One of my options is to search for villages right away, but as mentioned earlier, there are only a few villages, so it’s not always possible to find them right away.
That’s why even if it’s simple, i need to create a base where i can safely sleep and work, Of course, it’s fine to make it the best possible, but in the early stages there aren’t many items and materials that can be used, so it’s better to postpone the elaborate work until later.

“Woods materials, woods materials… ”

There was a forest on the other side of the river, so let’s cut trees there.

“It’s your turn.”

I equip the God’s Ax from QA (Quick Access Box),when felling trees,It is most efficient to use an ax-type tool.
 
It’s just just non-special tree so it is not impossible to do it with my bare hands, but LP is reduced, SP is reduced, and it takes a lot of time, so it’s nothing just a penitence.
There were some fierce guys doing this and that with their bare hands as a self imposed restrictions, but i couldn’t understand the fun of that.

“And here goes!”

I swing the axe in a form similar to swinging a baseball bat and  “stoon!” A pleasant sound resounded.
……the sounds that it make are good, but while its just looks like an iron axe, in reality it is the weakest level initial equipment. Even trees in the early stages need to be chopped many times to be cut down, When comes to hard trees, the blades of the axe do not endure the work and it becomes impossible to cut the tree down.
 
If the skill level rises, the performance of the axe can be covered to some extent, but unfortunately for now it’s level is 1. I have no choice but to do my best steadily.
 
After about 20 hits, the tree finally fell.

“Hm? Did the itemization process change a bit?”

In the previous game, when you cut down a tree, you got a square block-shaped wood item. But now the tree has fallen and shows no sign of become a block.
 
While inclining my neck in confusion, i swinging the axe against the tree again and it finally turned into a block. I also got some tree branches.
 
Swinging the axe on the remaining stump turned into a sapling. Good, now I don’t have to panic later about don’t have any wood.
Why did the stump become a sapling? It’s because the power of the God of Creation! (halfhearted response).
I continued logging while recovering my SP by drinking water and when my skill level rose to 2, I got the amount of wood necessary to build a base. I also got some nuts, so let’s use for breakfast tomorrow.

“Shall we level the ground next? Come on, god’s shovel!”

Since there is no sound effect, I access God’s shovel and change the equipment while making effect sound with my mouth. If you’re messing with the soil, it’s a shovel type equipment. By the way, if you use a shovel, you will get a small amount of farming skill experience.
 
I roughly remove the grass and pebbles, dig the convex parts and fill the concave parts. Don’t forgeting to put some dirt blocks in my item box. This is also a material for various items.
 
At first, the dirt that i dug was just dirt, but as soon i collected it, it turned into blocks.
What is the difference between these specifications?

“Well, now that the ground has flattened, let’s have some food before I build a house. Water can’t keep up with SP recovery… Or rather, I’m feeling really hungry…”

I catch the fish that were swimming in the river with a wooden bucket that was made in the meantime of cutting down the trees.
Even though I wanted to make a fishing rod, I hadn’t been able to collect thread yet.
 
However, the number of item recipes has increased considerably. Can i make it? if thought to make it, I can make easily.
 
There is also a fishing skill, but it seems that you can’t get skill experience points unless you use a fishing rod. If the level increases rare fish can be caught.
 
I stack stones to create a windbreak, I arrange tree branches randomly and pick up flint to start a fire.

“Processing fish with God’s knife… uee…that raw feeling…blood is drooping… it even necessary to make this far realistic…”

I made a cutting board out of wood, but I can’t make a kitchen knife yet, so I’ll use a the God’s knife instead.
 
It’s general to all skills, but if you don’t finish just automatically with the creation (making) skill and manualy process the item, the acquisition skill experience value will increase a just little, it also saves MP. So when i can afford, I try to do it as much as possible.
 
While frowning with a subtle disgust, I removed the scales and took out the internal organs. If it’s a rare fish, these parts becomes the material for another item.

“Okay, I’m going to stick it in a tree branch and grill it. What will it taste like?”

I am very interested in how much this game has become realistic in everything and how much the taste is reproduced. And above all, I’m hungry, so I can’t help but look forward to grilling.
 
With the crackling sound as BGM, I waited for several minutes while making small things with wood and earth in order to increase my crafting skill level even a if little.
 
When the skin is browned and crispy, I pick up the tree branch and say “looks good.” gulp… My throat rangs naturally.

“Let’s eat~”

I blew on it so as not to burn myself then put my mouth on it.

“… it’s not so much delicious…”

It may be because the cooking skill level is 1, but the decisive reason is probably the lack of seasoning.
The grilled fish without soy sauce or even salt was very unsatisfactory for modern people.
Although it was disappointing, let’s think positively, if i raise my skill level and collect seasonings, i might be able to eat something delicious…