Chapter 399

Chapter 399

TL: xLordFifth

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“What should we do?”

“The quest window hasn’t appeared yet, but it definitely feels like it will lead to a quest. We will have to make a choice.”

“It’s something that even Fernand-ssi, the guide, don’t know. And what? What? It’s definitely on the sea, but what else could we do?”

“It seems like it might be related to the Demon King’s Fragment. It might also have something to do with the monsters becoming stronger. Wouldn’t it be better to check?”

“We need to think carefully about our schedule. Speaking of the Demon King’s Fragment, what if this is also a trap to waste our time? Even at this very moment, Bluebeard may be awakening other Fragments of the Demon King in the new continent.”

“But... in addition, users could hold out somehow but NPC’s food ingredients need to last for 100 days.

. The problem may become serious if we stop somewhere.”

The users’ opinions varied.

Not only were there two big opinions about whether they should help or not, but even within that, different methods of what to do sprung up.

‘There is a clear possibility this happened to kill time as Faust did. Damn it, when you think like that, it suddenly becomes complicated, doesn’t it?’

There were users who bickered, and there were also users who tried to organize their thoughts.

The cabin of the New Serpent quickly became noisy as everyone had various thoughts and opinions according to their personalities,

“We have to go first. That must have not changed.”

“What?”

Leeha summarized the situation.

“It’s never too late to think about it as we go. We have only sailed for 29 days. If, as Fernand-ssi said, the voyage is approximately 60 days, we will be halfway across the sea by tomorrow. When we reach it. That’s when we will think about whether we should help the mermaids or not, but wouldn’t it be more important to move first and find a place to build the first mana tower?”

Rather than think of things that have yet to happen, Leeha talked about the quest they received and the things they had to do right now, and those words cleared the users’ minds.

He had been looking at the chart with his head down and finally raised his head.

“That’s right. Tomorrow is already the 30th day,

it’s now time for flying monsters to appear too. It is not too late to decide on the mermaid-related quest when the quest window appears or the story progresses a little further. It is important to find an island on which to build a mana relay tower first.”

Of course, the mana relay tower could not be made to float on water.

They would arrive at the place that could be judged to be the midpoint of the Dawn Sea tomorrow, and was time to find the nearby island.

“Cough, but how do we find the island?”

“Was it a speed boat? Shouldn’t we take it and have people with flight magic scout it out?”

“I think it would be better for the druid, tamer, and summoner to use summons and find it quickly. The rest of us guard the ship.”

“What should we do, Fernand-nim?”

Leeha managed to change the direction of the discussion related to the mermaid quest, but with so many people, it was unavoidable for things to be like this.

The users struggled to find an island to build a mana relay tower and asked Fernand, but Fernand was not sure as well.

“We have no choice but to find it first. I will give you a basic telescope, so if you find a small island, you can build a mana relay tower there-“

“Are you all idiots?”

While Fernand was also scratching his head and thinking, Kidd, leaning against the cabin wall, lifted his hat.

“Huh? Kidd? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

With Leeha’s question, everyone’s attention focused on Kidd.

In other words, it was as if the entire plan for this second expedition to the new continent was shaken to its core.

“Excuse me, what does this conversation mean? Are you saying that the expedition to the new continent won’t end in 60 days?”

One user asked, tilting his head. However, no one could get the answer out of their mouth. They tried to hide their anxiety.

“... If the people who were currently in the log-out rotation heard this, wouldn’t they think that they are getting pranked...?”

“How can you joke in this kind of situation, Kijung-ssi?”

Only Kijung expressed the severity of the situation with humorous words.

“Did Baileiphus-nim know? Or Hyein-ss... Still, they should know about space.”

“I have never been beyond the Sea of Dawn. I don’t know if Lord Bahamut would have known...”

“I don’t know either. I know that there will be coordinate values in calculations, but that is literally theoretical anyway... There’s a problem with mana and stability, so we can’t move around in space.”

Baileiphus and Hyein both shook their heads when Leeha asked the question.

After the conversation with the mermaid was over and the users had gone to their respective ships, the overall atmosphere was incredibly down.

Only Leeha moved from ship to ship to conduct additional expeditions.

Of course, the reason Leeha walked around like this was because Fernand was stretched out as if he were sick.

The user who worked hard and ran around the most to form the new continent expedition team was now at risk of being responsible for all failures.

‘The new continent is a place where even the ancient dragon had never gone to. It is so unreasonable to put the blame on just one person, Fernand, for miscalculating like that. To put it bluntly, no NPC or users could have known.’

Of course, they couldn’t just wait for that to happen.

If it weren’t for Fernand’s experience in the first new continent expedition, where he barely found out information and turned the ship around thanks to the sacrifice of the continent’s resources and NPCs, he wouldn’t have been able to get this far.

Above all, no matter how much this situation was.

This was still a game.

It was clear that the management team was more than capable of making this point in vain, but at least from a world view, wasn’t this an event that all countries put in their best effort to create?

Leeha’s thought that it couldn’t end like that.

‘First of all, we need to recognize what the problem is. Since the original 60-day navigation schedule has been extended indefinitely, the biggest problem in the current situation is... Food for NPCs.’

Users could endure, consuming only enough food to maintain their stamina.

When stamina ran out, HP and MP could not be recovered, and if hunger got worse, it would consume their HP and MP.

However, no matter how much they saved, the food they initially packed was only enough for 100 days.

What if the voyage period increased to more than twice the initial estimate? Not only are there problems for users, but also NPCs who live only on Middle Earth may even die!

‘Fishing and other things, even with users operating at full capacity, but it is questionable how many more days could be added with the food situation, and in any case, the maximum should be around 110 days in the current situation.’

It was natural that there were suggestions to go back.

To date, the voyage had taken approximately 29 days.

This meant that it would take 29 days to return, replenish food, then set off again and take another 29 days to return to their current location.

‘But it’s too late. Too too late.’

Food replenishment cannot be completed in just one day.

If they included that extra time, it would take at least 65 more days to get back to their current location.

The duration of the expedition to the new continent, of which they did not know how long, was indefinitely extended.

In other words, it meant that the time that was originally set for reaching the new continent would have passed. That was enough to make Bluebeard complete all preparations for the Middle Earth system.