I Made a Pain-Relief Patch
“Check!”
| [Refri Herb]<br>Grade: E<br>Description: A medicinal herb with excellent pain-relieving properties.<br>A special herb whose cultivation method is unknown and which can only be found in the wild.<br>Requirement: Level 1 or higher.<br>Effects: Pain Relief.<br>HP Recovery. |
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‘A medicinal herb?’
Judging from the description, it did not seem particularly dangerous.
Yeong-ung smelled it.
“This smell…….”
The sharp scent stinging his nose felt very familiar.
The moment he smelled it, he also felt a powerful cooling sensation.
“This…… smells like a pain-relief patch.”
It had the unmistakable smell of one.
“Pepper. Where did you find this?”
“CRUNCH, CRUNCH…… I found it deeper in the forest, yip! For you, Master, yip!”
Pepper answered while chewing on a raw sweet potato.
“How did you even know about this?”
“Yip? I heard some other races talking about it, yip!!”
“Other races?”
“Yip!”
“There are other races in the Spirit Realm?”
“There are, yip!”
That was the first Yeong-ung had heard of it.
Then again, this was an undiscovered region. There was no reason information about it would exist.
‘Other races in the Spirit Realm…… Isn’t the Spirit Realm supposed to have only spirits?’
“Interesting…….”
“Someone from a short-legged race said it, yip! They said if you crush that herb and stick it on your lower back, the back pain goes away, yip!”
“So it really is basically a pain-relief patch.”
It was surprising enough that other races lived in the Spirit Realm, but it was also surprising that something like a pain-relief patch existed in Overlord.
‘Is this meant for NPCs rather than players?’
Overlord’s NPCs were so lifelike that it would not be an exaggeration to call them living people.
They felt emotions, thought, and acted just like humans.
‘Hans alone proves that.’
A game where even NPCs experienced joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure.
That was Overlord.
There was a possibility that this patch-like medicine existed for NPCs like them rather than for players.
“Or maybe for players with farming-type classes like me.”
He had seen an amusing post online.
A player had changed class to Painter and spent all day painting.
After doing nothing but paint for over a month, the player had received a status ailment called ‘Tenosynovitis.’
After that, the player had suffered quite a bit because their wrist hurt and barely moved.
‘This game is pointlessly realistic.’
“Still, if I have this, I should be fine. Pepper.”
“Yip?”
“Is there a lot of this?”
“No. There isn’t as much of that herb as you’d think, yip.”
“Really?”
Even the herb’s description said its cultivation method was unknown and that it could only be found in the wild.
‘Should I try it?’
“Seed Collection!”
| [Seed Collection skill used.]<br>[Collecting seeds from a Refri Herb.] |
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Ding!
| [Seed Collection successful.]<br>[1 Refri Herb Seed acquired.]<br>[Luck has positively influenced the probability.]<br>[1 additional Refri Herb Seed acquired.]<br>[Seed Collection Skill EXP has increased slightly.]<br>[Class EXP acquired.] |
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“Oh! It worked. I even got two?”
He had gotten lucky.
Normally, he should have obtained only one seed, but luck had given him two.
‘Just as I thought.’
| [Seed Collection LV. 2]<br>Grade: F<br>Classification: Active<br>EXP: 10.44%<br>Description: Collects viable seeds from plants for cultivation.<br>Spirit Power Cost: 50<br>Cooldown: 9 seconds.<br>Success Rate: 15%<br>Effect: Seed Collection Success Rate +6% |
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The Seed Collection skill description said ‘plants.’
Since medicinal herbs were plants too, Yeong-ung had tried it just in case, and it had worked exactly as he hoped.
Ding!
The notifications did not end there.
| [Achievement accomplished.]<br>[Through a stroke of luck, you obtained two seeds at once from a single Seed Collection.]<br>[Title, ‘1+1 Seed Collection,’ acquired.] |
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| [1+1 Seed Collection]<br>Grade: D (Multi)<br>Acquisition Condition: Obtain two seeds with a single use of Seed Collection.<br>Options: When Seed Collection succeeds, gain 1 additional seed.<br>Seed Collection Success Rate +3%<br>Description: The 1+1 promotion is underway! Buy one, get two! |
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“Ooooooh…….”
“Yip? What’s wrong, Master, yip?”
“Nothing. I just got something good.”
He had obtained a useful title.
With this title, he could obtain more seeds whenever he collected them from crops.
On top of that, it also increased the success rate of Seed Collection.
This title would be a huge help with farming in the future.
“Now this is what I’m talking about.”
Yeong-ung grinned.
“Yip~”
“Hm? Do you even know why I’m smiling, or are you just copying me?”
“I don’t know, yip!”
“Then why are you smiling?”
“If you’re happy, Master, then I’m happy too, yip!!”
“……You adorable little thing.”
Yeong-ung stroked Pepper.
He felt like he could understand, at least a little, why people said they had been bewitched by a fox.
This soft fur and luxuriant tail.
And just look at that adorable face.
How could anyone not be bewitched?
‘If people get bewitched by nine-tailed foxes, it’s probably because nine-tailed foxes are just that cute.’
“Ahem. Anyway, I just crush this up and stick it on, right?”
“Yip!”
“Let’s try it.”
There were plenty of posts on the Farmer board from people complaining that they had overworked themselves farming and ended up with the ‘Herniated Disc’ status ailment.
Once you got that status ailment, it did not heal easily.
‘I should be careful.’
“For now…….”
Yeong-ung washed a nearby stone clean with water, blunted the end of a thick branch, and crushed the herb.
THUD! THUD! THUD!
As he crushed it, the sharp medicinal smell seemed to grow even stronger.
‘And then this…….’
Yeong-ung evenly spread the crushed herb over one of the sweet potato leaves he had piled to the side.
Ding!
| [You have crafted an item using medicinal herbs.]<br>[Skill, Medicine Making LV. 1, generated.] |
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| [Medicine Making LV. 1]<br>Grade: E<br>Classification: Passive<br>EXP: 0.00%<br>Description: Allows you to create medicine using medicinal herbs.<br>Effects: Medicine Effect +10%<br>Medicine Duration +10% |
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| [Successfully created Makeshift Refri Poultice.]<br>[Medicine Making Skill EXP has increased slightly.] |
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“Hmm…… I got a skill?”
A crafting skill for making medicine.
Not bad.
There was no telling what might happen in the Spirit Realm, so having a treatment-related skill like this was important.
“Check!”
| [Makeshift Refri Poultice]<br>Grade: E<br>Description: A crude medicine made clumsily by an inexperienced maker.<br>The maker still lacks skill and cannot draw out the medicine’s full effects.<br>Requirement: Level 1 or higher.<br>Effects: Pain Relief.<br>Status Ailment Recovery. |
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There was no denying that he had made it rather roughly.
It could not be helped.
Yeong-ung knew almost nothing about medicine making and had none of the proper tools.
There was no way he could produce anything polished.
“Should I try putting it on?”
Yeong-ung slapped the Refri poultice onto his lower back.
| [Makeshift Refri Poultice used.]<br>[Lower-back pain has been relieved.] |
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“Oh, this is pretty good.”
Once he applied the medicine, the faint pain disappeared, replaced by a cooling sensation.
“Master, does it not hurt anymore, yip?”
“Yeah. It doesn’t hurt anymore.”
“Yip!”
“Thanks.”
“Yiiiiip~!!!”
When Yeong-ung praised Pepper and stroked its head, Pepper beamed happily.
“Then should I plant these seeds too?”
There was no telling when he might need Refri Herbs again.
Yeong-ung picked up his hoe.
| [Land Clearing skill used.]<br>[Land Clearing Skill EXP has increased slightly.]<br>[Class EXP acquired.]<br>[Sowing skill used.]<br>[Sowing Skill EXP has increased slightly.]<br>[Class EXP…….] |
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He quickly cleared the land and planted the two seeds there.
At the time, Yeong-ung had no idea.
He had no way of knowing how those two seeds he had just planted would help him in the future…….
***
‘So there really is no way?’
After logging out of the game, Yeong-ung opened the Overlord community and searched for information about the ‘Auction House.’
Yeong-ung’s goal was to return to the countryside, build a farm of his own, and make it successful.
He had failed in reality because of constant unsolicited advice and territorial hostility from the locals.
But he could not fail in Overlord.
‘There’s no one in the Spirit Realm to interfere with me anyway.’
The problem was that he needed to sell his crops, but he could not use the Auction House.
Once he reached Level 20 and obtained an Auction House Access Permit, anyone could use it, but to get that permit, he had to visit a ‘Territory.’
‘Would there even be a Territory in the Spirit Realm?’
The Spirit Realm was an undiscovered region.
There was no information about it, so he did not even know whether a Territory existed here.
The one reassuring thing was—
‘There are other races here…….’
According to Pepper, there were other races in the Spirit Realm, and Pepper had encountered them several times before.
If Yeong-ung met them, he might be able to obtain an Auction House Access Permit.
“I’ll think about that later. For now, let’s check crop prices.”
Yeong-ung entered the Farmer board.
[Sweet potatoes for sale!! 50 Gold each.]
[Delicious strawberries available! 1,000 Gold per box!! Extras included!]
[Grapes for sale. Quick sale on wine grapes!!!]
All sorts of posts filled the Farmer board.
One post in particular caught Yeong-ung’s eye.
[I just started Overlord and I’m thinking about becoming a Farmer. Is Farmer any good?]
Yeong-ung opened the post.
[I just started Overlord, so I’m an Overlord newbie!
I’m interested in farming, so I’m thinking of becoming a Farmer. Is Farmer any good??
I like selling stuff more than hunting.
So I was wondering if Farmer is okay.
What’s Farmer like in Overlord?]
Most of the comments were negative.
-Glem: Farming Newbies are always welcome!
-DepeDepe: Don’t become a Farmer! Seriously, don’t! It fucking sucks!
└Kadeon (OP): Why? Isn’t it good if you can sell crops and make money?
└DepeDepe: No, no, no. Crop prices are completely screwed. The money you make is terrible compared to the effort you put in. And players don’t buy crops from other players. They only buy the ones NPCs sell.
└Kadeon (OP): Why? Aren’t player-grown crops better?
└DepeDepe: Technically, yeah, but the difference is so tiny that they barely sell. Everyone selling stuff on this board right now is dumping it cheap before quitting. Seriously, don’t do it.
-DogThatBarksAtStupidPosts: WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!!!
“Hmm…… The market really isn’t very good.”
The options on crops were not particularly appealing, and there was nothing special about them.
That was why players bought crops from NPCs instead of other players.
NPC crops were cheaper.
Once a Farmer reached a higher level, it might become possible to harvest better crops, but surviving until then was difficult.
‘Leveling really is hard…….’
“Well, it doesn’t matter to me.”
The crops produced by a Spirit Farmer had far better options than ordinary crops.
Yeong-ung was certain.
He was certain that he could survive this brutal competition and succeed.
“Then should I log back into the game?”
After tidying up, Yeong-ung connected to Overlord.
“Yip!”
The moment he appeared, Pepper came running over as though it had been waiting and jumped into his arms.
“Master! You’re back, yip?”
“Yeah. No problems with the garden?”
“Yip!! No problems at all, yip!!”
Holding Pepper in his arms, Yeong-ung left the temple and looked toward the garden plot.
“Oh.”
Several days had passed since he planted the tomato seeds, and now red fruit hung in clusters from the vines throughout the garden.
“They’re nicely ripe.”
It was time to harvest the tomatoes.