Brand New Life Online: Rise Of The Goddess Of Harvest

Chapter 1605: Fairy Guild

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“All of us usually know over ten spells at the very least, but Owl Bears are resistant to magic, and their bodies are huge! We can at most escape most of the time, but if they catch us off guard… well, we’ve lost two gardeners already, and one child…” The Elder sighed.

“T-That’s terrible… I’m so sorry,” I said, feeling pretty bad after hearing that. “Is their population too big?”

“Yes… It has become an ever-growing trouble for us, we don’t know exactly when this became a problem, but it seems that it’s already too late. Usually other spirit beasts or nature itself would keep them at check, but for some reason they’re multiplying really fast,” he said.

“Hmm, then maybe I should help, how about some hunting season?” I wondered. “I wouldn’t mind taking down a few hundred if that can help.”

“Y-You would, Lady Elayne?! No, we could never ask you to do this…” He muttered. “Or at the very least, let’s do this more formally. You could join the Guild and accept a mission, this way your results can be reported to the Fairy Kingdom Capital so King Oberon could learn you’ve helped and will reward you as well.”

“Can’t he send help too?” Rita asked, interrupting the conversation with her usual snarky attitude.

“A-Ahh, well, we’ve heard that the Fairy King’s Army has been rather busy dealing with other problems,” explained the elder. “It seems he’s unable to send much help. There’s only a dozen soldiers, nowhere near enough to go against the Owl Bear Nest that’s been forming lately.”

“Other problems?” Katherine grew worried. “W-What could be happening that King Oberon can’t send more soldiers than just twelve?”

“We’ve only heard rumors, probably Spirit Beast infestation, the same we’re suffering… In ancient times this happened more commonly when the flow of Mana was wilder and beasts would mutate and reproduce quickly,” the elder said. “But once the creation of Avalon stabilized and its expansion also became slower, things became more peaceful, but the balance seems to have been tipped off again. I suppose this will become a cyclical thing.”

“So you’re saying its natural?” I wondered. “I hope so, elder… But there might also be a possibility it’s not.”

“Yes… we’ve considered the possibility of something worse, but we’ve not received any news like that,” he said. “So we’re positivity this is simply a natural phase in Avalon’s existence. We might have to invest more time into learning how to fight and also raise the new generations as stronger warriors and magicians to protect ourselves better.”

“Maybe, but that would still take a while,” I said. “…Oh, here we are.”

“Indeed! Welcome,” the elder nodded, as the gates of the village slowly opened, revealing the beautiful interior.

It was like entering a beautiful little whimsical village, houses were mostly shaped like mushrooms or flowers, even though they were made of wood, architecture like humans was nonexistent, some even had giant trees they grew in the middle of the village where they lived.

“Oooh! Humans?”

“Are those humans, mama?”

“Yes dear, don’t get too close to them…”

“I can’t believe it, humans?!”

“It has been ages…”

“Humans, they’re humans!”

“Why is the elder letting them enter the village?”

“Humans! Hello humans!”

The reception was… as I expected, very warm. Dozens of fairies surrounded us and began inspecting us, glancing at us with skeptical faces, or surprised faces, or even curious expressions.

“Everyone, calm down! These humans are trustworthy people. They’re all Druids with strong Nature Souls. Katherine here is a Spirit Tree Guard, she was contracted with this Human, Lady Elayne,” the Elder talked. “Please show them respect, they’re kind people that have come to visit our humble village. It has been a while since we’ve had visits, so let’s arrange everything for their welcome. I am sure you came to taste our special delicacies as well, right?”

“Of course! We came here for that too!” Mark nodded. “Of course, we’ll help you out with the Owl Bears as well.”

“Yeah, I’m really hungry,” Elena said. “Is there a place where we can go to eat?”

“Do you guys make wine?” Rita asked. “I was wondering if you made some weird wine with flowers, I would like to try that.”

“Anything would be nice,” Lily smiled. “I really want to sit somewhere comfortable.”

“Hohoh, I see that you’re all eager, yes, you heard them!” the elder said. “Prepare a festival, take out the stalls, open the shops! We’ve finally got some tourists after like a hundred years!”

“Oooohhhh! Tourism festival!”

The fairies cheered happily, as they flew away back to their houses. We saw some others bringing bright lights and decorating the streets with everything they had.

The houses also began opening up, petals expanding to reveal stalls with wooden signs, and even the scent of food being cooked could be smelled.

“Oh wow, you sure prepared for this!” I said with surprise.

“It is natural, although we sustain ourselves with the gardens, we are a touristic spot for city people, although due to recent changes, it has been ages since we got visitors,” he explained. “A hundred years since these problems began!”

“This is so nice!” Elisa said with her eyes glowing brightly. “I do wonder though, do you accept bank transfers or credit card payment?”

“W-what?” The Elder was confused. “We accept payment in our local currency, Spirit Crystal Coins. These.”

The Elder showed us what they were, they were coins made of rainbow-colored crystals shaped like coins… Wait a second! Isn’t this the currency I get from my Domain? I should have fifty right now.

“I got… those! Yes!” I nodded. “Is fifty coins enough to buy anything?”

“F-Fifty? Oh, they’re the big ones! The very big ones at that. Those are usually worth like a hundred small coins. Yes, you’re practically rich here, Lady Elayne,” he said. “With a single big coin you should be able to buy yourselves a feast, and perhaps a place to stay if you plan to stay until tomorrow.”

“Oh that’s nice! I thought it was little money, phew! I wonder how can I get more of these coins though? I have a domain back home where I harvest them.” I explained.

“You usually can find them in any local Spirit Guild, the Bank Fae manage the currency and their production,” the elder explained. “Over there, you can exchange valuable objects, materials, and so on for Spirit Crystal Coins.”

The elder pointed out at a huge flower with windows and a wooden door, we noticed little fae flying inside, moving around everywhere while carrying papers and bags.

Wow, this is more amazing than I thought, I can get more Spirit Crystal Coins!

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