A farmer’s life

'Booom' 'Huuuwwwaaaaaa'

A tremor hit everyone in the room . But, in the end, the dragon has been defeated. A two hundred meters long, blood red, fire spitting dragon. We've killed it.

The 100'th level of the Great Dungeon of the fallen Demon God Azazel Morningstar... Finally, after twenty-four thousand years, it has been conquered.

The big door that was protected by the dragon starts opening slowly. It's over. After his core is crushed, the dungeon will slowly disappear completely.

We've entered two hundred thousand in numbers, and none was weak... Now only the strongest seventy-two are still alive... But we've saved our world from that monster.

The door finally opens.

"What the hell is this??? "

One of my companions can't control his shock... Instead of the big red dungeon core that we should have been seen, in front of us is actually the entrance to another floor... But how is this possible? The last boss, the red dragon in legends has fallen.

"Maybe it's just an illusion..."

This is...

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

From all around us, Azazel's laughter resounds in the huge room. Everyone knows hears his voice every night in their worst nightmares so there is no mistake...

"Congratulations in defeating the first mini-boss. And, well, good luck defeating the next 8 mini-bosses and the final one that resides on level 1000. Ha ha ha ha ha"

"Level 1000..."

"Impossible... This is impossible!!!"

"It's over..."

"Fallen Demon God Azazel... Even if there are another million levels , we shall still win! "

"Yes... That's the spirit... We will win! We must win! For our family! For our world! For future!"

"Chargeeeeee!!!!"

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"Ohhh... You are so beautiful... So perfect, with such a slender body... Green and strong! And, you are even taller than me! Oh, and you are all the same. Thousands and thousands... Now, I can die satisfied! All my life goals have just been fulfilled! "

'Hahhhh'

"Scythe! Can you stop talking with the plantation and start gathering the corn?"

"God damn it woman! Can't you see that I am in love?"

'Hahhh'

She could never understand my love... Not that I understand it either...

Departing from my beloved, I start gathering their children, those beautiful cobs that are almost fifty cm long. The sun is up in the sky, but autumn is close. At the very least the temperature is lower than normal so we can work more.

I am Scythe... I am a farmer... I love my life!

Before mentioning it, yes, my name is strange... What can I say, my father was a strange man... He and mother had no less than seven children. The first born was named Kyle , twenty-seven years ago. His name was chosen by father... Then came to this world Arian, twenty-five years ago. His name was chosen by mother… You can see a trend here, right?

And then, for whatever reason, my father went senile...

Twenty-two years ago, Hay and Mike, were born... For whatever reason , after my third and forth brothers were born, my father went outside the house, looked around and picked a random thing in his sight... This is how Hay wes named . His brother's name was chosen by mother of course.

Well… Things were not over yet. Two years later, at the end of the winter, my elder sister Snowdrop and my elder brother Plank were added to our family… Mother really loved the name Snowdrop so he allowed father to pick a name for her brother as well. Big mistake.

Anyway, seventeen years ago, during the wheat harvesting festival, I was born... Well, everyone were carrying scythes in their hands at that point in time so my name became Scythe...

Yap… And that is my story!

Well, except for father's naming sense, I am proud of my parents... We are farmers, no more no less than that... But we had a beautiful, simple life. Wake up, take care of the fields, eat, sleep and start again from the beginning. Every Sunday we would go in the town with father and then come home for a big feast prepared by mother .

Seven years ago, things changed... Another attempt at liberating the whole world started... My father and elder brothers decided to join the army... Even mother, who had a bit of water magic abilities, joined them... They died in that attempt... It's that simple... They knew very well that the chances of dying were humongous, but they went anyway... No one forced them so there is no one to blame except themselves.

Back then I was too young to go with them... Not that I wanted to anyway... This is why I, together with my elder sister Snowdrop who had no magical abilities whatsoever remained home... Since then, the farm was under our care.

Now let's say a few words about this world's situation... A little over twenty-four thousand years ago , an Ancient Demon God took over this whole Planet, gave up on his godhood and became a Dungeon Lord. His name was Azazel and he created the Great Dungeon of the fallen Demon God Azazel Morningstar.

The dungeon territory contained the whole planet... There were many attempts to defeat him , but all ended up in vain.

One thing to mention is that, after Azazel took over this world, the life of the ordinary people became a hundred times better than before.

The whole world being his territory allowed Azazel to control all the non-intelligent creatures. Like this, there were no more beast or monster attacks... Yeah… Those were kind of a big deal in the past. I read in a book that countless cities were trampled by beast tides and millions would die each year.

Furthermore, Azazel became the enemy of the whole world so all the armies started attacking his dungeon... Kinda silly if you ask me considering that he was also the main reason for improving everyone's living conditions but what can you do about it? I guess that the emperors of the world had this strange feeling that their power and influence were contested by the ancient God that decided to take over the planet. They did not question even for a second the fact that he is, or at the very least was a True God. I am sure that there is a deeper meaning beyond their motives but I am not smart or patient enough to understand it.

In conclusion, there were no more wars... Furthermore, he didn't put that many rules over the inhabitants of this world... Actually, there is no rule... He even encourages the young to become strong and challenge his dungeon, but he doesn't force anyone to sacrifice their lives while fighting the countless monsters that lay below the surface in his Dungeon.

Well, if there was one downside to all of this that would be that, being in his territory, about a quarter of the energy a human normally uses during a day is absorbed by him... It's not like our life span would be shorter or anything... At the very most we get tired faster... Nothing that two short hours of sleep can't cure.

Three months ago the biggest attempt at defeating Azazel's dungeon started . The legion made out of two hundred thousand men went up to floor 100 and they defeated the last boss... The Great Blood Dragon... At that point, everyone thought that Azazel was going to finally fall... But that was not the case... It was revealed then that Azazel's dungeon doesn't have one hundred floors as it was thought... But one thousand...

Because of that piece of news, the whole world is in turmoil right now... To defeat Azazel, his core that is just a huge chunk of spherical crystal has to be destroyed. The core is very fragile, this is why the dungeon is protecting it.

Still, this has nothing to do with me... I wake up, eat, work, relax a bit, eat some more, spend a few hours at dusk reading and studying and the I sleep... It's a simple life but I like it !

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The sun starts setting down ... Phew it was such a beautiful day ... We've finally finished gathering the corn and , with this , all the important stuff for this month have been finished !

Walking towards the small wooden house , I grab a piece of bread from my pocket and start chewing on it ... It's kinda hard , but it's still tasty !

I walk past the house and go to its back ... Here is one of my projects ...

Normally , a farmer should plant wheat , corn, and sunflower ... Or at least this is how things are in our country ... But I like to experiment ... And for the past five years , I've been trying to grow Giant Watermelons . Why ? Because they are delicious ! Still, there is a huge problem ... Water ... This species needs a lot of water ... Rain is not even by close enough ...

I've been trying to bring water from the river using the horse , but it's a lot of work and I can barely get enough for watering four or five plants ...

This is why , one day , I decided making myself a well ... But the freaking place is dry ... There is no water around here ... For five freaking years, I've been digging at this fountain ...

I've invested so much in it ... Every day , after I finished my work , I would start drilling , insert the tube , add the grout and continue like this day after day after MOTHER FREAKING DAY for FIVE YEARS !!!!

Each tube has five meters and costs thirteen copper coins ... Furthermore extending the drill with five meters costs another six copper coins ... So , for drilling 5 meters I had to spend nineteen copper coins ... And I've been drilling no less than fifty meters every day for the last five years ...

Believe me , I kept an account ... In total, I've spent no less than thirty-five gold coins ... THOSE ARE FREAKING GOLD COINS ... Thirty-five gold coins are almost as much as we earn in two years time ... All used for a FREAKING WELL !!! I've drilled over 93 kilometers down and there is still no water in sight ... Ha ha ... This is horrible !

But , I won't give up ! I'll keep drilling , keep going until water ... or lava starts flowing !

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"Hard !!!" [Scythe]

God damn it ! I've hit another rock ... This is going to be such a pain ... Well , let's keep drilling . If there's a rock in my way , then I'll shatter a rock !