3. Preparing for Crisis

Noel calmed down his mind and focused as he smiled and held the old man's hands. "Old man stone I am Leon Dragneel now that I'm here I will take care of the prophecy. You can leave the preparations to me. Now let everyone eat and enjoy to their heart's content. We will start work tomorrow morning."

Hearing Noel speak and the sincere kindness that they felt made Stone tear up a little as he felt relieved, "Everyone our fated one Leon Dragneel has come to help us in these dark moments. Now let us celebrate his arrival."

Every Villager erupts into cheers as they didn't have to starve for a single day since the savior has arrived and they will be saved. The thing was that each and every village had to prepare a feast for the fated one's arrival every day till the player reaches the village. They won't be able to eat food as they are cursed by the gods and heard the prophecy of the fated one.

The system was designed such that the village will start losing the number of capable people in the village every day and everyone will start growing weak. So the later the player reaches the village the harder it will be for them to save the village and obtain a good enough score.

No one knew about this, and even the few select people that knew they had to find a village only found their respective villages on the 3rd Day where the number of people was considerably lower and their strength weakened.

Noel had some meat and soup made by the village and was finally able to rest after staying with the village as he smiled and greeted all the villagers. Soon he went to the house prepared for him near the village chief Stone's hut.

The inside of the hut had a table and a chair and a bed made of animal skins and feathers. It was larger than the other houses in the village and it was quite enclosed without any holes in the walls or the roof.

Noel laid down as he thought of the things he had seen and the villagers that he had interacted with in the feast. The villagers were on average Lvl 10. And their strengths haven't been weakened yet. Any other player who didn't know about the details would have played more cautiously and made preparations for food and shelter for the night after walking for few hours. And it took the Top Rankers 3 Days to reach the village.

Only someone like Noel who knew about the details and the average distance between the starting point and the village could have the recklessness to push through and find the village on the first day. Cause if he was even a little slow or had been attacked by any animals on the way he might not have been able to reach the village safely.

Noel was thinking about the village stats as a panel opened up in front of him showing him the stats of the Stone Village.

[ Stone Village Lvl.1 (Healthy)

Village Chief: Mace

Male Villagers x 15

Female Villagers x 15

Kids x 5

Average Villager Lvl. 10

Food remaining: 6 Days

Defense Lvl.1]

Noel knew that he has a good start as far as he knew the Village Stats on Day 3 was way worse. As he remembered what the top ranker shared in an interview in his past life.

[ Chile Village Lvl.1 (Weakened)

Village Chief:Conan

Male Villagers x 10

Female Villagers x 10

Kids x 3

Average Villager Lvl. 8

Food remaining: 3 Days

Defense Lvl.1]

Noel sighs and made mental preparations and plans to carry out tomorrow as he was damn tired from walking for hours straight.

Early Morning...

Noel got up early at 5 am at sunrise as it had been a habit to wake up early in his past life as he had to be alert in the wilderness. He went out and got ready to take the next steps to protect the village and get the highest contribution in the tutorial.

After going around the village once to look at the surroundings Noel went towards the village chief Stone's House and saw Stone walking out of his house as they both greeted each other. Noel was not fazed by the human-like emotions on Stone's face as even the the predecessor game was lifelike and Galaxy Wars Online took it to the next step and each and every person was unique and had life given by their goddess Gaia the System AI.

Noel then asked the chief to gather the villagers and made sure everyone had their breakfast and called up a meeting. When everyone assembled he started assigning tasks to each individual who was capable of doing the work.

Everyone left to go do their tasks and only the 5 Kids and Old man Stone was Left. The kids surrounding noel with cute looks on their faces and big eyes waiting for him to assign them a task.

Noel couldn't help but reminisce about his little brother and sister when he saw the kids as he tasked them to help monitor the works and play inside the village.

Now with only Noel and Stone left, "Old Man Stone, I have looked around the village and it was hard to find something that might be a crisis or bring disaster to the village. Can you enlighten me on what to prepare?". This thought was plaguing his mind a lot as the crisis that came to the village differs from player to player and no one can be sure what the crisis is unless they reach the village itself.

Stone sighed "There is a large group of about 30 Wolves led by an Alpha Wolf. That has been spotted by the hunters of the village that just moved to these surroundings. I am afraid they will attack the village and we won't be able to defend."

Noel's pupils constricted as he knew about wolves attacking the village was a choice but not about their numbers and that they had a leader. What Noel didn't know was that he had triggered a hidden effect to an increase in difficulty by reaching the village on the first day which increased the number of wolves by twice the number and having an Alpha to lead them.

*Author Here: What do you think about the crisis guys? Comment Down Below and your thoughts on how Noel is going to solve the predicament.*