Chapter 15

"What will you do from now on, Yuuji?"

"I think I will return to my farm and expand a little."

I need to complete the quest and gather points to buy more seeds for my farm.

"Really? Another expansion? Don't you think it is already too big for a person?"

"That is true, but I want to plant a few more seeds in that land."

"Hmmm, what about you employ someone to work on your farm?"

"What? Is this some kind of spying technique?"

"No! I want some of my agents to protect you, Yuuji."

"Protect me? From what?"

"From the people that want to use you. Have you noticed the way the devil looks at you?"

I think for a few seconds and nod.

"Yup. They look at me as if I'm a piece of meat or shit for certain people."

"Well, the latter one is the arrogant one, and they are the easier people to deal with. However, the former is the hardest one to deal with. They are schemers."

I want to tell her that calling them a schemer is like calling a pot kettle black. However, I decided to stop and not say anything.

"I don't want them to know where you live."

"Doesn't that make it even a bigger chance for them to notice me?"

"That is fair. However, I want someone to protect you in case they find out where you live."

"Don't worry about it, Yasaka. I can defend myself, and I have Midori with me. She is strong, you know?"

She looks at Midori for a few seconds and nods.

"Yeah. She is strong. Very well. If this is what you want, I will not force you. However, I want you to know that we are your ally, and if something or someone bothers you, please call me."

"Will do. Anyway, can one of your people teleport us back? I can't take an airplane with Midori with me."

"Of course"

~The next day~

I release a sigh and wipe the sweat from my forehead. With this, my farm reached the amount needed to level up.

"Quest"

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[Farm Rank-Up]

{1.) Need at least 300,000 square meters of land} {Complete}

{2.) Need Body, Spirit, and Luck stats to D rank} {Complete}

{3.) Need 100,000 farming points} {Complete} (280.000 Farming Points)

{4.) Gain more than 100,000,000 JPY worth of money from selling the goods from your farm} {Complete}

[Do you want to level up?] [Y/N]

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I quickly press the Y buttons and see the points I gather gone in the blink of an eye.

|Congratulations, host! You unlock more items in the [Shop], and your body gets enchanted with a [Limitless] perk!|

What? A perk? What is the difference between [Skill] and [Perk]?

|Skill can be active, but perk only passive. Check your status|

"Status"

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[Host: Yuuji Takano]

[Title: Exiled Heir, Void Traveler]

[Age: 19 years old]

{Body: C+}

{Spirit: C}

{Luck: C-}

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[Farm Management]

{Farm Rank: D}

{Farming Points: 108,800}

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[Skill]

{Farming skill: D}

{Cooking skill: B+}

{Hunting skill: C}

{Farming Fighting Style: F+}

{Carpentry: D}

{Stonemasonry: D}

{Animal Husbandry: D+}

{Protection Magic: C-}

{Life Magic: C-}

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[Perk]

{Limitless} (EX)

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Why the [EX] on the outside?

|Because perk cannot be increased, host. The EX is the rank of the perk. It goes like this: F > E > D > C > B > A > S > EX.  You have the strongest perk from leveling up. Check it by clicking the perk.|

Will do. I quickly click the perk and see the description of the perk.

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|Limitless| |EX|

{Your body can grow without a limit! You did not need to level up your farm to break the limit set by the system any longer.}

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That is a great perk.

|Yup! However, even when you did not need to level up the farm to get stronger, it unlocked something to help you get stronger. Try to open the [Shop]!|

I nod and open the [Shop] to see the new goodies I can buy.

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[Skill]

[Farming Fighting Style: Ax] [25,000 Farming Points]

[Farming Fighting Style: Hammer] [35,000 Farming Points]

[Farming Fighting Style: Scythe] [50,000 Farming Points]

[Farming Fighting Style: Almighty Farmer] [100,000 Farming Points]

[Dimension Magic] [70,000 Farming Points]

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[Other Items]

{Wood Log (10)} {100 Farming Points}

{Stone Block (10)} {100 Farming Points}

{Iron Ingots (10)} {100 Farming Points}

{Stats Booster (B) {5,000 Farming Points}

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There are a lot of new seeds I can buy, and they are all B-rank seeds. However, what caught my attention was the three new items in the Skill and Other Items section.

I know the [Dimension Magic] and the [Iron Ingots] one, but the [Stats Booster] is something new.

What does [Stats Booster] do?

|They will boost your growth so it can grow faster. Sadly, it has a cap. In this case, it is up to B-rank.|

I see. At least I can grow my strength faster, even though it was up to B-rank. I decide to buy the [Stats Booster] immediately, and a small bottle filled with liquid appears in my hand a second later.

I drink the liquid, and I can feel my whole body get warm.

I can feel that I can grow even stronger than before using this potion. Now, I can train like crazy or at least keep using my farming tools because they are heavy. That equipment grows depending on my strength. When I first level up my farm into E-rank, the hoe is about two tons in weight, but if my calculation is correct, the hoe is about double the weight, four tons.

I have a feeling that the weight will triple or even quadruple the current weight. I walk toward the tool shed and take the hoe. I grunt a little as the weight increases by a good amount. It is already increasing, huh? Well, at least I know my training program.

I shake my head and leave the shed with the hoe on my shoulder. While walking to my farm, I open the quest panel and see the next requirement for my farm to level up.

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[Farm Rank-Up]

{1.) Need at least 600,000 square meters of land}

{2.) Need Body, Spirit, and Luck stats to C rank} {Complete}

{3.) Need 500,000 farming points} 

{4.) Gain more than 10,000,000,000 JPY worth of money from selling the goods from your farm} 

{5.) Create a Pocket Dimension and make a Pocket Dimension Farm}

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Interesting. I need the Dimension Magic, huh? Seventy thousand points and another five hundred thousand points for the third side quest, huh? This will be hard—also, ten billion yen from selling the goods.

I release a sigh and shake my head. Well, I only need to work.

When I arrive in front of my farm, I start swinging my hoe. It is time to work.