POV: Daniel Cout

I woke up feeling amazing and well rested.

In a world where everything is made of cubes, it's surprising how comfortable furniture like this can be.

I went downstairs in my cozy living room, ate my breakfast, drank some water to stay hydrated then opened the door to let the rays of the sun warm me up.

"An amazing day as always, let's get to work then."

I went down the street where a few stalls were built tightly one after another, and in each one of them stood a villager with a smile on their face's.

"Good morning Bat, how do you feel?"

"I'm doing very well Sir, the usual?"

I smiled in response, as he opened his trading tab.

He was a farmer, and I usually traded crops for emeralds so I can have a bigger budget to shop around.

I made some calculations and realized that the Trading skill is the easiest skill that I can Level up right now, and I wanted to get to the highest level as soon as possible to get some OP trades.

I'm still debating if I should ask for an Undying Totem or Elytra, either choice is going to make me a rich man, and that was the fastest way to get powerful from what I could tell.

I tried to gather more intel about the Monster Lord that I'll have to defeat, but to my surprise there was nothing.

But that is also probably because I'm in a small village and not a lot of people visit us.

Once I was done trading with the man, I gave him two emeralds which he took and left his stall as I was walking towards the next one.

This is the method I came up with to spend my time as efficiently as possible.

I made stalls for everyone, and if I find them in the morning there so I won't go through the whole village to search for them, I'll give them 2 extra emeralds as a treat.

The villagers understood that quickly and every morning they waited patiently for my arrival.

I felt like I was training pets.

I went from villager to villager until I arrived at the last stall which seemed to be empty.

Usually, the Flthcher stood here, and I was quite excited to get a crossbow.

"Did anyone see the village chief?"

"I think he went into the forest in search of his wife."

Once he said that my eyes went wide, I made sure that everyone was comfortable in the village so they wouldn't leave, I hope he didn't find my secret by accident.

I thanked everyone for their hard work and went with quick steps towards my farm.

I passed the walls that protected the village and went deep into the forest until I arrived at something that looked like a mine shaft entrance with wooden doors, and to my horror they were open.

"That's...not good."

I quickly went inside and was greeted by a large room filled with chests and various items that I collected over the past few months, but no village chief was in sight.

"Did he rob me and run away?"

If it was only that, I would be hurt but not that annoyed, but when I saw the trapdoor on the floor opened I knew I was in trouble.

I quickly went down the ladder until it arrived at the bottom.

There was a small room with a lot of chests and one of my biggest secrets.

My mob farm.

I made the usual room with darkness and the pitfall that would kill any monster instantly, but since I wanted it to be a secret from the villagers I didn't build it on the surface, instead I just dug it into the ground.

This option was way faster and safer for me overall, so I was satisfied with the result.

Unfortunately, there was a design flaw to this.

Since I didn't have a high level in the Crafting skill I couldn't use hoppers so monsters kept piling on top of each other making some monsters survive the fall

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Even though this monster spamwer produces only skeletons and zombies they were pretty annoying to deal with.

That's why every time I came here, I would break the blocks above the pitfall letting the sunlight burn the remaining monsters and their annoying parts.

After that, I'll get down here, collect all the leftover bones and arrows, and put them in a chest.

With those items I speed grow my crops or trade with the viligers for some emeralds.

But there was a problem with my method, it was very illegal to purposefully produce more monsters no matter the reason.

If you were caught you were sentenced to death.

This wouldn't be a problem for me, but if anyone else would find out, I would be in big trouble.

And here, in my secret room, was a person I did not expect.

The village head.

He looked with horror at the pile of monsters from the pit even though you could bearly see anything in that half-a-block space.

"Daniel, what's the meaning of this?"

"I don't know village head, this is the first time I've seen this place as well. I only came here because the others were worried you."

"Liar! I know this forest like my own inventory and there was never something like this before. And you're the only one capable of building something like this so fast."

Looks like I can't trick him that easily.

"What are the chances you'll keep quiet about this?"

"Why would I keep quiet about this? I have to report you to the nearest town, you can't create an army of monsters!"

"Such a shame I have to do this, I liked you a lot as well."

Saying that, I took out my enchanted iron sword looking disappointed at the villager.

"Y-your not gonna get away with th-"

Before he could finish his sentence I decapitated him in one swing.

I got lucky with a trade of the villager who had an enchanted iron sword, and I used that as a cover-up from my real sword since it was too eye catchy.

What a shame, I had to kill the village head just like his wife.

Was it fate that both of them found my base by accident?

I think I should leave this village, I've already outgrown it for a while, so it's time to go to a town.

It's such a shame that I'll have to hide the secret base that I worked so hard to build.

I looked at the corpse for anything valuable, burned it, and left my base to get back to the village.

There I told the others that I didn't find him but saw his clothes which made the whole village sad.

I waited for a few hours before announcing that I'd be leaving for a town since my mission was done.

Everyone thanked me for everything I did for them and even gave me gifts.

I thanked everyone for their hospitality and gifts and left the village.

Once I was back at my secret base, I took everything valuable and destroyed the entrance leaving behind only a patch of dirt.

Soon, the grass would grow and all the evidence against me would be gone for good.

With that done, I started my journey to a new place, to a new beginning.

The journey was 2 days long and it was pretty uneventful.

At night I just built a small box where I put my bed and waited until the next day, so when I arrived at the walls of the town I was well rested.

The check-up was pretty quick since they couldn't know what items I had in my inventory, or because i was wearing iron armor.

But once I passed them I was surprised by the beauty of this town.

Villagers were all over the main street and the shops in here actually sold something besides their trading tab.

Some of them I didn't even see in the game, and when I asked about their recipes, they told me it was handmade.

You could do that?

But from one look I could tell it wasn't as durable as the items made by the System, nor easy to make which explains their high price.

I went into a bar and ordered a drink as I listened to the villagers talk about their day and worries.

A town was truly different than a small village, they had a different mentality.

Unfortunately, there wasn't anything valuable that I could get from them, so I paid for one more drink and went to the Nobel's district.

Since I couldn't get the information I wanted in the common district I had to take things up a notch.

From what I understood the hero is pretty popular with the villagers in this world, so if I prove to them that I'm also a hero I should get some support to get stronger.

The noble district was more elegant and better guarded than the lower district, which showed the importance of those villagers similar to my old world.

I went to the biggest house that I could find and stopped at their gate.

There a guard looked at me nervously.

"H-how can I help you sir?"

"Tell your master that I want to talk with him."

I said that while pointing my enchanted sword at the ground.

The guard looked at my iron armor, then at the sword, and told me he'd soon be back with an answer.

A few minutes later, he came back telling me to follow him.

As I passed the gates I saw the huge mansion with a beautiful garden.

When I entered the house, the hallways were tall and decanted with birch wood giving an atmosphere of a clean place.

The servants were looking at me from a distance and whispering between themselves.

Soon I arrived at a huge room which I could only assume to be a ballroom from its design, and in the middle stood a noble with purple robes surrounded by 10 guards all equipped with leather armor.

Were they too poor to afford iron ones?

"Good Sir, who may you be and why do you seek my presence."

He's respectful from the start, looks like my armor is more valuable than anticipated.

"Fear not good man, for I, the man chosen by the System was sent to guide this world to a better age. I seek your help in defeating the evil Lords."

Silence was left in the room as I finished my speech.

Was I too direct?

"Sir, the hero is already known to the world, she now fights in the Sandstone kingdom against the second Monster Lord."

So the monster is not in this kingdom, good to know.

"Becouse a new enemy has aperead the System has summoned me for help. I was even given this precious sword to fight against them."

I said that while swinging my sword which made everyone nervous.

"Do you have something else that can prove you are the new hero?"

"Of course, it's seems that my looks are difrent then yours, so I'll show you my face."

When they saw my lack of nose, they seemed to belive me more, and after I showed them how fast I can place and brake blocks I was deemed a true hero sent by the System.

The Noble made a party in my name, calling some of his friends to see the new guest.

He may use me for political power, but it was good for me as well, since I was getting financial support and information about this world.

Not only that, at the party I heard that the Hero was here a few weeks ago and even visited the palace before disappearing.

The royal family assures the others that she was safe and on her way to the Sandstone Kindome.

But there were also some rumors that the Zombie Lord has revived somehow and people should be careful of another attack.

I just stayed in the back slowly growing my strength and smiling as the others worked hard for me.