Chapter 45. Third Random Draw (2)
“Hamang!”
“…uh?”
Lloyd opened his eyes wide.
I could feel the small, chubby thighs twitching on the palm of my hand.
Round hair and twinkling eyes were looking up this way.
“A hippo drinking water?”
“Hamang!”
“Are you really a hippopotamus?”
“Hamaman!”
The pink baby hippopotamus sitting on the palm nodded.
Do you feel the joy of coming out into the world thanks to this side?
The baby hippo was laughing so happily.
That look was pretty cute.
‘But I can’t judge Phantasmal Species based on their appearance.’
Cuteness is only the first impression of a fantasy species.
Its true form is revealed when it eats red sunflower seeds.
At that time, it is the moment when Hwansangjong shows its true value.
Lloyd asked the baby hippo with that expectation.
“Yes, nice to meet you. Your name is Hamang, right?”
“Hamaman? What?”
“How did you know? Am I a genius?”
“Hamang!”
“I am not a genius. Just normal.”
“Hamaman! Haman!”
“Really. I was just guessing from your cries. Anyway, nice to meet you.”
“Hamang!”
New fantasy species were always welcome.
The senior fantasy servants who were watching from the side also welcomed Ha Mang.
“Ppodong!”
“Bell!”
“Hamang!”
The voice of the three phantom species (?) is over.
Lloyd asked.
“Hey? Then, do you have the manual, too?”
“Hope? Damn it!”
“Can you show me?”
“Hamang!”
Hamang opened his mouth.
As expected, there was a crumpled note inside.
Lloyd took the note and opened it carefully.
[Hamangi Instruction Manual]
[Hamangi is a lovely baby hippo. Please take care of it with love and attention.]
[Hamang gives you absolute trust and loyalty to the summoner. Fantastic species are lifelong companions and family members. Please do not abandon it carelessly.]
[Unlike other fantasy species, Hamang does not eat sunflower seeds.]
[Unlike other fantasy species, Hamang does not have the ability to transform into a giant.]
< List of skills possessed by Hamang >
[One-shot ( Lv. 1)]
‘Huh?’
Lloyd tilted his head.
‘One shot? You only have one skill?’
I was a little puzzled.
At the same time, I was also suspicious.
‘Besides, he doesn’t eat sunflower seeds and doesn’t have the ability to become gigantic?’
I felt that it was a bit different from the podong or bell I had picked up so far.
It felt a bit strong and ominous.
Lloyd asked Hamang, trying to suppress the ominous feeling of the exploding lottery.
“Hey, hey?”
“Hope?”
“Um, I’m really sorry to ask you this question, but uhm, do you hate sunflower seeds?”
“Hamaman? Haman!”
Hamang nodded vigorously.
“Hamang! Hammaman! Haman!”
“…Do you hate it that much?”
“Hamang!”
It was adamant.
Lloyd asked again.
“Then, don’t you do things like Big Brother and Bell and Noona’s thud and grow?”
“Hamang!”
“You don’t have to?”
“Hamaman!”
“Is it because you’re cute?”
“Hamang!”
“….”
oh shit
‘ruined.’
Somehow, this baby hippo seemed to be a fantasy species whose only ability was ‘cuteness’.
My taste was a bit bitter.
‘Tsk. I’ve been lucky the whole time.’
If you think about it, this was a ‘random’ drawing of a fantasy species.
No one knows what fantasy species will emerge.
There are jackpots and there are downfalls.
But until now?
‘I was lucky both when I was a kid and when I was a bell. Because children with the most desired abilities were selected at the moment when they were most needed. So uhm, I wish it was like that this time too.’
No, at least it would have been enough if only fantasy species capable of becoming gigantic were released, apart from their abilities.
It was because his basic plan was to soak up and drain the water from Marez Marsh with a huge body.
‘But to think that a child who can’t grow into a giant must be chosen.’
Is this draw a joke?
I felt a bit disappointed.
But Lloyd didn’t show it off.
In any case, it was the fantasy species he had chosen.
If I was chosen, I had to take care of it and take responsibility.
‘And even if I can’t use it usefully right now, it can change later.’
or finding new ways to use it.
Or the phantom species themselves grow.
Things can change at any time.
Thinking so, Lloyd embraced Hamang warmly.
“Then what is it? Do you want to come into my arms?”
“Hamaman?”
“Let’s come in with Podongie hyung. That’s right. not nice.”
“Hamang!”
He took Hamang into his arms.
He checked the remaining RP.
[Current RP: 831]
‘Okay. It’s still plenty.’
It was a lot of RP that I had accumulated.
Even after pulling out Hamang, there were still over 800 left.
With this amount, he should have been able to run three or four more random draws.
Lloyd opened the random drawing window.
[Phantom Species Random Draw]
[Random Draw Cost (4th round) = 150 RP]
‘As expected, the cost has risen.’
But it was something I had to do anyway.
Having made up his mind, Lloyd chose to draw.
[Would you like to run a random draw?]
[YES / NO]
I chose ‘YES’.
But that was the moment.
support!
Suddenly, sparks flew in the air.
At the same time, the fingers that chose ‘YES’ tingled.
“What?”
Reflexively, he wrung his hand.
Soon, an unexpected message popped up in front of my eyes.
[Phantom species random drawing is possible only once a day.]
[Available time for the next random drawing: 23h 47m 16s]
‘Huh.’
Are there any restrictions like this?
At the unexpected tackle, Lloyd ate his mouth.
‘Shit. Is it a complete ballroom today?’
Ambitiously, I tried to select four or five phantom species in a row.
I was going to start the construction of the Marez wetland reclamation right away from tomorrow.
However, this would inevitably change the plan.
‘The ability of the selected fantasy species is not satisfactory, and I cannot draw more. Then, the start of construction tomorrow is also overdue.’
It would have been better if Hamang had been able to become gigantic.
The more I thought about it, the more regretful and regretful it was.
Of course, it was unavoidable.
‘Well, it’s not an unfamiliar experience when you think about it when you’re on site.’
It reminded me of the difficult times I lived in Korea.
At the time, money was urgent, so the thing I went to the most was working on the field.
It was because he could receive his daily wage in cash every day.
So, at first, I had a little fantasy.
‘I thought that if I worked every day without missing a single day, the cash I would receive for a month would be enormous.’
I really thought that would be possible.
I was confident in my stamina as well.
Enthusiasm, of course, overflowed.
But the reality was a bit different.
‘I couldn’t work every day like I thought. Against my will.’
There were many places to rest when the weather was bad, such as when it rained.
And that wasn’t all.
When I was a rookie, there were times when I went to the manpower station at dawn and hit the ball because I couldn’t get a job.
At least, it was the same when I was constantly in and out of the field and was recognized.
It was like that even though we had a fixed team.
On days when the shooter could not pitch, he had to take a rest without hesitation.
After all, it was because he was only a demodo, an assistant to assist the shooter.
‘There were a lot of days when I couldn’t work like that. A daily wage that you collect if you work for a whole month? It was just a fantasy.’
But I shouldn’t have been disappointed.
It was also important to spend the day when I was forced to rest like that.
What if you do something else in the emptiness of not having a job?
At most, the daily wages received the day before melt away.
Earn by working a day.
Rest the next day and write.
It really becomes a life of earning and living on a daily basis.
In fact, Lloyd saw quite a few people living like that on the field.
‘So I spent my days off doing only the overdue studies. Even if I took a leave of absence in the middle to save money.’
One day full-time job.
I dreamed of a better life of my own.
It was a memory in Korea where it was really difficult to live day by day.
‘Compared to that time, this situation is not a big deal now.’
Just because things don’t go your way for a second.
Just because everything doesn’t go the way you want it to.
You don’t have to be very disappointed.
What if you’ve been out of work for a while?
Do what you can do now.
For example, it would be to check the skill that Hamang has at least one.
Having made up his mind, Lloyd peered into his bosom.
“Hamang?”
“Hamaang?”
Maybe I fell asleep because it was warm in my arms.
Hamang looked up at him with slightly drowsy black eyes.
A hearty smile crept across Lloyd’s lips.
“Hey, can I ask you some skills?”
“Hope?”
“You have a skill, one shot.”
“Hope.”
“What kind of skill is that?”
“Hamaman? hamang. Haman!”
“Are you drinking water?”
“Hamang!”
Hamangi nodded his head.
Lloyd asked.
“Well, I can drink water too. Do you like to drink water?”
“Hamang!”
“How much do you like it?”
“Hamaman! Haman!”
“As much as a mountain?”
“Hamang!”
Hamang nodded again.
He looked up and spread his short arms out.
“Hamamang. hamang. hamang! Hammaman.”
“Ummm, you can drink as much as you open your arms right now?
“Hamang!”
As long as your arms are outstretched
A smile came out of nowhere.
‘I shouldn’t have high expectations.’
Hamangi’s size was not even the size of a fist.
Even when I spread my arms wide, it was only about a span.
But can you drink only that much?
Even if I drank as much as I could, it seemed to have the capacity of a small water balloon.
‘No, but just in case.’
Lloyd shook his head.
Let’s not be quick to judge.
Let’s check it out with our own eyes.
‘Maybe it’s bigger than you think. It’s about the size of a gym ball. Or a little bigger than that.’
Even if it was just that much, I wondered where it would be.
Thinking so, Lloyd moved on.
I left the backyard gymnasium in the middle of the night.
“Then what about you?”
“Hope?”
“There’s a lot of water. Would you like to go get some water with me?”
“Hamang!”
Hamang nodded his head as if he was excited.
Lloyd patted him and left the mansion.
I crossed the estate under the moonlight.
If possible, go to a place with plenty of water.
headed south
We arrived at the northern border of Marez Wetland.
Why-!
As soon as he arrived at the wetland, a swarm of mosquitoes warmly(?) welcomed him.
Lloyd waved his hand to drive away the ravenous swarm of mosquitoes.
And decided.
‘Ugh. I have to fill this wetland quickly.’
Mosquitoes are the root of all evil.
Carving that eternal truth into his heart, Lloyd put his hand into his bosom.
He carefully took out Hamang, who had been sleeping in his arms.
“Hey, hamangah?”
“Hamaang?”
“Sorry for waking you up. Didn’t you like drinking water?”
“Hamang!”
At the sound of ‘water’, Hamang’s eyes widened.
A bitter laugh came out.
“I’m glad you’re good. that’s why i came here Do you want to see what’s ahead?”
“Hope?”
Hamangi’s round head turned.
A vast wetland unfolded in front of Hamangi’s eyes.
“Hamaaaang?”
Hamang’s mouth opened slightly.
A feeling of ecstasy flashed in his eyes.
It was like the look in the eyes of a person who entered the buffet after starving for three days.
Lloyd smiled bitterly and patted Hamang’s chubby bottom.
“I’m glad you seem to like it. I brought you to drink plenty of water.”
“Hamang! Hammaman?”
“Can I drink it all?”
“Hamang!”
“Oh, of course it does.”
“Hamaman!”
Excited, Hamang jumped up and down in place.
Lloyd’s bitter smile deepened.
‘How nice it would be if I really drank it all.’
But he thought not to have too high expectations.
Judging from Hamangi’s size, that seemed unlikely.
Realistically speaking, drinking about one bucket of water would be the limit.
while this one thinks so.
At some point, Hamang was ready to drink water.
“Hamaman! Haman!”
He twitched his butt and held it up.
With the reaction, he lowered his round head.
He brought his open mouth to the slick wetland surface.
started drinking water.
with great momentum.
Shoot aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
“…uh?”
The wetland’s water level went down in an instant.
The water that was splashing in front of my feet took a few steps away in an instant.
And Hamang became huge in real time!
“Hamang! Hammaman! Haman!”
2 meters 3 meters 5 meters It continued to inflate like a balloon.
The wetland’s water level went down as much as it swelled. got away
Then Hamang increased his size and poked his head into the water.
“Hamaman!”
Suwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The wetland water disappeared in real time.
No, I was sucked in by Hamang.
Suddenly, one area was exposed.
Only then did Hamang raise his head.
He raised his huge head and gave a satisfied smile.
“Hamang! Turn it off-billion!”
“….”
Lloyd looked up at Hamang with a sense of wonder.
No, before that, I had to hurriedly back away for a while so as not to be crushed by Hamang.
A super-giant water balloon almost 50 meters in diameter.
That was the first impression I got when I looked up at Hamang.
“Hey, hey?”
“Hamaang?”
“Are you okay?”
“Hamang! Damn it!”
“Have you had an upset stomach or not?”
“Hamang!”
“….”
It seems to be really fine.
Lloyd looked at the marsh, or the land that had once been a marsh, with a bewildered look.
All the flowing water was gone.
Minnows, tadpoles and other aquatic creatures fluttered in the receding water.
Of course, not all wetlands were completely drained.
The Mahrez Marsh was vast.
The area that Hamangi drank and cleared was only a small part of such a vast wetland.
Still, this was enough.
Where did you ‘one-shot’ a part of the wetland?
‘This is crazy. It’s a complete invitation.’
I thought this draw was a joke.
When I opened my hand, it was a jackpot, no invitation.
‘This is enough. I can start construction right away from tomorrow without an additional random draw.’
Scooping water that sloshes in wetlands.
In that state, the vertical drainage method is applied and implemented.
In this way, even the water that would be soaked in the peat layer under the ground is completely drained, and the consolidation phenomenon is promoted to stabilize the soft ground and turn it into farmland.
You will be able to take the first step of all construction and construction tomorrow.
Convinced, Lloyd clenched his fists.
It was the beginning of the full-fledged construction of Mugamjoji for the Marez Wetland.
