Chapter 29: Farming Limit

Chapter 29: Farming Limit

[ Day 5 ]

Today is a good day.

In total, only five days had passed, but Damian felt that months had gone by. Although he had been persistent with pushing forward so far, Damian couldnt say that his resolve hadnt been slowly dwindling away.

However, that was precisely why special events and upgrades were a crucial part of any successful game. Just as the challenge and difficulty were necessary to attract those who were searching for a spark, well-timed rewards were just as essential.

After going through a few rounds of upgrades, Damian was no longer a piece of soft meat that had to rely on infinite redos to survive.

If the monsters that he met until now were all that he had to deal with, Damian was confident that he wouldnt need more than one run to get to the end.

Though thats extremely unlikely.

Regardless, Damian had no plans of clouding his clear head with the difficulties of the future. After horsing through so much, it was now time to do a proper harvest.

Maybe even a speedrun.

In order to prepare for a busier day, Damian ate a little bit more jerky and drank an additional mouthful of water.

Hopefully, I can find bread at some point.

There were some people who wished they could eat meat for every meal, but a meat-only diet wasnt really that good for the stomach.

Considering the calories that he had to burn by walking for the majority of the day, Damian couldnt help wishing for some carbsThe source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

After walking slowly for a bit to ensure proper digestion, Damians first Labyrinth marathon started!

This is all to get out of here quickly.

Having had to use the cleaner parts of the Goblins clothes to tie the torch to his hand, Damian had to forget one of the passive skills of a modern man, germaphobia.

It was a bit late to consider that after going through so much blood and guts, but dirty clothes were just different.

Looks like farming is still impossible.

[ You have defeated a Goblin. FP +1 ]

[ By plundering a total of 50 Fate Points from the Goblin race, the Possessed Subject had reached the maximum limit of absorption. ]

[ You will no longer receive Fate Points for defeating a Goblin. ]

Fate Limit.

Fates Guide wasnt user-friendly to begin with, but aside from the various inconveniences, it placed a clear restriction on those who abhorred the challenge.

After experiencing the games difficulty for a dozen levels, Damian attempted the concept of farming at the 13th level where he fell into another starting dungeon, only to experience the Fate Limit for the very first time.

The gamer in Damian was both annoyed and intrigued by the concept, so even though he went through the rest of the level in the normal way, he continued testing how far he could push it.

In the end, he came to the conclusion that every race and species had their own limit. The factors that decided that limit included overall strength, hunting difficulty, group behavior, abundance, and so on, but one thing was for sure.

One couldnt just keep beating small fries and continue powering up forever, and Damian was faced with the same fact in the reality patch.

Guess I will have to take that approach.

Naturally, since he was already expecting the plan to fail, Damian had plans B and even C in mind, but the disappointment made him lose the motivation to start.

[ You have defeated a Goblin. ]

Meeting one more Goblin at the end of the day only made things worse. The revised System Message wasnt so encouraging anymore.

Thankfully, its function as a loot box was still the same. After opening up the Goblin, Damian managed to obtain his first Life Stone of the day.

At least one element of the grind remains.

Damian continued walking ahead until he found another empty cave to rest in. It wasnt yet the time that he usually slept, but he decided to call it a day.

Since he had to change his routine, he might as well start afresh from the next day. After chatting a little bit with Iris, Damian slipped into the land of dreams.