Dungeon 1

Lucas Rankin, a 16 years old young man who wants to help his family, he tries to apply in some open position, in every kind of job.

He tried to become a waiter, a dishwasher or even tried to apply to a carwash. But suddenly he saw a flier near a supermarket, [Hiring Factory Workers]

This must be it! I have to try it at least!

He went to the address of the agency as soon as he saw them and pass a resume.

After a week of waiting, he received a call from the agent that he was hired as a production worker in a company that makes USB cables.

But it only lasted for 4 months before he was fired. He makes a mistake and made the machine he is using to malfunction. He doesn't know what to do and continued his work.

Who knows that an inspector from the Quality Control department caught him on cam and give him violation? This makes his confidence fell. After that day he never goes back on his work again.

After two days he recovered from being down. He decided to plant crops for the meantime becuase, he still had enough money to prepares the tools and seeds that he needs to start.

Just after he starts, a blackened land surprise him, but he just give a smirk. He though it was nothing. Land turning black is the only caused by burning dry grass. The area is not that big, the place were full of ashes. He took a pickaxe he owns and started to plow the land. But the soil is still tainted in black even after he is already dug a foot deep. Scorched soil can't be like this, he smiled and plow the land. The land turning black might be good, it might be sign that this land is fertile.

Ding!

Suddenly he hit a solid things beneath the ground,

"What's that?" he got nervous. "It's just a stone, I'll go dig it!"

He took a gardening shovel to remove the soil, the more he dig the more he is astonished, he dug a Hoe with black handles and silver blade! The blade was clean, there's no sign of rust at all, just when he lifted it, a beep resounded from his brain.

Ding!

[System: You have obtained 'The Gods' hoe.]

He was baffled and fell on his butt. "S-system! Y-you mean, this hoe, is from the Gods!? And, and, System? Ha! haha! I-I can't believe it! All of the novels I read is real?"

He stared at the hoe like his girlfriend! " T-this, S-system show me m-my status."

Ding!

[Lucas Rankin] 'Gods' Gardener'

Beginner

Weapon:

-Hoe of Gods

*effect: No plants can defend against it. Low damage to humans.

>Make the land fertile

>Accelerate the plants' growth (500x)

>Portal to Earth/Hearth

(Locked)

Stamina: 95/100(%)

Fatigue: 10%

Gods Mail: 1

Plant points: 0

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" Huooh! It's real! G-gods' Gardener? and what's this? God's Mail?" He taps the button to see the messages.

[Dear human, Once you discover this you already prepared yourself to make a living out of farming. So, I won't give you a starter pack! By the way, I will buy the crops you harvested and will give points that equivalents to the quality of the crops!]

"This? Never mind, he's right. He gave me this hoe so it does not matter! Plus it can make the crops grow faster! After I earn enough money, I will make a portal and visit another world!"

After that day, He planted 5 thousand seeds of cabbages and almost 5 hundred seeds of carrots. The time his crops grew up was abnormally fast and piqued his family's interest. He pretended he know nothing. The harvest took his family a week, considering the amount of seeds he planted.

The quality of his harvests was good and earned a bit. He took 10% of his harvest and send it to the gods. The carrots grew big and juicy and the cabbage.

"He-hey! Why so little? I have earned a few thousands of money out of this!" He said, "Haist! doesn't matter anyway! He's a god after all."

After a year he managed to earn a few million out of his crops. He managed to buy the land where their house is standing. His vegetable freshness managed to attract the eyes of those who were running a restaurant. The contract makes them earned more!

After a few months, he managed to renovate his house, he also secured the lives of his family, and his sister paid her debts from the university. After a few months again, he discovered that the effects of the Gods hoe's stayed for as long as 3 months!

He become successful than ever he imagined. He also decided to sell processed good like chilli paste. This makes him a very successful personnel if you compares him to his peers. He even has several bank account with six digit numbers each.

"Hmm, this can make the expenses of my family for life. haha! Plus the effects of the land lasts for 3 months. I will send all of it to mom! Now I can finally do something I want to do two years ago!"

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"This is the world of Hearth hah?" Standing in front of the portal, Lucas Rankin finds himself in front of empty land that stretches without end.

PLOCK!

He started to dig the land and frowns. "It's a suitable land to grow plants, but why there's no grass at all. Hmm, let's see, I have the map here."

[ (Map of Hearth) ]

" Let me see. System, can you find out where are we know?"

[System: We are in the land of Emptiness. The land is suitable for normal crops.]

" Eh? Oh alright, so this world has special crops. Land of emptiness must be because the trees I can see is a bit farther? Then System, find out how far is the nearest forest and also find a place or town nearby. We need some information first."

[System: ...The nearest forest is 3 kilometers in the north and the nearest town is 5 kilometers south]

" Then let's go to town first my little Hoe!"

[.....]

He walks in an endless land all by himself. On the way, he saw a few greenhouse-like domes. People coming in and out of it with a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables.

He approaches a blonde girl whose carrying a sack of corns. "Hello miss, how about I give you some help? I'm not from here so I need some assistance."

The girl ignored her and walk straight to the truck. When she came back she already has a 2-meter sword in her hands!

"Mister, please go away. You can't trick people here. I'm in a good so I let you slip away this time." She pointed the sword on his neck, she put a little cut on his neck enough for blood to roll down.

"Hoho, Michelle don't be so aggressive." an old and buffy old man walk out of the truck, he took off his hat and approach him. " Young man I can see that you are not from around here. What help do you want?"

Lucas smile bitterly And laugh. "Thanks, grandpa, I am Lucas, I'm from far away land. Also, I am an adventurer, after m-my grandfather died, I decided to find some fertile land to start a new! Right now, I am looking for the capital if there is any law about land in this place."

"Hmm. You really aren't from here hah? This place is at the border of Grains City, and everything you see is their property! But a few kilometers farther is a free land! You just need seeds to grow in that place and enclosed the place.

"It all yours and no one can take it from you and at the same time no one can protect you."

He smiled brightly and bow "Thank you, grandpa, can I join you to the city for seeds?"

"pff ahaha, Young man! I am Neil, and this girl is my granddaughter Della! Good! How about we have a deal? Did you know that the real reason no one plants those seeds because before they turn to little puppies, they need to take care of it for a long time? Plus they can just buy them to the hunters!

"Those kind of farmers are having a hard time taking care of them because those kinds of puppies can't be trained."

"Hmm? What do you mean? Puppies?" Lucas said.

"haha... Nothing!" He took something inside the truck and throw it to him. "Let's go! I'll take you on a tour, that suite will help you later, you must wear it, okay?"

The suite covered everything on his body. The head was covered with thick leather, the glass that protects his eyes is an inch thick. There also thick metal plates that protect the chest part, his groins, and his tights! It was like he wears something that both astronaut and knights need to wear.

The three of them entered the dome-shaped greenhouse.

"W-what are they?!" On his front are hundreds of giant pots, and in the middle of the pot is a strange looking plant! It's swaying left and right like it's a sleeping person!

Neil walks straight to a large container made up of marble. "Come over here, Lucas, right? I'm guessing that you and your grandfathered lives alone in a secluded place and know nothing about this era. Then let me give you a short explanation of the things, a farmer from this era must know!"

He opens the lid of the container and removed the clothes that's prevents the scent from going out.

He took out a handful of a gem like grains inside the container and give it to him. " This is what you call mana grains, this kind of mana is useless to humans." He throws another handful of grains to the ground in the middle of the dome "But not for these puppies!"

"Kaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!!!!"

Just as the grains dropped to the ground, hundreds of unknown creatures with familiar shape rush towards the middle of the dome like a chicken! They jump, some rolls, some even crawl like a snake! Their target is the Gems like grains that is thrown to the ground!

"These creatures might be harmless when they're like that, but they are quite aggressive towards strangers. They're like a puppy but they don't bark, but instead, they bite. These cute little puppies are the 'Plantros'.

" A hundred of years ago, when this world has undergone a transformation, the manaless world evolve to a world overflowing with it, the high density of mana affects the plants and turned them into this intelligent species.

"The more mana and the stronger they get, the faster they grow in numbers. One day a certain someone who calls himself god did something. He throws thousands of clay in the air and scattered it around the world, while three pieces of clay dropped in this city. The clay sunk on the ground. It absorbed the mana around the area and build an underground dungeon. That place is where we can collect these mana grains!"

(Dungeon!? Oh I know I have this system. Maybe I can fight too?) He thought. " Grandpa Neil, you mean dungeon, does it mean there also monsters!?"

"Haha of course. In our city, there are three kinds of a dungeon! Two of them are easy while the other one is hard mode. Since you ventures around by yourself that means you survive from those wild ' Treetans' !"

"Treetans?" Lucas Asked.

"Yes, Treetans are those who do not produce fruits like the redwood and Narra."

"Hmmp! Strong? He doesn't even defend earlier and just stands there like a stone." Suddenly the sword on her hands shrinks from 2 meters to 20 cm. "Be careful there are no more grains for them to eat."

"Groowlll!"

"W-wait! What to do? What to do!?" He panicked at first but remembered the mana grains on his hands. He throws it towards Della out of panic. " D-della! Sorry. Run fast!"

The group of Plantros look at her and began to charge. But Della did something else. She lays down the ground and pretends to be unconscious.

"....." Lucas

"....." Plantros

Neil look at the scene and laughs!"Ahaha! Lucas, you have to run okay?"

Grooohhh!

"Argggg! What the heck? What's with them?" He said when the Plantros chases after him like a rabid dog.

He runs like his life was in danger, he managed to surpass his body limit because of his panic. He took out a black colored Hoe on his backpack and get ready to swing.

*Fiiiweeet!

A strong whistle stops the Plantros from advancing. "The Plantros might be glutton but when it comes to the loyalty they can be compared to your let dogs!"

Della stood and shakes her body to remove the grains of mana on her body. "Hmp! You dare to humiliate me, bleeh!" She put her tongue out and laughs, she looks at the Plantros whose rushing towards the grains and smile. (Its good that grandpa manages to stop you, you guys already dead.)

Old man Neil approaches Lucas and look at his weapon "Lucas, that hoe. It's beautiful is that, a magic weapon?"

"Eh..? ah. Haha, maybe it's better to call it magic tool!"

"Oh."

".... It was my grandpa's joke when I ask the same question. Lame right?"

Neil touched his beard and smiled. "Yes, It's lame. Let's go, I will guide you towards the city," he said while he took something from his pocket. "This is 'Shrink Lace' It will reduce the size of the item it was attached by 80%. A magic item can attract the eyes of the greedy hands!"

"T-thanks grandpa!" he attached the lace towards the ax, and it really shrunk!

"Come on Lucas you look so ignorant hahaha!" Neil said and continue "Let's go to the city! Haha, now I find a good partner for my granddaughter!"

"D-dad! What are you saying?! Who wants to be with this ignorant!?"

"Hey hey, little blonde corn, who said I want to be together with a brutal girl that uses a wig made out of corn silk?"

Neil laughs watching them fight "Haha you two become close already? Haha, a good match indeed!"

""No way!"" Lucas & Della

"Okay okay!! late go to the city!" Neil said and drive the truck.

(Dungeons, little hoe I'm glad I found you!)