Chapter 53
Chapter 53
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 53
Chapter Title: The Birth of the Rainbow Poop Tribe
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While he was at Prim anyway, Dun took the teleportation circle there and headed to where the Lycus lived. Then he moved them all to the Dabok World.
“Lycoolin, let’s go check out what’s over there.”
[Vroom vroom.]
At Lycoolin’s call, Dun’s lips twitched upward.
With all the Lycus relocated to the Dabok World too, Dun, who suddenly had some free time, spent a while riding around Lycoolin to explore the Dabok World.
The layout was remarkably similar to the Continent of Elements. It wasn’t exactly the same, but like the Continent of Elements, it had a variety of terrains, each perfect for different kinds of monsters to inhabit.
Given how vast the land was, you’d expect it to already have some native lifeforms, but there was truly nothing. Aside from the ones Dun had brought, that is. It was completely empty land.
“Lycoolin, what do you think this is?”
[It looks like rainbow goo.]
Every now and then, they’d spot unidentified little rainbow slimes—that was it. These formless rainbow slimes barely seemed alive, just sluggishly wriggling around. They sparkled beautifully in the light.
One thing was certain: they definitely weren’t dog poop slimes.
They were small, from fingernail-sized at the tiniest to finger-length at the largest, with no facial features, but they moved around plumply.
“Poopy, is this your kin?”
[No…… not kin……]
Dun picked up one of the bizarre little rainbow goo blobs onto his palm.
[??] ???
Description: ???
The system seemed to have very little info on this world, filling object details with question marks. Only very occasionally, when something overlapped with another world like water, would it show a proper info window.
Unable to get any info on this thing, Dun frowned for a moment, but Poopy, who’d been stuck to his shoulder, showed interest in the rainbow blob.
It wriggled down and popped the rainbow goo from Dun’s hand into its mouth.
“Kin-slaying? What happens if you eat it?”
[It’s…… I wanted to eat it……]
Suddenly, Poopy’s body flashed brightly. Then, next to it, a crystal-like slime appeared, the exact same size and shape as Poopy.
[Would you like to name the species for this creature freshly generated in the Dabok World?]
Dun stared blankly at the newly born odd lifeform. It seemed these rainbow goo blobs were the initial form of new life here.
From what the system window directed, nothing in this world was set in stone.
Go to a lake and it’d ask to name the lake; go to the sea and it’d ask to name the sea.
It made him name everything from one to ten. Exhausting. Couldn’t it just decide?
Dun pondered, then went with an intuitive name this time too.
“Rainbow Poop it is.”
[Congratulations! The Dabok World’s first species, the Rainbow Poop tribe, has been born.]
As the notification popped up saying the species name was set, not just the lifeform that came from Poopy’s body but all the little rainbow blobs nearby started wriggling even more vigorously.
Their sizes gradually grew, soon taking on form.
Poopy, watching it all, quickly wriggled up onto Dun’s shoulder.
[Rainbow…… Poop……? More poopy…… than me……?]
Poopy blinked its little button eyes at the new species with two extra letters before its own name.
“It’s not ‘rainbow poop,’ it’s ‘Rainbow Poop,’ you guys.”
[From rainbow goo to rainbow slime…… This place is full of weird happenings.]
Lycoolin, who’d been watching everything, marveled at the white crystal slime.
Poopy had brightened up a lot since coming to the Dabok World, and now with the Rainbow Poops created, it sparkled even more.
“Poopy, you’ve got a ton of little siblings now.”
[My…… my siblings……?]
Poopy’s eyes lit up as it wriggled toward the Rainbow Poops, which looked like they’d melt crystals.
Poopy seemed thrilled with its new companions. Dun had felt bad about not being able to bring Poopy to dangerous places like Yoharaum, so it was a relief to have company while they were apart.
Time to head back to the original world, so he hopped off Lycoolin’s back.
Lycoolin instinctively sensed Dun was leaving again.
[I’m supposed to stay here until you call me?]
“Yeah.”
Lycoolin felt a pang of regret. And a bit of wounded pride. It happened often while traveling with Dun.
The great leader of the mighty Lycus tribe, Lycoolin, was being kept around and summoned at will, yet Dun didn’t call on it as much as expected.
What was that strong little kid thinking? It was hard to figure out. One thing was clear: it wanted to know and understand the child more.
From the moment it could form memories, it had seen Dun’s face and liked it.
It just felt right to follow, so it did. Pride meant it planned to rebel if overworked, but Dun hardly called at all. It hadn’t wanted to be used before, but now that it wasn’t, a strange sense of longing crept in.
[……Will you come here often?]
“Probably?”
Dun closed his eyes, gazing at the sun atop the hill.
[You made nests for all the monsters, but you don’t have one yourself.]
“I’ve got a house in Genesis.”
[I mean here. If you relocate the monsters who serve you here, won’t you need to live here too to manage them? You need a nest here.]
“It’s fine. I can come and go.”
[I’ll make one while you’re gone. Your number one nest, where you can stay comfortably while you’re here.]
Dun looked at Lycoolin.
Its face was set with resolve. No sign of backing out.
Sure, he had the ‘House-Building’ skill, but Lycoolin’s old home had been a fiery underground tunnel.
Dun had no intention of living in a tunnel, but knowing Lycoolin’s stubbornness, he nodded.
“If you’re bored, go ahead.”
“Uh…… yeah.”
Lycoolin didn’t respond. It wasn’t the type to voluntarily work for others, yet it looked thrilled. Its sleek dark-red tail swished nonstop.
Lycoolin nudged Dun with a paw, eyes sparkling excitedly as Dun stared blankly.
Knowing what that meant, Dun chuckled and reached up to scratch under Lycoolin’s chin.
“Got it. Thanks, Lycoolin.”
[Vroom vroom.]
Praise from a recognized equal was always satisfying.
* * *
“Hello, Mrs. Rihowel!”
“Yes, welcome to the general store~ What can I get you?”
“Is Dun around by any chance?”
Mochibol had finished hunting with his party members and come to Genesis’s general store. He’d logged out and chatted with Lee Yoo-hyun, learning something new.
Since Dun had asked for ongoing info about what was happening around the logged-out Lee Yoo-hyun, Mochibol had approached her and gotten her personal contact.
For some reason, Dun showed a lot of interest in Lee Yoo-hyun. Not personal feelings—just that the info itself seemed extremely important to him.
“Dun? He’s over there taking a nap right now. He was exhausted after wandering around so much.”
Mochibol turned to where Rihowel pointed. At the end of his gaze, Dun lay curled up on the sofa, showing his small back.
Maybe because he was still a little kid, curled under the blanket, he was hard to spot. Sleeping all round like a pill bug.
[NPC Dun]
The system nameplate floated above the sleeping child’s head.
After chasing that nameplate around begging for quests so much, the name ‘Dun’ felt incredibly special. Like stumbling on wild ginseng in the mountains—exciting, joyful, wondrous.
Mochibol started to wake Dun, but remembered the last time he’d messed up and gotten insta-killed, so he carefully sat in the chair beside instead.
“What business do you have with our Dun?”
Rihowel eyed Mochibol with deep suspicion and displeasure.
“Oh, I got the info Dun asked for last time, but he’s asleep.”
“Info?”
Rihowel tilted her head while sorting sales potions.
As Mochibol debated whether to tell her roughly what it was, a rustling came from the side. Dun was waking up, yawning hugely and casually.
“Dun!”
“Mochibol……? What’s up.”
Rubbing his still-sleepy eyes slowly, Dun frowned at Mochibol.
“That thing from before about Lee Yoo-hyun.”
“Oh, right.”
Dun stretched long, wriggling up and heading upstairs.
“Come up.”
“Yeah.”
Fucking legendary. The favorite’s room in the game.
No one in the group chat had ever been inside Dun’s room. They’d all imagined what might be there, treating it like holy ground.
Probably overflowing with legendary and unique items, a mysterious, bizarre place—they’d guessed.
Dun eyed Mochibol’s super excited face, then got serious.
[……You’re so hyped, now I don’t wanna let you in.]
Mochibol’s lips drooped, face turning grave.
“Room tour or not, pick one.”
“What’s your deal.”
Dun giggled.
He pulled a room key from the knee pocket of his baggy green pants, flicked it up, and snatched it back.
“No screenshots, recordings, filming, nada. If I catch you, I take all your items.”
“Yeah!! Obviously!!”
Mochibol nodded vigorously four times and entered Dun’s room.
Right away, his foot caught on Dun’s ketchup-stained T-shirt. Dun kicked the clothes up into the laundry basket.
Dun’s room felt overall messy. Doodles and stickers littered the place. He must’ve quit midway through his picture diary—crayons and notebooks rolled on the floor.
It looked cluttered and dirty, but the room smelled amazing. Tons of scented candles, perfumes, and bath products.
A few personally tended plants too. Pots lined up under the window sill, spray bottle nearby.
Every little detail about Dun boosted affinity.
Mochibol focused on soaking in as much as possible.
While touring Dun’s room, it suddenly went dark, nothing visible. Dun had drawn the curtains over the light-coming window.
Pitch black hit, but glow-in-the-dark star drawings on the ceiling revealed themselves, brightening things a bit.
Dun groped the floor, lifted the carpet. Under it was the magic circle Tiarin had made last time.
“Whoa, a magic circle here too?”
“Let’s move spots to talk.”
Dun squatted over the magic circle, beckoning Mochibol closer.
Mochibol stepped on it curiously, and light bloomed, teleporting them both.
They arrived at the Remiring habitat where Dun had first trained Lee Yoo-hyun.
“Spill it now.”
“Why move all the way here?”
“Trackers are on us again.”
Dun pulled a wanted poster from his pocket and showed Mochibol. It featured a younger, more carefree-looking Dun.
“What’s this……?”
“Truth is, I’m wanted among the monsters.”
Mochibol swept back his hair in disbelief. What the hell was his deal, what had he been up to for a little kid like this to be a wanted criminal?
What had he gone through?
Seeing Dun casually admit he was wanted made Mochibol’s chest ache for no reason.
Who knew the brazen village kid lording items and affinity had such a dark side.
Mochibol looked at Dun with deep pity.
“What’re you staring at. Hurry up and give me the Lee Yoo-hyun info.”