The first time I heard about the Annual Monster Wave it sounded like an apocalyptic event, but now after hearing from Ivan I’m sure this is an apocalyptic event.
The people of this world treat the wave of monsters the same way the people of my old world treated tornadoes or tsunamis, a force of nature that will happen whether you like it or not.
These people have been through this so many times that they have methods of defending themselves from it, now I understand how the master of the Adventurer’s Guild Carlos, from the city of Valen which is in the Trigan Kingdom, was able to defend himself so quickly to the wave of monsters, he must have used plans he had already saved and people already knew what they had to do, this explains how he got so many potions so fast.
I look at Ivan before turning to Sapphire who has listened to this quietly.
“How did you used to defend yourself against the Wave of monsters in the mountain range, Sapphire?” (I)
“Before Farus appeared there were many villages scattered throughout the mountain range, all villages are composed of many strong inhabitants, besides children and disabled there were not many people to defend themselves.” (Sapphire)
“As there were many villages, everyone manages to fight so as not to leave too many monsters for other villages, over the years there were only a few villages that could not defend themselves from the wave of monsters.” (Sapphire)
“And when did Farus start destroying these outlying villages? How did you deal with the Annual Monster Wave?” (I)
“We didn’t do anything, we stayed hidden and let Farus’ troops fight the Annual Monster Wave, thanks to which his army wasn’t that big.” (Sapphire)
“We even tried to fight Farus during an Annual Monster Wave, but it didn’t work out.” (Sapphire)
“The Lamias never had to worry about defending the village because that was when I fought to defend the village.” (Sakura)
“Yes the Guardian always protected us, we were the only village that had almost no deaths during the Annual Monster Waves.” (Sapphire)
“For you to be talking so much about the Annual Monster Wave, you must want to participate, right?” (Ivan)
“Yes, I was thinking of doing it in this village.” (I)
“This is a good time to pick up more useful materials for the Dungeon and at the same time stock up on food.” (I)
“You’re thinking about the DPs, right?” (Sakura)
“That too, but how did you know about that?” (I)
“Nix has told me a bit about Dungeon in the past.” (Sakura)
“The Monster Wave should happen soon, so I want you to see who among the people of the Dungeon will want to join the battle.” (I)
“Those who don’t fight will be sent into the Dungeon where they’ll be safe.” (I)
“That’s good, there are people who don’t want to fight anymore and just want to have a peaceful life.” (Sapphire)
“Sakura, can you do the same as before and protect those who are no longer able to fight?” (I)
“I can do it, but this time it will be more difficult, the battle will be on a larger scale and will be continuous for a few days, I can reduce the death toll a lot, but it will be difficult to save everyone.” (Sakura)
“That’s enough, everyone who chooses to fight has to be ready to die, I myself am ready to die in every battle I’ve fought in my life.” (Sapphire)
“I must agree with Sapphire, we can’t save everyone in a situation like this and we shouldn’t waste time thinking about it.” (Ivan)
“We should focus on what we can do right now.” (Ivan)
I spend some more time chatting with Sapphire and Ivan before finishing the delicious food at this restaurant, then I pay and head off in a different direction with Sakura.
“Are you still thinking about the Annual Monster Wave?” (Sakura)
“Yes, according to what I’ve learned so far there must be a World Tree on each continent, the purpose of World Trees is to regulate and harmonize the energies of the world, so a global scale monster wave shouldn’t happen.” (I)
“Things are not as simple as you think, if it weren’t for the World Trees the Monster Waves would happen several times a day, but that wouldn’t even be the worst, the miasma would spread across the world causing the extinction of most Races. ” (Sakura)
“Sakura is right, even the World Tree cannot completely control the flow of the World’s power.” (Luthien)
“…” (I/Sakura) .
Every day I feel that my senses are better, I can hear things further away, smell more accurately, I can see farther and I can feel my surroundings better.
But still, the Elf Queen appeared beside me without me even noticing.
“I’m sorry to interrupt your conversation, I was just passing by and heard a little about what you want to do.” (Luthien)
“I appreciate your help, now let me clear your doubts.” (Luthien)
“One thing you should pay attention to is that you think the World Tree controls the energies of the world, but this is not true, the World Tree manipulates, absorbs, and harmonizes these energies.” (Luthien)
“This can prevent waves of normal monsters from happening almost every time, but even so, there are still many cases of waves of monsters coming out of Dungeons.” (Luthien)
“The Annual Monster Wave happens because the end of the period of a year completes a cycle, with that a new cycle begins which affects the whole world, this is the period of renewal of the World.” (Luthien)
“Think of this cycle of a year as if it were just one day, think of this world as just a person who gets up from their bed full of energy and excited, throughout the day that person gets more and more tired, so at the end of the day that person is already exhausted when that person goes to sleep they end that cycle and start another when they wake up full of energy again.” (Luthien)
“The Annual Monster Wave is exactly that period, the energy that flows through this world from outside or from the world itself increases and goes wild for a while.” (Luthien)
“I think I understand the concept, but you could have explained it more clearly to people.” (I)
“I thought the explanation was very simple and easy to understand.” (Sakura)
I think I more or less understood what the Annual Monster Wave is.
“Since you’re here, do you know when this Annual Monster Wave is going to happen?” (I)
“Usually it starts in the first month of the new year, as I’m attached to the World Tree I can feel when the moment is going to happen, but there’s still a lot of time left, so I can’t answer you right now.” (Luthien)
“But you can enjoy the New Year’s Festival which will take place at the beginning of the last week of the year.” (Luthien)
“What Festival is this?” (I)
“This is a festival that is celebrated every year, in this festival we celebrate everything that happened during the year while we wish the next year to be prosperous, but it also serves for everyone to be able to spend their days with their family and friends if they don’t survive the Wave of Annual Monsters.” (Luthien)
“But the number of deaths in this type of battle is still lower than the deaths that happen during wars, most of the time since everyone prepares for it all year round.” (Luthien)
“I understand.” (I)
“(New year festival..)” (I)
“Did you guys do that in the mountain range too, Sakura?” (I)
“Yes, all villages did that, but because of the battle against Farus we haven’t celebrated this festival in a few years.” (Sakura)
“It will be good to celebrate this festival again here, I’m sure everyone at Dungeon will have a lot of fun.” (Sakura)
“I hope so, but I would like to hear more about how this festival is run.” (I)
“It is celebrated with dance, music, food, drink and with your family or friends.” (Luthien)
“There will be food stalls everywhere, there will be tables and chairs on the main streets throughout the village, there will also be music competition here.” (Luthien)
“Is this festival celebrated in the same way everywhere?” (I)
“Most of what I said, yes.” (Luthien)
“But the music competition is something our village likes to do, in other places they can have different events depending on local customs.” (Luthien)
“So you guys like music?” (I)
“Yes, Music awakens feelings, music can bring harmony to everyone around, moreover, Fairies and Spirits love music.” (Luthien)
“So that’s a good thing to do in a village that gets along so well with Fairies and Spirits.” (I)
“Can we also set up food and drink stalls?” (I)
“Of course, I hope your food is good.” (Luthien)
“I’m sure Caryna and Freya will want to be a part of this.” (I)
“Also, the Orcs have a very strong drink that perhaps the most demanding Elves like.” (I)
I spent the rest of the day walking around the city after a few more minutes of talking with the Elf Queen about the festivals, I took the opportunity to go talk to Nolan, but when I found him he was already talking to a beautiful Elf woman, he wasted no time.