Hvisland: A VR Colony Sim Game

Suja is buried immediately that morning. No ceremony at all. There is no such thing as a speech to mention the achievements of the deceased.

There were only people gathered to dig a hole and bury the old man. After the grave was finally finished, my colonists just looked at it as a mound of soils among the other mounds.

Only Leva was nowhere to be seen.

One by one, my colonists withdrew, leaving Manu, who was still there for a few more moments, before finally walking back towards the house.

Arriving at the place, Manu came to Leva, who was sitting in the corner of the main room.

"What?" Leva asked without seeing her friend's face.

"Perhaps I know the most about feeling grudges." Manu sat opposite the red-haired woman. "So maybe I know how you feel about Suja. But won't you forgive him after all that happened? I think he's made his redemption. And now he's gone. There's no point in keeping that grudge in you, Leva."

A small laugh escaped from Leva's mouth, who finally lifted her face to look at Manu. "Look at Suja's influence. Even after he becomes a corpse and starts to rot, you are still being deceived by him."

Leva doesn't give Manu a chance to reply. The red-haired girl got up and walked quickly outside to approach the training dummy.

"Hey, you wanna go hunting, Kat?" Leva asked Kat who was getting ready in front of the house.

The girl just nodded, then took the quiver and walked away with the bow.

"Take care!" Leva shouted.

I ordered Kat to do that. The food supplies of my colonists were running low. As long as the snow is not too high and the air starts to warm up, there's no harm in taking this opportunity.

Still walking, the girl glanced slightly to her right side, then wiped her tears that had started to fall.

You still miss Rox, Kat?

Kat continues to walk through the trees, and I use the fast forward feature. Everything went so fast, then in just a few seconds, everything turned back to normal.

However, there was nothing around the girl, who was now standing still. There were no signs of danger, animals to hunt, or anything else to trigger the fast forward to stop.

I ended up looking around because maybe there was something I missed.

Then, the scenery around me became blurry.

"Hi, long time no see, my son."

I sighed, turning my body towards the direction of the voice. "Hi, H."

"Why is your welcome so cold?" The human figure with a transparent orange body shrugged his shoulders. "I already helped your people when their settlement was about to burn, didn't I?"

"Perhaps I would be warmer to you if you told me what consequences my colonists had after that incident." I'm on my hips. "It's been a while and I didn't know about the consequences. Honestly, I feel uneasy about it."

"We'll get to that topic later." The figure approached me. "Now I'll give you something. Can't believe it's been almost six months since you came here."

Boxes with pictures started popping up all around me. And in each box, I find text that explains things.

Ah, those are perk boxes. Everything is still gray, a sign I don't have all of that perks. My attention was immediately drawn to a perk with a picture of someone doing stealth. It reminded me of the first raid that happened to my colony.

[You will gain the ability to raid other colonies without being detected by their guardian spirit]

Looks like I don't need it. As much as possible, I don't want to raid anywhere else. I don't want my colonists to feel guilty anymore.

And again, the moral burden I bear is enormous.

"Take your time." H spreads his arms. "Choose what you think your people really need. Don't let yourself regret it."

I carefully checked the boxes. There are those related to strength, crafting, hunting, and much more.

And there is one more thing that caught my attention again. Image of a person who appears to be giving a speech on a stage.

[You can choose someone to get high charisma. The person you choose can have a significant influence on the minds of your other colonists. If that person dies, you can choose another to replace him.]

Ah, maybe this is the perk that Red chose when inaugurating Suja as the leader of the Redtooth tribe. I don't think this is useful for my people. Making my colony like Redtooth is a bad thing.

I went back to looking at the perks, reading the descriptions one by one. As time passed, I marked a few to sort through again.

In the end, I got the three that I thought I needed the most.

[The yield of agricultural crops increased by 20%]

[Animals around the living area increased by 20%]

[Battle ability on defense increased by 10%]

Everything is for survival, not the oppression of others.

After a moment of thought, I eliminated the second option. Now I only have one hunter. Maybe the chance to find the animal would be bigger, but Kat wouldn't be able to make the most of it.

Only two left.

It would be convenient indeed if there were more agricultural products. However, if you really want a lot of those things, shouldn't I just ask Seb to plant more?

I ended up choosing the latter, remembering the raid from Congraylham. At the very least, it would reduce the risk of my colonists dying from an attack from anything.

I pressed a perk with a picture of a group of people carrying the weapon. A text to confirm that I selected it appeared, and I pressed yes. The perk glowed, and the color changed, from being gray with various shades to being colorful.

H clapped. "A good choice."

"So." I shrugged again. "You're going to tell me the consequences you've kept secret for months?"

"I didn't say I would." H cleared his throat.

"What?" I was starting to feel more and more irritated.

"But don't worry, you'll find out soon enough." The orange figure giggled. "Hey, why do you look so upset, I came personally to accompany you to choose this perk, you know! Usually, I let the others choose for themselves!"

"Is that true?" I snorted, feeling H was toying with me. "Why is that?"

"Because you and your colony are the most interesting of all...." H stopped talking and looked up slightly. "Ah, I have to go now... Ah, I almost forgot. I gave a gift to your people. Please accept it."

"Wait a minute, you can't just walk away without answering...." Before I could finish my words, everything returned to normal.

Kat stood still, staring at the gigantic, lifeless pig lying on the snow.. The pink pig was too fat.