Hvisland: A VR Colony Sim Game

I kept calling H, but he still didn't answer. A long time had passed, and Kat's breathing slowed even more. Manu also doesn't move at all. In the end, I gave up and just knelt on the ground, crying again.

Is this what they call a game? Why would a game torture my feelings like this?

"What are you doing there, sir!?"

The woman's voice made me lift my face. I could immediately see a boy with black braided hair standing in the distance. He may not be fourteen years old. However, it wasn't him that caught my attention, but the transparent figure that accompanied him.

"H!" I got up and ran to the figure. "Finally, you answered my call, H! Thank goodness.... Hey, you look different from what I saw before."

"H? Who is H?" The figure asked.

"You...." Apart from her color, which is not orange but red, her appearance is more like an adult woman. Her voice is also different. "Ah, you haven't met H, a figure like you who claims to have created us, huh?"

"I don't even know my own origins." The figure spoke again. "And I also rarely see anything similar to me." She then turned to the kid who was accompanying her. "I can only meet them when the psychic power of this child awakens. But that is very rare. Those figures usually accompany merchants or attackers. But still, I can't interact with them at will. Not when this kid's power is not active. "

Ah, a hidden trait, it seems.

"So, we can communicate with each other because this kid activates her special power?" I asked the red-colored figure.

"I can't control my power yet. The elders in my tribe say that if I practice it, I'll be able to see more of what others can't see, and can activate it as I wish." The boy joined in. "Ah, my name is Sena. Are you also nameless like this guardian spirit of our tribe?"

Maybe, in their eyes, I also look transparent and lack facial features.

"Yes, I don't have a name." I said according to the boy's words. "Look, I enjoyed chatting with you guys, but I'm in serious trouble. My colonists are dying and they need help. You are guarding the colony.... You are also looking after a tribe, right? Can you ask them to..."

I hadn't finished speaking when the red transparent figure disappeared. Sena looked around, maybe because he couldn't see me anymore. His gaze then fixed for a moment on Manu and Kat, who were still slumped on the grass. After that, the boy turned and ran away from the place.

Hey, you're going to ask the people in your tribe to help my colonists, right?

I tried to follow the boy, but I was blocked by a restricted sign after walking a few steps. So, I can only see the petite boy keep moving away.

Please.

***

I don't use fast-forward at all, so I can keep an eye on my two colonists. Manu's condition seemed a bit better, although blood was still dripping from his head. Kat's face was now very pale.

I almost jumped when I heard the footsteps of several people in the distance. It turns out that Sena is back. He was accompanied by four men who carried two stretchers that looked made of wood and leather. The men immediately ran as soon as they saw Kat and Manu.

Once there, two of them removed Manu's body from above Kat. Then, one more person began to examine my two colonists.

"We have to hurry. They can still be saved." Said the man with the thin mustache.

They put my two colonists on stretchers, then started taking them away from there.

I breathed a sigh of relief. They don't seem like people who would do bad things to my colonists.

Feeling the situation was safe, I pressed the fast-forward button. Just a moment, the feature to speed up the game stopped by itself.

Now I was in front of an area surrounded by a tight wooden fence, which is almost twice the height of adult human. The four men and Sena came to the large gate of the place.

[Redtooth Tribe]

So, this is Leva's former tribe.

The gate opened, and as soon as we entered, my eyes were greeted by a collection of simple houses made up of brick walls coated with dry clay and wooden roofs with chimneys.

I felt that the place was more like a mini town than a primitive tribe. My estimate is that all the houses are about 7x7 square meters in size and three meters apart. I should have been amazed. All the houses were so identical and neatly lined up, making the complex look very organized.

However, I actually felt that something was wrong in that place, even though the people passing by looked normal. They wear clothes similar to those of Tosa and Reha, complete with shoes.

Really, what's with this uneasy feeling?

Most of the people stopped what they were doing to see my two colonists who were still being carried with stretchers.

"Kat? Manu?" Someone I know went up to the stretchers carriers and checked on two of my colonists.

I really want to beat that guy up. He was the one who treated Leva inappropriately before that red-haired woman joined my colony.

"You know them, Tosa?" asked one of the stretcher carriers.

"They are from the tribe that bought Leva." The man with thin black hair answered.

"Hey, looks like they brought a lot of valuables. Shall we just take the contents?" One man carrying a stretcher in the back, also carrying Kat's sack on his back, chuckled. "Then, we can have some fun with this girl."

"Sorry, I don't do anything like that anymore." Tosa sneered. "I don't want to be punished."

The man carrying Kat's sack chuckled. "And you also have to maintain your reputation in front of the leader, right? Aah, I envy you, Tosa. Just by bringing clothes and shoes, your mistakes can be forgiven just like that."

"Don't start this debate." Tosa answered in a light tone. "I'm not in the mood to fight."

Once inside a larger building than the others, Kat and Manu were lowered and placed on a kind of rug made of animal skin.

"Be careful putting the guy down. Maybe he's got a brain injury." An old woman with gray hair in a bun gave the order. She had prepared the treatment with simple tools and materials.

The lady narrows her eyes while checking the bandage on Manu's head. "Hey, these are the materials that Jane used to bandage wounds in the past. Are they from those sky ships?"

"Only the girl." Tosa, who also entered the room, answered. "I met her once when I was selling Leva."

"Call Jane." The old woman gave the order again. "She would definitely be interested in something like this."

"Very well, madam.." After saying that, Tosa came out of the building with Sena and the four men carrying the stretcher.