Chapter 36: Trading Life Points? Absolutely Impossible!
After tidying up his System Backpack, Leon glanced at the five remaining tools inside and nodded with satisfaction.
With the cookies Penny had given him for breakfast, he had more time today to follow through with his plan—heading through the northern exit behind the farm into the remote forest, making his way to the northern foothills.
After all, he had already explored Pelican Town and the beach to the east, the Southern Forest to the south, and the west was nothing but steep, impassable mountains. That left the northern mountains as the only area he had yet to visit.
Since he had long since cleared the farm, Leon reached the northern exit without any obstacles. The path still bore the remnants of old climbing steps—worn, but still perfectly usable.
Near the northern exit, he even spotted a man-made cave dug into the mountainside. But without any lighting tools, Leon had no intention of going in.
Following the path uphill, Leon quickly noticed the steep slope. It made walking a little tiring, but with the steps giving him leverage, the journey wasn’t too difficult. About ten minutes later, he came across a hillside thick with trees.
Unlike in the game, where there were only a few trees connecting to the northern foothill path, this was a true forest in the real world.
The trees grew at different heights along the slope, with a small path winding between the hillside and the dense woodland. Bushes grew naturally on either side of the road, and when he looked up, the sky was blocked by a canopy of leaves.
It was a pristine jungle—far more untamed than the Southern Forest. Still, it had its advantages. Here, under the towering trunks, Leon’s Foraging Radar showed plenty of nature’s gifts hidden in the soil.