Six in the morning. In game it just turned morning. There were few players, but it was not completely empty.
Now, what shall I do today?
I can level my Cooking by three levels so that it evolves, or I can go hunting...
For the time being letâs do the core trainingâs stretches and leave the inn.
ă«Balance Control» was unlocked due to your actions so far.ă
ăSpecific requirements were fulfilled, «ButĆ» was unlocked.ă
Oh my? Did I get the thing I was looking for? It also appears that I unlocked something else as well.
«Balance Control»
Adds bonus adjustment to your body balance.
It will be easier for you to move your body as you please and more difficult to lose balance.
«ButĆ»
Adds adjustment to your body balance and your footwork.
You will move your body as you please, it will be more difficult to lose balance, and you will tire less on difficult terrain.
Mm-mm-mm�
Seems like «ButĆ» is better than «Balance Control»? Based on the log, it seems to be a little special. Umm... it requires «Footwork» and «Balance Control», as well as a special race to unlock «ButĆ»? Then, should I take «ButĆ» instead of «Balance Control»? It does sound more princess-y.
ăYou are acquiring a special derivation Skill, if you acquire it, your previous skill will be removed. Do you proceed?ă
A troubling message popped-up...
What will be removed is «Footwork». Certainly⊠it was the initial skill I took during the rebuild. I raised it up to 26, so it feels like a waste⊠no, how about I level it to 30 first to collect Skill points? It will go up just by walking, too⊠letâs do so.
Letâs postpone getting «ButĆ» to until «Footwork» reaches 30.
Should I sort my inventory?
With that said, the needless things are⊠Wolf Leather and claws, as well as Deer Horns. I sold Boar Leather to Ertz-san. The price he purchases it for went up from 2000 to 2500. With the upcoming combat tournament, it looks like new equipment is on demand?
Alright, for now⊠letâs leave the inn and replenish vegetables.
I make my rounds through stores and buy Salt Ă27, Sugar Ă5, Pepper Ă14, Onion Ă51, Cabbage Ă50, Bay Leaf Ă5, Carrot Ă50, Garlic Ă1 and Cooking Wine Ă2 for a total of 6070. It was unexpectedly costly...
Next, letâs head to the union and deposit money. With 100k more deposited, I have 400k in the union and 10k on me, my total assets being 410k. I donât plan on spending it now, so letâs continue saving.
Now, letâs go off.
Alright, I log in in the afternoon.
Before noon I replenished my steak inventory. My Skill level did not increase, but currently it is the dish that increases Satiety the most. Itâs very important merchandise.
When making steaks I used up garlic, so I replenished it again.
What should I do in the afternoon�
âOh, Princess.â
âHeyaaah.â
âMy, good day. Going to hunt?â
âWe plan to go to Eastern forest~.â
âAre you coming, Princess?â
âI guess. Letâs go then.â
âOh, then Iâll pass the lead to you.â
From behind me came Alf-san and Ske-san, with whom I formed a 3-man party. From there we head to the union to take extermination quests and proceed to the Eastern forest.
âI want to level my magic Skills, so can I stay in the back? They feel a little behind compared to the rest.â
âAlf will tank so no probleeem.â
âEnemies in the Eastern forest come one by one so itâs fine.â
âI guess that eventually linked mobs will appear~.â
âWill there be mobs that react to channeling, or special actives, I wonder?â
They are a staple, mobs that react when you start channeling that is.
They react when Magic Power starts changing into magic⊠would probably be the setting. Well, they can make up any reason they want.
To players, itâs a reaction to channeling.
âThere probably will? To people who did MMOs, itâs a fairly common knowledge.â
âIn this game, the most troublesome would be links of⊠the sight and sound, right?â
âInside a dungeon, sound-type linking does seem like it would be the worst.â
âSpeaking of which, thereâs no dungeons in this game, are there~.â
âWell, there might be none just in this first area.â
My home(Catacombs) did not feel much like a dungeon...
While talking we charged into the Eastern forest.
We headed into the back, sometimes stopping to gather herbs and mushrooms. I will probably use them to level my «Alchemy» after all.
Alf-san held up a large shield as he walked in the front, tanking, and behind him walked me and Ske-san.
Alf-san was a complete front guard. As for me, well, anything goes. Ske-san was a complete rear guard.
At this moment the sun was up high so we received almost no recovery bonus, but Ske-san and I hadăDark Heală, so there was no problem with Alf-sanâs healing. Above all, there was no enemy in the East that could get past his large shield in the first place.
Enemies here were solitary and did not link, so there was no worry of being surrounded either.
Well, it meant that we wouldnât die.
We immediately found a boar and Alf-san usedăAppealăto pull him in, then from a slight distance Ske-san and I only shot magic at him, making it simple work.
âBy the way, what do we do about drops?â
âAnd what do you two usually do?â
âWhen we beat mobs we take turns stabbing knife into them and take drops as is. Itâs a pain otherwise.â
âThe two of us have been playing together since beta, after all. Weâve known each other for a while now, so.â
âI see. Then it would be all right if I joined the rotation, but...â
âYou want the meat, right Princess?â
âINdeed⊠As long as I get the meat, I donât need anything else.â
âThen⊠we exchange our meat for all of your drops except for meat, Princess?â
Considering the price at which the union and players trade meat⊠the price goes down by a lot. First of all, the demand is completely different so the problem is âselling difficultyâ.
But personally, I use meat to raise my «Cooking» Skill level and I also sell the finished products to earn money. If the two received leather and horns from me in exchange for their meat, they would earn more than for selling meat. We both profit from it, so there is no problem.
âYes, I guess. That would be good. If anything, I can give you 47 horns I have lying in my inventory, too.â
â1 of meat isnât really worth that much. How about 3 meat for 1?â
âI donât mind.â
âThe meat is still cheaper...â
âIf I process it, it will go up in value for me, so you need not to be bothered.â
âAlriiight, then letâs do the exchange after we finish hunting.â
While beating enemies we proceeded into the back of the forest, passed right through the Safe Zone and entered the back of the forest. From here bears start appearing, so itâs the main hunting ground.
But still, lately there have been several parties who started appearing in this place. Up until now I have hardly seen any at all, so it looks like top players have finally advanced.
âIâm seeing other parties lately, but it does not seem like the rate at which we fight is much different, or is it?â
âYeah, itâs this kind of game. One where the number of players in the area affects the mob spawns. Which is why itâs sometimes better when thereâs a certain amount of people in it rather than having the entire area for yourself.â
âServer savings⊠is it?â
âI bet~. But itâs better for us this way, so I donât mind. Well, there seems to be a limit to the spawn rate.â
âIf there wasnât, the plains at the Starting Town would be in terrible state. Like, covered with Rabbits and Wolves.â
âThatâs a sight I kind of want to see.â
Talking as we walk around searching for an enemy sure is a charm of playing in PT.
âYeah, itâs just⊠there is a possibility it will spawn right beside you, so a hunting ground full of enemies might be hard.â
âThe so-called shit spawn.â
âBut as long as itâs not full to the brim, you donât need to waste time looking for the next enemy.â
âThis does happen sometimes. The problem is that from the first perspective, if one appears right behind you...â
âYeah~.â
When we were talking like that, a bear spawned right beside us.
âAnd here it isâŠÂ welcome!â
âWe immediately recover the flag, thank you very much.â
âBut thatâs not a perfect one. It would be perfect if it appeared right behind us.â
Then the bear was beat up and disassembled. I mean, it is an enemy I hunt solo by myself. There is no way a single one appearing right beside us would pose any problem.
Even if one more appeared in the middle of combat, Alf-san can take one and I can take the other.
âItâs easy with Princess being with us.â
âOur stats go up, and in case a new one spawns, she can subtank it.â
âI mean, I have no close combat skills at all~.â
âCompliments will get you nothing.â
While Alf-san and the mob beat on each other from the front, I shot light and dark magic interchangeably aiming for enemyâs weakness.
Although we were hunting, it was one where we followed a pattern. When you follow a pattern, it means you are playing stable. It would be a problem if you didnât have one. Players move in response to enemiesâ patterns to defeat them as quickly as possible before going to the next enemy.
After fighting the same enemy several times, you gradually optimize your movements. It means that you stop doing needless moves.
The enemyâs attack motions are in general pre-decided, so as long as you look at their movement you can tell what attack will come. If you know the enemy's movements itâs easy to attack their openings. Predicting enemy movement from motion is a basic thing in action games. Or rather, without that you canât play close combat in this game at all. First perspective field of vision is really narrow.
And most likely⊠or rather, definitely, the enemiesâ attack motions will become harder and harder to tell apart. Like, humans doing feints?
Well, what I want to say is⊠itâs really interesting.
Itâs not like Iâm moving my actual body, but being able to move as I like seem to relieve stress.
As for people who like the physical tiredness after exercise⊠I donât know how it is for them.
âAh, could you wait a moment?â
âDid something happen?â
âI turned 20 and can evolve now.â
âA little more for me, too.â
âI see, understood.â
Ske-san is level 20 now.
The experience in Catacombs is nice, but⊠either Zombieâs experience table values are lower than those twoâs⊠or maybe both. My total level is already 35, after all...
After Ske-sanâs body was enveloped by light, when he appeared, his body changed from red to metallic.
âI became a Metal Skeleton Mage! So, when will I get the extraâŠ?â
âWas it just one choice?â
âJust onee.â
âI wonder when...â
âYup, looks metallic. Seems strong in defense.â
âI grew a little more resistance to blunt. Well⊠I was in negatives before, and Iâm still in negatives. In short, the difference is tiny.â
Skeleton-types are weak against blunt attacks to begin with. In exchange, they are strong against piercing attacks. In my case it was the «Decomposing Body» and the Ă2 Fire Damage Taken, but in bonesâ case itâs blunt Ă4. In exchange, he has increased piercing resistance.
âThe red was strange, but metallic is also weird, isnât it?â
âAt least it seems to be matte?â
âThatâs great. It would really stand out if I was all shiny.â
âSo, you are made out of metal. Are you heavy?â
âI donât feel too heavy, so I wonder myself?â
Alf-san raised him up to check, but it seems he was quite a bit lighter than me.
Which means, can it be�
ââA metal-plated skeleton...ââ
âThat makes me really sad, so letâs make it be a super-light fantasy metal, okay?â
âI guess... letâs do so.â
âWell, back to hunting. Seems like I will get an evolution soon, too.â
âI wonder when will my evolution come, mm? Speaking of which, there was nothing at level 10...â
âYou had a rebuild on level 20 and turned level 1 right, Princess?â
âYes.â
âThen, the next evolution is probably on level 30?â
âIn which case, there is still a long way.â
From a race I turned into at 20, the next one is being on level 30⊠sounds very likely. Iâm level 15, so itâs still far ahead of me. But right now, rather than the Race Level I would like to raise my Skill levels, so Iâm not bothered by it.
Also, it seems like Ske-sanâs «Dark Magic» has evolved to «Darkness Magic». Apparently, he learned an Area of Effect spell.
âBy the way Princess, do you have parts maybe?â
âParts⊠oh, you mean the parts for recovering lost limbs?â
âYup, those.â
âI have three of them.â
âWhere did you get them?â
âAt my home, they are a rare drop, most likely.â
âAt home⊠you mean Catacombs? So thereâs no choice but to aim for rare drops from undead mobs?â
âYeah. I would like to stock a few of those. I might be in care of them from now on...â
They are talking about Dark Parts. The item required for recovering lost body parts.
Fortunately, I havenât used any yet.
âBone, ghost and zombie-types? Are dropping them, so thereâs a high possibility that itâs a rare drop shared between all undead.â
âIt would be good if we could craft it. I canât craft anything myself, though.â
âThrough crafting⊠most likely, it would be «Alchemy»?â
âWell⊠it would be mostly just us who use it, so it would be cheap to buy.â
âIf there are places where Undead are worth hunting, that is. Oh, a bear.â
When we shot magic at the bear from a distance, it dashed straight at us and leaped at us. Alf-san moved in between us and received it with his large shield, after which we just ganged up on him.
The light passing through the foliage started to dye red, and before we realized that evening had come. It was a fantastic sight⊠is what I would like to say, but inside the forest, evening was eerie if anything. It will only grow darker, so fear will win out. Well, it has nothing to do with us however.
âOh, itâs evening. What do we do? Take a toilet break?â
âAhh, I do want 10 minutes. I want to take in the laundry.â
âAgreed. I want to take mine as well, letâs head to the Safe Zone.â
We beat the enemies all the way to the Safe Zone and when we arrived, the three of us logged out for roughly 10 minutes.
I stretched my body lightly, rehydrated myself and folded the laundry before logging in.
Alf-san returned first, then when Ske-san returned, he started to agitate Alf-san.
âAlfâs laundry got wet with rain, serves you riiiiight!â
âYup, same to you. I know where you live, yâknow?â
âHa ha ha ha⊠haa, dammit...â
âWas yours okay, Princess?â
âIt was all right in here. We had a clear sky.â
âThatâs good. It just started raining over here, but they were big droplets and...â
âCâmon, letâs go vent it!â
Venting anger aside, weâd still go hunt anyway.
The evening starts at 3:30 p.m.. And then the night lasts until 6 p.m., so the number of parties in the area has decreased? Vision is pretty bad in a dark forest. While everyone usedăLightăandăNight Visionăas countermeasures, just the three of us walked normally.
After hunting for a while, we arrived in a strangely open place.
âAhhh, thatâs the boss area.â
âRiight. How about we go right in?ââ
âHmm...â
âThen how about we go?â
âOh, raring to go, Princess?â
âI already intended to go for him during the combat tournament, after all.â
âIs your money all right?â
âI just deposited before noon, so Iâm fine.â
âNo problem here either.â
âThen letâs go take a look. If we die and get a death penalty, we might as well go have dinner...â
âAgreeed.â
Going for the boss by the way⊠well, this happens quite often.
Before entering, we review the information on the bosses.
The bosses of North and East are level 22. Western and Southern are level 20. Although North and East have nothing special about them, their stats are simply high. Western and Southern have either poison or fly, but have slightly lower levels.
Compared to the Golem in the North, the bear has lower power and defense, but compensates for it with speed and higher number of attack patterns. Looks like we can only fight head-on against the Eastern boss.
After consulting with Ske-san and Alf-san on the topic of recovery, Ske-san used theăDark Enchantăincreasing INT on himself and on me before we charged in.
Might as well take a video.
With Alf-san in the front, the three of us entered the boss area.
There, for the first time in a while that my bodyâs control was taken away by the system and I automatically walked to about the middle of the arena, before looking as the boss flashily jumped out of the forest.
After the bearâs roar, my bodyâs control has returned.
Fighting BearăLv22
An extremely fighty and dangerous bear.
His attacks have both speed and weight behind them, so itâs better to be careful.
Element: âăWeakness: âăResistance: â
Genus: AnimalăFamily: Bear
State: Normal
Itâs not a raid boss, so there is only one HP bar. It was one size larger than a Brown Bear.
It is a boss fight, so letâs go with reliability.
After confirming Alf-sanâsăAppealăI switched toăAttack Stanceăand started attacking.
According to «Discern» there was no weakness, but «Uncover» did display a weak part. I shared this information with the two, letâs aim for that part as much as possible.
âAlright, no problem at all!â
âProblems start when his HP goes down and he gets angry.â
We learned that there was no special need to hurry with heals, so it looks like we can focus on attacking until the boss' pattern changes.
I attacked with lance-types in general, and when it was easy to aim for the weakness I used arrow-types. For the time being, Iâm in charge of Alf-sanâs healing.
Ske-san attacked, and instead of healing he cast enchants to maintain buffs on us.
Alf-san was a tank, so he usedăGuard Stanceăand single-mindedly gained defensive exp.
Fighting Bear⊠huh. From the looks of it, heâs completely a martial artist. His movements werenât like those of a bear at all⊠but I guess itâs pointless to retort to a game. Itâs interesting, so letâs leave it be.
His HP is going down at a fairly good pace.
And⊠both of Fighting Bearâs arms started to let out a red light. His special action started when he had 60% HP left.
âA rush is cominggg!â
âAâight, come!â
Alf-san put his right hand on the back of the large shield, and also he lowered his waist to add his left leg. He engages the approaching enemy in a fully-defensive posture...
Ske-san and I started channelingăDark Heală.
The Fighting Bear raised a shout to raise his fighting spirit(?) and swung at Alf-san.
Starting with a straight right, he continued with a left hook and right upper, before moving onto six right straight attacks. Every time a strike hit the shield, an amazing sound rang out and Alf-sanâs HP was reduced.
However⊠there was no problem, and once the rush ended the two of us usedăDark Healăon Alf-san, recovering him to full HP.
âThe first and hardest part is done!â
âAlf, be careful from now on, âkay.â
âOf course! So, will the pattern change now?â
Actually that rush was something tanks could not endure, which is why no one went past it, and there was no information of what was ahead.
Since Alf-san was racially full-plated and used a large shield, his defense was really high.
The Fighting Bearâs movement pattern changed, and, surprise⊠he started using kicks.
What splendid flying kicks he does. They are blocked, but Alf-san still loses HP over the defense. Letâs focus on keeping Alf-sanâs HP at full if possible.
âPrincess, MP?â
âIâm at 60%. Still got a leeway.â
â50% here. Looks like thereâs no problem.â
I just thought, but we Immortals canât use potions, can we? What do we do when we run out of MP? What we have in skills is «Automatic HP Recovery». I do have an MP recovery effect on my set equipment, but donât others have trouble without bonuses and just automatic recoveryâŠ?
âIs this guy really a bearrr?!â
âYou retort, you lose.â
As the Fighting Bear started to do kickboxing, Alf-san single-mindedly defended his attacks with the large shield. He even started doing roundhouse kicks. Itâs kinda cute with his short legs.
But the sound that comes from the large shield is very uncute.
With that said, we had a main shield so there was no problem even if the ratio at which we heal him increased. Then bossâ HP bar changed from the 60% 's yellow to the 30%âs red.
In addition to the Fighting Bearâs arms, his legs also were clad in red.
âAlf! Art is coming!â
âHa HA! There is none who will pass my defenses!â
âHis attacks already go past it!â
âI know nothing of ittt!â
The two are in high spirits. If they had faces, they would probably be smiling, but unfortunately they are bones and armor. No facial muscles to be seen.
The rush has started again, but this time legs were added in and the number of attacks has increased. Then the attack stopped, so we started heals.
âWai-... stop please?â
âItâs going dooown!!â
âIsnât he attacking too much?!! Ah? AAAAHH?!â
âA-Alfff?!â
âFufu...â
...Is this the TRUE bear hug?
With the last attack of the rush, Alf-san lost his balance, was caught from behind and hugged. Then, the living armor that was made of full plate was raised up andâŠthere was a backdrop.
So itâs 12 attacks + bear hug backdrop. What a splendid chain of attacks.
Struck in the head, Alf-sanâs upper half was buried in the ground and started flailing his legs. He did have a status ailment, so it must be a Bind?
From the full HP state he was cut down to 20%, and even as we healed him he eventually turned back to 20%. We quickly healed him up as we moved toward the bear.
âSke-san, take care of Alf-san!â
âOkaaay!â
I shotăDark BallăandăDark Arrowăone after another at the Fighting Bear, but he did not change the target...
When Alf-san was hit by the Fighting Bear while buried deep in the ground1, the damage he received was no joke.
âHealing wonât make it!â
âăLibertĂ ă!ăRushă! Whoops... there he comes!â
âNice, Princess! Câmon, get out!â
âI canât get out!â
I used up one Orb, but it was a necessary expense. When I did a tripleăRushăattack enhanced withăLibertĂ ă, the Fighting Bear changed his target.
At the same time he did a backhand blow, which I avoided by instantly crouching and it passed right above me. From there, he turned around and stared straight at me.
Changing my stance toăParry StanceăI kept the target for the time being. His speed is increasing compared to up until now, isnât it?
Alf-san is in that state, so the moment I tryăGuardăI already lost, so letâs parry everything withăParry Stanceă.
Using the rapier to parry, I damaged him with magic. In any case, my main firepower is magic, so there is no need to force myself to attack with the rapier, is there? I donât have attack speed, so I will attack when an enemy shows an opening⊠is what it seems my style will stabilize on.
The problem is that despite the fact IâmăParryăâing, Iâm still receiving some damage? Even with automatic recovery, itâs still decreasing slightly. I can heal myself, but still, did I receive damage during the fight with the general, too? I didnât notice.
âAs expected of Princess! But⊠I canât get him out!â
âI canât move yâknow.â
âI donât have STR so I canât pull up full plate⊠ah, right.ăPsychokinesisă...Hnngh!â
âO, one, two, three...YEAH!ââ
âAlright, back to combat!â
Alf-sanâs HP recovered and he got to move, so I held back on attacks and continued to focus on parry.
Even when he usedăAppealăfrom behind, the target remained on me. Only when he used defense-ignoringăIroncutterăon the bossâ back and thenăAppeală, that the boss switched back to Alf-san.
Meanwhile, Ske-san castăDark Enchantăon himself and on me.
The target changed, so I switched toăAttack Stanceă.
âAlright, there it is!â
âThere was an unexpected event, but it feels like we will somehow manage!â
âIt does look like it.â
On 30% there was a special action, and with myăLibertĂ ăandăRushăit turned to about 20%, so we should be able to finish it.
âSke-san, my heals alone might not be enough.â
âHis attacks sure are faast.â
âOkay, Iâll also heal.â
âPlease do.â
Clearly the Fighting Bearâs attack speed was increasing.
Isnât it faster than when I tanked itâŠ?
âHmmâŠ? Did the bear's defense go down?â
âIs he the type that increases attack speed as his HP goes down, but also loses defense?â
âIt started at 30%? Well, letâs quickly beat him. Weâll stop making it with our heals.â
âAgreed.â
As the attacks repeat, they were certainly getting faster, is what Alf-san said. The sound the shield made was extremely frequent as well.
âThis, if I wasnât Immortal, my hands would go numb⊠the impact sure is amazing.â
A partial paralysis⊠I guess? I wonder if there is one?
10% remaining...
âWhoaa! Heâs going too savageâ
âIt looks like heâs moving in fast-forward, itâs kind of interesting.â
âAgreed. From the side it looks interesting.â
âHurrey?? Hurrey beat 'im?!â
Alf-sanâs HP started going down at high speed, so letâs quickly finish it. With that said, what we do did not change.
Ske-sanâs and my magic hit the Fighting Bear, and along with a scream he extended his four limbs and fell down.
ăWith the elimination of the Eastern Boss, the Eastern Area was unlocked. As a bonus for the World First elimination, you gain 6 Skill Points.ă
ăYou have fulfilled specific requirements and acquired âTitle: Liberator of Belstead".ă
ăThe party âDELIVERY TIME!â led by Anastasia has delivered the Eastern Boss. From now on, the Eastern Boss will be weakened and the goods distribution restored.ă
ââNo wayyy.ââ
âThe PT name we put in as a joke...â
âHeck, that âhas delivered the Eastern Bossâ...â
âThe management joined in on the fun?â
â6 SP is nice⊠And a title, tooo.â
âAgreed. Now, letâs disassemble him. Who will do it?â
âI guess you can do it, Princess?â
âIâm busy evolving, so take care~.â
âOh, Alf, finally.â
"...Well, weâll split the bossâ materials equally.â
I headed toward the Fighting Bear and pierced the Disassembly Knife into him.
Behind me, Ske-san was staring as Alf-san started to shine.
Letâs change the PT name⊠âCHARGE! YOUâLL BE DINNER!â should be fine.