The only thing that you could actually score for yourself inside the game is the different numbers. It took us quite a while to get that point across to Pencilgton while he was still trying to attack us.
ăAhâŠâŠ I, see. Excuse me for that. Sometimes I get a little bit hot-headed when it comes to NPCâs like Set-chan. I donât know if itâs about here or something else, but I just want to do anything that is in my power to help her.
Pencilgton said that with a reddish faceâŠâŠ Really now? I looked at Katsu and after a brief silence the two of us exploded with laughter, unable to hold it in.
ăSo thatâs your reason? Well, whatever. As long as you are serious about the game, any reason is fine, so I guess its good for you.ă
ăYeah, yeahâŠâŠ Besides, isnât the game more fun that way while youâre getting serious over it? Isnât that the whole point of playing games?ă
ăUmm, hearing that from a Professional Gamer kinda defeats the point, but whateverâŠâŠ and stop laughing! Donât point your fingers at me like that!ă\nProfessional Gamers are still gamers. So I donât know why it was that part that he got so worked up about, but whatever. As long as he understood our point, then itâs fine. Point for us!
It would be nice if he wasnât trying to stick his sword right in between my eyes. Thanks to those few level ups my STR stat was slightly higher, but I was feeling like I was just about to give up. It was then that I heard an honest and sincere laughter.
ăFu, fufuâŠâŠ Aah, thatâs right, guysâŠâŠ thatâs just how you guys are, huhâŠâŠ Fufufufu, ahahahahaha!!!ă
After laughing with us for a moment, Pencilgton puts his hands to his mouth and declares in a loud and majestic voice.
ăOur opponent is the unique monster that imposes the intimidating one hundred and fifty levels of difference between us and him! This is going to be a brutal battle, but with enough hard work and determination we can surely win this!ă
To those words Katsu, Emul and I nodded our headsâŠâŠ Only one thing left to do for us here.
ăWe are going to do some serious training here, even if it was going to kill us in the process!ă
Two more weeks remained until the final battle, and we were going to utilize them to the max. I was sure that time would fly by really fast because of that.
ăRight, for now, I think it will be good for you to continue fishing until you guys manage to reach level fifty or above.ă\nWell, duh.
ăKuuhâŠâŠ!ă
I stretch my arms while getting up from my bed. I leave my room whilst yawning and rubbing my eyes, thinking just how busy my schedule is going to become.
After all of that quest starting and getting all hyped up we basically spent the whole night fishing and fighting monsters together with Pencilgton, who was honestly more of a bother than actual help.
But after my level started to go up, the effects of the curse marks started to kick in and instead of fighting us, the sea serpents were only trying to get away from me as fast as possible. This caused the other two to complain to me without stopping.
I was then put in a separate place and started fishing on my own. It was then that I happened across a rare monster âSweet Water Destlobsterâ, which was around level eighty.
Since it was so tough that even Emul wasnât able to do much damage to it, I cast away my pride and went back to where Katsu and Pencilgton were, getting ready to be laughed at but determined to bring that lobster down.
Honestly speaking I have no idea how we didnât get completely decimated by them. Whatâs more, we managed to kill not one but two such lobsters, which elevated me to level fifty one and Katsu to level forty six. Then when I finished leveling up I went to the nearest town to give the Skill Combine thing a tryâŠâŠ and thatâs basically what happened last night.
I watch the sun through the window and think about all the things that I was going to do today.
\năTop model?ă
ăNo need to sound so surprised! Sheâs so good at modeling that her photo-shooting sessions are enough to bring the whole magazine enough profit to carry on! Amazing, isnât it? She even uploaded the photos with some of her fans from some local shooting onto her social media, but I didnât even know she was nearby! Oh, I would give up anything just to be there with herâŠâŠă
ăAh, I see.ă
ă?ă
ăNo, itâs nothing, Iâm talking about this right here. This Towa-samaâŠâŠ she must have it pretty rough, with people always invading her privacy and trying to snatch pictures of her all the time.ă
I tell that to my sister, take a sip of milk and then go back to my room. I see, I see, so thatâs how it is.
ăLiving one moment for eternity and eternal life are two completely different things, huhâŠâŠă
I was starting to envy Pencilgton just a little bit. Even though it was within a game, and even though it was only an NPC with a really advanced AI, he managed to find someone he wanted to protect at all costs.