6 - 4. Joining and Fighting

After the tutorial, I was taken back to the fountain plaza and headed back to the guild. It's not that I am still hung up on the name of the receptionist, but that I am meeting my friends at the entrance of the guild.

In conclusion, there are too many people.

It is packed.

The atmosphere is too different from that around the guild during the tutorial. If I go out there, I want to take requests, and I guess it's inevitable that players will be concentrated on this first day, but it's just too many people.

As I was stunned, I heard a conversation.

"Let's register and go to the battle already...".

"Yeah, right."

Oh, I wonder if some of them skipped the tutorial!

Let's see.

"You can register as an adventurer even in the tutorial!"

I have to raise my voice a little because I feel like I'm going to be drowned out by the noise of other people. I'm embarrassed if it's none of my business.

"Oh, really?"

"I can get a tutorial if I don't go out of town, right?"

"Oh, thanks~"

Players who have thanked me and selected the tutorial are disappearing in front of my eyes. It was a horrifying sight to see so many people disappear as if they were thinning out the crowd. I wonder if I will get used to this scene of people disappearing in front of my eyes.

The view became clearer after a good number of people disappeared. It seems that there were more people who skipped the tutorial than I expected.

It is true that if you just want to receive a request, you should go to the battle or something quickly without waiting so long.

I guess that the people who skipped the tutorial and have not yet registered their guilds are mainly responsible for the congestion. If we had to register this many people in this order, the registration process would never be over. The number of people in front of the guild has decreased, so I call out to those who are inside from the entrance of the guild, which is like a crowded train.

Again, two thirds of them disappeared.

I wonder if there was no one else to tell us. Still, I was surprised to see the receptionist peering at me and bowing to me from the counter which I could see through the crowd. I didn't know if I was the only one in the room, as in the tutorial, or if she was just reacting to me!　And this time I didn't talk to the receptionist, it's like there really is someone inside!

The AI used in N!?C was developed two years before the game's release, using a smartphone to raise N!?C characters! The characters are collected, modified, and used after they reach a certain level of maturity by talking to them every day and letting them do simple errands in the town. The characters on mobile phones are two-headed and can be raised to your liking, and they are popular as stand-alone applications and are still being distributed even after the game's launch.

I returned to the front of the guild and stood there wondering if I would be able to find my friends here, even though the number of people had decreased considerably, when I was approached.

"Homura?"

When I looked in the direction of the names called out, I saw two people standing side by side, both of whom had the appearance I had been told by a friend of mine.

A slender young man with pale blue hair in a ponytail, and a dog-eared boy with red hair that was only as tall as his chest.

"I'm surprised you found us."

"He was loud and he stood out. I've already exchanged the other patrol cars, so let's move to a more obvious location.

Peter, a young man with a ponytail, throws a patrol car at me.

"Yeah, Leo, give me a patrol car too.

Then I also throw my partner card (Patoka) to Peter and Red Dog Leo. If we get separated without exchanging, I'm not sure I'll see them again today.

"Ah!　I've made reservations and got you a place to stay!"

"Oh, thank you. It's not safe to be in the guild when you see how crowded it is.

In the end, we meet outside the south gate on the right side, but since we are going to be there, we go into the guild's smithy and accept some requests from them before we move on. When we arrived at the gate, the place was also full of people who seemed to be waiting for us.

"Did you catch it?

"Ha-ha-ha!　I'm getting a homura!"

Leo answers the voice of a blonde-haired male elf.

"It's good to see you, man."

A tall, stout man with black hair, dog ears, a scruffy beard and scars on his face calls out to me.

"It was hard to see you in that crowd, wasn't it?"

This is a white-haired loli elf.

We all know their real world gender, but I'm going to go with their in-game gender from now on.

The blonde is named <, the black dog is named , and the white-haired one is named . And <<>,my <>. All except Kikuhime are male characters.

By the way, Kikuhime is the name of sake.

The maximum number of party members is exactly six. After exchanging patkas, we try to form a party.

"I'm going to become a magician and a swordsman after all.

I'm a healer. I'm more of an accident prevention or post-accident caregiver.

Ochazuke answers my question. Since Shin and Leo have been making a lot of mistakes in the past games, he is always in a supportive role, and he seems to be following them this time as well.

"I'm a swordsman, aren't I? With a big sword, you're going to do a lot of damage, aren't you?"

Princess Tsurupeta Chrysanthemum prefers to wield the smallest and burliest of weapons. Considering her initial stats, it would be difficult for an elf to specialize in physical weapons.

"I'm a fighter, I'm a wolf!

Shin, the black dog, has always loved to fight with bullets, but this time he wants to become a wolf beastman, which has been announced as the evolution of the dog tribe.

The only announced evolutionary targets are the wolf from a dog and the tiger from a cat, but we are looking forward to seeing what kind of species will emerge, as there are a wide variety of evolutionary targets, not limited to beastmen.

"I believe there is a fox. ！！！！"

"That's not a profession. I'm a Thief and I'm trying to become a bowman.

Peter shoves Leo with a laugh as he exclaims.

"Arggh, sorry. I'm a Thief now. I'm sure there are ninjas out there ！！！！！."

"There's too much wishful thinking going on!"

Several occupations have also been disclosed as destinations for evolution from the initial occupations. As announced at the time of logging in, there are a wide variety of occupations and skills to be developed.

"The only thing that looks like a shield is a little girl."

Ochazuke replies with a blur.

"It seems that Kikuhime doesn't want to play the shield either. Give it up, it must be Ochazuke who is busy!　I'm evasive."

"We have solos, and I don't think the system is that soft for all of us."

Peter follows up by saying that softness means that the damage is greater. The same attack that does less damage is said to be hard.

"Let's just fight for now!"

With a single word from the old man Shin, stroking his stubble, we move to the fast brim. Brim" means a meadow.

There are quite a few people near the gate, fighting over the flying hares. Since we can't seem to compete with them and it seems inefficient, we decide to move away from the gate and look for stronger enemies since we have a full party.

"Oh, by the way, N!?C gave me a patka."

"Bust!　That world announcer, it's you!"

Shin gives me a hard time.

"Hey, if it's set to public, they'll play your name too, right?"

"What kind of N.C. did you get this from?"

"<>, the warrior who was at the counter during the tutorial."

Was there such a thing in the tutorial?　I don't remember.

"Do the clients in the guild vary from person to person?　I think I only saw girls."

You're a pedophile, aren't you?

No!

"What?　I talked to a strong guy during the tutorial, but he didn't tell me his name and he didn't give it to me."

"You talked to him, you're very brave."

While we were on the move, Leo started yelling when we were talking about the patka we got.

"Found it!　Chickens！！！！"

Looking in the direction of my pointing finger, there is indeed a white chicken-like thing moving.

There is already a party hunting here, too, but it is not as crowded as the rabbit place.

"Hey, that's not some escaped domestic chicken, is it?"

"They say it's a male and female rampaging chicken. They're classified as monsters.

Three birds, one male and two females.

"Did Peter take the animal demon test, too?"

Peter answered to Ochazuke, who blurted out that he couldn't tell the difference, so I asked him.

I did, but I only know the classification and the name.

A man who smiles and says he doesn't know.

"I'm sure you'll be able to see more in time," he says with a smile, "because the skills have a level indicator.

"Oh, I got one too. I hope I will be able to see the status.

"For now, you want to hit the magic (enkiryo) first?　Kikuhime to get tagged first?"

Shin asks.

"I have to use my skill to get the target back. I bought a shield, so I'll go first. I bought a shield. I killed him in the tutorial."

It's disturbing because it sounds like killed him because he failed to protect me, instead of achieved it and learned from it. And I don't know if you've already shopped, I don't even have a recovery pill!

"Be careful, I don't want to overdo the recovery because of the hate. Please do it."

Ochazuke's words make me think of playing it safe.

Since Kikuhime is the only one who can act as a shield, Kikuhime will take the tags of all three birds, and Ochazuke will heal Kikuhime. We, the attackers, were the males, followed by the females whom Kikuhime hit.

The battle to the death over the chickens began. Leo's.

"Gah!　Ow, ow, ow!　I'm coming after you."

"Why is everyone hitting me and I'm not hitting them!"

You want to go over there first?

"No, I'm already exhausted, it's over. I'll leave him to it. I'll give up on Leo if he dies.

Peter tells them in his same cheerful voice. Peter is as refreshingly awful as ever, I think to myself, but I obey.

"<>!"

"Yo!　[Tiger] <!"

As Peter had predicted, my magic and Shin's kicking knocked down the male that had been hitting me.

After defeating the male without any problem, Leo hit a different female from the one Kikuhime hit. The female's hate is higher on Leo than on Kikuhime, and she is being chased by Kikuhime. Since Kikuhime hit the enemy once at first, Leo, who has lower attack power than Kikuhime, must have hit the enemy two or three times, though it is not possible for Leo to hit the enemy by chance.

"I think we're in trouble, [Recovery]!"

Yes, when Ochazuke recovered, the target was shifted to Ochazuke. It is business as usual in this game.

Hey, hey, hey!

"Wa-ha-ha-ha!"

Ochazuke is in a panic and Leo is laughing after being released from the female tag. It's business as usual.

Me and Peter waiting for Kikuhime to take the female's tag.

But Shin, the man said to be the same as Leo, hit him first. Of course, it's business as usual.

I got 3 pieces of meat from a rampaging chicken.

I've got two feathers from a rampaging chicken.

"I'm a healer, but I got [Evasion] in my skill set.

After I managed to defeat him, I had a word of advice for him.

After that, the hunt went well. It seemed that the rampaging chickens were working in groups of three to six, and when Leo got tangled up with six chickens, he ran away as fast as he could, but everything was going well.

When Leo got tangled with the six chickens, he ran away as fast as he could, but everything was going well. The level of the group was raised, and E! I am checking my skill list after taking a break because I got tired of fighting in VR game after a long time and I got some skill points. I was about to run out, or rather, I had run out, thank God.

By the way, I found that [Jutsu (Cane technique)] was added to the skill list, probably because I hit him with a cane.

The skill point I received for leveling up was 5S!

The following skills are listed in the skill list.

Long staff] S!?1

Short staff] S!

Magic Enhancement] S!

Mental Enhancement] S!

Earth Magic] S!

S2 [Wood Magic] S2

Mining] S.2

Weapons and Armor Appraisal] S.1

Mineral and metal appraising] S.2

Fishing] S.1

Skill Appraisal】S..2

Wand techniques】S.3

M!? Natural recovery] S.2

H!? Natural recovery] S.3

S!.2

Dilution of signs] S?

S2.

S!.3

S!.3

Map] S!?1

Mm.

[Map] [M! Natural Recovery] and [Presence Detection]. I think I want a wand technique in case I run out of it, but I'm afraid I'll be too lazy to use it when I become a magic swordsman. Since there is no description of the skill, I can only guess what it means, which is a thrilling thing. I guessed that [long staff] would increase the magic power when equipped with a long staff, and [wand art] would be a skill to strike like a stick art. I wonder if I should get [Skill Appraisal].

I'm running out of skill points as my level goes up.

I was able to complete one of the three requests I received. The other two were related to flying rabbits, so I could not clear them this time.

Shin, Leo, and Kikuhime are still pondering, and Ochazuke is giving them practical advice, so I look around while talking with Peter about skills.

Incidentally, Peter, who has the same job as Leo, has already advised him on the skills of a Thief, but he can't make up his mind on that.

"Ah, medicinal herbs..."

"Did you take [Collecting] and [Plant Food Identification]?"

Peter asked me as I was pulling out some medicinal herbs.

"Yes, what did you take, Peter?"

"I took [mining], [mineral metal appraisal], and production [blacksmithing]."

"I took [Apothecary], but I got [Alchemy] as a skill because I'm a mage, so I took that too.

"Aren't you an apothecary by profession and not a [concoction]?　You have a lot of skills."

"Of course, I got the [blending] one, but I also got the [alchemy] one."

"[Alchemy] seems to require both herbs and minerals, doesn't it?"

"I'd like to use minerals, please.

Listen to me for a second!

While picking medicinal herbs within sight and relaxing, the tea pickles appealed to me.

"What's wrong?"

"What?"

"Leo just checked the list of skills and forgot to acquire them!!!!"

Business as usual.

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Increased

Lv+1　

Skill

Map] [M! Natural Recovery] [Presence Detection

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Homura Lv.2

Rank F

Occupation Mage, Pharmacist

H!?　　 94

M!?　　134

STR 10

VIT 9

INT 18(+2)

MID 12

DEX 9

AGI 10

LUK 10

N!?C!?　Galahad] [-]

Title [Interactionist

Skill (0S!?)

■Magic and Magic

Fire Magic Lv.1] [Gold Magic Lv.2] [Water Magic Lv.1

Production

Alchemy Lv.1] [Alchemy Lv.1] [Alchemy Lv.1] [Alchemy Lv.1

Collecting

Collecting

■ Appraisal and concealment

Tool and medicine appraisal Lv.1] [Plant and food appraisal Lv.2

Animal and Demon Identification Lv.2] [Presence Detection Lv.1

Enhancement

Intelligence enhancement Lv.1

Others

M!? Natural recovery] [Map