Another Frontier Online

During the battle with the sake drinker, Noato walked wildly to a place where the major clan "Kiss of Death" played songs, dances, and wielded a supporting effect.

Noato made a statement to his leader, Alvy, saying, "I'm not serious, so it's not worth listening to," and it was in a state of instantaneous instability, and the fight was about to begin.

Hayato wondered whether it was him or his surroundings who could not read the air.

This is virtual reality in the first place. We register audio at the start of the game, but singing here is simply a simulation of brain waves.

Since a lot of preparations are going on on the stage, it is like singing to each other and deciding, but we don't know how to decide whether to go up or down specifically.

Noato-san, what are you going to do with the song?

"Just let each other sing and decide."

"Do you know which one is higher?" How big is the applause after singing? "

It is common for the size of the applause after singing to determine the size of the song. There are other things such as asking about ten judges to score points out of ten.

In terms of the evaluation method, Noato is at a disadvantage in any way. Most of the people here are fans of Alvy. I tried to point that out, but before I did, Noat shook his head.

"If that person is a proper expressionist, you will know the result of the battle." Rather, if you're proud of winning because you're losing, that's why you don't have to deal with them. "

Hayato was surprised by Noat, who was so strong. I can't imagine it normally, but Noato seemed absolutely confident as an articulator.

"Mr. Noato looks good."

"It's not proper to compete with songs. Whether it's singing, playing, or dancing, there is no such thing as above or below. All I have is the feelings of the expresser. She doesn't know that."

"... oh?"

Hayato's unconscious voice leaked out of his mouth. And stared at Noato with a rather surprised expression.

What's wrong?

"No, I didn't think Mr. Noato would hear you say that... are you catching a cold?"

"I decided to make doughnuts into a big bang for dinner today. Made with all kinds of endless." more strawberries.

"That's fine, but... if you're not serious, why don't you come and sing?"

"I didn't expect you to really make it, but if you're serious about singing, it's okay for her to win"

Hayato tilts his head.

Noato doesn't seem to be obsessed with fighting in the first place. It was Noato who said provocative things, but he is more obsessed with whether he is really singing than whether he is good or bad.

As for Hayato, I felt that Alvy's song was also good, but I don't know if it's serious.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Well then, shall we go to the match? "

That's what Alvy said to Noato from the top of the stage.

And keep smiling.

"Do you want to sing first? Or maybe later?"

"Please go ahead, but if you don't really sing, I'll cut you loose."

Alvy's expression twitched. However, he immediately moved to the middle of the stage with a smile, “I'll let you sing first.”

Alvy doesn't have a violin, and he plays purely by singing.

The Hayatoes decided to listen to it in the front row where the stage looked good.

It's not the case that I'm doing this, but I think it's the right thing to do to finish the troublesome thing first.

Maybe this is one of the things that's bothering Hayato in the first place. I can't deal with multiple things at the same time, so I positively think that it is important to crush each one at the same time.

After a moment of silence, the members of the clan "Kiss of Death" began to play.

Hayato figured out what kind of song it was with the accompaniment alone.

At the suggestion of the mist, I have been playing music in a coffee shop recently. Basically, I played classical music and jazz to a subtle extent, but I also listened to a series of songs of various genres, such as what kind of music was effective.

This song is quite ancient, but it is famous as a famous song. Even before Hayato decided on the music of the coffee shop, he had heard it. It must be one of the classics in a song of love that feels relaxed.

Noat sighed beside Hayato. Even though Alvy hasn't sang yet with the accompaniment.

I thought it was better not to speak until the song was over, so I kept silent, but I wonder why Noato was disappointed before he sang. Later, when Alvy started singing, as usual, Noato was just sleepy.

I thought Hayato was a good song. The people around me are listening to the song with a sense of enthusiasm. I don't know what Esha thinks from her expression because she only drinks melon juice as usual.

When the song was over, cheers and applause rang, and it was quite exciting. The more I watched what was happening to the people who were seriously fighting the sake drinker.

Alvy walked along the stage and looked down at Noato.

How about that?

"He was good."

It's not good, it's good. In a way that praised the child for "good work," Noato said so from a far higher perspective, regardless of where he stood.

The words stopped Alvy for a moment, but she didn't break her smile. The area of the temple was slightly sharp.

“So, can I hear Mr. Noato's good song?”

When I lost, Alvy returned "grease."

"All right, I'll teach you a song. I'm going to study."

(Don't stir it up. When it comes to songs, does Noat really hate losing? But you don't feel like you're going to compete, do you?)

Thinking like that, Noat looked at Hayato with his hands wide open, saying, "Put it on the stage." I think it's about hugging you.

The stage is about fifty meters tall and is close to Noato's height. Sometimes I refuse to do it here, but the cuddle is a little shiny. Hayato put one knee on the spot. Then, I offered to put my hands together. It means put your feet on your hands.

Noat says, "Thank you," and puts his right leg on Hayato's hands. In that state, Hayato stood up to lift, and Noat climbed onto the stage.

After that, Noat goes to the performers and talks about something. It's probably not Hayato's fault that the performers don't look good.

Alvy stares at Noato, who climbed up the stage, for a few seconds before jumping off the stage. For some reason I stood in the place where Noat was, next to Hayat.

"Um...?"

“I'll listen to it here.”

Alvey smiled as she said so. Hayato was so shocked by the smile, but for some reason, Esha's gaze was painful, so she acted like it was nothing.

Alvy opened her mouth first, trying to distract her by saying something.

“First of all, I have nothing to do with me or my clan being a shooting star. Don't worry, your clan isn't interested in going up or down."

"Huh? But...."

I didn't bother Hayato directly, but I saw Noat and tried to fight him. I can't believe you said it had nothing to do with it.

“I'm just interested in Noato.”

"By the way, you knew about Noato and the orchestra."

“Brunnhilde listened to the performance at the theatre in the Imperial Capital. I thought I could play a better song with everyone in the clan, and I negotiated whether we could play together.”

"... in virtual reality?"

Hayato knows where the NPCs are, but the player thinks the NPC is an AI, a program. Yet I was a little surprised to hear you decide to play with me.

“I was struck by the songs that NPCs play with just AI. You can practice playing the songs according to the score. The program should be easy. But music doesn't make sense just because you can play it right. I felt a soul behind Brunnhilde's performance, which was just a collection of programs. You might think it's a stupid story."

"... no, I don't think so."

Hayato was surprised. The NPCs were human beings a hundred years ago. And we gathered the best people of the time. The members of Brünnhilde are also likely to be a group of outstanding performers of the time. It's possible that the Alvy in front of him felt it.

I don't listen to music with my ears, I feel it with my heart. Hayato had heard such a story, but he was impressed by it.

"I just refused." As a test, I was asked to listen to my song and sang it, but everyone was unanimous and it seemed that it was no good. And I was told to listen to Noato's song once. "

"Is that what happened..."

"I was looking for Noato, but I couldn't find him. At that time, I received information from the shooting star, Mr. Ronios. I'm at Mr. Hayato's base."

"In return, did you accept the invitation to become a companion?"

"I was invited, but I refused." For some reason, I got the information. However, as a result, you're making trouble. I'm sorry. "

“Nothing special so far, so I don't mind, but if you just listen to Noato's song, you don't have to compete.”

"I hate to look like this and lose. And if songs are involved, it's just a quest.”

Game quests can be like crusading a monster or taking a specific item called a helmet to a designated location. Besides that, there was also the idea of playing against the NPC. Most of it was fighting, but Alvy thought it was a quest to sing.

He says he felt the soul when he played Brunhilde, so he may have expected it in Noato's song, but Hayato doesn't know what to do with it. However, if there was a taste battle for coffee, it was certain that the opponent would not want to lose with AI.

Noato seemed to be ready.

Somehow he was wearing a black hooded robe and could only see his mouth.

Hayato, and the people around him, are leaning their necks. Alvey was the only one who looked surprised.

And some kind of creepy or unsettling song came out with a bass.

"Listen to me."

Noato's beautiful voice echoed around him. It's not a loud voice, but it's a beautiful voice that stays in your ear. I don't know if the song is good or bad, but it's Hayato's impression that he doesn't want Alvey to hear it.

"You got lucky today."

"What are you talking about?"

"Master, please be quiet." It's like the front of a song. "

"Yeah, but you don't usually do that, do you?"

You'd better cover your ears.

Esha shook her ears with both hands when she said that.

"What? What do you mean?"

"Tonight, light falls and darkness is born. I will give you my blessing--"

When Noato says that much, the music stops. The surroundings became quieter, and I could only hear the sound of children fighting in the distance.

Noat threw away his black robe. Under the robe, he wore black Gothic clothes reminiscent of the Rosaliers. And the skirt was embroidered like a skirt.

Deyes!

That's how Noat screams. At the same time, it began to play at an explosive volume. Despite the situation, Noato's screaming voice is much louder than the performance.

Hayato, who was in the front row, instantly blocked his ears. But you can still hear loud voices and performances. Unlike the songs on the front of his mouth, Noat's songs are vulgar and vulgar.

The first word is Death. Death in the same sense as death in the clan "Kiss of Death".

Hayato is not familiar with the songs of this genre, but he decided that they were called Death Metal or Heavy Metal.

Hayato recognized that guitar is the main thing to do, but this virtual reality doesn't have it. I was impressed that only the instruments used in the orchestra could often perform at such a fast pace.

But more than that, I don't know why Noato chose this song.

A normal song is good enough if you're just playing against Alvy. Besides, the customer base is different. I don't know what to decide up or down, but at least it's bad for the customers.

While some guests are knocking their heads up and down in line with the rhythm of head banging, most are closing their ears and wrinkling between their brows.

Hayato looked sideways, wondering if it was possible for him to throw a match at Alvy.

"Hey, what are you doing!?"

Alvy, like some guests, is swinging her pretty blonde hair and head banging. Instead of being a fairy, I could say that I was obsessed with evil spirits.

Noticing that Hayato and those around him were watching, Alvy was happy and stopped the action. Then she held her mouth with both hands and looked at Noat with tears in her eyes.

"I really love this kind of song in real life..."

Hayato's surroundings were noisy and his ears were blocked, but he could hear Alvy's clear voice.

When asked in detail, Alvy said that he wanted to sing such songs, but he wanted people to stop. I thought it might be possible if it was virtual reality, but the image of appearance preceded it, and it didn't seem to sing here either.

(Does that mean the gap between what you want to do and what you want to see is too big?)

I can't do anything without knowing what Alvy was up to, what I really wanted to sing, what I was not interested in at the time of the accompaniment, and what I chose to do with this song.

It's about why Noat noticed it. Noato would have never heard Alvy's song before he met each other. Hayato wonders why he would notice in such a situation.

"You must have seen through my songs and conflict." Besides, even if you sing it normally, there may be places where you couldn't throw away this kind of song..... "

Hayato's doubts about whether such a thing happened became even deeper, but when it came to songs alone, he thought that Noat was excellent, so he decided to think of it as such.

And the song of Noato ends.

Noato finally covered his left eye with his right palm, putting his right hand on his left hip and slightly twisting his body, pose at a 45-degree angle to Alvy.

“It's important to entertain everyone with songs, but you can't challenge me with a song you're not enjoying without a hole in the donut.”

Hayato thought that there were some doughnuts that didn't have holes, but decided not to say it.

Alvy sits on her knees.

"I'm losing..."

A beautiful voice that is small but can be heard clearly. Thus the battle for the song was settled.

What is this?

Esha said such a thing in a slightly dazed way. Hayato thinks so, but I decided to think it was cheap if I thought that this would eliminate the trouble from Alvy.

"Well, that's fine." Ah, it's time to shoot the Destroyer? "

"It's just the right time." Thanks to this, the support effect is abundant, so I'll shoot you. I'd like to have a chocolate parfait big bun this evening, too. ”

It's impossible to put a chocolate parfait on the endless, but Hayato thought it was okay to get a little excited.

Afterwards, Alvey came out to the surroundings and sang along with Noato. It was said that Alvy had fallen because of his appearance.

Some people were so sad that they cried at Alvy's damn voice and vulgar words, but some were overjoyed. After that, there was an ordinary song-a song that was much more extended than before, so it didn't become a riot.

Alvy's voice was enough to make a faction decide which one was better, but at the same time, Noat made a fan out of an ordinary song. If Alvy's voice were a fairy, Noatle would be quite popular if she could make angelic voices and even demonic voices.

I have a job at a coffee shop, so that's all Hayato knows.

After work at night, Hayato logged in again.

Head to the Great Hall to find out what happened to Noato and the sake drinker.

There was another card game tournament in the main hall, but Noato was invisible.

Where's Noato?

"If it's Noato, Alvy wants to talk to you, so I took him."

That's what Ney replies as he unbabbles.

What? Are you okay?

“I don't think it's a problem. Alvy seemed to worship Noat. I used to call you a teacher or a master or something like that.

"Why did you do that..."

Later, Lunaria catches Ney's joker in the tears. And after a while, Ney drew Rosalier's card, and he was frightened. It seemed that Lunaria and Benitzur were the last to fight, but Ney approached Hayato without seeing the results.

"I told Alvy that Noato was an NPC, but he said he wouldn't mind. Even if it was a program, Noato taught me something important, so I was excited to be treated as a person. Personally, it was a pleasure."

There was a time when Nay treated Rosalie like a person, who had the NPC before. Hayato guessed that Alvy would be happy to hear the same.

I wonder if that's okay.

In the morning, Alvy treated Noato normally, so I figured there would be no lies.

"It looks like the campground is close, so it'll be okay." The problem is with the sake drinker. "

Is something wrong?

"Actually--"

According to Nai, the child's HP could not be reduced. As expected, I could not fight all day, so I fought on the break, but it seemed that I could only cut about 10% in the end. At this rate, there is a chance that we will not be able to defeat them by the end of time.

The Sake Drinking Boy Crusade brought together some of the most powerful clans in the game. If the clan fought for almost a day and only reduced it by about 10%, it would become a Raid Boss that no one could defeat.

It is possible that Daté made an adjustment mistake because she said it was her first event, but Daté is looking at Hayato while playing a card game, and she seems to have said something, and her behavior is a little strange.

Could there be a gimmick for a crusade?

Gimmicks. That is, tricks. To defeat Sake Breweries, not only force, but also unlock some tricks to most likely defeat them.

Nay and other major clans seemed to be close to that possibility, and many clans were exploring Onigashima Island tomorrow while fighting with the sake drinker. Keith and Raúzal came here and told Ney about it.

"Then Bandit Jolt and Stelkstrut Lutz came, and Jolt said that tomorrow morning, Lutz would come again today."

"Is Jolt the second time Lutz anyway?" I'm sorry about that. "

"Well, it's not that bad, so I guess I can't help it." And Rose and the others have arrived in Asma. She's staying at the other mansion today, and she's coming over to the island tomorrow morning. "

"You were pretty quick." But it helps. No matter how much material you need to maintain your weapon, Gill and the others will double their strength. ”

The Dark Ten Knights, led by Gill, were so powerful that they were perfect with the Black Rose Ten Saints, led by Rosary in the Demon King's army. Although all of the clans were shields, Hayato thought they would be useful in battles with sake drinkers.

"Also, Lunaria said something about the Demon King Army that bothered me."

Something bothering you?

"Everything seems to have called the demon." But what is a demon? "

Hayato did not know what he was talking about for a moment, but he remembered immediately. Words I heard from Rosalier when I went to help Lunaria, who was imprisoned at the Demon King's Castle.

A demon is a member of the clan "Ambrosia" that was there before Lunaria became a demon king. I was told that they were as strong as Lunaria.

"I don't know the details either, but it looks like Lunaria was a member of the clan." These people were near Lunaria when they fought against the dragon Agress at the Stampede event. "

"I remember somehow." I think it was equipped with unique items that seemed strong. I see, Lunaria called the demon. Even if I called you, I was lamenting that only one of you would come. "

"I see... then I'll have to prepare a room." Is that the man? "

"No, she said it was a woman. His name is Zenobia Baylotto. He fights in a fighting style, like a relic or an aggressor. He said he'd be there tomorrow."

“Zenobia, okay. I'll get you a room for the ladies. Is there anything else?"

Other than that, there was no particularly novel information, so Hayato decided to separate from Nay and repair the weaponry.

About an hour later, Lutz came as planned.

Lutz is a small man with black eyes and black hair who is about the same age as Hayato. The gear is lightweight. It is equipped with low-defense brown leather gear that can be defeated with a powerful blow. However, most of them had the effect of improving their movement speed.

The purpose of the clan "Stelkst" is to destroy boss monsters alone. Hayato decided that the defense might be completely abandoned and specialized in evasion.

“I'm sorry, I didn't make the right time to say hello.”

"No, no, I'm sorry." I've had to walk around a lot of times. And thank you. Not only Keith and Rauszal, but also Lutz will help us. "

"Lutz is fine. I don't care if the language is normal." I can't use polite language either. "

"Um, okay. You can also go with Hayato."

Lutz raised his mouth a little before nodding.

"Don't worry about helping me again." I have a request from Jolt, but I was also interested in Hayato--Hayato's acquaintance. "

"Who do I know?"

I had a slightly unpleasant feeling, but Lutz opened his mouth even more.

“A brave man, Ivan Falcaro. I wanted to ask you, do you have plans for Ivan to come to this event?”

"No, I didn't call..."

"I see. I'm sorry."

Lutz is clearly discouraged. Hayato wondered if Lutz was looking for Ivan, just like Alvy was looking for Noat.

It is possible to contact me anyway to see if I can come, but I thought I should check what the situation was before that.

"What did you do when you saw Ivan?"

Lutz had a thoughtful look on his face, but he opened his mouth immediately.

“Is Hayato familiar with the melee sport of a virtual space called the Virtual Gladiator?”

Huh?

Hayato is quite surprised. I didn't expect the story of the Virtual Gladiator to come out of Ivan's story. Ivan was a world champion in that virtual sport a hundred years ago.

Hayato was alarmed that he was aware that the NPC was human. I don't know where or what to say if it gets published. Now Nay stands on the front desk as an investor. Even in the blood of the foundation, there is a possibility that something will be done by the same foundation.

Unaware of Hayato's sense of crisis, Lutz continues.

"Recently, the fire has gone down, but it seems to have been very popular about a hundred years ago, when resources were depleted and entertainment was scarce. At the time, I was mostly at home, and it seemed like I rarely went outside."

"I learned about it at an educational institution, but I don't know much about the Virtual Gladiator. And what does it have to do with Ivan?"

"The name of the person who became World Champ in that period is Ivan Falcaro. I don't think the same name is a coincidence."

Hayato's alertness increased. I decided I knew this and started to think about what to do.

Hero thinks it's an NPC based on Ivan's combat pattern.

"... eh?"

"I like martial arts, and I often watch old martial arts videos, but I like the Virtual Gladiator best with its flashy movements. I've seen it so many times that it holes, but I can say that Ivan's movements are my ideal."

"Ah, oh, I see."

"If the hero was made to mimic Ivan back then, I would definitely like to make a match." Even if I'm not, I'm a brave person, so I want to try fighting.

Hayato beat out a bit. We certainly need more information to imagine ourselves. I'm relieved that if Lutz thinks about the information he has, the guess is definitely the best.

"I know what's going on."

"I'm not talking about summoning you. However, I would like you to contact me if you ever come near me. What do you think?"

Hayato thought for a moment and then nodded.

“All right, I'll call you when I'm nearby.”

Really!?

"However, Lutz will negotiate the match." I'll just tell Ivan that I have that kind of request. "

“That's enough. If you need a reward, I'll have it ready for you, so just let me know.”

And when Hayat had agreed to it, Lutz went back, saying thanks.

After losing sight of Lutz, Hayato returned to the Mansion.

As the players thought there was a lot more to the NPC, they went to the Great Hall to share their stories with members who knew the reality.