Desire

“I'm late, I'm late! ”

The daisy waits in front of the fountain, her cheeks fluttering and rushing towards Azin.

“What if I'm late today? If you're going to do that, why did you make me a promise? ”

After Daisy shoots him, he lowers his head, smiling bitterly.

“I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Something urgent has come up.

“Hmph, who would forgive me if I said that? ”

Daisy pokes him in the chest with her fingers, puffing her lips.

“I'll charge you for the damages. My time, the time to the sewer, Lina's time! How many wolves do you think you've caught in your time and how much experience and money you can get? Thousand gold per capita. Thousand gold! ”

What a bitch. Azin looks at Daisy with her palms out and thinks: I'm sure you're joking, but there's no such thing as a bitch.

“Stop it, Daisy. It's not that late. ”

It was the sewer that went to stop the stray daisy. You grab Daisy by the shoulder and stare at her. Azin thanks you for your candor, lowering his head slightly towards the sewers.

“I don't know what business you had, but can you hunt today?" Brother. ”

“Oh, yeah. That's okay.”

“Then let's get going. Does it matter if you play the same as yesterday? ”

“Yeah, I'm fine. ”

I hate it when I raise my head to a perceptive subject. Azin bowed his head and said, "No more pointy daisies." As Daisy no longer assumes the tardiness of Azin, the party immediately enters the wild forest.

“By the way, did you see it? ”

The sewers that lead the way open their mouths. The party was heading beyond the realm of the blue wolf to the realm of the silver wolf, and soon it is the realm of the silver wolf.

“What?”

Ajin replies, looking back at the sewer.

“There's an interesting video on the homepage. Information about the boss monsters in the wild forest. ”

At the words of Haguro, Ajin was silent.

“This time a player has come in contact with a boss monster in the wild. And he posted that video on his homepage. ”

“Anonymous, right?"

Daisy asks. The sewer nods slowly.

“Well, it must be one of the rankers without seeing it. ”

“I saw that, too. You mean the video with all the voices edited and the camera up to the first person? ”

Lina receives your message. The sewer nodded and continued forward.

“Even if it's the first person, I've heard enough information about the boss monsters. ”

“You posted information about the boss monsters under the video, right? ”

Listening to the commute, Azin shuts up.

“The boss monster in the wild. Wear Wolf Valcoon. ”

The sewer mutters.

“Amazingly, the anonymous player reached the boss monster Solo, not the party, and fought the boss to some extent. You saw it, too? The way the Wear Wolf was swinging at the player's attack. ”

“I didn't really know what skill it was... but I guess it was a wizard, huh? ”

“From the way you move your body, you look like you've been practicing shampoo. A combination of aerospace and magic, or a superpower? ”

Lina mutters. Azin smiles faintly. Stronger is a skill that cannot be acquired in the tutorial. The only way to reach the Rifleman is to grow the skill, so it seems like the player thinks that Azin's attack on Balkun is not powerful, but magical. Well, he didn't think there was a player who got to the Forge from this point on.

“How can you post information on a bulletin board about a boss that has not yet been made public? That's a nice guy. ”

“So is he, but... thanks to him, the board went haywire. ”

I know. It was Azin who posted that video, no one else. I wanted to sell it for money because I felt like it. It was impossible to catch, but once the boss' footage was out in the open, it would have been money.

But he didn't. Instead of selling the video, he chose to post it to his homepage right now. I hid my ID, edited the video, deleted my voice, and fixed my viewpoint to one inch so I couldn't see myself.

“The party is throwing a raid on the boss right now. ”

Azin's lips twisted.

“The party that went to the harbor city seems to be not that interested. Their focus will be on the boss of the forest of pain. You'll be busy too. But not everyone does. ”

“The laggards. ”

Azin mutters. The sewer nods.

“That's right, there are too many players in the port city right now. They're all headed for the Forest of Pain, and the rest towards the Cliffs of Pain. We can't all benefit from that. ”

Exactly. I don't know the size of the island as a whole, but it's not that big of a town just to start right away. Although the wild forest is vast, it does not include all 1,500 players. So the players took full advantage and immediately left the forest and headed elsewhere as soon as they grew moderately. Beyond the Forest of Silence, we made our way to the port city of Rochester, and some set out for the blue volcano beyond the cliffs of the popularity.

But not all of them will have satisfactory growth there. The number of beta players is 1500. However, the area is limited and not so wide. Unless you go ahead quickly, you end up falling behind.

It was them that Azin was after. He sprinkled a mouth-watering rice cake. And I spread a fishing net, not a fishing rod. To catch more trout than a large fish.

“Raid's date is tomorrow, 8: 00 a.m. Game time. A storm is leading the way in 16th place, recruiting players to join the ranks. ”

“Well, I've seen over 50 of them before. Do you think there's anything left to eat if you run into that crowd? ”

“I want to be a part of it. ”

As she cuts Daisy's muttering, she says. As Lina walks beside the horse, she pauses and looks at him.

“... what is it? ”

“You want to be part of the first successful Boss Raid in this game. Even if you get one rat-tailed EXP and you actually get nothing for yourself. Humans feel fulfilled and proud with one great memory. ”

Ajin spits out a low smile.

“If Raid succeeds, the real advantage will be the Raid's leading ranker and a handful of top users. That's exactly what they're thinking. You'd think you could use a shield to attract the smallest of the rubble. ”

“Well, I guess so."

Daisy is blurry. She shrugs her shoulders slightly at the sudden change in azin. Azin smiles brightly, looking at Daisy.

“Are you interested? ”

“Ugh, yeah? ”

“Are you interested? Hunting boss monsters in the wild, roaring beasts, Valkun. Historic moment with the title, achievement of joining the Raid. You want to see it for yourself and be in it together? ”

In Azin's question, Daisy clammed her mouth. No, it would be a lie. Whether military or impulsive... purely, Daisy wanted to see the boss monsters with her own eyes and try to confront them. In the end, even if he dies as a shield, it seems he can handle it.

“Hey, bro? All of a sudden...”

“I'm the anonymous player. ”

Azin stops walking. All of a sudden, everyone stops walking and looks back at the pain.

“.. Yes? ”

“I'm the one who released the footage of the battle against Valkun. ”

Azin smiles brightly, looking at the sewer with frightening eyes. He spreads his hands to the sewer. Then he moves it towards Daisy and Lina, staring at himself with a blank eye.

“I lied to you a little bit. ”

Originally, I didn't intend to do this. You try to hide yourself as best you can and gain by clinging to Daisy's party. But things changed. Valkun's strength was beyond Azin's expectations. No matter how much you grow Daisy's party and grow yourself, the current path of power and azin cannot bring Valkun down.

So we draw the hounds from elsewhere. I don't want to expose myself to those bastards. Azin slowly pulled up the blood stream. The red force covers Azin's hands.

“Well, I don't think it was necessary. I'm not gonna apologize. Yeah, of course, right? The first person I see is always on guard. ”

“That's...”

The sewer stammers. He looks at the red strength that covered Azin's hand. The one you saw in the battle with the boss, the one you assumed was magic or superpowers. It's in Azin's hands.

“You guys are lucky. ”

He glances around the frightened people and relaxes. Hold Daisy's party. Grow them. I've already thought about that last night. But now it's a little different. It was originally a plan to grow them, without revealing themselves too much.

But like I said, things were different. Valcoon was too strong, and there was no way to catch Valcoon alone as an azin. Impossible even with Daisy's party. If so, increase the available Hand. Rapidly grows Daisy's party. No, that's not good enough. Growing them is not enough to use Daisy's party. They should make themselves obedient, even if that doesn't work, to some extent.

You have no choice but to reveal yourself to it.

Can we trust these bastards? ’

It is unknown. Maybe those bastards are talking nonsense. If so, it would be pointless to post anonymously on the bulletin board. We can't fully understand what the person in front of us is thinking right now. A man's heart is like that. That is, this is a gamble. A gamble where you don't know if you'll win or lose. No dealers, then.

Make the dealer who he is

“My level is currently 20. But the skill level is quite high. You confirmed it with the playback video, right? ”

Ajin waves his fist as he says so. The red force disperses. They are frightened. It doesn't give it a chance to resolve. Drive quickly, ensuring control.

“There are no videos, but all the revisions are real. I made it to the Valcoon alone, and I fought the Valcoon. I lost.”

Azin takes a deep breath.

“I admit, there's no way for me to catch Valkun. But I have to catch Valkun. Well, I can't explain it kindly, but...”

Tsk, Ajin turns his head. He approaches Daisy, blinking his big eyes and grabs her shoulder.

“Daisy, you said it yourself? If you get to level 25, I'll leave the wild forest and head for the Cliffs of Incognito. I will reach the Blue Volcano and hunt exclusively there. ”

“Ugh, yeah. ”

“Then the answer is simple. Trust me."

Azin smirks at Daisy's shoulders.