Gate of Amitilicia Online

Episode 15: Mining Guard

Leias Workshop, an armoury store on Einfast's Armoury Street. I was there to show Mr. Reyes the gauntlet I was using.

"Hmm, this is brilliantly pierced..."

Mr. Leias whines with a difficult face as he watches the gauntlet plucked by the bastard sword in the potion incident the other day. Originally this gauntlet was sold as a practice item by Mr. Leias. Even though it was not a big deal in quality, I guess I have somewhere to think that my work has come to this.

"So, can I fix it?

The endurance value of what I say in the game hasn't reached the full loss yet. It's not that I can't even use it at the moment, but it still doesn't look good and I gather unnecessary gaze when there is damage.

"I can fix it... but with this quality, I don't know when this will happen again..."

"I've become quite familiar with it, so I'd still like to use it if I could."

Fighting with my bare hands makes this gauntlet user-friendly for me. Even assuming it is used in conjunction with [Magic Strike], it is quite useful. Because I didn't have to die the other day because of this.

"Hmm... Fist, would you take on one request if you don't mind?

"Is that a request? Is there something I can do to help?

As we looked into later, Mr. Leias was one of the production players whose name was sold there. Not even top notch, but as a blacksmith, he seems to have a name at the top of his list. Someone like that asked me to do it?

It's an ore collection escort.

"Escort, is it... me, I'm not that strong?

I'm a beginner who doesn't even reach level 20 in his main combat skills. It's not a big deal in the sense of strength. I mean, I'm not even complacent enough to say I'm one end player at the moment.

"Oh, don't worry. It's not like we're going anywhere with a vicious enemy. While I'm mining, I'd like to ask you to be vigilant so I don't get hit by surprises."

Oh, more of a watchman than an escort. I wonder if I can handle that.

"It's time for the material not to be forgiven. I'm going to make a new gauntlet for you using the ore I got there. If you have the opportunity to meet someone who can do this kind of damage, you should rank up your gear."

I don't think that's the case with the opportunity to antagonize the high-level user of that hand, but it's honest that I want a good weapon.

"Okay, I'll take it. So, how much will the gauntlet cost?

"It depends on the ingredients and the workmanship, but 30,000 would be enough. Yeah, if you have leather materials or something that you can use for the basement, I'll let you discount that amount. And what about the reward for the escort at 10,000?

10,000 for escorts alone would be the income there. I think 100,000 yen a day is broken. I don't know how much the 300,000 yen gauntlet will be, but I'm looking forward to it now.

The day after tomorrow, the contract was concluded. Hmm, is this going to be the first request I get formally from a player? At the time of the potion incident, it was essentially a request from Mr. Cornell, the NPC. All right, let's get you in the mood.

But before you do, will you go hunting for one today? Dismantling, dismantling.

Login for the twenty-fifth time.

I was partying with Mr. Leias on my way to the mountains north of Einfast. That's the first time you've gone north if you think about it. I mean, I feel like I've only been to the West Forest so far.

North of Einfast, it's a little wilderness. It's a murderous landscape with sparsely grown like shrubs and cactus, but nothing else stands out.

"Speaking of which, what does mining for ore look like?

By the way, Mr. Reyes' gear is a warhammer on the breast plate. Probably homemade. Exactly. I don't expect to use warhammers for mining, but when it comes to blacksmiths, it seems?

"You just dig where the ore is. It's not hard if you know where it is."

"You mean like a mine?"

"No, the mines in GAO are under national control."

The country? Yeah, speaking of which, the city of Einfast, where we are now, was set to be the city of the kingdom of Fallula.

"It's not in Einfast, but it's in Zvand. It is possible to mine there, but there is a decision that half of the mined ore must be paid in order to be charged for entering the mountain. The quality is good..."

I don't know if there was such a circumstance... I don't know how much the mountaineering fee and how much it is, but I can't ask you to halve the actual entry on top of the fee.

"So most of the time we players get ore elsewhere. We call them wild mines, for example, for mines controlled by the state. We're going to be one of those places."

What about the quality of ore in such a place? Considering it's not mine, maybe the quality isn't very good

I don't know where in the rocky mountains you can see in the distance what kind of ore sleeps. But I guess the blacksmiths are having a lot of trouble. You shouldn't be able to recognize ore without the same coping skills as a herb or something, so it wouldn't work to get someone to get it. For once, it looks like you can buy ingots with a blacksmith guild, but it's cheaper to dig ore than buy it, and you can level it with the task of ingoting it.

Go further into the landscapelessly interesting wilderness. At the foot of the mountain you can see that there is green. Maybe some animals. Oh, well, did the mountain have rock lizards? I'd like to try to hunt it when it comes out... but I guess the priority should be the escort. No, but if you come out on the way out, you have no choice, yeah.

Rock Lizard I proceeded with my mind remembering to come out, but in the end I reached the foothills without appearing. Mr. Leias steps straight into the woods. The forests around here are not that deep compared to those in the west. After stepping in for a while, it fell out lightly.

Your feet change from soil to rock. There was a slightly wider rocky area, with a flat wall in front of him. Smooth rock walls as if cut with a large blade. There are holes underneath it, that is, in some of the areas that are within our reach.

"Is that the entrance to the wild mine?

"Oh, it's a trail I mined. There's a layer of iron ore around here after a little digging."

When Mr. Leias stored the warhammer in his storage bag, he removed the tsuruhashi from it.

"Then I'll start mining. Call me when you get something."

"Okay."

So far, there are no signs around. If you were using [Signal Detection] at about ten seconds apart, you wouldn't have a problem with it first. There's plenty of room from the woods to the cliffs, and if anything comes, it seems easy to see.

Mr. Leias shook Tsuruhashi down against the rock wall. Makes a creepy noise and Tsuruhashi wears a rock. The tsuruhashi, wielded at a good high pace, quickly created a hole high enough for people to stand and walk on rock walls. But you've got a lot of momentum. Will this also benefit your skills or something? Or does Tsuruhashi perform well...

Mr. Leias's figure gradually disappears into the back as he digs through the rocks. I kept my perimeter alert as I sidetracked the rocks that were thrown out of the way from time to time.

In doing so, the sound of the tsuruhashi has changed. Something starts to mix up that doesn't sound hard, like just now.

"Fist, will you keep the stones you're about to put out in one place?

There was something rolling from the back of the hole with my voice. That was a red-like rock consolidation.

"What is this?

"Iron Ore."

"Heh, this is... but it's not an iron-like color"

"I'm not familiar with it either because I'm not a real blacksmith, but there seem to be many different types of iron ore as well. The status display only describes iron ore, but perhaps this is a hematite where you say it in real life"

I picked it up. I'll take a closer look at that. Somehow, it looks like a chunk of rust. Besides, it's more like a lump of dirt than a stone. Will this be iron? But I just thought the metal itself would come out, but it would be produced as a literal ore. I mean, we have to refine it from here or something. It doesn't make it metal. Sounds like something tough. Mr. Blacksmith...

Anyway, let's do what they say. I work in picking up iron ore and putting it together in one place. Naturally, we don't miss our perimeter alert.

But it's peaceful. Will there really be beasts of the system that attack people or something in a place like this - hey, don't come anything. And fast. I started hearing footsteps, too.

It already popped out of the woods when I tried to send Mr. Leias a warning.

Big! There's about a horse, that deer!? I saw it online a long time ago, but it looks like a Japanese deer.

The deer ran past me, sounding the lavish footsteps. You didn't even look this way. But it would have been a hassle if they had come at me. I'm not joking about being bigger than the boar I've ever put up with.

Oh, shit. You should have taken a screenshot...

But if it was that big, it would have been a venison festival. They can sell it if the neck is peeled off, and the fur is quite a bit... how about a raccoon you don't take off.

But don't worry about it. I mean, he was in a hurry, and he seemed like he was running away. [Signal perception] again... something is coming. That's also in a move like chasing a deer earlier.

"Something's coming, Mr. Reyes! Be vigilant!"

Speak up to your employer and stand up for signs. Mr. Leias also came out of the pit with Warhammer in his hand.

"How many?

"Just one. Just before he arrived, a deer the size of a horse ran through."

"Horseside deer? You had a guy like that around here. But you're saying that's enough to escape?

"I just associated it because it comes from the same person, but it could be completely irrelevant."

Eventually, it showed itself.

"Swain's a liar!

I screamed out of the blue. It was a big lizard that came out in front of me. [Animal Knowledge] also confirmed that it is Rock Lizard. That's good.

But he was abnormally tall. Swain, I was talking about, like, two meters, but no matter how I looked at it, it was more than five meters in front of me. When I get here, it's a big crocodile.

Can I say that my body color is rocky? A rocky outer skin, worthy of the name of rock. Chorocholo and his mouth, which occasionally peeks into his tongue, remain closed, but he will surely have sharp fangs. The claws that grow on my feet are also black and long and sharp.

Rock Lizard It's true I was hoping you'd come out, but I don't need this rock Lizard...

"Hey, what is that...?

"It's Rock Lizard."

"Yes, no, I've fought Rock Lizard several times, but I've never seen such a huge individual..."

You can't believe the existence of the organism in front of you, Mr. Leias, whining with a trembling voice. No, but, you know, I do tell you that my [animal knowledge] is rock Lizard. Besides, it doesn't have any special annotations...... if it's unique or something field-boss, why don't we have about that extra item to run it!? No, but the race is the same thing, so it's not skillfully wrong... Yep, no!

Well, how did you deal with it? It was pretty quick to see the movement when I came out of the woods. Even a real lizard runs pretty fast, so how much if that gets bigger... I feel like even a hit-and-run attack is going to take a lot of damage. Then fighting at their speed is suicidal.

"Mr. Leias, stand by!

After making sure there was no other danger around, I said, I ran. Strengthen your fists with [Magic Strike] to pack your time.

It seems Rock Lizard recognized me as the target, and opened that big mouth. Peeping from it is a scarecrow's teeth. You're going to easily eat your body and cut it a thousand times if you bite me...

We don't go directly from the front, we move around. Rock Lizard's head remains captive over here. I went into the woods and approached Rock Lizard as I sewed the shade of a peripheral critical tree. To avoid a Rock Lizard rush.

My head stays this way, but Rock Lizard still doesn't move. Hopefully we can get into the woods...... draw some more flashy!

It's still a little far in time, but I jumped out of the woods. At the same time, Rock Lizard is coming this way. I knew I waited for you, you bastard.

Once I stopped, I jumped backwards to match the Rock Lizard advance. Naturally Rock Lizard is faster than me. Soon Rock Lizard approached my nearest most recent.

Thoughtfully step on the tip of its nose at the right time to open your mouth wide and bite. At the same time as the definitive response, the speed of falling back increased. The Rock Lizard was flown in.

"... Oops!

Get back on your feet and get your feet to the ground. While balancing, he slipped on the ground with that momentum, jumping further backwards as the velocity dropped. Once I stopped, Rock Lizard comes in this way again. All right, totally this guy's attention is on me!

Confirmation of other signs in [Signal detection] - None. There is no danger to Mr. Reyes.

"I'm going to get rid of this guy for a second!

I called Mr. Reyes and I jumped into the woods. The trees around here are short. It's not good enough to get Mr. Leias' warhammer around. Besides, what's it like to tell your employer to join the fight... and I might ask you to do it when it gets worse, but for once, as a solo player, I think I'll encounter a lot of occasions like this, and then I need to be able to deal with it alone.

I made sure Rock Lizard was coming after me and I stuck my hand in the porch.