Golden Experience

Nameless tombmarks.

On the rooftop, the Count of De Havilland was kneeling. In front of the Count, Geraldine stands idle.

This is not the first time Blanc has seen the Count like that. Bran himself has been kneeling before, and he seems to show strong respect for Rare as well as not enough to poke him on the knee.

But this time, unlike those times, there was a more pressing atmosphere.

Maybe it's because Weiss and Vincent are lying flat behind the Count.

In the meantime, players come to visit the tower.

Bran is taking care of it because he can't help it, but they should have seen it before they died.

What do you think of the players who saw their boss kneeling before someone else in the tower?

I was a little curious and checked the SNS between them, and it seemed that the players' interest was more focused on Geraldine, who appeared new than on how the Count looked.

The flow seemed like a comparison with Bran, whose atmosphere was similar, but Geraldine is the dominant one so far.

It seems that Geraldine, who is straight and daughter-friendly, is more popular with men than some neutral Bran.

The popularity of women seemed to increase for Blanc, but this one had to compete with the Count and Weiss to win the vote, which was bad.

"─ ─ Suddenly Senpai Jelly took away my popularity. I can't help it, honestly, I don't care, but don't do anything anymore...."

"Oh, I like Blanc. Cute thing."

"Oh, really? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."

"I'm sure I'm beautiful, so I know I'm going to be popular! But if popularity is biased, I'm sure Gentiles don't see it."

"Ah, there's no such thing as a heathen!

Blanc remembered the fungus mask and battle cock he saw one day. There were men in nursery clothes and black tights all over the body.

I'm sure that's not common, but I know Bran who hasn't had much contact with players. Statistically speaking, there are quite a few freaks. Professor Mori said that statistics is just a handy tool that self-proclaimed experts made to deceive people.

"You can stand up now, Jeff. And you two have never met in person."

"─ ─ I'm late. The true ancestor, Geraldine. My name is Weiss, and I have been summoned as a new dependant of Count Jofloa de Jabirand. I gave your name to Blanc. Thank you very much."

The rising voice saluted and greeted him.

Vincent also lowered his head next to it, but he couldn't speak, so he didn't say hello.

I thought the Count had taken his place at the introduction.

"Oh, yeah. Goljay's... Can you talk to your friend at Rae's? Then you'd better align them."

"But in order to reincarnate, Vincent himself must break the shell. This is all for us....."

It's getting harder to talk.

In any case, if there is nothing that Geraldine or the Count can do about it, then there is nothing Blanc can do about it.

The player's waves seemed to be calming down, so I was free.

Originally, fewer players have come to the Western continent since the road was opened.

But the Count has just been advised to grow Indigo.

I'm not saying thank you, but I'd like to help Bran if there's anything he can do to reincarnate Vincent.

"In the meantime, I don't know what kind of applause the skin will peel off, and what if all the other conditions are satisfied first? Stones of the wise and experience points.

If it's a sage stone, I think Rare will probably give it to me. I don't know what to expect in return. "

"... it's not skin, it's shell, okay? Then I will take care of His Majesty the Demon King ─ ─"

"Leave it to me that I'm finally coming!

I contacted Rare in a friend chat.

Rare herself couldn't let go because there was a festival coming, but if she went to the sky garden, she would arrange for it to be received from the Archangel Sally.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Bran."

"No! I've always looked after the Countess!

"So what do you want in return for the sage's stone?

"Hmm, I didn't say anything about that...."

"... that's what scares me the most."

If I don't intend to be hostile to Rare in the future, I think I should return it in action or something.

Or maybe Rare is generously distributing items to keep them hostile.

I have heard that the leaders of each disastrous faction will join hands or antagonize by their interests, and if hostility has only disadvantages, they will not dare to antagonize.

"... I wonder if this is it. In return, I might say something like that."

As far as Geraldine is concerned, there seems to be no need to worry about hostility in the first place.

Well, let's run by ourselves and get the sage's stone from the sky garden.

"No, I can't let you do that.

─ ─ Vincent, you go get it yourself. "

Vincent was surprised by the exaggeration and appealed to his dissatisfaction by spreading his hands.

Seriously, why, it seems inefficient.

As soon as you can figure this out, you can see how powerful this Vincent is in life.

"It's about you, and it's only natural. You can't let my lord or Bran do something like a cabin boy."

"No, not at all....."

Vincent put a gesture on Bran's words like, "Look, that's what he said."

"Nann. Bran has already taken great care of him as a connection to His Majesty the Demon King. You mustn't be any sweeter than that."

Vincent covered his eyes with his palm, and looked up to heaven.

And when he received the old map from the Count, he dropped his shoulders and went down the stairs. Apparently, he thought about it.

"... but I don't know how long it'll take to walk from here."

"After all, I don't even have the prospect of breaking the shell. There's no point in rushing."

"And Vincent wasn't completely immune to sunlight. I can only travel at night."

"I'm not in a hurry."

─ ─ Hey, Bran. I wonder which dress or sleeping roll to wear. "

"Even if you say you only travel at night, you don't have to go to sleep, and it doesn't have to be a bedroll. Oh, you mean Vincent wears a dress? What are you talking about?

I came to the unnamed tombstone to meet Geraldine with the Count, but it's over.

After sending Vincent away, Geraldine, who had returned to her senses, had heard from the Count what had happened over the centuries.

It was a little embarrassing that the ancient Spirit King fell, and then the archangels appeared, and Bran and Rare were told in line with them.

But once again, objectively, the density of the incidents that have occurred since the start of the game service certainly seems unusual.

Most of it is because of Rare, but there are some monsters that might have grown to catastrophic levels if left alone.

Rare erupted the volcano, and the Golden Dragon terminal that Bran fought everywhere would have awakened regardless of Magnum.

The Princes of the Kingdom of Pare were investigating the ruins, and without Magnum's intervention, it should have developed into a major incident in the near future.

Suppose the operation had made those arrangements to match the start of the service, if Magnum had not intervened, would the other players alone have been able to resolve those cases?

For example, Sugar, one of Rare's subordinates, would have grown to catastrophic proportions if she hadn't met Rare and controlled the Rebe Forest by herself.

I know it's because we fought together, but Sugar's strength is quite high.

Moreover, even though it is as strong as it is, it is a predicate disaster to fight with many subordinates.

And as for the princes of Pare, if they had grown to the same level as the Phantom Beast King that Rae defeated in King's City, they would still not be in the hands of those players.

The golden spoiler, Palpatio Caspar, is out of the question.

It is a raid boss that can finally defeat the disasters that have just been raised in bundles.

"... it's too weak for all the other players, isn't it?"

Puiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii) Something wrong with being weak? Isn't that better than being strong and out of control?

"I see. I feel like things are very unbalanced."

"─ ─ I felt it too. While it is true that the families of the world are growing in strength, they are weaker than originally envisaged. It became clearer when we fought here."

"Nfu. Hey, Jeff, what am I? What are you wearing? I used to be a first-person when I talked to Walter, but when I talked to Walter, I usually said ─ ─"

"That's it! It doesn't matter now, does it? What matters is the weakness of the Gentiles, the family of the world."

"Either way, I don't care about the Gentiles' weakness ─ ─"

"I mean, what does Bran want to say?

The Count has apparently come to our continent and begun to speak of me.

I am worried about the change in mood, but I decided to leave it alone because I don't want the person to touch it.

Blanc can read air.

"Well, we are now aiming to crush the Golden Dragon, but if the moment we destroy the Golden Dragon seal, like it was a long time ago, terminals and things appeared all over the world, I think there are countries and cities that will soon be destroyed. Dungeons, too.

At that time, perhaps we'll be all alone in the main body crusade, so I don't think we can deal with that kind of junk fish.

When that happens, even if you win hard, it's not worth it if the world is destroyed. "

Magnum's breathtaking NPCs may not die, but it is a problem that only NPCs survive the duel.

If you want the world to be the same as it is now, I want many other NPCs to survive as much as possible.

Of course, there will be some people who will not participate in the battle against the Golden Dragon, like the Oral Kingdom, but it is impossible to protect the whole world.

Instead of Magnum Melm, we need the power to hold the Golden Dragon's terminal down.

Let the Gentiles protect the innocent.

"Well, I don't know if people are guilty or not, and I don't know if the players will do it, but I think that's probably what happens automatically when the world is hit by a crisis.

But in order to do that, the player now has no strength at all.

It is of course important to increase our strength to fight the Golden Dragon, but we need to strengthen something with other players in parallel, or at least instill a sense of crisis. "

We need to throw this matter at the other members of Magnum once.

It is probably Magnum's fault that players are less powerful than expected, as the Count says, despite the many strong enemies that were scheduled to emerge.

Magnum has pinned some of the experience that was supposed to flow to the players because he took over many events instead.

It is good because it is used effectively, but it is not good that the player remains weak.

Then there is one thing we should plan for here: XP Rebate Thanksgiving in response to everyday patronage.

If possible, I would like to receive bonuses such as reduced penalties and increased earned experience, such as official large-scale events, but would that be possible if I applied?

Rare seemed busy, and Lila said she'd do some kind of verification with Bamboo. The professor has gone somewhere with Zenobia.

Probably the most leisurely one right now is Bran.

Then you should take a look at it before making a suggestion. That should make future meetings smoother.

"─ ─ So, I thought I'd take a look around from the middle to the west and see if I could get some tips for a big event."

"Mr. Blanc, you're thinking a lot without seeing it. Wow! Can I come with you? I'm not sure about this continent yet, and I'd love to have you show me around!

"This is totally awesome!

The Count is looking at us with a face that seems to be one of us, but he cannot leave his seat because of the protection of this tombstone.

Even Vincent is gone, and his power is declining.

"... I don't know what you're thinking, but maybe not. I was just feeling asexual and anxious."

"Hey, that's why I..."

"Welcome, my lord!