Golden Experience

Episode 239: Big Friends

"By the way. If you hadn't cooperated with me, you could have defeated that archangel boss, but why are you doing this troublesome thing?

"Such a pain in the ass, I wonder if you mean using your family to crusade archangels or working with other players in disguise like you just did"

Ah.

"It's okay if I do it alone, but if anyone does it, it's very noticeable. Just like you, I'm pretending to be NPC to the players.

It is unnatural for such a person to carry out repeated crusades against Archangels alone. "

"That's right. What are you doing that for? I'll tell you."

"And there's something else I want to do. I can't keep my hands on all the archangels."

Although explaining the situation to these collaborators is necessary, I honestly want to resume my journey soon.

Getting around on foot was fun besides what Rare thought.

"I see. You look busy."

"Is there anything else you'd like to hear? I don't care when you ask me, but you won't get to see me too often to talk to me, and it would help if you'd listen to me now that I'm face-to-face."

"I do. This is him."

Bamboo removed Zagreus' heart from the inventory.

That was an archangel drop earlier.

I instructed Gaslak to give it to Bamboo as a thank you for his cooperation.

"What the hell is this guy? It resembles the jewels that those angels drop, except for the clear colors and the glow. It's an item that all those powerful monsters drop, and it's just a jewel. Then hey..."

"Oh, that's it. His name is Zagreus' heart. It's a resurrection item. When you approach a dead character for the purpose of using that item, it disappears and recovers from Death. LP also seems to recover to some extent at this time, as well as lifetime injuries ─ ─"

"Wait, wait, wait, wait! Revive Item!? Is this it!? I've never heard that before! I mean, there was a resurrection...."

"There will be. It must have been a system message when he died. There's a resuscitation waiting for an hour or something. Maybe he's not answering now."

If I become a dungeon boss, I can't lispawn at will. For this reason, it is not known whether a similar message will still flow because Rare has not died since then.

Besides, the limitation of resuscitation within an hour meant that the body had one hour to remain with its soul.

If so, maybe the resuscitation limit isn't an hour for dungeon bosses, which Lispawn presupposes.

I need to check somewhere once.

To make sure, I need to try and kill the boss of some dungeon.

"... uh, I don't remember. I wonder how it went. I think I got a message about resuscitation..."

"It's nothing. I wonder if there's anything else."

"I have a lot of doubts about you... If it's a cooperative relationship, it's ugly to ask questions unilaterally even though you can't get anything out of me. So, now it's okay.

I don't want to hear anything more about what I've been working with this time. "

I see. If you need anything, just let me know via friend chat. Ah, yes ─ ─ "

He raised his hips from the golem, where he was trying to move, and looked up at the log house, which was much more splendid than before.

"Let me ask you one last time. You don't resent the last time I attacked this dungeon? If there seems to be any remorse, it will affect our future relationship, and if we can, I want you to be honest here."

"... To be honest, when they burned the house, it got to my head enough to boil it back down.

Even I'm using my subordinates to attack the city, to kill NPCs and players, and they're like each other. If we split up and fought each other, we should also split up about the sacrifices and damage that went out there.

The only thing I was hit almost unilaterally then was that I was weak, and now I thought I could win, but apparently he can't either. Come to think of it, it's not weird that they're stronger just because we're stronger over here, and that was kind of sweet thinking.

Well, if you want to do it again, you're gonna have to do it without a grudge. "

It's an adult response.

If it is rare, can it be broken up so far?

I don't think I can.

"... I wish you could say that.

Fighting you again is an attractive proposition, but it's still a little open. Besides, we rule each other's dungeons, and we must be careful of death. Even if you do, you have to be careful there.

Now, let's go.

You still have that Hobbgoblin mage on that meadow? I would appreciate it if you could take down the Archangel a few times. Because ─ ─ "

"Hey, welcome back. Now for one thing, I think the archangel crusade counter is going to go around even if it's left alone."

Lyla was waiting in the finest room in the city of Keefa, at the Silver Bare Bear Pavilion.

"I'm here, I see. We're going to ask Mare to help the players crush the Archangels in the Hugel Cup until the event is over. Is that Liliene over there? You want me to go out with you on behalf of the Lord?

"Sure. That? Kelly, is that you? What about that deadbeat beast boy?

"I stopped. She said it was troublesome and she was about to run away.

I was thinking of pretending to be a player at another party, but no matter how many people there were, there was only one destination, so if the timing was right, I would see them sometimes. "

"Yeah. Who's the demon player?

"For the monster player, we're going to have our Gaslak primarily active. Then, let the player help you with the example bumb.

It doesn't matter if you let them participate as NPCs like Mare and the others, but if you let them pretend to be players, you don't have to make unexpected mistakes. I asked Bamboo for help. "

"─ Oh, the third place in the example. Are you all right? What personality?"

"What a pretty grown man for words. As a friend, I think you'll do what you ask."

"Adults"

"Yes, you're being reasonable, you're a self-contained person."

"Friends"

"Yeah, I signed up for a friend."

Speaking of which, how are the players who originally stayed at this inn?

The fact that this inn is still so safe should not be so unscrupulous, but I don't even think that it is living peacefully and safely without any change.

Monica.

Yes, Master Rae.

Bring me a little checkbook.

A while later Monica came with her lodging book.

"Thank you. Well..."

Turning over the ledger, Margaret's name appeared on the previous page.

I don't know if it's my full name, but it says "Margaret Kuji." Officially, this seems to be the player character name.

Um, I wonder if this is the party member that was written next to me.

Janet Yasaka.

Margaret Kuji.

Elizabeth Swallow.

And Allison Kira.

"Three... no, there are four of you"

It's about a month since they started using the inn.

And since it's not checkmarked before the name, it's probably still in the lodging.

It looks like this property has a checkmark rule for the names of guests who have checked out.

"Are these four people talking about this inn, or are they talking about us in particular?"

"Sometimes you act like you're watching the original owner or asking about this space, but nothing else. As always, you're going out to the wetlands to hunt and come back. Unlike before, how many more people come out of the room despite going out?"

I'm rispawing in my room, which means I'm going back to death.

I guess it's in return for challenging the bear the way it's always been.

That bear has always been a pretty strong setting for a layer of players who make money from 1 dungeons to try, but now it's enhanced to such an extent that it doesn't target them at all. Margaret Kuchi is not the one who can defeat them now.

Originally, however, when it comes to dungeon bosses, it is something that cannot be defeated by players of the right rank.

I mean, I can say it's the same as any other dungeon. I want you to be patient there, or refine it.

"But why are you silent? In that situation, I think it would be unnatural to think that this inn is not in my hands."

"In the stolen conversation, we talked about how until the event was over..."

"Hmm......?

Until the end of the event, we want to investigate ourselves because there is no death penalty even if we are powerless, or what?

Either way, there should be some movement when the event period is over.

If they don't spread the word that the inn is suspicious, the players won't gather, and it will be difficult to monitor the players from here, but I can't advertise the suspicion from the inn or Rare.

We'll shelve this until the end of the event.

"Well, if it's no problem, you can leave it alone.

Lyla, it's time to continue your journey. Lyla? "

"─ Okay, Rae. Next time I see that bumb, I'll take your sister with me."

"I don't mind, but I have a golem over there so I can fly under the Summon Monster, but how does Lyla plan to get here?

"Neuschlos, right? I usually go somewhere with a transfer service, and I fly from there."

"Fine, but don't find me a player or anything"