Kono Sekai ga Game da to, Ore dake ga Shitte Iru

Chapter 101: The Game of the Devil

Maki rated "Cat Ear Cat" as a game of demons.

The boulder 'cat ear cat' doesn't even make you fear Mahiko like Freedom's extreme.

That's what I thought at first...

"... because.

The first green guy comes out: 'With Iben?' Cause I think it's weird!

I was suddenly murdered there. "

"Green...... oh, it's a 'Lizardman trap'"

"Oh, maybe that.

'Cause it's a bad idea for five enemies to come out from the beginning!

"Well is that... um, the five of us?

From around there, I felt the clouds rapidly becoming suspicious.

"Lizardman's Trap" is a triggering event where one woman makes it look like she's being attacked by four Lizardmans, and women are actually attacking Lizardmans better.

If you play for the first time, women are often killed without knowing they are more bandits, but the battle itself is one-on-five.

This one should be able to fight in favor of numbers.

"No, in that event, that shouldn't be the situation...

Uh, how did you fight?

"Huh? What do you mean, mundane?

"Normal?"

For a long time, I couldn't trust this guy's "normal".

When I asked Mamiki back, she said that she was not open.

"Yeah. The lady and the green guy who came at me, I just put them together and did it..."

"Yes, Outo!

If you think something is wrong, it was an indication.

This guy is supposed to be on his side. Every Lizardman, he's defeated a bandit.

Reinhardt, I'm sorry......

I mean, I don't feel like it's something a beginner can do to beat that Ments one-on-five, but Maki is unusually good with only his motor nerves because of his game tone dementia.

If it's a VR game where the beauty of real motor nerves is also directly linked to the beauty of the game, I can't say enough that it's generally impossible.

"I mean, so what happened?

Lizardman, if you knock him out, you can't even let him ride in town, can you?

"Hmm? I don't know if I'm gonna give you a ride, but we're on the move, right?

It's in the carriage. 'I retrieved it and walked down the road. "

No, I wonder if that's robbery and murder, not drop item collection.

I twitched in my brain that way but didn't put it in my mouth, prompting ahead.

"Then I didn't find it like a monstrous fortress surrounded by walls.

I quickly fell apart.

This is the enemy base. "

"Uh, enemy base?

I get pompous about a statement that doesn't even clap.

Not only the Wang capital, but the slightly larger towns of this world are littered with city walls, but what about the base?

Or is it an enemy?

Maki, what the hell are you fighting?

"'Cause the guy at the gate with the spear came after me and tried to grab me, didn't he?

Is that, like, a "kick-ass"? 'I mean, right?

"No, you, it..."

That's probably a town guard full of justice trying to protect the town from bandit players.

Whatever town you are in, killing the good citizens you belong to, the friendship of that force sucks.

Maki's defeat of the Lizardman merchant has only reduced the friendship of the town of Lamric.

"I tried my best there.

I lost something and did it again from the beginning. "

"Oh well..."

I'll gladly tell you like I'm proud of my hard work, but I no longer have words for this misunderstanding.

Normally I think when I get to town and all of a sudden the guards attack me, I realize I made something wrong, but Mahiko, who has no gaming experience, only felt like it was' something like that '.

From there, Maki's misplay begins in earnest.

After redoing the game from the beginning, Maki easily annihilated the female bandit and Lizardman this time, taking the load of the carriage, avoiding the enemy bases (the town of Ramric) and rooting for a cave in the middle of a nearby mountain.

In this game, HP and MP will recover as time passes regardless of location.

Unlike an inn, it's not a hassle because you can't fly time in an auto, but you can heal wounds and fatigue by taking a break without having to use the inn.

Maki hunted the enemies of the caves he made Negijo and nearby fields to build up his strength, multiplying them by the shade of night and approaching the base (the town of Ramric, I have said many times) for his first save at Monolith near the town.

Then we sneak into town, raid the store and take supplies.

He escaped at full speed and managed to get something done, although he could be found by enemy soldiers (town guards) along the way.

"It didn't work out at first, but you're getting the hang of it.

Besides, the enemy base's "Aye? It's very convenient because it's replenished overnight."

I'm having fun talking about it, but somehow, that's it.

Sneak into a nocturnal town to live in a mountain cave and take the hardware away from the store.

(That's a complete bandit!!

Besides, it's not like he's playing a role in particular, and the fact that he thinks that's the right way to play with vegetables doesn't save him.

(No! No, Mayuki! "Cat, ear, cat" is not such a game!

But you didn't hear my heart scream,

"The hardest part was the weapon.

After the first sword broke, I tried some of them on the base, but they were all weak, so I stopped. "

"Stop, what?

"Yeah, I don't know if I can lose my weapon anymore."

"Bareback fight!?

Maki declared that he had renounced the use of weapons.

Besides, he says the weapon was weak, but there's no such thing in town as a weaker weapon than the first Rusty Longsword.

This could be...

"Hey, Maki. Weapon, are you properly equipped on the menu screen?

"Menu screen?

"It's a screen to put out when you log out or something!

You, did you choose to properly 'gear' there?

"You didn't do that, did you?

What, can't a weapon just hold it in your hand?

This is the response.

I've never heard a play so faithfully defending the basics of RPG, 'Weapons don't work unless equipped'.

If it's normal to play bare hands at the beginning, it can't go on.

Maki, however, apparently took advantage of the late haste without weapons and stood agile like a wild beast with unmatched motor nerves, continuing to defeat monsters and humans.

Nevertheless, it's not just the offense and reach that makes it hard to fight bare hands.

"But aren't bare hands skills a lot harder to use?

How did you get around there... "

"Skills?"

"Hey...!?

Time's frozen.

"You, no way, no..."

Impossible, I don't think so.

"You, Skill, have you never used it?

"...? Yeah"

Get instant answers without getting lost.

Instead, they looked at me more like, "What are you talking about, this guy".

Well, it may well be that humans who have never played a VR game or normal RPG before don't hit the idea of skill if they don't read the instructions and go ahead with the game without even meeting Grandpa Tuto.

No, but, but is there such a thing?

"Wait a minute. But, you see, skills, magic, maybe an event that you can't complete without..."

"'With Iben?' And besides the first one?

"... ahhh"

Impact, was.

No more words.

But that would be it.

If I stuck in a cave all the time and had the lowest friendship with the people in town, the event couldn't have happened either.

No, it shouldn't mean none because there aren't any events happening on the field or in the dungeon, but there won't be any events that need to be flagged as events of some kind, and if they don't move from around Ramric, that number will naturally be limited.

"Wait a minute!

Then why do you say 'Humanity is destroyed' or 'Games like the Devil'... "

"Mmm. Because, you know, people and animals that come out, they all of a sudden pop up when they look at us, right?

I mean, it's so barbaric, I thought it was terrible.

If I hadn't heard from you that the game was "Fighting the Enemy," you'd be surprised.

"I'm more surprised at your interpretation!

Or it's not the game that's the devil, it's your style of play.

"So, bugs, what's it got to do with anything?

"Heh? What a bug?

What's so good about it, it makes me look good?

"Oh, my God..."

I knelt down disappointed on the spot.

"Cat Ear Cat" has a lot of bugs.

Even if you patch it in, there are countless bugs to the point that the dog hits it on foot.

But Maki's play is too diagonally down (...) for a bug to occur.

Maki doesn't wake one event, he doesn't equip himself with weapons, he just repeats the battle even without even using his skills.

In that situation, there is hardly any element where bugs occur.

No, even if something bugs were occurring, Mahiko, who is oblivious to the game, would have been duly convinced again that 'that's what it is' and gone through.

(What the heck, that's...)

I regretted it.

Impossible game balance makes me ill, unexplained monsters drain my liver, swing me to bad character events, and tear me into a deadly bug.

That should be the right way to have fun with 'Cat Ear Cat' I know.

Only players who get over it can discover the unexpected usefulness of the 'cat ear cat' system, as well as the abundance of skills, magic and countless bugs that exist in vain.

And then he rebels against the irrationality of "Cat Ear Cat," feels comfortable behind the producer, and gradually gets stuck in the game.

That's the right path for the 'Cat Ear Cat' player.

I wonder if so. Maki softens them all up, uses little RPG gaming system instead of 'cat ear cat', crosses with monsters with bare hands and infiltrates enemy strongholds to take supplies.

I've turned it into a game of a less familiar genre, so to speak, survival undercover action.

Besides, the thing that bothers me the most is

"Besides, I said 'The Devil's Game' for another reason.

This is such a terrible game, but when I try it, it's just a little bit, just a little bit, but it's funny, and I can't stop...... hehe "

"Eh heh, no!!

It means he cares about enjoying 'Cat Ear Cat' in public while he plays like that.

It was already the limit of patience.

"... I'll tell you"

"Huh?"

"I'll tell you the real RPG, 'Cat Ear Cat'!!

That's what I said, and I walked out with Mayuki's hand.

"Oh, my God?

Listening to Maki's words like that, I think, 'Since when did I lose my taste in this guy?'

When I was a kid, me and this guy used to hang out.

I was the brave one, Maki became the captive princess, defeating the invisible evil demon king and dragons made of air.

I don't even want the same thing between us, like that time.

It's just not a good idea that Maki mistakes this' cat-eared cat 'for a' game that uses tough flesh to even rumble around 'style.

Or in the first place, Maki doesn't fundamentally understand something called RPG.

In that case, Maki was doing the same tying plays of "Solo Play," "No Gear Changes," "No Skills/Magic Use," and "No Items Purchased".

It could have been worked out just by the motor nerves because there were no event fights at the beginning, but this world isn't that sweet.

Let me tell you something, Maki wasn't playing the game.

I was just rambling around in the virtual real world.

The game has the laws of the game, it has the magic.

Don't assume you understand that, there will be a huge difference in the efficiency of the game.

"Duh, where are you going?

Maki asks, gripping his hand back tightly.

I've moved pretty much just momentum, too.

"I'm not going far. Uh... there you go."

Determine your destination immediately.

That's where we decided to stay the first day.

Sofas, tables, etc. are arranged in a good way, with moderate obstacles.

When I took Maki to the edge of that room,

"Hey, Maki. Can you touch that wall over there for a second and back off?

"Huh? Why?

"Well, sort of. Oh, please be as quick as you can."

I asked Maki to do that.

My plan is simple.

Even when it comes to elements of RPG, it's hard to show the benefit of events and gear here.

So very quickly, I'm going to show Maki the power of my skills.

That way, you can properly understand that games should not be played in the same way as they are in real life.

"Okay, let's go."

I didn't even know that thought, and Mayuki called me out.

"Yes!?

I started running at a rate like a wind.

That's not like Mitsuki's sophisticated, streamlined movements again.

Flaunt the table in a supple motion reminiscent of a wild beast, blur the sofa in an unscrupulous motion, and strike your hand against the wall.

He kept turning and got to me at much the same speed as he went.

"Is this all right?

I answered Mayuki with an upward voice.

"So, how did it go?

"Oh, no, I don't know, you're human away..."

"Huh?"

Maki looked disgusted, but this is an honest feeling.

I knew the height of Maki's athletic abilities, but since she was replaced with a princess in this world, that level has improved to a level unlikely in reality.

I could have been a little wrong.

It won't be possible to ignore game theory and survive 'cat ear cat' just because of nature's athletic abilities, but Maki is a princess now.

If you have the same specs as Princess Shermia in the gaming world and can use it to the full, that is truly remarkable.

The royal abilities are out of the group among NPCs, and probably well equipped.

You can see the battle at the "King's Capital Raid" event.

Maybe Maki got as much body as he could show enough strength without having to use any gaming elements at all.

- But.

"Mayuki, take a good look at my movements."

"Soma?

That's definitely not over the walls of a gamer.

To be clear, I'm not even at Maki's feet in athletic ability.

An indelible fact, but this is the truth.

I haven't forgotten that day in high school, when I did a feathery replacement badminton on New Year's Eve and got inked all over my face.

Since that time when this cousin, who is two years younger and is supposed to be a girl, beat me to Cotempan, I have sworn that I will not be able to compete in sports with this guy.

But not in the game.

If it's a game, everyone can be top notch.

You can run on a world record just by hitting a few buttons in a row, you can play famous songs just by key manipulation a little in time, you can use special moves just by choosing a few shortcuts.

I can't run like an athlete myself, nor can I manipulate an awesome sword move like a master of swords.

But I can order skills.

Look at that, Maki.

"This is the game's, 'cat ear cat' 's, 'normal'!!

Screaming,

(Step!)

I first jump forward at such a speed that I would never be able to get it out of my normal me on the steps.

Accelerating body.

But as it is, it hits the front couch.

(High step!

So short cancel that step, ignore inertia at high steps and bend at right angles.

Normally, when you change direction, people, no, creatures always slow down.

In this case, you can start by stepping on your feet and killing the momentum to move forward, then kick the ground and gain the energy to just go sideways, and finally bend at right angles.

But that's the rules of the real world.

Not if you cancel your skills according to the rules of the game.

I can even move sideways in an instant without any foretaste from being moving forward at the top speed.

Jump to the side without jumping too much.

But between me and the wall, nothing got in the way.

So,

Shrink!

Naturally use shrinkage to tighten the combo.

If humans want to travel normally, they have a run distance before they reach top speed.

But this shrinkage becomes the highest speed in an instant from activation, and that speed gently crosses the limits that humans can run and get out of.

But I wouldn't take care of it if it was rigid after I used it.

So keep hitting the other wall.

"Me!"

My hands touch the wall then, of course.

Now we call it back!

"Soma!?

I can hear Mayuki's surprised voice from behind, but I don't care.

It's a flashy clash to look at, and you might think it would hurt slightly.

However, hitting an obstacle during the use of mobility skills does not cause much damage.

(Air hammer)

A moment after I crashed into the wall, the aim was clear. Airhammer bounces me straight back at the right time.

Chant the next magic while being blown away.

I didn't intend to avoid any more obstacles on my way home.

(transient!

The dagger skill instantaneous protrusion can be used in either direction, up, down, left, or right.

From the situation being blown behind you, turn the other way in an instant with no turning motion.

Jump over the couch and leap straight out into the air,

(Air hammer)

Fly through the sky with the air hammer you were chanting earlier.

If you move in a straight line, the size of the room is no big deal.

Connect the transient protrusion and air hammer again from there,

"This is what it looks like."

I stepped down to Maki's present.

I don't have to weigh the time.

Maki was also traveling back and forth at a rate that exceeded human limits, but I definitely came back faster.

Now, did Maki also realize the usefulness of his skills?

"How'd it go?

With such anticipation, when I ask,

"Soma, why did you stop being human?

"I didn't stop!!

I've been saying something very rude.

You were probably there, too, so I teach Maki.

"Hey, this is how to get around using the game's system.

I mean, it's a game-like way to get around.

Maki remembers this too... "

"But I can't beat you either!

But I haven't heard.

"I got a little out of hand earlier, 'cause if you mean it, it's faster"

"No, I'm not..."

They set something on fire like Mahiko's fighting instinct.

I tried to hold him back, but it's too late.

"Look at that!

Don't scream like that, Maki has popped up against the other wall.

Really, I didn't even have time to hold back.

I just have to keep an eye on it.

(Speaking of which, this was Maki...)

It was somewhat nasty while I was reflecting on me, but as soon as it was over, it was at this rate.

If this is the case, you should have been a little more sober.

My vision of dropping my shoulders thinking that reflected a piece of paper falling to the ground flickering.

"That, this..."

I guess it popped up when Maki popped up.

What I thought was a piece of paper was a short book of examples.

Pick it up somehow.

Despite that, it says' I want to be a princess', a mellowed desire to jet sugar out of my mouth is decadent.

but

"Is that it?"

If you look closely, that's not all.

I noticed a small, letter-like object in the right corner of the booklet.

"... Leah ①?"

Is it a note of some kind?

I can't read well because it's a habit on a small one, but it seemed to say such a word.

"What is this?

To an unintelligible code, when I'm twisting my neck,

"How about that? This time it's better than just now...... oh, yeah, no!!

Maki, who came back, takes the short book from my hand.

And

"Mi, saw...?

He looked kind of strangely suspicious, and he asked me that.

Did you mean the strange string that was written on that end?

"Well... I saw it,"

When I say that, Maki's face turns bright red while he sees it,

"Oh, I don't think so!!

Shouting out loud for some reason, I ran outside the room without even looking behind me.

"Oh, hey, talk..."

Only my words echo vainly in the deserted room.

"What was that, that"

Maki doesn't always make sense, but today she doesn't always make sense.

I just came to another world, does that mean that Maki is Maki?

I just discovered a troublesome fact that I can feel safe with, for now, today's lesson.

- Maki and I, we still don't fit!!