Vorpal Rabbit and Fortress Uncle

A pedestal in the center of a white stone room. A red gem that stands tall on top of it. The colour is similar to the usual source stone, but its transparency and brilliance are different. The rough shape was made into an ellipse, and something like an electronic circuit could be seen faintly inside the stone.

Oh, this is the next source stone.

"Eight Channel Hook Ball Function Extension Part I - [Staff], it's a long way and it's just" Advanced Source Stone ", isn't it? Unlike the usual, it would be nice if you didn't have to gacha.”

Letty slowly took the source stone from the pedestal as cheers rose from around her. The complexity of the white light in the room is like a gemstone of a large grain.

A lot of interesting words appeared in the announcement earlier, but that would be fine later. It was important to look at the advanced source stone in front of me.

Well, then, I'll use it.

Letty says it in a nervous way.

Astra and the others nodded together, gulping their saliva and staring at each pair of hands.

Letty grasped the Advanced Source Stone and opened the Usage Confirmation window. She is warned that she will consume the item when she uses it, and she accepts.

The red source stone melted in Letty's white hand. While emitting particles of light, it was sucked into her.

What do you say?

Toka looks worried and asks how things are going.

Letty didn't answer anything and quickly opened the status window.

"... the maximum skill level is now 85!"

The status window is visualized.

Looking into it, it was true that of the skills she was training, only the bar indicating the upper limit of her [Staff] skill had slightly increased. As a result, a difference from the current value is created and a gap is formed. A margin for further growth emerged.

"Oh, this is amazing!"

I did it! Now I can be stronger!

You're so happy, Letty spins around holding me. I was chilled not to be dropped, but she rather squeezes me with her full of strength.

"The rest are [Combat Skill], [Walking] and [Control]..." You have a lot of skills to improve. Scepter Technique It looks like it's still going to take you to level 100.

"I also want to quickly raise the limit." When that happens, it will be necessary to review the skill structure again. "

At the moment, it's a pretty close skill configuration, so the upper limit can only be expanded to be a source of trouble, but it's impossible to be purely strong. What worries me about this is the flavor of a system called skill-based.

"It looks like you'll be a little busy in the future." If we publish this, auxiliary materials such as meteor shards will soar. "

"In the first place, it is also necessary to verify whether the auxiliary material is constant." If it's just Yuanshi, we have a stockpile. "

The two [Knights of the Great Eagle] were already thinking about the future. The source stone, which has been in sluggish demand so far, will be trading again. The same is true of the auxiliary materials, but we have not been able to verify what is required.

"I would like to make this matter public as soon as possible. Even if you hide it, there's nothing you can do about it, and I think that spreading it rather than hiding it will benefit the whole thing. How about you guys?”

Astra looks us in the eye and asks.

At the moment, it's probably the only information we know. I had to go here quietly and monopolize the Advanced Source Stone. Nevertheless...

"I'm in favor of making it public." You can't hide it, you don't have to hide it. "

That's right. Even if Letty gets stronger, the attack won't go ahead.

"It seems more troublesome than monopolizing the flavor"

The general consensus of the [Shirataga] is in favor of its publication. The shrine and Luna followed suit. It is not said that monopolization is bad, and the secrecy of proprietary technology is routine, especially in the case of production bands. However, it is also true that it costs a lot to hide it.

"Now, I will announce it later from the Knights." We need to retreat today. "

Roger that!

Rather than being the only one in the game, letty, who unleashes the only skill cap in the game at 85, shakes her ears in an upbeat mood.

Speaking of which, the corridor side is this wall, right?

I suppose we need to figure out how to open this.

She turned around on the other side of the hole where we came in. It doesn't look much different from the left and right walls, but it should lead in the right direction to the corridor of the [Temple of the White Abyss].

Ufufu, can you break the extended skill level of Letty now?

Glancing at the smooth walls with no seams, Letty smiled irresistibly.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Besides, don't wave your hammer around holding me. Even so, it's an unfamiliar feeling that your vision moves regardless of your will.

"I know." Besides, it's a door that many people have tried but never opened. How easy it is to-- "

That said, Letty stroked the wall. It was then.

Huh?

Without a sound, the white wall was bisected and slipped left and right.

A wide hallway stretches beyond the door that opens without any resistance. There are a lot of players out there.

With us, with them. Both sides gently crossed their gazes. Suddenly, understanding cannot keep up with each other.

"I-I 'm sorry..."

Letty closes the door again. But that can't be enough to calm things down.

“Astra, what do you think we should do when this happens?”

Let's give up.

It is affirmed with a refreshing smile.

It wasn't supposed to be like this.

I'm going to hate you, Letty.

"Hi, nnh..."

With tears in her eyes, Letty reopened the door.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

"What the hell is this!" What the hell is this?! "

I'll tell you more!

"What's going on, old man?!"

The aggressive players who were soon to enter. While being pushed away by the turbulence of people, I was distracted by the questioning I was waiting for.

†

In conclusion, the proportion of disturbances quickly subsided. Astra and Eye, accustomed to these things, quickly set the scene for us. They took care of most of the questions and pursuits.

All I answered was, like, a big octopus outside the room. The current state of the defeated method and conversion parts is the rest.

Anyway, it was unexpected, but the announcement about the advanced source stone was made. Full-scale verification should be carried out in the future.

"Phew. I wish I had limbs."

After being exposed to camera flashes and questions during an apology meeting, I asked a wild engineer who was in the [Temple of the White Abyss] to put his hands and feet on me. Because it is a normal part, I need to go to Neva later, but I was able to get rid of the situation of being held by Letty for the time being.

Hmmm. I've been holding on to Letty for a long time.

"I'm uncomfortable." It's going to be a burden to Letty, too. "

Isn't it rather a reward?

For some reason, I tilted my neck at Letty, who wasn't happy with my resurrection. Lact was laughing, and Letty was struck by him.

"Alright... I'll see how the doo and doo are doing." Wait there, please. "

I left the scene to tell Lettie and the others that we were together. With limbs, even one person can move.

Leaving the room where the enthusiastic verification has begun - named the "polishing room" - he leaves the hole. It was lined with damaged "rainstorms" and doves and pigeons that were trying to repair themselves.

"Luna"

Speak out to the shadows of the Machine Beasts. I didn't reply, but when I waited for a while, my head slowly came out.

"... how did you know?"

Luna shook her blonde hair as she laughed in surprise. Beneath her feet stands a muff.

It's not like the killer's going back to the scene.

"It's the culprit... I see."

With a bitter smile, Luna turned her orange eyes towards me.

The outbreak of this disturbance - she wrote the code on the verification thread at the end of the field and asked me to explain.

"There are many things, but after all, the [Temple of the White Abyss] was the best place for all four of us to come together by accident."

"Did you know at that stage?"

We cracked the code and we came here. And by chance, Astra, Tart, and Luna were all there. It's not impossible, but it's too much by chance. Anyway, Astra and I are too different from Tart and Luna's usual playing style.

"It seems that the tarts usually come here as well." Astra felt my signs and said something she didn't understand. "

Probably shared some information with us when we got here.

Besides, Luna knew about the space inside the wall.

The walls of the Wadatsumi Cavern are partly destructible. The fact is poorly known. The information discovered by Xingo and Ishimi was immediately bought by the Knights and not released to the public.

But Luna knew about it. Around that time, suspicion turned into certainty.

"And it's not the first time you've entered that aisle." You must also have the Mining Skill. "

"It's all known." I should have hidden it quite a bit... "

Luna doesn't argue, she just laughs.

Once destroyed, the walls are covered again after a certain period of time. It's like the destroyed Gathering Object is coming back to life.

She was familiar with the veins in the aisle. Even though it was supposed to be the first time, it also mentioned the mineral veins that were only deeper than where they were now.

"Guns carry money on bullets." It might not be enough to be self-sufficient, but you collected the ore that would be the bullet material yourself. ”

Guns cost more money than bows. The bullets were made of metal, especially the mechanical sealed bullets. It's not uncommon for a musketeer to have a vulture in order to reduce the cost.

"You found this place while collecting iron ore, didn't you?" I found a hidden area, went ahead, and I was struck by an octopus. "

“You know very well, it's like you were being watched.”

It's all guesswork.

Not that I'm a famous detective, but because I felt uncomfortable with her words and actions. I've been thinking about the originator of the ciphertext.

"That octopus is good at hiding. Luna was the only one who noticed the ambush. He seemed to know there was an octopus there beforehand."

"Hahaha..."

It seems that my guess so far has not deviated. Luna let out a thirsty laugh and walked up to me.

"At first, I thought I'd take it alone, but I couldn't." So this time, I decided to avoid that octopus and go to the hole in the wall. "

It seems that she tried to defeat the black octopus by herself at first. But the Black God Beast was tough. Luna changed course and acted to avoid the fight.

She is a solo field walker. The camouflage gear wasn't just decorative, it was often covert.

"From that hole to this hole." It took me three days. "

Luna points to the hole leading up to the empty passageway, and then points to the hole in the polishing room. If you can swim normally, it won't take more than 30 seconds.

"Harden your covert gear and move around with a smokescreen." Even so, if you move a lot, you'll get hit, so slowly, slowly, like... "

“It was tough,” Luna says.

It sticks to the wall and fills up a small distance of a few centimeters an hour. It would have been unimaginably difficult to catch a glimpse of the constantly distracted octopus.

I was surprised at Luna's patience once again.

So, in the small room?

"No, I didn't." Anyway, my head and chest are touching it. "

Luna said that and lifted her chest.

Well, it's bigger than a typical humanoid, even though it's tightened with a breastplate, but don't tell me that.

That's why we only asked muffs to go.

To the muff?

Y-Yeah, let me hold the camera.

Having said that, Luna lifted the tiger under her feet. He was wearing a collar, and there was a small camera attached to it.

"So when I was searching inside, there was a pedestal." I didn't know what to use it for, but the source stone seemed to fit perfectly in the pedestal hole. "

"Hah... I mean, I'm not sure if it's the source stone or not."

I didn't think so.

Luna laughs out of her mouth.

As a result, it was a room related to Yuan Shi, as she expected, but it was possible that it had ended in futility.

But why did you gather us together while you were hiding your identity?

There is one thing I don't know.

Luna hid herself and summoned us. As long as it's connected by a [Winged Covenant], you shouldn't have to do anything stupid.

Throwing that question suddenly weakened Luna, who had been majestic until now.

"W-Well, that's..."

Yeah?

I tilted my neck toward Luna, who had lost her mouth. Did I say something embarrassing?

"Um, I'm always playing alone..."

Yeah.

Luna was based on solo play. It was true that there were muffs, but they rarely interacted with other players. Walk the field alone and fight native life on your own.

It seems that the purpose of using the Mine skill to dig iron is to save money and reduce the engagement with other players as much as possible.

"Well, I don't know how to ask you out."

"Yeah..."

Luna said, reddening her cheeks as she touched her index finger. An unexpected word unexpectedly leaked out of my voice.

"Oh! Because everyone seems to be busy all the time, and I don't know if I can invite them." If you hate me, I'll be sad! "

I don't know.

It's true that Astra may be busy all the time, but it's still the same player playing the FPO game. Anything interesting will fly right in.

So is tart, and so am I. Luna may invite you to cry or refuse, but you will not be reluctant.

"That's why I wanted to put it in a format that chases the mystery of a member I just stumbled across....."

"You don't have to do that."

"Ugh..."

Being puzzled, Luna suddenly started crying. The maiden's heart is too hard.

I'll lean over to her and pat her on the shoulder. When my niece was crying, she managed.

"Look, I'm not angry at you anymore."

"... really?"

"Really. Really, Uncle, I'm not lying"

Luna glanced up at me as she snorted. She's usually active, but I'm a little surprised that there's such a thing.

"If anything happens again, you can always tell me." Basically, I'm always free. "

Is that so?

“Really. If there's anything I can do to make a living, invite me.”

Recently, for some reason, money has been dwindling and I am in trouble. Why is money lost when I use it?

If I'm okay with it, I'll hang out with you.

"... yes, thank you!"

Luna smiled suddenly.

My tears subsided and my feelings seemed to be returning. When I stroke my chest down, I can see the sign from behind.

"--Mr. Ledge?"

"Whoa!? What, it's Letty?"

They told me to wait, but they came this way. Behind Letty, there are also lactic and tokas.

For some reason, they gave a uniformly calm smile.

"Um, Lettie?... lettie-san?"

I feel the disturbing air from it and get confused. Did I say something to make it happen?

"What do you mean, going out with Luna while there's something called Letty?"

"Huh? No, no, that's not what I meant!"

Letty swells her cheeks. She is stunned by the words that pop out of her mouth. How can I ask... no, not the first one?

I open my mouth in a hurry to resolve my misunderstanding. [M] At that moment, Luna's arm slid into her neck.

"Ledge is always ready to play!"

"Hey, Luna-san!?"

She turned around in amazement and leaned out her tongue.

I was surrounded by Lettys before I could say anything.

"It's not..."

Can you tell me more about it?

A grim smile is directed from all directions. It's hopeless to escape.

I just trembled like a centipede and had no choice but to hold a press conference.