Chapter 398 – Survival
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After that, I started exploring virtual reality games in earnest.
And.
I couldn’t erase the feeling that Pantera was different from other games.
I decided to contact Kaura and ask about Pantera.
The place of this meeting is virtual reality.
Kaura was playing her #1 hit game, Zerdia Electric, and I met her at her bar in her starter town to ask her about her pantera.
“Have you ever played Pantera? Of course you do.”
Kaura had a somewhat different appearance than her reality.
Her hair, which was close to black, was platinum blonde.
Her pupils were customized with odd eyes.
Judging from the fact that she is wearing fancy armor, it seems that her level is quite high.
‘Odd Eye… I think he also smells of chaos… I’m sure it’s an illusion, right?’
They are demons, not humans, so hasty judgments are prohibited.
I needed to watch more.
Come to think of it, isn’t Chaos also a human?
“Pantera is more like a survival game. You have to constantly run away from the paladins… And it’s not easy to enter the city. Besides, the main skill is blood magic, but you can’t use it carelessly. Come, the only NPC I can talk to is the dark mage.”
Cowra complained endlessly about her Pantera.
“I was so frustrated that I couldn’t do it.”
Seeing her venting her anger like this, it seems that she also invested a lot of time in her Pantera.
If, like me, you only took one bite and gave up, there will be no complaints like this.
“Don’t stress, why don’t you do Jeredia electricity? Can you help me too?”
Seeing my shabby figure wearing cheap linen armor and an iron sword, Kaura tried to help, as if feeling sympathy.
“No, if you feel like doing it in earnest, then please.”
After hearing my words, Kaura looked at me with a surprised expression.
“Why?”
“I knew you’d turn it down.”
“You thought I’d say no? Why?”
“Seeing that you’re interested in Pantera, you seem to have a challenging spirit… And your image doesn’t seem like you’d like to be helped.”
“Well…Not enough to build up your ego even in the game.”
They don’t like dubious freebies… They don’t hate proven freebies.
In particular, in MMORPGs like this anyway, even if you receive generous funds from Goreb, the game becomes much more comfortable, so there is no reason to refuse.
After parting with Kaura, I looked around the beginner village of Zeldia Electric.
Medieval buildings built neatly and elegantly.
There is no worry on the faces of the NPCs passing by, laughing and talking.
As expected of the number one popular game in virtual reality, it was well made.
Not only this game, but other virtual reality games in the rankings are equally well made.
But.
Pantera was something different.
If it feels like Pantera has been thrown into the real world.
Other virtual reality games… Should I say neat?
I felt like I was entering a well-made set.
Even the dwelling place of the avatar I made is like that.
If it was really real, there would be a little messy corner, but…
Not only is the sea and sandy beach spotlessly clean, but you can’t find anything like a dirty bug.
On the other hand, Pantera should be said to be more realistic… There was definitely a difference.
Perhaps that is why the old game called Pantera is maintaining its ranking.
It was the first virtual reality game I ever experienced, and it was so stimulating from the beginning that I could have felt that way.
‘Did I really get it wrong?’
I felt the need to connect to Pantera again to check it out.
But this time, I decided not to connect blindly, but to do some preliminary research.
There were two ways to connect to Pantera.
Shared capsules and private capsules in the capsule room.
If you want to be summoned as a mid-level demon with more power than a low-level demon, you need to purchase a capsule exclusively for Pantera.
Unfortunately, there is no Pantera capsule in the hotel capsule room.
It is a personal capsule that can only be used by one person, and the hotel says that it cannot be installed.
Should I get a house…
There is not one area where demons live.
This was one of them, a city named Fron.
I still don’t know how long I’ll be here, but I couldn’t make that decision hastily.
Even if you are summoned as an intermediate level demon, it seems that playing is not as easy as you think.
It is said that there are many cases where he dies as soon as he is summoned.
Paladins seemed to appear randomly, not fixedly, and it was the orthodox opinion that giving up the game was good for mental health if you encountered it as soon as you were summoned like me.
Besides, when you log out, you are almost defenseless.
It is said that if you access Pantera from the public capsule, you will not be able to communicate with the outside world.
The more they sell, the more it becomes a ghost story.
Still, it was an old game, so there were a lot of attacks.
Since it is a game that has never been conquered in the first place, it is not a complete attack, but of course it is an early attack.
It means that many talented gamers have failed even though they have tried.
I did not have the arrogant thought that I would be different from them, and I intended to use what I could use.
First of all, I decided to watch the strategy video to survive as long as possible.
『There are no idiots who make skin color a basic custom, right?』
From the first words of the strategy video, my heart was warm.
Without much thought, without customizing, I just logged on.
『The secondary skill is sealed… It is recommended to deal with the first black magician you encounter.』
『If you go around with the dark mages, the chance of being caught by the paladins only goes up. Let’s get some experience points.”
“I never go to crowded places.”
『Never show blood magic in front of NPCs except for warlocks.』
『If you get caught… I recommend murder.』
「Whfqh」: What kind of strategy is hiding like a rat? So, when are we going to conquer Pantera?”
「Djdl0：Can’t you see that I wrote how to survive as long as possible? Are the eyes decorative? Are you illiterate?”
After gathering some information while watching the strategy video, I decided to connect to Pantera again.
“Standby number 287?”
There was a waiting number before.
At the time, it was my first virtual reality game, so I didn’t think much of it, but now that I think about it, it’s a strange thing.
It seems that there was no waiting for the #1 popular game, Zerdia Electric, but… Is it because it is an old game?
This time, according to the attack, the skin color was changed to human color, and the sub skill was also selected to be sealed.
[Connect.]
Just like that time, my vision darkened and I felt that my consciousness was being sucked somewhere.
“Oh oh…”
“Sir, it worked!!”
Along with the joyous voice of the black magician, the surrounding vision suddenly brightened.
‘Damn it… That’s crazy…’
I felt a weaker magic power in my body than before.
Previously, I felt roughly the level of a high-ranking knight, but this time it’s only at the level of a mid-level knight.
The summoning place is random.
According to the discretion of the summoning warlock, the magic power when summoned will change.
But this time, it seemed that 30% of the magic power had been cut.
Unlike before, there was only one blood magic skill, ‘Blood Sword’.
There were only three black magicians who summoned me. And this time, the summoning place is not an elaborate stone chamber, but a clumsy dungeon.
“Here, I have prepared a pure virgin as a sacrifice.”
A naked girl, not a child, was kneeling in front of them.
-Suddenly!!
The black magician’s head, eyes wide open in astonishment, floated up.
This time, as soon as it started, the black magician’s head was cut with the blood sword.
And although her arm was twisted due to the recoil from using excessive force that was not suitable for her body, it was quickly restored with the life force of the black magicians.
“…”
When I reconnected, I seemed to understand.
This place is definitely different from other virtual reality games.
Should I call this quality…
To be honest, if my body wasn’t a demon avatar, I couldn’t tell if it was real or virtual.
Seeing how I separated the heads of the warlocks, the sacrificial girl trembled, and when I met her eyes, she lowered her head in amazement.
Even the NPCs definitely felt something different.
And in other virtual reality games, as in Pantera, it was impossible to move the avatar beyond the limit with mental power.
I knew Pantera as a game that came out in the early days of virtual reality.
But rather, the recently released games have regressed?
‘This is a bit strange.’
It was a terrible difficulty to cut down all the advantages. You only have one life, but it doesn’t give you room to grow.
Inside the crypt, only the naked me and the sacrificial girl stood idly by.
“Don’t you have any clothes to wear?”
At my words, the woman politely bowed her head and walked in front of her.
‘Is it a story to follow me?’
Calm for a sacrifice.
Raising my senses, I took a closer look at the naked girl who was leading the way.
’33-24-36…Isn’t this… A warlock?’
It possessed the level of magic that had just awakened.
It was so weak that I didn’t even notice it at first.
These guys… Sacrificing their own comrades…
It seems that they were the terrible warlocks.
So Avatar is like this.
Still, seeing that the paladin hadn’t been seen until now, it seemed that he was a passer-by.
It can be seen that he lost his abilities and gained survival.
