Chapter 403 – Stunning
It is said that a powerful demon tribe was summoned by the black magicians of the Slumber Labyrinth.
At that time, Judith also went missing.
And the one who didn’t know if he was a high-ranking demon or a demon king hadn’t been subdued yet.
It is said that the Kingdom of Barulas and the Church of Terra are still struggling quite a bit.
This game is quite old.
But did you implement this background?
My mind got a little confused.
‘Does this make sense?’
〈 Of course not!! 〉
Cosmos awakened reality.
Of course it makes no sense.
There is a way to make sense.
Maybe this game called Pantera is not virtual reality…
What if it’s real?
Next day.
“Going to Crea? It just went well. I was on my way there too.
Hestia wanted to accompany us.
It’s probably not just my misunderstanding that it feels more like a unilateral notification than a solicitation.
She seemed to be a nice person, but she couldn’t take it for granted that she was accompanying her out of pure goodwill.
Hestia might have sensed something ambiguous about me.
But now my complex mind was focused on something else other than her concerns about her.
‘I want to log out…’
Doubt about this world is still in the deep stage.
I thought I would have to log out to be sure.
Crea said she would arrive within the day.
She seemed to be able to enter the city, find a place to stay, and log out.
The journey Hestia joined went smoothly.
Unlike yesterday, the bandits did not appear.
She’s not just a knight.
She is a paladin
Even if there were thieves, she would have seen them from afar and ran off on her own.
We arrived at Crea before dark.
Crea was a small city surrounded by walls.
The guard guarding the gate saw Hestia and let us through without much inspection.
In this respect, it should be said that I was lucky to have her and her company.
I had a time like that too.
But now, wearing this shabby leather armor, it doesn’t even matter.
Perhaps, if she had come without Hestia, she might have been barred from the door.
“Bark. How about it. I can make a bed for you in the temple.”
Sir Hestia was truly kind.
But to me, it felt nothing but an eerie invitation.
Even if she robbed the bandits’ pockets, she did not have much room for funds.
It would be nice if the accommodation costs were reduced in such a situation.
Karen and I are demons and black magicians.
No matter how desperate they were for money, they couldn’t crawl into the temple of Thera Church.
I can’t be sure if the seal will work properly in the temple, but I didn’t want to take such an adventure.
“Hestia… I don’t want to be indebted to you that much. I hope she introduces you to a decent inn. That’s enough.”
I said while maintaining a poker face.
It seemed that Hestia would let her go only if we told her where we were sleeping.
So she asked her for a recommendation of her inn.
Otherwise, I felt like they would grab us by the leash and drag us to the temple.
After thinking about my words for a while, Hestia noticed her nearby and called out to one of her wandering children.
He is a soliciting kid.
There are a lot of kids like that in the city.
“Boo, you called. Knight.”
The little boy who had been called by Hestia rolled his eyes and crouched cautiously.
“Do you know of an inn called Margana?”
“No, of course I know.”
“Take them to the inn.”
Hestia gave the little boy a silver coin and said,
After receiving the silver coin, the little girl’s face brightened and she lowered her head.
“Thank you! Knight! Leave it to me!”
Asking the little boy to guide her, she turned to us and said.
“This is also meant to be, but let’s have dinner together later.”
In my ears, it sounded like they were going to check to see if you guys were staying at the inn.
“…You’re living there, right?”
With this in mind, I decided to get something to eat.
“Of course.”
Hestia left with a refreshing smile.
Maybe she’s going to the temple.
After receiving the silver coin from Hestia, Karen and I headed to the inn following the guidance of the excited kid.
It was an ordinary inn located on the main street.
Of course, we took one room.
As promised, Hestia came to visit in the evening, and she ate a meal.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t even get Karen to try out her upgraded avatar, forcing her to log out.
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I called the party to my hotel room and informed them of this important fact.
“You say Pantera, a virtual reality game, seems to be real? That’s really surprising! If that’s true, then it means that only consciousness can go… Is there a way for the demons to completely go not only to the mind but also to the body?”
After hearing my story, Suni expressed her doubts.
“I don’t think… It doesn’t.”
Even the demons couldn’t go there intact, so it could have been using this method.
“As expected, Master. I didn’t play a virtual reality game just to have fun. I also thought that Master came here to do some sightseeing.”
“Kuhmm… It might look like they’re playing around, but they were doing their own research in various ways.”
“Of course, I don’t have the slightest resentment of Master for doing promiscuous sightseeing or acting like a pillar.”
‘This Chaos guy…Had it in mind.’
I don’t know if the game Pantera is real or virtual, but I felt like I could learn something more by comparing the time flow and history of the two worlds.
The world view and history of Pantera, a virtual reality game, was quite well presented on the strategy site.
The problem is the real Pantera.
I don’t know much about Pantera’s history.
“If it’s Pantera’s history, wouldn’t Verna-sama know it well?”
There must be more Naiya Liliana, but she was no better than Asana, a dumb person in the corner of the room doing research.
It seemed that Insa Verna, who also held the title of duke of a country, would know better about this.
Accepting Suni’s opinion, I decided to ask Verna about Pantera’s history through a raid message.
「Verna: Pantera’s history… It’s out of the blue, but it’s not difficult to tell.」
After hearing Verna’s story, I knew that the history of Pantera in the two worlds, game and reality, coincided.
There is no time error.
The feeling of liveliness, which cannot be thought of as virtual reality, now makes a little sense.
I was almost certain.
The certainty that the place will be a real Pantera, not a virtual reality.
「Verna: That capsule has that function?」
「Unho: Perhaps?」
「Verna: Then, the capsule is like a kind of terminal for connection… And the demons seem to be managing the system. If you cut off the connection there, it makes sense that the capsule in the Great Demon Castle is inoperable.”
It seems that the demons use the capsule device to send avatars to Pantera.
But ordinary demons don’t know that fact.
Why are you wearing the mask of a game?
“If that place is real, why can’t my skills be used?”
〈 Maybe it’s because… It’s not you.〉
Cosmos answered my question.
“I’m not?”
〈 If you access Pantera with a virtual reality capsule, you will only go there with your consciousness. The body and the mind, these two must be wholly you.〉
‘Is that why you can’t use skills with only the mind and soul?’
〈 Maybe so?〉
Assuming that the two places are the same reality, that is the only difference, so it was reasonable to think that way.
In fact, if it could be written, it should have been written long ago.
I roughly organized my thoughts and connected to Pantera again.
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When I opened my eyes, the room was still dark.
There must be more time before the sun rises.
Karen was sleeping soundly next to me.
Only the spirit came here…
If it’s spirit… Can’t we use the sage time?
Consciousness Expansion is not a registered skill in the system. It can be said that it is a naturally acquired ability.
And the sage time was also a way to call Terra.
I wondered how, if I could get in touch with Terra, how could they ask us to be removed from the Demon Realm?
I sat cross-legged.
I decided to use the sage time to call Tera.
Consciousness expands…
A large amount of information flooded into my head.
‘Oh… It seems to work?’
And I lost my mind
No, I was forced to log out.
At some point, my consciousness bounced back and I was back in my living space of virtual reality.
I tried to connect right away, but it didn’t work.
[Logged out due to an unknown error.]
[Unable to access until the avatar is stabilized.]
“What, what? What happened?”
〈 is an idiot! Did you think that expanding consciousness simply uses the power of the mind and soul?! The body that can accept that enormous amount of information must also be supported!〉
What Cosmos simply means is that the ability to think, which is simply out of proportion, also puts a considerable strain on the body.
Avatar couldn’t stand it.
“Sir, are you dead?”
Did you scream so shamelessly?
However, if you died, it tells you to create a new avatar, but this message does not appear.
〔Correcting error… Modification complete… You can access.]
As I waited in such a bewildered state, a connection available message popped up.
When I reconnected, I was lying on the bed.
– Wow!
Karen, who was at her bedside, saw me waking up from her and gave me a fierce hug.
Her eyes were full of worry.
“Karen…What happened?”
In response to my question, Karen wrote on her piece of paper and showed it to me.
I seem to have collapsed bleeding from my mouth and nose. And Karen wakes up, and she seems to have been taking care of me in a fright when she saw me lying down.
