Chapter.1 Oh, happy day! (9)
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– professor: Of course I have to leave it.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: ??? Are you crazy?
– Noru Drug: There are degrees of jokes, professor.
– Jokass: Don’t talk nonsense and give it to the troll sister with all your devotion. hurry.
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t think of a way to get rid of this reckless troll, so I tried to get some advice in the community chat window, and after that, this mess ensued.
‘Are these guys sane?
Then, take this 4-meter plains troll inside the city?’
Surprisingly, most answers to this question were ‘YES’.
– professor: Friends, no matter how much you say it, it’s like a third human race that is used to thinking of you as a dick, not a dick, but let’s think about it rationally.
That’s a troll. A troll! Although they may have become a bit civilized, they are still trolls that lose their appetite whenever they see people!
Let’s drag that guy into the city, saying he’s my colleague?
Do you like gourmet food? Do you think I would feel pleasure seeing my body cut into four and five pieces by the guards?
– Jokass: Professor, why are you so narrow-minded?
Not a monster, but a friend! It’s also a tank position that will take care of the vanguard you need the most right now!
Hey, look at your condition now. Legs that make it dangerous to run with all your might, arms that spurt blood like a fountain just by brushing against a tree branch, and joints that can’t even withstand their own strength!
You’re not just a jerk right now! The world view is at the level of the weakest!
You’re going to throw away all the power that came rolling in like this? Just because he’s a troll?
Professor, racism is evil!
– Speed Wagon: Well. I think the premise itself is wrong.
It is unlikely that Notum will be incorporated into the force. Once you get to the city, won’t all your lies be discovered? There must also be a group in the city that originally taught and fed Notum.
I don’t know what happened to make Notum show favor towards the professor, but I think it would be a bad idea to leave a negative impression on the city from the beginning when the possibility of him remaining as a useful force is low.
One more thing, it’s not like the estrus period you’re expecting. Plains trolls’ backs and bellies turn red when they are in heat. I understand that they usually carry their babies on their shoulders.
– Noru Drug: Teacher, everything you said is correct.
Reasonable and logical! You are all right!
But are we looking at this for some grand, great purpose, like academic research?
No! We came to have fun!
Hey fucking look at that! That huge chest! Eyes full of affection! Strong body! It is truly a symbol of a strong woman!
Notum is correct! It literally means ‘a woman who can carry you on her shoulders’!
Since the world has become such a mess, we have come to realize that both men and women can fire submachine guns repeatedly, right?
A strong woman is no longer a distorted sexual desire! This is the mainstream!
What kid? Rather good! Your original friend becomes your older brother, and your older brother becomes your father! When it comes to motherhood, it can be said to be a standard start!! Push on, Professor! Captivate her!
– Gunpowder and blood: They say it’s an increase in power, so I’ll say something too. In essence, combat power is important in terms of immediate power, but more important is how well that power is maintained. From a supply perspective, Notum is disqualified. A horse or equivalent meat per day? How can a penniless professor provide that?
– Holly: Hey….. Why are these people suddenly acting like this?
– takealook: Leave it alone. Normally, if I start a fire over something useless on the internet, I won’t stop until I see a sentence that starts with ‘Your mom-‘.
Wow, be brutal. The chat window was now filled with all kinds of technical terms, adding to the excitement. No, since it’s just a broadcast, I just wanted to ask what direction it would be best to proceed… The
opposing opinions in the chat window both made some sense.
My lack of combat power right now is so severe that it wouldn’t be surprising if I died at any time. Perhaps the princess who lived trapped in a tower would survive longer than me even if she were to wander into an underworld in a back alley? In that respect, having Notum as a colleague can be a very good solution. Look at that big guy, that impressive look, and those flashing tusks. That’s just walking violence. Even the pickpockets and back alley thugs who enter the city and the merchants who get harassed can all be resolved on the Notum Line, right?
The downside, as I said before, is that you never know when your friendship with Notum, which is full of lies, may fall apart. The moment I’m exposed, Notum’s strong forearm will blow my head off.
The scale is tight up to this point, so one last thing. It’s a very unlikely possibility, but there’s a possibility that Notum will actually feel feelings for me as the opposite sex.
I can’t say this doesn’t exist either.
Why did GG survive until after World War 3 in the first place?
To avoid being sued, move the entire server somewhere deep in the Earth. This means that it is an illegal game that was opened undercover to avoid the law.
Is it possible for a game like that to have breaks?
Don’t you just see an angle when you look at the status of a fellow character with very suspicious values such as favorability?
To conclude, the moment Notum really gets into heat, I get hit.
Being dragged into the territory of excited trolls and suffering worse than game over.
That should never, ever happen. It seems like there are quite a few viewers who are looking forward to that, but… I think they are the ones who are faithful to the apocalypse. Corrupt children.
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Anyway, the conclusion has been reached. It was too risky to take Notum, so we decided to separate it.
While sweating profusely, I brought up the story to Notum, but
surprisingly, it was not difficult to persuade Notum.
‘Over there…’
‘Guh?’
‘Stop now… I want you to go alone…’
‘Okay. The stone nest is just around the corner. I receive words. ‘Take the little big human.’
‘No, so you’re saying that this is something that the Iron Man trusted me to do?
If the Iron Man hears that you came to the stone nest to receive a horse, he will think that I have failed. right? That means I’ll be the failure in our group!’
‘Guh… the wolf who fell away from the pack… dies sadly. Humans live in groups…..’
‘Yes! yes! So, why don’t you just drop me off and wait quietly in the forest?’
‘Uh… Stand alone… If you interfere, it will grow into a weak creature…’
It was hard to understand what he said at the end, but he let Notum go with me anyway. The problem was the system message that came out with the effect of purple smoke exploding as soon as Notum turned his back.
Kwakwang-
[Information update: Failed to recruit allies of hero unit / Notum /.]
“It was a hero unit? “Him?”
That purple effect is an effect that appears when you fail a largely negative situation quest, enter a negative branch, or in any case something goes wrong.
– Jokass: Didn’t you say that if you listen to your mom, you’ll fall asleep even in your sleep? What did mom say?
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Ha, really. The game looks so intense that even if I ask for a tip, they kick me.
– takealook: I know most of the hero units, but was there one like that? Does anyone know anything else?
– Speed Wagon: Just looked it up. There is a post about Notum in the community.
– takealook: Oh, are you famous?
-Speed Wagon: Of course. Not as a hero unit, but as free money. This is a talking troll that is occasionally found in the northern forest of Rodrik. It is known to be famous for making money in the early stages if you catch it and sell it to a circus or arena. Since there is no information about hero units anywhere, it seems that the information is only unlocked when you reach a certain level of favorability and even select companions.
– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Real? So the professor was the first to find information about Notum being a hero unit?
– takealook: And I just kicked the first hero unit discovered.
– Noroo Drug: Oh my, the car I dumped because I thought it was a shit car turned out to be a Porsche~
– Speed Wagon: I found another one. It’s a guide to notum, and it says that its combat power is no different from that of a regular plains troll. If sold at the city slave market, they sold out quickly. It doesn’t seem like the quality of the hero is that high.
Troubled times make heroes. GG’s seven worlds are all on the verge of destruction, and so many heroes are traveling around those worlds.
They are called ‘hero units’, and because the game’s difficulty is so difficult, there are many events that are impossible to clear no matter how hard the player improves alone, so attracting as many hero units as possible as allies is considered the main point of clearing this game.
Notum, who I just chose to let go in the companion event branch, was one of those starry-eyed heroes.
“Tsk. It’s a shame. I thought it was weird. “I never thought it would be a hero unit.”
– Jokass: Forget it. It’s not something a man should do to dwell on thoughts of the person who left.
– Gunpowder and blood: Even if it is a hero unit, realistic conditions do not change. Even if you were planning on accepting it, you lack the capacity right now.
“…I can’t help it. You have to grow up quickly or something. Even if opportunities pass before my eyes, I miss them all.”
Thinking over and over in my heart about the uselessness of this character, I started walking towards the raised castle gate at the end of the road.
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Tiring-!
Thick!
Tiring-!Tiring-!
Strong! Strong!
“Oh shit! hey! Turn off the chat window for a moment! system! Chat window off!”
About 20 minutes after parting ways with Notum, I was able to reach the castle gate. As I got closer to the castle wall, more and more things caught my eye on the empty plain, and this guy’s eyes wandered here and there, regardless of my will. You scan like crazy, causing a mental breakdown all the time!
[Information update – Curiosity: You are overflowing with curiosity about the world. Perception +1 / Sparkling gaze: You understand beauty! You see everything you see. I look closely and try to remember its beauty. Perception +1]
“What?… Why does this continue like this!”
Even the trait I thought was good looks like this. Of course, perception is a really good stat that increases your observation skills and makes you good at finding hidden objects and dangers, but since this goes hand in hand with mental breakdown…
-Thrill!
“Ugh! I’m annoyed! It’s unpleasant.” ! I’m really going to turn around!”
Everything around me catches my eye, and my mental breakdown gauge quickly fills up! Let alone concentrating, I can’t even think with my eyes open!
“Whoa whoa. Let’s get rid of everything that bothers me first. Status window? “Except information updates, everything else is manually checked. Turn off the chat window as well. Check it from time to time.”
After doing that, I even closed my eyes and was finally able to escape from the frustration caused by my mental breakdown.
‘I knew it would be hardcore, but I didn’t know it would be this bad. It’s really beyond my imagination. I don’t even know what to do with this character.’ .’
Still, since I was already a ranker, I had a certain plan in mind when I started.
The direction I first thought of was to grow into a ‘memorize-specialized wizard.’ It’s already difficult to raise a wizard, and you have to go through the casting process of capturing an image while in a dazed state, which is nerve-wracking. I thought it would be difficult for a normal wizard because weakness and concentration are -3.
So I planned to raise myself as a memorize type wizard with no casting process at all.
This way, I am free from the effects of mental breakdown and can use the characteristic of magical aptitude to use the shield. Because it can cover the body to some extent.
‘But there are no good magic towers near the northern part of Roderick. The only one that exists is a water-based magic tower that is far from Memorise.’
“Ugh… It hurts. You’re such a beggar character…”
While my head was constantly throbbing, my body was also complaining of pain.
When I took off my shoes, the soles of my feet were completely peeled off, so much blood inside that they were soggy. It was. I heard a rumor in the community that the glass body is the worst characteristic, but I never thought it would be this bad. It hurts and hurts horribly. With a body like this, moving to the eastern part of the blue line where good magic towers are concentrated? You will die for sure. Apart from robbers and wild dogs, Even if you don’t meet anything, are you going to just walk around and die from excessive bleeding?
“… Let’s go into the city first and see. I can’t do anything until I fix this body. As soon as possible, register as an F-class mercenary and improve your body one by one by doing odd jobs. How much was the Iron Skin Spellbook? Was it about 4,000 shillings? A dishwasher living in an inn costs 5 shillings a day, not including food and lodging. This won’t work. Are there any decent martial arts centers left in the current city of Turan? I think there was quite a bit during World 2. If I had to, I could just park it at the martial arts center and scrap it for a few years. You will be able to secure civilian-level durability by simply learning skills such as Battle Breath, which gives additional durability, like ‘Road of Malacca’, or the Strong Blood of the Blood Gate. Okay, there seems to be hope. If you somehow get into the city, you’ll find a useful solution!
As I closed my eyes and searched through my thoughts, I came to some sense. Before I knew it, the corners of my mouth were slightly raised.
Yes, let’s admit what we must admit. This game is definitely fun. As difficult as it is, the sense of accomplishment you can receive if you overcome that difficulty is no joke. I feel like I am accomplishing something from head to toe.
‘Okay, let’s just pretend that we’ve been fooling around so far. ‘The real start is when you enter the city!’
After boosting our will, we slowly open our eyes and return all the turned off systems to their original state
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– Soy Sauce Gay Bar: Bangjaaaaang!!! Open the door!!! Bang bang bang!! bang!
– Holly: This…. you turned off the chat window, right?
– Speed Wagon: ㅇㅇ. If the player name is grayed out, you are not viewing the chat window.
– Highway Nacho Man: Absence of communication! Broadcasting reform! Professor, wake up! Resign!
Thing! Woo-sin!
“What a fucking game.”
With the effect of a mental breakdown, I quickly became cynical. I think it would be best to give up the hope that I would be able to survive a month while maintaining my sanity.
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