assassin and egg
Hyde wakes up and gets up when the sun rises and it starts to get brighter. He sat in an upright position for a few minutes, then shook his head several times and tapped him on the cheek to remove any remaining drowsiness.
(Okay! I'm awake! By the way, where is this place?)
Since he fell asleep immediately after teleporting yesterday, Hyde has no idea of where he is or what is around him. He just barely knew he was in a different place, because the forest he was in before he entered the kobold cave didn't have trees that tall.
(Let's take a look from above. Then decide which direction to go.)
The tree on which Hyde is riding has some distance between the branches, but Hyde uses his skills to climb up as if it doesn't matter.
Then, when he reached near the top, he leaned forward while hooking his arm on a branch and looked around.
(We can see the desert to the north, the mountains to the south, the vast wilderness far ahead to the west, and the snowy mountains in the distance to the east. Now, where should we go...)
The forest stretches wide, with the desert to the north and the mountains to the south relatively close, but the snowy mountains to the east and the wilderness to the west far away.
(It's troublesome to go all the way, so let's go north or south. To be honest, I don't want to go to the desert where there aren't many shields, so I don't want to go. Should I go to the remaining south?)
I erased places with many disadvantages, and finally decided to head for the remaining mountainous area.
Once the destination is decided, Hyde descends from the tree, but if he jumps off and fails to land, Hyde with a VIT of 0 will die from fall damage, so he naturally becomes cautious when descending.
(Looking at it from above, there didn't seem to be any caves or huts where medals could be found in this forest. Shall we take a look around and then head straight for the mountains... Hm? What is this?)
Hyde, who was descending from the tree, noticed an unnatural 5 cm square cut in the tree.
If you press lightly with your hand, the surface part will come off easily. The inside was hollowed out in the shape of a 5 cm cube, and a single silver medal was placed in the middle.
(Unexpectedly, I got one medal. I don't have to search for other trees. As expected, it's troublesome to look around the trees in this forest. First, I don't think there are many medals.)
Hyde's prediction was correct, and there were only three medals in this forest, just like in this place. This event would be over if I searched around for only three trees in this vast forest.
Hyde finished exploring the forest where he was now, and stepped into the mountainous area. He sees other players three times before he makes it through the forest, but he hides instead of fighting. Hyde, who already had six medals on the third day, didn't have to forcefully attack the player.
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(It's nice to be in the mountains, but I can't find it right away. I thought it was a mountain and I could find a cave or two.)
About three hours after starting to climb the mountain. Hyde still couldn't find a possible place for a medal. He found several areas under cliffs where caves were likely to exist, and focused his search, but there were no caves or anything.
(Ah, I found a cliff again. This time it's big)
The cliffs I've found so far were about 5 meters wide, but the one I found this time is 10 meters high and nearly 30 meters wide. If you look closely, it looks like a wall, and conversely, a flat rock wall continues, making it unlikely that there is a cave.
(...I don't think there's a dungeon-like place like a cave...Yeah, there seems to be something here. Is it some kind of hidden room?)
It was Hyde's intuition. Hyde's intuition, especially
Hidden items and hidden rooms are irrelevant even if they are no hints for Hyde. Hyde then follows his own instincts to explore the cliffs.
(Hmm, is this here? No, it's a little more to the left... maybe around here?)
When Hyde puts his hand on the wall and gathers his strength, the wall dents with a popping sound. At the same time, a part of the wall slid and a path appeared, as if some kind of device was activated.
(A hidden passage... huh. Is there a dungeon ahead, or is there just medals and equipment like before... anyway, let's go there)
When Hyde entered the hidden passage, the wall he had just opened made a noise again. I just glanced at it and confirmed it in hindsight, and proceeded as it was without stopping.
(It's pretty bright. The outside light doesn't come in, but it's like the whole cave is glowing faintly. With this, you can probably walk well without [Night Vision].)
As I walked while looking at the cave, I eventually arrived at a door. Unlike the big door like the boss room, it's a wooden door like a normal inn. Hyde opens the door with a little caution. Inside was a room, and a woman was standing with her back to me.
(... Huh? Ordinary people? Not monsters?)
"... oh? It's rare to have a customer. How did you manage to get in?
The woman turned around at the sound of the door, and when she saw Hyde in her field of vision, she listened with wide eyes. On the other hand, Hyde is also a little confused because there is a woman in the room who seems to be a human being.
(I wonder how I should respond to this... that person is like an NPC for the time being, so let's answer honestly without cheating)
"……It is a coincident"
Hyde briefly explains how he came here.
Hyde is
To sum it all up in one word,
"... I don't think it's a lie. There's some kind of fate that you came here, and would you like to have some tea? I'd be happy if you could talk to me."
"... um. I'll have it."
Hyde sits reluctantly at the desk in the room shown with a smile by the woman.
The woman also sat across from Hyde while serving tea in a cup.
"I'm training rare familiar demons here. Rare familiar demons are precious, so I'm doing it little by little in this hideout."
"... a servant, huh?"
The woman says while looking inside the room. Hyde tugged at her and looked around the room, and there were many shelves in the room, and many colorful eggs were placed on each shelf.
(Familiar……monsters? Does that mean all those eggs are monsters? How many types are there?)
None of the eggs in the room were the same, and they all had different colors and patterns. At a quick glance, there must be more than thirty.
"There are various familiars. A cute child, a beautiful child, a cool child."
The story of the woman progresses while Hyde is impressed.
"A child with strong attacks, a child with strong magic, and a child who is good at using items."
I wonder if the woman really likes the monsters here, and they are talking about the monsters very happily.
"A conspicuous child, a timid child, a child who likes to fight. There are many kinds of children. All familiar children are different."
(There are many different types. But I've never heard of any information about monster eggs, or about being able to tame monsters. Could this be an explanation of a new element planned to be implemented on the next level? It's nice to have monsters as friends.)
"It's been a long time since I've talked to someone, so I'm getting excited. I'm sorry, I've been talking all the time. It was boring, wasn't it?"
The woman said apologetically that Hyde was looking forward to the new elements while listening to the story. Apparently the story is over. Hyde shakes her head at her worried woman and thanks her by bowing her head over her desk.
"... No. It was a very interesting story. Thank you very much."
Hyde thought that was the end of the story, but the woman's next words made him freeze.
“No no.
(…………Huh!? Eh, isn’t this story a pre-explanation of a new element!?)
“Normally, the abilities of familiar demons resemble those of the person who hatched them, but these babies are a bit special. Their abilities don’t change at all no matter who hatches them.
Regardless of Hyde's solidification, the woman arranges three eggs from the shelf on the table while talking about "special eggs".
"Now, choose one of these. Which one do you want?"
Saying that, the woman lined up three eggs: a red background with white stripes, a pitch black egg, and a yellow background with light blue polka dots.
(... Well, if you say you can get it, I guess I'll get it. It doesn't look like there's a particular disadvantage. Red and yellow are something flashy...)
"With a black egg"
"Ara, are you going to make this kid?"
Hyde nodded at the woman's final confirmation. Then the woman smiled and offered Hyde a black egg.
“This child is a child who will help you. Please raise him carefully.
Hyde nodded again and put the received egg into his inventory.
"Let's meet again if we have the chance."
The woman smiled and waved. Hyde also bowed and left the room. Then I went back the way I came, and when I arrived at the hidden door, the hidden door automatically moved.
(Oh...if you go outside from inside, will it open automatically?)
When I went outside as it was, the hidden door returned to its original position and became a nondescript wall.
Hyde immediately takes out the egg he received and confirms the information on the egg.
[Monster egg]
Hatches when warmed.
(Hey, there's almost no information...! The woman was talking about hatching earlier, so I had a guess about warming it up to hatch, but... at least I wanted information about the monsters that hatched... !)
After groaning for a while, Hyde let out a sigh as if he had given up and sat down while hugging the egg.
(It doesn't look like there are any monsters around here, so let's take a short break... I was exploring during the daytime for this event, so I didn't have time to relax like this. I was walking all day today. )
Hyde decided to take it easy while warming the eggs. Of course, be vigilant about your surroundings. Luckily, this place has a great view, so if you have your back to the cliff, you won't be surprised.
(Is it okay if I warm it up like this? Come to think of it, this egg won't disappear if you leave it like this...?)
Equipment and items disappear if left unattended in inventory for two hours. So, just in case, Hyde decided to store an egg in his inventory once every hour.
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～Management Room～～
"... Huh? Oh, hey! Right now, there's a guy who entered the Hidden Room of the Egg of the Phantom Beast!"
"""What!?"""
The organizers who were managing the event responded to one man's shout.
"Oi oi! That's not a normal place to enter, is it!?"
"You need to press the switch in the hidden room where there are no hints!?"
“Who the heck is….is it Maple again!?”
Just yesterday, Maple and her friend Sally defeated the [Silver Wing], which is a mass of malice in management. From that experience, the current management was in a state of ``If something goes wrong, first suspect Maple''.
“No, Maple is playing with a monster that hatched from an egg in the valley right now. That hidden room was in the mountains, so it’s not Maple!”
"Then who is it!?"
"Show video now"
A man fiddles with a machine and displays an image on one of the monitors. A man wearing a black ninja costume standing in front of a wall-like cliff was projected there.
"... Seriously who is it!?"
“Um, the player name is…Hyde, this guy seems to be called Hyde.”
"Do you know anyone?"
“No? I mean, this guy didn’t appear in the first event.
"Skills during maintenance
“But this guy’s equipment is from the unique series, right?”
Everyone confirmed the information about the equipment of the man in the video when one person spoke in an atmosphere of ``It can't be helped if you don't know''.
"Ah, it's true! How did you not notice!?"
“If you get that series, you should get a notification here!?”
“When Hyde acquired the Unique Series, it was right around the time when preparations for maintenance were groggy.
""Ah, at that time..."""
When one of the men confirms when Hyde's unique series will be acquired, everyone agrees.
It was a time when the number of corrections increased due to the event, and all the management members were tentekomai. Even if there was a notice of acquisition of a unique series at that time, they would have ignored it because it was not abnormal at a glance. In fact, everyone was going through that process.
"... Anyway, let's check the video."
""Sodana""
Relax and play the video. Hyde looks around in front of the cliff, touches the wall, and gropes for something.
Then I pressed the switch for the hidden passage I discovered and entered the hidden passage that was released.
"... There shouldn't be any hints in this hidden room, right?"
"... Ah, it shouldn't be."
“Then why are you searching so heavily!? Besides, are you searching for the location of the hidden passage!?”
"I know!"
While the men were making noise, Hyde came out of the hidden passage and the video ended.
"...Is this what it is? It's something we don't understand, something that's unique to high-ranking players."
“Ah~ there are players like that. Several top players from last time, with Maple at the top.”
"Since there is no way to deal with that kind of thing, should I give up..."
"Yes..."
All the men let out a sigh as if they had given up. Ordinary men cannot understand the intuition of top players.
"Come to think of it, what happened to the phantom beast's egg over there?"
“It should have been designed to choose between a bat, an owl, and a condor.
"It's a special thing again."
The taming monsters introduced on a trial basis at this event are all powerful monsters that can be fought together with the player, except for the monsters that can be obtained in this quest.
However, in order to get a powerful tame monster ahead of the others, of course, there are considerable trials awaiting.
“Because you can get phantom beasts without fighting bosses like [Silver Wings], [Sea Emperor] and [Earth Dragon], I thought it would be interesting to have some disadvantages.”
"Well, it's certainly more reassuring to be able to fight together."
"What did Hyde choose?"
"It's an owl. It's a support guy."
"Support? For example, what kind of things can you do?"
"It depends on the player. Even if it's just peaky, if you completely decide what you can do, it may not suit you depending on the main player."
"I wonder what kind of player Hyde is..."
One of the men operated the machine and this time displayed Hyde's status on the monitor. You can see not only the skills Hyde has acquired, but also the skills attached to his equipment and their details.
"... What is this guy? An assassin..."
"[Assassination] to [
"But you can't hit it even if you can see the vital point. We couldn't do it either."
"That's true. I have [Pinpoint Attack], but even if I use it, it won't hit easily, so is there a problem?"
"No"
Some of the men actually tried the game to check their skills before this "NWO" started. [Pinpoint Attack] is one of them.
If you use [Pinpoint Attack], you can swing your sword in a targeted trajectory, but you have to aim accurately at the vital point.
Of course, Hyde was hitting that hard-to-reach vital point, but the management couldn't figure it out.
“If it becomes a support with this status, is it a skill that hides your appearance?”
“As expected, that’s not all.”
Unlike Maple's time, Hyde's partner's skills were considered lively and calmly.
Hyde, have a little conversation with the NPC. Hyde's first in-game conversation was with an NPC! Next time, in the second half of the third day of the event, Hyde's partner will hatch.
This is the original setting I put in.
About
the Unique Series When a unique series is acquired by someone, the management will be notified.
It is unknown whether the notification will be received in the original. It's just my speculation, but I think that the management of "NWO" will notify the management when someone creates a [Prank Series] (arbitrarily named) quest. Even though I made a prank, I don't know if it happens, or this management doesn't seem to be such a boring feeling.
Original quest
quest [Hidden room of the egg of the phantom beast]
Quest occurrence condition: Press the switch of the hidden door that is completely hidden in the cliff and enter inside
Quest location: Cliff on the event map
Quest content: The woman inside Listen to the story and get one of the three eggs.
Quest Reward: [Monster Egg]
Occurrence: "... Huh? It's rare to have a customer. How did you manage to get in? I thought I hid the entrance well." It's some kind of fate that you came to this place, so would you like to have some tea?
Conversation: "I'm training rare familiar demons here. Rare familiar demons are precious, so I'm doing it little by little in this hideout." A child, a cool child" "A child with strong attacks, a child with strong magic, a child who is good at using items" "A child who wants to stand out, a child who is timid, a child who likes to fight. "Every child is different." "It's been a long time since I've talked to someone, so I'm getting excited. I'm sorry, I'm just talking. However,
Selection: “Oh, you want this brood? Decision: " Please help me with this baby, baby. Raise
it with care. It will surely be useful to you."
, The yellow egg was a condor specializing in collecting items.
These three animals have a certain direction, but the acquired skills change depending on the skills and status of the player who hatched the egg.
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