assassin and helper
next morning. Waking up in the cave, Hyde woke up as usual and checked the number of medals he had won last night from penalty shootouts.
(One gold medal and two silver medals? Putting aside the gold medals, I thought I was just lucky if I got the silver medals. Now I have achieved my goal.)
The total number of medals that Hyde currently possessed was one gold medal and eleven silver medals.
Therefore, if Hyde defends this medal at the end of the event, it will be calculated that he will get two skills or equipment.
(Well, there are still three days left for the event, so what should I do now...)
By the way, there is only one extra silver medal, but Hyde has no idea of collecting nine more medals. Nothing happened for five hours yesterday, and the search is working.
(Being cautious of being PK'ed, there is a way to spend the remaining three days hiding, but... it's boring to spend three days wasted. It's boring.)
Even if Hyde didn't actively look for the medal, he didn't want to waste the remaining three days.
In particular, Oulu's level is still low, so he intends to concentrate on this opportunity to raise his level.
(However, Oulu can't be active during the day, so we have to be careful about that.)
The reason Oulu couldn't work for a long time was due to the new skill he learned yesterday.
【Nocturnality】
Increases all stats of self and partner by 30% while surroundings are at night.
During the day, I can only work for three hours in a row. After 30 minutes of [sleep], you can [awaken] again.
(It's daytime now, so Aur can only be active for three hours after it's taken out of the ring. It's annoying, but every time you find a monster, you have to [Awaken] it and usually put it to [Sleep]. It would be a waste if I couldn't [Awaken] at the right time. Now then, shall we go!)
After Hyde made that conclusion while looking at the ring, he left the cave and started exploring.
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When the sun had completely set, Hyde was taking a break in a certain forest on the event map.
(Phew. I can't seem to find a place to rest~. I didn't feel like going out at night today...)
Hyde, who spent all day looking for and hunting monsters, is steadily leveling up along with Oulu.
At night, Owl's [nocturnal] activity restrictions are lifted, and his stats rise. In other words, the efficiency of defeating monsters will also increase, but Hyde didn't feel like acting at night that day.
(For the past two days, I've been acting in the middle of the night and sleeping until noon, and if I don't get back to my lifestyle soon, it'll be tough after the event is over...)
Since this event is held on Sunday, the day after the event is Monday and there is school.
So Hyde got into the habit of sleeping until noon and was worried about falling asleep at school the next day.
Hyde is pretty serious.
(Sure enough, I can't find a resting place. I've been looking for it since the sun started to set, but I can't find it like this... Well, I found some during the daytime.)
It's just that I haven't found a resting place since I started looking for it, but I found two or three places where I could take a rest during the day. I just found it during the day, so I just missed it.
(In that case, I should have leveled up near the resting place I found during the day. It's quite far from the last resting place I found, so maybe it's faster to find a new resting place... huh?)
When Hyde stood up from the branch he had been sitting on and tried to move, something flashed in the corner of his vision.
(He's a player, right? It seems like he's desperately running away from the monsters.)
It was a boy about elementary school who was holding something in both hands.
A white monkey-like monster bigger than a boy is chasing from behind.
There were five or six monsters, and monkeys had higher [AGI]... or rather, boys were clearly slower.
(From what I've seen, monkeys aren't monsters with high [AGI]. That means that player probably doesn't use [AGI] much as a rear guard.)
"Somebody, somebody help me!"
The boy is desperately screaming, but there's really not much point in helping people in this event.
Just like Hyde did yesterday, if you take a PK, you can steal the medals from the defeated player.
To do such a thing would be too good-natured.
(But I can't let this go unnoticed, I guess. It's bad to wake up if you kill a beginner player.)
In addition, Hyde corresponds to that extreme goodwill. As far as I can see, the equipment of the player who was being attacked was the initial equipment, which probably has a lot to do with it.
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The boy was running desperately for help. He knew in his heart that no one would help him, but he couldn't help but ask for help.
"Haa, haa!"
It was a coincidence.
It was before sunset when I entered this forest to find a place for the boy to sleep, but it was completely dark without being able to find it.
When I finally found a hut in the distance and ran to hurry, I was spotted by a monkey monster and chased me to this day.
"Haa, haa! Ah, Gua!"
The boy tangles his legs and falls, dropping the baton-like cane that he had been holding in both hands.
After the boy falls, the monkeys catch up with him and land on the ground surrounding him.
And when one of the monkeys picked up the cane that the boy had dropped, a window opened in front of the boy.
"Equipment has been stolen by the monster name [Steel Monkey]"
"... Eh!? That's right! Equipment shouldn't drop!"
The boy involuntarily raised his voice at the words written on the window that appeared.
Certainly at this event, equipment
however,
And that particular monster is the [Steel Monkey] in front of the boy now.
This monster has a habit of bringing back items and equipment that have fallen to its nest.
And at that time, even if the player is equipped, the equipment will be removed from the equipment column.
"Give me back! Give me back my cane!"
""""Fuck!"""""
Hearing the boy's desperate cry, the monkeys squealed. Then, step by step, he approached the boy, who was still on his side.
Finally, the boy entered the monkey's attack range, and the moment the monkey raised its arm to attack, the knife was stuck in the monkey's neck.
"Wow!? Kuku!"
"………e?"
Before the attacked monkey can see the direction in which the knife flew, multiple slashes fly and the monkey turns into light and disappears, and the stolen staff rolls on the spot as a drop.
Knives and slashes rained down on the other monkeys around, and in no time there was only one boy lying on the ground.
"... eh, eh? I, now, what the hell is...?"
"……Are you okay?"
"Wah!?"
And when the boy looked around in a hurry, Hyde landed on the ground a little away from the boy.
"..."
"Hi!"
Worried about the boy who didn't say anything, Hyde took a step closer to him, and the boy let out a short scream and backed away as if he had lost his waist.
(... No, I've had quite a few fears before without being noticed. I don't really care. It's always the case.)
Seeing the boy's clearly frightened attitude even though he helped him, Hyde grumbled in his heart.
(If I stay here any longer, it will only scare me, so should I just leave quickly… hmm? What is this?)
Deciding that anything he said would only frighten him, Hyde immediately tried to leave the place, but he stepped on something.
When I picked up the object I stepped on, it turned out to be a baton that a conductor holds in his hand during a performance.
(Conductor's baton...? Why did something like this fall here?)
"Ah, that's mine...!"
A small voice was heard in Hyde's ear, so when he turned around, the boy's face was slightly pale and his mouth was covered with his hand. It's like he's blatantly let his lips slip.
(...Yeah. There seems to be no doubt that this is that girl's thing. I don't know why you're reacting like I said something you shouldn't say, but for now, let's return this.)
"Huh! Ugh..."
When Hyde approached with the baton in hand, the boy closed his eyes and curled up with his arms to cover his head.
(... You're scaring me more than I imagined. Why? Did I do such a bad thing?)
I haven't done anything wrong, but it's normal to be scared if a man in black suddenly appears in a dark forest.
It's all the more so if you face the possibility of dying right up until just before. Hyde was a little short on consideration here and there.
"... is this you?"
"…………e?"
"... this baton"
Once Hyde confirmed, the boy stared blankly at the baton that was held out to him, perhaps because he didn't understand the meaning of the question.
"... isn't it yours?"
"... Ah. No, no! That's mine!"
When Hyde asked for confirmation again, the boy finally understood the meaning of the words and shook his head.
"... yes, huh. Then yes."
"Eh, um... Thank you very much."
Hyde offered the baton to the boy, who hesitantly accepted.
After confirming that the boy had received the baton, Hyde turned his back on him.
"……well"
"Oh, wait!"
In a panic, the boy stops Hyde when he tries to leave.
Hyde, who had always thought he was scared, suddenly stopped and turned around.
"...?"
"Ah, um... I'm Karaage. Thank you for helping me!"
When I said that, the boy, or rather Karaage, bowed his head vigorously.
Hyde scratched his cheek as if he was a little embarrassed in response to that energetic thank you.
"... Not at all. I just saw it by chance."
By the way, even Hyde didn't say that if Karaage had been properly equipped, he might not have helped.
"Well, uh... this is a thank you! Please take it!"
Saying that, Karaage handed out three silver medals. Even Hyde is taken aback by this.
"... Medals? How?
At least the dungeon that Hyde conquered in this event wasn't difficult enough for Karaage, who was about to be defeated by that monkey, to clear it.
“Uhm, it might be in a rock that was broken during a magic trial, or in a tree hollow that I found when I fell… I guess.”
Ehehe, it was Karaage who smiled embarrassedly, but in contrast, Hyde's invisible cheeks twitched slightly with his mouthpiece.
(What kind of luck is that? I don't think you'll ever find it in a rock or something like that. I did find a medal in a cave hidden in a tall tree, though.)
By the way, every time Karaage finds such a hidden medal outside the dungeon, the management asks, "Why did you find it!? ? 』『Impossible! ? There is also the fact that he was screaming.
"... I think it would be better if I had it myself."
"No! I was saved! And if I hadn't done that, the wand I got at this event would have been stolen!"
(Ah, it was a cane after all. Or rather, did it have the property of stealing monster weapons? It's a frightening monster despite being weak.)
Hyde thought it was a little escapist, but Karaage still held out his medal.
I should have been frightened until just now, but now my eyes are sparkling.
"... Understood. Thankfully, I'll take it (I probably won't withdraw until I get it. This guy is pretty stubborn, isn't he?)"
"here you are!"
A medal is pushed out to Hyde. Hyde stored all of those medals in his inventory.
"...My name is Hyde."
Saying so, Hyde brings up the menu screen and asks Karaage to register as a friend.
It seems that Karaage also has a display, and Hyde and the screen are alternately stared at in surprise.
"Eh! Is it okay!?"
For Karaage, Hyde is clearly a high-level player. He is quite confused when he receives a friend request from such a player.
"... good. Thank you for the medal."
"That's it! Thank you for that... um, thank you very much!"
After completing the friend registration, Karaage bowed deeply.
"... if you have any trouble, call me. I'll help you as much as I can."
"Yes, thank you!"
With Karaage's words of gratitude on his back, Hyde leaves without looking back.
Karaage lowered his head again toward the back that was going away.
"He was a kind person."
(Oh, come to think of it, it's my first friend. Should I interact with other people more...no, but...)
Hyde struggled for a moment.
Hyde, it's been about two months since I started playing the game, and I've finally made my first friend. Isn't it rare to see a work where the main character can't make friends like this...or rather, isn't this the first time?
Lately, I've been worried about whether I can properly write from a third-person perspective. I'm going to write it properly, but... If you have any typos, omissions, advice, etc., please feel free to tell me.
Encounter next time.
This is the original monster that I put out this time. Original Monster A monkey-like monster with white fur that appears in the forest of the dedicated map for the second event of
"Steel Monkey" .
His arms are about one meter long and he is one tall. seven meters.
Their stats aren't that high, and even if they're surrounded by high-ranking players, they can deal with them or escape without any problems depending on how they turn around. He always works in groups.
The biggest feature of this monster is its ability to bring back the items and equipment it picks up to its nest. However, items and equipment placed in the nest are treated the same as if they were left unattended, so they will disappear after 2 hours.
Also, if the dropped equipment is picked up, the equipment will be removed from the equipment column and stolen. In other words, as soon as the equipment is stolen, you have to chase it and take it back. Even if you defeat it, the equipment is still removed from the equipment column, so if someone else picks it up and puts it in your inventory, there's no way to get it back.
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