Assassin and [Reticent]
The day after Maple and three new members raised their levels and two of them returned with powerful skills, Hyde was raising his level with Maple and Karaage.
“…Why did Maple come back abnormally after going to level up with her?”
"Heh, I didn't do anything strange! It's just a little more than three minutes to go around, so it's going to be interesting..."
"... then?"
"I did my best, but in the end I cut it under two and a half minutes."
"Everyone did their best, didn't they?"
"Hey~"
(No. That's not what I'm asking...)
The poisonous dragon with Maple on the first floor went around the boss dungeon many times and aimed to increase its level, but as a result, Yui and Mai's [STR] that had been swinging to the extreme was strengthened considerably and returned. Noda.
"...the enemy is here"
"Leave the defense to me! [Provoke]! [Predator]! [Dedicated compassion]!"
"I will support you! [
Maple uses [Dedicated Affection], which can always protect her allies, and [Predator], which does not end with a single blow, and gathers enemies to meet them with a dignified standing.
And when Karaage turned his baton, which was his weapon, Maple's body glowed faintly, and her and Hyde's status increased.
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Change the magic and skills that can be used to skills that can give various states to the target.
I-X level. The effect increases as the level increases.
This skill is a special skill that Karaage has, and it is a skill that uses MP and can change the contents of magic.
Depending on the skill or magic being changed, the effect after the change will increase or decrease the status, or cause a status ailment.
The effect given this time is an increase in [VIT] for Maple, and an increase in [STR] and [AGI] for Hyde.
(It would be easier if Maple was there. If I use [Taunt], the monster's line of sight will be focused on Maple. As a result, I won't be seen, so I can attack without lowering my status due to the demerit effect of [Hermit].)
Hyde attacks the monsters from behind while Maple is attracting all the monsters. Hyde has acquired several skills that increase his stats depending on the conditions, so he is very careful not to be found by monsters when hunting alone.
But now that Maple was with him, if he used [Provocation] moderately, the monsters would be glued to Maple and wouldn't even look at Hyde. Regarding the line of sight of the allies, Maple closed her eyes, and Karaage solved it by looking only at Maple's back.
Even if you close your eyes, it's a solution unique to Maple, who has an abnormal [VIT] that doesn't take damage against monsters that don't have defensive piercing attacks.
“……Maple, the monsters around you are almost completely wiped out. You can open your eyes now.”
"Yes, I understand"
When Maple opened her eyes, the last monster that had been bitten by the [Predator] was about to turn into light and disappear. However, Maple's expression was somewhat dissatisfied.
"This method is easy, but it's a bit boring."
"……Just because【
Hyde and Karaage's [VIT] are both 0, so [
"Yeah, be careful. Ah, but Karaage-kun can use magic, right?"
"... For the time being, there is no problem, but..."
"No, don't worry about it. My [INT] is 0, so even if I use magic, I can't do much damage. I have a lot of MP."
Since Karaage is extremely MP-swinging, even if it can cast a large amount of magic, it can't do much damage with that magic.
However【
“…Why did you decide to swing the MP pole?”
“Um, I was hesitant about [INT], but I thought it would be better if I could use a lot of magic.”
(Why do you want to assign all of them to one status? Why don't you assign them to several statuses normally...)
“Did you decide from the beginning that your weapon would be a staff?”
"Right. I'm not very good at sports, so I decided to use magic in the rear guard. That's why I used a cane."
In a VR game, you move your character in the same way you move your body in real life, so it's easier to do avant-garde if you can exercise in reality to some extent. Of course, there are status and skill corrections, so I can't generalize, but it was clear that that tendency was strong.
“Ah, I’m not very good at exercise either.
"... Well, like a normal person."
"... Huh? Maple-san, Hyde-san's
"Huh? … Ah! I'm sorry! Hyde-kun!"
Maple, who realized her careless remarks after hearing Karaage's words, apologized to Hyde in a hurry.
However, Hyde is separate from Maple
"... It's okay. It's not like I'm hiding it. Karaage, me and Maple
"I see. Did you start playing games together?"
"Uh-huh. I started playing the game when Sally recommended it to me, but I met Hyde-kun by chance during the second event. I was surprised because I didn't know Hyde-kun was playing this game too."
“…Me and Maple weren’t on good terms to talk like that.”
Even in real life, Maple is not shy and talks to anyone frankly, so coupled with her petite and cute appearance, she is very popular and has quite a few friends. However, he is not friends with Hyde, and she is not on good terms with him to chat in his spare time.
When I was talking about that, the monster's reaction appeared in Hyde's [Presence Detection]. Hyde readied his weapon and jumped up a tree while calling out to Maple and Karaage, who didn't have [Presence Detection].
"...Monsters are coming. Prepare for battle."
"Understood! [Provocation]!"
"[
In response to Hyde's call, the two immediately prepared for battle. At the same time, several monsters jumped out from behind the trees.
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"Um, Mr. Hyde. I'm a little curious."
"……? what?"
Karaage called out to Hyde during a break between several battles that were fought in the same way.
"No, it looked like he was using a skill that didn't say anything during the battle, so I wondered why..."
What Karaage asked with hesitation was about Hyde's battle. Even though I can't hear the skill name, it seems that the skill is clearly activated, so I'm curious.
(... Huh? You don't know about Karaage? I certainly didn't say it either, but since no one asked me, I thought I knew for sure...)
The reason why the other members silently didn't ask how they used their skills was because if it was a skill, it would be a violation of manners.
In this game, having rare or powerful skills gives you a considerable advantage, so it's tacitly understood that prying into the content of skills and how to acquire them is bad manners.
So the members of [Maple Tree] were curious about the method, but they couldn't ask.
“…This is the effect of the skill [Reticence] that I acquired.
However, Hyde, who was the actual person, had no intention of hiding his true identity, [Silent], so that concern was completely useless.
In the first place, he misunderstood that the reason why everyone didn't ask was because he knew about the existence of this skill. He wasn't even talked about on the bulletin board, but I thought everyone knew about it, so I didn't bother to bring it up.
"Huh~! You have such a skill! I didn't know!"
"I didn't know either"
"... Hmm? Did Maple not know either? I got it on the first day."
"First day!? How?"
“…This skill can be acquired by acting or fighting silently for five hours without making any loud noises. did it"
To Hyde who said it so easily, the two of them involuntarily fell silent. As expected, the two of them knew how difficult it would be to act silently for five hours.
If you can't speak, you can't use your skills, so you have no choice but to fight with only the weapon you have and the correction of your status. But if you can't even make a big noise, even that battle will be difficult.
"...Hyde-kun, did you really get that skill on the first day? I don't think I can do it."
"I don't have the confidence to stay silent for five hours."
"... Really? I don't think it's that difficult."
Hyde looks at the two of them who groan in difficulty, but whether or not they find this acquisition condition difficult has a lot to do with their personalities.
Both of them have bright personalities and talk a lot, and even when they are alone, they talk to themselves a lot. Because such people speak almost unconsciously, it feels difficult to intentionally remain silent.
“……For the time being, when we get together next time, I will talk to everyone about the conditions for obtaining [Reticence].
"Yeah, that's right. I don't think everyone knows either."
"I'll try my best to get it too."
Maple nodded at Karaage's declaration because it was a useful skill, although she felt it would be difficult to acquire.
"Me too. I'm sure everyone will be surprised if they can use it."
(In the case of Maple, the other players would be surprised in a different way.)
If he suddenly turned into a monster even though he didn't even mention his skill, he would be shocked by someone who saw it for the first time.
"... It's a monster."
"OK! [Provocation]!"
"I will support you too!"
The story ended there with the monsters coming again. And Hyde and the others then finished the hunt for another few hours, and returned to the Guild Home for the day.
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Hyde finally questioned that [Silent] might actually be a little-known skill, and a few days later, when everyone gathered at the guild home, he tried to talk about the effect of [Silent] and the conditions for acquiring it.
“I felt like you didn’t mention the name of the skill since the second event, but I finally got my doubts cleared.
Other than Sally, members who had fought alongside Hyde had more or less doubts. Now that the reason has been clarified, there is an atmosphere of conviction.
“However, Hyde, can you tell us about the acquisition conditions for that skill?”
"...? There's no problem, right?"
"Isn't that so? I'm asking if you didn't have to keep it a secret. You're supposed to hide information about such useful skills, right?"
The effects and acquisition conditions of skills with difficult or highly effective acquisition conditions tend to be relatively hidden. If it spreads, it will jeopardize its superiority.
"... it's okay. Certainly this skill is useful, but there is a skill I use that I don't want others to know.
"Do you still have it... No, that's right. I don't even know the name of the skill Hyde disappears."
“In the first place, I don’t even know what kind of skills Hyde-kun is always using.
Hyde uses skills without mentioning their names, so I have no idea what he's using. Such confidentiality can be said to be the true value of this skill called [Reticence].
"Chrom. Shall we go together to acquire [Reticence] immediately? It seems quite convenient."
"Yes. Let's go."
“Maple-chan, I also want to acquire it, so may I ask you to be my guard? I also want to keep that skill for the time being.
Izu is a production worker and spends most of her time in town. However, she wanted to acquire [Reticence] in preparation for the next event, but Maple put her hands together apologetically when asked.
“I’m sorry Izu-san. I have a lot of assignments today, so I have to log out soon…”
"Oh, is that so?"
"sorry!"
"Don't worry about it. See you tomorrow."
"Yes. Then! What about Sally and Hyde?"
"I want to continue, but I'm going to give up. I can't stand it if my grades go down and I'm banned from the game again."
Some time ago, Sally was banned from the game by her parents because of her poor grades. In normal times, there is only a slight difference in level, but if the game is banned now that the event is about to be held, depending on the period of the ban, you will not be able to participate in the event.
In fact, while Sally is banned from the game, the first event is being held and she has missed it.
Since it can't happen at this event, she's been seriously working on her assignments and studies lately.
"... I'm already done, so I'll stay a little longer."
"I see. See you tomorrow."
"... ah, again"
After Maple and Sally operated the panel and logged out, this time Yui and Mai timidly raised their hands.
"Um, we'll be logging out soon as well."
“Before, my mother scolded me for playing late and told me to finish the game early for a while…”
"Yes. Well, it can't be helped."
"I have some work to do today, so I'll log out now."
Following Yui and Mai, Kanade also declined and then logged out.
"Then Chrome. Can I follow you two?"
"Ah, fine. I'm not as perfect as Maple, but I'll protect you as much as I can."
"Please"
"Is Kasumi okay?"
“…………Ah, no problem.”
(Huh? Kasumi-san, isn't there something wrong?)
When Hyde felt uncomfortable with Kasumi's words and looked at her complexion, Kasumi let out a sigh of regret.
(... Huh, seriously? That kind of relationship with Mr. Chrome... doesn't seem to be the case with Mr. Chrome. I don't mean that...)
"Ah, that's right. Are you going with Hyde?"
As if suddenly noticing, Chrome turned around and invited Hyde. When asked, Hyde nodded after thinking for a moment.
“(I feel like I’m going to be a bit of a nuisance if I follow you, but it’s too late now that Izu-san is here. In the first place, I still don’t know what Kasumi-san thinks of Chrome-san.) ……Then I’ll follow you. I don't know if it helps."
The reason Hyde was following these three this time was because he wanted to confirm Kasumi's feelings. He's surprisingly curious.
"If you just kill the approaching monsters, that's enough."
"……Do you get it"
"Is it okay if I go out to the field and collect medicinal herbs? To be honest, I would like to mine ore, but I'm going to give up on that. It makes a lot of noise."
In order to acquire [Reticence], it is NG not only to not speak, but also to make loud noises. Therefore, mining by smashing walls with a pickaxe or a pickaxe is not possible.
"There is no problem. Then, please tell me where I can get the medicinal herbs I want. I need to remain silent when I go out on the field, so I'd like to ask you now."
"Okay"
When the three heard the location from Izu, they silently left the field and began to act.
And Chrome and the others successfully acquired [Silent] within that day, and later Maple and the others also succeeded in acquiring it. With this, all the members of [Maple Tree] would gain the advantage of being able to activate their skills silently.
I wasn't sure if Chrom's opponent would be Izu, but I chose Kasumi. Because it seemed to be compatible with the same avant-garde.
Next time, we will fight in the dojo.
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