Assassin and second event preparation

  A few days after Hyde advanced to the second floor, Hyde was reading a message sent from management.

 

(Maintenance at this timing two weeks before the 2nd event. And some skills were corrected, and the defense penetration attack skill was added, along with the associated pain reduction……you don't have to say it. completelythis articleMapleIt's a countermeasure. Defense penetrating attack skill will probably be implemented at some point, but the reason why it was implemented early is probably because Honjo-san went on a rampage.)

 

 In the first event, Maple used overwhelming defensive power and multiple powerful skills. It was obvious that I would be the target of weakening.

 

(Especially, the skills attached to that shield should definitely be weakened. Why did management adopt such a shield? With such a powerful skill attached, that large shield must be a unique series, but in addition It looks like there are no conditions or limits on the number of times it can be used, and you can see that the game balance is messed up with a shield that swallows anything the moment you touch it.)

 

 The skill attached to Maple's large shield was not originally attached to the large shield, it was just a skill that Maple acquired through a special action that was given to the large shield's [Skill Slot], but the only way to know it was Not in Hyde.

 

(Well, setting aside the question of fighting Mr. Honjou, I'm grateful for the implementation of the defense penetration attack skill. With this, I can take countermeasures against my concerns to some extent. My [Assassination] condition is effective if the attack doesn't hit the vital point. If it's against a monster whose VIT is too high, the attack will be repelled and the damage won't go through.)

 

 With the skill [Assassination], even if you attack a vital point, if the opponent's VIT is high and the damage is 0, the system will judge that the attack to the vital point has failed. The defense penetration attack skill will solve that. By the way, Hyde doesn't know yet, but even if it's a monster that doesn't have a vital point, the demerit will be activated because the attack on the vital point has failed.

 

(For the time being, I will acquire the defense piercing attack skill later, but now I am preparing for the second event that is approaching in two weeks. I only watched the last event, but this time I will participate!)

 

 When Hyde closed the maintenance details screen, the screen with details of the second event that was announced about two weeks ago popped up in his spirit.

 

(This event is an exploratory type, and the period is one week in-game time. However, since the time is accelerated, the actual time is only two hours. As a result, once you log out, you will not be able to rejoin the event.)

 

 If you log out enough times, 14 hours (84 times) will pass in the game. A ban on re-participation would be a natural measure.

 

(What I'm looking for is 300 silver medals scattered around the field. If you collect 10 silver medals, you can exchange them for gold medals. After the event ends, you can exchange the gold medals for skills and equipment.)

 

 This event will also be held on an event-specific map. Collect the medals that have fallen in the dungeon etc.

 

(I'm satisfied with the equipment, so I'm not interested, but I'm curious about the skills. What kind of things do you have?)

 

 Hyde expected a little reward, then quickly picked himself up and began planning his actions leading up to the event.

 

(I'll be participating alone, so it's especially dangerous at night. If I don't sleep, it will interfere with my actions, so I'm going to sleep, but if I get PK'd and lose my medal while I'm sleeping, I can't even look at it. All right. , First of all, training for camping!)

 

 As soon as he decided, Hyde went out of town to find a good place to practice.

 

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(This area looks nice. It doesn't look like many people will come.)

 

 For camping training, Hyde went deep into the woods and found a fairly large tree and jumped on its branch.

 

(Branches are thick enough to sit on, and they won't sag even when you put your weight on them. It would be nice if there was a tree like this on the event map...)

 

 Thinking that was pointless, Hyde cut off his thoughts and slowly closed his eyes. Yes, the training for sleeping in the open was Hyde's idea of ​​sleeping in a tree. The terrain of the event map has not yet been announced, but Hyde was convinced that it would definitely enter the forest with many obstacles as it was mainly for exploration. And if he rested in the woods, he thought that he would be harder to find in the trees.

 

(For the time being, my sleeping position seems to be quite gentle, but it's desirable to be able to rest even in a situation where if I move even a little, I'll fall. And since I don't have a guard when I rest, I have to rest in a place that's hard to find. In a place like this. , I wish I could rest...)

 

 Hyde eventually falls asleep. Even if multiple monsters come near the tree where Hyde is sleeping, they don't seem to notice Hyde. And three hours have passed since Hyde began to fall asleep.

 

『Skill [Concealment] has been acquired』

 

“…………Huh?”

 

 Hyde wakes up to the sudden notification of skill acquisition. After a few minutes of drowsiness, her head finally woke up completely.

 

(It looks like you were able to sleep without any problems. It's my first time sleeping on a tree, so I feel like my body has stiffened. It's a VR, so of course it's just my imagination... and you didn't say anything about your skills just now. did you get it?)

 

 As he stood up and stretched out, he confirmed that he was still on top of the tree, Hyde nodded in satisfaction, remembering the notification he heard just before he woke up and opened his status for the time being.

 

(Umm... Hm? What is this skill?)

 

 Looking at my status, I found a skill that I didn't recognize, so I gave the details of that skill.

 

[Hiding]

Completely invisible to monsters or players while not moving.

Can't be activated if a monster or player is looking at it.

Remove skill when moving. Ready to use again after 5 minutes.

Acquisition conditions

A monster or player exists three times or more within a radius of three meters in three hours, and during that time the monster or player does not move at all and is not recognized by the monster or player.

 

(Eh~...I was just sleeping, but...I got an unexpected skill. What's more, he's the perfect guy for this event.)

 

 It was already known from the previous experiment that Hyde didn't move at all during sleep. This skill has no time limit, so the effect lasts for hours as long as you don't move. For Hyde, who was concerned about how to rest, there is no more optimal skill than this.

 

(With this, the problem of staying home has been solved. The only thing left to do is acquire a defense penetration attack skill, raise the level of the skill you have now, and raise your own level while you're at it.)

 

 Searching for new skills was not an option for Hyde. It's a waste of time to search blindly as long as there is no prospect of finding it.

 

(There are two weeks left until the event. We don't have a lot of time, so let's come in order!)

 

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 Two weeks passed in the blink of an eye, and the day of the second event finally came. Hyde has been steadily raising his level for the past two weeks, and in the process he has acquired new skills.

 

[Iaikiri]

0. [STR] increased by 30% for 5 seconds only.

Acquisition conditions

0. Attack monsters 10 times within 5 seconds.

0. If you attack while pulling out for 5 seconds or more, the number of times will be reset.

 

 It was the result of repeating the action of putting the knife back in its sheath in order to concentrate when re-sheathing after attacking once. It's a skill with a strict time limit, but it's a skill that doesn't have any particular disadvantages. The weapon Hyde uses is a sword, so it's easy to attack while pulling it out of its sheath. When he got it, he was surprised by the unexpected skill, but he was happy with the windfall.

 

(There are a lot of people this time too... but this time I'll be participating, so I have to put up with it...)

 

 At the plaza, which is the meeting place for the event, more people than at the previous event are gathering. New players and other players who haven't come to the second layer yet are in the first layer, so even with this number of people, the event participants are still not all.

 In the crowd, Hyde couldn't hide like he did last time, so he waited for the time while feeling quite dejected.

 

(Hurry up and start the event~……This crowd is painful……)

 

 Hyde endures the player's ruckus while thinking about the same thing as during the previous event. And when the plaza was full, an announcement from the management finally came in.

 

"From now on, the second event will start! First of all, I will explain the rules of this event again.』

 

 Saying so, the announcement explained the details of the event that had already been announced. However, there were some contents that were not announced in the explanation.

 

“The top 10 players in the previous event already have a gold medal! You can defeat it and take it away, or you can explore without worrying about it! 

 

(I knew that the goods from the previous event were mementos, but that medal was the memento. If the top rankers from the previous event were able to get skills and equipment without doing anything... I want to aim for it, but it seems impossible.I don't want to bet 30% against a top-ranked opponent.If I fail, I will almost certainly be killed.)

 

 Hyde seems to have a policy of avoiding poor bets.

 

"Even if you die, you only drop medals! Don't worry, you won't drop your equipment! Medals are dropped only when defeated by a player. Please feel free to explore! After death, you will respawn at the initial point of each transfer! 

 

(In other words, won't you drop medals even if you're defeated by monsters?

 

 Hyde wasn't worried about the equipment from the beginning. The unique series that Hyde is equipped with does not drop even if he dies in the first place.

 

“There are many points in the field where monsters do not come, so please take advantage of them! 

 

(Is there a point where monsters don't come? Then, if you find that point, in principle, should you take a break at that point? Players will come even if monsters don't come, so let's use [Conceal] when taking a break just in case.)

 

“Then that will be the end of the explanation! everyone! Good luck for the week! 

 

 Hyde's first event has finally started. All the players in the square, including Hyde, turned into light and disappeared from the second layer.




The protagonist, this time, finally words... words? moans? Anyway, I made a sound (← escaped from the expression). In fact, it's been seven episodes in the game, and it's the first time in six episodes in the novel that it's spoken in "Assassin, Management and Reality" (but it's definitely not a voice). It's the second event from next time.
It's the original setting. It's the same definition as "visual observation" in the previous story.

Recognition
is different from visual observation. For example, if someone sees you entering a tent, even if they know that they are inside the tent, they are not "visible", but if they are inside the tent, they are "recognised". It is judged that it is done.

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