VRMMO no Shien Shokunin ～Top Player no Shikakenin～
chapter-17

Chapter 17: First event

Just want to say that I left “Maou” as it is because of the nicknames she’s getting in the chapter instead of translating the term and all that. Not that anyone that reads this kind of series would be confused at the term at this point.

Enjoy.

Wednesday, at 10 pm.

It wasn’t like there weren’t that many players that had reached 「Heathrow town」 and it was deserted…but there were comparatively fewer people and it was more peaceful.

Yesterday we parted ways with Claris-san, who thanked us repeatedly, and we came to this pub today to decide our next course of action.

Though, since they haven’t implemented the hunger system yet, it’s not like we can eat anything.

We thought it would be best to find a place where we could sit down and talk freely so we chose this place.

「Should we make a guild after all? As expected, not having a place where we can sit down and relax within the game is kind of inconvenient. Especially when it comes down to crafting」 (Hind)

「However, don’t guild homes only get to be set up at 1 point? I think we should go around some more places before deciding about it」 (Yumir)

「True, visiting other places shouldn’t prove to be too difficult. After all, this town has paths in all for directions…does this mean they are telling us to choose our own path from now on?」 (Riizu)

「No matter what path we take it doesn’t seem like the level of the monsters increase to extreme levels. If we are in doubt, it would be safe to just set it up here since it looks like a halfway point」 (Hind)

「But that would be…」 (Yumir)

「Boring, right? I know I know. Let’s postpone the guild and the guild home for now」 (Hind)

In that case, should we wander around to find a good spot?

That would be fun in its own way, but not having an objective would make it really unproductive.

I don’t really care what it is, I wish we had something to start with.

We were absorbed in exchanging ideas and shortly after we decided to take a break…Yumir abruptly stood up from her seat.

Did something happen?

「! Hind, there’s something flowing below us!」 (Yumir)

「Ah? What are you even sa-…whoa, it’s true」 (Hind)

「Is this…some sort of notification from the company? They are captions…」 (Riizu)

Once we concentrated on the letters they suddenly started to float in front of our eyes in a grand way.

Let’s see…we now will proceed to announce the first event.

To all the players that are currently logged in, if you look at the sky, you will be able to see something unique.

…The sky?

「For the time being, shall we go outside?」 (Hind)

「Oh, an event!? I’m getting so excited!」 (Yumir)

「What are you, a child…?」 (Riizu)

「What did you say!? Then, don’t participate in the event!」 (Yumir)

「Such a child. I didn’t even have to verify it」 (Riizu)

While listening to their usual back and forth, I opened the door to the pub and went outside.

There were already plenty of players standing outside while looking at the sky.

Ah, just when I thought there weren’t that many people. Were they all inside buildings?

Though there’s still way fewer people than in 　「Altrowa village」.

We did as the message said and looked at the sky, there…there was a black-haired little girl sporting twin tails with her arms crossed.

She was wearing black garments with high exposure.

…What’s this? Some sort of mascot character from the GMs?

「I am…the maou」 (Maou)

No…even if you say that…

She did have long canines, horns on her head, a long black tail and even red eyes and wings…but for some reason, she didn’t have much impact.

The people around us were saying things like 「Cute」 or 「Maou-chan」 and there was not a single person that was scared.

Since I was a bit interested in the illusion projected in the sky, I tried to move around but they were using some sort of technique to make you see the front side from any angle.

That’s why I believe it’s a waste of time to try desperately to take a look below.

The female players around would immediately kick you after all.

「Visitors. My army has grown tired of fighting the small fry in this world. I thank you deeply for your appearance!」 (Maou)

Oh, so it’s that kind of setting.

That being said, is this little girl really the maou? Is this game OK?

「Oh! Hind, it’s the maou, the maou! This is getting interesting!」 (Yumir)

「Unfortunately, I can’t bring myself to think of her as the maou. At least they should show us her casting some big spell or something…」 (Hind)

「Eh, Hind-san. I only know about the maous that appear in books…」 (Riizu)

「Uh, right. I know what you want to say. It’s true that they are usually males…but for some reason, the current state is that because of a certain culture, they are getting gender bent」 (Hind)

「I think I sort of get it…but at the same time I don’t」 (Riizu)

I think people generally think like Riizu.

However, Yumir and I have gotten used to this culture after all…

If Riizu wasn’t here, the chances of me saying 　「The maou is a girl!? That’s normal!」 would have been pretty high.

The maou continued talking.

「Let’s start with a preliminary test, I set free a large number of turtles in the Homa plains. Of course, you’ll be able to overcome this easily, right? Don’t disappoint me, visitors from another world」 (Maou)

Turtles…huh?

Are they really a good choice for the first event…?

They are probably very slow but have high HP.

「I’ll be watching the situation from my castle. Regarding this conflict, there’s a certain specimen called elder, the one that manages to deal him the strongest blow, I’ll take a likyu!」 (Maou)

Ah, the maou magnificently bit her own tongue in the middle of her speech.

She crouched showing how much it hurt.

Seeing that, warm (?) cheers from the players saying 「You can do it maou-chan!」 started to spread.

However, with teary eyes, the maou started to shake and wave her arms.

「…Uh….uh! I can’t! I can’t do this anymore! Samael! Samael!」 (Maou)

「You can’t, maou-sama! Just a little more, you can do it!」 (Samael)

「Don’t wanna! Because these guys, they are not afraid at all! Samael, you do the rest!」 (Maou)

「…Guess I have no choice…」 (Samael)

The illusion was interrupted for a moment and we could hear the maou speaking with someone else.

After they were done talking, this time, a handsome man with crimson hair appeared in the sky.

He had horns and wings like the maou and for some reason, he was keeping his eyes shut.

Rather, what’s with this charade?

「I’ll be acting in place of maou-sama, my name is Samael. Hear my words, visitors from another world! I’ll continue the previous speech. Maou-sama will agree that the person that manages to deal the strongest blow to the Elder turtle is a worthy opponent. Be thankful, you trash!」 (Samael)

The attitude of this man, if I had to say it in a few words, was that of someone that acted too high and mighty.

He looks more like a maou…or rather, I believe in game settings, Samael is supposed to be a maou?

However, his speech was met with animosity from the players…

「Don’t screw with us! Show us maou-chan!!」

「We didn’t ask for a guy!」

「Go away!」

Against the projection in the sky, players started to throw stones at it, cast offensive magic and even shoot arrows with killing intent.

Obviously, since it was an illusion, nothing really hit the mark…but for some reason, Samael was quite flustered.

「S-stop! Even if it can’t really hurt me, it’ll wound my heart!」 (Samael)

「Hey, Hind. Is it fine if I throw a stone at him too? Is it fine?」 (Yumir)

「I feel bad for him so don’t do it」 (Hind)

「That being said, maou-chan was really cute, right? Right, Hind-san?」 (Riizu)

「O-oh. Do you want me to deny that? Or do you want me to agree with you? Eh…R-Riizu is cuter…?」 (Hind)

「Thank you very much. That makes me happy」 (Riizu)

「…Ah, so you are fine with that. I see…」 (Hind)

Though, that man is just too pitiful.

It might have been because more players were arriving, but the attacks kept going.

「Altrowa village」 must be especially bad…the scenery we see over here is already like a dance.

Mixed with the stones and offensive magic, I stealthily threw some 「Healing」 towards the sky.

There was no real meaning behind it, but I felt a bit weird when it was followed suit by some girls…

Cheer up, Samael.

「Who was it? The one that cast some healing magic right now!」 (Samael)

He saw that!? That’s amazing!

「Thank…thank you. As a special gift, I’ll reward you with 3 beginner potions」 (Samael)

With dyed cheeks, Samael went dere.

Since I don’t swing that way, when a man shows me that type of behavior, I honestly feel quite grossed out.

Furthermore, he’s giving me potions to thank me.

I don’t want them.

Besides, I didn’t do it because I wanted to be given a reward.

「A-anyway! The shell of the turtle is an ingredient suitable for defensive gear and weapons. If you have any will to challenge us, go use that and arrive at the castle already! That will be all!」 (Samael)

The projection quietly dissolved in the sky.

With the act having ended, the players started to talk about how they should go about doing the event and started to scatter in their own groups.

Since the explanation was over, we decided to return to the pub.