VRMMO no Shien Shokunin ～Top Player no Shikakenin～
chapter-18

Chapter 18: A reward that bothers me

Been a while, huh?

So…I’ve been dealing with some stuff and also been sick and that put a stop to my translations for a while.

While I’m still a bit sick, the good news is that I got some time now and translations should be out more often again.

Hopefully I can release the next one within a couple days.

Enjoy.

「Roughly speaking, it’s a gear improving event」 (Hind)

「Is it OK for us to think about it like that?」 (Riizu)

Said Riizu, who was sitting down on a chair while fixing her bent tricorne.

The contents of our conversation were obviously about the event that was announced a while ago.

The details were shown on a window and Yumir was enthusiastically looking at them.

I talked with Riizu while looking at them too.

「If it was announced by the developers themselves, it would have been something like…gather limited materials during this time frame and craft limited-time gear! 」 (Hind)

「So they made that act to give players that kind of feeling?」 (Riizu)

「Probably. The players liked it and their reaction was good. We were quite lucky to have seen it first-hand」 (Hind)

「They should still be able to watch it later on video right?」 (Riizu)

「Most likely. However, since there are probably many people that want to see it first-hand, they might have to do work on doing things like this moving forward」 (Hind)

「Eh…so they have to consider many things」 (Riizu)

It’s probably possible considering how popular Maou-chan was.

Personally, I think her character is aimed at a certain type of people though.

Even then, being excited about this is a part of being a man…

Though I don’t know if females will like her.

「Well then, let’s verify the details of the event…after beating turtle type monsters, they’ll drop shells as ingredients.

Using those as ingredients to craft weapons and gear will guarantee them having higher quality than 「Fine quality」.

So even if you are not that good at blacksmithing, you should be able to get decent gear」 (Hind)

「They showed a sample, the appearance of the defensive gear is a bit…」 (Riizu)

While saying that, Riizu moved from the chair and approached me.

Why is she looking at mine?

She could just look at them on her own menu screen…oh well, whatever.

The defensive gear did give the impression of them being the shell of a turtle, just as Riizu had said…

「You are right, the appearance is quite lacking. However, it’s also true that its endurance is higher than other defensive gear, I feel like it’ll be convenient to have at this point of the game」 (Hind)

「Repairs are not free after all」 (Riizu)

I want to devote all my time to hunting! In that type of situation, they’ll be the best to have.

Getting money to repair them will be easy too so you could say that they were attractive gear for people.

In that regard, for people that don’t need them to have high performance, there’s merit in obtaining them.

They have set it up quite well.

「In that case, if you don’t like the appearance of the armor…how about just making the weapons? The weapons look quite good.

Other than that…you can also make accessories.

Making accessories from tortoise shells sounds quite interesting」 (Hind)

「Ah, that sounds lovely」 (Riizu)

「Yumir what do you thin-…Yumir?」 (Hind)

Just when I thought that she hadn’t been replying for a while, I saw Yumir with her hand stopped at a certain page and she looked as if she was trying to burn a hole through it.

She didn’t notice us looking at her.

Just when we were going to give up and leave her alone, Yumir excitedly stood up from her chair.

「Ooooohhhh! Hind, let’s go!」 (Yumir)

「Go? Where?」 (Hind)

「We decided to go turtle hunting right!? Come on!」 (Yumir)

「Calm down, you thoughtless girl」 (Riizu)

「Poh!?」 (Yumir)

Riizu drove her staff into Yumir’s knee.

As a result, Yumir let out a strange sound and crumbled on top of the chair again.

My sister sure does frightening things…

Since she took a minuscule amount of damage, I silently cast 「Healing」 on her.

「Wh-What do you think you are doing!?」 (Yumir)

「What do you think you are going to accomplish by blindly going there? The event is going to last an entire week, right? Things will change depending on how fast the enemies of the event are killed and the number of participants」 (Hind)

「Nuguh…You are right…」 (Yumir)

「…So? What did you want to get?」 (Hind)

「The reward for the top player in the attack rankings」 (Yumir)

「Attack rankings? Ah…Maou said something about smashing that elder turtle」 (Hind)

I turned to the event information page.

Reward for number of exterminations, reward for attack ranking….ah, this one.

First place, accesory 「Hero’s aura」…there’s a video attached?

After pressing the playback button, a player brandishing a sword in full body armor appeared. Each time he swung the sword, an azure light flowed through the sword.

Furthermore, when he stopped and readied his weapon, lightning bolt like effects appeared around his body.

There were other things mentioned in the list…but the point was that it was an accessory that 「Only」 gave you a hero like aura.

In the video, each time he made a meaningless pose, light ran…no, gushed out.

…Yup, it is kind of flashy.

I could understand her from the bottom of my heart.

She would definitely want something like this.

「…You want it?」 (Hind)

「I want it!」 (Yumir)

「You know that this accessory is just for looks and doesn’t have any stats though…」 (Hind)

「I don’t care about that! More importantly, it’s cool, right!?」 (Yumir)

「…Yeah…」 (Hind)

However, first place…first place, huh?

Getting first place in this game that is not desolated…first place…huh…

Seeing Yumir’s eyes glittering with expectation, Riizu looked at me with a worried face.

Since it’s release week, I doubt there was enough time for information to be out there so could we take advantage of that?

Besides, it’s more of a equipment for those that like this kind of thing and there are already posts in the BBS saying they don’t want it…

The less people that participate in it will mean that the degree of difficulty will go down accordingly.

「…Got it, let’s do what we can」 (Hind)

「Really!?」 (Yumir)

「However, don’t cry if we don’t get it, OK? Riizu, do you mind if we do this time’s event like this?」 (Hind)

「…In that case, Hind-san, make me a personal accessory. I’ll agree if you do that for me」 (Riizu)

「No problem. Well then, for the time being, let’s aim for first place in the attack rankings」 (Hind)

「Umu！」 (Yumir)

「Understood」 (Riizu)

Since we had decided on a general plan of action, we started to think about the steps we should take.

What we needed was levels, a weapon with high offensive power and getting as many support magic as we can.

We should start by examining how much experience we can get by fighting those turtles.

For efficiency, we won’t return to the 「Homa plains」 until we have progressed.

We’ll make our preparations until the event is nearly over and then aim for the rankings on the last day.

Since we were done talking, we exited the pub through the door.

…Huh? I can hear…the flapping of a bird’s wing from above me…

「That hurts! What happened!?」 (Hind)

「Hind!?」 (Yumir)

「A-Are you OK!?」 (Riizu)

The moment I turned to look upwards, something hit my face.

It was harsh that the sense of pain wasn’t reduced…I felt something strangely hard.

What fell from my face to the ground was some kind of package.

While Riizu was nursing me, Yumir picked up the bag.

The offender that dropped the bag was a gigantic living being making circles in the sky.

With calm and elegant movements, it went away.

Since it was very far I couldn’t see it very well, but it seemed to be some form of lizard with feathers growing in its body, is that by any chance…

「H-Hind…inside the bag there’s potions and a letter」 (Yumir)

「Huh!? Is that from Samael!? That guy, he really did send me potions…」 (Hind)

「So, I’m going to read the letter, OK?」 (Yumir)

…To my beloved friend, Hind.

Your healing amidst that barrage of insults really touched my heart.

It might be just a small gift, but I’m sending you some beginner potions as thanks.

I would like you to make use of them in your fights.

From Samael, Maou’s army Number 2.

I pray for your good fortune.

「…Or so it says」 (Yumir)

「Cough, cough! Cough!」 (Hind)

「You are choking!? Are you OK!?」 (Yumir)

「When writing letters he’s quite the the courteous person, huh? That guy…」 (Riizu)

「More importantly, it seems like Hind has been recognized by the Maou’s army faster than anyone else. Should we be happy about this?」 (Yumir)

「It’s quite the complex situation…」 (Riizu)

I don’t know know where to retort anymore…

For the time being, I’ll gladly use them now that we received them.

After taking a breath, I put the beginner potions inside my inventory and the three of us headed to the Homa plains.