Pick Me Up! Novel Chapter 241.2: Stop Playing So Much (2) (2)

“Hey, mister, can you see ?”

She was waving her hand in front of my face.

“You’re not blind or anything, right?”

I squinted my eyes at the woman in front of .

She was in her early twenties at best.

She was wearing a purple cloak and a gray skirt. A white shirt underneath.

Her glossy light-brown hair was braided into two.

“My na is Kardia Luru. And you are? Where are you from? I graduated top of my class from Cerami Academy...”

I slowly looked around the plaza.

There were no other heroes besides this one.

“So, is there no one else here besides you?”

“...A green monster. Was it called a goblin? I’d only seen them in books before...”

“Is there really no one else here?”

I grabbed the woman’s chattering mouth.

“Umph!”

“I asked if there’s no one else here.”

“Mmph, msihter htis si thesh firsht ti I’ve sheen anyone.”

“Don’t call

mister. Unless you want to get hurt.”

“What should I call you then? Oppa?”

I continued my thoughts while keeping a hold on the woman’s mouth.

It seems like she’s the only one here.

If that’s the case, there’s a high chance she’s the first hero to have been summoned.

“She’s not a 1-star, though.”

I could tell just by her appearance.

She’s unrefined, but this one can use magic.

This ans she’s a high-level hero, at least 3 stars.

“She doesn’t seem to be lying.”

If this one was summoned when there were no other heroes in the waiting room, it ans there hasn’t been a fusion with a 1-star hero.

That narrows down the possibilities. One of the few ways this could happen is if the initial 1-star hero died in battle with a goblin.

It’s rare, but not unheard of. In that case, the fusion tutorial is skipped entirely.

“Where’s Iselle?”

“Iselle? Who’s that?”

“She’s the one who manages the waiting room... No, never mind.”

I shook my head.

Why am I even bothering to explain this?

I decided to just go to the dormitory and get so sleep.

“Wait a minute, mister! Where are you going, leaving in the middle of a conversation?”

“Let go.”

“You seem to know a lot about this place, could you tell

more? I don’t really understand the situation here.”

“I don’t understand it either.”

“Wow, that’s a blatant lie. Anyway! Whether you know or not, don’t leave. I’m bored from being alone all this ti. Just talk with .”

Click, click.

I turned the doorknob of the dormitory.

But it wouldn’t open.

“Is it because I’m not part of this place?”

Damn it.

Are they discriminating against

because I’m here on a dispatch?

“Open this door.”

“Nope.”

“...”

“If you listen to what I have to say, I’ll think about it.”

A headache was starting to co on.

I leaned against the wall of the plaza and sat down.

I wished Jinho-Jang would co and send that girl on a mission, but I couldn’t tell what he was doing.

“Anyway, you got a ssage from the goddess too, right? Are we going to fight together for Ram?”

The ntion of the goddess suggested that this girl was at least a 4-star.

“Is it the 3rd floor? Yes! I’ve cleared up to there. The goddess told

I’d have companions, but I’ve been alone the whole ti. I almost died of loneliness.”

She’s saying she soloed up to the 3rd floor.

With the current newbie event, Jinho-Jang could have summoned twice for free.

And yet she’s still alone.

I looked around the waiting room again.

This is the default waiting area given when you install the ga.

There wasn’t even a basic training facility installed.

I could guess Jinho-Jang’s playstyle from this.

‘He doesn’t seem to be very interested in the ga.’

I’ve dealt with this ?? Nоvеl??ght ?? (Exclusive on Nоvеl??ght) type a lot, so I know it well.

They play half-heartedly, and when things don’t go smoothly or they lose interest, they quit imdiately.

And then they look for another ga.

In short, he’s a transient user.

At least Anytng had bothered to look up a guide.

That’s why she installed the training center first thing.

Clearing up to the 3rd floor without summoning heroes or building facilities?

That ans he has no intention of seriously playing the ga.

He might even be playing another ga while leaving Pick

Up running in the background right now.

“I’m about to head to the 4th floor. It would be nice if you could help, but I can handle it on my own. The first three floors weren’t much...”

“The 5th floor is off-limits.”

Kardia blinked and looked at .

“What do you an?”

“If you don’t want to die, train. Get so companions too. Plan your strategy well. When the Master returns, suggest that he summons more heroes and builds a training center.”

“Summoning? Training center?”

“If you go to the 5th floor with that kind of mindset, you’ll die.”

“But it’s been easy so far...”

I stood up and kicked the ground.

I rushed toward the babbling Kardia and pressed my forehead against hers.

Her red eyes reflected my face.

“What did I just say?”

“Uh, you said summoning and training center...”

“Right. Summoning and training center. After a new recruit joins, analyze their strengths. Appoint a leader and form a team. Practice as a team so that you can handle any mission. Do this before you go to the 5th floor.”

“Wow, mister, I an, oppa, you’re really fast. I couldn’t even see you move. You must be really strong, huh?”

“And you’re really weak.”

“What? What do you...”

Click.

I pulled a dagger from the sheath behind my belt.

Kardia didn’t even react until I slashed at her cloak five tis.

Ssshrik.

The cut pieces of her cloak fell to the floor of the plaza.

“Huh?”

“Do you get it now? Even if there were a hundred of you, you wouldn’t stand a chance against . I’ve been here much longer than you, so if you don’t want to die, just do as I say.”

“How did you do that? Was it magic?”

“I just moved quickly.”

“...That’s a lie!”

“Stop being annoying. Do you have to argue with every single thing I say?”

“Geez, why do you have to talk like that?”

This kid... she just won’t back down.