Chapter 34: Surrounded With Traps and Turmoil
In other words, now I could see that Sekandil really wasn’t that big of a town and that in comparison Thirdrema was bursting with energy. It was a city which fully embodied the idea of a “fantasy town”, with stern roads, street vendors trying to sell their rchandise to the people walking down the streets, and even beggars sitting in the gutters and back alleys. It was all making a busy and lively impression of a city.
Also, Firstia and Sekandil were erected on a flat land, but Thirdrema was built on top of a small hill, with a castle standing right in the middle of the town. It was a generic town in a fantasy ga, but it was alluring enough to make feel strangely motivated for so reason.
「Funya, as always, this city is so beautiful.」
「It sure is.」
「Muu, sohow your reaction is rather bleak, Sanraku-san.」
I an yeah, the sight itself was beautiful, but let’s not forget that I am a pure-blooded gar. Having cleared a fair share of gas, I have seen many different towns and environnts.
For example, a human colony hanging on the verge of the Earth’s atmosphere, where you could reach out your hand and go into the vacuum of space.
Or a forgotten castle so big and so secluded that one was asking himself if giants of so sort were living in it during the days of its glory.
Or a highly advanced shelter-town deep in the bowels of the Earth, where the blue sky and the rays of the sun were nothing more than an image generated by computers.
They were all creations of Full Dive technology, and suddenly rembering all of them made want to stop in my tracks and tell Emul about them all.
「You know, it might be hard to believe, but I’ve been around many different places and saw many different things. Grand and wonderful things.」
「Oh, that’s actually amazing! I guess it’s just like Sanraku-san to travel around the world and visit many different places!」
I look at Emul. Even though he may look different right now, it was still the sa old Emul. Glad to know that this hasn’t changed.
「Now, whatever shall we do?」
「……? Weren’t we supposed to look for an inn?」
「No, no, we are still going to do that. But I was just wondering whatever shall we do after that.」
Since every single town in this ga was under the sa ti zone, it was natural that in the middle of the night we would only see but a small percentage of people who decided to make Thirdrema their base of operations. But even so, the amount of people here was surprisingly small. What’s more, quite a lot of people were going towards the swamplands and into Sekandil, as opposed to the exploration point that was beyond Thirdrema. Were they all going to level up or take on the area boss again? Or maybe there were still materials they needed to farm before logging out for the day?
I knew that my current getup was a little bit strange and that people would like to avoid having to look at , but it was definitely different than usual.
I wonder what was the cause of such heavy traffic towards Sekandil? I would like to ask soone about it, but unsurprisingly, whenever soone would look my way they would look sowhere else in a hurry while whispering “Oh crap, it’s that bird-pervert guy? What’s he doing here?”
Strange…… I know that my appearance was weird, but I certainly didn’t do anything that would make be that recognizable amongst other players. Or maybe it was that those three started to badmouth right after our encounter in that forest? I sure hope that wasn’t the case.
「Oh well, can’t really help it that I’m looking suspicious right now.」
I an, what would you do if you were inside a forest and suddenly a masked pro-wrestler jumps at you instead of a wild bear? It was only natural that this whole scene would be so surreal that you couldn’t help it but to laugh.
「Co on, Emul, let’s find us an inn.」
「O, oh. Right.」
Just then, when we were about to venture further into the city, one of the passing players grabbed a hold of my hand, preventing us from going forward. So we were forced to stay near the city’s gate, and the gaze of the town’s guard was strangely hostile for so weird reason.
「Y, you there! That getup, you are Sanraku, aren’t you?」
「He?」
「Are you perhaps one of Sanraku-san’s friends?」
The one who stopped us was a female player. Emul thought that maybe we were friends for so strange reason, but it was the first ti for to et that player. Let’s see…… “Animalia”? Yup, I don’t know anyone by that na.
For a mont there I thought it might have been one of my sh*tty ga friends, but if it was one of them their manners would have been different…… At least my friends knew how to behave themselves.
「Umm, have we t sowhere before?」
Speaking of gas, it was one of the golden rules that the further you go in them the better loot you get, and the strength of your items would be reflected in your overall appearance. Therefore, just by looking at Animalia’s equipnt it was easy for to tell that such equipnt was not available this early in the ga.
But if she was a high-level player, then what was she doing in the place such as Thirdrema, where mostly low-level players would gather? And how co she knew my na?
「When it cos to greetings…… I don’t really care about formalities like that. There is only one thing I would like you to listen to ……」
As she said that, Animalia grabs onto my arms and opens her eyes wide. Just when I was starting to think that she was acting rather weird, sothing happened to Emul. There was a huge puff of smoke over his head, and in the next mont a pair of bunny ears erected from the top of his hair.
「How is this!? You’re a Vorpal Bunny! Is it tad!?」
「……!!!」
Oi, Emul, don’t get us busted like that all of a sudden!
While Emul was doing his best to try to co up with a cover story for that little accident out there, my mind was working full throttle to think of sothing as well, all the while thanking my luck that I was wearing a mask and no one could easily see the shift in my facial expressions.
How did she know about a Vorpal Bunny? No, it was entirely possible that soone might have seen talked about it, that’s why. I totally forgot about the fact that people could actually see who I was talking to. Damn, what to do now? Make a run for it from this city? No, it was too early to resort to such drastic solutions.
Revealing the unique quest was obviously out of the question. After all, information was crucial in this ga and those who monopolize it can have an overwhelming advantage. And even if I’m to disclose anything I know, it would only amount to sothing like “You must first prove your Vorpal Soul” or sothing like that…… Or would it be best to hide that fact as well?
Anyhow, I didn’t want to disclose any information about the triggers or even the “Invitation to the Bunny Country”…… And that is because……
「Umm, you see, even if you ask , I’m not exactly sure myself……」
「That’s right, you know? Sothing like that should be shared with everyone else, don’t you think? Revolutionary Knight Sanraku……?」
That na was completely aningless in this ga.
It was a title from a completely different ga.
There was only one person in particular who knew my title from that ga.
It was a total surprise to hear that voice coming from just outside the gate leading to Thirdrema. Upon that I managed to break free of this Animalia chick holding onto and jumped back, putting so distance between us. Only then was I able to understand just how dangerous of a situation I was in right now.
「Now won’t you look at that! If it isn’t Pencil Warrior!」
「Now, now, that might have been my na, but right now I go by Arthur Pencilgton, Sanraku-kun. That being said, you look simply monstrous.」
He looked like a beautiful woman in this ga, and almost half of his face was being concealed behind a mask that resembled the ones that professional assassins would use while going on their missions. He once managed to assassinate both Modorokatsu and I in a futuristic ga called “United Rounds”…… “Pencil Warrior”, now “Arthur Pencilgton, laughed at in a joyous manner.
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