Shin told them about the scene he had seen at the previous supply stop as they moved on. The impact of the zombie horde had been so great that he had completely forgotten to ntion it.
A scene from the past, huh? I havent seen it.
Neither Schnee nor the other mbers of the group had seen it. It seed that only Shin and Yuzuha, who were there, had seen it.
I wonder if what Shin saw was the old Kardamia scene? Or was it Arkhan?
I dont know. In Arkhan, there are only recognizable buildings in the final area, and in Kardamia, there are no recognizable features in residential or comrcial areas.
To put it another way, Kardamia was so unique that anyone who knew it other than the candidates Shin ntioned could easily recognize it. The stalls were overflowing with dubious items, and the atmosphere in the back streets, for example, was a black market. It was said that there were explosions every day as a result of experints, so there was always seven-colored smoke sowhere in the city. The problem was that it seed that if there were no people, there would be no such things.
For now, this seems to be the closest resupply point. I cant resupply though.
With no NPCs to sell items, they would just pass through. The stores shelves were empty.
Ah! Shin, thats it!
Milt suddenly spoke up.
Looking where she was pointing, he saw a figure disappearing around the corner.
Is that a scene from the past that Shin was talking about?
Maybe. This is the place well pass. Lets see whats on the other side of the corner. Also, please raise your alert level. After seeing the scene from the past, zombies suddenly appeared.
There was a presence from the beginning, but it started moving after Shin saw what seed to be a scene from the past.
Milt beca more cautious after Shins comnt, but Tiera remained calm.
But theres no presence right now. Right, Yuzuha-chan?
Kuh!
Yuzuha nodded in agreent as well, so it seed like they didnt have to worry about zombies for now.
As they walked quickly to the corner, a scene from the past spread out before them.
Instead of the existing buildings Shin had seen at first, where people and things were added to the existing buildings, everything, including the buildings, had beco sothing else.
Its completely different from the one from before.
Shin told the surprised mbers what he had seen at the previous supply site.
It doesnt look like a scene from an ancient civilization.
Thats right. Its definitely a scene from before The Dusk of Majesty.
Shin and the others nodded at Schnees confident statent.
So of the passersby were clearly wearing equipnt that seed to be made for fun, and the nas and product lines of the shops seed to have nothing to do with seriousness.
In other words, there was a sense of laxity that was only allowed because it was a ga.
In todays world, that kind of laxity was rare, both in business and in equipnt.
Equipnt was directly related to life and safety, and business was directly related to livelihood, so no one would cut corners. Since Shin had actually seen such a scene, he was sure that the scene in front of him was from the ti when it was a ga.
Hey, Shin, I see sothing that looks like Celciutos!
What?
Milt, who had climbed up on the roof to look for anything that might help her locate the place, shouted, pointing at sothing.
When Shin also climbed onto the roof and looked in that direction, he could definitely see the distinctive hull of the ship.
If you can see the sea and the Celciutos is docking there, then it must be either the Kaganka or the Rokou.
Both of the cities Shin ntioned have large harbors and Celciutos have docked there.
Does this an that there are Shin and the others from the ga era?
If this were a scene from the ga era, it wouldnt be strange to see us. But back then, you could teleport from place to place.
Just because Celciutos was anchored didnt an that Shin and the others were there. In fact, it was more likely that he wasnt there.
Besides, it doesnt really matter if we were there or not.
Saying that, Shin threw a stone he had picked up before going up to the roof.
The stone flew straight into a wooden box held by a young man walking on the streetand passed to the other side without colliding with it.
There was no change in the young man, and there was no damage to the wooden box that the stone should have penetrated.
In other words, they were illusions and could not be touched.
As expected.
Shin was not sure, since there were so illusions that could be touched, but he was mostly right.
What do you want to do about it?
Theres no harm in it for now. Well just have to leave it alone.
In the ga event, such a scene from the past never appeared.
The door to the next area was visible at the end of the main road, so there was no reason to interfere.
After coming down from the roof, Shin joined Schnee and the others, telling them what he had seen and what he deduced from it as he walked away.
Could this sight have sothing to do with the zombie outbreak?
I doubt it. They didnt show up this ti.
This ti, there were no shadows, no shapes, no signs of zombies.
I prefer it that way.
Milt interrupted Schnee and Shins conversation.
Are you really that bad with horror? You fought undead in the Wraith Plains, didnt you?
Its not that I cant fight, but Im not good with zombies.
Milt said she had a bad experience in another VR ga where she was attacked by zombies.
It was my first ti in VR, so I didnt know what to do. I was grabbed and bitten, and my internal organs were ripped out right in front of .
I cant help but guess the na of the work. But why did you choose that for your first ti? Theres an age restriction, right?
There must have been other VR gas that were softer, such as those in which one could interact with animals.
Theres no such thing as an age limit for gas. I wanted to move my body as much as possible, so I did it on the spur of the mont! And I regret it very much.
Incidentally, in real life, she was bedridden in the hospital and was caught up in a hospital checkup that resulted in her being scolded by her doctor and nurses.
Youd probably get mad at that. I an, how could they allow you to play gas?
There are a lot of things to take care of, like ntal health care. I was physically weak, but other than that, I had no problems.
But the physical weakness was life-threatening.
Look, Im done talking about that! Next area!
There was no reason to pursue the matter too deeply, so they stopped talking at the door.
Shin also had no intention of talking lightly while fighting.
Behind the door was the arena area.
What appeared were the sa seven humanoids as in the first area.
Their formation was the sa, with power types holding halberds and shields that appeared to be modeled after Shibaid.
So its another test of strength?
It feels strange that were doing the sa thing. But I dont get the feeling that a trap is being set.
Although he thought they were trying to lure him in, there were only so many traps that could be set in an unobstructed arena. Shin and his team stood in the sa formation as before, waiting to see what would happen, and then the other side began to move.
Is there really nothing there?
Its strange, but we have no choice but to attack.
Shibaid led the way as they collided with the humanoids.
As before, the shield shattered and the humanoids were thrown back.
The difference this ti was that the rear guard dodged the humanoid projectiles. The bow wielder fired arrows, and the staff and dagger wielders cast fire and ice magic, respectively.
I dont think its ti for this rear guard to co out yet.
Shin, Filma, and Milt jumped out from beside Shibaid, whose montum had slowed after blowing the halberd wielder away
Filma swung her Scarlet Moon and the enemys arrow flew through the air like a piece of wood as Shin stepped in and the magic lost its montum.
Shin prepared his sword in the manner of Cutting the Carps Mouth*, and stepped in further. (TLN: It looks sothing like this: YouTube)
He had not been able to take a turn before, but this ti he had already told Yuzuha and the others not to interfere, even if it was just to check their reaction.
Shin took one step forward and moved directly in front of the curved sword wielder. Then he drew his sword and unleashed a single slash. It sliced the curved sword wielder in half.
This was a combination of the movent-based martial arts skill Ground Shrink and katana martial arts skill Iai Shadow Hunt.
It looked like a single skill that combined movent and attack, but it was a so-called combo attack that was also used in the ga era.
It was a technique to cancel the pause in the attack after a skill and link it to the next skill, and there were so who created their own original combos by combining multiple skills.
However, the difficulty increased as the number of skills linked increased. In addition, the repercussions after each skill also increased.
Shin, who mainly worked solo, did not use flashy techniques due to the large gaps in his skills, but rather used a few combos that linked one or two skills together.
Sorry, but just in case.
As usual, Analyze couldnt be activated, so he didnt know if its HP had gone down to zero.
Shin dealt another blow to the neck of the curved sword wielder who was about to fall to the ground.
In the ga era, their weaknesses were the sa as humans, so he should have been able to defeat the curved sword wielder with this.
Almost at the sa ti as he was about to finish him off, he felt the presence of a battle axe wielder approaching from behind, just as he was about to turn his back on his opponent.
But Shin ignored it and stepped towards the archer.
Before Yuzuha, who was still clinging to him, could unleash her magic, Milt blocked the axe that was swung at him.
You cant just ignore !
Their blades collided, sparks flying.
Looking at their respective weapons at a distance from each other, only the battle axe wielders blade was shattered.
Milt approached again without pausing.
She grabbed the middle of the hilt and began to twist it slightly.
Without losing her montum, she turned and shifted the position of her hilt toward the stone end.
Her first spin was a deliberate miss, the second spin hit the blade of the axe wielder, the third spin made the axe wielder lose his balance, and the fourth spin smashed the axe along with the human figure.
I didnt need five rotations.
Axe technique martial arts skill Axel Turn.
This powerful technique could be perford up to five tis, with the power increasing with each rotation. The skill allows the player to move freely to a certain extent while swinging the blade around the player, and so players have perford acrobatics such as kicking walls and trees while spinning and cutting enemies in half from the head. It was also a skill that was rarely used because it risked of turning your back on an enemy, even if only for a mont.
Filma, for her part, caught a great sword swinging down with her left arm and used Scarlet Moon to cut the human figure in half. Since she did not have a shield, she adjusted her arms and legs to have higher durability so that they could be used as shields. It was the sa as Shin using his hand and leg armor as a defense in case of ergency.
Such adjustnts were possible with the type of armor that was covered with an equal protective film that had the sa defensive power as her equipnt.
Is that what the second area would be like?
Shin muttered as he quickly annihilated the rear guard.
It was still early in the ga. There was nothing to show for it.
Dont you think it looks a bit luxurious?
Ah, thats what I thought too. The ornants on the weapons were a bit flashy.
Shin was thinking the sa thing as Filma and Milt.
Although they were in a battle, the difference in strength between them was overwhelming, so they had ti to observe their opponent. It seed that not only the decorations but also the quality of the weapons had improved.
It disappears after I defeat it. If theres anything left, we can look into it.
The humanoids that Shin and his team defeated disappeared, including their weapons. There were no dropped items either. This area seed to be following the events of the ga.
Since there was nothing to investigate, they opened the door to the next area.
What spread out beyond the door was a supply area with no visible signs of life.
Will we see scenes from the past again?
I wonder. I think thats the pattern so far.
Scenes from the past were being projected at both the first and second supply points. There was no harm in that, but not knowing what it ant was problematic.
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