CH 6

[A New Goal and Bulletin Board 2!]

It was the second day since the game launched! Taking advantage of the consecutive days off, I’d been hunting since morning.

Even now, with a jet-black arrow—possessed by Pontaro—nocked to my bow, I was preparing to shoot the silver wolf about fifty meters away from me! Pontaro would take care of the aim, so all I had to do was to pull the string as hard as I could!

“Go, Pontarooo!”

“Kishaaaaaaaa!”

Pontaro energetically flew towards the wolf. Originally, he was kind of like an irritable juvenile delinquent, but after I disciplined him with my fists, he became a splendid underling. He was now my prided arrow!

“W-woof?!”

Oh, the wolf noticed the incoming Pontaro! It instantly scurried away at a tremendous speed!

But I’m not letting you escape!

“Activate art, ‘Speed ​​Burst’!”

At that moment, Pontaro’s flight speed doubled!

It was a monster-strengthening-type art that could only be used by Summoners. Pontaro, having received it, instantly shortened the distance between him and the wolf, and pierced himself into its brain!

“Whimper?!”

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‘Giant Killing’ activates! Damage increases!

‘Fatal Strike’ activates! Damage increases!

Critical hit! Damage increases dramatically from hitting a weak point!

Rare Monster: Silver Wolf is defeated! Yuri and Pontaro have gained experience points!

Yuri’s level has risen to 10!

Condition: ‘Perform 10 critical hits consecutively or a total of 300 or more critical hits’ cleared!

You have acquired the skill ‘Heartless Shinigami’!

‘Heartless Shinigami’: Increases the damage of Critical Hits by 30%.

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Ooooooooooooh~, that guy was a rare monster!

Defeating rare monsters yielded tons of exp, and thanks to it, I was able to level up!

I got this skill named ‘Heartless Shinigami’, too! Thanks a bunch, wolfie~!

According to the baldhead, it seemed that a critical hit had a low probability to occur when you hit a weak point, but having extremely high Luck, it occurred quite frequently for me.

And Pontaro would automatically always aim for the head or heart, the damage he did when he struck—increased with the critical hit and my damage-increasing skill—was high enough to one-hit-kill most monsters! He really was my lucky star!

“Kishasha~~~!”

“Oh, welcome back, Pontaro! That was a great shot!”

Patting Pontaro who’d come back seeming almost like saying “It ain’t a big deal, Aneki!”, I allocated all the stat points I got from leveling up to Luck!

As a result, my Status became like this.

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Name: Yuri

Level: 10

Job: Summoner

Weapon: Bow

Status

Strength: 0 Defense: 0 Magic: 0 Agility: 0 Luck: 190 + 19

Skills

‘Luck Enhancement’ ‘Guts’ ‘Fatal Strike’ ‘Head-to-Head’ ‘Giant Killing’ ‘Heartless Shinigami’

Equipment

Head: None

Body: Beginner One-Piece Dress (Black)

Feet: Beginner Boots

Weapon: Beginner Bow

Accessories: None

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Hnggg~~~~~~~, as high Luck as always! Just looking at it made me spellbound!

My skills all had a low rate of activation, all except ‘Luck Enhancement’. They were completely dependent on Luck.

As for my equipment………… yup, too weak!

“I haven’t got me a new one since starting the game, after all. Alright, I’m gonna head back to the ‘Beginning Town’ and get some shiny new equipment! Thanks to the monsters I’ve been hunting since last night, I’ve accumulated quite a bit of drop items, too!”

I’d surely make a ton of money if I sold them all. Then I’d use that money to fully upgrade my equipment! That’d bring me one step closer to becoming a top player!

Imagining the day when I could finally counterattack those darn beta testers who made fun of the Bow and Summoner, I started running in a good mood!

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[Service] General Chat Thread 200 [Day 2]

1. A Passing Adventurer

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281. A Passing Adventurer

The top players who have been playing since the beta are already nearing level 20, aren’t they?

I haven’t even reached level 10 yet, and am still wandering around the grassland as a beginner.

The silver wolf that occasionally spawns is a must-avoid…

282. A Passing Adventurer

>>281

Well, rare monsters are strong. At night, rare monsters named Living Weapon will also spawn there, you know?

Its Defense is nothing to write home about, but it flies at high speed and its body is just a sword, so it’s difficult to land your attacks.

It’s a nightmare to those using the bow…

283. A Passing Adventurer

>>282

All monsters are nightmares for bow users lol.

Even if they hunt slow-moving monsters, those monsters generally have a high Defense, so they’ll run out of arrows and end up getting poorer lol.

290. A Passing Adventurer

>>283

The bow is seriously just a degraded version of magic, huh…

Magic can only fly about 10 meters, but you can control the trajectory by using your thought.

Compared to it, although the range of the bow is impressive, it’s difficult to hit your target with it. Plus, it consumes arrows. It’s as trashy as they come…

292. A Passing Adventurer

>>290

Here’s some trivia. Arrows are, in fact, categorized as a weapon, and you can equip them in your hand and stab your opponent with them!

294. A Passing Adventurer

>>292

I see, so to make sure your arrow hit its target, all you got to do is enter a close range and stab your opponent with it!

Wait, that’s just stupid lol You’d be better off just using the sword in the first place lol! No players in their sane mind would play that way LMAO!

310. A Passing Adventurer

That reminds me, on the strategy guide site, some beta players have repeatedly been posting nonsense about the bow and Summoner being the strongest weapon and job, I wonder if there are any newbies who fall for them?

Both are unarguably the weakest weapon and job…

315. A Passing Adventurer

>>310

I’ve been trying my best to fix them as soon as I can every time they do that, but I’m sure there are some people out there who have been unlucky enough to fall for them.

I heard that there are even some posts that say Luck is the strongest stat in the game these days.

333. A Passing Adventurer

>>315

Summoner, bow, and Luck… that’s just the shittiest combination lol! No way you can fight that way lol! Those trolls are too much lol!

350. A Passing Adventurer

I’d love to see if there’s a mad lad who can actually fight with that build LOL.