CH 234

After Data.2 – Old Bowman, Burning

…But first, I should check my status and equipment again.

It had been a while since I last entered a dangerous area, and so it would be best to have a grasp on how strong I really was.

Especially since I had a lot of skills, it was easy to forget about some of them.

“Status open!”

◆ Status

Name: Kyuji

Job: Sagitarius

Lv: 24/50

HP: 220/220(+60)

MP: 240/240(+100)

Attack: 455(+365)

Defense: 270(+230)

Magic Attack: 40

Magic Defense: 190(+160)

Speed: 140(+90)

Star Area Range: 1060(+330)

Skills:

Ultra Bow Arts I, Satisfying Shot, Arrow Fusion, Efficient Movement

In fight Arrow, Bound Arrow, Clear Arrow

Inferno Arrow, Trident Arrow, Drill Arrow Kai

Letter Arrow, Gatling Arrow, Thunder Arrow

Flash Arrow, S Multi-shot, Quick Draw, Heat Ray Eyes

Shin Immobile Sniping Stance, Sniping Insight, Beast King Eyes

Charge Attacks:

Sky Tear, Warp Arrow, I’m Arrow, Indra’s Arrow, Big Arrow

Combined Charge Attack:

Meteor Bow, Armageddon Arrow

Miracle Effect:

Southern Cross Ballista

◆ Equipment

Head: Windstream Snake Scarf

Right Hand: Machine God Bow – Heaven Wind Murakumo

Left Hand: (Machine God Bow – Heaven Wind Murakumo)

Arms: Cloudbore Archery Gloves G

Torso: Windcloud Haori 

Legs: Windguard Warrior Hakama

Feet: Cloudcrossing Tabi 

Accessories: Seabow Arts Form Seven, Mirror Alice Reflection, Exorcism Bow Arts – 4 Mark.

Well, not much had changed since the tournament.

You don’t get experience from PvP events, and so my level hadn’t gone up much.

If there was a big difference, it was that now, if a player was carrying a ME medal, the Miracle Effect was displayed in their status.

ME medals were special items that you didn’t need to equip or consume. As long as you had them, you could use the Miracle Effect.

Many of them had been used during the tournament, and some of the battles had relied on them entirely.

And so players who didn’t have one yet were now more desperate than ever. However, as they were a type of collaboration item, you couldn’t get one whenever you wanted.

If Charin, the idol and AI manager of a game called Medallion Online, were ever to collaborate with Next Stage Online again, then players would have another chance of acquiring the ME medals.

Charin herself was a friendly AI, so I think she would do something about it.

“I should check Garbow as well.”

There was a lot that Garbow could do as well. If I didn’t have a good grasp on his capabilities, then I wouldn’t be able to make the most of his power.

And so I would check his status even more thoroughly than my own.

◆ Unison Status

Name: Garbow(Ravenalligate)

Race: Fish/Machine

Lv: 68/100

HP: 180/180

MP: 1340/340(+220)

Attack: 650(+375)

Defense: 265(+70)

Magic Attack: 225(+85)

Magic Defense: 210(+70)

Speed: 245(+15)

◆ Skill

[Poison Resistance V] [Machine Body]

[Straight Darts] [Red Flash]

[Holy Splash] [Energy Scissors]

[Electric River] [Flail Tail]

[Caltrop] [Energy Shield III]

[Magic Jamming]

◆ Charge Attack

[Red Meteor II] [Blue Ocean Sphere]

[Crimson Deathroll] [Kurogairu]

◆ Combination Charge Attack

[Meteor Bow] [Armageddon Arrow]

◆ Equipment

I: Sunfish Bow

II: Multiple Fish Pod

III: Ultra E Generator(E tank)

IV: Octopus Cannon

V: Earth Unicorn Horn

Garbow also hadn’t changed too much since the tournament.

Without Garbow, who had high firepower and was good at ambushing, I would not be much of a solo player.

That was how much of a reliable buddy he was!

Hmm. But the more I look, the more I see how ready I am.

I was fully stocked up on healing items. I really was prepared to fight.

“All right, this time, we’re going for real! To the volcanic mountain!”

“Gar! Gar!”

During the inspection, the wind I made with Windcloud Blast had pushed us closer to the mountain.

The closer we got, the more overwhelmed I felt.

However, I knew that nothing would come from running away.

I would keep moving forward and only leave when it got dangerous!

“Ah, it stopped moving…”

I guess that meant that the hot wind from the volcano was equal to the strength of Windcloud Blast…

So I would not be able to go any farther on this cloud.

Did I have to go on the ground, then…? Not really.

Because I had a powerful charge attack.

“Warp Arrow to warp to the volcano!”

It was crazy to think that this was once just a skill that could be traded in for NSO medals.

Even now, when it was a charge attack with cool down time, Warp Arrow was still among the best.

From the moment I acquired it, all the way up to the strongest party tournament, it had served me well!

No, I was actually not allowed to use it during the turf war?

Well, in any case, it was definitely a powerful charge attack that had supported me most of the time.

And I hoped it would help me again…!

“It will be dangerous to just charge into the crater. And so I’ll warp near the midway point, where I’ll be able to stand safely.”

Kiririri… Shu!

The arrow shot straight down to the surface of the mountain, and I warped there in an instant.

By the way, as long as he wasn’t summoned, Garbow would warp with me as well.

He had been treated as a fifth member during the event, and so I wasn’t able to summon or dismiss him. But on the field, I could just dismiss him whenever it was dangerous, or I wanted to warp.

“Grr… It’s really hot…! A lot hotter than the tropical forest I went to before…!”

However, this was just a game, so I could breath fine.

And I could also move… Huh!?

“My equipment is…burning!?”

I hadn’t even touched any fire, and yet the Windcloud set was on fire!

The tabi, hakama, haori, gloves, scarf and… even the bow was burning!?

And my HP was taking a hit…!?

“This is bad…! Stardust Arrow!”

The field itself had enough firepower to burn all my equipment…!

But since they couldn’t actually make the player feel that much heat, you didn’t realize how bad it was!

That was the trap…!

I had no idea it would be like this just by entering…!

I had to escape into the air…

If there is enough time…!

Just then, the volcano erupted again.

As the smoke rose into the sky, the magma flowed, and rocks flew…

I was unlucky enough to be caught in the smoke, and the temperature rose even further.

While Stardust Arrow was strong enough to cancel out a powerful enemy attack, this was nature, and it could do nothing to resist the head.

And so my armor burned up and my HP turned to 0.

Yes, the real adventure started from here.

The new battle within the flames…!