01x02 - A Peculiar One

[bunniefuu]

Wow

That has to be a high-level gear.

Say that emblem

isn't that the emblem

of some hardcore clan?

What's a guy like that doing

in this town for beginners?

I heard Hizutome-kun uses the same

in-game name on all of his games,

so I thought I'd be able to find him.

And it's unthinkable that a new player

won't come to this town.

Did we pass each other by?

I throw away my defense

and put on my bird mask headgear

I'm a hustler

My point only goes to my luck stats

Parry parry

now this is my style

playing broken games all night

who's that knight?

Broken game is sickness

toxic scattered, now I'm a patient

My heart is beating almost twice as fast

The chaos wither get it bite that bug

Terrible gimmick

new game a.k.a suicide??

I don't give a damn

(Do it, Do it)

No, not yet NO it's not enough

(Do it, Do it) NO it's not enough

I still can go

Everyone looks dirty to me

Everything looks broken to me

we can go, we can go

to that mountain top, not afraid to drop

this world is going to be mine duh

(A Different Kind of Player)

(Ravenous Python)

(Area Boss

Rec. Level 10

Rec. Party Size 3)

Entertain me

SLF!

Let's start by checking its movement.

(Tap Step

Bonus to evasion)

In the end,

it's just a boss for beginners.

It's movement is easy to read

and it does not have

any instant-k*ll attacks!

I can defeat this thing without

taking any damage!

Or more like, I'll die if I do get hit!

What?!

Although it has low durability left,

it broke in just one hit?!

Right when I was starting

to get attached to it!

Sturdy skin, huh

Then

I'd like to try out something.

I'll flay you alive!

Screw Pier

The heck's this?!

Turd?!

Huh?

Well

I underestimated it a little too much.

Heh, you think you already won?

Look here, I've beaten tons of trash games

that were way more unfair than this.

I ain't backing down just because

you threw some turds at me!

I receive 1 damage every ten seconds.

That means I only have

around four minutes left to fight.

I need to land multiple critical hits

on this thing to k*ll it or I won't make it!

Critical hits in this game aren't

based on random chances.

They appear when you land

an ideal strike

or hit one of your opponent's weak points.

But this thing has thick scales

that prevents that.

Which mean its only weak point is its head!

But of course, it's hard to hit.

Then I'll just have to MAKE some!

Screw Pierce!

All right!

Now I'll keep attacking its wound!

The wound changes the nature of the flesh

and opens it up to critical hit!

All left's to attack

until I run out stamina!

Dammit! I don't know

how much HP this thing has left!

Will I make it in time?!

I knew it

Beating Failia Chronicle

got me a bit too c*ck.

"In the end, this is just an easy game

for the mainstream."

"I can beat it easily

without recovery item!"

Yeah, right

I got full of myself.

But!

Flash Counter!

(Unequipped)

Don't think you can

swallow me that easily!

I'll make you pay for

throwing turd all over me!

Screw Pierce!

Hm?

Woohoo! I did it, damn it!

Did ya see that, you stinky snake!

(Dropped Item

Python Scale)

(Dropped Item

Python Scale)

(Dropped Item

Python White Hair)

These drops looks like

they're worth quite a lot.

Huh?

Oh crap! I didn't have much time!

Was that all the drops?

Did I miss anything?

I need to distribute the points

from leveling up.

Oh no, the time!

Ugh, all the points go to

stamina and agility!

Once I'm in the town,

I need to buy some antidote!

Wait, I don't even know where the shop's at!

I won't make it on time!

Then I'd better update

my respawn point instead!

That means I'd better go to the inn.

Wait, I also don't know where that is!

Dammit!

So Mia, you want to tame

a dog monster, right?

Yeah.

I can't keep pets in my apartment,

but I can tame monsters

in this game, right?

So I hope you can show me the ropes,

Yamamoto-kun.

After three grueling months

I finally got my crush to play SLF!

I've made it so that as an old hand,

I get to lecture her as a beginner!

I've got to make the most of this!

Um, Yamamoto-kun?

S-Sorry, it's nothing.

Also, Mia.

In video game, instead of real names,

it's customary to call each other

by their in-game name.

Oh, I see.

Then, "Reiji"-kun, right?

Woohoo! I successfully

made her call me by my first name!

Thank you, SLF!

What?

M-Monster?!

Wait, wait! He's got a player name!

That's a player, not a monster!

Eh? I mustn't attack him?

If you PK someone,

you'll get a skull icon next to your name!

Well, I don't want that.

But why's that person running

at such a high speed?

Ah, he must've taken some poison.

Hey!

You, the guy with the name's Sunraku!

Head straight! The building

with white roof is the inn!

Your respawn point won't get updated

until you get on the bed, so be careful!

Thanks!

There were quite a lot of

people like him back when

the game launched and

there's still no info around.

Players who sprint for the town

after that snake poisoned them.

Wow

Judging from his look, I bet he sold

his armor for more speed at the start.

You really sound like a veteran.

That's pretty cool, Reiji-kun.

Eh? Hahaha, you think so?

Thank you, blue bird guy.

Are you staying today?

This inn provides a safe rest

for all of our adventurers.

For example

I don't need those crap!

Hurry and give me a bed!

Very well. Allow me to examine

our free rooms

Hurry! HURRY UP!

I only have 1 HP left!

- Room 2001 is ready for now.

- Thank you!

Respawn point has been updated.

Yes! I made it in ti

(Penalty for Death

All stats lowered for limited time)

Phew, that was real close.

I did die, though.

Good thing the penalty for death

wasn't to lose items.

I should thank that player who taught me

about the inn if I meet him again.

But man, SLF is really a god-tier game.

It's great!

(Outpost for Marsh Journeys

Secondale)

Well then.

Secondale is my first town in SLF.

I should first start by getting a new map,

some healing items, and equipments.

I need a better main weapon

than my Mercenary Twinblades.

If I'm gonna play this game,

I wanna get serious!

All to become the top player!

Pfft, what's with him?

A half-nude bird man?

Is that a player?

Clearly a joke build.

Eww.

Okay, I'll get some clothes first.

I'll just take the cheapest one for now.

Thank you for your purchase.

Rather than for defense,

I just don't want players

to look at me like a freak.

Now for the head

I'll just stick with what I got.

Huh? A Goblin Hand Axe?

Nobody wanna buy this piece of junk.

Well, I expect as much.

Show the lineup you got, then.

Here you go.

Hmm

None of them stands out.

My Vorpal Choppers are far better.

Well, Vorpal Chopper's

a pretty rare find, after all.

Oh, it is, huh?

If you want a better weapon,

we will have to craft it.

Oh? Can you do that?

If you have the material.

The marshland on the path from

Secondale to the third town, Thirdrema

The Diremarsh Waste.

There's a spot in here

where you can mine minerals.

So he'll craft weapons for me if I

bring him some iron ore from here, eh?

One, two!

(Stone

Just a regular stone)

Another stone?!

This ain't giving me iron ore at all!

He said I need five or six

to craft a good weapon

But I only got two after swinging

a pickaxe for thirty minutes!

And the mud makes it hard to move around.

And this pickaxe

I bought to mine this stuff

It's way too heavy!

(Mud Frog

It has habit to cover its body

in mud for protection)

What? Don't get in my way, I'm busy.

Okay I get it.

I was prepared to just leave you be

because you're not attacking me

But if you wanna become

"material" that bad,

lemme help you!

How's that, you stupid frog?!

I'll finish you off now!

The Splitblade gear I'm wearing

was made from Mud Frog Skin

and it's got slashing resistance.

Which means chances are this frog

has resistance to slashes too.

Therefore,

the only effective attack is bludgeon!

As such!

Now's time to use this Goblin Hand Axe

that's so dull it counts as a bludgeon!

So slow!

I can't run in this damn muck?!

Mud drastically lower

players' mobility

and forces them into

"Walking" state.

It seems you can't get up

from your back easily with that body.

(Dropped Item

Mud Frog Skin)

k*lling a frog like this

won't even improve my mood.

Back to mining for ores

It sucks, but

I'm seeing more new players around now.

I bet there will be more of them

because of summer break.

Once that happens, it's only a matter of time

before the mad scramble for material begin.

To avoid that,

I better collect as much as I can now!

O-Oh, you sure have gathered

quite a lot in just three hours.

With this many materials,

you can make something good, right?

Hang on. I'll get you a list.

Whoa, whoa.

You also got Marshcoffin Fossil?!

Oh, yeah. I did get that odd one.

Then I can craft you this.

Ooh, looks good.

Then I'll go with this one.

Two of them.

You got it! I'll make it immediately!

(Weapon Street) (Item Street)

Here ya go. The Marsh Daggers.

Whoa! These blades are god-tier!

Cutting durability reduction

by half for a time after a critical hit!

It match my style perfectly!

Come again if you have

gathered more material.

It's our job to raise your weapons, too.

Raise?

Those who can use forging magic like me

can not only make weapons,

but strengthen them too.

Ooh?

A blacksmith's weapons

are kind of like his children.

So instead of calling it "strengthen,"

I call it "raise."

I see.

I have to say, NPCs here

move and talk so well.

They respond accordingly

to my words and context.

What kind of AI runs them?

Oh, it's getting dark.

You better not leave the town

with that equipment.

Why?

Why? Because a lot of nocturnal monsters

are dangerous, that's why.

Oh, so that's how it's set up?

Got it. I'll watch out.

Great. See you again.

That said

My penalty for death

just finally expired.

And I've got some nice info.

All right!

Let's test out my new

twinblades and level up

with those

"dangerous night monster," then!

Strange

I've searched

all over the beginners' area.

Highest Strength.

Enchant Hellflame.

Apocalypse!

All I can think is that

he defeated this snake

without going to a town or dying once

and headed for Secondale.

But would a new player do such a thing?

Knowing him

Maybe he did

(Redcap Goblin)

Not bad!

For now Let's go through

what I've learned so far.

First, monsters definitely change

between day and night.

Just like the weapon store guy said,

a lot of nocturnal monsters

are vicious and dangerous.

Thanks to that, I get to level up a lot

and I learn new skills.

But

This guy's clearly off the charts!

They must've messed up his balancing!

His movement and speed are way beyond

the goblins I fought in the forest!

He's loaded with HP,

but he's also mixing feint

in his attacks like it's totally normal!

And worst of all

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Calling for allies are supposed to be

a weak monsters-only's thing!

Just one is enough of a pain,

but this many

Even if I ran,

I dunno if I'd survive

Run?

Whoa, whoa.

What am I saying?

This is exactly the kinda thing

I enjoy, isn't it?!

Hah! Is this all you've got?!

Entertain me more!

I underestimated this game.

I've been having fun enough.

A god-tier game isn't so bad.

You could even say I've gotten addicted.

But this game

SLF is a different beast.

On this day At this moment

I made contact with the REAL

Shangri-La Frontier.

Encountered Unique Monster,

Lycagon the Nightslayer.

Unique Monster?

(World Story

Shangri-La Frontier

Unique Monster Subjugation Count 0)

(World Story

Shangri-La Frontier

Progression Rate 0%)

I scream in envy so much it hurts

I cry that this is where it ends

It's going to change, I'll change it

I don't want to think

it's impossible anymore

The goal I set up is now

the starting line for me to run again

Hit me with that despiar, it excites me

Telling me give it a go

I should be able to go as far as I want,

yet I mistake this to be my limit

Is getting an easy win

sometimes necessary?

It exhilarate me,

telling me to give it a go

I have a dream,

so even my complaints is not a joke

I scream in envy so much it hurts

I cry that this is where it ends

It's going to change, I'll change it,

I don't want to think

it's impossible anymore

I don't mind breaking if I can move on

I hate giving up even more

I'm going to make it come true,

make it a reality, I'm always serious

Make it so I'm only

a little away from obtaining it

Let me ace this even if it burns me

SLF Theater!

(#3 Bird Frog Ensemble)

Mini!

(#3 Bird Frog Ensemble)

(#3 Bird Frog Ensemble)

Ribbit.

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SLF Theater!

(#4 The Conspicuous Big White Thing)

Mini!

(#4 The Conspicuous Big White Thing)

(#4 The Conspicuous Big White Thing)

I'll wait Hizutome-kun here.

Oh, a statue?

Oh, what's that?

Keep you waiting!

Sorry for the wait!

E-Eh?

They're using me as a meeting spot?