TL: ænigma
PR: Hayath
Episode 13: The Power of Artificial Intelligence
They said I would receive it soon, but I had no idea they would give it to me like this.
In Demlok, you could only receive quests by talking to them one-on-one…
In Demrok, you could only receive quests by talking to the NPCs one-on-one…
‘Is this also the power of artificial intelligence?’
The intelligence of NPCs is not much different from that of users.
They would be giving quests to users anyway, but they would also find it difficult to give them requests one by one.
I was momentarily dumbfounded by the truly innovative method, but I don’t hate it.
It saves time, so why wouldn’t you like it?
“uh? Awesome, I got the quest.”
“Wow, shit. You don’t have to wait in line.”
“Dante said he was a real man, and I admit it. This is a game!”
“Let’s hurry up and finish the quest and then let’s go hunting!”
The users seemed to have the same thoughts and were leaving the cabin in a hurry.
Among them was Dohyun.
After that, I quickly received the required quests and was able to obtain a total of 3 quests.
[Collect Goblin Leather]
[Blood of Mutant Goblin]
These were all quests that could be done in parallel with goblin cleaning.
Now preparations are complete.
A fresh forest unfolds as you enter the field through the main gate on the outskirts of the city.
And countless goblins and users are gathered on top of it.
“Looking for someone to party with!”
“Someone who wants to collect leather together!”
“We are looking for people who will join us all the way to level 12. There are two seats left now.”
Some users were trying to play solo, but most were looking for a party.
If you were going to follow the strategy until level 12 anyway, it was faster and safer to have a party.
Dohyun, who was looking around, also took out a sword from his inventory.
[Old iron sword]
[Grade: General]
[Description: This is an old iron sword given to users who complete the tutorial.]
[Level limit: 1]
[Wearing restrictions: Swordsman series]
[Physical attack power: 40~60]
[Durability: 50 / 50]
An iron sword given as a tutorial reward instead of a crude sword.
Although it was a meager number, it was enough for level 1. Wouldn’t it be much better than a crude sword?
‘I want to test this and that.’
‘I want to test some new things.’
I guess I gained a lot.
It was time to search for goblins to hunt.
“Hey.”
A man spoke to me.
Although he was quite large, he had a simple look and was carrying a thick wooden shield.
When our eyes met, he smiled awkwardly and spoke softly.
“I see you just arrived. We only have one seat left. Would you like to join us? The quest won’t be the same anyway. Oh, you’ve completed all three required quests, right?”
“Yes.”
“Then let’s party together. We’re going to reach level 12, so a party of four is the national rule.”
Two more users came up behind him.
It was a relatively small young man and a young woman with cute short hair.
“That’s right! There is also party bonus experience up to level 12.”
“Let’s catch it together.”
Dohyun could not help but nod as he added a few words to persuade them that they were party members.
‘That’s true.’
Beginner city Arde.
As its name suggests, this place offers generous support for beginners.
From the difficulty of obtaining quests to the number of monsters and regen rates. There was no inconvenience in any way, but the best benefit was the party bonus experience.
A system that supports users of level 12 and below and parties of up to 4 people.
If you receive bonus experience with this benefit, the experience you gain from hunting will not be much different from solo play.
As long as the achievement of catching together is recognized, experience points are calculated for the monsters hunted by party members.
‘There are also a lot of monsters.’
That was the reason why so many users formed parties here.
Because you’d be a fool not to form a party here.
The beginner city of Arde is truly an extension of the tutorial, as written in the strategy book.
If you look at this, it was a different game from Demrok.
Benefits? Adaptation?
Because there was nothing like that in Demrok.
Demrok was a game that threw you into enemy territory from the start and told you to find the village on your own.
‘Well, I guess all the users from Demrok are doing combat jobs in God’Ose.’
Dohyun smiled and answered.
“Great. Let’s have a party.”
“Great. Let’s form a party.”
“Nice! Well thought out!”
“Phew… I needed a melee dealer, so that’s a good thing.”
“So why do we all have long-distance jobs?”
“Men are archers, cancer.”
“Is there anything more exciting than trying magic in virtual reality? I really wanted to try magic.”
When I accepted, they smiled brightly and welcomed me.
They looked like they were in their early 20s, and they seemed friendly, probably because they were friends.
As their conversation unfolded, Dohyun glanced at their weapons.
‘One bowman, one mage, one tanker…’
After forming the party, there was no melee dealer, so it seemed like they quickly approached Dohyun when he saw him holding a sword.
He was so excited that he had just completed the party, giving off the fresh newbie vibes.
He was so excited that he was just accepted into a party, giving off the fresh newbie vibes.
“Then I’ll invite you to the party.”
“Yes.”
[‘Shield Chief’ has requested to join the party.]
[Do you want to accept?]
When you click OK, a translucent hologram window appears at the bottom left.
[‘Shield Chief”s party is formed.]
[Party leader]
-Chief shield
[Party member]
– Mi-Gan
-Yu-bin
-Kaiser
As game nicknames, they were truly unique nicknames.
These are names that clearly reveal what kind of job you had. Dohyun wasn’t the only one who reacted upon seeing the nickname.
“Uh? Kaiser?”
Chief Shield reacted upon seeing Dohyun’s name.
‘Ah, I saw that there are a lot of users from Demrok in the ranks.’
Most of them used to take their names from the Demrok era.
Although it is said to have been forgotten now, it was natural that there was a reaction to the name Kaiser.
However, the reaction was a little different from what Dohyun expected.
“Oh, Kaiser. So you’re a Kaiser fan?”
“Kaiser? Who is that? Are you famous?”
“Kaiser? Who is that? Is he famous?”
“Oh, he is. He Ranked 1st during the Demrok era. Did you know that God’Ose came from Demrok? Maybe that’s why the fan base is quite large.”
“Still, Kaiser fans are rare these days, but he seems to be a true fan. He even named himself Kaiser.”
“… .”
The party members chatted comfortably as if they had no idea that Dohyun was the real Kaiser.
They were treating the Kaiser as a relic of the past that had disappeared into history.
Dohyun scratched his head at their reactions.
‘… Well, that is correct.’
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t secretly looking forward to it, but this was Kaiser’s current position.
Still, isn’t it comforting to know that there is a large fan base?
‘But if that’s what I said, there could be a lot of people with the same nickname as me.’
‘But if what he said is true, then there could be a lot of people with the same nickname as me.’
Maybe there could be a situation where you join a party and the party member is Kaiser.
While Do-hyeon, who was thinking about what it would be like to meet Jjakkaiser, was laughing, Chief Shield shouted as if he had finished maintenance.
While Dohyun, who was thinking about what it would be like to meet another Kaiser, and was laughing, Chief Shield shouted as if he had finished maintenance.
“Now then, shall we go hunting?”
“Let’s go and get to level 12.”
“Gazua!”
It was the beginning of a full-fledged hunt.
The prey could be found quickly.
There were goblins everywhere, so there was no reason to go far.
The group settled down in front of about five goblins and took their own positions.
“I will be at the front first. I think it would be a good idea for Kaiser to play the role of a sub tank and dealer next to me. Mi-gan and Yu-bin are good at putting in the damage from behind.”
“Okebari~ I’ll stick it between your eyes.”
“Oraboni~ We’ll be relying on you.”
“Yep! Just leave it to me!”
Perhaps because he studied hard, he commands the shield well even though it is his first time hunting.
It was truly a textbook hunting position. It has no special features, but it is the most basic positioning that is flawless.
‘Not bad.’
That’s why Dohyun also followed without hesitation.
The Chief Shield nodded proudly as if he was satisfied, then slowly moved forward while holding the shield.
The moment the distance from the goblin was about 4 meters.
Kick? Kick!
The goblin who was standing peacefully reacted and suddenly swung the dagger in his hand.
A typical first-attack type monster, that attacks first when someone comes within a certain distance.
If it was your first time, you might be embarrassed, but the Chief Shield calmly raised his shield and blocked it.
Instead of stopping with that, he pushed upward and suddenly swung his shield.
Kang!
[ Chief Shield’ has inflicted a status ailment on the Green Goblin.]
[Green Goblin is stunned for 1 second.]
“I put a bash in! Everyone attack!”
“It got hit by ‘Bash’! Everyone! Attack!”
It was Bash, the basic skill of the shield weapon.
Although the stun lasted only 1 second, 1 second was a lot of time in a combat situation.
It’s difficult to hit a moving enemy, and a stationary enemy is like a punching bag.
“It’s eyebrows are so big!”
“Go!”
Between the eyebrows, Mi-gan shoots an arrow as if he’s been waiting, and Yubin fires a mana bolt.
As the Green Goblin collapsed after being shot in an instant, his fellow goblins next to him were startled and rushed towards him.
Kirik! Kiik!
Key profit!
The target was none other than Chief Shield .
It is an expression of anger at the loss of a comrade to the closest person, Chief Shield .
He urgently raised his shield and blocked as much as he could, but at the end of the day, he was a level 1 user who had just changed jobs.
He started to fall back little by little, as if he couldn’t help but struggle with his low strength.
“Ugh… It’s hard, catch it quickly!”
However, in the case of Yubin, the only means of attack is Manabolt.
The cooldown was short at 8 seconds, and even though it was powerful, it was of no help as it was currently on cooldown. There is a limit to the situation with only arrows between the eyebrows.
What they needed now was a melee dealer.
Taaat! Suddenly!
Kieeeeek!
When Do-hyeon quickly approaches and cuts down the goblin who was paying attention, the goblin rushes at him with foam at the mouth.
When Dohyun quickly approaches and cuts down the goblin who wasn’t paying attention, the other goblin rushes at him with foam in it’s mouth.
It was judged to be a threat as it received significant damage when it was caught off guard.
It judged him to be a threat, as it received significant damage when it was caught off guard.
But Dohyun ignored him and hit one more guy.
Sigh!
Kiek!! Cheek!!
Then the angry goblins rushed at Do-hyeon, but with good timing, the best shield made a ‘Bash’.
Then the angry goblins rushed at Dohyun, but with good timing, Chief shield used ‘Bash’ again.
[‘Chief Shield’ has inflicted a status ailment on the Green Goblin.]
[Green Goblin is stunned for 1 second.]
While the guy who was suddenly hit in the back of the head paused, arrows were fired.
Although not all of them were hit, arrows were hitting his arms and legs.
With aggro from both sides and arrows flying from behind, the goblins were completely at their wit’s end.
“Kaiser, nice!”
It is natural that the chief shield , who has become more comfortable now thanks to Kaiser, was grateful.
If we keep going like this, we’ll catch it easily…
[The Green Goblin has been defeated.]
[The Green Goblin has been defeated.]
[The Green Goblin’s skin is obtained by ‘Chief Shield’ through public distribution.]
“… huh?”
The Chief Shield paused for a moment as the two goblins died faster than expected.
Now that I think about it, there are no sudden attacks.
Now that I think about it, there were no sudden attacks.
‘What?’
Feeling something strange, he lowered his shield and saw it.
The sight of Dohyun standing on two fallen goblins and the goblins all being aggroed by Dohyun.
“… What is this?”
Why is the aggro directed at the man who hit them one by one, and not at the tanker himself or the ranged dealers?
This situation was one of two things.
Either he has an aggro skill or he throws in a burst attack that is momentarily unbalanced.
Either he has an aggro skill or his attacks must be doing a lot of damage.
Now that we haven’t even reached level 10, it makes no sense to have aggro skills.
‘… So, are you saying that the damage each of those people hit is stronger than the damage we all inflicted right now?’
‘… So, are you saying that the damage he dealt to each of them, is stronger than the damage we all inflicted right now?’
So much so that all the aggro is focused on him?
… Does that even make sense?
It was a moment when my brain stopped in a situation I couldn’t understand.
It was a moment where my brain stopped because I couldn’t understand the situation.
“Back, back!”
“… Huh?”
Chief Shield, who came to his senses at the frown and Yubin’s shout, looked back. At the same time, his eyes widened.
The green skin reflected in his eyes.
Hey, hey, hey!
Kekeke!
It was a group of as many as ten Green Goblins.
“… crazy.”
There are still three left and ten more are coming?
No, they didn’t even invade the range, so why are the goblins suddenly flocking in and causing an uproar?
That question was resolved the moment I saw their faces.
“… arrow.”
Because there was a familiar arrow stuck in his arm.
It seemed like several of the arrows fired by Mu-gin in his excitement were aimed at them.
This happened because there were so many goblins around.
‘… I was afraid this would happen, so I was pulling as much aggro as possible, but damn it!’
They have a habit of not attacking unless they come within 5m.
Because of this, it was possible to hunt safely even if there were a large group of goblins around, but there was one more special situation in which such goblins reacted.
When receiving a long-distance attack.
At that time, it will run to find the user who attacked it, no matter how far away it is.
“I-I’m sorry… I guess I shot wrong. I’m really sorry. I’m sorry, Kaiser. ah… Really, why am I like this?”
“No, what should I do? Shouldn’t we run away?”
The person responsible for the situation, whose face is white, is talking gibberish, and Yubin is stamping her feet.
This is a situation where the party leader, Chief Shield, has to give any instructions.
However, no matter how much he mastered it in theory, it was his first time experiencing it.
Moreover, since he never imagined that such a catastrophe would occur even from the first actual battle, he couldn’t judge the situation quickly.
“Uh… .”
Cheer up! Whoop!
While he was dumbfounded for a moment, a group of goblins suddenly approached.
Only then did Chief Shield come to his senses and urgently shouted.
“I can’t hold this. First, I’ll knock you out, so run… !”
“I will try to hold them. First, I’ll knock them out, so run… !”
But before all his orders were even given.
Fault!
Swoosh!
“Huh?”
“W-what… !”
Something passed him quickly with the sound of hitting the ground.
A swordsman with flowing black hair.
It was Kaiser.
