Golden Experience

“Based on what Rare-sama mentioned earlier, it seemed like wings weren’t necessary for flying, so perhaps she did it simply because it looks cool.

Players tend to have similarities in those aspects. Do you have such tendencies too?”

“Hmm, I wonder.

I don’t have wings.”

“If you did, you’d probably do it.”

“If I were to grow wings, they’d probably be like bat or demon wings. They’d flap and flutter, enveloped in darkness as I soar through the sky.”

“Ah, I see. You’d probably pull it off.

Because it’s cool.”

Later, Blanc would need to ask Rare how to grow some wings.

However, even if Blanc could grow wings, she understands it’s more important to first acquire the skills Rare recommended.

“Seems like I’m lacking experience points.

It would be nice if these players could contribute more.”

“If Rare-sama helps, you might be able to go hunt yourself safely.”

“Yeah, maybe. But Raerae mentioned she only does things like spreading darkness to equally divide the xp between us.”

According to Rare, experience points are distributed based on contributions in combat. Hence, Rare avoids attacking and focuses solely on darkening the skies, leaving it to the Spartoi to actually defeat players, so that Blanc still gets some of the xp.

Deas, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, will refrain from using his skill [Miasma] until the situation turns unfavorable.

“Actually, if all Rare does is darken the sky from above, couldn’t Azalea and the other Mormos do the same? If you guys turned into bats, since there would be nine of you, you guys could potentially be nine times more efficient than Rare…”

“You’ve noticed that well.”

“We’d love to, but we haven’t acquired [Dark Magic].”

Come to think of it, they hadn’t acquired [Dark Magic] because it had mostly mediocre utilities.

However, if it could simulate dusk levels across a wide area, its usefulness to Blanc and the group would skyrocket.

“…I’ll consider acquiring it if I have leftover xp.

For my wings… maybe after that.”

As far as Blanc can see from the Lord’s Manor, the battle doesn’t seem dire.

Only the zombies are being defeated, and there’s no harm to the Spartoi. Since they were only expected to act as distractions and disruptors, their defeat poses no issue.

“Looks like these players aren’t particularly strong…”

“No, occasionally, it seems Rare-sama is doing something. I can’t see very well, but sometimes, enemies start moving unnaturally.”

“It might be good to pay attention to how the experience points are being collected. The amount reduced due to Rare-sama’s support could be crucial information for future collaborations.”

Carmine might be right. Idly gazing at the battlefield wouldn’t be helpful.

“Hmm… Oh, the xp is coming in. Quite a large amount! So, are these players stronger than before?”

“Perhaps a bit stronger than the Spartoi and zombies.”

“Oh, sometimes I only get half the experience. Maybe that’s due to Raerae’s support.”

“Even though it seems like just a momentary pause, it’s still takes half the xp. She indeed influences the battle, although there’s no direct damage, contributing to the overall situation.”

Otherwise, support-oriented players might feel no incentive to join battles if they don’t offer tangible benefits.

“…There’s not much to do here.

Is it fine for Raerae to just fly around?”

“Perhaps it might contribute more if nothing is done.”

“In that case, why not read the forums like Rare did the other day?”

Indeed, Rare seemed to take peeks at them whenever she can, and for players like Rare and others like her, such information might be useful in some way or another.

{Heirs}

The invasion isn’t just happening on the border! It’s also happening inland!

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10: Mippei The thread title makes no sense.

Where abouts inland?\\

11: Rusk

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Three cities in the Kingdom of Heirs, Verdesud, Altriva, and Elntar, are already in ruins.

Well, Verdesud and Altriva aren’t really cities, more like towns, to be honest.

12: Countrypop Damn, another city destroyed already?.

13: Rusk Elntar is west of Altriva, it seems. I heard it from a knight of the lord in my town, so it’s probably accurate.

14: Tarooz So they invaded Elntar? I thought there were a lot of players here in altriva, I guess that’s why. I thought they were going to the front town in the opposite direction.

15: Rusk It’s already the fourth day of the event, are we really going to change hunting grounds (with such a large group) now?

16: Tarooz We either prepare to defend and probably get wiped out by the invading monsters.

17: Tarooz

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Or we invade them.

18: Countrypop Ah, I see. But which would be more efficient, roaming from city to city and defeating boss-level entities or ignoring the bosses and just hunting small fries?

19: MentaiList I think hunting down bosses is more efficient.

The issue is, whether we can move to those areas in a day or less and whether we can defeat said boss-level enemies.

20: Countrypop Hey, MentaiList’s here.

How’s Wayne doing? Okay with the extra weight?

21: MentaiList Weight? What’re you talking about. He can lift me easily…

22: Gi1gamesh By the way, Me and MentaiList stayed with him.

So, we can move to two towns a day now.

23: MentaiList Carrying Gi1 is going to be a bit tough.

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“… Why are they carrying each other? Sometimes I don’t understand what people are saying on here. But this is about my city, right? Isn’t that Gi1gamesh guy famous? Oh, my God.”

“… You probably understand, but don’t post anything.”

“I know, I know, I won’t.”

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30: Mippei But why did a place that far from the border suddenly collapse?

31: MentaiList Not just that, the capital right near the center of Hiers, has also been taken over.

32: Countrypop Ah, I see.

So, this is also highly likely the handiwork of the calamity?

33: Gi1gamesh It might not be every city, but considering it’s within the same kingdom and involves undead, it’s quite possible.

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“Rare’s got rumors about her!”

“What’s happening?”

“The three cities I destroyed are being blamed on Rare-chan!”

“… It’s not entirely incorrect.

Given the collaboration, you became part of the force behind it.”

“… Really? I guess so.”

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38: Justise By the way, unrelated, but a knight in my town seemed to know about the downfall of the Hiers’ capital.

39: Countrypop Well, if it’s gotten this famous, they probably know about it.

40: MentaiList Wait, isn’t that kind of odd? It’s only really known among social media or players because we can chat worldwide, how would the NPCs be aware of it? It would take a while for messages to get out by foot.

41: Justise That’s what I was thinking too.

I knew about the capital being ruined, but then I heard the entire country had been removed from the official site.

Timing-wise, it seems to be around the same time as the official site update.

42: Gi1gamesh Even though we’ve been around various cities for the past couple days, we haven’t heard anything from NPCs.

43: MentaiList I haven’t heard about it either, plus the Dev team hasn’t mentioned it.

Some important NPCs might have the information from skills. What city had the knight who knew about it??

44: Justise A city called Hugelcup in Oral.

It’s probably the second biggest town in Oral. There’s a castle as big as the royal castle, so you can easily recognize it when you get close to it.

45: MentaiList Oh, here it is, I guess it’s a little closer to Hiers geographically.

46: Rusk How do you know that?

Is there a map?

47: MentaiList There’s a simple map, like a Sugoroku[1] board, made by volunteers on the verification thread.

I don’t know the distances and such, but it’s like a Sugoroku board, only with the locations of the cities. they made it by integrating the stories of players in various cities.

48: Countrypop seriously, that’s smart.

49: Justise Um, who’s Suguroku? Are they famous?

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“A map! I have to tell Raerae about this!”

It’s in the verification thread, so sharing this thread and the post number might be helpful.

Rare seems to be interested in conversations on the forums and the flow of information lately. Especially now, indirect information about NPC movements through players might be useful.

“Still, who could this ‘Sugoroku’ be? I wonder if Raerae knows.”

There’s a lot to talk about, but it seems like there’s also a lot to listen in on.

TL Notes:

[1]: Sugoroku Board Wikipedia:

“e-sugoroku with rules similar to snakes and ladders, appeared as early as late 13th century and was made popular due to the cheap and elaborate wooden block printing technology of the Edo period. Thousands of variations of boards were made with pictures and themes from religion, political, actors, and even adult material.

In the Meiji and later periods, this variation of the game remained popular and was often included in child-oriented magazines. With ban-sugoroku being obsolete, today the word sugoroku almost always means e-sugoroku.”

A Sugoroku Board ^

This chapter took me a while to translate, I’m posting it early as I will be travelling tommorow and won’t have the chance to post it tomorrow. The SMS/Forum bits can get really confusing at times.

There Won’t be a chapter next week as I will be away from home for Christmas but I will have 1 or 2 chapters ready for the week after.

Again, Thanks for reading, and please let me know of any mistakes in the comments.