Chapter 3 – Return 3
“Ouch!”
“Be quiet, how can you travel because you can’t stand this even though you’re a priest!”
Along with the tingling sensation of the syringe, when he escaped the feeble energy, a brilliant light filled his vision.
It seems that all the medicines in [Thearesia Online] Are effective immediately. The moment I got hit, the fog that occupied my head cleared as if it had been cleaned. In the first place, if it wasn’t an instant effect, things like [Health Potion] Or [Fairy Tears] Wouldn’t be usable in battle.
I was wrapped up in a fluffy, soft bed. The first thing that caught her eye was an elderly woman in priestly clothes with a benevolent face.
Her hair, unable to hide her years, was completely white, but the wrinkles around her eyes and neck and pointy ears were noticeable. Looking at the empty syringe this person was holding, it seems that he gave it to me.
And I know very well who this person is. She is the senior NPC in the Priest occupation group, the high-ranking Priest of Eria whom the Priest players always nag and call her ‘Auntie’. The elf priest, who devoted himself to faith to the point of wrinkling his skin, was very old.
Looking at it this way, it’s pretty cool. Or maybe I’m too small.
“You taught me to exercise often because I lack a lot of stamina. A priest doesn’t always stand in the rear. I know?”
“Yes… “
In front of the High Priest of Eria, I was greeted with honorifics. Maybe it’s because she’s a beginner character, and she’s shrunk even to advanced NPCs. And in my body, my stamina was still low, so I couldn’t feel the energy in my body. Fortunately, there are no sore spots.
“Don’t overdo it. It’s dangerous to wake up now, so please rest a little. Because the priest is a true person, right?”
“… Yes.”
Far from being true, only every road in [Luts], A hotbed of possible crime in various games.
Still, going back to the guild is not urgent. First, you have to go to the character select screen. Well, I’m going to slow down and it’s annoying right now, so I leaned against a warm, soft cloth and closed my eyes. It is warmer than the futons at home in real life, so it feels like your fatigue is relieved.
It would be much more convenient if you could log out. The moment you log out, a complaint email will be sent to the administration. There will be no company that will stand still when VVIPs like me rise up. If you don’t accept it, I’m going to do a random PK.
By the way… What was the [Succubus Madness] Item I ate?
It’s kind of like a doping drug, and I remember it being an item that was dropped from monsters. I can’t check it now because I can’t open menus or encyclopedias, but it was a consumable item that could be obtained at level 70 hunting grounds.
It had no effect on male characters, but it was a doping item that gave +10 to female characters’ charisma, or [Charm] Value.
[Charm] Is a value that increases the success rate and efficiency when hiring mercenaries in the guild, sending guild tasks using mercenaries, or using the raid leader buff. Among the total of 6 stats used in [Thearesia Online] [Strength], [Agility], [Stamina], [Mental strength], [Intelligence], And [Charm], It is the most useless.
The basic [Charm] Value attached to male characters is higher than that of female characters, and most guild tasks in the game can be handled with only basic abilities. That’s why Gilma is more likely to be played by male characters rather than female characters. It wasn’t even a game that discriminated against the gender of the user in the first place.
Most of the clothes for females that increase [Charm] Were quite erotic, and female monsters were things like succubus and dragon lady. Was the [Charm] Of a female character such a promiscuous thing?
The reason why it had an aphrodisiac-like effect was probably because [Charm] Was increased. Even I, a veteran of the game, was so confused that I couldn’t think calmly.
Operation assholes, how the hell did they patch it.
Be careful until you get to the character selection screen. After feeling refreshed for a while, I tried to stand up, but the High Priest of Eria stopped me.
“Lie down until you feel better!”
“It’s fine. Because it can happen…”
As she tried to stand up again, the High Priestess of Eria crossed her arms and frowned powerfully.
That face and atmosphere were so stern that I lay down again. Since I was lying down, it was comfortable, and since I hadn’t slept for a long time, I closed my eyes again to recover my physical strength.
I need to get back to where my stamina is back.
Even though I am a character with such a weak body, I follow every path of [Luts]. I had to sit and rest on the sofa in the luxurious guild leader’s office, not on a bed in such a shabby sanctuary.
I have to lead the guild members to conquer [Susling Castle], Where I was supposed to start a siege, and break the nose of the opposing guild [Odotar], Who mocked me for winning the last raid by catching the last one by only 10 minutes. If this was a large-scale update, the next raid would have come out.
And,
I remembered the promise I made to the guild when the guild master didn’t show up.
“If you don’t come back for a week, we’ll elect one of the bugil horses.”
Here, Bugilma is the five people I have appointed. Since it is such a large guild, there are parties for each sub-gilma within the guild, and there are connections and factions. I don’t know how much time has passed, but it seems like two days have passed, so if you smoke too late, a new guild may be elected, or a guild civil war may break up the guild.
Perhaps because [Stamina] Had already run out, I couldn’t avoid the rush of sleep. When I closed my eyes, I was instantly immersed in soma.
* *
When I opened my eyes, the brilliant light floating in the air faded somewhat and a little darkness took its place. The [Sanctuary of the Priest], Where you can calm your mind just by being there, is not the place for me, the main road of [Luts]. The place where I will be is the guild house of [Luts] Full of chaos.
Of course, it was unclear exactly what kind of room this was because it was called the [Sanctuary of the Priest]. The map has grown several times, so it may not be the map I know.
When I pushed the blanket off and raised my upper body, my body felt quite light. I just opened the door and walked out.
– Squeak
All I could hear was the sound of the old hinges, but I felt a chill run down my spine. It was like the sound trees make when thrown into a pile of crates.
No matter how realistic it felt, I was only PKed by a bastard. Looking at the results alone, nothing happened, but the impact must have been stronger on this weak body than I thought.
But time is running out. I don’t know how much time has passed while I’m recovering, so the guild members will be waiting for me. I’m not sure if I’m playing a game or if I’m transferring to another world, but I hope the week doesn’t pass.
I can feel the soft breasts as I hold on to suppress my weak heart that barely touches the sound of the door. Shaking his head, he walked down the corridor and down the huge corridor. The moonlight outside was falling brilliantly through the stained glass in the corridor.
“… How sacred.”
It’s a place that really doesn’t suit me, ‘Fenrir’, also called a demon player. He smiled bitterly and walked outside. A red carpet was laid between the long wooden chairs in the huge corridor, and I headed toward the lofty front door dotted with sacred images.
When I opened the front door, the [Square District] Of a large city with fountains spread out between the huge sanctuary grounds. Even at night, because it is a big city, it is twinkling and countless NPCs pass by.
I was thrilled with the feeling that I was in a busy street in a real fantasy.
“Not bad.”
Familiar distance – but I walked a distance many times longer. As the wind blew and the night air coldly brushed my legs, I realized that I was wearing a new priestess uniform instead of the ripped [Novice priest’s clothes]. It is not much different from the basic priestly uniform he was wearing for the first time. And… When I was conscious, the inside of my thigh felt lonely.
Besides that, there was a bag that seemed to be worn around the waist. Here is a loot item I picked up while walking for two days. Fortunately, the moment I put my strength into my feet to hasten my steps after checking the bag that was not torn in the PK with the prosecutor, I bumped into a scruffy boy running from the other side.
“Oops, are you okay?”
“Where do you leave your eyes?”
“Haha, I’m sorry, priest.”
Fortunately, I didn’t fall, as if my abilities were lower than the NPC boy in that village. As a character that cannot be resisted, is it not possible to get hit with a defenseless PK, or run into a guy running towards you? Truly, today is an unlucky day.
When I left the [Square District] As it was, there was no light to brighten the night, and it suddenly became dark. Crossing a bridge over a black river where only the moonlight is reflected, we cross over to another Earth.
“… Ah.”
I realized that my waist was empty in the middle of the bridge, and as I groped, I realized that the bag that was on my waistband was gone. Maybe it’s because I’m nervous, or because my height and limbs are different, or because I still don’t feel that my current body is mine, but I noticed it too late.
“I’m lucky.”
When I came to the middle of the bridge that divided the earth, a strong wind swept through me. The skirt of the priest’s uniform, which seemed to never be overturned by that gust of wind, was lifted up. And the lower leg was too cold. It was only then that I realized that there was no underwear to cover embarrassing places.
It seems that all valuables have been stolen, but the fact that underwear has value… Well, if there was something like the underwear worn by the priestess, I wonder if some perverts would buy it.
“So you’re stealing even your underwear? What a world like this!”
Come to think of it, the scruffy guy was a pickpocket NPC. Anyway, what was in the bag was the gold in the body of a level 1 priest. Even if there was, it was not as good as the time of the toenail compared to the gold in the guild. Even if you end up with no panties, it’s a storage character anyway, so you just have to go to select a character.
My mind was empty, so I slowly walked across the giant bridge. There were various races in [Thearesia Online], And there was a quest raid that told me that this [Rubo Castle] Was also built by a giant. I crossed the bridge and headed for the [Earth of Choice], Remembering the memories of the [Cathode Graveyard of Lubo Castle] Raid.
Unlike the [Square District], The [Choice District] Is a place where there are few people, but there are operating NPCs with useful functions. There is a building where NPCs, so-called ‘steel stamina NPCs’, live, as they keep their place 24 hours a day.
Should have been
However, in the [Choice District], The building with those five NPCs did not exist anywhere.
… Why?
It’s like an asshole and has a weak body, but I thought it would be okay to enter the character selection window. But no matter how much I looked around the [Earth of Choice], I couldn’t find it. I circled the [Earth of Choice] Dozens of times, but the building did not appear as if it did not exist in this world.
“Why… “
The place where I sat exhausted was under the bridge toward the [Square District]. As I circled the dark [Earth of Choice], I could see the weak figure of the priest reflected in the black water, probably because my eyes were dark adapted. Throwing a nearby pebble distorts its surface. However, the weak priest’s bare face, like the weak nature hidden in the mask of a strong Bonkae, did not disappear.
After wiping off all the dirt, I wake up and see the empty streets, and I feel the fear again. The fear that the warrior might reappear creeps up. The fear that a strong man’s hand might grab my wrist and make a mess of me.
“To have such a weak heart just because your body has become weak.”
I thought about finding a safe place and going to an inn that seemed like it was in the game and taking a break. Unfortunately, I was attacked by a pickpocket, so I couldn’t go because I didn’t have any gold. Banks are not open at night in the game, just like in reality.
“Hehe, uh uh, haha!”
She sat there watching her sleep and burst out laughing like her mad bitch. I smiled and tilted my head, looking up at the sky, which was still clear, indifferently. In the black sky, various stars and moons that were different from reality were shining brightly.
