Chapter 2 (2/2)

I’ve been in this area for a while now, but nothing will get done if I stay here . If this is indeed real, I need to find some people or a town and think of a future plan .

I try to invoke the Magician’s support skill,【Transfer Gate] . Pale light is emitted as a three meter wide magic circle appears…

In the game, all I had to do is select the name of a town and I would be transferred there . However there is no selection screen now . For a while, I think about what I should do . Incidentally, my vision darkens . And then I notice that the landscape spread out before my eyes has changed .

I traveled about three meters from where I was a second ago . Apparently, this magic can’t be used properly without a clear image of where I wanted to go .

However, I don’t know any locations in this world, It seems that I didn’t move because of this fact .

I give up…

Wait, there should be one more skill available for movement . The support skill,【Dimensional step] .

The skill lets me move to any location after I select it . In the early stages of the game, it was a skill that allows you escape the range of enemy attacks ─ a skill used when you were surrounded by enemies . But after the middle stage of the game, when the monsters and the boss’ attack range took up the whole screen, it was regarded as a useless skill . Am I able to use it? With no screen to click, I could just be wasting mana .

I set my eyes on the intended location and activate【Dimensional step] . The scenery changes in an instant . When I look back, I observe that the place I had just been is a great distance away . It’s probably about five hundred meters . In the game, no matter what you did, the skill could only take you to the edge of the screen . In reality, it appears that I can move to any location within my line-of-sight . Though I can’t blow off heads with beams like a certain Esper girl, it’s still a helpful power . With a cool-down time of one second, it can be seen as a very convenient movement method .

So I continually use【Dimensional step]to navigate the landscape .

As the day fades away, it seems that I’m moving in the southwest direction . After leaving the sloping area a little while ago, I see a large river ahead .

I transfer to the riverbank and look around . This river is about two hundred meters across . It seems to hold quite a lot of water . When I look at the river, the water seems to be transparent, and I see many fish swimming along with the current .

Why don’t I take a break and have a drink of water?

I remove my helmet . That reminds me, not only did I not feel heavy wearing the armor, but I also didn’t feel hot . Such a thought was in my head as I brought my face closer to the water .

At that moment, my mind goes blank──

“─Damn…”

My mutter is lost inside the noise of the water .

My vision focuses on the refection in the water . There are no eyes . In fact, there doesn’t appear to be a nose or even any flesh . In the dark eye sockets, the pale light of the undead can be seen . I stare back at the reflection without any emotion .

The water was reflecting the figure of an armored skeleton──

I completely forgot it . The kind of avatar I played the game with .

Your usual game avatar would be a humanoid ─ one that can be customized to suit a person’s own preference . The degree of customization was extensive: you could make a long-eared Elf, or even a pig-nosed Orc .

There were also special avatars that charged a fee in order to be obtained; one of the special avatars was『Skeletal Body』 .

Despite the fee, “it won’t matter if I’m completely covered in armor,” is what I told my friends…

I actually wanted a golden skeleton avatar . With that, I would be known as the crazed hero of justice . When I searched about it later, the head of the guy was a skeleton, and from the neck down it was gold just like the costume of a professional wrestler . Nevertheless, I thought that it would be a completely golden skeleton for the entire time before that…

To escape reality, I had thought of the past .

This is very bad .

I can not remove my helmet in public with this appearance . In fact, if I do, I might become a target for monster subjugation .

My current future plans were just revoked .

I will live quietly and not stand out as best as I possibly can .

However, my body armor is quite luxurious, and it could attract attention alone… Yet, I can’t remove this equipment .

In this world I have nothing to my name except for this armor . I lack all my in-game items, and I have no money .

I have to carefully scrape together some money for the time being .

I shove my head into the water and drink . Since I’m a skeleton, did I try to drink out of habit? Where would the water that I drink go? In the first place, can I even taste the water?

I won’t worry about the small things anymore . The inside of my head was beginning to overheat . Even though I have no brain to speak of .

A skeleton laughs in a high-pitched voice in my head… Oops, my mind tried to escape reality again .

First, let’s reconsider the idea of looking for a city . Perhaps I will find some people living at the end of the river .

With such thoughts, I put my helmet back on and resume using【Dimensional step] . Since leaving the river, signs of a road has started to develop, so a village shouldn’t be that far .