DCFM Chater 173: Scent of the Wasteland but Holding Hope ※Nanamis POV (1/2)
At the same time as the countdown ended, I was covered in bright light, and I closed my eyes, unable to bear it.
The next instant I felt as if the ground disappeared and I was floating…
I was standing in a wasteland with a number of rocky mountains protruding from the ground.
Dry air blew. A wasteland that has rocky mountains and a few plants.
I don’t see anyone else aside from myself.
I understood my situation and gulped.
“…I missed.” (Nanami)
The dart didn’t fly into that bad of a place.
It almost hit exactly at the place I aimed, so I would say I am in a pretty high spot in terms of the people that chose Dart Teleport…probably.
Anyways, it is certain that I am in the Ringpill Continent.
It is certain, but…
“I have a certain degree of geographic knowledge, but there was a place like this in Ringpill too…” (Nanami)
I don’t feel the presence of people closeby.
I won’t know until I confirm in a map, but I will at least need some survival skills here.
[Pin Pon Pan! Welcome to the isekai, Chosen Number 1,001, Souma Nanami. I will give a simple explanation of the Status Board! First, please bring out the Status. You can voice it out, or call it in your mind.]
A voice suddenly resonated in my mind.
I see, this is the ‘Voice of the Angel’, huh.
“Status.” (Nanami)
A half-transparent screen appeared in midair.
[You will be able to obtain all sorts of information; get items, skills, and gifts; check the popularity ranking and viewership; remaining points and crystals; from that Status Board.]
This is pretty overdue information, but the Status Board is the source of the Chosen’s cheats.
‘The Remaining Points are your Remaining Lives’ was a popular phrase spoken around in the net, but it is exactly that. The Chosen who keep points on them have a high survivability rate.
I have also left 11 points… Well, I will soon be using a few of them though.
After the explanation was done, I bought a High Efficiency World Map with 3 points.
I had decided to take that once I didn’t manage to transfer close to a city. I would need it anyway.
I switched tabs in the Status Board and confirmed my current location.
Judging from the location the dart landed, it should be northwest of Meltia…
“Oh…this is going to be rough.” (Nanami)
When the tutorial ends, the viewers will be able to watch our state.
Celica-chan and Karen-chan will surely scream…
The place I am in is the Ringpill Continent’s Hellskull Wasteland.
The population density is 0 out of 10 levels.
Danger level is 5 out of 6 levels.
The closest place with people is Rikotason, and it is a distance of 85km in a straight line.
I had been transferred to the very center of a dangerous wasteland all alone without a single person around.
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Now then, what do we do from now on.
Remaining Points: 8.
For now, I buy a Barrier Stone, and 7 Points remain.
I currently don’t need the special item that is the Scapegoat Ring. Even if my remaining lives were to increase in a place of danger level 5, it will be my end the moment I get checkmated. There’s no point.
It would be more certain if I just utilize Barrier Stones well.
There’s several blue points on the map. These points are all Chosen.
And the red point that is showing my current location is far southeast. One of the points in Meltia must be Hi-chan. I must reunite with this point no matter what.
By the way, the closest settlement has no blue points. It is impossible to grab and cooperate with a Chosen, huh.
Right now it is still the tutorial. It would be better to finish buying the items I need here. Once it begins, I will dash at once.
That it is 85 km to the village means that the danger zone isn’t that vast. Thinking of it in the most positive way, if I run around 60 km, I should be able to reach a decently safe place…I think.
I used 15 Crystals to exchange for sneakers.
It isn’t a forest, so it is better to prioritize equipment for running. It is a desert, so it would be best if I could buy a mountain bike though. Unfortunately, there’s no bikes.
I am not good at running, but I have no choice but to run here.
My remaining points are 6. I have 15 crystals.
“Next is…I have to listen to the hint.” (Nanami)
I use 1 Crystal and push the ‘Survival Hint’ button.
It has already been proven that this Survival Hint is really effective, and it is thought as God rigging the dice, or it is something that’s advised to you after seeing the future.
In the information that was disclosed for the 2nd group, it was even written in red letters: ‘If you are troubled, listen to the hint’.
<<Head west>>
“Eh…? West?” (Nanami)
That answer was an unexpected one.
That’s because the current location of the closest village is east.
The location of Meltia where Hi-chan is is also southeast.
Of course, I intended to head east.
But the importance of this Survival Hint has been proven.
I don’t know what’s east, but I have no choice but to head west for now.
For the last thing, I take out my brought item from the Status Board.
A shotgun loaded with 35 bullets.
A specialized weapon that has had its parts made as light as possible.
The first shot is already charged, and if I were to take out the safety, I would be able to shoot it at once.
The power is pretty high, and if I were to shoot from close range, it is apparently capable of killing any creature on Earth. I was hammered continuously that the recoil is also as strong, and if you don’t shoot with proper posture, your bones could break.
“Alright…let’s go.” (Nanami)
I inspected my equipment and resolved myself.