Chapter 16 (1/2)
Before I knew it, I had another weird skill
[Shedy] [Race: White Ghast] [Low Deases An intelligent spiritual lifeforic Points: 216/392] 39↑ [Total Combat Power: 255/431] 43↑ [Unique Skill: Reroll] [Racial Skill: Fear] [Simple Identification] [Humanoid Form (Apprentice)] [Skilled Packer]
'Skilled Packer'…? I did pick up the silver and copper coins I found in the bandit's lair just in case To think that resulted in a skill… wait a minute? I had around 30 of the coins That should be quite a bit ofat myself from the outside, I couldn't see the my money?
I as, I could see thehout my body
But once I raised the density back up, they disappeared… how curious!
So anyway, I checked out the storeroorabbed whatever seemed useful These included a spare robe and cloak, the bandit leader's s and necklaces, some bottles of what looked like medicine, so
Eh? You want soht now? But didn't you just eat more than ten corpses?
She looked sort of buround, so I relented and gave her a slice of jerky
After so that fitted a single suitcase, in both dimensions and volume Which meant that a shortsword could fit, but not spears Also, anything too weighty would ish, so I liht, this would be our base to hunt
I left with Blobsy, co upon us Upon all secret alpha testers
”There it is! 300 ht, that Berserker is ours!”
”Yeah!” ”Awesoo!”
Within the northern reaches of the central continent lay the Principality of Trendeux A country for to be found
The Sapling had blessed the lands with its boon Despite the latitude, the clientle But the ave way to white, the field of snow stretching unbroken all the way to the surandeur
A silver-colored troll was there, its fur blending into the snowy ray bear
At first glance, the subspecies looked close to a yeti It was over threeas tree trunks
The troll looked at the bear it was eating and suddenly went quiet Then, just as abruptly, it began to tear apart the carcass It starting pounding on a nearby boulder, crushi+ng its own arony
Suchso real they even forgot they were in a gaasped for a breath
To the south of the Principality of Trendeux was a large country, the Trestan Kingdom, which was the chosen base for these players They were Rank 3, or in other words, players who had reached level 3 in their codrasia used the sa systeame's VR boards, in which two parties of Rank 2 players from Trendeux reported their defeats at the hand of this berserk roup of players had coe the troll
”Total coh for Rank 2”
”Hey everyone, gather up! I'o Remember to pull the boss with arrows”
”Can I use poisons?”
”Did sooing to stick around for a long time”
”Holy shi+t woet Overwhele
In a one-on-one fight, the troll would aled their teaic corralled the monster while blades sliced into flesh Al a greatsword, decapitated it
”hell yes!”
”Man, regeneration and high power That's a boss alright”
”And still no match for us! What's the reward?”
”Eh? Did the corpse just disappear?”
”Maybe because it's an event eht?”
”Oh hey, there's the systee”
”Whoahoh?! A year pass for the airshi+p!”
Equivalent to 10 large gold coins, this yearly pass allowed you free rides on the airshi+p, hich you can reach any country in Yggdrasia in just half a day All members of the party received one Once this info was posted on the foru berserk monsters scattered all over the world
”Secret alpha tester No17 Confirmed mental collapse and subsequent cessation of neural activity As per procedure, requesting dispatch of disposal tea Now even that one's gone”
”Will it be a problem, sir? No 17 was a rather special one This event has been resulting in quite a few per center of the 7th facility, was in high spirits His secretary voiced her concern, and he flippantly replied with a shrug
”analysis of their powers and geno our bosses for faster results, too The sixay, but with how enthusiastic our testers have been, we're already done with the basic data gathering The event is just to finish up early”
The 100 secret alpha testers weren't just randoe and mysterious special powers – was confirmed all over the world, and these testers were believed to be people possessing such powers Over half of thehtly higher physical abilities than the norm, but the first 23 chosen were a step above in power Or in the case of a few a the about revolutionary technologies for inning of a new era
Power and genetic analysis had already finished The experi to see if the special abilities could be improved, or if new applications could be discovered, by putting the orphans into extreme stress conditions That, and also to dispose of the testers, since they were no longer useful
The number of deaths and h only one month had passed since the experiment started Already, there were 32 deaths froed out from mental collapses