Chapter 1 (1/2)

About twenty years ago there was a revolution in coe leap forward With developy, virtual reality, nao

Currently, the world is filled with applications with various content for VR One such application was the Northern Europe developers’ VRMMORPG,『Dees fantasy type of MMORPG

The gaine All areas were Free PvP, and a player that dies drops all of their current ite their corpse) Players’ actions did not unlock different abilities Typical game elements such as player na It felt rather cutting edge

According to the developing company, “We strived for the utmost limits of a fantastic reality”

The line 『Deaa it practically a real life simulator

The in-gaout』,『Call GM』, and『Real World Time』 It should be easily understood just how realistic they were ai for

However, VR games that pursue the most realisood example of that

Unlike other games the severity of the system, specifically the combat, item creation, and no passive abilities, was too difficult for a typical person

All in-game actions are plain, real life actions Moreover, co curve

『Demondal』’s active player count numbers a little over 20,000

When considering that other online VR games have at least 50,000 active players, the disparity becomes apparent

However, the ‘heroes’, the oddballs, the cripples, and other unfortunates who seek out such a severe and real 『World』gather indiscriather in the world’s toughest VRMMO, 『Demondal』

Nogawake Iichi, better known as Kei in 『Deamers that love that rotten world

As Kei galloped on his horse he held his bow single-handed and said to Andrei, as following hiy”

It had already been about tenarea changed fro trees It was proof that they were approaching Kei’s stronghold, “Wolvern”

They would reach Wolvern in another twenty minutes

“You’re right… They were probably separate characters for roleplaying” Andrei agreed He sounded a little down, perhaps still depressed from the loss of the potions

Unlike the sulking Andrei, Andrei’s horse walked lightly after being freed from its heavy load and fully healed by a potion

Andrei sighed then shook his head as if trying to shake off the gloom and then continued, “At the very least, their coordination wasn’t nooby That level of coordination takes quite a bit of practice”

“Yeah, their teamas admirable If their archers had been better, ould’ve been in trouble”

“Anyhow, after the leader died they lost all coordination” Andrei then frowned under his scarf and tilted his head slightly in puzzlement “…You know, they knew about ame?”

The number one for “Ninja” style, and moreover one of the few saber wielders, Andrei was extraordinarily well-known Kei wasn’t as popular as hiardless

He would be logged in for so long that people were saying, “Isn’t he just living in this game?” One could say that he lance he was a battle maniac and master of mounted archery What’s more is that he was one of 『Demondal』’s fen japanese players

“No, it was ’s fault” In his left hand Kei held out the splendid vermillion composite bow

In the world of 『De are dropped at the place of death Running into thieves and brigands that are after such drops are an everyday occurrence

For that reason, most players reinforce cheap practical arularly are extremely limited

Kei was no exception Both his weapons and his arrade equipment

His favorite boas large and especially hard to handle while on horseback, but in return it had good power and range It was a strange longbow for mounted archers, but it was Kei’s trademark

However, today’s circumstances were different

The vermillion composite bow

A Wyvern’s wing tendon and a branch of an Elder Treant; two extremely valuable materials are used to make it In 『Demondal』there is no other bow that can compete with its power

Kei requested this bow be made by a competent bow craftsman, and it had finally been finished He had only just retrieved this gem from the seaside town “Kitene”

Its naer』

The size was a little large for mounted archery, but it was s the boasn’t a probleh that other longbows couldn’t even compare

Of course, both the power and range were far from normal too

At the practice range『Dragon Stinger』’s arrow coh both sides of plate metal armor from 200 meters away

So logically, within a 200 on Scales』, which boasted the highest defense in the gaer』

This one of a kind extraordinarily powerful, beautiful verbow as Kei’s new trademark

By the way, Kei still had materials left over If he felt like it, he couldinto account that it may be stolen, he could wield it without worry So that was another reason why 『Dragon Stinger』 was a good bow to use

“His wooden shi+eld was pretty shabby, but breaking it to pieces and even piercing through his ar”

“Yup, yup”

It’s not like Kei had made it himself, but he was pleased that Andrei complimented it openly

“As expected of jap the Ripper… A suitable weapon for a death God, wouldn’t you agree?”

“…”

At Andrei’s teasing Kei suddenly turned gloomy

“jap the Ripper” Out of Kei’s many nicknames it was most likely the best known

The nickname steht with Kei rarely survived, thus the naiven to him

Kei was able to use powerful longbows froues above other players in ability Gauging the as a talent of his His accuracy was unparalleled Second-rate ar his prey would die

Thus, he became known as “jap the Ripper”

He happened to be japanese, so they changed it from Jack the Ripper to jap the Ripper

No one can say for sure who started it, but because of its si his first nicknae Archer”, and others More recently he was starting to be called, “The jap” The ones calling him so didn’t mean it in a bad waythatcalled “jap” over and over didn’t feel very good

“…I wish I’d have a different nickname already,” Kei murmured a distant wish