Chapter 5 (2/2)

“What do you think?” Kang Joo-ho asked Kim Seok-joo. He wondered what kind of thoughts and plans Kim Seok-joo had for the later game.

At the question of Kang Joo-ho, Seok-joo thought for a moment and then opened his mouth. “I think it would be okay to just skip it over.”

The stat you could get at the beginner training center was 10. It was more beneficial to devote that time to growth than to invest time in a training camp just to get 10 stats.

“Because it’s just stats. You can take it later,” Seok-joo added.

And a player can get stats not only at the training center. They could also get stats from certain actions, such as reading old books and running.

“Yes, then let’s skip beginners.” Kang Joo-ho decided after hearing Kim Seok-joo’s answer. He became relaxed because the burden of how to level up has gone.

Soon after, Kang Joo-ho and Kim Seok-ju were able to reach the west gate.

“No, stop stealing my rabbit!”

“Hey! That rabbit is mine!”

“Ana, the rabbit is not here!”

“Shall we go the other way?”

“I only need 12 more, so let’s do it here. I think there are many other places as well.”

There were so many users in the west gate, as Kim Seok-joo said. When one rabbit was regenerated, three nuts ran into it.

“It was as if it’s a big deal,” Seok-joo exclaimed, with his eyes wide open.

“Because it is. Even if I was a little late, I wanted to participate in the competition at first. Good thing I thought about the stone foxes.”

Kang Joo-ho and Kim Seok-ju took a walk while talking. They walked straight past the other players, and were able to reach their destination in no time.

[You have entered the Stone Fox Forest.]

After arriving in the forest, Kim Seok-joo said with a surprised expression.“There are users who came earlier than us?”

Joo-ho came right after the tutorial. He thought they would have arrived earlier than anyone, but there were already several users in the forest.

At the end of Kim Seok-joo, Kang Joo-ho, who was watching the players just stand there for a while, opened his mouth. “I think they just came to see it?”

The players did not attack the stone fox. They just looked at it and watched it as if they were in a zoo.

“I think so,” Kim Seok-joo nodded.

Soon after, Kang Joo-ho and Kim Seok-joo drew attention from users.

We shouldn’t keep standing around like this, Joo-ho thought.

“Let’s catch that.” Kang Joo-ho told Kim Seok-joo. He took the lead toward the stone fox in front.

There was another stone fox nearby, but it didn’t matter. Even if there were other stone foxes, there was no need to worry.

Soon after arriving in front of the stone fox, Kang Joo-ho said to Kim Seok-ju.“Cover me if it tries to attack or do anything.”

“Yeah! I will go in after it notices us!” Kim Seok-joo replied

Kang Joo-ho swung his iron sword at the stone fox.

Clang!

Shing!

The iron sword hit the fox. It let out a short scream, stepped back, and stared at Kang Joo-ho. Then it started running towards him. The stone fox jumped and swung its front paws.

Scratch!

Kang Joo-ho, who was already preparing for an attack, quickly fell back and swung his iron sword and struck the fox’s forefoot.

Splat!

The stone fox once again screamed briefly and stepped back.

My vision is narrower than I thought, it will be hard to avoid its attacks, Kang Joo-ho thought while facing a stone fox staring at him.

On the PC version of Earth, the player was able to grasp the situation of the battlefield at a glance through the monitor. However, the VR version had a limited view. It was incomparable to the PC version. An attack could be avoided if the player could watch the movement of the stone fox, but it seemed that it could not be easily avoided in the VR version.

The stone fox, who was watching Kang Joo-ho, jumped again. As before, Kang Joo-ho fell back and wielded an iron sword.

Shing!

Once again, the iron sword and the stone fox’s paws met, and the stone fox screamed and stepped back and stared at Kang Joo-ho. And just then…

“I’ll go in now!” Kim Seok-joo participated in the battle.

Two times at the front paws, and one at its back, a total of three attacks were successful. They could feel that they were starting to win.

“I’ll take the left!” Kim Seok-joo moved to the left of the stone fox.

The stone fox glanced at Kim Seok-joo, then it stared at Kang Joo-ho and jumped again. Unlike before, Kang Joo-ho didn’t have the time to fall back. Fortunately, he wasn’t alone this time.

Splat!

Kim Seok-joo, who was waiting for the stone fox to jump, swung an iron sword and cut the stone fox’s side.

Shing!

The stone fox, who only focused and attacked at Kang Joo-ho, could not avoid Kim Seok-joo’s attack and began to fall.

Splat!

And at that moment, Kang Joo-ho’s iron sword went into the back of the stone fox.