Mebius World Online – Mari’s VRMMO Diary, Embarking on a Laid-back Adventure as a Novice - Chapter 26

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Crafting Jobs Chit-Chat Bulletin Board

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244: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I’ve been playing from the beta, but is it just me, or has the drop rate decreased?

245: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I feel you. Thanks to that, delivery quests from subjugation are tough. It’s more efficient to just focus on subjugation quests alone.

246: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

The prices of materials have gone up, making crafting difficult. Even prototyping costs a fortune…

247: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

At least the gathering rates haven’t changed. If potions and such had increased in price, it would have been a real problem.

248: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@246. Exactly. I contacted support, but their response was, “It’s working as intended.”

249: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

<Working as intended>… Those are magical words. In real life too, I’ve heard that phrase so many times, ugh, my head…

250: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Mediiiiiiic! Mediiiiiiiic!

251: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Seriously, can’t something be done about this? And the pressure from the strategy group is annoying.

252: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

It seems they’re in a bit of a deadlock. Not because the monsters in the second area are strong, but for some other reason. Details are unclear.

253: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I’m currently at the Adventurer’s Guild, and there’s a little girl who pulled out a bright red bora.

254: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

If it’s a bright red boa, it’s probably the named monster, Bloody Boar. Back when I was a beginner, I saw a quartermaster knight confidently taking a charge, shield breaking, and getting blown away while laughing.

255: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

That guy, huh? Isn’t he the weakest named monster in the first area? It’s not strange if you can defeat him now. Having his subjugation item wouldn’t be surprising. Tell us more about the little girl part!

256: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

No, it’s different. She took out the Bloody Boar as it is, not as a material!

257: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Huh?

258: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

What?

259: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Say Whaaaaat!

260: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Wait, hold on. Does that mean she captured a monster? There was a time when people were talking about capturing and disassembling monsters for a massive amount of materials. Hunters like Ryuudo were desperately trying, but it seemed impossible. Ask her how she did it!

261: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

It’s too hard for me to suddenly approach a girl and ask.

262: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Tch, coward.

263: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Definitely a coward.

264: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@259. Not the time for pep talks. It’s pitiful, so let it slide.

265: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@264. Thanks. Your kindness brings tears to my eyes.

266: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

But this feels like the beginning of a festival. Material shortages might be resolved in one go.

267: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

True. If rare materials are also guaranteed, it would be too exciting.

268: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Uh-oh, I’m going to craft a bit.

269: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Me too, me too.

270: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I’ll follow the trail of that girl…

271: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Officer!

272: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I ignored it, but isn’t a small girl unusual? This game doesn’t allow cross-gender play through live body scans, and you can’t really adjust body size. Is she a real ? school student? Where are her parents? Without a guardian, she probably can’t do much.

273: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

She seemed to be alone. Oh, she suddenly disappeared.

274: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

She probably sensed the presence of @270… Farewell, @270.

275: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Don’t worry, we’re prepared to say, “We always knew he’d do something like that.”

276: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

FU-!! Damn all of you!!

 

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Thread: Second City’s Atmosphere is Terrible Bulletin Board

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1: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Finally arrived at the Second City, but the NPC responses are so salty, I’m tearing up.

2: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Did you come without knowing the current situation? Ignorant or just lucky…

3: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@2. Awful! But if you know something, please tell me.

4: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Oh, okay. But I don’t dislike that honesty.

5: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Was that a tsun? (act hars)

6: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Nah, more like dere. (just honest)

7: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I’m not a Tsundere! …The strategy group that had been using this place as a base did whatever they wanted in the city, and the NPCs got furious. They stopped treating adventurers as a whole and now, even though it’s a city, it can’t be used as one. Understand, got it?

8: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Thank you! But why treat everyone the same?

9: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

If we knew that, we’d be taking countermeasures, or at least someone would.

10: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Wouldn’t it be strange if there were favorability ratings in mask data? It’s an element even in offline games. But it seems like it’s applied to all players, which is mysterious.

11: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Just thought of something. If we leave this alone, could it spread to Eden or something?

12: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

It’s not like it’s a disease… but strangely, it might be possible? MWO is weirdly realistic. It has the concept of circulation, and in that process, favorability might be included.

13: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

If that happens, the game won’t work. We’re paying money to play, so it would be fraud.

14: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Oh, a female player with orange hair is talking to the tool shop’s elder sister.

15: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Speaking of the tool shop’s elder sister, she’s a cute girl with twin tails. The first time I talked to her, she said, “I don’t like you, don’t talk to me”…

16: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

That’s harsh… @14, stop it before the second victim appears.

17: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I don’t want to because it’s scary! I once tried to return a handkerchief to a girl who dropped it, and when she saw my face, she cried!

18: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@17. Haha.

19: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@17. Be strong, soldier.

20: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Wait, what? When I thought another NPC joined the conversation, the tool shop’s elder sister suddenly started talking to me all friendly.

21: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

What!?

22: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I’m going over there.

23: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Me too, me too.

24: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

…Seriously. What’s with that beaming smile? I’ve never seen her make that expression for me… darn.

25: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@24. Should I kill you?

26: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

No thanks!

27: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

What’s going on? Is the NPC who looks like an old man triggering this?

28: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

There are similar NPCs in the Second City, but I don’t remember seeing that one.

29: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I don’t get it. Wasn’t favorability supposed to be individual and not as a group…?

 

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621: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

The event is approaching. How are you all feeling?

622: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Just getting by. Constantly leveling up in the second area. Supplies are tough, but with level cap at 30, it should be enough. What about the strategy groups collecting high-rank materials?

623: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Is there even a need to be so serious? It’s the first defense event, so it should be easy.

624: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

No server divisions either.

625: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Just casually let the mob rush go by and defeat the large boss, right?

626: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

The strategy groups will be there too. If there’s no server division, even if the large boss is a bit strong, it’ll be over in an instant.

627: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

You’ve got a point. In the end, it’s like a festival.

628: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Are there damage rankings behind the scenes?

629: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

And additional rewards or titles, perhaps?

630: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

If it’s focused on damage, which job is advantageous?

631: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

For large bosses, a warrior with single-target strength, and for mobs, a mage, maybe? Hunters could work depending on their skills.

632: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

By the way, how do support roles earn points in this event?

633: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Healing, buffing, debuffing, maybe? Calculating contribution points and allocating them to points. However, except for the jester job. That job is just useless. Is there anyone using it?

634: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

If that’s the case, instead of defeating monsters, it should be okay to fight monsters. Well, that means players should cooperate with each other.

635: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

That’s right. By the way, how do you know which players you can cooperate with?

636: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

… Surely by the day of the event? Probably?

637: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Solo confirmed, good luck, loner.

638: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I’m not a loner! I just spend a little more time alone!

 

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432: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I’ve been in Eden for quite a while, but isn’t the female player ratio relatively low in MWO?

433: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

It’s not just MWO, right? There are more guys playing VRMMOs in general.

434: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

It’s the difference in how they handle cross-gender playing. MWO has the “biometric scan” which discourages cross-gender playing…

435: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@434. I see, you wanted to try cross-gender playing. Heard Thailand is good for that.

436: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@435. I’m not changing my real gender, dangit!? I didn’t want to try cross-gender playing in the first place!

437: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@434. You don’t have to hide it. Someone other than me will surely accept you.

438: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Setting aside the cross-gender player hope from @434, the fact that cross-gender playing is not allowed might be one reason the female player ratio seems low.

439: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Bring more color to the world! Also, loli girls, please!

440: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@439. Reported.

441: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@439. Officer, it’s that person.

442: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

In MWO, those under 12 are obligated to act with a guardian. It’s a high hurdle for kids to play. Give up.

443: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

No way! What did I start MWO for then…

444: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Just play normally, seriously.

445: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Don’t say that, you guys don’t dislike lolis either!

446: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I’ll remain silent.

447: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I’ll remain silent.

448: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I’ll turn a blind eye.

449: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

@448. Comrades!

450: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I have good news for you guys. The gods exist.

451: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

What do you mean by gods? Explain.

452: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Around 140 cm tall, black long hair, small, incredibly cute. She looked like a middle school student. She passed by the Adventurer’s Guild and headed west.

453: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

That’s a pretty bold fishing attempt when I’m here doing street vending… but the gods exist.

454: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Hey, no screenshots?

455: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

https://www.pixpix.net/shot/2358157 (Pixiv parody, don’t even try to open that link)

456: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

!

457: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

!!

458: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

What’s with this quality! (shitty screenshot resolution maybe?)

 

459: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Don’t talk about quality. But that appearance with a white shirt-like top and blue? Navy? Long skirt combination is irresistible.

460: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Exactly! Just looking at the outfit makes her seem mature, but the body is too loli, and that imbalance is like… Damn, my poor vocabulary can’t express it well.

461: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I agree about the mature look. It even gives off a female teacher vibe.

462: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

A loli, female teacher…

463: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

So, a loli teacher, “Loliteacher”?

464: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Not bad, but I want one more twist.

465: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

If that shirt was a bit longer, it could look like a white coat, right?

466: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

So you want to say she’s the school nurse… That works.

467: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

I believe the formal term is “School Nurse Teacher.” Abbreviated as “SNT.”

468: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Everything connects… “Loli School Nurse Teacher,” abbreviated as “Loli SNT.” No objections.

469: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

No objections!

470: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

No objections!

471: Name: Anonymous Adventurer

Alright, people, let’s move to a different thread! The new thread’s name is “Gathering of Loli SNT Devotees”!