Mebius World Online – Mari’s VRMMO Diary, Embarking on a Laid-back Adventure as a Novice - Chapter 42
42. Mari-nee and the First Official Event (Current situation and solutions)
“Hey, are you okay?… What’s with that tired face of yours?”
Mareus-san had arrived shortly after distributing jerky.
Kanna-san went to check on Roulette-san’s condition, and Graham-san said he was going to hand out jerky to the members.
…He’s planning to distribute it properly, right?
As I vowed to check later, Mareus-san explained the situation.
“For now, the guys I and Kanna followed, those who remained cautious from the beginning, and the ones you brought with you are strengthening our defense. Especially the ones you brought have some Earth-type magic users, which was really helpful.”
“What can Earth-type magic do?”
“In MWO, apart from special objects or specific areas, players can interact with terrain, environment, and such using Earth-type magic. It’s temporary, though. Taking advantage of that, I quickly made a trench with Earth-type magic and built a wall using the soil generated at that time. It required some ingenuity to make it strong, but thanks to that, the damage has been minimized so far.”
I see, my actions at that time led to something like this.
Suddenly, a sense of joy welled up.
“After all, we can’t form a raid. Building a base like this to share intentions is huge. Fighting separately in the current situation, there’s a possibility of getting attacked by players who should be allies. Friendly fire.”
“What’s friendly fire?”
“You don’t even know about that… oh right, you were a game beginner. Your actions were so off the mark that I completely forgot.”
“Eh, am I being criticized?”
“No, rather praising… well, let’s leave that aside. Friendly fire is when allies attack each other. In MWO, it’s standard to take damage from attacks by players outside your party. Roulette-san’s ‘thing’ is an exception, though.”
“There’s such a setting.”
“It’s surprising that you managed to get through that situation without knowing that.”
“Is that a praise?”
“Praise… well, not entirely.”
“Mareus-chan, you’re doing that again, teasing with that tsundere attitude. For us girls, sometimes it’s more effective when you’re straightforward. Even your favorite Marcia-chan said that.” (TL Note : unfortunately it’s not vice versa)
Just when I thought Kanna-san had returned, she began teasing Mareus-san’s naive side again.
Maybe girls like to play with romance, after all?
But I won’t tease Kanna-san’s naive side.
Roulette-san, who usually stops it, isn’t here now.
“Seriously! No way, I’ve told you so many times!!”
“Alright, alright, anyway, let’s focus on the countermeasures now.”
Kanna, who had teased him herself, mercilessly cut down Mareus-san’s reaction as always.
It’s strange that it doesn’t become tense with this.
“For now, the policy is left to us who created this flow. It was helpful that Graham and the others actively agreed. Thanks to that, there was not much opposition.”
“But there was some opposition, right?”
“Well, you see, Maria-chan. When a lot of people gather to decide something, a certain number of people will oppose it. Especially if they don’t like someone taking the lead without a reason. So…”
[Then come up with an alternative, damn it!]
After raising her voice just a little, he became quiet.
Kanna-san stuck out her tongue with a teasing gesture that seemed to come with a “tehe.”
Oh, her voice just now with a slightly rough tone is her natural voice.
I’ll say it again, but if such a voice were to come out of a woman’s mouth, I don’t think anyone would oppose it for various reasons.
“Let’s get back to the topic. From the battles so far, we’ve grasped the general trend. The monster’s name is Ogre Claus. It wields three types of weapons: sword, axe, and spear, and always acts as a single unit.”
“A single unit…”
Even if I had prioritized retreating, I probably wouldn’t have been able to defeat a single one with Cougar’s charge.
Facing three of them at once, I have no idea what I should do.
“The sword has some resistance to both physical and magical attacks, serving as a kind of wall. The axe ignores defense, and the spear cancels out our long-range magic attacks.”
So they have resistance to our attacks, ignore defense, and cancel out long-range magic attacks, huh…
While I chewed on the words, my eyes were probably looking far beyond.
“Not having a means of long-range attack is a small relief. But the bigger problem is the Ogre with a particularly large body, holding a staff. Its name is Ogre Pandora.”
“Ogre Pandora…”
Is Pandora inspired by that famous box?
I don’t have a very positive image of it, though.
“Ogre Pandora is always in a position protected by Ogre Claus, providing recovery for Ogre Claus. And when Ogre Claus takes a certain amount of damage, it prioritizes Pandora’s defense and stops coming forward. Due to this coordination between Pandora and Claus, dealing effective damage has become even more difficult. Even if you try to target Pandora with long-range attacks, Claus gets in the way. And if you try to defeat Claus first, he retreats, and Pandora heals him.”
“The more I hear, the more it feels like there’s no solution.”
“You have a plan for that. Right, Mareus-chan?”
With a wink, Mareus-san seemed to be still bothered by what happened earlier, making a bitter face as if he had chewed a bitter bug.
“Jeez… there’s a solution if you want.”
“Oh, really? That’s grea—”
“By the way, Maria, it’s up to you for that solution.”
It’s not great at all!
Hearing Mareus’s proposed solution, I felt like I might lose consciousness again due to the enormity of the responsibility.