Mebius World Online – Mari’s VRMMO Diary, Embarking on a Laid-back Adventure as a Novice - Chapter 50
50.Mari-nee and the First Official Event (Final Curtain)
How much time has passed since we started fighting with everyone?
I think it’s about time for the announced two-hour event to come to an end.
However, we were gradually being pushed back by the sheer quantity of Ogre Legions spawned by Nemesis, and now we found ourselves enduring attacks from all directions by forming a defensive circle.
“Darn it, isn’t the event ending yet!”
While enduring Ogre Legions’ attacks with a sturdy-looking shield, Mareus-san cursed.
The attacks were intense, and we were currently dealing with four of them simultaneously.
Even though he could block some attacks with the shield, he was taking more damage than the shield could handle.
Then, Kanna-san promptly cast a healing spell.
“If you have the time to worry, try harder! Mareus-chan’s equipment is top-notch!”
“Only the equipment is excessive!”
The usual banter almost made me feel like they were surprisingly calm, but Kanna-san’s expression was severe.
Probably, her MP was getting dangerously low.
Others around us seemed to be in a similar situation, and the frequency of support was decreasing.
As a result, our defensive circle became even tighter, more like a cluster than a circle.
In the midst of this, the one person who continued to show overwhelming power was Roulette-san, who had removed her spinning glasses and entered her Berserk mode.
“Gaahhhhh!”
She mowed down the approaching Ogre Legions one after another, literally crushing them.
However, there was no sign of Roulette-san going berserk.
To be precise, whenever she seemed about to go berserk, Nero, perched on Roulette-san’s shoulder, slapped her cheeks, bringing her back to her senses.
When she had asked me in advance, I had hesitated, thinking about the burden on Roulette-san, but thanks to that, everyone’s burden was reduced, and they barely kept our lives intact.
However, even Roulette-san, who hadn’t taken any damage, was showing signs of fatigue. Her movements were slowing down.
I think pushing herself too hard in the horde of Named monsters was still affecting her.
I want to go help, but I’m in the center of the formation and can’t move recklessly.
And at that moment.
The situation took a turn for the worse.
Nemesis, whose attacks were restrained by Estelle-san’s singing, began to unleash wing-based attacks towards us.
“Cougar!”
“Gaoo!”
Fortunately, there were fewer feathers flying towards us than before.
Thanks to Wind Roar, the people supporting me from behind were protected from harm, but those outside the defensive circle still suffered considerable damage.
In the midst of this, one of Graham-san’s companions, who had acted as a decoy to draw away the Ogre Legions, was in crisis as healing did not arrive in time.
Graham-san desperately supports with arrows, but the attacks from Ogre Legion reach faster than his arrows.
At that moment, I unintentionally closed my eyes.
“You’re still in a dangeroussituation, miss.”
The person who blocked the Ogre Legion’s attack with a shield was a man I vaguely felt I had seen somewhere, but I couldn’t recall where.
“Wait, aren’t you the gatekeeper!”
“””Whaaat?”””
My voice and everyone’s voices coincidentally overlapped.
“I’m not alone, look, everyone!”
As the man called “gatekeeper” raised his voice, the people of Eden’s city rushed in like an avalanche.
People with swords, people with spears, and Vanessa-san with knives – Vanessa-san!?
“I used to be quite mischievous, you know. Well, I won’t lose to any ordinary adventurer.”
A thrown knife pierced the head of an Ogre Legion, taking it down in one blow.
And in her hand, she held another knife, seemingly materializing out of nowhere.
Isn’t she unbelievably strong?
“I’m used to being so cute, you know. Look, another person who was inspired by you has arrived.”
Following Vanessa-san’s gaze, there were countless Ogre Legions swirling in the air, as if encountering a tornado.
In the center was Zela-san, dressed in a bright red dress, manipulating the Zela-Old man puppet to fight.
The sight of the expressionless Zela-Old man crushing the Ogre Legions was bizarrely surreal.
“Forget it. Listen up, all of you! We don’t need disciples who fall behind against such opponents. If you don’t want to be expelled, fight with the determination to die.”
In response to Zela-san’s words, four of his disciples, dressed as clowns, fought desperately, defeating the Ogre Legions.
No, Vanessa-san, Zela-san, and her disciples, why are they so strong!
Probably, everyone is thinking the same thing.
Their faces are just blank.
I think the people who came to help us at such a time are probably residents I’ve become close to.
It seems incredibly amazing to me, but I can’t express it well… My eyes moistened as the Ogre Legions overwhelmed us with their sheer numbers.
“This is a scene that Maria-san has connected to.”
In the midst of singing, Estelle-san said that.
“Please be proud. What Maria-san has achieved has a meaningful purpose.”
Estelle-san is unfair too.
Why say such things at a time like this?
While I was desperately holding back tears, the final moment arrived.
The eerie blinking red star disappeared, the gate made of skeletons vanished, and the pitch-black darkness melted away in the light.
In the midst of this, Nemesis, still screaming, crumbled, and eventually disappeared into the light.
Left behind was Mephistopheles, his eyes glowing with satisfaction, as he shrugged his shoulders, seemingly behind the mask.
“Marvelous, bravo, from that situation, to overturn the conclusion I envisioned! As a director, I should mourn my defeat against the performers’ abilities… But as a form of the ending, I must admit that this is also splendid. Let’s praise it sincerely. Everyone splendidly prevented the calamity from befalling Eden City!”
At that moment, we received a notification.
<The official event [Prevent the Calamity from Befalling Eden City] has been cleared.>
For all the hardship we went through, the notification was surprisingly simple.
However, as I began to understand the content, cheers exploded.
Regardless of adventurers or residents, we hugged, praised each other, and celebrated the clear of the quest.
The first official event, which was both short and long, had ended in this way, with the announcement of the event clear.