Mebius World Online – Mari’s VRMMO Diary, Embarking on a Laid-back Adventure as a Novice - Chapter 62

62. Mari-nee and Verifying new skills and equipment

After parting ways with Roulette-san and the others, I visited the Adventurer’s Guild.

By the way, I wasn’t alone until I reached the Adventurer’s Guild, you know?

When I stepped outside the shop, instead of Graham-san, another guild member was waiting.

Yeah, I understand that they want to protect me, and I’m grateful for that, but I wish they could do more for me.

I thought I was muttering those words in my mind, but apparently, they came out as a voice because I was surprised when I got a response.

“Don’t worry! There’s nothing more we want to do for you!!”

With a firm and friendly smile like that, well, there’s nothing more to say, right?

While saying that, they were exchanging signals with the residents using those familiar gestures.

I wonder where you are right now and what you’re doing, my peace of mind that was about to embark on a distant journey?

I feel like I might reach some kind of enlightenment eventually…

So, when I arrived at the Adventurer’s Guild, I asked Allen-san and borrowed the training ground attached to it.

At that time, they told me that a guild member would be waiting at the entrance to the training ground, so I finally got some time alone.

“Phew… Alright!”

I exhaled the breath I had been holding in my lungs for so long and pumped myself up to switch gears.

“First, let’s summon Nero and Cougar.”

Normally, I would use ?Manipulator? or ?Thread Manipulation? here, but this time, I’ll try using ?Moira’s Thread of Blessing? .

There was no change in the MP gauge, but when I looked at the numbers, the maximum value had indeed decreased.

About 20% less, I guess?

With this feeling, the more targets there are, the greater the proportion of MP’s maximum value that decreases.

And as for Nero and Cougar, who had been infused with ?Moira’s Thread of Blessing?. 

“Meow.”

“Gaoo.”

They were both lively and happily frolicking around.

Even though they had been moving freely before, it seems that having physical threads makes a difference; they seem even more lively than before.

For me, not being able to see the threads made me lose the consciousness of controlling them somewhere in my mind, and I could accept without any sense of discomfort that the two of them were alive.

“Just being able to see this scene makes it worth taking ‘Moira’s Thread of Blessing.'”

After enjoying watching the two of them play for a while, I decided to try another skill.

“‘Dual Wielding’ is like ‘Cooking,’ once you learn it, you can use it without consciously thinking about it when you use it.”

Immediately, I tried holding “Giant Spider’s Sticky Thread” in my left hand and “Magic Silver Thread” in my right hand.

“Wow! I can equip both of them properly.”

It’s natural because it’s written in the skill’s description, but it feels different to actually experience it.

As a test, I stretched out the “Giant Spider’s Sticky Thread” towards the log set up for training, and when I activated the adhesion, it stuck firmly.

And when I activated the elasticity of the “Magic Silver Thread” and entangled it, the log was cleanly cut in half.

“This might be more user-friendly than I thought. Both equipment characteristics and abilities activate without any problems.”

Stopping the opponent’s movement with one and immobilizing them with the other… Yeah, it might look cool.

But if someone asks if that’s a way of fighting like a jester or a puppeteer, I can only look away and whistle.

I can’t whistle though.

“…Well, it’s a good thing that the range of fighting techniques has expanded, right?”

I said to Nero and Cougar, who had been sitting in front of me, watching me, and they nodded in agreement.

What good kids they are.

“Now, let’s equip ‘Dragon Thread’… Huh? Huh, what?”

In my confusion, Nero and Cougar both tilted their heads in unison.

“That’s strange, why can’t I equip it?”

No matter how many times I tapped on ‘Dragon Thread’ on the screen, there was no response.

When I was about to get frustrated, I noticed the item description for ‘Dragon Thread.’

More precisely, I noticed that the item description was cut off midway.

“I wonder if…?”

I calmly read the item description for ‘Dragon Thread.’

[Dragon Thread]

<A thread made by twisting the hair of Eastern dragons, extremely strong and extremely thin.

It won’t be damaged or inflicted with any abnormalities and will never break.

On the other hand, due to its strong frictional force, if used as armor, it may destroy the material it is combined with unless it is made of a suitable material.

Skilled craftsmanship is required for processing.

When used as a weapon, the thinness of the thread, combined with the frictional force and the magical power of the dragon, unleashes a terrifying power that can cut through anything.

Since the cutting effect extends to entangled targets, it cannot be used for ‘restraint.’

(Equipment Characteristics) Invulnerability, Defense Ignore, Interference with All Things, VIT +5, AGI +10, DEX +20, INT +5, MID +10

(Equipment Requirements) STR 150 or higher, excluding equipment characteristics

…Equipment requirements, huh? I didn’t know such a category existed.

“Wait, STR 150 or higher!?”

Nero was startled by my unintentional shout and hid behind Cougar.

My current STR is 1…

When will I be able to equip this?

Or will the day I can equip it never come?

Considering that I want to improve my cooking skills, I want to increase my DEX, and thinking about my real self, I’d rather not become a muscle freak.

“Is this what they call hitting a wall? Maybe it’s what Maki calls a ‘dead end’… Haha, hahaha…”

I couldn’t stop a dry laugh from escaping my fate.

I mean, it’s 400,000 points, you know?

To pour all that in and still not be able to equip it… I never expected that twist.

Of course, it’s my fault for not checking until the end.

Cougar gently approached me, sensing my dejection, and licked my face.

Truly, my pet is a kind one.

“Thank you, Cougar… Hey, I have a report, or rather, a proposal for you.”

“Gaoo!”

“Mareus-san found out something interesting. When he looked into the name ‘Cougar,’ he realized it also means the name of a large carnivorous mammal in the cat family.”

“Gaoo!?” (TN : I bet he said, “Say what?!”)

Ah, they’re really reacting properly.

Nero, as if saying “Isn’t that great?”, happily patted Cougar.

Nero isn’t large-sized, so it’s not something to be happy about from Cougar’s perspective, right?

“We all thought about it together, and Kanna-san suggested changing the name to match. She said if we harmonized the names, it might be better.”

“… “

Surely, if he(it) were human, you would have heard the sound of me swallowing nervously.

“The new name is ‘Kuuga,’ with the same pronunciation. How about it?”

Tentatively looking at Kuuga, he shivered his large body and then stood up, roaring.

It seems like he’s happy about it.

As expected of Kanna-san, she’s really… so cool, to come up with such a cool name.

That day, Kuuga, excited and happy, Nero, and I spent a late night together in the training ground, having fun.

By the time fatigue set in, I had completely forgotten about any unpleasant matters.

…

…

…I’m sorry, I lied.

Can you really forget such things?!

I desperately searched for whether there was such a thing as equipment requirements on the official website, almost out of resentment.

And when I found it written in the manual, I felt crushed.

There was no salvation.

But unexpectedly, while searching the official website, I found something.

It was an announcement for the recruitment of the second wave and the upcoming large-scale update.

I knew about the second wave recruitment, but oh, I forgot to tell everyone that I’ll be appearing in the promotion.

…Well, it doesn’t matter.

With peace already disappearing, there couldn’t possibly be any more commotion, right?

…Right?

But the real problem is the large-scale update.

When I looked at the update details, I couldn’t help but gaze into the distance.

Even as a beginner in the game, I could tell it contained numerous disruptive elements.

(Maria: Marionettis Level 20)

Stats:

• STR: 1
• VIT: 5
• AGI: 8
• DEX: 80
• INT: 5
• MID: 23

Karma (Capital City): 100,000

(Puppets)

• Nero (Cat Plushie)
• Kuuga (Polar Bear Plushie)