Shatei Kyokufuri Yumi-Ojisan - Chapter 12

Data.11 – Old bowman, kill-kill-kill!

The unleashed arrow moved as if it were being sucked towards its target. And then it slammed right into the exposed head.

In just one hit, the player burst into light and disappeared.

‘1 kill! First kill!’

Rang the system voice in my head.

Yes…I defeated a player!

To be honest, I had felt that it wouldn’t feel very good to shoot someone, game or not.

However, I was wrong.

This really was just a game.

And it felt damn good!

I remembered the battle royale games I used to play a long time ago. The feeling of elation over killing someone was just the same.

Terrible aim, awkward controls, sloppy shoot outs…

Still, I was happy that I was able to take someone down.

The feeling was the same even in a VR game.

“I better grab the spoils of war!”

A treasure chest appeared in the spot where the player had been killed.

It contained whatever that player had been carrying.

In other words, it was empty.

He had only just warped, and so there hadn’t been any time to pick up any items.

I had gotten a little carried away, and forgotten.

Also, you weren’t able to take their equipment.

If your painfully acquired armor and weapons could be taken so easily, no one would participate in the event.

The only thing you could take were their chips.

“Well, I don’t want to stay out in this field any longer…”

The field was surrounded by mountains.

If I wanted to make the most of my range, I would do good to get to higher ground.

And so I would climb the mountain while remaining cautious of enemies.

If I found any enemies, I would kill them if I could.

That was the rule I set for myself.

If I let enemies go, I might bump into them later while on the move. Then I would be at a disadvantage.

My range would mean nothing if it came to a close quarters fight. And I wouldn’t be able to defend myself against an ambush.

And so I would find their position first, and kill them before they saw me.

This general strategy was something I wanted to continue until the end.

“Ah, there’s a building… There doesn’t seem to be any enemies here. I suppose I should gather the items then.”

There were in fact, four of the log cabins on the side of the mountain.

And since the doors were closed, they had likely not been raided yet.

But then again, they could have easily been closed.

And so it was merely a guess.

I flattened myself against the outside wall and peered in through the window.

There were several chips scattered on the floor.

It seemed unlikely that they were there as bait.

This was because it would be much more beneficial to buff your status up during the beginning of the game, rather than risk losing them by playing tricks like this.

And so I decided that there was no harm in it.

I opened the door and stepped inside.

But I left the door ajar.

Now, anyone who came later would know that someone had gone inside, and they would be too cautious to enter.

Then I grabbed all of the chips.

There were 2 [Attack +10]

And 3 [Inherent +10]

So that was 5 status boosts chips in all.

‘Inherent’ was for stats that were unique to your job.

 So that would be ‘Spirit’ for Warrior, ‘Miracle’ for Sorcerers, and ‘Range’ for Archers.

I suppose that was all you could expect to find in a building of this size.

I even checked the second floor. It was time to go to the next…

No, there was someone in the forest!

“Damn it. When there are tens of thousands of players, you won’t be alone for long…!”

I had been lucky enough to spot him from the window by accident.

It was a man, and he was staring at the open door.

He still hadn’t noticed my presence.

So, how to kill him…

His weapon was a ‘gun.’

A pretty nifty looking one too.

Not a realistic gun by any means, but a SF one that looked like it would shoot laser beams.

Even if I had superior range, he would definitely be faster.

If it turned into a shootout, I would lose.

I wanted to back away and attack him from afar.

However, if I moved now, it would create a sound, and he’d know that I was in the house.

This wasn’t like most games, where moving slowly would mean not making any sounds.

Besides, this place was made of wood.

The floorboards creaked when I walked. He would know in an instant that I was on the second floor.

And the buildings in this game were destructible.

If his gun was powerful enough, it might break through the walls and hit me.

I had made a terrible mistake by taking my time in here.

There was a theory about VR Battles.

The longer you were in a building, the higher the risk of dying.

Camping would eventually be met with a blowback.

“Still, I can get through this if I use my skills right.”

I moved my body so that I didn’t make a sound, and prepared my bow.

Then I aimed towards the open veranda, and unleashed a Clear Arrow so it would hit the window of the next house.

“Kiririri…shu! Pari-pariparinn!

The window exploded extravagantly.

The player would not know why it had shattered.

Of course, his attention was immediately diverted towards it.

And with this opening, I shot at him with In Fight Arrow!

Giririri…byu-byu! Zhuunk!

One arrow went into his head, and the other took him in the chest.

Both were weak spots.

Unable to resist, the play vanished into light.

‘2 Kills!’

“Phew…”

I guess I had the better strategy here.

While I was nervous for a while, the sense of elation when defeating him was enormous.

So, I would have to pick up the chips from the treasure chest that dropped.

After I killed the next one…that is.

It had been bothering me.

The player I had killed seemed to be anxious about something behind him.

Was he being chased by someone he had seen, but was unable to kill?

I would use the dropped treasure chest as bait then.

But if no one arrived after 30 seconds…well, perhaps if meant I was wrong.

It was just as I was thinking this that a player who was wielding a sword appeared.

He was covered in armor from head to toe and even had a shield.

Well, it was no wonder he was so bold.

With such equipment, he might not be affected much by just a few arrows.

“Unfortunately for him, I have a special one.”

I slammed the heavily armored player with the Web Arrow.

His armor was very heavy, and when combined with the stickiness of the webs, he was not able to get up after falling down.

After that, I just needed to take aim at the cracks between his armor. And it was finished.

‘3 kills!’

“I’m doing pretty good for my first event. Not bad, me.”

Surely that was the last one in the area. But I waited a few more seconds.

…Alright. No one came. And I could hear nothing.

I gathered their chips and then went to the other buildings and took those chips as well.

I would find out what they did later.

This terrain wasn’t a good match for me.

And so I moved away and headed towards the top of the mountain.