E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 250 Seiten
Redefining the META at VRMMO Academy: Volume 3
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-7183-0368-3
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 250 Seiten
Reihe: Redefining the META at VRMMO Academy
ISBN: 978-1-7183-0368-3
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
The Hell's Crafters are on a roll! Ren and his friends have just opened up an item shop to great success, yet not everything goes quite as planned for the scrappy four-man guild. When a princess gets kidnapped while stopping by, it's up to them-along with a couple of surprising additions to the team-to solve the case!
After that, there's a competitive guild mission to train up a hero...and you can bet this party is going to choose the absolute weakest NPC possible! It's time to redefine the meta once again!
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Chapter 2: A Hidden Quest for the Hip and Trendy Guild Shop
“We’re back!”
The three of us returned from the atelier to the sales floor. Akabane and Kataoka were nowhere to be seen.
I walked up to Akira, who was running the shop. “Where’d Akabane and Kataoka go?”
“They left a while ago.”
“Hey, Akira. Have you ever met that guy in real life?”
“Hmm... Yeah, a few times. I think I’d rather not talk about it.” Her face had visibly paled.
Wanting to respect her wishes, I decided to change the subject.
“Really, though, this school attracts all kinds of people,” Maeda said with a sigh.
Yano nodded. “You can say that again. Those twins from the duel tournament were PvP and item lovers, right? Older students have definitely carved their own niches.”
“Well, after playing for three years, your playstyle has pretty much solidified. Then you can go ahead and do your own thing,” I said.
Akira made a face. “Feels kinda wrong to compare Yukino and Homura to Ryuutarou, though.”
“Ryuutarou?” Maeda asked.
“That’s the name of the masked nudist guy.”
“Oh, I didn’t know his real name. Not that I cared to learn it.”
Yano turned to Maeda, grinning. “I gotta say, you looked pretty cute when you were all flustered back there.”
“I was just shocked.”
Akira sighed. “Macho men are great and all, but I don’t want screenshots of that guy.”
The guy’s presence had torn through our happy little shop like a tornado, leaving us dazed and a little dispirited.
In the midst of all this, the front door opened yet again.
“Welcooome!”
Our four shouts harmonized, showing our readiness to forget that nightmare.
“My, if this isn’t a lively shop.”
The visitors weren’t players; instead, they were two NPCs.
One of them was a girl with a hood pulled down over her eyes. Based on her stature, I assumed she was fifteen or sixteen years old. Her shining silver hair flowed past the opening of the hood.
This NPC’s name was Lily.
Her companion was a tall woman who had a “traveling warrior” air about her. A lance was strapped to her back. Unlike Lily, she wasn’t wearing a hood, so her beautiful features and her curly brown hair were on display.
The second NPC, named Anita, was probably around the same age as Ms. Nakada.
“Feel free to take a look around,” Akira called out, prompting a smile from Lily.
“Okay! Gramercy, ma’am.”
“Your Hi—I mean, milady, you should avoid letting strangers hear your voice!”
“Tilly-valley! Be not a boggler! It’s been far too long since we’ve been able to visit such a hip and trendy shop. Especially one that’s so popular!”
“Aaaah, please stop! Don’t talk anymore!”
They squabbled back and forth for some time.
When we heard it, the four of us guildies instinctively looked at each other like,
Nevertheless, I figured an NPC this unique must be pretty important. They’d given her a personality a backstory!
Lily, humming a tune as she looked around the shop, suddenly took an interest in one of our items. She picked it up and turned toward us.
“What is this used for?”
Akira clicked her tongue in annoyance. She and I were secretly competing to outsell one another, and she was peeved that her Macho Armor series had lost this round.
In high spirits, I said, “You’ve got quite the discerning eye! With a beautiful, teary-eyed girl in front of you, your enemies will find it harder to attack!”
“Oh me! You would manipulate the minds of your opponents? I am gasted by the thought!”
Akira shook her head when I looked at her. Yano shrugged.
“In other words, it’s pretty scary,” explained Maeda.
“I’m surprised you knew that.”
“All sorts of archaic words come up in trivia circles. You’ll hear them on game shows and the like.”
“This equipment is so unique! How about it, Anita? Would this not make your life easier?”
“Please, milady! The sheer embarrassment would send my morale spiraling to rock bottom!”
“Methinks the design is rather cute, though.”
“That’s not the issue here.”
“Heigh-ho! This one looks equally delightful! I wonder what it does?”
Bursting with excitement, Akira claimed, “Faced with your rock-hard muscles, weak-willed foes will totally surrender!”
Akira had blatantly copied my spiel about the “Don’t Bully Me” Shield.
“Another attack on thine enemy’s mind?! Say, what if one were to equip both? Would the powers of light and darkness combine and make you the strongest warrior alive?”
“They just might!” Akira and I said in unison.
After all, we both wanted that cash!
“Oh proper stuff! Well, Anita. I would like to buy these for you as thanks for all your hard work. Try equipping them.”
“Huh?! You want me to put them on?”
“Yes. There’s even a fitting room just over there. Prithee, shopkeepers, may we use it?”
“Of course!” we both blurted, still in sync.
“Ugh...”
Downtrodden and shoulders drooping, Anita entered the fitting room.
“Th-This could be the Macho Armor’s first sale!” Akira’s eyes sparkled with excitement.
Meanwhile, I’d already sold dozens of “Don’t Bully Me” Shields—even Homura had bought one. In terms of profits, I was the clear winner so far.
While we were waiting for poor Anita to change her clothes...
The front door opened with incredible force!
This time, three men stepped inside—again, all NPCs. They were covered from head to toe, not even showing their faces.
“Hi ther—”
Before I could even finish, one of the men threw something on the floor.
An explosion rang out, and columns of smoke billowed up from the source.
“What the heck?!”
“Huh?! What’s going on?!” shouted Akira.
“I can’t see anything!” said Maeda.
“Are they burglars?!” cried Yano.
The shop filled with smoke in an instant, blocking out our sight.
“What’s going on in here?!” Anita leaped out of the fitting room. “Somebody open a window!”
I ran over to try and open one.
Amid all the commotion, I heard Lily cry, “Eek! Oh me, oh my! I must ’scape at once!”
, I thought.
“Your Highness?! Your Highness, where are you?!”
The curtain of smoke began to dissipate, allowing us to see the shop again. However, Lily was nowhere in sight.
“Oh no... This is a disaster! Milady—no, Her Highness—is gone!”
Suddenly, a notification popped up in front of me.
“A hidden quest?!” all four of us yelled at once.
Libra’s Brush had helped make our guild shop...
