“Thank you! I knew you could do it!”
“I can give it a try. Thank you.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
Looks like nothing unusual happened.
Still, wild boars are rougher than they seem.
The farmer chuckled and handed over a piece of paper.
A pretty neat paper that’s hard to find in the fields.
[Tutorial – 1]
Objective – Head to the Land of Beginnings.
Reward – 80 experience points, Job Recommendation Letter.
“If you head to the village, there’s a friend who handles weapons well. He was quite the legend back in the day. You’ll get help from him.”
A promotion?
You can’t play a game without a promotion.
After all, I had the class of Holy – Spearmen in this possessed world.
Just so you know, Holy – Spearmen is a class that wields a spear shrouded in holy magic.
If you had to classify it, it’s closer to a Battle Mage.
I wonder if there’s such a thing here.
An arrow sign appears.
I set out along the path.
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Devil of Angel is a world where numerous races live.
From the common fantasy ogres and elves to dwarves, spirits, goblins, trolls, nymphs, and more.
Many races appear, and one can even transform into those races when exploring special dungeons.
However, there are two exceptions.
Two races shrouded in mystery, vanished after the 7th Celestial Horse War.
Celestial Race and Demon Race.
Contrary to the game’s name, these two races rarely appear even as boss-level monsters.
Three years later, aside from a handful of saintesses or fallen humans, it’s hard to find these races.
“Wow…”
I arrived at a medieval village called the Land of Beginnings.
A familiar yet quite different scenery.
Indeed, if anything stands out, it’s the dazzling users.
Users adorned with various weapons roamed around chatting, while people presumed to be NPCs responded to them.
“Wow, that character customization is amazing.”
“What’s that?”
“That’s like a level of effort that must have taken a lot of time, right?”
As I wandered around the village for a quick look, I caught snippets of conversations that seemed aimed at me.
They think I can’t hear, but the ears of humans leaning toward celestial are very keen.
I’ve suffered a lot because of these ears.
I can’t ignore it like I can’t hear, but saying I heard it is awkward too.
“Hey! Hello~ Big brothers! What round is ‘New Deal Park’ today? It’s the 7th round, right?”
“Wait, what round are we on? Round 7, right?”
At that moment, a booming voice echoed through the village plaza.
It was as if a sound amplification spell had been cast.
Some people frowned, but the woman simply continued speaking, keeping her eyes on a small black circle in front of her.
Could it be a camera?
Come to think of it, I was curious about how live broadcasting worked in virtual reality.
“Hey! Don’t just pick the pretty girls! Look at me, look at me!”
The woman, who looked like a streamer, shouted loudly while pointing at the camera.
It might seem a bit aggressive, but if someone was causing this much commotion in the starting area, she was likely a pretty famous streamer.
With a straight black ponytail tied behind her head and red eyes,
she was wearing a black outfit that only covered the essential parts, with small weapons hanging at her waist.
She looked like an assassin type.
As for her skill level…
I wouldn’t know since I couldn’t detect anything.
“What? Who? Over there?”
Was it because I was staring in fascination at the strange spectacle?
Or was it just that she had a striking appearance?
For some reason, it felt like she was looking at me.
“Wow. This is nuts.”
Yep.
The streamer waved her hands and asked if she could chat for a moment.
“Eww.”
I quickly bolted from the spot.
■
[?]
[?]
[What is it?]
[She disappeared. Did she use a return scroll?]
[Wasn’t there no return effect? This speed is insane.]
[Yena’s fault, lol. Of course, she’d run away with all that noise.]
[Ah.]
[A.]
“It’s all your fault!”
[? Why is it our fault?]
[She ran away because you all were causing a scene.]
[Newbie-chan should be treated gently…]
[But honestly, she was super pretty.]
[Agree. Character creation was on point.]
[100% true.]
[Lol, seriously.]
Sigh…
Yena, or rather, Tich’s partner streamer Yena, let out a sigh.
It had been a while since she saw a newbie that looked this good.
And not just any newbie, but an extremely beautiful one.
What kind of effort went into creating a character like that? Even she found herself captivated by the looks, and the body was something to marvel at.
Moreover, the outfit that looked like something an angel guild saintess would wear made her question if this newbie was for real.
“Ugh, she definitely looked like a complete newbie.”
Yena’s skill, ‘Level Detection’, allows her to observe levels lower than her own.
The beautiful newbie from just a moment ago was level 7.
Usually, after completing the tutorial, one would be around level 4, so coming to the starting area and defeating monsters would result in a level like that.
If you break the ice, usually you start at level 4, and on your way to the Land of Beginnings, you level up by defeating monsters.
[It’s a shame, though.]
[For real, where do you find a noob like that?]
[At that level, you could sell them for over 100.]
[100? 300 would be a joke, haha.]
[They’ve really lost it; the character design is off the charts, seriously, lololol.]
[If that noob starts streaming, I’m ready to switch right away, haha.]
[For real, lol.]
[For real.]
[For sure, for sure.]
“What do you mean switch? You’re getting banned.”
[Sorry.]
[Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry.]
“I promise I won’t mess around again.”
[I’m truly sorry, I’m truly sorry, I’m truly sorry, I’m truly sorry.]
[^^7]
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Yena let them be even while saying that.
After all, more than half of the chat was just joking around.
They weren’t really going to leave, and most people like that either start trouble and leave or just exit without saying a word.
Rather, if those noobs could draw in external attention, that would be even more beneficial for her.
She thought for a moment.
With a noob like that, they’re sure to attract attention.
Especially the kind that could boost her stagnating YouTube channel.
And this isn’t just any regular noob; this is a seriously crazy mover of a noob.
Though their gear setup isn’t perfect right now, their movements just moments ago were beyond what even an assassin like her could keep up with.
She glanced at the viewer count.
5,100.
It looked like a large number, but compared to her past glory, it was quite low.
Nowadays, there were countless streamers flooding onto the scene.
“What could it be? Unique traits? Or maybe race bonuses? To me, it looks like a trait.”
[Traits]
[T]
“Must be traits.”
“Yeah, if it weren’t for traits, they wouldn’t be able to move that fast. Probably ultra speed.”
“If it’s not speed-based, then it’s likely a race bonus?”
“Just looked like a human to me though.”
“Still, Yena is faster.”
“Right?”
After rolling that bait around for about 10 minutes, the viewer count increased a bit.
7,970.
Community probably started sharing that noob character screenshot from earlier.
The community goes wild over pretty and handsome characters.
It’s a good momentum.
Riding this wave.
“I can’t let this slide. Guys! I’m going to find that noob today!”
[?]
“Is this a freebie stream?”
[Hahahaha.]
“Should I go find them? Looks like they won’t help after seeing me chase them.”
[For real, haha, even I would run if a crazy girl was after me.]
[For real, lol.]
[The newbie is running away… This is insane…]
“Yeah~ If you shove it in their mouth, no one can resist~”
It’s always been like this. That’s why I did it six times.
Yena quickly moved her body to chase after the newbie’s trace.
■
“What’s that?”
I came out to the outskirts of the village.
I kind of get what it is, but I have no intention of playing along.
I just came to play a game, not to progress in something.
Besides, I’m tired of receiving attention from others.
‘I’ve lived as a saintess for ten years.’
There were many times I had to meet the expectations of countless people and stand alone.
Of course, I couldn’t pull those stunts for 20 years. I didn’t want to continue that here.
“Is this the place?”
A small store where people rarely come and go.
Seeing the smoke rising and something hanging all over the shop walls, it looked somewhat like a forge or a workshop making various small tools.
As I opened the familiar wooden door, a hearty voice greeted me.
“Welcome!”
“Hello.”
“So you’re the lass that Corpse mentioned.”
When I headed to the place recommended in the reference, there was a sturdy uncle with impressive back muscles.
The burly uncle, boasting his strong muscles, glanced at the weapon hanging at my waist and looked me over.
It wasn’t lustful; his gaze was genuinely trying to assess my skills.
“…You don’t look like you can handle a sword, yet you somehow managed to catch a wild boar?”
“It wasn’t that hard.”
“There are many who can’t manage that simple task.”
What’s that?
I tilted my head.
Then the uncle waved his hand, saying a spear would suit me better, and handed me a spear.
How did he know?
It was a spear without any patterns.
It looked like a weapon made simply to fulfill its function as a spear, without any special materials or magical elements.
[Class Change – Spearman 0.1]
Objective – Hunt 3000 monsters.
Reward – 3000 Experience Points. 3 Gold Coins.
“Go ahead.”
“Yeees…”
So, this game is all about grinding, huh?
I stepped out the door, dragging along a spear that had no special specs.
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