Chapter 5 – 5.Valendia (5)
Lucedia Phantasm is a so-called character trading game.
Whether it’s a main story or an event story, isn’t it common in typical subculture games that show off the character’s charms to the fullest and then offer that character to you through a gacha to pick it up? Strategy.
And here, there is an additional tactic that is even more vicious than that strategy.
That means solving character story quests for freedom.
Most main stories or event stories involve multiple characters appearing and solving events.
Therefore, although it is fun to solve the case, it is impossible to maximize the charm of each character.
There, the character relationship story where each gacha character plays a leading role is revealed along with the gacha.
As this character bonding story progresses, the character becomes more attracted to the player’s alter ego, the main character, so the community does not carry out this quest for Lucedia Phantasm.
It was also called Luyeonsi for short.
For reference, the main character can be selected as either male or female in the beginning, and every time the Ruyeon City quest was revealed, users would argue with each other because of this.
[Hey, this Luyeon city is really good.]
-Of course, when I play, I’m a guy. Isn’t there a strong man who chooses a woman?
ㄴYes~ Gay fuck~ Bobim is the best~
ㄴIs it common sense for a real man to choose a woman?
ㄴYou were gay last time in Ruyeon City~ Disgusting~
Did the guy who picked the girl get hit with a female hit?
You… Cancel that…
This very pitiful behavior happened every day, but it was even more intense when Lu Yanshi came out.
And the item I was looking for so long.
The amulet called Shasha’s Treasure is an important item that appears in the Luyeon City Quest.
The main character is attacked by bandits while walking on the road.
The bandit who attacked the protagonist was a bandit executive named Rubid.
The protagonist easily defeats a bandit executive and picks up an item.
That is the item called Sasha’s Treasure.
With this item, the protagonist develops a deeper relationship with Sasha, whom he met in the previous event story, listens to her story, agrees with her, and performs quests.
And the person I am currently trying to form a relationship with and the person who will be my source of money is none other than Sasha.
In Ruyeon City, the protagonist meets Shasha by chance while walking through Valendia after obtaining Shasha’s treasure.
And as she entrusts the feelings of the amulet she discovered, Shasharu Yanshi begins in earnest.
But I have never seen Sasha’s face in the two weeks I’ve been in Valendia.
After killing repeatedly bandits, I finished paying the money and went to the inn, but even so, other than Deishi and the blacksmith at the blacksmith shop, I have never seen Shasha or any of the characters from Rupan in person.
‘Well, it may be because the entrance exam hasn’t been taken yet.’
According to information obtained from Deisi, Lucedia Academy is approximately two days away from Valendia.
The entrance exam is 14 days from today.
Therefore, it is still too early for academy candidates from various regions to pass by Valendia to enroll.
However, Sasha is a trader character based in Valendia.
In a common setting in games, this is a character who helps the main character in the story and plays a key role, but is not seen fighting directly.
‘But when you pick it up through the gacha and use it as a playable, it fights really well.’
Anyway, even based on the setting, it was clear that Sasha was in Valendia.
As her trader, Sasha has her own network of information.
And according to the facts revealed in Ruyeon City, Shasha has been gathering information about this amulet since long ago.
As long as I keep wandering around Valendia wearing this amulet… There will definitely be an approach from Sasha.
Then she makes a deal with Sasha.
After she entered the academy, she worked to lay the foundation for defeating the final boss.
‘If I wanted to, I would immediately go all over Valendia and find out where Sasha is…’
If you do that, it will only arouse suspicion.
He suddenly realizes that the man who has the item he wants is looking for him.
How do you know if you are related to that object?
If such suspicions are raised, things will work out better if you pretend to be a coincidence and have Sasha come to you.
Of course, like Rupan’s story, I have no contact with Sasha, so I’m not sure if I can make a proper deal with Sasha, but it’s better than not doing anything.
‘Besides, if I’m right… I might be able to push it a little bit.’
I walked around Valendia wearing an amulet.
It was quite enjoyable to walk around with the mindset of seeing Valendia, which has become a reality in the game, rather than with the mindset of simply completing repetitive bandit farming quests.
The reality of having to defeat the Demon King of Chaos, the final boss of a dog-ridden game, is tough, but nothing will happen if you continue to be depressed.
You have to change your mood like this for everything to work out.
I stopped by a bookstore and read history books as if I were reading a setting book, and when I got hungry, I went into stores I didn’t normally visit and tried food that I had only seen in images of Rupan’s games.
The dish in the game, which I thought had an unnecessarily long name, was surprisingly delicious.
And after just wandering around the streets, I entered a slightly dark back alley.
I also thought that if I step into this field, it would be good for Sasha’s ears, and I wanted to find out how different the game was from this world of Rupan.
In Valendia in the game, this back alley had no NPCs and was just one of the passages you could pass through.
But if it’s Valendia in reality… Like the slightly insecure back alleys often seen in novels and movies, there may be thugs and thugs.
And my expectations were correct.
When I went to a dark place in the back alley, I saw some dirty-looking thugs and bad-looking thugs.
I was nervous that someone might start a fight.
A typical cliché scene in novels and comics where a man who is stopped by a bully or a heroine tries to attack the possessed or reincarnated protagonist and starts an argument with the protagonist.
It was a small excitement that made me wonder if that scene would happen to me too.
Of course, in case of an altercation, he walked holding the spear and slung it over his shoulder.
‘I easily defeated the bandits.’
The bullies in the city will be no match for you.
“Um, that guy is…” “Right?”
“That’s right. The left side of my forehead is exposed in that window…”
“Four, bandit hunter.”
Bandit hunter.
This is the title I earned.
Is it possible that even the city’s hoodlums know my title?
“Hi! Why did you come here? We’re not bandits.”
“Isn’t it because they wiped out all the bandits? There’s no prey, so now we…!”
“Ooh, what did we do wrong?”
The bullies are trembling while looking at me from afar.
I guess I’m more famous than I thought.
‘Or is it because my reputation has increased?’
I don’t know exactly what effect the value of fame has.
However, if I were to guess, it might be a number that makes people better understand who I am as a person.
In fact, the bullies recognize him as a characteristic the first time they see him and are afraid of him, recalling his title.
‘There won’t be any trouble.’
I was a little looking forward to such an event.
Still.
‘It’s a bit of a shame to just pass by like this, so I’d like to talk to you. There are some more things I want to check.’
I walked towards the bullies who were scared of me.
“What, what? Why are you coming this way?”
“I don’t know! I-I’m going!”
“Where are you going, you dishonest bastard?”
“Will your loyalty save me? Let go of this!”
“Hey.”
“”Hi!””
The bullies were scared just by coming up and talking to them.
Hmm… It’s a little fun.
It was refreshing because I’d never seen anyone so scared of me.
“I want to ask you something.”
“Well, something!”
“We are not bandits!”
“I know it when I see it.”
I asked right away before the bullies got even more scared and ran away.
“Is there a black market in this city?”
Black market.
It is a place that sells expensive items and weapons through an unsightly route that often appears in fantasy subculture.
Even in Rupan, the black market appeared briefly in the story.
However, the black market is mentioned only when story quests are carried out in countries other than Valendia.
‘But there are also hoodlums in the game that you haven’t even seen in Valendia. There might be one.’
“Oh, black market?”
“No! There is no black market! It’s real! I’m not hiding it! Please save me!”
How scared is this bully of me?
Does my face look scary?
‘I made him into a handsome guy when I was doing it.’
Even when I saw his face reflected in the store window, he was a handsome man.
‘Then it’s because of the title and reputation.’
If the look that I spent two hours creating is cool, it’s cool, it’s not scary.
“Really? I got it.”
Since I saw the face of the bully who was more scared than necessary, I took a step forward.
“Phew, phew…”
“I lived, I lived.”
I looked around the back alley for a while, but as the bully said, there was no black market or merchants selling secret items.
In fact, the more I walked around the back alleys, the more I saw gangsters and thugs who were scared by me.
Since there was nothing more to see in the back alleys, I wandered around the streets again looking at various stores.
In the game, I was able to move around the entire game in a short period of time.
However, the Valendia of this world was truly large enough to be called a city.
The rough structure is as I know, but as it became a reality, the streets expanded and there were many stores and buildings I didn’t know about as they filled in the gaps, so there wasn’t enough time to tour the entire city in one day.
And the third day of exploring Valendia city while waiting for Sasha to be caught.
“Hey, handsome oppa there~ Is it okay for a moment?”
With a familiar voice, the person blocking my path finally appeared.
A cat beast in a tuxedo with short black hair and blue eyes.
A Valendia trader dressed with a spirit of service, deliberately unbuttoning the middle button of his shirt to highlight his large cleavage.
“My brother has a good story. Would you like to hear it?”
A popular character among Rupan users.
Encountered Sasha, nicknamed Meow Fei.