Fantasy Star Online's
27. Cowardly Clown I
"Be careful, there are a lot of traps. Do not activate any traps set up along the way!"
"Ready!"
"Especially you, Jesper...."
"O-okay..!!"
A group of players were walking through a large labyrinth dungeon. On the narrow, dark street, the illumination depends only on the torch and dim light from the lights hanging every few meters.
Jesper, a player who uses heavy-looking gear, because he is a tanker. His armor and weapons looked luxurious and shiny, one who saw them would definitely consider him one of the top rankers in his class.
Well, but, most players already know the name Jesper. Because he is famous among players with the name 'Si Clown Cowardice'.
There is a reason why he was able to get the title by the players, it began when Ryzen still did not play FSO....
....
"Hey you! Blonde player with armor that sparkles like a diamond!"
The player who had the same traits as mentioned by the player with the pirate-like blindfold, turned around to look for the one who called out to him.
The sapphire blue eyes belonging to the handsome-faced blonde met the person who called her 'Rubber hair with armor that glistened like diamonds!'.
He pointed at himself while slightly tilting his head. "Me?"
"Yes, you, come here. You're a tanker, aren't you?"
The blonde player walked up to the blindfold and his group of about 14 people.
"You could say that." said the blonde.
The blindfold put his hand into the armor on the blonde's shoulder. "good. Are you alone? We need one more tanker in our party to raid. Wanna join?"
The blonde looked at the faces of the players inside the blindfold group, then she smiled.
"Can, but—"
"Good! Yes, we know, your share will be even greater if you can hold back the boss while we attack him in turn!"
The blindfold pulled the blonde, then they went to their destination for the raid, Ancora Ruins.
"Yep, we've arrived!"
They had arrived in front of the already collapsed gate and had no solid walls, all that was left was the mossy rubble.
"Ancora Ruins's... A long time ago, there was a prosperous kingdom of elves. Then, the kingdom suddenly disappeared for decades. Then, ten years ago there was an explorer who found these ruins, when researchers from the human race took over these ruins, he said, they managed to find a proof that these ruins were previously the lost kingdom of the elves, Ancora. Therefore, this place is called Ancora Ruins."
One of the female members with the Archer class explained the history of the ruins, of course she knew it from the encyclopedia which became one of the features of the game.
"Heh... But, why was the elf kingdom to be found in the territory of the human kingdom?"
"Well, maybe there is a war of territorial conquest and it just so happens that the human side wins this territory? Who knows, my encyclopedia which already holds more than 300 histories alone only fills about 10 percent of the total history of the place and 4 percent of the total history included from monsters, items, and, and others."
"300 historical places and still 10 percent?! If I count, there are approximately 3000 historical places here. Then 4 percent of the total history in this world?!"
Large players with heavy armor and a large sword and shield also hoisted into his colleague's conversation. "You betting? How long will it take us all to fully explore this world?"
The player with the Archer class and Assassin who was talking earlier, replied to the statement of his fellow Tanker.
"If you guess right, what will you do?"
"Hmm, what is it? Ah, we can think about it next time, right."
The Archer class player gave his guess as he opened his palm showing a mark for five fingers.
"5 years? Isn't that too soon?"
"It's up to me. Then, how much do you think?"
"Heh, my guess must be 12 years! If I count using the information you have, if half a year of play is only 4 percent, then I think it takes another 12 years to fill the remaining 96 percent! How about, I'm a genius, right!?"
"Wow, I didn't expect...."
The Archer and Warrior-Tanker class players put on shocked faces.
"Hehe, gini-gyi I'm actually a genius!"
"No, I mean. I didn't think you were so stupid, Jay."
The Warrior-Tanker player nodded in agreement with the statement of his Archer fellow.
"What-?! A fool?! Why?!"
"Well, I don't know. But, I feel like you're the dumbest guy in the world, Jay."
"What?! I stabbed you!"
An Assassin-class player known as Jay is provoked by his Archer fellow.
"They've always been, aren't they very familiar?"
The blindfolded asked when he realized the blonde walking next to him had been watching the three since they started chatting.
"Oh, I see, yes, they are very familiar...."
The blonde said it in a low tone while looking down.
Krusuk!
A sound of small rocks falling or like being stepped on suddenly sounded by the group of 16 people.
Once he heard a suspicious voice, the group immediately went on alert and formed a formation. With the exception of the blonde, since she was just joining their group, she did not know what to do. However, eventually, he entered into the formation and carried out his duties as a team Tanker.
Tanker is a term for someone who is tasked with holding and pulling the opponent's aggro so as not to attack his partner who is behind such as healers, witches, and buffers. Actually not only guarding the back line, but keeping all his comrades and surviving was the true task of a Tanker.
From behind the rubble of the stone ruins, black creatures with glowing red eyeballs appear behind the long hair that covers their faces, although not sure whether they have faces or not, because everything looks black except for the red eyes on it.
"Ghoul!?"
"Ghoul, a human-shaped monster or a Humanoid Monster. They walk like a four-legged animal, and love to eat human flesh. They are usually nocturnal, the most important of which is that they are like immortals, unable to be killed in the usual way. What could kill him was the light power of a Priest.." explained the Archer class player.
"Rose, this is no time to explain what kind of creatures they are, ouch," Jay replied.
The blindfold looked towards one of its members. A female player with a short stick and dressed like a saint.
"Liass, please help her while we hold her down!"
"Okay, chief!"
The woman replied firmly to her chairman and began to chant the words by holding a short stick in her hand that was pointed forward.
"Everything, hold and protect Liass while he prepares the spell!"
"All right!!"
