VRMMO | Terris Story: Someone "Them"

13:B.Basmael Forest II, The Fool

It took a few seconds before all the Party members returned to reality. Either the two girls felt that the Black Bear they were fighting was too easy. Or three people who look at what happens because they don't know what to do.

Well, forgetting that, Alice who was first conscious finally made a move to retrieve the Drop Items from the Beast. Suddenly arrested by Mortred.

"Wait a minute, Alice! Franz it's your turn!"

"Ah, Aye."

While Alice wonders what the problem is, Franz pulls out a knife from his bag and quickly does Dismantling.

"This is supposed to be better, right? Franz's dismantling is at the Combatant II level so everything is safe." explains Mortred.

"Slave Dismantling." chirped Alice, which made Mortred put on an awkward smile.

Meanwhile in her mind, Elcia began to imagine a bloody scene as Franz dismantled the dead bear before her.

Even though her Setting Gore was already set to safety, the girl's face still turned pale with a trembling body due to the horror fantasy that just appeared. 

And at that moment, Elcia sealed the thought of learning the Dismantling Skill for the sake of her mental health.

[Black Bear Hide ×1 Get!]

[Black Bear Claw ×2 Get!]

[Black Bear Meat ×3 Get!]

[Black Bear Bone ×1 Get!]

[Black Bear Skull ×1 Get!]

Finished doing Dismantling, Franz then put all the Drop Items into his bag. The two girls certainly did not mind him, after all, they were in one Party.

More than that, their eyes were fixed on Franz's bag that could easily fit the entire Drop Items earlier.

"That bag, Magic Bag?" ask Alice.

Mortred answered him. "Yes, that's it. Without that bag, carrying Drop Items in this game is troublesome."

"How much?"

"100,000 Rea, and that's the smallest" Mortred said without a load.

Elcia who heard it also turned limp thinking about the Grinding time it would take to gather that amount.

It might sound easy, but thinking about the need for Potions, food and Equipment repair made things a little difficult in Terris. And subconsciously, the girl sighed with a complicated face.

"Maohhhhh. . ."

"By the way. . . Alice, Elcia, how can you work together that well?" mortred asked breaking the silence.

Alice looked at Elcia, both of them looking at each other for a moment after finding the question. And slowly, the two smiled at each other brightly.

" "Because we're always together." "answere both at the same time.

Mortred did not continue, but ended up becoming interested in both.

Nothing more than that, the entire Party finally moved on continuing their hunt with the same formation.

Not too difficult, their Party found a target to hunt just by walking without direction. But on the other hand, Elcia was relieved to leave Mii in the Combat Training Field. With the intensity of the danger present in the Basmael forest, carrying a rabbit will only be difficult.

After all, how the two found the creature was arguably lucky. . .

"Black Bear is another! Level 28!"

And everything continues. . .

[Levels rising!]

[Skill : Rapier Arts is on the rise!]

[Skill : Bash is rising!]

[Levels rising!]

[Skill: Phantasmal Slash is on the rise!]

[Skill : Phantasmal Counter increased!]

. . .

Sitting on a rock, all Party members rested to fill the Stamina as well as Hunger and Thirst which were already below twenty percent.

But in the break, Mortred found an anomaly that was happening.

"Yes, Isval!" call Mortred out loud, which shocks the entire forest.

"Eh? What's?"

"What did you eat before?" ask her with a face full of mystery.

Asked the unusual question, Isval raised his eyebrows, before answering in confusion. "Well. . , hard bread?"

"Hard bread? Franz, we need more hard bread! Buy a factory if you need to!"

"Yes? Why?" franz asked with a confused face.

"Listen to me. Hard bread and Isval produce a quiet Isval. . !"

"Noh. . !"

"Oi!"

Showing a look of understanding, Alice who seemed to have enlightenment stood up from her seat suddenly. The girl walked with a piece of hard bread in her hand, towards Mortred.

Mortred who was unprepared for it ended up looking at a hard loaf that Alice had thrust at him. Accept it with a stupid face while his brain is working hard to make sense of it.

And after a minute in silence, Mortred shouted in annoyance.

"Aliiiiicee!"

"Ukh, it didn't work out. . ." said Alice, with a face that pretended to be smiling wryly.

The party members in that place were laughing freely, except for Elcia who only smiled faintly.

However, Alice who looked at the girl also exchanged smiles with her heart. "Heh~"

And without removing the smile from her face, Elcia said softly. "Muh. . Basic. . ."

Mortred grumbled with a sullen face. "Huh, why be me. . ."

. . .

Sometimes, a simple thing is something that is valuable to someone.

. . .

"Stop."

Without any further words, the Support crouched down and plucked the leaves from the horde of plants growing on the sidelines of the tree roots.

Mortred picked the leaves while Isval began to watch the surroundings more carefully with Alice.

Seeing what Mortred and Franz were doing, Elcia began to sweep the ground around where she was standing. Who coincidentally found a plant with exactly the same leaves.

Curious, the girl picked it up.

But as he plucked the plant, the description that appeared on the panel before him did not help at all.

...[.Items Details]...

Common — Unknown Leaf

Status: Normal, Fresh

Type: Materials

Durability: 93%

? ? ?

? ? ?

...————...

And as Elcia frowned in confusion, Isval appeared near the girl. "Tharcet Leaf."

"Tharcet, Leaf. . ?"

"Seeing from your movements, that thing in your hand must still be an Unknown Leaf."

"Uhm. . ." replied Elcia nodding.

"Well, this game is too realistic" Isval said as he scratched his head. "Try checking the item's name again now."

...[.Items Details]...

Uncommon — Tharcet Leaf

Status: Normal, Fresh

Type: Materials

Durability: 93%

? ? ?

? ? ?

...————...

Elcia tilted her head with interest. This was a novelty for him, where the description of the item depended on the knowledge of each player.

"A Herb plant, Potion material." Isval tapped.

...[.Items Details]...

Uncommon — Tharcet Leaf

Status: Normal, Fresh

Type: Materials

Durability: 93%

? ? ?

Plants that are often used in the manufacture of potions.

...————...

Along with a simple explanation said by Isval, the panel before him added a description that was still a question mark.

"You can try chewing it."

"—?! Muh, puh, puha. . bitters. . ."

Elcia stuck out her tongue as a bitter taste filled her mouth and immediately spat out the leaves. Then looked at Isval with eyes full of anger.

"Ahahaha, well, the description should be quite complete by now" said Isval awkwardly, who quietly began to break out in a cold sweat.

'—this girl has a scary side!' thought in the heart.

...[.Items Details]...

Uncommon — Tharcet Leaf

Status: Normal, Fresh

Type: Materials

Durability: 93%

Health Regeneration: 1 Health Per Second

Duration: 30 Seconds

Plants that are often used in the manufacture of potions. Can be eaten to restore health, even though it tastes bitter.

...————...

Simple, Unknown Leaf was no different from ordinary leaves that were strewn with no value at first. But after Isval told the girl, the truth was revealed; tharcet Leaf, who had value as both a Herb plant and a Potion ingredient.

Sekai Shard once again designed that the system would have only minimal influence for the sake of the level of reality in Terris. Includes the knowledge that is in it, which requires the players to learn about it.

Getting the conclusion, the girl also picked the Herb scattered in that place.

But because of her curiosity which was a natural trait, Elcia picked another leaf that was still an Unknown Leaf, observed it for a while, then put it in her mouth.

Isval who saw it wanted to stop it, but unfortunately it was too late.

"—?!"

[Debuff: Paralysis]

[Your brain is stiff and your body is hard to move!]

[Debuff: Poison]

[You're poisoned! Health decreases with time!]

[You're poisoned! Staring around!]

[Title : The Fool got it!]