39 Library Once Again

I return to the border with the Belstead area. Lets confirm things here.

The newly-absorbed blueprint was that of a Living Armor. The body-type Alf-san had before he became a Dullahan. It doesnt have Decomposing Body or Bone Body, but an Armor Body.

It has a resistance to slashes and thrusts, but is weak to blunt attacks. And while its better than Zombie in terms of speed, its still slow. Well, it is a tank-type race, after all. Also, it might be weak to blunt attacks, but it can always block them with a shield.

Skeletons are fairly fast for Undead, but have low VIT compared to other Undead.

Zombies are slow, but have high VIT and highly effective Automatic Recovery Skills I guess?

Armor for a tank, skeleton everything else. Zombies are non-existent. No, really, they are non-existent. Well, there is no need to force myself to use them, so...

So, I change the large shield #1 was equipped with to the small shield #2 was equipped with. Give #2 a Zelkova Round Shield instead. And for the Necroarmor I summoned as #3, I give him a one-handed sword and a large shield. Lets just change the Skill for one-handed swords Long Handle to Swords. ...I cant deny the lack of equipment I prepared. Lets take time thinking about their equipment later.

I dont have enough for triple cost summons, so I summon #1 at double, #2 with just customization, #3 at triple cost and lets go do some leveling. Its #1 inside all of them, so I dont need to confirm the cooperation between them. If there was a problem it would be the fact that although the AI level is high, he hasnt learned how to fight well yet. Top players such as Alf-san and Ske-san are definitely much stronger. Well, those two are some of the top players, so no wonder.

I have grasped on how the targeting works in case of mixed race parties, so I can come here together with them. No wait Ske-san is right now non-existent when it comes to fighting Undead? ...It would be pretty hard for him, so lets wait a little longer.

Necroarmor is an aged-looking full plate armor. It has a pretty large build, doesnt it. It has a one-handed sword and a tower shield, so it looks very reliable. #1 and #2 get no change.

Lets hunt until dinner if possible. I need to be careful with my positioning as I walk. I put #3 in the front, following him are me and #1, and #2 wanders around in the back.

As usual, I take on the Flying Heads. When I get #4, maybe I should give him a bow? I already have a tank and hit&run attacker, so I could also give #1 a bow. I dont have a ranged physical attack yet.

Alright, lets earn some.

Now that I have Servants, the amount of damage I take has decreased, but I guess its impossible not to take any damage at all.Royal Stortzis so-so here. And #3 doesnt haveAppealyet, so he cant gather much hate.

When my Servants take damage and lose HP, I useForce to Converton them. The MP they dont use, is slowly changed into HP.

...I think we are all magic creatures, so is it really okay to suck MP dry like that? Should I think that our MP bars are the surplus MP that isnt used for moving?

As I thought, my recovery is a weak point.Force to Convertis hard to use. I can use it on myself, but the problem is that it consumes half of my MP... It exchanges 50% of my MP for 30% HP healed. UnlikeLife Assignment, the effect wont stop even after I heal up to max. On the other hand, it could be said that the state of regeneration continues for a while longer...

I should useLife Assignmentto heal my Servants while usingForce to Converton myself. That is if I wasnt a magic attacker. A magic attacker without MP is but a scarecrow. As a result its possible to power through with Servants but in the end, the resource management gets harder compared to other methods of combat.

Although I did aim for the old temple in the center of the map, the number of mob spawns has increased and it did not seem like I could get there yet. The main strength of Undead - the strength in numbers - is something I cant win against yet. I can go past Zombie types, but if I charged right in I would only die, so lets hunt in a moderate spot.

Also, I vaguely noticed that in this place, it doesnt seem like they are getting four times the damage from light It would be nice if I dealt more damage. Is this an areas effect? I do have a lot of firepower even aside from Dark Magic. This dark area is no problem for me in terms of sight, but is there some other meaning to this darkness? I dont know the answer, so lets put it aside.

What makes me further curious, is my Servants movements. Although they are equal to Residents now, Residents themselves vary as well. Its just a name that distinguishes players who are called Outsiders, and NPCs who are called Residents. There is no problem when they fight 1 vs 1, but they kind of panic when they are surrounded and are weak against unpredictable situations. Either the AI level is too low, or maybe its that way to make players party with each other In any case, the enemy is higher level so I cant overestimate our abilities

Maybe it will be more stable to summon them when Im solo, and not summon any when in a PT. Alf-san and Ske-san are without doubt more reliable. I do have royaltys commanding Skills, but its not like I have a summon-specialized Skill build.

The problem is that I go to sleep at 10 p.m., by the time Alf-san and Ske-san come back from their overtime work, Ill be already sleeping. And so, I should move the crafting days to weekdays during the summer break, open up weekend Anyway, lets hunt now.

Enten-style Princess Self Defense reached level 15.

Enten-style Princess Self Defenses ArtRoyal Anti-Magicwas acquired.

Royal Anti-Magic

Blocks and parries magic attacks. OverwritesMagic GuardandMagic Parry.

Finally my anti-magic Arts have merged. Flying Heads will be even easier now.

Alright, its about time for me to retreat. Lets fall back while beating them.

I quickly left the old temple area, then started to walk leisurely in Belsteads direction.

It would be nice if I had an one-handed spear for #3 instead of one-handed sword. Its not a bad idea to have him prick the enemy from behind a shield. I also want a two-handed mace for #2, should I go to Ertz-san to buy them? For now lets check whats available from wooden equipment. I need to decide on a combat styles first or the expenses will be no joke. Also, template settings take time and are annoying to do.

Its been just a month and a little since the official service started. My Skills are still going up quite fast, but its about time the Skill leveling will slow down. There will be a need to switch the objective from Skill leveling to something else. Otherwise, Ill get bored with that said, the crafting system is also fun, so there should be no problem, but its always better to have an objective.

For now, lets eat dinner.

I deal with various things, then log in.

So, the library. Since Im in this elaborately-made world, it would be a waste to only do combat. Lets move through the portal to the Starting Town and hurry to the library.

AAAH! THERE SHE ISSS!

When I teleported, I heard a womans scream. Is someone meeting up here?

PRINCESS, WAITTT!

Huh, so she was calling me. I did not plan to meet anyone, however.

Good evening, Princess!

Yes, good evening. Is something the matter?

Do you have time now? If you could only wait a little until everyone gathers...

Hmm?

We want to give you some gifts as thanks, so everyone was looking for you.

Thanks? Oh, you mean body cares?

Yep, that! Since they were effective, its only natural we show our thanks, right?

I remember seeing her before, and what comes to mind is only body care. Great for you, if you noticed a difference. This kind of thing is up to the persons feelings, so lets just accept it. Since I was thinking of reading some books in the library, I do have time now.

Within less than a minute, women started appearing from the portal one after another. With that said, there were just three of them.

Once again, I was thanked by the four. It seemed like there was one more representative who hasnt logged in yet. ...The moment I thought so, she appeared to have logged in and was called. At this same time I received a notification that a friend has logged in, but this is a coincidence, right? As for the woman...

Sorry~~ did you wait~?

"...What are you doing, Kotatsu-san?

AWww, see, I heard from other girls.

She said and stuck her tongue out mischievously. It looks like she was made a representative because shes one of my friends.

So, we all thought of showing our thanks in a simple manner and we came to the conclusion of giving something not unusual, but useful you see.

Isnt that pretty difficult? I do understand however, I would be troubled if I received something rare.

Yup, racially you dont need potions, right? So we decided on this.

Kotatsu-san tapped her controls, and what materialized was meat. I see.

Its nothing unusual, but for cooking you need a lot of ingredients and gathering them can be cumbersome. As such, we gathered a Rabbit, Wolf, Pigg, Angus and Tokkei meat set.

We examined the cooking board and found that boar and bear meat is only used for leveling, so we didnt gather any.

Also, we bought some items that are slightly expensive but can be normally bought. It wasnt a big expense considering we split the cost among us, so there is no need to refrain.

And if you made food with this meat then put it on consignment we would be really happy.

Rations are a little give us more FOOD!

How about making it yourselves?

NOT HAPPENING.

Such unison.

Then what do you eat at home?

BOXED LUNCHES! ALCO! SNACKS!

"...I guess its still better than having just alcohol and snacks.

HAHAHAHA.

...The reality of an adult womans lifestyle.

What should I make with this meat I received then?

KARAAGE! Ah? What about lemon?

SPRINKLE!

DONT!

Im fine with either.

In silence, they split into the team lemon and team no-lemon, then started to intimidate each other like cats. What are they doing, these people?

By the way, the one who was fine with either was Kotatsu-san.

A skit, isnt it.

Its not like this conversation was planned, so it turned so by chance...

It would not turn out this way if I didnt ask, after all.

And everyone responds with karaage, as if they decided beforehand. To think it would overlap...

Well, I did think of making some deep-fried food soon, so I do have ingredients. But, I dont have lemons so I wont make any if you are to bicker.

Since they were just playing along with the flow, they calmed down soon. Though, it could continue if I didnt tell them about the lack of lemons.

We moved into the corner of the plaza and I opened the Cooking Kit. Lets cook some.

Umm the items I received were Pure Oil, Virgin Oil, Elru and Elnta and other oil-types as well as about 50 of each type of meat. Therere butter and pig intestines, aren't there.

The Virgin Oil costs 3000 for each. Lets use it extravagantly. Its a game, after all! It is a number of uses-based rather than amount-based, so its perfect for using for deep-frying.

I take out a pot for deep-frying and a normal pot as well. I pour Virgin Oil to the brim of the pot for deep-frying, then fill the normal pot full of water.

Next I split the Tokkei meat, splitting parts for deep-fried chicken and bouillon. Lets also prepare the vegetables for bouillon.

Then for the main lets use the B-quality water. I put eggs in it and whip them, then before putting in flour I cool down both the water with whipped eggs and flour withCool. After cooling them both I put in flour and mix them lightly.

Once I finish, I use chopsticks to drop some into oil and check the temperature.

"...Not yet, hm.

I proceed with making bouillon until the temperature has increased enough. Lets make it into another onion soup.

I remove scum from the pot, and check the oils temperature. Since the batter immediately floated, the temperature should be alright. I did not forget to cool down the batter, if I did not maintain the low temperature on it, the water would split.

Yup, this should be fine.

I cant stop drooling.

Were ingame though.

I wanna drink...

I wanna start with the first one.

I get ya~.

I coat the chicken meat in batter, then put it inside!

This sound, a melody to my ears.

Right~?

Deep-fried food is something I never make at home.

You dont cook at all, not to mention deep-frying, do you?

Ehee~.

Three women make a market. With six of them, its terrible to look at. They sure are energetic.

Youre great at cooking. Youll make a good bride~.

An old mans compliment?!

"Lets leave the cooking to cooks!!

Did these people come here already drunk? When I thought so, Kotatsu-san retorted to them.

You girls, you drank before coming here didnt you?

No, were sober.

Seriously?

They are THAT energetic while sober? I leave them to you, Kotatsu-san. Im busy cooking.

While being careful with the state of the oil, I wait until the karaage turns golden-brown and take it out. Then I put in the next one. The state of the oil is displayed in a pop-up window, so its really easy. It is in a good state at this moment.

Its a shame I dont have prawns. I wonder if theyd get angry at me if I deep-fried some herbs as edible plants. ...Lets try it. First, I useCleanon them, then put them in. Kotatsu-san seemed to blink in confusion, but it must be my imagination. YOU SAW NOTHING.

Unlike chicken meat, they deep-fried right away. They really look like actual food.

Whats this, wild vegetables? Gimmee!

Ah, no fair!

"...W-WHATS THISSS? You wanted it, right, Ill give it to you...

Huhh?

Shes making a super-sour face

Oh, was it no good?

Its super grassy. Like normal leaves.

Youre doing these things like its nothing, dont you, Princess Thesere herbs, right?

It doesnt seem like Ill be able to pass them as wild vegetables~.

And next, I threw Stimushrooms inside.

Hup, there it goes.

How about we stop this adventuring? Aint it us wholl eat it?

They are used for making potions, so I thought itd work...

And the result was that herb from earlier, rite?

ITLL BE FINE.

What will be fine?

Everything will be fine.

If you think itll be fine then eat it!

Want a fried one or a deep-fried one?

In the end, I made both types. Stimushroom skewers and deep fried ones.

Oh...ohh? Unexpectedly fine.

Yup, unexpectedly fine.

Seriously? But Ill eat normal karaage instead.

THATS NO FAIR.

After that, I deep fried cheese and made pork cutlets. As I made those, the state of oil changed from good to normal, then from normal to bad, so I stopped deep-frying there. When I discard the oil, it turns into polygons and disappears, which makes things really easy.

And bouillon has safely turned into an onion soup.

About how we came to give our thanks, but ended up being treated to food~...

Yeah, that.

Its really crishpy and delicioush.

Im still profitting with what I received, so there is no problem.

Yup, its really tasty. It might be a good idea to put three or four karaage pieces on skewers and sell them. Jerkies are the easiest for making money, but its easy to get bored when you make the same thing all the time.

Makes me want to make some dry-cured ham. Its really hard to make one in real. I only have pork ribs, so should I use beef? Maybe with rump which has little fat.

Oh, hey ladies! How about playin with us?

Dry-cured ham was cold-smoked, I think? The preparations were no different than what I do for jerkies. The biggest problem is managing temperature. Since dry-cured ham is uncooked, in real there are problems with disinfection and such.

For now, lets put salt and sugar in water for pickling, then prepare the meat.

H-HUHH? Hey, pretty ladies! You ignorin us?!

Hm? What is it?

...I thought they ignored it on purpose, but they were just so concentrated on eating and did not hear them? Ah, Kotatsu-san did it on purpose. The worst thing to do is to react to such people, after all.

Rather, isnt this group of four guys from the second batch? That isnt beginners equipment, but...

Lets go hunt together! Well teach ya!

NFGH*cough**cough*!

I understand how you feel, but please dont spit food. Umm leave it for about a day, then tweak moisture Fast-forward time.

I mean, we are the first batch Kotatsu-san and I are among the top, too. Arent the other four pretty high up? They are using steel weapons. Steel is currently the strongest material, so its quite costly.

Fast-forward is over. Now lets put in pepper and garlic inside the pickling liquid, then start pickling meat. And fast-forward again. About a week forward.

I dont think there is anything to learn from you, so how about you go elsewhere?

We're the first batch, so our hunting grounds are much further.

Yup yup, they nodded and continued to munch. These people eat more than guys. I guess it is a game, so no wonder.

"...F-first batch? T-then, could we have some advice?

That was a little forced, I guess thats a valid response. The mans averted his eyes though, which was a bad move.

Alright, lets leave the pickling at this much. Its good that in the town the MP recovers fast. Next I need to put in water for a few hours and clean off salt.

The four guys were about university student age, but women in this group are all adult women who can drink, so And theyre all heavy gamers, the type who dont go with the flow when someone invites them, but do what they want to do. From the conversation with them, it does not seem like they are the type to enjoy being pampered. If anything, they are the type to get pissed at the guys getting in the way of their dinner party. Notice it already, gentlemen.

The four women aside, Kotatsu-san and I are wearing completely custom equipment, arent we? Since this kind of equipment normally costs a lot, they should notice that at a glance But it looks like its hard for novices to tell these kinds of things, they must be lacking knowledge of the equipment and items available.

By the way, Kotatsu-san is a cat beastwoman with brown hair and yellow eyes. Shes wearing hotpants, has bare legs and is a little slimmer than me. Also, she is the guild master of the Great Wan-Nyan Empire.

Now, the next problem is with the repetition of drying and smoking, I dont know just how much I should dry it. Should I even useMoisture Controlhere?

Insistently hitting on girls will get you a warning, got iiiit?

Ah, Kuon-san, yahoo!

Yes, hello. Im GM.

Shes all smiley. The group of guys froze stiff, though.

Since the number of people increased with the second batch, these kinds of problems started appearing. This isnt an online dating website, dang it. We added a Sexual Call option to GM Call function, so if you get annoyed by insistent guys, use it.

Ahhh, speaking of which, there were changes to GM Call werent there.

I guess it was only skimmed through? Please spread this info among everyone. Sexual Call has higher priority, and instead of AI, its GMs who manually deal with it.

There, Kuon-san went shoo shoo, go away and drove the guys away. They certainly were insistent despite the fact we refused. The number of players just increased, so it looks like GMs will patrol for a while, and if someone goes too far theyll be sent to a punishment room.

The four guys from earlier did not make any problems yet, so they were only driven away.

Oh and, thanks for the body care. As expected, a GM cant give gifts to anyone, so this is pretty much all I can do, but please call me if you have a problem with some weirdos. It would be a huge waste for us, the management, to lose famous players because of silly things.

I wasnt troubled by anyone myself. With that said, Kuon-san, you also received the body care methods?

Im also a woman, so its only natural, isnt it?

Well, I guess its fine.

In the end, I usedMoisture Controlto remove moisture, lowered the smoking cylinders temperature and continued to watch the thermometer as it smoked.

Well then, Im off to the next place.

See ya~.

She was seen off really sloppily.

I repeatedly smoked the meat while checking the dryness. This takes at least two weeks. Over two weeks, its necessary to hang it and dry, then smoke it again. After that, it has to lie idle for some time, and its complete.

[Cuisine] Rump Meat Dry-Cured HamRarity: NoQuality: B-

Smoked meat that was put a lot of attention into by the cook.

Lets cut it into thin slices and enjoy the taste.

Satiety +30

Prepared by: Anastasia

Mmm, B-, is it? It must beHumidity Controlthats the problem. I need to think of a better method to dry it.

Its a number-of-uses type of food just like Roast Beef? Lets cut it into slices before serving it.

I made something new.

Dry-cured ham!

SO THATS WHAT YOU WERE MAKINGG!!

Its a game, so everyone ate clean whatever I served, and then we dispersed. Just as planned beforehand, lets go to the library in the remaining time I have.

Welcome, young lady.

It has been a while. Are there books with world maps and information on world politics?

There are, how difficult books do you seek?

At first I wouldnt mind books with wide and shallow information.

Looks like he will guide me again, so I follow him.

I wouldnt be able to understand highly difficult information on world politics at this point. I dont even know what countries are where.

After receiving the books, I sat down on a seat and started reading. As a result, I was able to grasp the worlds geography to an extent.

On the continent where we are, there are four big countries in the center of which is the Starting Town.

In the Northeast there is Clandell Kingdom. It seems to be a country where the metal industry thrives.

In the Northwest, there is Tialen Magicountry. Its a country where magic and potion industry thrives. In other words, a production area of magic herbs.

In the East there is Nealence Kingdom. A country where farming and animal rearing thrives, as well as the location of the churchs main headquarters.

In the West, there is Creakstone Kingdom. ...Just a kingdom, it is. Nothing special to say about it.

And in the South, you can travel by ship to another continent.

There exists a militaristic country called the Dinight Empire. It has multiple splendid arenas, which are bustling with energy.

Between the continents, the Southern continent is larger, there is both a group of minor nations and the Dinight Empire there. In short, the continent we are on now is much more peaceful.

And the five towns in the East, West, South and North, in the center of which the Starting Town is, are neutral. They dont belong to any country and act as a trade route between the countries...

In other words, ahead of the second area were in now, we will enter various countries.

In the past there was a war over the Starting Town, but it was so fruitless that it ended. Well, its not only in the middle of four countries, but also is directly connected to a port town. Any country would want it. They did not want it taken by other countries, but fighting over it caused the casualties to continue increasing.

If with this, these towns wont become either mine or theirs then and so, the current situation was the compromise. The moment any of these countries tries to put their hands on these, it will make the other three countries and the Starting Town their enemies.

In a way, its no wonder that the war did not last long. I mean, each country has its specialty. The one to be in the most pained position must have been the Creakstone Kingdom.

If they fight with the East, they will have problems with food supply. If they fight with Northeast, they wont have metals so, theyll have problems with weapons. If they fight against Northwest, they will have problems with potions. And since the Starting Town becomes a battlefield, there will be no salt either. And above all, the biggest problem in war are monsters. It cant get any more unproductive.

The four countries decided the five towns between them to be neutral and forbade each other from interfering with them. And now, they receive salt which is a necessity, at a low price.

The reason the Starting Town is stupidly big, is because its in the middle of a trade route between the four countries, and on top of that, its where we start. In other words, the nobles mansions that are in the Northeast part of the town are the home of this lands lord. No, position wise its more like they are royalty rather than noble lords?

As for the empire in the South there isnt much information on them. But I learned that there are places where there is a war going on. Its a mystery whether we players are capable of meddling in the war, though.

...For now, its enough that I learned the names of the countries on this side.

The nobility system looks normal. The royalty is on top, then Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. And as for the single-generation titles, there are various ones depending on the country.

Racially-wise Im royalty as well, but my current position is that of a commoner. I think something might change if I get to Nether, but Ill know once I get there, so I put that aside.

The time now is still a bit early. I think there were a few parts of that mythology picture book, so lets try reading that. I already read the first volume, so I start the second...

Gods, being too powerful to act directly on the planet, have created Spirits.

Newly born Spirits have adjusted the planet in place of Gods.

The planet adjusted over the many eras, and abiding to Gods will, created living beings.

Gods have left for the Divine Realm and watch over the planet.

Which means that Spirits are here in place of gods? Then it might be a good idea to avoid picking a fight with them.

Umm there are four in total, so two more left.

In order to prevent other goddesses from fighting, Creall-sama gave them their own roles.

The youngest and most energetic, Sigrdrfa-sama received a role to watch over combat and victory.

The middle goddess who was calm and kind, Harvensis-sama received roles of benevolence, growth, nature and rest.

And Stellura-sama as the eldest, received the remaining, painful and hard, but important roles.

Governing over life and death, contracts and punishment.

The goddess holding the role of governing life and death needs to leave the Divine Realm and go elsewhere.

Stellura-sama has decided that this role cannot be held by the chief god, and left the divine realm.

Creall-sama granted Stellura-sama the role of the vice-chief god and a powerful role even among gods, of governing over space and time.

Having the power over space and time, although rarely, she is able to visit the Divine Realm.

It is possible that right now, the four gods are having tea time together.

Hm-mm...

From my real knowledge, it feels like Stellura-sama is based on something pretty insane, but in this game it doesnt seem like shes an evil god or something like that? And she seems to be getting along well with other gods, too. If this picture book is the last one that is!

And if Im not wrong, the official site said that Creall-sama has borrowed Stellura-samas power to summon us Outsiders to this world, so it should be alright...

Now, its sleep time. Lets return the book to the shelf and ask.

Is there just four volumes of this mythology picture book?

Indeed. You will not find anything else, even in the church.

Eh, really?

There are copies of books with more difficult wording, but the content is the same. It would be a problem if it was different, right?

Well certainly so. Do gods get along even now?

I wonder. They arent bickering at the very least. We would feel the aftermath if that was the case.

So the fact nothing happens, is the proof of peace.

It seems so.

I confirmed what I wanted to know, time to leave.

I do stretches in the inn, log out, and do stretches in real life before going to sleep.