The Golden Experience Point [Part 1]

Chapter 21: "Wasp Girl"

After taking care of some chores, she logged back in.

She opened her character's eyes and saw the exact same scene before her that she had seen when she had logged out. She had been logged off for about an hour. The queen was still covered in ice; the surface of her body looked very slightly wet, but that was probably due to condensation rather than from the ice starting to melt. The queen's status was currently listed as [Frozen].

"You're already up, Boss. You all right with that short a nap?"

"Hello, Kerry. Yes, I do not need all that much sleep. But sometimes I do sleep for much longer."

There might be times where she has something suddenly come up and cannot log in. She couldn't think of anything specific that might come up at the moment, though. Rare asked if anything had happened while she was asleep. Apparently, Remy had gone back to check on Hakuma and the rest of the wolves. She was on her way back here now. The wolves were just resting back in the cave.

In other words, in the last hour, her followers still had new experiences, and not only that, while their master was logged out, they could still act freely according to their own judgment. Thinking about it, while the player was logged out, their character was left behind sleeping. It wouldn't really make sense for the followers to disappear. Followers were also living residents of this world.

In which case, while the player was logged out, maybe it was possible for the followers to go grinding for XP. Inconceivable—was this a way to officially bot? If it was, it would probably get patched immediately. She'd just have to try it out. She didn't particularly want to exploit the game or anything. If there were legitimate means to accomplish that within the game, though, then it was simply another way to enjoy the game. She had no malicious intentions.

"Kerry, sorry to ask so suddenly, but please go out to the forest and find... anything really, a small animal, and hunt it for me. I'm going to doze again for a little bit. I'll try to wake up after about the same amount of time, so just stand by after that in the cave until I do."

"Sure thing, Boss. Is it all right if I bring the others with me?"

"Yes, of course. I don't mind if you ask Hakuma and the other wolves to accompany you either. You can hunt whatever you like, but... if you're going with Hakuma, then you can aim for bigger prey. Just don't bite off more than you can chew."

"In that case, if Hakuma can come, maybe we'll go for something around the same size as that boar we killed."

"I'll leave it to you. Oh, one moment. I want to speak to Remy."

"What is it, Boss?"

"Ahh, Remy. I have another job I'd like you to do."

Rare brought up Remy's skill screen and had her learn [Leathercraft]'s [Tanning] skill. She then took out the boar hide from her inventory and laid it out before Remy.

"I think you understand already, but you've learned the [Leathercraft] skill, Remy. You should now know how best to treat this hide, yes?"

"Aah... Yes, Boss. I got it. I have to..."

"Good. Do you need any tools?"

"It'd be nice if I had some... but I can do it without any, probably."

She could even tan it without any special tools; how conveniently magical these skills were.

"Well then, while I'm sleeping, please go ahead and take care of that. It's fine if you're not done by the time I wake up, it's more important to do it correctly. Can you do that?"

"Yes, Boss."

"Well then, I shall once again go to sleep, for about the same amount of time as before. All right then, Kerry, Remy, I'll leave it to you."