The Golden Experience Point [Part 1]

Chapter 182: "Ururu Impact"

"Not allowed, it said. But an event, huh? Not the right time for that now."

The system message was an announcement for the third official event.

For the next week, meaning for approximately 10 in-game days, an event would take place.

It seemed like the event would involve an attack from the sky, likely the assault of the [Archangel] calamity. According to the Vampire Count, Blanc's acquaintance, the Archangel calamity seems to be a fairly young calamity.

If that's the case, then this Archangel calamity is undoubtedly the sixth calamity. In other words, this is one of Rare's senpais.

According to the system message, the angel attacks were expected to be around ☆2 in strength, weaker than most areas dominated by Rare. The Tore Grasslands were only ☆1, but even that was deliberately kept subdued.

So, the only place to consider defense was the city of Rifure.

The residents of that city were merely kept by Rare without being under her control, and she couldn't openly defend with her proud monsters. However, there was not a complete lack of defense capability.

The city's main patrol force could be strengthened through Riley, and in case of emergency, Rare herself could take on the defense using Mare's body. Moreover, Mare could already fight alone quite effectively. If the opponents were around ☆2 in strength, they wouldn't be a threat.

But what's the intention behind introducing a cooperation-recommended event at this point?

Even if the administration said, "Let's set aside our differences and cooperate", monsters and angels are equally enemies to NPCs who have been living in this world since before the game service started. On top of that, the devs' intentions will not be conveyed to them.

If they really wanted to make it happen, they could use abilities like [Spiritual Wisdom] to communicate. However, the fact that Rare currently hears nothing implies that the administration has no intention of doing so. In other words, for the administration, it doesn't matter how the NPCs behave.

And players are facing the same problem.

The former goblin she defeated a while ago—the mysterious goblin mummy player—probably never revealed his identity to anyone. It's likely because if it spread, some players would actively target him, or some players actively proposing to collude might emerge, causing troublesome situations.

In that case, it's unlikely that monster players would approach human players for cooperation. Moreover, discovering the identity of an unrevealed monster player would be difficult for other players.

However, the administration probably anticipated that much.

Even so, the intention behind such notation was probably to warn players and NPCs alike that there's a possibility of being attacked by angels regardless of their race, so be cautious.

"I think it would be fine to say that plainly. Maybe they're afraid of causing panic or something if they explain it straightforwardly."

But for now, there are other things to do.

A formerly-Hiers rural town was attacked by Portree.

The reason is unclear, but it seems all the residents were killed, and the city was effectively taken over.

According to the player who posted on SNS, there was no prior notice or anything.

I won't dwell on the morality of that act.

It's the same for what Blanc did in Erfahren and the capital.

However, unlike Blanc, who is a player, if the ruler governing a country deliberately attacks and takes over another country's city, stationing troops there, there must be some purpose behind it.