Shield to Support

Hero's Discussion

Sitting on the luxurious beds inside the guest room, everyone was staring intensely at their own weapon as they went over its description. The sun outside the window had already set before they even noticed. That was how focused everyone was at reading the descriptions. Unlike regular weapons, the legendary weapons didn't require routine maintenance. Based on the owner's level, the weapon will be able to absorb different raw materials. The Weapon Manual will also fill up as they defeat monsters. At a glance, it seemed to contain a variety of branches which the weapon could change into.

Naofumi clicked on his Weapon Icon which opened up the Weapon Manual. Tons of icons popped up and spanned onward, even beyond the menu window in front of him. He didn't have the ability to change into any of these shields right now, but they were all described in detail. 'Incredible...' It seemed that some arms could only be unsealed by evolving its predecessor first. Seriously, this was just like a video game with skill trees, leveling up, and evolving. "Doesn't this all seem pretty game-like?" He might as well ask for help from the others.

"Seriously dude, isn't this an actual game? I've known some which are like this," Motoyasu proudly boasted.

The others were confused. "Eh?"

Motoyasu frowned. "Are you saying that you don't even know about this famous online game?"

Naofumi shook his head. "Sorry, I can't say I'm familiar with it." Ren and Itsuki had a similar response.

"So you scrubs really don't know? This is the net game Emerald Online, man."

"What's that? I've never even heard of that one."

"Just how ignorant can you guys be? It's such a famous title too."

Naofumi knew that he wasn't up on the latest trends, but he still kept in touch. "I know games like Odin Online and Fantasy Moon Online, aren't these pretty popular too?!"

"What are those? This is the first time I've heard of them."

Now, they were even more confused.

Itsuki interjected. "This world isn't a net game. It's more like a console game!"

Ren frowned. "This is a VRMMO, right?"

Motoyasu ignored the swordsman. "Isn't this world similar to games where you click and use a controller to operate?" Confused, Motoyasu tilted his head with a dumbfounded expression during the conversation.

Ren tried to get back into the conversation. "Click? Controller? What kind of retro games are you referring to? Don't people usually mean VRMMO when they say 'net game' these days?"

Motoyasu finally acknowledged the young man. "VRMMO? As in Virtual Reality MMO? What kind of sci-fi world setting are you trying to create? Are you daydreaming here?"

Ren only became more confused. "Huh!?"

"Well then... gentlemen, I'd like to ask each of you to name a game from your world which bears the closest resemblance to this one," Itsuki requested with his hand slightly raised.

"Brave Star Online," answered Ren.

"Emerald Online," answered Motoyasu.

"None that I know of specifically. I mean, there could be one very similar, but at the end of the day, isn't this simply a game-like world?" 'Why the hell are they arguing about this? Do they really think that they are in a game?'

Itsuki nodded. "I see. As for myself, this world is like a console game called Dimension Wave."

No one else knew this game either.