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[Donta activated {Double Palm}, dealt a total of 201 damage to Nuhyohn, and defeated them. Gained 1420 EXP.]
[Acquired {Kris Knife} as loot.]
[You have reached Level 10! Congratulations!]
[Perseus has reached Level 9. Let’s celebrate!]
“Grats~.”
“Ty~. Grats to you too!”
“Ty~.”
We’ve totally gotten used to this back-and-forth every time we level up. We’ve done it so many times already, maybe we can skip it for a while? I feel like we should just save it for the milestone levels.
Also, Donta is just on a rampage. I’ve already given up on stopping him. I gave up the moment he hunted down that first player who charged at us. Go ahead, fight them off to your heart’s content…
“There were even some people who charged in while shouting grudges at you, Peru-chan.”
“My guild has gotten entangled with some malicious players. Ever since we turned the tables on them after they started a fight, they’ve been targeting us relentlessly. They even go around posting on the forums, writing only what’s convenient for them to paint us as the villains!”
“You’re being targeted in real life too? That sounds rough~.”
“It is the fate of those who reign supreme! Oh-hohohoho!!”
“Does the forum have something like a ‘shaming thread’?”
“It certainly does. Though the obsessive lot chasing me aren’t just posting in the shaming threads, they’re going around writing on multiple forums.”
“What a troublesome bunch.”
Shaming threads, obsessions… if they have time for that kind of stuff, they should just find something more fun to play. I bet the people who hang out in shaming threads and stalk others are way gloomier than I am.
“Ah, a Wolf.”
“I shall handle this one! Here I go… Haaah!!”
“Kyauu—…”
[Perseus dealt 499 damage to the Wolf and defeated it. Gained 45 EXP.]
Ooh. Dealing that much damage with a normal attack is strong. As expected of a pure attacker class. But I’m starting to feel totally unsatisfied with the EXP from Wolves. At this rate, it might actually be more efficient to hunt players.
“You’re strong~. But the EXP is starting to feel kinda pathetic.”
“There is a better hunting ground, let us move there!”
“Woof! (Player! They have a weapon!)”
“Oh, perfect timing. If they’re in a combat stance, just hunt them down. One or two more doesn’t make a difference anymore.”
Just when I was thinking players were more efficient, they came right to us. If you approach while holding a weapon, that’s basically a hostile act. Get ’em, Donta!
[Donta activated {Body Slam}.]
“Oh, planning to charge?”
“It looks like a simple charge, but is it treated as a skill? He is rushing in at incredible speed!”
“Looks like they’re guarding, but will Donta’s attack break through?”
“It is like trying to catch a light car rushing at you at 60 kilometers per hour.”
Just like the name {Body Slam} implies, it’s basically just a charge. Maybe it’s treated as a skill because it’s a refined charge with higher power? For a second, I thought they might actually withstand it since they were guarding, but like Peru-chan said, with an opponent of Donta’s mass charging at that speed, they didn’t stand a chance.
[Guard! Dealt 101 damage to Jons and defeated them.]
[Dealt 110 damage to Budds and defeated them.]
[Dealt 120 damage to Mika and defeated them.]
[Critical! Dealt 199 damage to Meriane and defeated them.]
[Gained a total of 4450 EXP.]
[Acquired {Iron Shield}, {Greatsword}, {Leather Boots}, {Witch’s Robe} as loot.]
Ah, so strooong. With that damage, I wonder how many times over I would have died. We got a ton of loot too, so this is the best, just the best. Is there any equipment I can use? Peru-chan can only equip Demon Swords, so she can’t use these. Maybe there’s only stuff I can use this time?
[You have reached Level 11! Congratulations!]
[Donta has reached Level 7.]
[Perseus has reached Level 10. Let’s celebrate!]
“Grats~.”
“Ty. Grats to you too.”
“Ty.”
“Woof-woof~”
“Woof~.”
“Woof~ indeed.”
“Woof.”
The celebration we’re too used to, now with a side of Donta’s barking… Even so, Jons…? I feel like I’ve seen that name somewhere… Meriane…? Well, whatever. EXP, EXP. Player hunting really is efficient~.
“So far, only players we can easily turn the tables on have shown up, but stronger players might come eventually.”
“True enough. We have reached Level 10, so let us enter the Talash Woods to shake off our pursuers and hunt there instead!”
“Sounds good. Are the monsters in the woods strong?”
“Hmm~. I believe monsters up to Level 20 appeared? It was rather troublesome when Goblins appeared in a swarm, I suppose?”
“Goblins, huh~…? They don’t sound cute, so I don’t think I want one as a servant.”
“Quite so. They are not cute; in fact, they are rather disgusting monsters!”
“Yeah, don’t want ’em. Alright Donta, we’re moving to the woods now. There might be slightly stronger monsters this time, so be careful, okay?”
“Woof~… (Got it, but I’m hungry…)”
“Hungry…!?”
Just as I was thinking we should move since we can’t count on beatable players showing up forever… you’re hungry already? Isn’t your fuel efficiency a little too terrible? Wow, his expression really does look a bit gloomy… His tail and ears are drooping all limp too…
“Oh my! Would meat be acceptable? I believe I had some in my Anywhere Storage!”
“Is that Anywhere Storage a cash item? So you can call up your storage whenever you want.”
“Indeed, it is a cash item! Though despite the name, it cannot be called in certain areas or used continuously… Ah, here it is! Here you go, Don-chan! There is plenty for you!”
“Awooooooooooooooooooooooooon~♡”
“Ooh~. Good for you, Donta. It’s a reward for working so hard.”
Thank goodness Peru-chan had a ton of meat. Anywhere Storage, huh~…? Depending on the price, I might end up wanting it too~.
“By the way, that avatar of yours, Peru-chan, looks like a Princess Knight. It’s cute.”
“D-Do you think sooooo!?”
“Yeah, you look about 30% cuter than usual.”
“Oh my!? Am I not that cute usually…!?”
“Hm? You’re always cute, Peru-chan. That’s why right now you’re super cute.”
“Oh my, oh my, oh my… I-I am so very happy…! You too, Rinne-san—”
“Woof!! (Ate it!!)”
“Jeez, Don-chan…!”
“You ate it already? That was fast~.”
Fast. There should have been more than before, but he finished it way too fast. The meat looked better quality than what I gave him too, so he probably couldn’t stop because it was so delicious.
“Kuu~un. (Get on, let’s run to the woods!)”
“He says he’ll carry us to the woods.”
“Can we ride him?”
“Hmm, Donta is big, so I think he can carry up to two people? Donta, if it’s too heavy, don’t force yourself, okay?”
“Woof! (Got it!)”
Donta-kun is in a good mood after eating all that meat~. Peru-chan and I both have pretty solid builds for women, so I wonder if we’re heavy? When it was just me earlier, he sprinted like crazy without a care, though…
“Woof! (It’s fine!)”
“I see, I see, it’s fine then. Alright, start running slowly at first. Slowly, okay? Don’t suddenly go max speed like earlier.”
“Woof. (Slowly, got it.)”
“It seems to be fine. It shakes less than I expected, but may I hold onto you, Rinne-san?”
“Sure. Woah…”
“I shall take you up on that offer!”
Peru-chan, that’s not holding on, that’s hugging, you know…? Well, it’d be bad if she fell off in a weird spot, so I guess holding on tight is fine~. Seems steady enough, so let’s have him speed up a bit.
“You can run a little faste—!?”
“Woof!! (Running fast!!)”
“Hyaaaah———!?”
You just ramped it up from Speed 1 straight to Speed 10, you stupid doggo~!! You need to, like, do it in increments!! Use the gears!!!
“Wooooo—f!! (Move, move—!!)”
“Uwaaaaaaaah!?”
“Are you intending to charge into the Goblins while carrying us—!?”
“Gegya?”
[Donta activated {Body Slam}, dealt 1197 damage to the Forest Goblin, and defeated it. Gained 330 EXP.]
“Gege, Gyaaaah!!”
“St-Sto… !?”
No-no-no-no, Donta stop, Donta stop!! I said stop!! We’re going deeper and deeper into the woods!! Tree branches are grazing us and it’s scary, seriously scary!!
[Dealt 1201 damage to Forest Goblin and defeated it. Gained 330 EXP.]
[Dealt 1225 damage to Forest Goblin and defeated it. Gained 360 EXP.]
“Stooopppp!!”
“Woof! (Stopping!)”
“Aaaah I didn’t mean a sudden stooooppp!!”
“Kyaaaaa—!?”
If you stop suddenly, we get thrown off, don’t we—!! Aaaahh, letting Donta carry us while running is going to require way more training—!!
[Took 10 damage from Fall Damage.]
“Oof…”
“Rinne-sa—n!? Please hang in there—!?”
“Kuu~un… (You okay…?)”
Does it look okay to you, Donta…? It was like riding a roller coaster without a safety bar and then coming to a dead stop… The only saving grace is that I didn’t land on my head.
“I’m not okay… Donta, you need to practice carrying people safely… It can’t be helped this time, we’ll call it an accident…”
“Pii~ pii~… (I’m sorry, don’t be mad.)”
Donta… ears and tail drooping sadly, whining through his nose, he’s genuinely depressed. He probably thought he was being clever by getting us there faster, but he just couldn’t manage the whole ‘consideration for passengers’ thing yet. I guess I’ll just have to educate him going forward.
“It’s okay, I’m not mad. You can just learn little by little. Come on, no more moping! Just be careful from now o… oooonnn…!? What is this bleached skeleton doing here…!?”
“Oh my, we have made it this far, haven’t we?”
[Playing movie for Quest {The Mysterious Skeletal Remains}.]
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