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「はああ......魔王ちゃん......癒されたぁ」
だらしない笑顔で喜んでいるトビに対して、女性陣は三人で話をしていて視線を向けようとしない。
仕方ないのでクールダウンさせるべく、率先して近付いて適当に話し相手になっておく。
「それで、お次はどんなイベントになると言っていたでござるか?」
「お前、全く聞いてなかったのか? どんだけ魔王ちゃんに夢中に――ったく、まあいい。次のイベントは、マール共和国の海でクラーケン討伐だってさ。いつもと同じなら、待っていれば直ぐに詳細が来るんじゃないか?」
「複合型、の意味が分かるようなことは何か言っていたでござるか?」
「いや、特には」
マールかぁ、と呟くトビの前でメニューを開く。
すると予想通りに、開催中イベントの項目に更新の文字が表示されている。
「もう来てるぞ......期間は一週間、開催は三日後からとなっているな」
「移動手段は?」
「......注意書きに、闘技大会のようなワープ機能は無しとなっている」
「となると、三日後までに現地に移動しておく必要があるのでござるか。これは大変でござるな」
どうやらそのようだ。
その為の猶予期間なのだろうが、位置によってはかなり厳しいぞこれは。
エリアボスも倒しながら進まないといけないわけだし......主要街道のボスは、全て弱めの設定らしいけれど。
僻地のエリアボスほど強い傾向にあるようだ。
「俺達の居る位置も大陸のかなり西の方だからな。北のベリ連邦よりは遥かにマシだけど」
「それでも充分に遠いでござるよなー」
「グラドタークを使えば直ぐだろう?」
割り込んできた声は、トビがまともな状態になったことを察したユーミルだ。
続いてリィズとセレーネさんもぞろぞろと寄って来る。
グラドタークが優れているのは事実だが、二頭で五人が移動するのは少し無理がある。
「そうは言っても、グラドタークも乗れて一頭に最大三人だろ? しかも女子限定で。男が二人で乗ると一杯一杯だし、重ければスタミナ切れもそれだけ早くなるからな。この状態で長距離は効率が悪くないか?」
「それと、ヒナ鳥ちゃん達が行きたいって言ったら私達が連れて行ってあげないと」
「ああ、それもありますね。うーん......それだと全員ラクダの方が......でもマールに入ってから距離があるようだと、ラクダじゃなぁ......」
イベント開始前から、こうも問題が発生するとは。
しかし長距離移動に一番適している馬は未だに高価で、数週前と状況は何も変わっていない。
俺達は相談した結果......。
「ここはレンタルですかね。やはり」
「リィズもそう思うか? 金銭的にも、やっぱりそれがベターだよな」
レンタルは『一般馬』でランクは固定されているものの、一日5万Gで町の厩舎から借りることが可能だ。
頻繁に馬を利用するプレイヤーはもちろん購入した方が良いが、今回のように限定的な用途にはピッタリだと言える。
「細かい詰めの話はヒナ鳥達の意思表示を聞いてからにするとして、レンタルを使った馬での移動は確定かな。で、次に決めておきたいのがギルド全体の参加スタイルなんだが」
「イベントの概要を見ると野良か臨時同盟を組むか、どちらかとなっているな。私はどちらでも構わんぞ!」
イベント限定での臨時同盟は、最大五つのギルドで同盟可能となっている。
ちなみにギルド毎の最大人数は50人、それが五つだからTBのレイドボスの上限は250人ということになる。多いな。
同盟の場合はレイドボスに接触すると最初から他のプレイヤーが侵入不可のエリアに、野良の場合は規定人数に達するとエリアが閉じられるという仕様だそうだ。
「セレーネさんはどう思いますか?」
「私? ......あ、そっか。私の人見知りを心配してくれているんだね? 大人数の中で目立たないようにすれば却ってプレッシャーが減るから、どっちでも大丈夫だよ」
「効率を考えるなら断然臨時同盟でござるな。野良は大抵のゲームで、こうしたイベントの場合は効率が悪い」
「このゲームの運営ならソロ向けの報酬もちゃんと用意していると思うが......確かにそうだな」
ちなみにイベントの報酬はまだ伏せられている。
何でも三日後の開始直前に明かされるとのことだ。
もしイベント開始時にプレイヤーの集まりが悪い場合は、客寄せのためにより豪華な報酬にするのでは......と邪推してみたり。
話の流れが同盟に向かっているのを見て、ユーミルが腕組みをして考え込む。
「しかし、同盟相手の当てはあるのか? 私達の場合、アルベルト親子を雇うのは微妙だろう?」
「彼らが必要なのは、メンバーが一杯居るのにアタッカーのエースが足りないギルドだしな。俺達の場合は真逆で――」
「うむ。渡り鳥には私というエースが居るからな!」
「エース、つまり拙者のことでござるな? 何、言わずとも分かっているでござるよぉ」
胸を張って俺にアピールしてくる前衛二人。
間違っちゃいないんだが......リィズは溜め息、セレーネさんは苦笑という反応を二人に返している。
「......お前ら個々の能力は信用しているが、人数が全く足らん。人数が多いギルドを最低二つは捕まえないと、同盟を組んで戦うには色々と厳しいと思う」
単純にギルドのメンバーを増やすという手もあるが、気が合うかどうか分からないメンバーを無理矢理入れても仕方ないしな。
大人数だとセレーネさんが嫌がる可能性も高い。
ついでに俺自身も他のメンバーも、ギルドを大人数・大規模にしたいという考えは皆無だし。
「ヒナ鳥ちゃん達を足してもたったの八人では、レイドボスに挑むのは無謀でござるしな。ではハインド殿、まずは貴殿のフレンドリストのプレイヤーから当たってみるでござるよ」
「俺の? ......ああ、なるほど。確かにどっちも大ギルドの主だったな」
どちらもトビと共通のフレンドだが、話くらいは聞いてくれるかもしれない。
両方駄目なら、トビのフレンドに......それも駄目ならゲーム内の募集機能、他には掲示板やSNSを使って不特定多数に呼びかけることに決定。野良は最終手段だ。
「で、俺が気になってた複合の意味はどうやらこれだな。釣りイベントだそうだ」
メニュー画面のイベント詳細には『同時開催! 一番大きなテュンヌスを釣り上げよう!』となっている。
どうやら釣ったテュンヌスのサイズによって報酬が貰えるようだ。
船と釣り竿は現地でレンタル・購入どちらも可能だそうで。
「マグロの一本釣りか。力のある前衛職の方が有利だな?」
「どうだろ。釣竿に物理攻撃力による重量補正って掛かんのかな?」
「そういえば、このゲームで釣りってまだやったことがなかったでござるな」
「私も。掲示板......じゃなくて、攻略まとめサイトで事足りそうだね。事前に調べておいた方が良さそう」
「へえ、そういう便利なものもあるんですか。知識が多いに越したことはありませんし、私も後で見ておきます」
釣りの仕様については調べておくとして......。
釣り上げたテュンヌスを一定数集めて海に投げ込むことで、クラーケンを呼び寄せることが可能と。
野良の場合はテュンヌスを消費して呼び寄せたプレイヤーにボーナスが入るようだ。
今回のイベント、結構重要な位置を『釣り』が占めている気がする。
まずはテュンヌスを釣り上げないと始まらないわけだ。
「とりあえずこんなもんかな。どうだ? ユーミル。ギルマスとして他に何かあるか?」
「無い! 細かいことはハインドに全て任せる!」
「いつもと同じじゃないですか......」
「うるさいぞ、そこ!」
「ま、まあまあ。ほら、まずは残った種を植えちゃおうよ」
「おっと、まだ残ってござったか。早目に終わらせて、後はレベル上げでござるかな?」
「だな。しれっと、ついでのようにレベルキャップも開放されてるし」
イベント詳細の最終段に、レベルキャップ開放! と表示されていた。
次の最大レベルは50らしい。
農業区での作業を終えた俺達は、装備を整えてモンスター狩りへと出掛けて行った。
もうPTでの戦闘も慣れたもので、およそ二時間みっちり戦闘した結果レベルを42まで上げることに成功。
明日は移動の準備を始めると決めてから、その日はログアウトということになった。
Enjoy.
[Haa...Maou-chan...I'm healed.] (Tobi)
In regard to Tobi, who had an idiotic face and was smiling in delight, the three girls continued talking without giving him any attention.
Since it can't be helped, guess I'll get closer and talk to him so he cools down.
[So, did they say what kind of event would be next?] (Tobi)
[You, you weren't listening at all? Just how absorbed were you in watching Maou-chan...geez, whatever. The next event is in the sea of the Mahl Republic, we have to defeat a Kraken. If it's like always, the details should appear if we wait for a bit?] (Hind)
[Did they mention anything that would explain why it's called a combined type?] (Tobi)
[Nope, not at all.] (Hind)
Mahl huh, Tobi murmured that as he opened the menu window.
As we'd expected, there was a notice of the update with details about the event.
[It's already up...the duration is one week, the event will start in three days.] (Hind)
[Is there any means of transportation to get there?] (Tobi)
[...According to the instructions, there doesn't seem to be any warp functions like with the tournament.] (Hind)
[In that case, we have three days to move towards our destination huh? This is rather troublesome.] (Tobi)
That seems to be the case.
Seems to be some kind of grace period, considering where we are currently, it's going to be troublesome.
We have no other choice but to proceed while defeating the area bosses...though it seems like they have weakened the main bosses on the road.
Seems like they are about as strong as bosses in rural areas.
[We are currently pretty far west in this continent after all. Though it's better than being in the northern Beli Confederation.] (Hind)
[Even then, it's pretty far...] (Tobi)
[It won't take long if we use the Grado Turks right?] (Yumir)
Yumir, who had noticed that Tobi was back to normal, cut into our conversation.
Consequently, Riizu and Selene-san came over too.
It's true that the Grado Turks are excellent, but it would be a bit hard to travel with a group of five with only two of them.
[Even if you say that, the most people a Grado Turk can carry is three right? That's if everyone were female. With guys, two would be the limit and if they were heavy, they would get tired quickly. I don't think it'll be very efficient for long distance travel?] (Hind)
[Besides, if the members of Baby Bird told us they want to go, we would have to bring them along too.] (Selene)
[Ah, there's that too. Yup...in that case it would be better for everyone to ride a camel...but if there was a long distance to travel after we entered Mahl too, camels would be...] (Hind)
For problems like this to happen even before the event has started, are the developers saying something like [I think it's about time for you guys to secure some means of transportation] ?
However, horses, which are the most suitable for long distance travel, are still very expensive, the current situation is not that different from a few weeks ago.
As a result of our discussion...
[As expected, we will have to rent a mount?] (Riizu)
[You think so too, Riizu? Financially, I think that option is better too.] (Hind)
The ones you rent are {Common Horses}  whose rank is fixed, the price is 50k G a day and you can borrow them from the stables in each village.
If players had to use one frequently it would be better to just buy one, but you could say that it's perfect for situations like this when you just need to use one for a limited time.
[Let's leave the small details for when the members of Baby Bird are here. I wonder if the places you can go with rental horses are fixed?
[Looking at the outline of the event, I guess we would either go at it by ourselves or team up with strangers. I don't mind either way!] (Yumir)
As for temporal alliances for the event, the maximum is the alliance of up to five guilds.
Just for reference, the member limit for a guild in TB is fifty people, if five of those were allied together that would mean that the limit for Raid Bosses in TB is of 250 people. That's a lot.
For alliances, when you come into contact with the Raid Boss a field will be created so others can't enter. For people that go on their own, the area will be closed when the maximum number of people is reached.
[What do you think, Selene-san?] (Hind)
[Me? ...Ah, right. You are worried because I'm not good with strangers right? In fact, since I believe I will stand out even less because there will be a lot of people, I will feel even less pressure. I'm fine either way.] (Selene)
[If we were speaking about efficiency, an alliance would be the best. Playing on your own is usually fine, but it's not very efficient when it comes to events like this.] (Tobi)
[If it's the developers of this game, they will probably prepare rewards for those that play solo but...that is indeed the case.] (Hind)
By the way, they still haven't revealed the reward for this event.
Seems like they want to reveal it just before the event starts in three days.
I have my suspicions that...they'll probably announce some extravagant rewards to attract people if there are not enough players when the event starts.
Seeing that the flow of the conversation leaned towards forming an alliance, Yumir folded her arms and was pondering.
[But, do we have any ideas of which guild to ally up with? In our case, it would be a bit questionable for us to employ Albert and his daughter right?] (Yumir)
[The guilds that would need them would be those that even having a lot of members, they still lack an Ace Attacker. In our case, on the contrary-] (Hind)
[Umu. Migratory Bird already has an Ace and that would be me!] (Yumir)
[An Ace, in other words, you mean me right? Well, I know that even if you don't say anything.] (Tobi)
Both of them stuck out their chest to catch my attention.
It's not like they are wrong but...Riizu sighed and Selene-san smiled wryly.
[...I do have confidence in your skills, but we have nowhere near enough people. We'd need to make an alliance with at least two guilds with a lot of members. Otherwise, I believe we'll have a lot of trouble if we go with the alliance option and fight.] (Hind)
There is the option of increasing the number of people in our guild but I don't think it's a good idea to forcibly let people in that we don't know if we'll get along well with or not.
If there were a large number of people, chances are high that Selene-san would feel uncomfortable.
Coincidentally, me and everyone else, we don't have any intention of making this a very big guild.
[Even if we added the members of Baby Bird we would only be eight people. Challenging a Raid Boss with that amount would be reckless. In that case, Hind-dono, you should try contacting the people in your friend list first.] (Tobi)
[Mine? ...Ah, I see. It's true that both of them are leaders of big guilds.] (Hind)
Both of them are our common friends, I think they'll at least hear us out.
If that's not good, we'll contact Tobi's friends...if that doesn't work either, we'll try to recruit with the in-game recruitment feature and other ways like SNS and the BBS to recruit a big number of people. Going on our own will be the last resort.
[So, the meaning of that combined part that I was so interested in is this. Seems like it's a fishing event.] (Hind)
The event details in the window menu showed {Starting at the same time! Let's fish the biggest Tunnus!} .
Seems like we can get rewards depending on the size of the Tunnus we fish.
Looks like buying a ship and fishing rods are both possible currently.
[Trying to catch tuna with a fishing rod, huh? I wonder if vanguards will have an advantage with their superior physical strength?] (Tobi)
[I wonder. Will the weight correction from the physical power stat have an effect on the fishing rod?] (Hind)
[Now that you mention it, I haven't tried fishing in this game yet.] (Tobi)
[Me either. In the BBS...or rather, I guess information about it should be gathered in walkthrough sites. I guess it's better if we gather information about it first.] (Selene)
[So there are convenient sites like that. There's nothing wrong with having more information so...I'll take a look at it too later on.] (Riizu)
While looking at the method of fishing...
I found out that you are able to summon the Kraken when you throw a certain number of Tunnus you have caught into the ocean.
In cases where you are joining on your own, it seems like there's a bonus depending on the amount of Tunnus you contribute to the summoning.
I get the feeling that they placed a big importance on {Fishing}  in this event.
You won't be able to do the event until you have caught some Tunnus.
[I guess this is about it? What do you think? Yumir. Got anything else to say as the GM?] (Hind)
[Nothing! I'll leave all the small details to you, Hind!] (Yumir)
[Isn't that the same as always...?] (Riizu)
[Hey you over there, quiet!] (Yumir)
[Now now. Look, we should finish planting these.] (Hind)
[Oops, there were still some left. We should finish quickly and then...go level up?] (Tobi)
[I guess so. Seems like they just went and increased the level cap after all.] (Hind)
At the end of the event details there was an announcement saying [Level cap unlocked!] .
Seems like the next level cap is 50.
After finishing the work in the agricultural area, we prepared our gear and went monster hunting.
Since we had gotten used to fighting as a party, we managed to reach level 42 about two hours after we started hunting.
Since we decided to make preparations to travel tomorrow, we decided to log out at that time.
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