Urgent recruitment‼ How to Save the Ending World ▚ I'm a certain NPC girl from a discontinued VRMMO service, but somehow managing to survive again today - Chapter 18

Episode 18: Re: Starting Over in UnderWorld

To add an unnecessary explanation, in UnderWorld, the virtual currency can be converted back to the original fiat currency by paying a fee. This system ensures that the money remains with the management only when players spend extravagantly at certified stores, which are wholesalers for various goods.

The significant cost of maintaining the VRMMO environment, touted as a social experiment, is evident from their proactive stance, willing to collaborate on developing new products if there’s demand.

While the desire to expand the economic scale and increase the amount of in-game currency dropped by players in urban areas is understandable, the requirement for a specific amount of in-game currency in the wallet of the dedicated app for login creates a situation where approaching the so-called nameless city is difficult.

Today, once again accosted by the “Beginner Hunt” for spare change during the move from the starting point, Shiro in his Kaijin avatar sighed in frustration.

“If there’s a third time, there’s a fourth time. I’m tired of this pattern; it’s not a light novel with a respawn.”

Sharing the view with the unreserved AI girl, Crim, in the midst of fusion, two machine avatars resembling armored warriors with blue-toned body armor stood, each wielding a sword and a spear.

Perhaps due to the hostility they emitted, the red visor embedded in the mask of Black Dog was fitted, and on the backside, the notification for the commencement of the Open Combat situation was already displayed. Real-world freedom to disconnect was no longer possible.

“You’ve beaten Silver Fist, so there shouldn’t be a penalty for multiple opponents. Let’s earn some money steadily, Newcomer.”

According to rumors, those who once overwhelmed players with numerical violence and acted like a band of bandits received a ban but, as long as they don’t behave recklessly, most actions are overlooked by the management.

This lax regulation is both a drawback and an advantage of UnderWorld.

Not saying, “Let’s digress and rest the topic,” but after incorporating some slightly off-topic conversation, a “Sword User” that suddenly started moving began to approach, releasing a slashing attack while avoiding the backward swing of Black Dog’s chest armor.

“Ugh, this is unfair.”

Muttering a complaint, Black Dog parried the continuously delivered follow-up blades with the additional armor on the right arm, while maintaining distance with a series of backsteps. Meanwhile, the figure of a “Spear User” piercing the ground with their weapon emerged in the background.

Based on the snap judgment that it was some form of an attack, Black Iron, having picked up Crim’s murmuring, jumped backward from the verge of the place they were, and various spearheads such as a straight spear, a sickle spear, and a cross spear grew.

“Hmm, a spear attack using the penetrated object?”

“It’s subtly troublesome…”

Presumably aiming at the target with visual means, the Black Iron, having caught Crim’s muttering, rushed into a nearby abandoned building and ascended the fire escape stairs with excellent leg strength.

Even though the Sword User followed closely, before they could turn around, the right arm of Black Dog, which had climbed up first, and the additional armor with large claws gathered there made a harsh sound.

Expanding significantly by pushing open the joints, the claw strike was brought down with all its might, causing the staircase, already fragile, to collapse along with the opponent.