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 22

Episode 22: Unplanned Year-End Plans That Seem to Fill Up

The dyed-haired young man, casually dismissing the statement, laughs easily. While receiving Crim’s somewhat puzzled gaze, he leans forward a bit.

“If you don’t like minor skirmishes, how about participating in the main conquest? We’re finding it hard to increase our stats through PvP, and I’m thinking of changing our strategy.”

Accepting Silver Fist’s invitation, Shiro sips his coffee briefly, then opens his lips after a brief contemplation.

“I’m ignorant because I’m a beginner, but how far does this conquest go?”

“There’s been ‘zero progress’ since the service started six months ago.”

Due to the game’s design, labyrinth monsters don’t drop valuable items, and with the difficulty assuming large-scale group battles, the conquest has yet to make any progress, common knowledge to everyone.

If one were to head to the currently accessible “Ironwood Forest” without knowing anything, they would be swarmed by monsters like theropods, torn limb from limb, and planted with traumatic psychological trauma. At this point, a “girl about high school age” sitting at a neighboring table suddenly stood up, pulling her chair.

“So, gentlemen, would you like to join our guild?”

The girl, with pale skin that seems to have Nordic blood and hair that looks like silver threads, tries to scoot closer with each chair but is stopped by Crim extending his palm.

“While stopping the sudden visitor, she scrutinizes the acquaintance sitting across from her with piercing eyes.

“Did you call her?”

“Yeah, she’s the coordinator for the force that invited me before.”

“I’m ‘Little Queen Palme Regina,’ Noa Hirose.”

“… Quite young. Is she okay?”

Even though it’s a completely immersive full-dive VRMMO with many young players, it would be challenging to unite players of various ages, Shiro thinks. He mutters this, and a relaxed smile is returned to him.

“In the Kaijin form, the special skill is wide-range perception through reflexive echolocation and the construction of a mutual communication network centered around oneself. So, even if it’s a bit delicate in terms of combat power, it’s suitable for the command headquarters.”

“Well, if I hack into basic modules, I could…”

“Don’t compete with outrageous means; you’ll be kicked out by the management.”

Advising the electronic fairy burning with unnecessary competitiveness, her master shows a tentative understanding to the seemingly skilled Noa. He then finishes the remaining mushroom pasta in silence.

Seeming to have organized his thoughts during this short time, he throws various glances at the dyed-haired young man.

“So, what’s your answer to the invitation?”

“Well, I reserved my response to see your reactions.”

“We’re planning the last conquest of the year on New Year’s Eve, so we’d like you to decide soon…”

Claiming that having two excellent vanguards makes a huge difference, the silver-haired, blue-eyed girl puts her left index finger on her well-defined chin and traces her right finger through the empty air.

Shiro, feeling a sense of déjà vu, has a supplementary window automatically projected onto his retina, displaying a friend request notification.