Love Live Online: A Bard Grudge
Journey

During his time in Nathan's horse-drawn carriage, Zerra continues to choke the ends of Renne's clothes and reluctantly releases them. He also sat close to the girl without saying a reason.

Renne was a little confused as to the reason of the treatment shown by Zerra. He never spoke, but that did not mean Renne was concerned with his treatment. Instead he was a little happy because the boy had never been like this before.

Already some time has been missed, they go through a deserted road with a stretch of grassland that is safe enough to pass. Not only is it safe, the scenery on display also looks so beautiful with a gentle breeze of the wind.

While on the train, Nathan is seen enjoying the wind that sweeps his hair whenever touched. Even occasionally he showed a smile that made Renne look constantly.

‘Is he really the Nathan I know?’ Renne still could not believe what she saw using her own two eyes.

After a while, the journey becomes more exhausting. As far as the eye could see was only a vast expanse of grass in sight. There was no sign of a village or another train passing by.

Renne is also confused about how to overcome her boredom at this time, having Zerra talk is also useless because she will continue to say the same thing repeatedly.

“Nathan, what are you going to do in those mountains?” Renne was a little curious, she also intended to dispel this silence.

Nathan turned his head slightly and turned back his attention, “Not something important. I just want to raise my level quickly. There are also many monsters with high levels.”

Renne finally remembered. The person who first reached a high level in just a matter of months was Nathan himself. He is also a person who is ranked first in the Leaderboard for a long time before being replaced by someone.

“Where did you know that?” Renne was curious, but after thinking in a few seconds, he found the answer himself.

“That's because I was the one who played Love Live Online while it was still a computer game.”

“If not wrong, did not the developer himself say if the map used is very different from the map when the game is still a computer game?” Renne said it with great confidence.

As Renne knows, the developer of the game Love Live Online is only using some of the same place before this game became a virtual game like a kingdom that has similarities in name and place.

“You were right about that place that was made different. But I myself found out that the place really existed from an NPC who gave me a mission. The name of the place is indeed different but it is the same mountain range.”

“Oh.. is that so, huh?” Renne said softly.

Shortly after, some bandits came to head off the train they were currently riding. Soon Nathan stopped the train and prepared the dagger he had.

Similarly to Zerra, he removed the handrails attached to Renne's shirt and raised the sword he had.

“Give me the items you have with the young girl!”

A man with a muscle and a bald head and a creepy face just pulled a gun with his five friends.

There was no reply from the three men. They then move and prepare an attack that will be released simultaneously.

“Stealth.”

Nathan instantly disappeared from sight, the bandits then increased their respective vigilance. They twisted their eyes in all directions and improved their hearing to determine the movements of the Assassins.

Renne did not want to stay silent and just keep watching. He turned his face towards Zerra and nodded, then Zerra ran towards the bandits protected by Renne who attacked from behind.

“Melody Arrow!”

Zerra increased his speed and dodged the attack from the bandits. He jumped to the side and gave an incision to the abdomen of one of his victims. Followed by Renne who did the finishing from behind.

Nathan also attacked by continuing to sneak using the Stealth skills he had. Some of the bandits fell down instantly and were unable to move anymore due to the poison that was on the dagger.

When Zerra was about to attack his last enemy, suddenly the disease he suffered relapsed. Soon the bandit attacked and managed to injure Zerra's arm.

“Death!” the man shouted loudly and tried to thrust the sword he had on Zerra.

Renne was no longer able to attack, Melody Arrow that he had would not have time to reach the man in the near future. And in an instant he became confused and frightened.

Suddenly the bandit sword flew into the air and was stranded far away. Nathan suddenly appeared and took out one of the skills he had. The cold-faced man attacked so fiercely and quickly that there were enough incisions left.

「Party members managed to defeat criminals, fame rate increased.」

Renne immediately ran towards Zerra and gave Health Potion to her. Within seconds, the wound on the arm disappeared without leaving even the slightest trace. The child must rest immediately, the only thing he recovers is injuries and not stamina.

They had returned to the horse-drawn carriage without regard for the corpses and left them to rot on the road, no time needed to be spent on a bunch of trash like them.

“You're pushing yourself too hard..." Renne slightly smiled as she gently stroked Zerra's hair which was on her thigh lap.

Without Renne realizing it, the child had already fallen asleep without having time to give a reply.

“Where did you get the profession of Bard?” Nathan curious.

“An NPC, while in the Kingdom of Vemore.” Renne replied casually, he continued to continue on.

“Hmm, I didn't expect that someone would take it. The profession is very difficult to use.”

What Nathan said is the truth. Even Renne herself agreed with what she had just said by nodding her head a few times.

“If on computer, we do not need to control the movement directly.” Nathan added.

“I'm just curious and want to try it.” replied Renne.

Without them realizing it, when the eyes began to turn straight forward, a village was seen and a notification began to show itself.

「Entering Willsden Village area.」

Nathan again speeds up the train, intending to take a break and gather as much information as possible. Similarly to Renne, he also intends to gather information that will be useful in the future.