The Newbie Is Too Strong's
1. An NPC Who Desperately Follows the Player's Mission
It is still clearly reflected in my memory of what happened ten years ago that day. At that time, my father and my mother were busy playing in a vast meadow. But suddenly, the crack in the sky seemed to pull and swallow my father and mother into it. At that moment, I heard my father say,
“Luca, survive until the next crack of the sky arrives at this place and follow it to where we are.”
At least, that's what my father said before they both vanished into the sky.
“One day the crack of the sky will arrive at this place right? However, it has been ten years since I waited for him, not to mention the slightest sign of the next sky crack will arrive.” I murmured in my heart.
Well, today's most won't show up either. I'd better finish my wait for today. I have to get to work, because I won't be able to eat today if I don't work.
With a feeling of emptiness like the usual days, waiting for the wait that never came, I left the meadow and rushed to the guild to work.
There are ten guilds in this neutral area named Gardenia which are guild swordmen, fighters, shielder, mage, archer, assassin, scout, tamer, cleric, and alchemist. I am someone who works for the assassin guild. Just so you know, even though I am still a young man who has just entered 15 years, I have occupied a quite important position in our guild, namely as vice-captain.
Well, although it can be said, my duty is not like the captain's lackey who always takes care of all his needs, and it is not limited to his assistant in the guild only, but also, but I also have to take care of all his personal needs at home. In short, I am the captain's all-round helper.
But that's okay, because the captain has been so meritorious to me. Ever since my parents were swallowed into the sky, he was the one who replaced my parents to take care of me. But I am not who he is. He was purely taking care of me out of sympathy.
Naturally, I should at least return the favor by becoming his manager like this who had since ascended to the guild captaincy eight years ago, he seemed to always be preoccupied with the various affairs of his guild even to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep. And maybe because it was busy taking care of me as a child, and now by the affairs of the guild, until now, the captain was not married at the age of 43 years.
“Wah, as always, the guild office enlivened by the wanderers.” I said with so much enthusiasm to see the leaves of the assassin wanderer who registered a mission in the guild or just wanted to practice to improve his abilities.
Wanderer, that's the term for them, who always appear out of nowhere, then also disappear somewhere. It is unclear their origin. They suddenly started popping up about a month ago. But they have a very terrible advantage, that when they are killed in battle, they will automatically come back to life and be found on the altar of the guild.
You could say they are eternal. Because of their special talent, most dangerous missions that could be life-threatening such as killing high-level monsters or inspecting dangerous areas, were left to them.
One thing that astonished them was the unusual words that I often heard through their mouths, especially how they called among their fellow wanderers and to us natives. Player and NPC, a very foreign term in my ears.
Today, the captain, Uncle Heisel, actually assigned me to take care of the wanderer's mission registration matters. But there was one thing that bothered me, though, one of the reports the wanderer team came to us stating that there was a crack in the sky in the Symphonia Kingdom area northwest of Gardenia that swallowed dozens of cattle there.
I didn't expect much because the crack of the sky was far from the place where the crack of the sky that took away my father and mother was. But if only, had the two cracks in the sky been the same, it might have really led me to the place where my father and mother were.
Then, on that day I also followed the mission along with the wanderers from other guilds, namely the reconnaissance mission about the cause of the appearance of the cracks in the sky in the Symphonia Kingdom.
The mission this time was followed by the representatives of five people from each different guild.
“Hai, I'm Weckingpeach, player of the Swordman guild, level 21. Greetings know.” A female wanderer introduced herself cheerfully.
“I'm Naoya, player of the Shielder guild, level 23. Greetings also.” Continued by the introduction of a male wanderer with a slightly jutek face.
“I Bentong, from the Creric guild, level 22. Please help.” This time the introduction was done by a slightly younger looking male wanderer looking clumsy, yet friendly.
“I'm Chilivish from the Mage guild, my specialty is fire and wind, level 21. Greetings know.” Then the last to introduce themselves is a woman wanderer who looks mbak-mbak beautiful adults.
Finished they all introduced themselves, it was my turn to introduce myself this time, “Halo, I'm Luca from the assassin.” guild Short words.
It's not that I want to keep my abilities a secret or how, it's just that I don't understand what these wanderers are saying at all, so I can't say much, especially about what they refer to as that level.
“Eh, you're level 65? That's lying! This game started playing about a month ago. I just played this game about 4 hours a day and reached level 21. Don't tell me you haven't stopped playing the game since it was released?” Chilivish seemed astonished by what he called the level and the game against me.
“No, Chilivish. See the caption above his name.” Weckingpeach pointed at something above my head that was completely invisible.
“Long, she's an NPC?” Said once again Chilivish looked shocked which somehow the other three players also followed in shock because of it.
Because of the frustration caused by my ignorance that had peaked to the crown, I also shouted with annoyance, “Ah, enough with the level and NPC. What exactly do those words mean?”
Neither Chilivish nor Weckingpeach seemed to be still with such a shaky expression that they could not answer my question. Precisely who answered my question was the person I had considered the most jutek among them. It's Naoya.
“Anu, Deck Luca. Actually, we're in the game world. And that NPC term refers to the natives of the game world. While that level is a measure of your strength, the higher your level, the more powerful you are. Since your levemu is 65, which is almost three times the value of mine, it means that you are very, very great, Dek Luca.”
I've been in the game world all this time? What's this guy saying? What game is that anyway? I don't understand the explanation at all.