[1st Named]
[Level 45 Ancient Golem Minotaur]
[HP 947,051/8,600,000 (11%)]
Slash slash slash!
On top of Mr. Mino’s body, who had become groggy after ramming his horns into the wall, my beloved sword ‘Astaroth’ danced.
Swish, thud!
The white trajectory left deep scars on the ancient golem’s solid body. Mr. Mino’s HP was decreasing rapidly.
The sword emitting white aura was withdrawn to my waist, and soon became a flash shooting out with my body.
Flash!
And soon, a white beam of light was drawn in a straight line connecting me and Mr. Mino.
Ooooh-!
Swish.
I immediately twisted my body backward, resetting the cooldown with the bracelet and preparing for the second Flash Strike. This time diagonally upward to the right.
Flash!
Slash slash slash!
Following the trajectory where my sword and body passed, the magic stones forming Mr. Mino’s body split greatly. The arrival point is diagonally above Mino, in midair.
Here, I unleash the power of ‘Astaroth’.
[Unique Ability: Reset all skill cooldowns (Cooldown 10 minutes)]
Flash!
As the cooldown reset, Flash Strike became reusable.
Twisting my body floating in midair, looking at Mr. Mino’s back who was kneeling, as if slashing downward from above.
Flash!
Ooooom-!
Crack! Rumble.
I shook my sword once and glanced at Mr. Mino, who had now become mere rubble.
“Phew.”
I put Astaroth back in its sheath and briefly reviewed this battle.
When I was using the Temple weapon, I couldn’t drain all the remaining HP until the groggy state wore off after the last wall-ramming pattern, but the Legendary weapon Astaroth made it possible.
Cooldown reset attached to the bracelet, cooldown reset attached to Astaroth.
Cooldown reset is possible twice in a row. Indeed, 3 consecutive Flash Strikes showed tremendous burst damage.
And the ‘All Skill Damage increased by 60%’ option attached to Astaroth. This is added to Flash Strike damage too.
Of course, among Elite dungeon weapon options, there are weapons that increase Flash Strike damage. But in terms of DPS (Damage Per Second), the ‘Moonlight Slash Damage Increase’ option that enhances Starlight Slash too is more beneficial. Therefore, weapons that increase Flash Strike damage are not actually preferred.
Even if the single skill multiplier of the next Elite dungeon weapon option rises to 80%, no, 100%, Astaroth that increases all skill damage is still stronger.
Although anti-personnel attack power or additional damage to players doesn’t have much meaning for me, Astaroth was a fraudulent weapon just with its own attack power and options. Even in the battle with Minotaur just now, it came close to the speed when running buses with Chris and Bae Merong.
As expected of a Legendary weapon, at this rate I can use it for quite a long time.
“Wow…! It’s really cool!”
“White ki-, no, Rain-nim! How did you do Flash Strike three times?”
The female customers who were gathered in a corner squealing amidst the vibrations shaking the boss room approached me and started asking various things as soon as Mr. Mino fell.
“Ah, um. Astaroth has cooldown reset, and this has it too.”
I linked the information of ‘Bracelet of Hammer and Anvil’ to show the customers.
[Bracelet of Hammer and Anvil]
[Elite]
[Strength +35 Agility +35 Intelligence +35]
[Additional Damage to NPCs 5% (High-grade Magic Stone Enhancement MAX)]
[Unique Ability: Reset all skill cooldowns (Cooldown 10 minutes)]
A slightly tall female customer clapped her hands and exclaimed.
“I’ve seen this before! Someone recently obtained it in the community. They said they received it as a reward for discovering a top-grade magic stone vein and achieving 100 Dwarf Friendliness!”
“Really!? I want it too! I guess I should steadily do Dwarf Friendliness quests!”
“Rain-nim must have worked hard on Friendliness quests too, right?”
“Yes, yes.”
Actually, it’s an item I got for free as soon as I entered the Dwarf village.
Even after the first customers, the customers of ‘Rain’s Safe Driving Bus’ launched today didn’t stop coming.
Because bus inquiries were flooding in, I didn’t take separate reservations. I chose and accepted customers myself.
Mainly unnies.
For some reason, I liked unnies more than men.
Perhaps the now very faint memories of my past life had an influence.
Women usually like cool men, but I like cool unnies.
Like Chris unnie, or people like Chris unnie.
But this is a bit troublesome.
“She’s so small… Like a baby’s hand… Can I hold your hand?”
“I want to pat her head!”
“Kyaah! A monster appeared!”
Swish.
I pretended to be startled by the monster that popped out from the mob section and distanced myself from the unnie who was trying to get close to me.
“A-are you okay? Please follow behind me.”
I need to respond to customers as an excellent bus driver.
But these customers are burdensome.
Whirr.
The bus with overzealous unnies ended.
After returning to the entrance of Berbeia Ancient Temple, I saw off the customers and caught my breath.
“Haah.”
I sighed deeply and shook my head.
I was more exhausted by the female customers trying to approach me than the Named bosses.
Dungeon buses are a kind of service industry.
I definitely lack communication skills to be engaged in the service industry.
Moreover, I’m timid. I get startled whenever I’m about to have contact with people.
Can someone like me continue solo bus business?
Still, I need to earn money. I have to repay the gold to Chris.
Chris said it’s okay, but I’m not okay with it.
While sighing repeatedly, as I was writing another promotional post in the local chat window.
“Rain~?”
“Ah!?”
I let out a shrill scream.
I was startled by the voice that came from right behind me.
My people alert radar didn’t activate.
There’s only one person who can break through my alert radar and approach me.
I carefully turned my head to look behind me where the voice came from.
Red hair, tall beautiful Yin-Yang Master. It’s Chris indeed.
But Chris’s expression today looked a bit displeased.
I got scared.
“U-unnie?”
“Rain. Were you running buses alone?”
“Yes. Because I need to earn gold.”
Why is Chris unnie’s expression like that? Did I do something wrong?
“You could have told unnie and run buses together.”
“You went to work today, didn’t you?”
I puffed my cheeks slightly.
You went to work yourself, why are you using a voice that seems to be interrogating me?
Chris showed me an internet window with a slightly worried expression.
“Look at this. It’s an SNS site, and your face has been uploaded a lot.”
“Wah!”
Screenshots of me fighting Named bosses from various angles had tons of ‘Likes’.
Several close-ups were taken too. It’s incomparable to screenshots taken from afar during the Green Dragon raid battle. Even the peach fuzz on my face was shown too nakedly.
There must have been a user who does SNS among the customers who rode the bus today.
“Rain’s face in the game is completely identical to your real face, right? In-game is one thing, but when you go out later, it might become annoying if people recognize you.”
“Th-that’s true.”
Chris is worried about my personality that feels aversion to strangers.
Lee Seulbi probably won’t have many occasions to go out alone in reality, but anyway, it’s not good to have my face exposed so much.
But if I don’t endure this much, I can’t run buses.
Unnie, what should I do?
I gave Chris a pitiful look.
Chris, receiving my gaze, soon relaxed her expression and smiled.
“There’s a function to restrict screenshot and video capture inside dungeons. The party leader can set it. Unnie has always turned it on when running buses with Rain, you know? Of course there are external programs so it can’t be completely blocked, but at least you can express your intention not to have your face captured.”
“Aha.”
“Since virtual reality has dug into people’s lives with a weight similar to reality, there have been various issues about oneself in virtual reality. Now there’s even something like portrait rights for avatars in the metaverse. These days, even game companies have to directly make advertising contracts if they want to use a user’s avatar as an advertising model.”
This surprised me a bit.
In the future era, even virtual reality avatars are treated like people.
Chris cleared her throat and continued speaking while avoiding my gaze.
“A-ahem. Anyway, your face is expensive. You shouldn’t just show it up close to anyone.”
“Yes. I understand.”
Chris sighed in relief.
“Haah, I left work early because of this. While we’re at it, do you want to go grocery shopping with unnie today? We could order, but I wanted to go out with Rain after a long time.”
“Yes. Let’s go grocery shopping together.”
All this time, Chris has been selecting good ingredients and cooking herself for Lee Seulbi’s weak body.
Chris was also excellent at cooking. I could eat the food she made deliciously.
We looked at each other and smiled brightly.
Then Chris, as if something suddenly occurred to her, urgently grabbed my shoulders and asked.
“By any chance, were there people among today’s bus customers who touched you or stroked you!? If there were such users, tell unnie right away! Those bastards…!”
“There weren’t any such people.”
There were female users who approached quite a bit, but I avoided them.
I can only accept Chris’s touch. I won’t allow the touch of other women.
If it’s Bae Merong unnie, it’s a little okay.
Still, Chris unnie is more special to me.
I’m employed by Chris, and currently owe her 20,000 gold.
In a way, I can be seen as Chris’s possession.
I understood why she was worried too.
I smiled brightly at Chris and reassured her.
“I’m unnie’s, so only unnie can touch me.”
“Cough!”
Chris clutched her chest.