That was quick.
This is all that newbies are made of.
That was unfortunate. You'd best be more careful.
In The World now, there are a lot of PKers.
Player Killers. They kill other players.
Like those guys before.
Uh...
Ovan.
Ovan?
I'm... Haseo.
Thanks... for saving me.
Get more powerful.
Huh?
This game has gotten harder for newbies at the beginning.
Like what happened before, there are things which make you feel badly.
But... There are also things here in The World that you can only do here.
You have a certain characteristic.
A characteristic?
Something special that only you have.
I have no idea.
Eventually, a time will come when you'll understand.
We'll meet again soon.
Wait!
Here we go...
Shino! Shino!
Is it okay if I have this?
Sure.
Thanks!
Since you've done your best so far to get here, Tabby,
that's not something I can say.
But if Shino wasn't with me I would have ended up being a stray kitty!
There's a map on the left side of your screen, right?
Yep!
I taught you that if you use that, you won't get lost, right?
I'm not good with maps though.
Get better!
It's getting better that's hard.
If you don't, you can't play.
Got it!
Wait a second.
I have to go.
Ah, wait!
Master called me.
Master?
Guildmaster.
Guilds, they're like Circles, right?
You're in one, Shino, right?
Yes. The Twilight Brigade.
Will we see each other again?
If you want, Tabby.
It's a promise!
As long as you have the mail address I gave you before,
you can always call me.
Got it!
See ya, then.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
How was it?
Revived him after he got PKed.
He was PKed...
Right when I was trying to figure out a way to contact him.
It was great timing.
Liar.
You had already decided in your mind how you'd contact him.
Right?
Maybe...
I have a good feeling about the child I've been looking into.
I feel as if the child could come to the Brigade at any time.
Is that so?
You'd like to meet her once, wouldn't you?
That's right.
When would you like to meet?
Soon.
Got it.
Want me to talk to Sakisaka first?
Please.
At last, the guild will be reopened.
Yeah...
You'll definitely find it.
In this world, there's only one definite thing.
Everything living will someday die.
But...
I'll call you again.
He's here.
Can you at least keep your word with the time?
Recently, brats have no manners.
So business can take some time.
So, today's assembly is...
Ovan has begun to move.
Ovan... Ovan... who's that again?
Quit playing the fool.
Sorry.
So, who is he?
The Twilight Brigade Guild Master.
His left arm is a Steam Gun that causes corrosion.
Ah! I remember. Wasn't there some uproar between him and House Master Naobi?
If what he is searching for is a reality,
we TaN cannot just sit idly by and watch.
This smells like inside work.
It should be easy as one, two, three for Ender.
Tawaraya and Ender of TaN are the two sides of the coin.
In this case, Tawaraya, you are the back.
I see...
Ovan has made contact with a newbie who joined today.
It seems as if he saved him from being PKed.
What was attached to that is unknown.
I want to know what kind of person this newbie is.
His name?
Haseo. A Black Multi-weapon.
Multi-weapon?
He sure was unsure of what class he wanted to be.
And on top of that, black?
Cheap.
Keep TaN's name a secret.
I'm aware of that.
So, that's it.
Tawaraya.
Hey, hey, no need to say it.
I'll plant an antenna.
Hey, did you see before?
I saw, I saw! He had a really great staff.
Rare, wasn't it? Should we do "that"?
I wonder if he'll drop it?
I think if we try, it could happen.
You're right.
At any rate, let's catch up.
Talking about that in the open.
That's bad.
You shouldn't do that...
Let's go see.
What's up with this network game?
That's a terrible thing.
Children today are just terrible.
You were following Ovan, right?
You know Ovan?
What?
Sorry, my cat unplugged the cord.
The cat?
I got two of 'em. Well, that's that, and...
Want to talk a bit?
I'll give you my Member Address. Invite me to a party.
If we talk within the party, we won't have to worry about eavesdroppers hearing our conversation.
You haven't read the manual have you?
Ehh that's all right.
Well, then.
Why...
"Why did you talk to me? Why do you know about Ovan?" Which one should I answer?
Or both?
He's...
I mean, Ovan, what kind of person is he?
You talked with him, didn't you?
Yeah.
He's as you perceived. What did you think?
Talk to me.
A mysterious... person.
So delicately worded.
Well you told me to talk to you.
I wonder where the boundary between mysterious people and weird people is with you?
He's a weird person?
For a person who's looking for something that may or may not exist, being called a "weird person" can't be helped.
And he made a Guild for it.
In other words, drawing other players into it.
You understand, right?
Guild?
Read the manual!
Reading the manual yet?
I'll read it later.
Later?
If you read, you'd have understood what I just said.
You wouldn't have been embarrassed for not knowing anything, and have to blame strangers for you getting confused.
Um, if you don't have anything for me to do, I'm leaving.
As expected, unable to grin and bear it. Nothing we can do about that.
Hey, what happened with Ovan?
Nothing much.
Ever since you've been in town, he's been around you. I thought there was something happening.
Ovan was...?
He probably has a weird person's reasoning for it.
He was around me?
I wonder what the weird person was thinking when he met you.
That's where my interest lies.
Well, no big deal, I'll be leaving your party.
If you're going to play The World by yourself, call me. If you don't join a Guild, I'll teach you how to have fun.
You're...
Phyllo. Don't call me "Mister."
Phyllo... why do you play this game?
To kill time.
Sorry to disturb!
BUHII!
What are you doing~naru?! I'm going to tell my Master on you~naru!
My bad! So, uh, where's Ovan?
What? He's not here today too?
When are we going to be able to do anything?
If it's just the two of us...
Yeah, that's why I called you, Sakisaka.
Soon, there will be one, maybe even two people who will be joining the Brigade.
So please start the preparations for reopening the group.
Will those guys be able to help us out?
A little... a little, okay?
Newbies, huh?
Sorry, but I don't want to be a babysitter.
The newbies will be left with us, and Ovan's gonna go and act on his own.
Sakisaka, you were a newbie once too, you know.
If the others were still around, I wouldn't have to trouble myself with looking after these guys.
Even if you talk about people that aren't here now, you still have to do it.
I wonder why I ever joined this Guild...
Are you regretting it?
More like, I was amazed that I got in, and even more surprised that I'm still here.
There he is, the Sakisaka I know!
No I'm not!
Level 3, eh?
Doing this, it's just a regular game.
She's not an NPC...
You've kept me waiting... Haseo~
What connection do you have with Ovan?
Everyone with their "Ovan, Ovan."
What's up with this?
Sis is very short tempered, so make it quick.
I have no connection with him, he just revived me after someone PKed me.
How long have you played this game?
Today. Today's my first time.
I appreciate your honesty.
So, what is your motive for playing this game?
Because my friend thought The World was fun.
"Thought"? Past tense?
I see... What your friend played was a version of The World before.
And?
And... what?
There's a possiblity that your friend or even you yourself know the real Ovan.
I have no idea...
Think hard.
You said you were PKed, right?
What was the motive?
There wasn't one.
It seems PKing is their hobby.
In what way were you?
PKed...
Like this?
Not going to beg for your life?
You can run if you like.
Boring.
Why would Ovan have contacted this unskilled kid?
You're not even worth PKing.
Later, boy.
Why does this...
Happen to just me?
That was an easy victory.
And we got two extra dumb ones too.
If we use female chars, the idiots will just keep getting caught.
What should we do with the spoils?
Sell it to TaN?
Splitting it?
Of course!
Now this is why we can't stop being PKers!
He was loitering around before.
You noticed?
Get more powerful.
You have a certain characteristic.
Something special that only you have.
We'll meet again soon.
Again, but when?
What is this "certain characteristic"?
What's with me?
I shouldn't have started this game.
I can't do it.
Hiya!
You're alone, aren't you? Let's play together!
If you pay!
He flew that much when you were unarmed!
Oh? Weapons, eh?
But if you don't recover, you might be finished with the next one!
Here we go!
After this... I wonder... what you've got on you!
What are you doing?
Hm? That's weird!
Could you be a Second?
It couldn't be. Just luck. L-u-c-k.
L-u-c-k.
You're way too weak to play solo.
Shut up...
Take this!
Shut up!
Stop that.
If you wish to fight with Players, please go to the Arena.
Hey, that's not the way it is, right?
Don't give up.
I don't know who you are, but...
There's no point to this game.
Don't say something like that.
You are needed.
Welcome to "The World."
I don't get what you're saying.