Katsuta and Akatsuki arrived at the gate to the outside zone.

"Alright, if we wait here long enough, a party is sure to come through. Once we find one, we'll ask to join them if the party is small enough. I'm sure people wouldn't mind a level 90 Sorcerer and Assassin tagging on to their group."

"Shouldn't we be fine on our own, my lord?"

"Well, we don't know that much about combat, so even if we're level 90, we still need to be careful. And I'd like to have a tank in our group before we try anything. You can't be too careful you know?"

After waiting for a short while, the pair spotted an Enchanter and Guardian heading towards them supposedly heading for the outside zone.

"Is that...Shiroe?"

"Wait, Akatsuki, you know Shiroe? The Shiroe?"

"I partied with him a couple times before. He's a capable enchanter and strategist."

"Why didn't you tell me?! He would be perfect for our group"

It's always been my dream to meet the legendary strategist of the Debauchery Tea Party. By the time I was at a high enough level to even bother approaching them, they disbanded. I never worked up the courage to actually talk to Shiroe before. Having him in our party would be a dream come true.

"But how to approach him? What to say?"

Without realizing it, Katsuta has begun talking to himself.

"I guess the old 'I'm your biggest fan' trick should do it."

Katsuta sprinted over to the Enchanter and Guardian and began to shake Shiroe's hand rapidly.

"Shiroe-sama! It's an honor to meet you! I'm your biggest fan!"

"-sama?"

"Who's this, Shiroe, a fanboy or something?" said the Guardian with Shiroe.

"Of course, my name is Katsuta and this is my ninja Akatsuki. I also know that you were the Guardian for the Debauchery Tea Party, but your name slips my mind. Uhh… Nacho-something."

"It's Naotsugu. Nice to meet you."

Wait, he took me seriously? That Nacho name was a joke.

"Akatsuki? Why does that name sound familiar?" said Shiroe, who was looking at Akatsuki trying to remember where he heard the name before.

"You probably don't recognize her as she is now. She used an appearance changing potion since her game body was really different from her real body. Oh, before I forget."

Katsuta bows deeply. "It would be an honor if you would allow us to join your party. Akatsuki, bow."

Katsuta forcibly pulls down Akatsuki.

"Wha?"

Meanwhile, Shiroe rubs his temple.

"Well, it would be wise to have more members."

At this statement, Katsuta jumped for joy.

Excellent. Just go fast enough for them not to keep up, and you can get away with anything. Damn, I'm good.


"Electrical Fuzz!"

A ball of light shot forth from Shiroe's staff and illuminate several rodents with vines around their tails.

"I see them! Confirming 10 Briar Weasels."

In the front: Naotsugu and Akatsuki. In the back: Shiroe and Katsuta.

"Nice shot, Shiroe-sama. My turn! Chain Lightning!"

A bolt of lightning erupted from the tip of Katsuta's staff and jumped from weasel to weasel, killing 5 in a row.

"Alright, I got them!"

"Naotsugu, two on your left!"

Two more Briar Weasels jumped onto Naotsugu's shield.

"These things stink! Get off of me! Argh!"

While trying to fling them off his shield, Naotsugu got hit by the projectiles of the weasels still in front.

Meanwhile, Akatsuki was fighting 2 more weasels; barely holding them off

Strange. Why is it that I'm having an easy time while Naotsugu and Akatsuki are having so much trouble? Wait… of course. Because I'm a sorcerer, I just have to pick a spell and shoot. While front line classes like the Guardian and Assassin have to pick skills while enemies charge at them. Not only that, even as a sorcerer, it's time consuming scrolling through your spell list to pick just the right spell.

"Argh!"

Katsuta turns to find a triffid attacking Shiroe.

"Shiroe-sama!"

Katsuta quickly scrolls through his spell list to save his idol.

Let's see. It's a plant, so… got it.

"Fire Tor-argh!"

Another triffid comes from seemingly nowhere and grabs Katsuta.

"Another one?!"

"My lord!"

Katsuta saw an outline of a person against the moon. A blade came down and slashed right through the triffid that was holding him. The plant shattered into a shower of bubbles and only a small pile of loot remained.

"Akatsuki, how did you do that?"

"I don't know. My body just moved on its own."

I wonder…

Katsuta pointed his staff towards the triffid still attacking Shiroe and chanted his spell.

"Fire Tornado!"

A tornado of flame shoots out from his staff and burns the triffid holding Shiroe to a crisp.

So you don't have to use the menu to fight, huh? That'll make things easier.

Shiroe realized this as well.

"Naotsugu, don't use the menu! Try to feel the motion of the command!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Just do it!"

"I don't get, but alright...Shield Swing!"

Naotsugu pulled back his shield and swung with it. The shield glowed green before slamming into the weasels, turning them into a shower of bubbles and items.

Encouraged by this new discovery, the four worked to eliminate the rest of the weasels.

"Nightmare Sphere!"

"Fireball!"

"Cross Slash!"

"Assassinate!"

Amazing! This rush I'm feeling! The feeling of combat! The thrill of battle! It's so different than playing in the real world.

...I think I'm going to like it here.


AN: I'm on a roll. At the time of writing this, Chapter 3 is done and I'm currently working on Chapter 4. I'll wait a few days to upload each though. Don't get used to constant updates in the future though. I might burn my creative spirit out and wait awhile before continuing this story. Unfortunately, I'm not the type of person to stick to a deadline when it comes to things like writing. I usually just write when I feel creative and don't write when I don't feel creative. Also, let me know if you want to see more unique stuff or if I should stick with the anime plotline. Leave a review with your thoughts. See you in the next chapter.