Skill active: Genocide Killer! Damage doubled!
Skill active: Fatal Strike! Damage doubled!
Skill active: Absolute Zero! Damage doubled!
Critical hit! Triple damage dealt to a weak point!
Skill active: Merciless Death God! Critical damage boosted a further thirty percent!
You defeated a player: Magio! You gained experience!
Yuri gained +1 event point!
“All right! That’s one down.” I smiled, feeling I was off to a great start.
Apparently, the kill had earned me an event point. I assumed I’d be able to trade my points in for more rare items the more I got. “I’d better keep racking up points by racking up kills.”
I stepped out into the plaza to find there were already several players there, gathered around the fountain and glaring at each other.
Oh, hey, Korin’s with them! I waved at her. I hadn’t seen my petite ninja friend in quite a while. “Yo, Korin, how’s it going?”
“Huh? Whaaa?! Wh-Wh-Wh-Whaa?! N-No way! Why’d I have to run into you right at the start?!” Korin was trembling for some reason. It was almost like she’d come down with a stomachache.
I was about to hurry over and check if she was all right, but three other players moved to stand between us. They took one look at my Beginner’s Bow and then their faces relaxed.
“Heh heh, check this out. This noob’s playing with starting equipment.”
“The worst starting equipment at that! Everyone knows you can’t hit anything with those bows.”
“She’s basically a free kill. How about we stop fighting each other for a second and decide which one of us should do the honors?”
The players all readied their weapons and started to approach.
I knew it, people are still looking down on the starting gear.
Korin tried to warn them. “Wait! You can’t underestimate her! That’s Yu—”
“Shut up! Aww yeah! The hunt’s on!” They all charged at me at once.
Big mistake, guys. The bow might be weak, but you haven’t seen my arrows yet, have you?
I gripped several Puffster arrows at once then shot them at the players. “Arts activate: Power Burst! Speed Burst!” With some extra support from me, the hazy arrows became like ebon thunderbolts that skewered the players in an instant, taking all three of their lives at once.
“Ngggggggh?”
“What the hell was that?!”
“Y-You gotta be kidding! I lost all my HP from one—”
As they spoke their last words, they all faded away.
Nice! Things are finally getting moving!
“Come on, Korin! Let’s fight! The fun starts now!”
“Eeeek! You really thought I’d wanna go toe-to-toe with the most overpowered player in the game?! No thanks! I’m out of here!” Korin turned and ran. She sure had a lot of agility—before I knew it, she was disappearing into the distance.
Sorry, Korin, but if I’m gonna show everyone the power of the supposed joke options, I have to win this event hands down. None may live once I’ve laid eyes on them.
I felt my heart race as I created a huge magic circle at my feet. “As long as there’s no one else around, I may as well try out something flashy!”
Everything shook as if the earth itself were responding to my wishes, then the ground loudly cracked apart as the face of a massive dragonplant emerged from somewhere far below.
“Show yourself, Gigantic Dragonplant!”
“Grrgaaaaaaah!” The giant monster gave a mighty roar as it rose to tower a hundred meters above the center of Starting Town. It was my cute underling Giganster.
Perched atop his shoulder, I grinned and ordered, “Giganster...burn everything in sight!”
“Gaaaaaaaaah!”
No sooner than I’d spoken, seven glorious flowers bloomed along Giganster’s back, each of their massive petals glowing with intensifying light as piercing as the sun’s itself. The moment the petals fully saturated, each blossom unleashed a murderous laser beam!
This was the Gigantic Dragonplant’s ultimate attack, Genocide Seventh Laser. It combined extreme firepower, extensive range, and a devastating ground-melting aftereffect.
“Urrraaaggggh?!” Countless screams came from everywhere the lasers touched down. What’s more, Giganster rotated his body, sweeping his lasers along a circular path that incinerated the surrounding town and escalated the ruination!