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I Became a 6★ Gacha Character-Chapter 561: Wild and Feral 1
The forest fairies had gathered together on the 61st floor, confused after losing their connection to the World Tree. As a result, floors 62 through 65 should be called domains of beasts and wraiths rather than forest fairy territory.
But floors 66 through 70 were the domain of beast-kin natives, not forest fairies. This suggested that the forest gimmick had changed with the appearance of the beast-kin.
"More importantly, where might the mid-boss be?"
-Were the harpy upskirt kicks so impactful that you're saying "more importantly" when beast-kin are bouncing their chests? Wild
-Hardships that fail to desensitize Han Se-ah only make her stronger
-Is showing bare chests really a big deal? She showed even more and it even made the news
-The beast-kin are unlikely to be the mid-boss, so I think something that attacks the beast-kin will appear
-If the Orc Champion is the boss monster, wouldn't the mid-boss be orc-related too? Should be obvious
Given this, there were three things we needed to find, centered around the beast-kin's temporary base: the newly changed gimmick, the mid-boss that must be somewhere, and the gate leading up to the 66th floor.
The only thing we needed to worry about was the new gimmick. The mid-boss and gate could be found by the native wraith being exploited 24/7 by our imperialist hero, so we just needed to focus on the gimmick.
'So difficult entry for other adventurers, but quick exploration if you can persuade neutral NPCs?'
In a forest accessible only with forest fairy emblems, the friendly response of NPCs became more important than expected. If we had just looked for gates recklessly after setting fire to the forest without considering the aftermath, wouldn't we have wasted an enormous amount of time?
Even though the beast-kin had detected the great fire and rushed over, the distance between gates seemed to be at least several hundred kilometers... Would it make sense for five people to walk from Seoul to Busan looking for a single marble on the street?
That would be even harder than finding a needle in a haystack. If we hadn't been able to persuade the Secret Terror, we might still be wandering around the ashen forest.
"This way, human children. If your story is true, it means there's something dangerous in this forest too... we'll help you."
"Thank you. There should be an unusually strong monster, so it should be easy to spot."
But in reality, we were about to be handed the mid-boss too, thanks to the native beast-kin who had come down from the 66th floor to the 65th after we'd effortlessly cleared floors 63 and 64 with the wraith's help. Because of this, the movement to portray Han Se-ah as an imperialist in the chat was gradually becoming more active.
Despite such slander, Han Se-ah continued playing the game with a bright smile. Of course, this wasn't because of her exceptionally strong mental discipline, but because the sweet speed of progressing through easy mode was giving her a sugar high.
Heroes Chronicle might be famous as the world's first virtual reality game and as over-technology that far surpassed modern scientific capabilities... but it did have the inconvenience of having to endure real-time carriage journeys of 2-3 weeks.
Whether the viewers numbered one million or ten million, whether she'd achieved hundreds of millions of views on video sites, boring was still boring. What gamer wouldn't be happy about being able to skip almost two months of that boring part?
"Teehee, at this rate we can just take down the mid-boss once, then get guided by the beast-kin to go up... did they say the Orc Champion tries to pick off the weak ones first with 1:1 fights? Then we just need to send Roland charging in."
-How can someone just breeze through gimmicks, mid-bosses, and final bosses like this?
-At this point, luck should count as skill ㅋㅋㅋ how could anyone replicate this?
-Anyway, we got to see animal-eared beauties' mommy milkers three months early, so isn't that a win? Just saying.
-Wow. Animal-eared ladies' big strong mommy milkers go BOIIIIING
-Does anyone else feel like the chat's overall IQ has dropped about 30 points, or am I imagining things?
Even as viewers uncomfortable with Han Se-ah's easy mode, viewers who just liked boobs, and viewers unhappy with the beast-kin not having enough fur all ran wild in confusion, the conversation between Irene and the beast-kin chief continued.
Apparently, since Irene was carrying the forest fairy emblem and emanating holy power, they found her easier to deal with than Han Se-ah, who reeked of gunpowder, oil, and fire. As for Han Se-ah, well, she seemed more interested in the various beast-kin beauties than in the fur-covered males, in a different way.
"They say human ears resemble monkey ears, and it's true."
"Is it because you have no fur that you wear these things? I heard it's very cold outside the forest."
"That's right. They say something called snow falls outside the forest and freezes all the plants to death."
The older beast-kin natives kept their distance because of the sticky oil stench emanating from Han Se-ah, but the younger ones, whose curiosity outweighed their caution, swarmed around Han Se-ah and Katie.
These relatively young natives, who had never experienced forest fires or humans and had no trauma from the smell of oil and fire, clung to Han Se-ah and Katie.
Just as some people actually like the smell of gasoline or gas stations, there were beast-kin who felt curiosity rather than repulsion towards Han Se-ah. As for why they gathered around Katie... perhaps they felt a connection due to similar mental ages.
"Whew, is it because they have no fur? Such a strange smell..."
"Is it because they serve the Goddess of Life? They're sturdy."
"Hmm, I wonder what human children are like."
On the contrary, gathering around me were the somewhat older beast-kin women. They subtly showed off their robust bosoms proudly displayed without a scrap of cloth, causing Grace to naturally stick close to my side.
Still, the beast-kin women didn't seem interested in fighting with a guest, as they stopped approaching after seeing Grace's reaction. Feeling a subtle mix of relief and disappointment, I moved forward, and in the distance, I could see unusually dense vegetation.
"Come up this way, human children. Be careful, there are traps beyond these vines."
"Did you build the village up in the trees?"
"The animals that climb trees in this forest are lazy. We just need to be careful of what's below."
While the forest fairy villages were magical spaces created for fairies, the beast-kin native village was a place woven from vines across large treetops.
It looked like the secret base I'd dreamed of as a child, but expanded to its maximum. They had created a hut village above the forest by weaving vines on the dense branches of the massive trees and making platforms from smaller branches.
"Damn, one slip and you'd fall, huh?"
"Hmm, is this path difficult for human children? Sorry, but we made it in a hurry, so the platforms are flimsy—please be careful on your own."
"Are you okay, Irene?"
"Yes, it's manageable."
The village had roads made by weaving tree vines into ropes and adding branch platforms. I removed my heavy armor and placed it in an empty slot in Han Se-ah's inventory, while Irene had to move with Katie's intense care in this peculiar village.
Meanwhile, Han Se-ah and Grace were crossing the vines just fine.
...How could a shut-in gamer have such good balance? Even if she did serious home training to maintain her figure, walking on swaying tree vines should be a completely different matter.
"You can stay there until we find what you call the mid-boss. If you're uncomfortable with the height, you can pitch a tent under the trees."
"...Should we sleep down there? Honestly, I don't mind walking around up here, but it might be dangerous when we're sleepy."
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Titties are flying overhead.
Ah, was that expression too crude?
It might be vulgar, but there was no more accurate way to put it. Han Se-ah was already regretting not pitching the tent below—wishing she'd tied a rope and slept in the hut above—which is why.
'After harpy upskirt kicks, is it beast-kin upskirt jumps now? The wording, fuck...'
The beast-kin swinging from vine to vine all wore just one leaf skirt. Han Se-ah had forgotten this and raised her camera to film the beast-kin moving in droves, and well...
The one fortunate thing, if you could call it that, was that thanks to the previous uproar that viewers had named the "harpy upskirt kick incident," this time it didn't make the news. Though the beast-kin jumping overhead showed everything beneath their swaying tails, at least it wasn't splashed across the media.
Whether this was fortunate or not, the fact that there were many males among the beast-kin, unlike the harpies, played a role. She hadn't just accidentally filmed women when recording above—she'd also captured swinging male parts.
"If you keep bringing that up, I'll attach the camera to this village's chief instead of the Magic Tower grandpa, got it?!"
-What sin did I commit in my past life to have to witness a wolf beast-kin's elephant trunk with my own eyes?
-Why aren't beast-kin an Amazon race with only females why do I have to be sad looking at that magnificent thing you tenfold traitor
-I want, I need you to show us more fine male butts, big firm muscular ones, good
-If you're a Han fan feeling inferior about dick size hit like
-Holy shit the chat is only talking about boobs or dicks ㅋㅋㅋ nobody cares about the mid-boss at all
As usual, I chuckled at the chaotic chat, then heard rustling from above.
"Human boy, I think we found something!"
"...Already?"
"Hmph, our senses are much keener than human children's!"
I got up and dusted off my behind, looking at the confident smile of the beast-kin girl reporting that they'd found something after just one day.
Whatever was bouncing or dangling above our heads, we needed to take down that mid-boss.
Enjoy the chappy!