A Certain Middle-aged Man’s VRMMO Activity Log

Somehow or other, Ive finally made a bow, arrows, and kicking support-attachments that will increase my attack power a tier.

Now its finally the time to test it all out on a monster opponent.

Of course before I head out to the field I refill the food vending machine that has completely run out; its been empty several days now.

That aside, the first thing to do is test-shoot the Iron Arrows and Heavy-Bludgeoning Arrows at a tree.

The Iron Arrows range doesnt seem to have changed, but the Heavy-Bludgeoning Arrow seems to have lost about 20% of the distance its a distance thats barely acceptable.

It seems I was able to keep it within 75% of the Iron Arrows effective range

I test out how the Blade Shoes handle with [Kick] against a large amount of Dread Wolves that I pulled as my opponents.

Every once in a while I threw in some [Wind Magic] use.

Since the blade is so short theres no way I can inflect a severe gash, but even so when I aim the blade and kick towards the throat and tips of the paws, there is clearly a small amount of additional damage.

The spikes on the bottom of the shoes that is to say, the portion of the short, sturdy stakes made of iron thats easy to kick with has left the Dread Wolfs face a sorry mess after getting stabbed with the spikes.

It seems its a success, since the Dread Wolfs HP most definitely dropped.

Compared to the blade, the small Pile Bunkers on the bottom of the shoes can tear through easily and its much more damaging.

Looks like the blade parts going to need some improvements

I should do that sometime in the near future; gotta mine more iron.

Now that Im thankful this game doesnt produce too much gore after the gory kicking part, at long last its time for my revenge against the Rock Ants.

Its a blessing that the blood that spurts out is very small.

(Its to the extent that Worms and the like only shed a little bit of purple blood.)

In old games the monsters bodies would be like they were undergoing surgery.

I head into the forest area, looking for the Rock Ants that had beaten me to a pulp before.

Im using [Farsight] to carefully check the layout of the monsters.

Like I said before, these Rock Ants have Link, and from the next explanation youll understand exactly how nasty Link is.

Initially, Links area of effect isnt really that large, but add another Ant and Links area increase 2xs. It has that kind of ridiculous trait.

And so, if you have 3 monsters with Link it wouldnt be weird to have Rock Ants swarming in front-back, left-right, from 360 degrees all around.

This kind of OP target tracking awarenesss strong point is, its also impossible to run from since Links area of effect will expand and youll be surrounded and then beaten up.

The advice is, take it out in one hit before you get noticed.

If thats impossible, then avoid them thats how it is.

The forest has wood and lots of herbs, so there are a lot of players who come for gathering.

Pulling a train in the middle of all that would be a huge nuisance for them.

With just one shot, itd be impossible to avoid getting everyone all caught up in it.

Thats why its crucial for me to check the area carefully with [Farsight].

After searching about, one lone Rock Ant spaced out and wandering around found!

I check all around to make sure there arent any other Rock Ants about.

Finally, the time for me to try out how the X Bow and the Heavy-Bludgeoning Arrow perform has come.

With [Stealth] hiding my presence, I draw closer into shooting range.

Though Im in [Stealth] I announce my attack in a low voice while firing the arrow.

Previously the Wooden Arrow was easily repelled, but this times arrow is a completely different beast.

Take this dangit, and now Ill wait and see the results of the arrow.

The Heavy-Bludgeoning Arrow I fired with high-speed rotations was shot at the rock-like armor

Of the Rock Ants head, and with a DOGON! the Heavy-Bludgeoning iron head hits, rendering its armored shell useless and, with a loud, echoing sound, shattered it into pieces.

But that Rock Ant who took the hit, just when I thought the armored shell cracked, in an instant it s splendidly shattered, revealing the bare head portion inside.

I immediately ready an Iron Arrow. It seems the Rock Ant is dazed from the shock, since its movements are clearly much slower.

I cant ignore the possibility that the loud, echoing sound will draw in other monsters.

I should hurry up and finish this while its movements are slowed.

The Iron Arrow pierced the Rock Ants head that no longer had anything protecting it.

Just when Im thinking that the Rock Ant is writhing, it was easily defeated.

The opponent that I couldnt defeat with my previous gear no matter how long I took, Ive easily defeated it; thats the current reality.

I check my surroundings with [Farsight] just to be sure.

Attracted to the sound a few Rock Ants have come a bit closer.

Looks like Link wasnt activated; theyre purely here just because of the sound and leave soon after.

I let out a small sigh of relief.

Still, the result was everything I wanted, but I hadnt thought of the loud sound it would make.

I wonder if the loud sound was a result of some trait of ?

Soon after, to confirm the s reaction on the a Rock Ant, I launched another attack.

[Stealth] [Twin Fang Arrow]

This time Im using that I acquired immediately after taking the [Hunting Bow] specialty.

It uses 2 arrows, one above and one below, on a trajectory that looks like two fangs biting down1, truly an Arts that can only exist in a game.

The loosedfangs bit into the Rock Ants head-armor with a dull Dogo, dogon sound.

Compared to the from before this was quiet enough.

After that, a single Iron Arrow was enough to take the Rock Ant out.

Afterwards I found a few more lone Rock Ants wandering around, so I used to break open the head, then used [Kick] and [Wind Magic] to attack afterward to see how itd go.

Like last time, the reflected damage and the [Wind Magic]s armor ability were both bad, so I ditch the wind armor and kick normally, using [Wind Magic] to add to damage, defeating it much faster.

Seems like breaking the head open exposes a weakness, or going for the opponents liver.

Now that I can defeat it, its turned into quite the delicious opponent.

My skill levels keep steadily going up and up.

Now Ive more than enough satisfied my grudge from the previous beating.

In one day Ive earned the largest haul Ive had in a long time.

SKILLS

[Hunting Bow]Lv8 [Kick]Lv33[Farsight]Lv25[Wind Magic]Lv24

[Craftsmanship]Lv36

[Cooking]Lv36[Woodworking]Lv18[Alchemy]Lv30[Stealth]Lv24

[Physical Ability Boost]Lv40

Reserved Skill(s)

[Blacksmithing]Lv19

EXP 14

The spikes on the bottom of the shoes arent thin needles, but short, fat stakes. Thats why theres only 7 on the bottom of the feet.

I didnt write it previously after the crafting so that I could write it here.

Ill take your criticisms, but I have no regrets!