Nostalgia World Online 1-48 part 1

 

Chapter 1-48 : The Birth Of The Head Hunting Princess Ⅱ (part 1)

 

「ーAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaa…….. Huh…?」(Kenya)

I raised my upper body and took off my VR headgear in panic.

I looked around and recognized this familiar place.

Yes… I’m in my room, lying on my bed.

My heart was pumping like crazy, my clothes were drenched in cold sweat, and my hands were shaking.

It was as if I had just woken up from a nightmare, but I remember what happened.

I was in a match, but for some reason, I ended up in a spooky forest with hundreds of headless wolf corpses. When I tried to escape from that place, that girl chopped my head off with her blade.

I still remember the moment I saw my headless body when my head was spinning in the air. And… I remember that girl smiling coldly at me as I gradually lost my consciousness.

As I recalled what had just happened, I spontaneously put my hand on my neck and rubbed it.

I let out a sigh of relief when I confirmed that my head was still connected to my body.

It was just a game, but it felt so real. I never thought I would taste such a dreadful experience in a game.

「Alice… What a terrifying girl…」(Kenya)

I lost to her…

I thought she was just a weak beginner, but I completely underestimated her.

But… Wait a minute…

If she killed me, I should have respawned in the chapel, right?

Why am I forced to log out?

 

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*/TL : Back to Alice’s perspective

「Phew…」(Alice)

After I defeated my first opponent, Kenya, I flicked my blade to remove the blood and put it back in its sheath.

『……..』(Taurus)

『……..』(Virgo)

『…Taurus.』(Shinji Todo)

『ーAa! Th-the match is over! The winner is Alice!』(Taurus)

I did it! I really did it!

This was my first 1v1 PvP match. I had to use my trump card, but I’m glad I managed to win this match!

I raised my hand and looked at the spectators. However, unlike the previous matches, where they would cheer for the winners, none of them were applauding me or cheering for me.

There was no applause, no cheers. There was only silence in the entire stadium.

「Umm…」(Alice)

Instead of cheering, they were looking this way with terrified faces as if they had just witnessed a murder or something. When I followed their gazes, I realized they were looking at Kenya’s corpse, whose head was separated from its body.

Normally, when you’re killed, your body will disappear, and then you will respawn in the chapel or the church. However, Kenya’s dead body remained in the arena instead of disappearing due to my unique skill,【Hunter】.

I’ve killed thousands of monsters, and their corpses always remained, so I’m kinda used to headless corpses in this game, but for most people, a headless corpse looks grotesque, especially when it belonged to a human.

「Uwaahh… So gross…」
「Why didn’t his body disappear?」
「Your body should disappear when you’re killed, right?」
「That’s weird…」
「Look at his blood. It looks so real.」
「Is he really dead?」
「There’s no way.」
「But look. He’s not moving at all.」(spectators)

After about a minute of silence, the people started making noises.

Some of them seemed to think that Kenya was really dead.

Did I really… kill him…?

No, no, no… There’s no way, right? It’s just a virtual game.

I held my head with both hands, panicking, thinking what if I really did kill him, but then the president spoke.

『Everyone, please calm down. He’s not really dead. There’s no way someone would die in a VR game. Not in my game, at least. His body remains due to Alice’s skill. Normally, you will respawn as your body disappears after you get killed, but since his dead body remains, Kenya was forced to log out. He must have woken up in his bed by now.』(Shinji Todo)

I see. So he’s not dead. That’s a relief…

Now that I think about it carefully, your body is in the real world, so it’s impossible to kill someone in this game.

『Anyway, Taurus, can you get rid of the body and fix the arena?』(Shinji Todo)

『Right away, Sir.』(Taurus)

Taurus nodded to the president and flicked his finger. Right after, Kenya’s dead body disappeared into thin air along with the trees.

The arena, which I had turned into a spooky jungle, returned to normal as if nothing had happened.

Looks like the Zodiacs have the power to alter the game mechanics as they wish. That’s administrators for you.

『Alice-san, thank you for your outstanding and, umm, fearsome performance. You may go back to your seat now.』(Taurus)

I nodded at Taurus, who was watching over me from the huge floating screen above the arena, and then walked away.

Still, there was no applause or cheers from the spectators.

『Now that the fourth match was over, Lord Creator, what do you think about the match?』(Taurus)

『It was quite shocking to me. Turning the arena into a forest was quite creative in my opinion, but after that, it was like a horror movie.』(Shinji Todo)

『Haha, I couldn’t agree more. I never thought Alice-san would fight like that. It was quite surprising to me as well. Virgo, how about you?』(Taurus)

『She’s so scary… She’s so scary…』(Virgo)

While I was leaving the arena, the three commentators were talking about my match.

When Taurus asked Virgo her opinion about the match, Virgo was just muttering to herself while trembling.

『Umm, Virgo, are you okay?』(Taurus)

『Alice… She’s the most terrifying girl I’ve seen… She’s so scary… She’s so scary…!』(Virgo)

I’m not sure, but it seems that Virgo is… afraid of me…?

No, there’s no way a prideful, noble-lady-like woman like her would be afraid of a simple girl like me.

『Uhh… Leaving Virgo aside, Lord Creator, would you explain what happened in this match? Why was Kenya running around in a circle instead of fighting Alice?』(Taurus)

『After Alice turned the arena into a forest and hid her presence, she must have used a skill to inflict confusion and fear on Kenya. I don’t know what he was seeing, but I think he was trying to escape the forest. However, instead of running straight, he was running in a circle like a drunk person because of the confusion.』(Shinji Todo)

『I see. Does that skill have anything to do with the children’s songs Alice sang in the match?』(Taurus)

『I believe so. If I’m not mistaken, there’s a skill called【Children’s Song】, which has different effects you can activate when you sing children’s rhymes.』(Shinji Todo)

『So different songs have different effects?』(Taurus)

『Yes, but unfortunately, I don’t know much about this skill, so I can’t give you a good example.』(Shinji Todo)

『Even Lord Creator is not familiar with this skill?』(Taurus)

『There are hundreds of different skills in this game, and I didn’t create all of them. There are some skills I don’t even know. If my memory serves me right, someone in another department made that skill. Anyway, we should move on to the next match.』(Shinji Todo)

『You’re right. The players who will be competing in the next match, please prepare and enter the arena when you’re ready.』(Taurus)

Looks like the fifth match will start soon.

I should hurry and return to Rin and Ruka.

 

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