Curse Nightmare Party – Jagan Yousei ga Yuku VRMMO

When the scene around me changes drastically, I quickly get down on the spot while still being aware of what is going on around me.

And, after confirming that nothing is moving around me right now, I check the situation again.

«It seems that the initial position is in a grassy field with long grass. Well, not a bad one.»

All around me is grass with thin leaves about a meter in height growing from the base.

Poaceae weeds or something, maybe.

The ground is slightly moist, though I cannot touch it, but it does not seem to be as swampy or marshy as it could be.

In other words, if it is not a problem to go through the weeds, it is an accessible area to fight, move, and hide.

«Fumu, not entirely devoid of trees and bushes, either.»

I stick out the tips of my wings above the grass and use the eyes attached to them to see what’s going on around me.

No obvious enemies.

Some trees look like they could be found in an African grassland, rocks where a single person could hide, and clumps of plants that are not grass, but there is no sign of anyone hiding or moving here either.

«Chu?»

«You know what I mean, but let me know if you smell or hear anything suspicious, Zarichu.»

«Chu!»

Well, considering the number of participants in the qualifiers (1,132) and the size of the qualifying map (10km x 10km), the initial starting points are more spread out than one might think.

In addition, the current curse density of the qualifying map is 5, and a player with a deformity level of 4 can only see up to 500 meters.

If there is a player who is going to attack quickly in this situation, they should go to…….

«Chu!»

«Here they come.»

I heard the grass swaying.

In fact, the most likely to find me now is a player with a deformity level of 5.

I have no choice but to wear a curse-wrapping bandage to counteract the lack of curse density.

Then, the concentration of the curse increases only around me, and the curse concentration reaches 10.

When a player with a curse density of 5 to 9 looks at this situation from a distance, he sees…… that the fog of curse is thick only around the place where I am, while other places are in clear view.

I’m wearing a ghillie suit made of leaves and tendrils of the hanging flower fern sewn into the fur of a venomous chewing rat, but it’s useless in the current situation.

«How will you move?»

I begin to move, slowly, being careful to make as little noise as possible, while remaining ready to move at any moment.

There is a possibility that they will realize that I am aware of this and move away, or that they will pack in on me all at once…… the latter?

I gave up trying to hide my appearance and started to run up to them at once.

«Uooo~o~o~o!»

Please don’t shout because it will attract others.

My opinion aside, it seems that the player who is crowding me is the one who has been playing for a while.

In his hand is an axe with a metal blade, his armor is metal as well as leather, and he moves smoothly through the grass.

The deformity seems to have…… green skin, two fangs extending from its mouth, two horns extending from its forehead, and one more thing that should be there but is not recognizable from its appearance.

I turn my back to the man, who looks like a goblin or an orc, and start to make my escape.

«You think I’ll let you escape?!»

Naturally, there was a big difference in speed between the man already running at full speed and me who was almost at a standstill, so the man immediately caught up to me and raised his axe in a great swing.

«I never had the intention of running away.»

«Huh?!»

I looked closely at the axe that was swinging down at my back and jumped to the side just in time to avoid it.

I continue to let go of the flail while I jump onto the other person’s body and entangle myself with it.

«No!»

«『 Evil Eye of Poison-1 』»

I launch «Evil Eye of Poison-1» at the startled man at zero distance.

A dark green light leaks into the surroundings for a moment.

And what was displayed on the man was… Poison (143).

«Stupid…….»

The man cannot even stand and collapses on the spot due to the severe poison.

Now, I should be able to defeat him for sure even if I leave him like this, but it’s a situation where it’s better not to take too much time, so let’s take him down quickly.

«Here we go!»

«Thank you very much!»

So, I straddle the fallen man’s back and slice his neck with a tooth knife to finish him off.

For some reason, he thanked me with an ecstatic expression on his face, but I wondered if he was a…… masochist or something, or perhaps he was more grateful to me for quickly ending his severely poisoned, agonizing state.

«Well, it looks like there are no additional enemies……»

I rechecked my surroundings.

Nothing was moving.

It seemed that the only person who was around or coming toward me at the start was the man I had seen earlier.

So, I retrieved the flail and picked up the green octahedron, about 5 centimeters in diameter, that had been created by the transformation of the man’s corpse.

«Let’s appraise it.»

In this qualifying round, the defeated player is transformed into an item in this way.

There are a total of five types of items, all of which can only be used during the qualifying round, but if used correctly, they will give the players an advantage in the qualifying round.

Here are the details that were released on the official website.

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HP Recovery Crystalline Body

Level: 1

Durability: 100/100

Interference: 100

Erosion rate: 100/100

Deformity: 1

A green octahedron.

When held in the hand and squeezed, it shatters, and the HP of the person who shatters it recovers 10% of its maximum HP.

Note: If four or more are used within one hour, HP will not be recovered from then on until the end of the qualifying round.
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Satiety Recovery Crystal

Level: 1

Durability: 100/100

Interference: 100

Erosion rate: 100/100

Deformity: 1

A yellow octahedron.

When held in the hand and squeezed, it shatters, restoring the crushed person’s satiety 10 times.

Note: If four or more are used within one hour, the satiety level will not be restored until the end of the qualifying round.
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Durability Recovery Crystal

Level: 1

Durability: 100/100

Interference: 100

Erosion rate: 100/100

Deformity: 1

A blue octahedron.

When held in the hand and crushed, it shatters and restores the durability of the item owned by the person who crushed it 10 times.

Note: If four or more are used within one hour, the durability will not be restored thereafter until the end of the qualifying round.
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Interference Improvement Crystal

Level: 1

Durability: 100/100

Interference power: 100

Erosion rate: 100/100

Deformity: 1

A red octahedron.

When held in the hand and crushed, it shatters, and the crushed person’s interference power is increased by 10 for one hour.

Note: If two or more are used within one hour, the interference power is reduced by 20 from then until the end of the qualifying round.
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Area Prediction Crystal

Level: 1

Durability: 100/100

Interference: 100

Erosion rate: 100/100

Deformity: 1

A black octahedron.

When held in the hand and squeezed, it shatters, and the crushed person can see the result of the reduction of the area in successive times in their field of vision.
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«Yeah, no problem.»

The result of the appraisal is no different from the one on the official website.

It is an HP Recovery Crystal.

The items that drop are random, so if you are unlucky, you may get only area prediction crystals even though you are at the end of the game……. Well, considering what I am about to do, there is no problem.

«Well, the number of people left is… a little over 500. It’s gone down pretty fast.»

It’s been about 10 minutes since the qualifying round started.

Most of the players have probably finished their first close encounters with the enemy.

The number of people left is dwindling.

Well, considering not only the one-on-one battles, but also the match-ups, and the accidental deaths, there might be more players left than not.

«The area is…… still looking good around here.»

I look up at the sky.

I see a red aurora-like object hanging slightly in the sky in all directions.

Just below that thing is where the next area contraction will result in a boundary separating the survivable and non-survivable areas.

For now, if you can see the aurora in any direction, you are inside the boundary and have nothing to worry about.

«…….For the time being, I will hide for two hours.»

I started moving to a nearby tree to check out the surrounding terrain.