Leona, Guta, Rou, and Billy stared at IAM_A_CAT's body, which instantly melted and turned into a puddle of water. They looked at this in horror. Their jaws dropped to the floor. For a while, they were so stunned that saliva dripped from the edges of their lips.
Until Empu Sutono, who was still smiling broadly, showing his black and hollow teeth, once again asked in an innocent tone, "Did you manage to catch my chickens?" as if not noticing IAM_A_CAT turning into a pool of water before his eyes.
Hearing his voice, the four players immediately dragged their gazes away from the body, as they swallowed hard and looked at Empu Sutono with frightened eyes.
Leona controlled her fear and forced herself to speak, "Eh..ah..err.. We haven't succeeded in Empu Sutono, I'm sorry!" Leona lowered her head. The other players also followed Leona's actions and lowered their heads "Forgive us!" they said in trembling voices.
"Oh! You're weak," he said in a flat tone. Empu Sutono turned around and wanted to go back to his house.
Leona remembered something and forced herself once again to ask, "Sorry, Empu Sutono. We want to inquire if you know where The Instructor is."
Empu Sutono halted his steps, turned around, and looked at Leona with a big smile. Then something terrible happened. Empu Sutono tilted his head, and it did not stop at the 45-degree angle, but at 90 degrees. Every time he tilted his head, there was a *tick*, *tick*, *tick sound from his neck, as if he was a wooden doll with insufficient lubrication at the joints in his neck.
"The Instructors?" he said with a wide smile still frozen on his face.
Leona couldn't hold it in anymore. She got scared and jumped into the crowd of other players. "Hiiii!"
The players did not have time to rejoice with Leona jumping into their arms; their eyes remained wide open and fixed on Empu Sutono. Their hair stood on end, their knees trembled, and a bit of common sense kept their bladders from leaking.
Empu Sutono didn't say anything; he just raised his hand and pointed to the south. Then he turned and walked back to his house. At every step, there was a ticking sound, and on the third step, his head returned to normal.
The players could only stare at Empu Sutono, who disappeared from their sight with frozen eyes that didn't blink at all. For some reason, their bodies felt cold and their hearts were beating very fast.
Just as they were going to be petrified in that place forever, Leona, who was curled up while covering her cat ears, whispered in a low voice but with an urgent intonation, "Is he gone? Is he gone? "
The players came to their senses and saw the cute goddess in their midst. Leona prostrated with her face facing the ground, her hands covering her cat ears. She tried to look small by curling her body. Her tail curled down, covering her buttocks and stomach with standing hairs. She really looks like a scared cat.
There are rumors among fans that Leona is not a human but a cat goddess who transformed into a human. Rou, Guta, and Billy now believe that the rumors are true; their fears melt away, and all that remains of it was the increase in the hormone cortisol.
The three of them crouched down and took the opportunity to stroke Leona's silky hair.
"Calm down Leona, everything is fine. That horrible old man has left this place." Guta felt he was in heaven. The gentleness flowing in his hands made all his fatigue disappear.
"Yeah, Leona, don't worry. We'll protect you from that horrible old man. He won't dare come back here again" Billy felt all his tense muscles relax and his eyes narrowed as he enjoyed the softness in his hand.
"We won't abandon you, Leona, we won't abandon our goddess" Rou stammered. His tongue seemed frozen and hard to move, and his panicked heart made his hands tremble violently.
Every time they stroked Leona's soft hair, their bodies rapidly produced oxytocin. which made them more relaxed and happy each time they stroked Leona's fur. They felt like they were in heaven, complete with all its beauty. It couldn't be denied anymore. Leona was truly a goddess in cat form.
"Is that true?" Leona asked, still frightened. The three of them answered in unison, with a voice full of conviction, "That's right!"
Leona suddenly stood up. Her posture changed 180 degrees. Leona was holding her hips with her lips pursed full of anger. "Empu Sutono is so mean! I just wanted to ask for directions! Why did he scare me like that? Meanie! Empu Sutono Meanie!" Leona said, stomping the ground in annoyance.
Seeing Leona's 180-degree change, the players' hearts melted, with their hands clasped together in front of their chests, unable to contain the burst of joy in their hearts at the cute, angry goddess in front of them. Surprisingly, there was no lust in their minds. Even when stroking Leona's hair, they were not aroused. They only felt like they were stroking a scared cat.
"Ah! Friends, we should research more about our virtual interface so that nothing goes wrong like before" After being satisfied with stomping the ground in annoyance, Leona said something important.
The awakened players quickly regained their composure, resuming their professional behavior and beginning to analyze the events that had just occurred.
"Leona is right. I never thought this game would be so different from other RPG games, "Rou frowned.
"Hmm, having basilisks in the starting village is quite unusual. Even though they are only the size of puppies, their speed, strength, and poison are extremely dangerous" Guta added.
"But more importantly, this game is too realistic! In this way, we don't feel like we're playing a game but like we're facing a monster in the real world. So it's only natural that we humans who have never been exposed to war or murder in the real world are afraid" Billy shook his head.
"I'm sure some of the players who are with us will have some sort of trauma about chickens in the future," Rou said.
"Hmm.. Those chickens were terrible!" Leona nodded.
"Ah. Leona, thank you for saving us," Billy lowered his head and said.
"That's right, without Leona we would all have been slaughtered in the field earlier and ended up being food for the chickens" Guta also said and lowered his head.
"Praise our goddess!" Rou wanted to kowtow, but Leona immediately restrained him.
Flustered, Leona could only wave her hands quickly "Ah, no.. no.. no.. I was just telling you about the [Pain Receptor]. I was also saved by you guys. We survived because of mutual cooperation; as the saying goes, 'many hands make light work'"
{Praise me more! Praise me more!}
The three players smiled with their hearts fluttering as their cute goddess tried her best to refuse to get credit for her services. But her twitching cat ears showed she was pleased with their compliments.
"Ah! We'd better check what's in our respective screen menu" Billy woke them up from their daze.
The players nodded and opened their respective virtual interfaces.
On the left side of their character's status, there were three options that they hadn't noticed before because they were so amazed by the world's first full-dive game. [Settings], [Map], and [Inventory] were the three options.
They started tinkering with the virtual interface to see what the system had in store for them. In the [Inventory] there were empty bars that indicated that they didn't have an item yet. In the lower right corner there were words [Copper: 0000], [Silver: 0000], and [Gold: 0000]. This indicates that the currency used in Percha Island Online is copper, silver, and gold. However, the fact that the number is still empty shows that they are not given the initial money as in the usual RPG games.
It was likely that they would get some money after meeting The Instructor, as well as their weapons. Then what objects can they put into the inventory? There is still no info about them, but in the lower left corner, there is the word [0000/1000 Kg]. The participants assumed that this was the maximum amount of weight they could carry in their inventory. At first, 1000 Kg, or the equivalent of 1 ton, is quite a lot, but when they get armor and weapons later, that amount is quite small.
In the [Map] option, they saw a black box, and a small part of it was no longer black. Showing how many areas they had passed, Empu Sutono's house was given a hammer and anvil icon indicating the location of the blacksmith, while Paddy Field showed a chicken icon indicating the location of the Chicken Basilisk.
The players didn't know how big Percha Island Online's map was, but the small area they had covered on the map showed that the adventures in the game wouldn't be over in just a year or two. Their eyes lit up at the thought that Percha Island Online was not a trial game for the Doodle Company but a game that had been complete and ready to be played for decades.
Then they focused their attention on the last option in the virtual interface menu [Settings]. If Leona didn't quickly find the [Pain Receptor], then they would most likely die shivering with fear. The trauma they experienced afterward may have kept them from sleeping for weeks. Then, right now, they didn't know what the consequences of dying in Percha Island Online would be.
Did they immediately revive and return to the beach? Do they have to wait a few hours or days like full-dive games in novels? The little information they had about Percha Island Online made these professional gamers frustrated.
They began by selecting the [Settings] option, where they discovered several new options, including [Pain Receptor], [Blood Filter], [Sex Agreement], [Minimum Clothes Setting], [Word Filter], and [Basic Language].
Seeing this, the players were surprised, not because of the many setting options but of the fact that the [Setting] option had a tool to activate or deactivate R+18 in the game.
Leona immediately closed the virtual interface and looked down with a red face.
{What kind of degenerate game is this?}
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