Pandora of Fantasy And Reality Chapter 137

Guild Battle

That day should become a day that was no different than usual.

Capital of Hope.

New players were leisurely looking for party member at the plaza.

One player noticed the abnormality.

「Eh? Were there people like that in the Capital of Hope?」

Those people’s equipments were clearly far better than the beginners here.

In addition, they also had a lot of equipments that were impossible to obtain in the Capital of Hope.

One party member was watching those people with worry.

「Aren’t those people strange? No, I don’t know how to say it but……don’t you feel like they have different atmosphere than us?」

Those people’s equipments were mostly seemed aggressive.

They were players with different disposition to this time slot that  was mainly occupied by relatively earnest player. Such player kept  gathering one after another.

The conversation topic of those players was,

「Don’t you think all these guys here are peace loving idiot?」

「Their equipments are lamee!」

「Oi, enough chattering and gather up already.」

There were also players who were jeering at the surrounding.

These people who were continuously pouring into the Capital of Hope  were accompanied by many flying ships and floating islands that  completely covered the sky above the capital.

Their atmosphere was creepy compared to the players who usually logged in during this time.

One player mustered his courage and tried asking.

「Can I ask you something? Is something going to start after this?」

The players who got asked that question spoke while grinning.

「Yeah, it’s going to start……the hunting time. The hardcore crowd is barging into the playtime of you puny guys.」

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At the guild base.

Ponsuke was doing his work in the office. He was checking the plan for today.

Tomorrow their days of raiding the World of Rage would start.

As expected he felt bad. After he received the warning from Rook, he decided to give assistance to other guilds.

For those who wanted to conquer a fortress but thought that it would  be hard to do by themselves……no worry, because ”Ponsuke and His  Happy-Go-Lucky Friends” were here to help!

We will back up your fortress raiding with everything we have, that was what they were going to do.

Though Ponsuke was concerned with those  like Lighter who said  something like 「What a nice guild they are, to inform us when they found  a fortress like that!」. They were planning to make use of those guilds  rather than helping them out.

「Is that Lighter’s true self? Or is that because of Pandora’s influence? Hmm~, I wonder which is it?」

The orcs said that they were already hardcore M long before they  logged in to Pandora, so he couldn’t blame everything to Pandora.

But, he also couldn’t deny the possibility that it was Pandora’s fault that people’s negative side worsened…….

「……Haa, what should I do about that fiend?」

Ponsuke scratched his head――it was a gesture that was becoming his habit when he was Ponsuke.

「Now then, there are also materials that we lack. Perhaps I should invite someone to go gather them.」

Ponsuke was working hard so the guild was operating without any problem was partly for his atonement toward the guild members.

It was then a blonde haired maid wearing red maid uniform――an NPC entered the room.

「Gyaaaa!」

「Enemy detected. Removing it~」

Ponsuke jumped out of his chair in surprise because the NPC who was  bringing him tea threw it with all her strength at him. Because of that  the chair got hit with the cup and the tea inside it. The cup broke into  pieces.

The NPC that was created by the guild members with seriousness to the  point of overdoing it had the level of 255――the maximum level.

Currently the upper limit of base level of Pandora’s player and NPC was [255].

The result of going too far with their best effort in NPC creation was the NPC before Ponsuke’s eyes.

Seeing Ponsuke evacuating to the corner of the room, the NPC approached him while carrying the plate that had snacks on it.

「Master, I came bringing tea.」

The maid gradually closed the distance. Ponsuke too was backing away gradually.

「The tea is already gone though. I get it, just put the snack on the  table over there. You’re a good girl so you will listen to my order  won’t you?」

The maid gave him a radiant smile.

「I cannot do that. I have been ordered to make the dream of Prey-sama  and other orcs come true――and so I shall treat all orcs with an  unsparing harshness. Resign yourself!」

「Every last one of them is just doing whatever they please!」

Snacks and plate were thrown one after another inside the office.  Ponsuke ran away from the room and went out to the base’s garden.

There the flower beds were well tended and butterflies flew around without any care.

The sky was blue and clear.

Ponsuke leisurely stretched his body but――.

「Ponsuke-kun!」

Blaze came running in panic. He was dragging Sololy with him.

「What’s wrong? Ah, did Lighter or the orcs cause problem again? Or perhaps……it was the girls?」

Blaze explained the situation with a panicked look.

「Those people are always causing troubles. I won’t panic from most  things that come from them. But, it’s something else this time. Players  who are usually playing in different time slot are marching here.」

Sololy added.

「Looks like they want to do guild hunting.」

「Guild hunting?」

「Yes. It’s a duel between guilds. Various things can be wagered in  it, but it looks like they’ll challenge their target into a duel  forcefully. They’ll harass the target even if they’re refused, and then  they’ll rob the target guild blind after they accepted the duel.」

There were players who were usually logging in at the time slot where  the competition was fierce coming to this time slot where the  atmosphere was relatively more peaceful.

But, there were few precedents where such thing happened in the scale of guilds.

There were also players who grew fed up with fierce competition and  ran away with their whole guild to this time slot but……that didn’t seem  to be the case this time from Blaze’s story.

「They’re apparently rampaging and even go as far as stealing the  right to participate in the city assault battle. It’s astonishing that  some people will go that far for the sake of the clearing.」

SOLOLY was looking exasperated.

It would be possible for a guild to make preparation by working  diligently, but apparently there were some guilds who disliked doing  that and strengthened themselves by plundering the money, material,  item, and everything else that other guilds had accumulated.

This method took less time and effort compared to do preparation  diligently……it was effective, but it was the worst method manner-wise.

Blaze checked the posting.

Several guilds had already gotten attacked. Apparently they were even  driven to disbandment after having all their possessions plundered.

「This is really large scale. It’s not just one or two hundred……it looks like there’re thousands of this kind of players moving.」

SOLOLY looked at the forum.

「Uwaa~, they really got messed up.」

In the forum,

『It’s easy to gather the required items for the clearing thanks to the small fries lololol』

『Oi, where should we go next lol』

『Let’s hunt the idiots who act like clearer in this kind of time slot lololol』

Human as expected would want to login in the time slot where they could go back home and relax.

Because of that the number of players peaked during the time period of 10 PM until 2 AM.

Apparently the players in that kind of time slot were also more unruly than imagined.

「I wonder if they’ll target us too?」

Blaze put his hand on his chin and fell into thought.

「……They will. Looking at their postings, we might become target too.  After all there’s no guild with bigger earning than us in this time slot  right now.」

The combo of floating island and orcs.

Thanks to using them to continuously capture fortress, we would get targeted.

SOLOLY looked at Ponsuke.

「What are we going to do, guild master?」

Ponsuke thought for a little――.

「……We’ll go help.」

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Capital of Discernment.

There were ten players who had just established a guild.

It was a small guild, but the ten players who had played harmoniously with each other until now got their hand on a rare item.

They went to the capital to sell it, but then they ran into the players who were rampaging――.

「O-oi, stop this!」

A player whose level had surpassed 100 and reached a stage where the  game would become even more enjoyable from there on stepped forward.

Then the players whose level was past 200 challenged him into a duel.

「We’re just having fun playing here.」

「Let’s get into the duel already.」

「We’re gonna strip you bare if you lose though.」

The players were cackling loudly. They were the players who slipped  into this time slot after learning that many guilds were moving all at  once.

They were having fun beating players whose level was far below them.

The player who stepped forward gritted his teeth.

No matter how he wracked his brain, he couldn’t find any way to win a duel against these players.

However, they would surround and harass him even if he tried to run away.

He had reported this to the management, but it looked like there wasn’t anything being done about it.

「It’s pointless. After all a lot of us are marching here into this  festival. Besides, it’s the same even if you reported us. We’re only  asking you to duel. Hand over everything you got if you don’t want to do  the duel.」

「Why the hell are you guys acting like bandit like this!」

「Obviously because it’s fun!」

The player who was the guild master was sent flying.

The kicker was delighted and spread out his hands with a laugh.

「This is fun! Pandora is the best after it removed away all the strange restrictions! Just this much isn’t a big deal.」

There the Shinsengumi came running while the normal players were in trouble.

「What are you guys doing there!」

The malicious players turned around and clicked their tongue.

「There’s Shinsengumi here too? These cosplayers are like cockroaches that appeared anywhere.」

「But these guys’ level is only around 150. Well, they can throw their weight around with just this much in this puny time slot.」

The strong Shinsengumi members were posted at the time slot that had a lot of radical players.

Even the Shinsengumi members who came running looked frustrated when  they found out that the opponents in front of them were stronger than  themselves.

「What’s wrong? We’ll take you on yeah. Come at――」

Then, one player walked forward in a large stride while purposefully making loud footsteps.

「――I see. Then, I’ll take you up on that offer.」

The malicious players turned around. They found four orcs there……all of them had higher level than the malicious players.

「……Eh? Ah, err」

The malicious players suddenly got hesitant. In respond Prey brought his face closer.

「A duel with no rule is it? And with all your possessions on the line too. That’s real generous of you. We’ll duel you guys.」

The malicious players were surrounded so they couldn’t run away. Their voices became smaller than before.

「No, we don’t really――」

「We just want rare item」

「T-this is unrelated to you guys!」

Prey smiled.

「Don’t worry, we also have the same rare item like them. There’s no  problem with that right? Now, let’s have a fist fight with maximum  damage level!」

The malicious players were trembling seeing the laughing orcs.

「W-we were just joking around. We’ll go back so」

Prey spoke with a serious voice.

「You think you can just go home like normal after messing up our important place?」

Important place――the players who were helped looked moved when they  heard that part. It was because that was just how much they loved  Pandora.

But, only Shinsengumi members were feeling complicated for some reason.

……After all the orcs liked the Capital of Discernment where they would chase them around.

However, it was also true that they came to help.

Shinsengumi’s mental state could only be described as conflicted right now.

「……It looks like, you guys need a punishment.」

Prey and others approached the malicious players.

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The guilds whose base was located at the Capital of Love.

Their base was outside the capital in the form of castle.

Around ten ships gathered in such place. Those ships surrounded the castle and attacked it continuously.

「S-stop! We have finally managed to get this base!」

The guild master’s words were met with the opponents’ laugh.

Their voices could be heard from the flying ships through megaphone.

『Just admit your loss already. I told you that we’ll overlook you guys if you give us all your possessions.』

「We’ll have to abandon this base like that!」

『What about it? Small fries should just toil on the ground bit by bit in tiny base. That’ll suit you guys more!』

They sent request for duel between guilds, but they had launched the attack even before that.

The base’s endurance was going down gradually.

The guild master was being pressed to make a decision, but then the opponents received a duel request from somewhere else.

『Which idiot sent this?』

『Guild master, what now?』

『Accept it. We’re gonna surround and gang up on them. Of course, the prize will be everything they own!』

The flying ships that raised pirate flag accepted the duel request and moved away from the castle to form formation――.

The scene that the players who peeked out from inside the castle saw was something different from their imagination.

The floating island that appeared from the sky was big. It was like a flying fortress.

It also looked like a battleship, but anyway, it fired cannon balls one after another and the flying ships were sinking.

In contrast, the bombardment from the flying ships didn’t deal much damage.

The castle owner, the guild master’s eyes sparkled seeing the floating island.

「I see! So those guys came!」

The island rammed the flying ships and destroyed them. And then the  last remaining ship circled above the floating island to bombard it from  there, but a large monster leaped toward the flying ship.

That figure that was holding great swords in both hands could be called as a boss monster and nobody would object.

It swung down the great swords many times and destroyed the flying ship. The pirates wept seeing their situation.

『W-we were wrong. We won’t do this again so――』

The monster swung down its great sword on the guild master who was dressed like pirate.

In that moment, the winner of the guild duel was announced――Ponsuke and His Happy-Go-Lucky Friends.

What they obtained from the victory was the destroyed flying ships and all the fortunes that the pirates owned.

Voices could be heard from the floating island’s megaphone.

『Uhah! The profit from crushing guilds make the reward of taking down fortress look like a pittance!』

『Oi, someone tie up Lighter. This guy is going to prattle about hunting guilds at this rate.』

『We can’t let go this big chance where the enemies are coming at us on their own! Ponsuke-kun, let’s search for the next one.』

The words that came out from the megaphone were really horrible, but apparently they wouldn’t attack them.

The monster saw the guild master in the castle and bowed his head.

The guild master also bowed his head. Then the monster went back to the floating island.

And then they went off to somewhere.

One of his friends said――.

「I didn’t know which side was the bad guy there.」

But his face was smiling.

The guild master also smiled.

「Those guys are horrible. But, we have a “top guild” with some screws  loose at our side. Those guys who attacked here are idiotic huh.」

It was unknown who was the strongest because there were many time slots where different players were active in.

But……in the opinion of many players, Ponsuke’s group was seen as the strongest top guild in this time slot.

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