Chapter 22

Today, I came to the meeting place at the West Gate early to help with the Sandman hunt with Tak and the others.

If I’m not there ten minutes early, I get anxious.

“Tak, I’m here.”

“You’re as early as always. You’re the third one here.”

Tak greeted me with those words. At the meeting place, there were only Tak and Kei. They seemed to be having a lively conversation, probably about something that guys enjoy.

“It’s been a while. Yun.”

“Yeah, it’s been a while. What were you talking about with Tak?”

“Yeah, we were talking about what kind of character you’d make if you created a second one, and how you’d refresh your style.”

“Hmm, sounds interesting. Hey, Tak, give me the materials. I’ll make some potions and pills while we wait.”

As I talked with the two of them, I saw Tak loading items on the trade screen.

“My current image is that of a mercenary. Next, I think it would be interesting to have a slender build and use blunt weapons.”

“Hmm, that does sound like a leaden warrior. But what material is that leaden armor? It looks rare.”

“The armor is iron, but there’s a skill called ‘Coloring’ that changes the color. Most production skills can change the color of equipment, but you need a dye item.”

“Really? Hold on a sec.”

I checked. The crafting skill had three new additions: Ring Making, Coloring, and Crafting, which weren’t there yesterday. So, making a ring must have unlocked these three skills.

Crafting is a skill that changes the pattern or shape of default accessories. So, my ring is just a default one! It’s embarrassing to have a default item as a producer.

“Ah, I’ll try that next time. By the way, what kind of weapon senses are there?”

“Well, Yun, you have the bow combat sense, but there are many others. I and Tak use swords, but there are also staffs and books for magic users, spears and swords for front-line fighters, daggers, shields, axes, clubs, and even body parts like Gants as weapons. Have you not checked them out?”

“Ah, I think I’ve seen them, but I just skimmed through and picked from the bottom of the strategy site’s sense ranking.”

“You idiot! But it’s okay, you showed us something interesting. Also, Yun, there are unique senses like cooking and fishing, which are called hobby senses.”

“Sounds interesting. In the game, I won’t waste ingredients, so I might try it.”

“Idiot! Stop it. That’s called a trash sense. Tak, don’t half-heartedly suggest it!”

It seems Kei is getting angry on my behalf. Well, during that time, I’m shining brightly from making potions, so I must look pretty ridiculous.

“In my opinion, considering your range and additional effects, the combat style you should take is stealth.”

Stealth is a colloquial term.

The main components of this style are skills like “Ambush,” which eliminates light and presence, “Discovery,” which finds hidden objects, “Critical Sense,” which increases critical hit rates when hitting vital points, and “Preemptive Sense,” which adds damage bonuses to preemptive attacks. These are mainly support senses.

By the way, in this sense configuration, the combat sense would be a dagger skill like “Throwing” or “Dagger” or “Dual Daggers.”

“Kei, don’t suggest such advanced senses to Yun. That’s mainly a PVP-oriented setup.”

“Mmm... I might have been in a hurry. Sorry, forget it.”

“No, it was helpful. ‘Discovery’ sounds interesting.”

“‘Huh...?’”

“Also, I finished the recovery potion.”

I forced the item into Tak’s hands and started looking for new senses.

Oh, I found something. Let’s get it.

SP: 10

【Bow Lv16】【Eagle Eye Lv22】【Speed Boost Lv5】【Discovery Lv1】【Magic Talent Lv22】【Magic Power Lv21】【Alchemy Lv9】【Enhancement Lv20】【Crafting Lv13】【Production Sense Lv11】

On Hold

【Taming Lv1】【Mixing Lv15】【Synthesis Lv15】

Wow! I can see items I couldn’t see before! This is a great discovery for an item gatherer.

“Tak! I can see items!”

“Of course, that’s what the sense does. I didn’t expect you to get it.”

“Usually, the front-line fighters detect dungeon traps, but it’s not very useful for a back-line fighter like Yun.”

What are you saying! Being able to see is great! Ah, I can finally pick up items I couldn’t before.

“Hey, what are the higher-level senses for ‘Discovery’?”

“Ah, I think it becomes ‘Insight,’ which is a combat sense that helps you detect the enemy’s preparatory movements. There are other methods like ‘Perception’ and its higher-level ‘Sixth Sense.’”

“Why are there so many?”

“That’s sense synthesis. The most famous one is that if you grow the attack and defense senses to level 30, they become a ‘Physical Boost’ sense. Two or more senses can be combined into one, which is very useful.”

So, Miu took that. That means she can free up a sense slot. She must have known about sense synthesis from the beta version.

“However, the downside is that the pre-synthesis senses disappear and are categorized into a different sense tree.”

Hmm, sense tree and categorization? I don’t understand.

I had questions, but I couldn’t resolve them immediately.

“Hey, they’re here!”

“It’s been a while, Yun-chan!”

I was suddenly hugged and let out a small scream. What kind of voice did I just make? And then, Minutes rubbed her cheek against mine, saying I was cute. Mami was standing next to Kei, and they looked like a beautiful picture together.

The quiet warrior and the gentle witch.

“Lily, Lily! To see Lily so early in the game!”

Gants was grinning. I didn’t notice him in the blind spot. And everyone else.

By the way, Gants’ armor had changed from a regular leather armor to a scale mail. Is this still a type of leather armor? He’s got some good equipment.

While I was sulking, I noticed Mami quietly looking at my hand.

“Oh, Yun. Your hand, hehehe.”

“What? What is it, Mami? What?”

Mami mentioned my hand. I looked at it, and then she shouted in my ear.

My head rang.

“Yun-chan! What’s with that ring!”

“Your voice is too loud, my ear hurts!”

“S-Sorry. But, hehehe, you’re a girl, aren’t you? Who gave it to you?”

“Huh?”

“Because, there’s a ring on your engagement finger. Who gave it to you? Tell me!”

What the heck is this?

When I looked at Tak and Kei, Tak was trying to hold back laughter, and Kei had a look of realization. Hey, if you know that much, explain it to them.

Gants was shouting, “Oh, a male suspect!?” No, I’m a guy! I’m a guy, but that’s not what I’m trying to say!

And Mami quietly showed me her left hand. On her ring finger was an intricately crafted ring.

“No, no, that’s not it, listen to me!”

“Just tell your big sister!”

Trying to clear up the misunderstanding made me look more embarrassed, and I got deeper into the mess.

If Tak hadn’t stopped it after ten minutes, I don’t know what would have happened. No, he should have helped me sooner.

Revised and completed.