Apart from Takeru, the only other person who remained alone was Rikka, who had been isolated due to her Chuunibyo behavior earlier.
Seeing that everyone was ignoring her, Rikka saw the three unfamiliar online game worlds and directly chose the first one: Miracle.
Meanwhile, after discussing among themselves, Yukino and the others also chose the Miracle World. They felt that being able to come here itself was a miracle, and since they were unclear about all three worlds, they might as well try Miracle...
In other words, aside from Takeru, who chose the third world, NewWorld Online, the other eight all chose the unknown Miracle World...
Takeru was unaware of the others' choices. After making his selection, a white light enveloped him, and he found himself in an unfamiliar place.
Everything around him seemed to be composed of data, and before him was a character class selection screen.
Facing choices like dual blades, great shield, mage, and others, Takeru did not hesitate and chose the great shield class.
After all, forging a completely new path for himself would undoubtedly be difficult, whereas replicating an existing one would be much simpler...
Having made his choice, Takeru would not regret it, even if this opportunity turned out to be wasted.
After selecting the shield class, Takeru unhesitatingly allocated all his attribute points to Defense.
Looking at the 100 points now in Defense, he nodded with satisfaction.
Then, a game notification reminded him that he was about to be teleported to the starting point.
Upon entering the game world, what caught Takeru's attention the most was the massive tree beside him. Additionally, he noticed many other players around, clearly native players of this world.
Furthermore, Takeru felt his watch vibrate. Opening it, he found a notice from the Reincarnation Space.
It warned him not to disclose anything about the Reincarnation Space to anyone in this world. Violators would face severe punishment...
Seeing this, Takeru was somewhat surprised, but it also confirmed his suspicion: they had been directly dropped into this world's online game by the Reincarnation Space, not placed into a brand new world created specifically for them.
Takeru checked his starting equipment: shabby clothing, a novice wooden shield, and a novice dagger.
After a glance, he paid it no more mind. Recalling slightly, he remembered that the protagonist started their first monster hunting in the western forest, where they also acquired several important skills.
Thinking of this, Takeru pulled up the simple map provided by the game, found the direction, and started heading toward the forest. As for the people around him, Takeru had no intention of interacting with them for now.
The main reason was that his time here was extremely limited… only three days. Therefore, Takeru needed to improve himself as much as possible to lay a foundation for his future reincarnation journeys...
Although his speed was slow, since the beginner village wasn't large, Takeru soon saw the forest. At the entrance, many players were forming parties. Takeru glanced at them calmly and then ignored them, heading straight inside.
Because he was carrying the novice shield, Takeru's Defense increased by an additional 28 points. This meant his current Defense was 128, while his Attack was only 9 points from the novice short sword.
As soon as Takeru entered the forest, he encountered a small sparrow. Seeing Takeru, the sparrow monster immediately attacked him...
In response, Takeru raised his hand to block, not using the shield.
Then, Takeru realized the little sparrow couldn't harm him, which relieved him. He stopped paying attention to the sparrow, standing still and passively waiting for it to hit him, aiming to acquire a hidden skill.
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Meanwhile, as Takeru was being pecked, in another online game world, Yukino and the others had also arrived.
Upon arrival, they were scattered. Yukino, Yuta, Rikka, and Hachiman ended up in Beginner Village 188, while Ui, Yui, Umaru, and Taihei landed in Beginner Village 189...
After confirming that Umaru and the others were separated, Yukino let out a slight sigh. She then looked at the people around her and noticed that several of them seemed to have chosen the same class: Mage...
Seeing the four of them make the same choice, Yukino smiled wryly, but she could understand.
Compared to classes like swordsman, knight, great shield, or assassin, something like magic, which didn't exist in reality, was more appealing to everyone.
Most importantly, according to the Reincarnation Space's hint, they could bring abilities back to their original world. The thought of this possibility excited them all.
The situation was slightly better for Umaru's group. Ui chose Assassin, Taihei chose Knight, while Umaru and Yui both chose Mage...
The Mage class received an initial skill: Fireball. Summon a fireball to attack an enemy, dealing 30 fixed damage plus Spirit * 0.5 damage. Cooldown: 8 seconds. Mana cost: 10...
The Assassin class received the skill Stealth: briefly enter an invisible state. Attacking an enemy from behind while invisible deals 1.5x damage. Mana cost: 10. Cooldown: 90 seconds...
The Knight's initial skill was Charge...
It was everyone's first time encountering such things, and they curiously tried out their skills. Even Yukino couldn't resist casting a fireball.
Seeing a fireball materialize and float above her hand according to her will, she felt a great sense of curiosity.
The fireball she summoned wouldn't harm herself, so Yukino cautiously reached out and touched the sparks, feeling no pain at all, which further piqued her interest.
After playing around a bit, they all remembered they only had three days. Following the guidance, they headed to the village chief to accept quests.