"So, you mean we've been transported into the game world with our game character abilities? Like in Sword Art Online?" the lady in the robe asked, quite surprised.
"Everyone, let's try out our abilities, shall we?" the Handsome guy suggested. Everyone except Sir Xia Na nodded and used their skills.
Ellie also pretended to be testing her abilities, but her attention was entirely on the others. Even though they were companions, it was important to understand their capabilities!
First, she saw the heavily armored uncle. From his heavy armor, he was likely a Tank. The skills he used were almost all ones she had seen Albedo use, so he was definitely a Tank.
Sir Xia Na, well, it was mentioned in the original work that she was a Necromancer, so skip, skip.
Then there was the lady in the robe; all the magic she used was ice-elemental. A Magic Caster, perhaps?
The Handsome guy drew the longsword from his waist, swung it a few times, then unleashed several sword auras in one breath. A main warrior class, then?
Finally, there was the young man dressed like a ninja. Just by his attire, it was clear he was a ninja, right?
Indeed… the skill he used for testing was Shadow Shift, which is moving through shadows, almost like a teleportation skill.
After observing for a while, Ellie naturally put on a show. She took off her ring and cast a basic healing magic on herself… "It really is like this. Although I don't understand what's happening, all the in-game skills can be used." The lady in the robe seemed rather happy after learning this fact.
"But the game menu can't be brought up." Sir Xia Na, who had been silent, spoke for the first time. However, as soon as the words left her mouth, Sir Xia Na looked dismayed, covering her mouth, like a little girl whose bad deed had been exposed.
"Ah… you're a girl?!" The heavily armored uncle looked at Sir Xia Na in surprise. Hmm? Ellie remembered the uncle saying Sir Xia Na was his companion earlier, but did the uncle not know Sir Xia Na's true form?
Uh… "Cough… No, it's not." Sir Xia Na coughed dryly, then spoke in a very neutral voice, clearly attempting to conceal it.
"You've been fooling me for so long! I never thought you were a girl!" However, the uncle didn't buy it. After that one sentence just now, plus the subsequent girlish gesture, no amount of damage control would work.
"Uh… Although I don't know what's going on with you all, could we introduce ourselves first? It seems we're stuck in the game world and can't get out for now. Until we find a way back, it's best if we all cooperate," the Handsome guy suggested seriously.
"Sorry… If your goal is to find a way back, then I must decline," the ninja young man immediately objected.
"You don't want to go back?" The Handsome guy looked at the ninja young man with disbelief. If the same question had been posed to Ellie before, her attitude would probably have been the same as this ninja young man. But now, Ellie really wanted to go back, of course, back to Nazarick, which was the future.
"No, who wants to go back to that shithole of a reality? Since we've already crossed into the game world and can still use our original class skills, why not live well here? Why go back to that world? If it's a game world, what's wrong with everything being decided by strength? If you're looking for a way back, then I won't be joining you," the ninja young man said, turning as if to leave.
It seemed this young man had a very hard life in the real world. Well, Ellie could certainly understand him on that point.
"Young man… I, I can understand your feelings, but… don't underestimate this game world too much," the uncle interjected, then held up his finger to the ninja young man. Of course… he didn't mean to mock anyone, but rather to show everyone the wound on his finger.
"Eek… it's bleeding." The lady in the robe saw the bleeding wound on the uncle's finger and shrieked. What was there to make such a fuss about?
"Sorry, I scared you, miss. I accidentally got it while testing skills. Hey! Young man, this isn't an ordinary game world. For us now, this world is reality. If you get cut, you bleed, and it hurts. Maybe… if you suffer a fatal injury, you'll die," the uncle continued.
Upon hearing the word "die," the ninja young man's resolute expression instantly vanished, replaced by a look of terror.
"Although I don't know if the world we're in now is the original game world, if it really is such a world, monsters… magical beasts… demons… and other enemies, those will all be things that can take our lives," the uncle continued to scare the ninja young man.
"N-not necessarily! If it's a game… world, if you die… you… you'll revive, right?!" The ninja young man's voice trembled slightly. Revival was possible, but the prerequisite was that you needed an Adventurer's Guild with a revival system like the Eight Greed Kings or Nazarick, or someone who knew revival magic. But it didn't seem like any of these people had revival magic skills.
"Who can be sure of that? Why don't this young man sacrifice himself first to test it? Besides, which of us knows revival magic?" the uncle asked in a teasing tone.
The result was everyone looking at each other, with no one responding… "Revival magic… I do, but… this shouldn't really count as knowing… I'm still a newcomer, after all." Ellie decided to step in at this moment to reassure them.
Without revival, it would be difficult for these people to save humanity. Although they were indeed skilled players, before being players, they were normal humans. As normal humans, they would naturally be afraid, just like this ninja young man, who trembled at the mention of death. So, at this moment, she needed to step forward. Thus, Ellie pulled out the resurrection short staff from her spatial bag.
"Isn't that a resurrection short staff!" The lady in the robe immediately recognized the item in Ellie's hand.
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