Former Hero, Solo Play Oriented

Chris was mentally exhausted today. She was just relieved she hadn’t bitten her tongue.

Lying on the bed with her eyes barely open, the alluring sight of the pure white Rain demanded superhuman patience from Chris.

Every time Rain let out a chirpy voice of moaning, Chris’s chest was mercilessly attacked by a sharp and powerful One Flash.

Indeed, the wonderful swordsman Rain dealt Chris an immense amount of damage.

Chris felt her heart could be stolen just like that.

While touching Rain’s supple body, Chris was simultaneously engaged in an invisible and fierce battle with herself.

Rain was a child in discomfort. Even if she made gestures asking to be eaten whole without knowing anything, Chris couldn’t just say, “Oh, thank you very much,” and move on.

“Hah.”

When Chris sighed in front of the ‘Ancient Shrine of Berveia,’ she caught sight of Rain’s figure near the cave entrance.

Thud thud.

With the sound of proud footsteps entering the chamber that held the ancient shrine, Rain appeared in Chris’s view.

Gasp.

However, upon noticing the people gathered at the dungeon entrance, Rain cautiously began to move to the corner.

Chris smiled slightly and approached Rain.

“I was just kidding, but you really went solo, huh?”

Chris and Rain entered the ‘Ancient Shrine of Berveia’ together. Just the two of them in their own Instance Dungeon.

Even though they lived together in reality, Rain was still a child whose end was unpredictable.

“Now, listen up. Today, your employer, President Chris, is going to ride the Rain bus. You mustn’t participate in the combat.”

“Okay, got it.”

Seeing the determined look in Rain’s eyes, Chris nodded.

Woooooong.

Upon entering the first Cube Room, a platform puzzle emerged right in front of Chris and Rain. It was a puzzle gimmick room.

Rain confidently took a step forward but then stepped back slightly and grabbed Chris’s sleeve.

“…?”

Rain looked up at Chris with a pleading expression.

“Sis, please solve this puzzle.”

Gasp, hehe.

Chris laughed heartily, holding her belly, and helped her solve the puzzle gimmick.

Today was a day filled with mental shocks for Chris.

She thought she understood the structure of the game ‘Astria Online’ and could apply most of it.

But Rain shattered all her common sense.

Solo play? Chris had definitely tried simulations before. Surely every Elite Dungeon had the possibility of solo play. Many skilled players had attempted it after farming, and some succeeded in posting their videos.

However, the Elite Dungeons they successfully soloed were at least two tiers below the latest ones. The challenges of handling the gimmicks alone tended to require overwhelming stats.

Rain achieved a first clear of the new Elite Dungeon through solo play. It was an achievement hard to believe without seeing it.

And Chris was witnessing the answer right before her eyes.

Flash!

Oooooooo!

Boom.

As Rain’s One Flash came crashing down from the air like rays of light, the Minotaur laid its massive body down to the ground.

The skills of ‘Astria Online.’

Once used, they followed the appropriate movements and dealt damage based on stats and attack power. The Fighter’s skills were the same, and the Swordsman’s moves like Moonlight Slash, Starlight Slash, and One Flash were no different.

Yet, Rain’s sword moved gracefully without a set trajectory. She merely wielded the sword, borrowing only its power without being tied down by the constraints of “skills.”

Using One Flash in mid-air?

Chris shook her head. It was a method she had never heard of.

Could any other swordsman user, not Rain, even manage to stabilize themselves properly when floating in mid-air?

The moving wall gimmick didn’t pose any problems for Rain. It didn’t seem like she memorized the patterns of the walls. She followed it with her eyes as if it were natural and captured it accurately.

Even the time-limited rage pattern that wiped out Chris’s raid was no threat. No matter how fast and strong the Minotaur’s attacks became, if they couldn’t hit Rain’s body, they were just empty swings.

Swish.

That being who displayed a god-like battle approached Chris lightly.

That adorable form hardly resembled the sharp-eyed swordsman she had been.

Chris, forcing a smile, reached out to pat the head of Rain who came closer as if asking for praise.

“What? They said soloing a Level 2 Named Enemy was absolutely impossible.”

Chris muttered lightly.

Deathly Death’s bragging didn’t work on Rain.

Rain effortlessly responded to the attacks from Level 2 Named Enemy Akan and three golem minions as if breathing. She solved the charging gimmick alone, deflected all the ranged projectiles, and didn’t slow down her offensive against Akan at all.

Flash!

And now, the battle with the Level 3 Named Enemy, the Archangel and Fallen Angel, was the same.

The pattern of the swords of light and darkness, which had been a hard struggle for Chris’s raid, was simply guided and neutralized by Rain’s swift movements.

Spin.

Amidst the continuously pouring dark blades from the Fallen Angel and the light blades from the Archangel, Rain’s body danced gracefully, spilling starlight and moonlight.

Chris raised her hand for a moment and glanced down at her palm as she stood in the entrance corridor of the Boss Room.

Today, it was that delicate body that had come into her hands. A body that couldn’t balance properly without a wheelchair.

It was hard for Chris to comprehend that Rain’s soft body, devoid of muscle, could perform such movements right in front of her.

In ‘Astria Online,’ users could indeed move faster than in reality due to their agility stats.

However, even Deathly Death, who had amateur boxer experience, couldn’t fully utilize agility stats. No matter how fast a racing car is, if the driver can’t adapt to that speed, they won’t be able to handle it properly.

Moreover, the adaptation to that speed was systemically blocked by the synchronization rate. Instead, in ‘Astria Online,’ there were invulnerability skills and counter skills to assist with that.

Of course, Rain didn’t dodge every pattern with pure physical ability alone. She actively utilized invulnerability skills and counter skills. However, when it came time to launch an offensive, she boldly let the patterns slip by with just her movements.

As if to say that this level of speed was something she could naturally handle.

As if she had been fighting with rapid movements as if it were second nature.

Chris also considered the possibility that there might be hidden gimmicks that could only be utilized in solo play. But that expectation was beautifully missed. There were no gimmicks that could only be used in solo play.

Rain was simply obliterating the dungeon with pure physicality.

Oooooooo!

Boom!

Whoosh.

As the Archangel, left alone and desperately shining with light, collapsed, Rain swung her sword once, shaking off the starlight before she sheathed it.

Chris approached Rain, who was blushing shyly, with a smile.

“Rain, I really don’t know what to think.”

Rain’s eyes filled with curiosity.

Chris stroked Rain’s head, lost in thought for a moment.

Regardless of how Rain could naturally control her swift movements, one thing was certain.

Though she had been uncertain during their dungeon runs, now that she saw her solo play with her own eyes, she could be sure.

Rain’s synchronization rate was abnormally high.

It had already far exceeded the system’s limit of about 20%.

Could it be around 60%? It wouldn’t be lower than 50% for sure.

Rarely, the mental influence of capsule users could raise the synchronization rate a bit higher. However, it would never exceed the system’s limit.

If it became common knowledge that such issues arose, it would be impossible to continue game services. It was certainly true that if a user’s brain felt tremendous pain, it would significantly impact their physical body in reality.

This was a combat game where users could die. What would happen if they experienced terrible pain and death several times?

The reason Rain collapsed previously: According to the doctor, it was greatly influenced by past mental trauma and current nutritional deficiencies, but certainly, the synchronization rate was not unrelated either.

At that time, Rain had sustained severe injuries in-game. Her condition had worsened to the point where she was expelled from the game by the capsule protection system.

What should I do?

Logically, Chris should immediately halt Rain’s game and take action regarding her synchronization rate.

“But the yin-yang stone I want didn’t drop… Ah, whoa…! It’s an erotic outfit…! This time, it’s black!”

Bounce bounce.

As Rain hopped with red cheeks, checking the dungeon clear rewards, Chris looked at her with a smile.

Rain loved this world.

She enjoyed thrilling adventures and challenges.

She was healing the scars of her past on this continent.

With Chris, she smiled pleasantly, feeling the invigorating wind blowing on a certain rocky mountain.

By the stream she visited with Chris, she rejoiced at the sensation of water touching her feet, a feeling she could never experience in reality.

Her legs, which didn’t move in reality, could move freely here.

No matter how much Chris cared for Rain’s body, did she have the right to take away Rain’s reality?

Was there a way to protect her body without stealing her happiness?

Chris couldn’t stop Rain from searching for joy here, an act meant to heal her emotional wounds.

“Sis, want to try this on? Hehe…! Would it be a couple look with you? I’m a bit embarrassed, but if it’s in front of you… I have white ones too! Let’s wear them as a set and take a screenshot!”

After receiving the ‘Fallen Angel Valiel’s outfit’, Chris couldn’t resist Rain’s enthusiasm and ended up wearing it.

The black angel’s outfit was definitely provocative. Although Chris often wore revealing outfits in the game, this one was just too little fabric.

Carefully, Chris looked at Rain, and cautiously began to speak.

“Rain, if you feel really hurt while playing the game… Huh…!”

At that moment, Chris’s eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.

Before she knew it, Rain was wearing a pure white angel dress that matched her snow-white hair.

The thin fabric barely covered her modest chest, and in the gaps of the dangerously revealing white cloth, Rain’s fair thighs were fully exposed.

Rain sent Chris a shy smile, in that state.

“You, you look so erotic! How am I supposed to wear this? I-I just want to take a screenshot quickly and take it off. Let’s take a shot together!”

Rain pressed against Chris.

Rain’s thigh brushed against Chris’s thigh.

That bare skin felt soft.

Chris could only let out a moan with a dazed expression.

“Ah… ahh….”

Chris decided to stop thinking.

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