A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life: Volume 8 [Parts 1 to 4] by Yuu Tanaka

Author:Yuu Tanaka
Language: eng
Format: epub

Name: Event Iron Ore

Rarity: 1 / Quality: 10★

Effect: Ingredient. Disappears at end of event.

“Let’s see, looks like an event-only item.”

So this was how we obtained the materials.

“Silver-Haired, did something appear?” Kokuten, who had been watching from the side, called out to me.

“Yeah, this thing.”

“I see... We might be able to use this to repair the fortress, right?”

“Probably.”

“What are you going to do now, Silver-Haired?”

“Me? I figured I won’t be able to do much against the boss, so maybe I could gather materials and make some items that would help in the fight.”

“I see.”

“What about you guys?”

“Well, I don’t think we’d be much help in gathering... So I guess we’ll hunt monsters.”

While I was chatting with Kokuten and his party, for some reason other players also came gathering around us. The event had started, but it seemed like no one had left the clearing.

“Pardon me, but what should the rest of us do?”

Well, I think you can do whatever you want at this point... Why are you asking me? At least ask Kokuten.

Still, why wasn’t anyone acting on their own initiative? Was there a chance that we’d happened to gather a bunch of people bad at asserting themselves?

The other possibility was that they were second wave players. If that was the case, it wouldn’t have been odd for them to ask for directions from a top player like Kokuten. The reason they came to me must have been because I had defeated a monster. Either that, or they were scared of talking to Kokuten directly. Clad in their solid-looking armor, Kokuten and his group really gave off the strong impression of being top players. Though if you actually talked to them, you’d see they were really nice, humble people.

In contrast, my appearance was weak as heck. It must have been really easy to come up and talk to me.

“I was planning on doing some gathering while I explore this area.”

“Huh? Wh-What about us?”

“It’s not like they told us we all had to do the same thing, so I think we each can do what we want to, right?”

It seemed like these people wanted all of us—who were randomly assembled—to act together as a group. How should I deal with this? If they were all a bunch of second wave players, then I could understand if they didn’t know what to do during an event. I would feel kind of sorry for them if I just abandoned them.

Wait, was this my chance to act as a seasoned mentor? Could I get away with acting cool and imparting my event knowledge here?

No, no. Let’s not. Kokuten was here, after all. I’d be way too embarrassed to act all self-important towards rookies in front of a top player.

“The monsters don’t seem that strong, so you can go gather materials or you can fight. Whatever you want to do.”

That’s what I told them, but naturally no one made a move to act and they just stood there looking uneasy.

“B-But...”

Stop trying to read my expression, I meant what I said.

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