The Status Window Disappeared

Grave of Swords (8)

After some players succeeded in returning to Earth, the remaining players burned their hearts with the hope of returning.

However, their vigor did not last long. It was because the player who had returned beyond the dimension was brought back to this world within a week.

Illesis, who did not understand Chris’ story, asked with a subtle expression.

“What does that mean?”

“So it’s possible for the summoned player to return to Earth, but at most they’ll be summoned again right away.”

Chris didn’t think the other person would understand at once, so he gladly added an explanation.

Then Illesis bit her nails lightly and suddenly clapped her hands.

“Aha, you were resummoned because of the nature of the player summoning spell?”

“what? how do you… … .”

“Well, if you think about it for a bit, you can figure it out.”

Seeing Illesis respond very calmly, Chris was at a loss for words for a moment. It took him and other players over three months to come to the same conclusion as her.

As Chris was speechless, she helped him.

“Ummm, just go on with what you were going to say. Because I don’t know if I understood correctly.”

“Yeah, yes.”

When the player who had returned to Earth was resummoned, the person in question and those wishing to return were thrown into confusion.

But if you think about it, it was natural that this would happen.

They were overlooking how player summoning spells work.

“The players summoned to this world are all Arios Online users. That’s why I’m not going to capture and summon anyone on Earth.”

The Player Summoning Spell includes the ability to search for people who are deeply connected to Arios Online.

Or maybe Argal, the evil god who is supposed to be behind the status window, induced it that way… … .

In any case, their conclusion was that once a player was summoned, it was easy to be summoned again.

“These are the people who were summoned to this world by fulfilling various conditions in the first place. So, if another summoning spell is cast in this world, that person will naturally be drawn back. Should I say that as soon as I return to Earth, I will go up to the top of the summon queue… … .”

Illesis looks satisfied, as if he understood the story correctly.

“Then, in conclusion, the return was a failure?”

“yes. As long as a player summoning spell is cast in this world, a proper return is impossible.”

I don’t know if it’s a time when most players lost the status window… … .

With the fall of the black flag and the hunt for remnants, players from all over the world are recovering their status windows one after another.

Finally, when all was said and done, Chris rose from the top of the bell tower.

The terrifyingly cold night air seeped into his clothes mercilessly.

“It’s cold, let’s go back now.”

“Yes, you did a good job today.”

As the two returned to their inn, a thin smile hung on Illesis’ lips. Chris tries to ignore it and enters the room.

It was a lot more fun than he expected, but I’ve been running around so much that I’m sure I’ll have to take a break tomorrow. Far from being more tired than when I woke up in the morning, I felt like I had accumulated more.

He fell asleep as soon as he lay down in bed, and as soon as he opened his eyes the next day, he started laziness as much as he could. After eating a late breakfast, I was looking for a partner to play cards with, biting into the snacks I bought yesterday, when Illesis came out of the room.

She quickly sat across from Chris, ashamed of her appearance.

“What is that?”

“Card game. It’s very different from what Tyrone used to do. Would you like to try it too?”

Card games similar to poker could be said to be Chris’ only hobby.

As the two of them were playing a practice game, Tyrone, suffering from a hangover, approached, wrapping his head.

“What, are you playing card games? Don’t do that, just do what I used to do.”

“If it’s the same lucky game, I’ll do something that costs less money.”

Chris responds coldly, handing out the hand to Tyrone, who accepts it lightly.

The three soon took a proper break in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.

It was okay to splurge like yesterday, but Chris liked this the most.

Around the time the two men playing cards were telling Illesis about the Earth, unfamiliar yet familiar faces appeared at the entrance of the quiet inn.

The two Koreans, who were clearly players, looked around the dark room and found Illesis and giggled among themselves.

“Could someone over there… … .”

“okay. Did that woman go around town yesterday throwing money like water? Probably a wizard from a wealthy aristocracy.”

Koreans of about the age of high school students cautiously approached Chris’s table.

The moment when Tyrone, who was next to him, was not glad to see a person from the same country, but was wary.

They bowed their heads first and said hello.

“Oh, hello. If you don’t mind, can I ask you a question for a moment?”

It didn’t look like the characters who regained the status window, seeing as they appeared in a very low-key position for a player.

Instead of the flustered Illesis, Chris stood in front of them and replied.

“Is there a problem?”

Chris, wearing his usual disguise, looked like a native.

Unfamiliar players harden their faces a little at his meddling. At first glance, Illesis, who seemed inexperienced and easygoing, was replaced by a veteran adventurer, so it was understandable.

They have difficulty adjusting their attitude and politely get to the point.

“We have a very good business item. If you don’t mind, I’d like to show it to you and get an investment.”

“Business item?”

When Tyrone showed interest in the unexpected offer, one of the men pulled out a small bow from behind.

The toy-sized bow is made quite poorly, and it is impressive that there are two cams at the top and bottom of the bow.

Chris saw the pulley-shaped bowstring and roughly figured out its identity.

‘Could this be a compound bow?’

It was unbelievably gruesome perfection, but it was clear that what they were trying to make was a compound bow. Tyrone also clapped his hands and made a fuss, as if he had roughly noticed.

“Oh, I’ve seen this before. Maybe it was a bow used in archery or something?”

“You know very well because we are the same player! This is a bow called a compound bow. It’s made with a much better structure than the bows of this world… … .”

Encouraged by Tyrone’s response, the man began to boast about the greatness of the Compound Bow with the attitude of a clumsy drug dealer.

Chris, who is relatively familiar with the bows of this world, caught his nonsense and stuck out his tongue. Illesis noticed Chris’ discomfort and kept his mouth shut, but Tyrone couldn’t read the atmosphere of the person next to him and asked questions again.

“Hmm. Is it that good?”

“of course. If you wind the bowstring like a pulley like this, the arrow will fly faster and farther. Even if the bow is the same size, the length of the string is increased… … .”

“This is a really great product. When compound bows start to be produced properly, they will usually be thrown away like garbage.”

When the person next to him agreed, Chris couldn’t stand it any longer and let out a pained sound.

He takes away their crude prototypes and points out the compound’s flaws one by one.

“It’s an interesting structure, but there are too many loopholes. Can I use this properly in real life?”

“What do you mean by that?”

The men who perceived Chris as an assistant to Illesis responded with a conspicuously cold attitude.

Chris exudes a cold chill to them. Coddling natives with modern man’s clumsy knowledge was one of the acts he most detested.

Without a word, Chris began to draw the bow without an arrow.

When his fingers twist slightly to the side, the taut bowstring comes off the cam.

Compounds weren’t originally this fragile, but the disastrous perfection of the prototype helped him demonstrate.

“Because the bowstring is wound like a pulley, it easily comes undone with the slightest twist of the finger. Crossed bowstrings sometimes get in the way of strings and arrows… I have to shoot this bow unconditionally in an upright position.”

“That’s right, isn’t it?”

“This is still a prototype, so the cam is small. It’s a problem that can be solved by receiving the investment money and improving it a little!”

Chris snorted at their rebuttal and strung his bow again.

Then, this time, pull straight while taking a straight posture.

Compound bows have a much longer draw length than normal bows.

Because of this, when the bowstring is pulled all the way, the angle of the bowstring becomes very narrow.

Chris showed it by wiggling his finger on the string.

“look. When you pull the string all the way, the end becomes extremely narrow, right? Right now I don’t have arrows, so there’s no problem, but if arrows were attached, my fingers would have been tight enough to hurt.”

“Isn’t it because you hold the arrow up and down? If you hold it sideways, such a problem… … .”

“Did you hold the arrow sideways and shoot it? That requires a lot of grip. If you put too much strain on your fingers like this, you have to shoot a few shots before putting it down.”

Originally, compound bows were not meant to be shot with bare hands.

To solve the problem Chris pointed out, shooters of compound bows use an accessory called a ‘release’. The release is a pincer-like object that holds the arrow, and most releases have a trigger-like mechanism that allows the arrow to be fired with the slightest movement of the fingertip.

In this way, not only does the finger not hurt, but the shaking of the bow during firing is reduced, which increases the accuracy.

Not just releases.

A modern compound bow includes a bunch of accessories such as scopes and stabilizers.

When you equip them all, it’s no longer a traditional bow, but something more like a gun.

A compound bow is an object that needs all of those accessories to produce its full power.

However, these guys are preaching the greatness of the compound bow while imitating a bow stick.

Chris, who knows a little about the background, is in a situation where he has no choice but to be full of energy.

Even if he concedes a hundred steps and they reproduce all the accessories, the compound bow is a slow reloading and laborious bow compared to a normal bow.

Every time I fire a shot, I have to bite the arrow into the release and pull it into a straight posture, so I have no choice but to do that.

Chris gave his general review with a more generous heart than usual.

Their actions were disgusting, but they were so clumsy and stupid that they did not feel the malice of robbing the natives.

“This bow still has a long way to go, and even if it is completed in the distant future, it can be used for hunting, not for war. I don’t see any reason for us to invest in something like this.”

First of all, this is a city of artisans.

If their ideas were truly valuable and outstanding, the artisan guild would have invested in them long ago.

Or did they just cut their heads and forgot the idea… … .

In any case, the fact that the artisan guild did not touch it meant that the idea was of no great value even to the artisans of this world.

The immature developers couldn’t even respond to Chris’ objection and shuddered.

Finally, when one of them turned helplessly, the other followed him and said a word.

“Wizard Tkkari is talking proudly. Wizard, if you think about investing later… Aww!”

Chris, in a fit of petty swearing, pulled a tendon from his forehead, but he didn’t even have to come out himself.

Illesis, enraged at hearing the other person’s harsh words, used a spell to throw the two of them out of the inn.

“Why do you look more angry?”

When Tyrone, who was still, smiled and asked, Illesis glared at him.

Chris soothed her and continued the suspended card game.