Ch.375[Episode 375] Supply Base C

Sir Dominic entered the tutorial stage of Call of Honor.

The tutorial stage was a blank white space filled with grid patterns.

[Tutorial 01: Agent]

[Nice to meet you, Agent Name: Sir Dominic.]

[It is an honor to meet a legendary agent.]

Sir Dominic read the system message that appeared before his eyes and briefly looked around.

There was no one around, and Sir Dominic was the only one existing in this space.

[In this stage, we would like to explain the gimmicks of Call of Honor, particularly the agent-side gimmicks.]

[Please look at the back of your non-dominant hand.]

Sir Dominic raised his right hand at those words.

Although his dominant hand was his right, he used his left hand more often when in combat.

Then, on the back of Sir Dominic’s hand, the digital number 100 was written.

[The number currently written on the back of your hand is your temporarily assigned health.]

[The moment this number becomes 0, you will face death.]

[Of course, depending on the method, you may be able to resurrect, or a team member might save you.]

[Let’s move on. Next is movement.]

[Try moving forward, backward, left, and right from where you are. Also try some jumping.]

With those words, various terrains appeared in the previously all-white field.

Sir Dominic moved around as instructed.

He hopped up and down in place or crossed between different terrains.

After repeating this several times, another system message appeared.

[Excellent.]

[Now we can try some more advanced movements.]

“…Is it possible to skip to the desired point?”

Sir Dominic thought there was nothing more to learn about this part.

These were basic things that Sir Dominic already knew sufficiently well.

[Of course, Agent Name: Sir Dominic.]

The system message affirmed Sir Dominic’s request and showed him a list.

[These are the topics to learn in the current tutorial. You can skip all except the last one, [17. Test].]

“Ah, then please skip to the last one.”

[Confirmed, Agent Name: Sir Dominic.]

[The final test is to rescue hostages.]

[Currently, terrorists are holding hostages and staging a sit-in.]

[You must infiltrate the building, rescue the hostages, and subdue the terrorists.]

[There’s nothing wrong with being cautious, but remember. The terrorists have bombs, and if negotiations break down, they will detonate them without hesitation.]

[Don’t forget that to prevent the bombs from detonating, you must subdue all terrorists and then disarm the bombs.]

“Now things are finally getting proper.”

Sir Dominic said as he raised his sword and shield.

And finally, when the number above reached 0, Sir Dominic stepped toward the virtual map created in the white space.

Sir Dominic was a tanker with the standard-bearer trait.

He thought these two characteristics combined would be enough to clear this mission alone.

…Until he met his death after taking five bullets to the head.

…

“…Huh.”

Sir Dominic woke up again in the tutorial space.

What on earth happened?

Sir Dominic jumped up and looked around.

The virtual space from before had disappeared, and the white grid-patterned space greeted Sir Dominic again.

“What in the world—”

[TIP: In FPS, different stats are assigned than your usual stats. This is to give everyone a fair chance!]

Sir Dominic looked at the back of his hand after seeing the tip that appeared before him.

There was an incomprehensible number written: 275(200+75).

And he realized that his existing traits and special skills had changed a bit as well.

[[Tanker(FPS)]: You are positioned at the frontline of your team. Your duty is to protect allies and block enemy offensives.]

[[Standard-bearer(FPS)]: You wave a flag at the frontline. Apply 2 damage reduction to all allies, increase movement speed by 10%, and increase reload speed by 25%.]

[[Cinematic(FPS)]: What was Michael doing in the Bay?]

Sir Dominic finally realized why another tutorial was necessary.

This mode was operating on a completely different system from the original Gacha Land.

“How interesting.”

Sir Dominic chuckled at these messy stats.

Then, he recalled the tutorial missions he had skipped earlier and began to learn them slowly but surely.

…

Sir Dominic knew that the number on the back of his hand represented health.

However, he didn’t know what the parentheses and plus sign meant.

“The number in parentheses represents health and shield. The plus sign distinguishes between the two.”

Sir Dominic realized that the number 200 in parentheses represented his health, and the number 75 represented his shield.

It seemed that defense stats had been converted to shield.

Sir Dominic learned the concepts of concealment and cover.

In the previous test, he had charged forward recklessly like a wild boar, but he realized that in FPS, protecting oneself from enemy attacks was important.

Also, here, points could be used to upgrade equipment or buy special consumables, some of which could destroy terrain or build new ones for strategic use.

After learning how to disarm bombs, Sir Dominic faced the final test once more.

“I hope this goes properly this time.”

Sir Dominic muttered as he watched the countdown decrease.

Only after the countdown reached 0 did Sir Dominic enter the virtual space once again.

When he first entered, he was immediately exposed to the attacks of five snipers and died right away, but this time, Sir Dominic skillfully put his shield forward and hid behind a suitable wall that could be used as cover.

Sir Dominic caught his breath for a moment and checked his health.

This was because a bullet from a sniper rifle had just grazed his ankle.

Fortunately, Sir Dominic’s health only showed a slight decrease in his shield, while his base health remained intact.

The sniper rifle was not greatly affected by Sir Dominic’s special skill [Standard-bearer(FPS)].

To be precise, Sir Dominic’s special skill was effective against weapons that dealt small damage multiple times, like assault rifles or pistols, but was weak against weapons that dealt large damage at once, like sniper rifles.

Sir Dominic grinned, exhilarated by this thrilling feeling.

After confirming his shield value was recharging, Sir Dominic ran toward the next piece of cover once more.

To see the end of the tutorial.

…

“Phew.”

Sir Dominic successfully disarmed the bomb in a place strewn with corpses, bullets, wooden pieces, and concrete fragments.

And before that, he had successfully rescued the hostages held by the terrorists.

In other words, Sir Dominic had cleared the tutorial stage.

[Congratulations, Agent Name: Sir Dominic. As expected, you’ve shown excellent skills.]

[Since Sir Dominic’s skills are better than anticipated, we have prepared one more test for you.]

[It’s about infiltrating among terrorists, acting like one of them, and extracting their information.]

[If you’re interested, to confirm your skills once more—]

“This is enough.”

Sir Dominic shook his head at the system message’s proposal.

While Sir Dominic found this mode quite fun, his duty was to rescue Lady Alice, not to enjoy this mode.

[Very well, Agent Name: Sir Dominic. Perhaps the quality of an agent is such steadfastness that doesn’t turn eyes to anything other than the objective.]

[But Sir Dominic, if you ever change your mind, please visit us anytime.]

[We will always be waiting for you.]

After seeing the last message sent by the system, Sir Dominic immediately returned to where Remi and Dr. Phantom were waiting.

“You’re back?”

To Remi’s question, Sir Dominic nodded.

Sir Dominic now understood why Remi and Dr. Phantom were so heavily armed.

Just by wearing bulletproof vests and helmets, one could gain about 50 shield, comparable to Sir Dominic’s shield.

This was something Sir Dominic had discovered during the tutorial.

“What happened to the others?”

“Not yet. You came out first, brother.”

Remi answered Sir Dominic’s question.

And just as she said that, Sir Dominica and Hime appeared as if they were bounced out.

“Speak of the devil.”

Remi muttered.

Sir Dominic suddenly looked at Sir Dominica and Hime’s clothes.

They were wearing comfortable clothes, as was Sir Dominic.

Sir Dominic had just realized how important equipment was in FPS.

Therefore, Sir Dominic immediately changed his skin.

To a very holy-looking armor that sparkled with platinum, gold, and silver.