Death.

So-jin, the most immersed in LEORE at the middle school girls’ party, logged into LEORE much earlier than the promised time today, without fail.

Usually, she would slowly explore the LEORE world, but today she rushed straight to the guild house.

,Welcome, Sojin-nim.”

,Oh, uh, yes!”

‘That person seems to always be logged in.’

So-jin, greeting the guild member dressed in knight’s attire, entered the guild house and immediately ran to the large bed in sight.

,Hauuuuuu…!”

Seeing Arang lying on the bed with her eyes closed, So-jin covered her mouth with both hands.

,So, so cute…!”

Seeing Arang’s ears twitching and tail wagging as she seemed to be dozing off, So-jin lost her mind and jumped onto the bed.

Kung!

,Eue?”

Startled by the sudden impact, Arang, who had been briefly airborne on the bed, ignored the contact warning message and tried to see who was hugging her, but with her vision filled with breasts, she simply buried her face in them.

‘These breasts are definitely So-jin’s.’

Not long after So-jin arrived, Chan-mi and Hye-won also logged into LEORE and entered the guild house.

Everyone seemed to be anticipating Arang’s cat-person appearance, as they rushed in even though there was still plenty of time left until the appointed time.

The reason being none other than.

[Middle School Girls’ Chat Room]

So-jin-jjaan! Look at this~

So-jin – (Picture of cat Arang resting)

So-jin – (Picture of stroking cat Arang)

So-jin – (Picture of hugging cat Arang)

So-jin – Isn’t Arang super cute!?

Chan-mi – !? What, is Arang in LEORE right now!?

So-jin – Yeah, she’s resting on the bed right now

So-jin – (Heart emoticon)

Chan-mi – I want to log in too!!! I want something cute, I want Arang!!!

Chan-mi – So-jin monopolizing Arang by logging in first is too much!

Chan-mi – (Angry emoticon)

So-jin – lololololol

Hye-won – I should log in too

Due to So-jin’s boasting, Chan-mi and Hye-won, despite having plenty of time left until the appointment and having academy or other things to do, threw everything aside and logged into LEORE.

Naturally, having logged into LEORE to see Arang, they rushed to the guild house to see her immediately.

,Hooah… This is insane…”

,Wow… is this even human?”

As soon as they saw Arang, Chan-mi and Hye-won approached her and began stroking her.

Just a few days ago, they had been thinking of slowly getting to know Arang so as not to burden her, as she hadn’t been able to attend school for a long time, but now they didn’t care about that.

Not being able to stroke Arang right in front of them right now was no different from torture.

The middle school girls, on the bed, each touched Arang’s cat ears, Arang’s cat tail, and Arang’s belly, asking about what to do today.

They had prepared the largest bed in LEORE so that Arang could roll around and play, so it was a spacious size even with the entire middle school girls’ party on it.

Thus, they spent healing time stroking Arang on the bed until the appointed time.

==

,What we’re doing today is… dying a lot…”

Arang, her strength completely sapped by the pretty middle school girls’ stroking, said in a small voice.

,Dying a lot…?”

,That sounds a bit scary…?”

,D, do we really have to do that…?’

Everyone’s hands, which had been stroking Arang, stopped at the word “death.”

,Yeah. We have to. But don’t worry. It’s not that scary.”

One of the biggest things that new players in LEORE fear about combat is death.

With sensations almost no different from reality, the word “death” naturally hits them directly.

Monsters wielding weapons and using magic to kill them right before their eyes, bleeding profusely from wounds, rushing at them without even fearing death.

From a newbie’s perspective, they can be terrified just seeing that.

That’s why they were intentionally made not to give that feeling in the early monsters, but it’s different as the level increases.

They really end up in a bloody battle with their lives on the line.

There are more users than you might think who find that burdensome or scary.

Especially if a female user playing LEORE for the first time dies to a monster that’s not just a normal monster, but one of LEORE’s uniquely grotesque or bizarre-looking monsters?

They’ll delete LEORE right away.

That’s why there are many users who like LEORE but only do life content and not combat content.

This is because LEORE didn’t just become famous for its combat content, but because it created a world so perfect that it felt like they had created an entire world.

To prevent such things from happening, Arang is planning to film a death mad movie with the middle school girls’ party. To get them used to death.

Even during the previous Orc Chieftain try, Arang was the only one who died when they failed.

Arang judged at that time that the middle school girls were not yet used to LEORE, so she had been preventing them from dying.

But now the time has come for them to know death.

Once they pass level 30, the difficulty increases and there are wipe mechanics, so they will inevitably experience death a lot.

So Arang is planning to make her middle school friends familiar with death in advance so that they won’t be afraid of it.

,First, we’ll form a party. Then, everyone to the arena…”

After everyone entered the arena together, Arang first called Hye-won, who seemed to have the strongest mentality, to the Colosseum, the arena battle map.

,Huh? Oh?”

,Oh, this is a cool place too. Is this the Colosseum?”

Chan-mi and So-jin went to the Colosseum spectator seats, while Arang and Hye-won were positioned in the center of the Colosseum.

,Arang-ah…?”

Hye-won couldn’t help but be flustered by the fact that it was clearly a PVP map and that she was clearly an enemy of Arang.

,Everyone, today you’re going to fight me to get used to fighting humanoid monsters and to get used to death.”

,Huh?”

,Then I’ll start right away.”

,Uh…?”

Arang didn’t say anything more and rushed towards Hye-won with her shield and sword.

,Uh? Uh? Uhhhh? Uhhhhh?”

There are many other methods, but the reason for choosing this method is that most monsters from level 20 to about level 40 are humanoid monsters.

In particular, the field boss who dropped the Mind-Reading Sword, which is still safely stored in the warehouse, is also a humanoid monster.

LEORE’s artificial intelligence is so good that you can think of it as human, so knowing about PVP-style combat methods is quite helpful.

So Arang decided to have them experience death in a PVP format on the arena map.

,Wa, wait, Arang-!”

Chwaak!

Arang’s sword mercilessly slashed Hye-won’s neck.

Hye-won, having been attacked in a vital spot and immediately turned into particles, was resurrected right away.

,Kyaaak!?”

As soon as she regained her senses, Hye-won grabbed her neck with her hands and collapsed.

,Wa, was that, death…?”

Pain doesn’t exist in LEORE, but the experience of having a knife enter her neck and dying was not a good experience.

Hye-won’s trembling hands and limp legs showed how surprised she was.

And to that Hye-won, Arang changed into her non-combat attire from when she was in the guild house and went straight into the flustered Hye-won’s lap like a cat.

Then, she took Hye-won’s hand, which was clutching her neck, and allowed her to touch her ears and tail.

Hye-won’s hand, which had been trembling slightly until just now, soon calmed down as she stroked Arang.

,How is it? It’s not that big of a deal, right?”

,Yeah. After experiencing it once, I feel a little better.”

Arang moved her tail to rub it against Hye-won’s face to help her regain her senses even more.

,Hooah…”

Arang got up at the sight of Hye-won, who had been healed by grabbing Arang’s tail and smelling it diligently.

,Arang-ah?”

,Okay. Let’s do it again.”

,Uh…?”

,Until you get used to it.”

Hye-won couldn’t get up even at the sight of Arang going to pick up the sword she had left on the floor.

,Then I’m going.”

,Wa, wait-!”

Pook!

==

,Hooee…”

Kill and get petted. Kill and get petted. Kill and get petted.

After repeating this about 10 times, Hye-won started trying to run away instead of just being killed by Arang.

After about 20 times, she stopped being afraid of death and started diligently chanting and pulling off casting in front of Arang in order to beat her.

Of course, Arang wasn’t doing it seriously.

She knew that if she did it seriously, the kids would be scared.

,Where the enemy is, may the blessing of the great fire descend,

Fierce flames, burn the great enemy!”

Hye-won confidently using magic while chanting in the LEORE world, where there is casting but no chanting.

In LEORE, you can’t move while casting, so the Sorceress is a considerably difficult class in PVP.

Therefore, you have to use spells that don’t require casting to buy time to cast.

And Hye-won, having awakened to that method through her continued battles with Arang, now had the skills of an average user.

,Wow… that was hard!”

The fight with Hye-won ended after 30 deaths.

,Good job. Hye-won-ah. You got used to it faster than I thought?”

,Really…!? Hehehe. I guess I’m a genius after all!”

,Then next is Chan-mi.”

,Okay…”

Chan-mi, who had been watching Arang and Hye-won’s fight, stood up confidently.

,Chan-mi, fighting!”

,Yeah! I might not be able to beat Arang… but I’ll try to win!”