Chapter 142: “The Forest of La Colinne”
“Oh, customers have arrived in La Colinne. This is… not from the direction of the capital or Erntal. Could there be a new safety area in a direction I’m not aware of?”
La Colinne was a place where various roads intersected, a key point for transportation.
I know the direction of the capital, and I’m aware of the Erntal direction where I once saw off Blanc. Along the road heading in neither direction, there is probably a newly established safety area set up by the administration.
Once I have some spare time, I should send someone to confirm the location.
I’m not sure if individual players can conquer the newly set safety area dedicated by the administration. Even if it’s not possible, surrounding the area with creatures like treants and insects might make it possible for players to hunt there.
However, if I were to do something like that suddenly, it might reveal our involvement with the players, and I might get scolded by the administration, so I won’t do it.
Since there were no posts about meeting up or similar on the recent thread on social media, these appearing players are not a hastily formed party matched up through the system, but rather members who usually act together.
“At this timing, they probably just entered the dungeon for the first time. Attacking a ☆3 location immediately indicates they must be confident in their skills.”
Due to difficulty adjustments, some time has passed, but it’s still too early for them to appear after peering into other ☆1 or ☆2 areas. Transferring to the newly created safety area is supposed to be one-way, so it should not be possible to transfer to another location from there. If that were possible, it could lead to easy long-distance travel between countries, posing a threat to the in-game economy that the administration is concerned about. I don’t think there’s any loophole.