My system comes with a chat group?

So the two of them discussed a lot of content plans in private, and then Yakumo thought of the many novels about quitting a team that he had read before he traveled through time, and he slapped his forehead and made an RPG game with the theme of regret with Eriri.

The story is set in a dungeon, and it is a common adventure team going to the dungeon. The original team members are a black witch with long straight hair, a blonde elf archer, a loli female priest, and a male warrior.

The male warriors were ordinary, seemingly without any special features. Their job was to be the front line and take the beatings, and to be responsible for various miscellaneous tasks such as supply, testing traps, and communicating with dungeon merchants.

The plot of the game is the well-known one that the female character thinks the warrior is useless, so she kicks the warrior out of the team, and the three-person team goes on a dungeon adventure by themselves, which then leads to a series of welfare plots.

Originally, there was no need to put too much effort into the copywriting. But Eriri felt that this was her first game hosted by herself, and she also wanted to play a trick on Kasumigaoka Utaha, so she raised the requirements for the copywriting a lot.

For example, they had to describe the regrets of these characters after each free gift, etc. When Kasumigaoka Utaha saw these requirements, she almost thought that Eriri had some mental illness.

Eriri even considered the subsequent DLC, but the main game hasn't even been completed yet, let alone the DLC. But when this plan was placed in front of Kasumigaoka Utaha, she had to admit that Eriri's work was really perfect.

Compared with Tomoya Aki, Eriri even included content about the burning costs and the subsequent sales profit-sharing plan.

[Eri: By the way, are you coming to the summer comic? I'll add your name to the credits.]

[Yakumo: Have you already accepted that Shiyu-senpai will come to help you? !]

[Eriri: Humph, from what I know about Tomoya, he will definitely not be able to complete his plan. Besides, where can he find another artist of the same level as me in such a short time?]

Eriri said this with pride, and she had reason to be proud. Eriri had talent, and she stopped her own world to practice when she joined the chat group, and her level was constantly improving.

[Yakumo: If I happen to be free at that time, I will go there.]

Yakumo didn't refuse. If Eriri was doing her summer comics and he was in town to rest, then it wouldn't be a big deal for him to go over for a day.

Besides, he hasn't been to a comic convention for a while, so it would be nice to go there and see the pretty cosplay ladies.

[Yakumo: Besides, I am also looking forward to the quality of the finished product of your game. When the time comes, I can also play it by the way.]

[Yakumo: Of course, if I have already finished defeating the demon king by the time your summer comic is released, I will have more time.]

Chapter 57 A Sudden Fork in the Road

It would be nice to be able to participate in the summer comic, but Yakumo will not let it delay his main task here. The journey to defeat the Demon King continues, and it has been almost a year since he accepted Sinmei's invitation.

"Almost a year has passed without me noticing. I don't know if I can get to the town before the New Year." Xin Meir looked at the gray sky and wondered if it would snow soon.

"If we hadn't been looking for those weird mazes, we should have reached the next town, or even passed through the Likel Canyon?" Haita complained.

"If Haita hadn't been drunk all day in town every time, we might have reached the gateway to the northern countries." Fulilian also complained.

"If you add up the time that Fulilian spends sleeping in every morning, she must have wasted several days, right?" Aize also complained.

"Hahahaha, looking at it this way, we are indeed the destined team." Xin Meir laughed happily.

"I was just saying that every time we took a long detour, it was you who suggested it, Xin Meier, right?" Yakumo took out a canteen to resupply everyone. "Although we did kill a lot of demons and explore a lot of mazes because of this."

“So there is Yakumo in the team

It's really great." Xin Meier took the kettle and took a sip: "Speaking of which, do you have any special customs for celebrating the New Year? When Haita and I were young in the village, we mainly focused on eating."

"When I was little, I looked forward to the New Year the most." Haita took the kettle from Xinmeier and said, "I could eat some pretty good food. But after I became a monk, I mainly prayed to the goddess."

"Huh? Why are you looking at me like that? Elves have always been weak in this regard. No matter what time it is, it's all the same to us." When she realized that everyone was looking at her, Fulilian replied.

"Many festivals are meaningless to elves. The customs that Xinmeier mentioned do not exist at all." Fulilian turned the page of the magic book in her hand and was not interested in the topic.

“Are all elves so pure-hearted…” In most of the works that Yakumo has read, although the elves are indifferent by nature, they do not really care about nothing, and the elves in many world views have their own festivals.

I always feel that the elves on Fulilian's side are a little different.

"But the customs of the Spring Festival... now you think of it, there are actually quite a lot." If we were to talk about the number of customs of the Spring Festival, if the Hua family says there are few, then no country in the world would dare to say there are many.

New Year's Eve dinner is a must, and as for the remaining firecrackers, maybe I can ask Eriri to help buy some? And Teyvat seems to have firecrackers too, so I can definitely get some to play with.

"When I was a kid, I was quite naughty. I would throw firecrackers into the sewer or put a basin on it to make it explode. At that time, I would jump for joy for a long time when I saw the basin being blown up by the firecrackers."

“Of course, sometimes I’ll break a pot and get beaten up.” Yakumo laughed as he spoke.

"It sounds like everyone's childhood was just as naughty." Xin Meier showed a nostalgic expression: "If we can't make it to the town for the New Year this year, we can hold a New Year event outside?"

"So we have to celebrate it at last," Hatta agreed, smiling: "Is it possible to drink as much as I like on New Year's Day? This is a day I am looking forward to."

"You are truly worthy of being called a wine-drinking and meat-loving monk." This is what Aize said.

The group hurried along the road according to the markings on the map, and from time to time they had to find a high point to confirm whether the direction was correct. Yakumo was also using the system map to make corrections. The accuracy of hand-drawn maps in this era could not be guaranteed, and there might be errors.

"I feel like we should develop some map exploration magic, so that it will be much more convenient to explore the maze." Yakumo actually already has the direction of this magic, such as the MC map props.

All you need to do is change the item into magic, and then add a magic that appears on paper. However, this is equivalent to compound magic, which is much more troublesome than simple map exploration magic.

“After arriving in the town, I can sell the high-precision map to the Chamber of Commerce and make some money, which can be considered an income.” In addition to this way of making money, Yakumo also sells some potions he makes.

For example, the white potion and vitality potion can restore HP and MP by 300. These potions are quite popular, but the production volume is relatively low, and it is definitely not as high as the most basic potions such as red potions and blue potions.

"But the weather is indeed getting colder. I heard that the temperature in the northern countries is even lower, even more extreme than here, and there are often blizzards in winter."

Xin Meier looked at the sky. Although it was gloomy, there was no sign of snow. "Before we completely enter the northern countries, we must also be prepared to deal with it."

"That's a bit troublesome. Magicians are fine, it won't have much impact on spellcasting. But won't it affect the combat of soldiers wearing thick cotton clothes? Or do you have any special methods to resist the cold?"

Yakumo thought of the mung bean porridge sold in the pharmacy in the Frozen Snowland of MapleStory. It would keep you warm for a while, but the duration was not long, and the price was not cheap.

"It would be nice if there was a magic that could warm the body." Yakumo concluded.

"It is said that this kind of magic exists in the northern territory." Fulilian took over the conversation: "But I seldom go to the north, and that's where the most demons live, so I haven't learned this kind of magic yet."

"Since there is none, let's find a way to develop it..." Yakumo sighed. During this period, he also developed a lot of life magic, such as lighting magic to replace lamps, cleaning magic for pots and pans, etc.

There was no detergent in that era. Every time they cleaned the dishes, they did it near a river. Yakumo couldn't use detergent very frequently, so over time he developed this magic.

"Huh? There's actually a road here that's not marked on the map." Fulilian pointed to a road on the left: "If it's close, maybe I can rest in the room at night."

"Indeed, there is no mark on the map. Could it be that the village has only appeared recently?" Xin Meir compared the route on the map and found that there was indeed no such fork in the road on the map.

"Perhaps it is because this road is not far away, so there is no need to mark it out specially?" Haita speculated: "Then, should we go and take a look?"

Chapter 58 Unexpected News

"It looks like a very peaceful little village."

We stopped at the open space in the center of the village. The village didn't look very big, with about ten households. The fork in the road stopped here, and there was no way back.

"Hello, I am the brave Xin Meier, currently on my journey to defeat the demon king." Xin Meier came forward to interact with the people in the village. Although he was often arrogant and narcissistic, Xin Meier's social skills were indeed very good.

"Welcome, brave man." The village chief was a middle-aged man who looked plump and had a cute daughter. While the team was chatting with the village chief, the girl served hot tea to everyone.

"Huh... In this kind of weather, a cup of hot tea makes me feel finally alive again." Yakumo held the teacup, and the magic of making the ceramic cup look old emerged in his mind again.

Actually, the magic is not completely useless, it is just not used most of the time. If there is a pottery cup in a certain period of time, you can make a replica and then make it old, and it can really pass it off as a cultural relic, but this is not the right way.

There is no need for that now, just enjoy your hot tea.

After pouring tea for everyone, the little girl sat next to him curiously, looking at Fulilian. Perhaps because elves are rare in this world, children have such strong curiosity.

Afterwards, Xin Meier reached a deal with the village chief, who lent the team an unused house for one day. But in return, the brave team also had to help the villagers do some labor as rent. As for paying money, they didn't have to.

After reaching an agreement, the little girl led the team to the room mentioned by the village chief: "This is it, but when big brothers and big sisters use the room, please don't damage the furniture in the house."

"Okay, we got it. Thank you for bringing us here." Yakumo rummaged in his pocket, actually taking out a few candies from the props column and put them in the little girl's hand: "Thank you."

I don't know if it's because teams similar to theirs often pass by here, but this room is obviously designed like a hostel, with the most basic furniture like a bed, but no kitchen utensils.

"There's not much dust. It looks like it's cleaned up often." While Yakumo was preparing the kitchen utensils, Xin Meier checked the room: "Is it because a team of brave men passes by here from time to time?"

"Maybe, Haita, can you go buy some ingredients from the villagers? I'll reimburse you when I come back." Yakumo checked his stock. It was scattered and not easy to make a dinner.

"Take advantage of the opportunity to come across a village now and stock up on supplies, otherwise we won't be able to find the next village for a long time and have to survive in the wilderness again." Yakumo's item bar can be kept completely fresh, so there is no need to worry about expiration or spoilage.

"Okay, then Aize, come with me." With a warrior accompanying Haita, even if something unexpected happens, Aize can perform the front-line tasks well, which can greatly improve Haita's safety factor.

As for Frillian... forget it, I can’t imagine Frillian doing housework at all.

After dinner, Fulilian sat down to read again, Xin Meier and the others were responsible for cleaning up, and Yakumo went out for a walk. At night, although the village was not very lively, it was not completely dark either.

You can also see some villagers gathering together to chat. In a place where there are no entertainment programs, chatting may be the most primitive entertainment. The lamp on the central square seems to be a magic prop that does not require any fuel.

The villagers were chatting in the open space, and the children were playing around. Yakumo found a random seat and sat down, unable to get a word in for a while. The adults were talking about daily trivia, such as the harvest of the land, and Yakumo could not get a word in.

At first, Yakumo was thinking whether he could get any useful information, but after listening for about ten minutes, he gave up. The topics of these adults were always about the harvest of the land and hunting game in the mountains.

Yakumo wanted to hear about the news of the passing travelers, but even if he asked, the adults could not tell him anything. Because there were travelers passing by from time to time, and the villagers did not care what these people did.

So the adults can say that some people have come recently, but they have no way of knowing what these people are doing or where they are going.

Having gotten no results, Yakumo went to play with the children. Before, Fulilian had taught him projection magic and stone statue magic. Projection magic was similar to AR, but it did not require any equipment.

Stone statue magic uses earth and stone to form stone statues for manipulation. On a larger scale, it can be used to form tall stone statues for fighting; on a smaller scale, it can be used to make clay dolls for performing magic tricks.

This kind of magic is perfect for amusing children. Soon all the children gathered around Yakumo and started chattering about him.

In addition to clamoring for Yakumo to turn into something else, the village chief's daughter mentioned something that Yakumo was very concerned about.

"I met a little girl in the mountains, but we were too far away, so I didn't know if she was a real girl. She seemed to have two horns on her head. But I didn't tell my dad about this, so you have to keep it a secret, big brother."

The little girl made a horn shape with her hands on either side of her head.

Hmm? Demons?! Yakumo became alert. The village chief's daughter said the other party was a little girl, could it be a young demon? How could it be so close?

Young demons are not very strong in combat, and ordinary adventurers can easily deal with them.

Hide and cover your tracks as much as possible to avoid provoking powerful enemies.

This is the instinct of living things. Under the law of the jungle, it can protect itself to the best of its ability.

But this is not a good thing for this village. Even the weakest demons are not something that ordinary humans can deal with. Yakumo feels that he probably won't be able to sleep well tonight.

I don't know how long this demon has been around. If it has just been born, then the magic reaction will definitely be very weak, and magic detection may not be effective.

Perhaps the village chief has not yet taught his children any knowledge about the demons, so the little girl is so interested in the existence of the suspected demon and is planning to look for it again.

After returning to the house, Yakumo told Xin Meier and the others about this matter. Fulilian said directly: "Then let's go and get rid of that demon, so as to avoid more trouble at night."

"But...it's just a child, right?" Xin Meir hesitated when he heard that it was a child.

"It's not the same, Xinmeier. A child who grows up in a peaceful country is different from a child who is trained to be a killer. And the demons are probably not even as good as killers, they are just talking beasts."

Chapter 59: Search Strategy

"The so-called demons evolved from monsters that shouted 'save me' in the dark and lured people over to eat them. Sinmeier, demons will not be kind just because they are young."

Flillian flipped through the book and explained to everyone: "Even the great mage Volame defines demons as monsters that can talk. Demons are such a kind of existence, Xinmeier."

"I haven't heard of this. So, will demons lie?" Yakumo asked curiously.

"Lying? For the demons, they don't have the concept of lying." Fulilian thought for a while before continuing to answer: "For them, as long as they can survive, they will use anything they can."

"Language is just one of the means. But as long as the conditions allow, they will immediately spread their fangs, tear the prey into pieces, and devour them. The demons are such a being, and this is also their innate characteristic."

"They will do anything to survive?" Yakumo touched his chin, "Will the demons use the honey trap? I don't mean anything else, I just want to challenge my weak spot."

"I don't know about that." Facing Yakumo's question, Fulilian thought for a moment: "But if it can lure people into a trap, the demons will most likely use it."

"Except for demons like Guval who insist on having more demonic features, most demons seem to be beautiful. Hmm... so it seems that this is also a characteristic of the evolution of demons?"

As Fulilian explained, she felt as if she had discovered something that she had not noticed before.

"Beautiful things are naturally more likely to win the favor of humans. No, to be more precise, it should be that beings with high charm are always more likely to win favor." Yakumo added: "It should not only be the appearance, but also the way of speaking and behavior."

"No matter how beautiful a person is, if he speaks rudely and acts arrogantly, it will be difficult for him to win the favor of others. But once this person is charming, speaks and behaves elegantly, making people feel like spring breeze, it will be different."

Just like in many strange stories, there are often fox spirits seducing passing scholars to absorb their essence. For the demons, if excellent appearance can help them hunt humans better, they don't mind making themselves more beautiful.

"If you think about it carefully, it's not strange. Just like a baby animal, a cute child is more likely to make people let down their guard than a cold and poisonous snake, right?" Yakumo also understood a little.

"Then let's go search. Xinmeier, Haita, and Fulilian, the three of you stay in the village. Aize and I will search the mountains, hoping to find it." Yakumo stood up.

Aize picked up his double-bladed axe and followed Yakumo without any objection. Fulilian's mobility was not strong at the moment, and so was Haita. It was still very dangerous in the mountains at night, and if they were attacked by surprise, they might not be able to react quickly.

Yakumo has high mobility and a magic shield, so he is very flexible in dealing with attacks. Together with Aize, he is very flexible in both offense and defense and his search speed is also relatively fast. After all, Yakumo can fly.

"It's really dark in the mountains at night." There were several balls of light floating around Yakumo. This was a developed lighting technique that could replace lanterns. It was a very good life magic.

"This will make the search more difficult." Aize maintained a fighting stance, holding a double-edged axe and alert to the surrounding movements: "No reaction from the magic detection?"

"It's a bit difficult. If it's really a newborn demon, the magic reaction must not be strong. In such a complex environment, it's not so easy to be detected." Yakumo has already started the magic detection state and is constantly scanning the surroundings.

"Hmm... we found a few monsters, their reactions weren't that strong, let's just kill them." Yakumo led Aize to kill the monsters. The monsters had almost no resistance, and they all turned into ashes.

"But the physical fitness of demons is naturally much stronger than that of humans."