The data arrangement in front of me is extremely chaotic, with many garbled symbols.
But from the recognizable fonts, it looks like my personal panel.
However, the chaotic data arrangement in front of me makes it nearly impossible to see the surrounding situation clearly.
A thought flickers.
A lot of data instantly dissipates.
Only one piece of data remains, appearing in front of me, thankfully without any garbled symbols.
[HP: 5/10]
10 health points? So low?
Everyone starts with 15 points.
In the background, these are the stats for beggars, refugees, and slaves.
I overestimated you, Kana.
Now is not the time to consider these things, I don't know why these data suddenly appeared.
But the experience is clearly different from the game.
Only 5 health points left, and the pain can't be erased, it penetrates deeply into the brain.
Fortunately, the original difficulty in breathing has disappeared, but the scar on my chest remains.
The body's strength hasn't changed, it's still the same as just now, even if datafication doesn't make me stronger.
But after the body became datafied, my serious injuries instantly turned into what seemed like mere flesh wounds.
Rather than the internal injuries I had just now.
Moreover, the various problems brought about by the constant fatigue of my body since waking have greatly eased during this time.
Even though I'm seriously injured, my state seems better than before I woke up.
Quickly getting up, I grasp the sword beside me.
Strength surges through me.
Hmm?
I look down.
The blade in my hand is still the same one I use.
The entire longsword is slender, with a hollow in the center, adorned with noble royal patterns on the blade.
A beautiful guard, a exquisite grip.
Without any value for actual combat, purely ornamental.
Yet this ornamental sword, like a vase, brings me strength.
"Equipment?"
The datafied body, does it allow the attribute boost of equipment to take effect?
Kana looks up, a grin appearing on his face, although it carries a trace of gritted teeth.
It's my turn!
Gripping the sword in a lunge, he charges fiercely at the ghoul biting down on the soldier captain.
Thanks to the action system of the Stone of Creation, which manifests according to real-world physical effects.
Enabling game players to grasp combat techniques to some extent, even more for Kana, who used to be a technical player in the game.
To some extent considered a minor expert.
A flash of the blade, and the ghoul's head flies high.
Before hitting the ground, it gets kicked aside.
"Your Highness..."
A weak voice rings out from the side, followed by the ghoul's howl.
Kana lowers his body, turns around, swinging the sword in his right hand upwards.
In blind attack, it didn't precisely slash the ghoul's neck but hit his shoulder.
Gripping the knight's longsword in the other hand, he thrusts it upwards, piercing through the ghoul's head.
This sword was just pulled out of a giant bat's head as he charged over.
However, compared to the Prince's Sword with its flashy appearance, this ordinary knight's sword of Alyris doesn't seem to provide an attribute increase.
The blade is withdrawn.
Looking at the remaining ghoul and the bat in the air.
Kana directly charges forward.
The ghoul leaps over, sharp claws reaching for him from the side.
The Knight Sword blocks, sticking close, the Prince's Sword pulls forcefully at the neck.
Without caring if it's finished off, he decisively rolls aside to dodge the bat's descending claw strike from above.
Reversing the sword's blade upward, the Prince's Sword swings with exceptional lightness and sharpness, slicing off half of the bat's left wing.
The half-sliced wing causes the bat to lose its strongest weapon, immediately struggling for balance, flapping his wings.
Rolling upright, thrusts upward with the sword, piercing through the bat's human-like head.
Withdraws the blade, jumps over the body, kicks the ghoul rising and trying to get up.
Though the last strike didn't completely cut off his neck, it made his head slightly unstable on his neck.
With another kick, he slams him back to the ground, and Kana's Prince's Sword in his right hand ferociously hacks off the ghoul's head.
"Hmph..."
Thunder rumbles, and rain washes over the body, cleaning away the foul blood.
Pain strikes again, stripping away the exhilaration of real combat.
[HP: 4/10]
How did one point of health get lost?
Looking down at the wound on my chest, it's still bleeding with the rainwater.
So, I'm still in a bleeding state?
The weak call from beside snaps him back to reality.
He immediately goes to Alyris's side to check her injuries.
The left hand is covered in blood, and the palms of both hands are also full of wounds.
The left leg twisted in a fracture state, the right leg full of blood and flesh, also bitten.
"Your, your injury..."
"Don't speak, I'll take you away from here." Yet before he finished his words, Alyris had already fainted.
Turning around, he suddenly remembers the soldier captain from before, but now he's lying in the mud.
Quickly rushes over to check.
His wounds are much more lethal, the abdomen and chest almost torn apart, intestines even visible flowing out.
Apparently, the group that chased them was cleaned up by him, and knowing he wouldn't last long, he came again to support them after hearing the noise.
These wounds are as good as dead.
With one eye half-open, the captain looks at Kana, trembling as he reaches out a hand.
Then, the arm falls into the water, and the whole person loses breath.
Looking at the soldier.
For a moment, Kana doesn't know what to say.
This is different from an NPC dying in front of him, even if he tries to deceive himself this way, he can't.
Because this is real, the virtual game world can never reach reality.
Covers his eyes, puts the object he wanted to hand over in his hand.
This seems to be a medal.
"Awoo!"
A strange call, piercing through the rainy night.
Upon hearing the sound.
Kana immediately looks over, the sound is very familiar.
It's something not to be provoked for now.
"You are a warrior."
Pulls the soldier's hands up, laying them in an X shape in front of the chest, still remembering it's a custom in this country.
But no matter what, this corpse certainly can't be preserved. It's either becoming future enemy parts or turning into food.
Turns around, single-handedly hoisting Alyris, running in the downpour, holding the weapon in the other hand.
This is his source of strength, without holding it, he probably couldn't even carry her.
Looking at that three-story high small clock tower in the center.
"Carnivore Village, so it's this ghastly place. It used to be called Rubble Village? So clean, momentarily didn't recognize it."
This place is a decent leveling spot in the game's opening story.
There were two quest lines, he did several times while playing.
Read guides, was familiar with this place.
But that's years ago, a stark difference from later on. Couldn't recognize it until seeing the village center's well and the emblematic three-story small clock tower.
"If it's here, then those things should still exist, it's exactly when fleeing from the blood disaster."
Thinking this. Looking at Alyris he's carrying, no other choice but to check if it's still there.
If it is, then the world and the game world have a high degree of similarity, making certain experiences and future events predictable.
Can still save Alyris, given her current condition, while not presenting fatal scars, bleeding states pose substantial issues unaddressed.
Even surviving, basically rule out running.
Would also draw enemy attention.
With these thoughts, Kana continuously surveys the surroundings.
Until spotting a small two-story house.
"It's you, the village chief's home."
Directly rushing inside, finding it empty, then he dashes into the inner room.
Spots the double beds, flips the bed without hesitation.
Pulls away the carpet, indeed sees a loose wooden door.
"Yeap, an underground room."
Joy spread on Kana's face, lifts the wooden door, jumps down.
Reveals half of his body, moves the bed back into place.