Universal Mechanic

Time goes back to an hour ago

Asta opened his eyes and looked at the empty woods except for himself.

Asta: That's not good. This game actually separates everyone. Now I have to work hard to find someone.

Fen: Be more careful than this.

Astha: I know.

Asta raised his crossbow, pulled the trigger, and shot an arrow through the snake's head, turning it into a pool of blood.

Asta leisurely walked forward with the hand crossbow while avoiding the falling blood and said.

Astha: Looks like we two have to go on a date.

Fen heard Asta's words and said with a smile: Haha, why aren't you happy to partner?

Astha: How could that happen? It's a blessing to have someone to chat with in this situation.

Fen: But I'm not a human, I'm a wolf, so as my partner, this is zoophilia.

Astha: What's going on? I don’t know how long it’s been since I saw you in wolf form, aren’t you usually in human form?

Fen: Occasionally, I'll turn back into my true self and roll around on the bed. Of course, I'll clean it up afterward so you never notice.

Asta: ...We basically stay together, right? Even if they were separated for only a few minutes...how boring are you?

Fin: How can you possibly understand the joy of rolling around in bed if you're not me? And shouldn't you marvel at my cleaning skills? No hair at all.

Asta: Okay, okay, you are awesome. By the way, this game is called [Evil Beast Extermination]. I originally thought there would be a bunch of monsters, but I didn’t expect them to be just ordinary animals.

While chatting, Asta kept swinging his sword to kill the beasts that were attacking him. As for the small animals hiding on the side, he deliberately avoided them so as not to disturb them.

Fen: Let’s find a mount and look forward, shall we? Maybe there will be something interesting ahead.

Asta: Then let’s move forward slowly. Since it’s called [Destroy the Evil Beasts], there should be some mutated creatures or bosses, right?

Fin: It's possible. There's a squirrel following you.

Astha: What?

Asta looked at his feet and there was indeed a little squirrel, but Asta didn't notice its existence at all.

Asta: Where are you from, little one?

While talking, Asta knelt down and touched the squirrel, and then the squirrel spit out an acorn from its mouth and gave it to Asta and ran away.

Asta looked at the acorn in his hand and said: Just gave me an acorn?

Fen: Why don't you open it and take a look?

Astha: Then try.

After speaking, Asta crushed the acorn with a slight squeeze to reveal the small note hidden inside.

Astha: What is this?

"Hunting Rules"

Do not attack harmless animals

You can fight back if attacked by a hostile animal

Any attacks on innocent animals will be targeted by rangers.

So hunters please abide by the above rules and enjoy hunting.

Fen: It seems to be a rule. What do you think, partner?

Asta put the note into one of the upper pockets of his coat and said.

Asta: It’s a bit tricky. After all, not everyone is as capable of attacking hostile enemies as we are. I can only hope that Charlotte will be smarter.

Fen: But she’s not the kind of person who kills randomly so there’s no need to worry, so what should we do now? Since we don’t have a goal, should we continue to move forward?

Asta: Let’s find a water source or cave first? I feel that this game may not end so easily. It is very important to maintain physical strength.

Fin: Then walk slowly.

And time goes back to not long ago in the woods

Charlotte stood on the branch of a giant tree and said: It should be less than half past twelve but the sun is shining here?

The emerald badge on Charlotte's chest flashed a few times and she spoke.

I'm afraid this is a small independent world, but I don't know how much time difference there is with the outside world. You may have to pay attention to it.

Charlotte taunted as she opened the note she got from Birdie.

After reading the rules in detail.

Charlotte: A bit like the rules of a general hunting ground?

But when I think about it carefully, I feel that this is really deceptive. You must hunt for food, plus the name of this game.

Charlotte: It makes people think that there must be something like a troublesome monster, right? No wonder they teleported people in as soon as the time came. It seemed to be to trick them.

So what are you going to do? Based on your appetite, the bento should be enough for you to last until the next day.

Charlotte: But I don’t have enough water. Although I can find some fruits instead, it’s better to make sure the water source is good first, and I guess Asta may also find the water source first.

So based on your decision, are you really going to just use the sword?

Charlotte: After all, your injury is not healed yet and I need to get back to my original level quickly.

You don’t need to be so concerned about my injuries. After all, I’m already fragile. However, the quality of the Elf Stones from the Holy Maiden of Spirits is so good that just using one of them will almost heal my injuries. I’ll be able to recover in about an hour. .

Charlotte: After all, there are big elves of the four elements by her side at all times, and it is not difficult for her to get an elven stone. After all, it is a consumable for her.

Then let’s go ahead and aim for the water source!

Charlotte: Speaking of which, what was my original plan?

Asta's perspective

Asta: ...There is someone.

Asta, who was still walking leisurely, suddenly stopped and looked into the distance.

There was a small group surrounding a giant wild boar that was two times larger than the average wild boar.

Fin: It seems that the plan is to ensure that the food is indeed big enough for them to share, but does this violate the rules?

Astha: Who knows? This rule is not very clear. After all, the word hostility is too vague. Just because someone is acting like a lei feng, I will just observe it.

As he spoke, Asta lit a spell card with illusory blue flames to cover up his aura, and then Asta climbed up a tree to observe the small group.

Fin: I thought you were going to warn them.

Asta: Even if I tell you, I’m afraid you won’t believe it, right? Oh, they seem to be taking action

While the two were talking, the ten people surrounding the wild boar jumped out of the grass, and a man in the lead shouted.

Come on everyone!

In the next second, various attacks flew towards the wild boar. The wild boar died without even a chance to struggle.

Astha: That’s it? I thought the wild boar would resist, so how would the so-called forest ranger appear?

But five minutes later

Just when the group of people pulled off the fur and began to cut the meat.

Asta: Nothing happened? I thought there was going to be an armed force or something.

Fin: Maybe the rules are fake? Or maybe some ranger also needs to run a map?

Asta: If that's the case, then it's a good choice to collect food now. After observing it, if there are no problems, use the spell card to send a message to Charlotte.