Frontiers ~Chronicles of Bucket-san’s Detailed Pioneering~

them all before the end of the event.

Well, it doesn’t hurt to be careful about it though.
I can’t relax now when we’re so close to the finish line.

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“What about a Shadow Knight?” Mika suggested.

“Or a general.” Hime said.

“Ah, that could happen, couldn’t it?” Lolita commented.

“Maybe… A Shadow King?” Lulu said.

“Would it really go as far as the king level?” Lolita questioned.

“A shogun! After the general a shogun has to come next!” Mika chimed in.

“Well, there is only one week left in the event, you know?” I commented.

At our girls-only-gathering, the topic of discussion was primarily the event.

After the raid boss changed, everyone started wondering what other mobs might come in the future.

However, the event ends in a week, so like… It’s unlikely that the raid boss will change again this close to the end.

In the first place, the boss only changed when the Disappeared National Treasure incident was solved, so a special trigger was probably necessary to create any changes.

There are two more incidents left, but I don’t think they’ll be solved any time soon… Though at the same time, this thing with the national treasure all happened really suddenly, so I guess we can never know for sure.

Nobody expected a sudden small quest chain would clear out an incident, after all.

On that note, I actually told everyone about the resolution of the incident.
Not just to the girls-only-association, but also to all members of Works.

I didn’t post anything about it on the forums though, so most people there assume that the incident was just solved by NPCs without player involvement.

For a brief moment there was someone who was sure I was involved in it somehow, but that opinion was quickly buried.

“I wonder what will happen after this event ends…” Mika commented.

“Halloween.” Hime instantly replied.

“Ah, it’s fitting for October alright.” I said.

“Pumpkins and sweets? Isn’t this perfect for you, Lulu?” Lolita commented.

“I… I’ll do my best.” Lulu replied.

“Considering that this event was made in a way to let both fighters and crafters participate, I guess the next one will also try doing something similar.” Mika said.

“It certainly wouldn’t surprise me if the development team wanted everyone to be able to participate.” I commented.

“Agreed.” Hime said.

“It would be pretty bothersome otherwise.” Lolita nodded as she said that.

With the end of the event in sight, it’s normal to wonder about what will come next… Could it be a Halloween event like Hime suggested? Would there be a costume parade then?

I hope it’s something that crafters can easily participate in at least.

“Even though we got a nice crafter-friendly event this time, there are still really few people who want to focus on producing items… A few days ago, I decided to check the Rental Production Facility, and it was really vacant, you know?” Lolita commented.

“It takes a while to save up for a workshop, so every new crafter should be using the Rental Production Facility…” I muttered.

“Maybe it’s because the price is too steep? I heard that it was costly to use it.” Mika said.

“Was it really? I never thought it was too expensive to rent the space.” I replied.

“I also never felt it was too expensive.” Lolita agreed.

“Same here…” Lulu said.

“Probably because you could sell things easily.” Hime chimed in.

Well, we certainly are top craft-focused player Pioneers… Back when the game had just started, all equipment I made easily sold out, and even now that hasn’t changed.

And people now have a lot more money than they used to, so they won’t be buying starting gear anymore… Unless they’re just starting out, of course.

Crafting may involve many simple tasks, but it also requires quite a bit of patience.

Furthermore, if you’re just starting out, then you’ll need to spend a fair amount of time on a stall until the items you made sell.

And you can’t make many items at first, so your profits are always fairly small.

I guess plenty of people give up on crafting because of that and go focus on combat instead, since it’s easier to get results from battling.

I wonder what the development team thinks about it… For us who already went through the initial stages, the current system seems fine, but maybe there could be some improvements to make things easier for newer players?

I’m not sure what would be the best way to go about it, but when we consider the fact that the number of crafters still hasn’t rose that much, then it might be necessary to make things a bit easier for the newbies.

After all, crafting feels great, so it would be nice to have more people working on our field.

“Ah, a raid.” Mika suddenly said.

“I got the message too.” Hime told us.

“Do your best!” Lolita exclaimed.

“Good luck.” I told them.

“Work hard…” Lulu said.

Our girls-only-gathering was suddenly ended with Mika and Hime being called to participate on a raid.

It can’t be helped since we’re near the end of the event, but it’s okay as we were able to talk a lot.

It would be fine to continue our girls-only-gathering with just me, Lulu and Lolita, but they need to get back to crafting soon.

Everyone has a lot of stuff to do, after all.

Especially because both working adults and students have a limited amount of time available for gaming.
Not everyone can log-in for long periods of time every day like I do.

Still, it’s amazing that they can maintain themselves at the top even with those timing limitations.

As for me… Let’s go read something for now.