"If someone had truly made up their mind to kill, I don't think they would care about that," Diabel said.
"On that point, I happened to take a look around Liurnia of the Lakes." At that moment, Heathcliff stepped forward. "Everyone, I am Heathcliff, leader of the Knights of the Blood."
"What do you mean?" someone immediately pressed.
"Simply put, although Roundtable City is the 'main city' of us 'Tarnished,' there are many other cities in this place. Some are hostile to the Tarnished, but it may also be possible to join them. The Golden Tree's guards are extremely hostile toward us—which is only natural, since the 'mission' of us Tarnished is to reach the Golden Tree and become Elden Lord. To those factions, Red Name players are, in a sense, a pledge of allegiance."
In this world, NPCs possessed free will as well.
After these characters appeared, they acted according to their own will.
For the most part, they moved forward according to "fate."
But if the players' influence became too great, NPCs would change their behavioral patterns just like real people.
"In short, in this raid, the newly joined Tarnished must not only have a certain level of PVE skill, but preferably some PVP experience as well. Or at the very least, they need to be prepared to fight other people." That was what Diabel truly wanted to say.
"Leave it to me." Asuna stood up.
"Huh? Asuna? But haven't you ever played a game before?" Diabel was surprised.
"Ah, that's right. But I practiced fencing in the real world. I think I have at least a little actual experience fighting people."
``` ["A little"]
[Meaning a gold medal]
[National champion lol]
[That's Asuna's mother for you. Anyone else definitely couldn't have done that.]
[I think it was