[Good thing they didn't scroll to the study materials, lol.]
[Asuna is so cute.]
[Asuna does sound a little nicer.]
[Big brother collected so many of these.]
[It'd be social death if she found out, lol.]
[Asuna has so many friends.]
[They're all cute girls.]
[A beauty's confidence.]
[Image: President Asuna surfing the web under her real name.]
After finishing the character customization, there was one final choice before entering the game.
"Please select your origin... What's this?"
Asuna fumbled in a panic, but then noticed a question mark beside it.
On the screen appeared many people wielding all kinds of weapons and wearing all kinds of equipment.
[Image: Elden Ring has quite a lot of classes.]
"A character's origin determines their initial attributes and equipment... Characters of different origins have slightly different initial attribute allocations, but the total number of points is the same. The weapons' initial stats are also identical. Please choose the weapon and background you like best..."
Asuna read the help text aloud, word by word.
"So, so complicated... Online games are so hard..."
[Hero. You have to pick Hero.]
[The Astrologer looks so cool.]
[The last one is Wretch! I want that one!]
[You just want to see Asuna wearing nothing, don't you?]
[Go straight for Wretch!]
[Hurry, hurry, charge!]
The viewers only knew how to charge ahead, but Asuna had much more to consider.
There was no way she could choose Wretch. It didn't suit her image.
As for attributes, that was even harder to judge.
However, as the game progressed, some equipment had stat requirements, so every attribute basically needed a few points. There was also a respec system in the game, so initial attributes really only affected the early stages.
Part of this design had drawn inspiration from Elden Ring, but much