"Weren't we going to that... dungeon?" Asuna asked curiously.
"Not yet. Although Argo said you seemed pretty capable..." Kiriko glanced at Asuna's sword and the armor beneath her cloak. "I should at least teach you some proper combat methods. Um... starting with how to use healing items."
"Healing items."
"Ah, I do have a little experience teaching complete gaming newbies like you..."
Naoi's image flashed through Kiriko's mind again. Unfortunately, all she could see was the back of a golden ponytail.
[Got it, Imouto was taught by Kiriko too] [Right in her professional field] [So show us Imouto's face already] [Damn, she even has to teach her about healing potions] [To be fair, when I first started gaming, I didn't know what those things were for either] [Healing potions are useless, okay? Whenever I use one extra potion in a game, it feels like a sin] [So you're Grandet, huh] [Seriously, I was the same when I played games before. I'd clear the game with a whole pile of buffs and stat potions untouched in storage] [You planned to use them on a powerful boss or the final boss, then kept saving them until the end and never used them, right?] [I suspect you're watching my screen] [That's me] [That's definitely me]
"...Using Sword Skills costs stamina, and most Sword Skills can't be canceled once activated. But sometimes, a Sword Skill with a long recovery can be softened with one that has a shorter recovery... Uh, that means canceling the recovery animation to achieve something similar to a 'cancel.'"
"Ah."
Asuna tilted her head.
Kiriko sighed—she clearly hadn't understood any of that, had she?
"Like this—"
At that moment, Asuna had already walked over to a Feral Boar.
The Feral Boar was not a monster from The Lands