The Infinite World of Weapon Girls

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

[My goodness... even I feel like I wrote a bit too much in this part (I rarely pad out this section, right!), it's just a brief meeting, and it's over in one chapter, without even developing the plot... (but this can still be considered as writing the main romance storyline, right?)]

[I've discovered that my roommate, who plays video games loudly and is also a gaming enthusiast, is the bane of college student writers! Anyway, I'll see if I can offer a reward soon, though I don't know if anyone will even bother with a has-been like me _(:з」∠)_]

[196 True Tina: The Berserker Healer of New Life]

The owl traversed the space, and the real Tina had already awakened.

Tina began to plan something.

So that night, she invited everyone from Red Wolf and Black Sheep to join the same virtual network using a neural link device.

After she introduced Owl and Tina to everyone, they naturally welcomed her warmly.

With her powerful personality, social skills, and smile, Tina easily captivated everyone, making them feel like longtime friends.

Tina only reluctantly became acquainted with them, and because of Tina, she was very friendly, even slightly timid, towards the real Tina.

But without exception, both of them only had feelings for one person.

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The next ten days passed peacefully and calmly.

During this time, an unexpected event occurred: Tina's Neuro L.inker could not be installed with Brain Burst... This meant that Tina could not enter the Accelerated World.

Despite searching for all the possible causes and trying every possible method, the installation still failed every time. In the end, I finally gave up and let it be.

Because of the owls' severe monopoly of power, Happy, Violet, and the others can no longer spend as much time with Tina as they wish. At most, they can only contact Tina in the Accelerated World under the guise of team operations.

In comparison, the owl's attitude towards Tina and Seul was much more amiable.

Within ten days, they played Brain Burst every day and occasionally went to the infinite neutral space to do some hunting missions of neutral creatures. They all gradually leveled up to level 6-7. The diligent Li Seyu even surpassed them and reached level 8.

However, there was no news of the appearance of the Armor of Calamity.

Within ten days, Tina's body gradually recovered, and she was often carried to victory by a group of powerful players in 1v2 or 2v3 matches, leveling up all the way to Lv4.

Finally, players of Accel World have listed Red Wolf and Black Sheep as newbie killers, and it is said that countless veterans have become their stepping stones.

This is truly a rare sight indeed. I've heard of the legendary "Slaughtering Youngsters," but this is the first time I've heard of a newbie among them... Perhaps it's because they are indeed newbies among those who are overclocking and connecting, since you can't use alternate accounts to bully others in Accelerated World.

Perhaps the days have become a bit boring due to their ordinariness—

The Red Wolf and the Black Sheep finally began a sparring session aimed at honing their combat skills.

Tina felt that she had recovered somewhat and was probably able to fight, so she volunteered to join the sparring group.

The sparring will be conducted one-on-one by drawing lots.

Inside the accelerated space, Happy curiously leaned over and asked, "My opponent is Mistin, Tina, what about you?"

"I……"

Tina glanced at the virtual draw results, her expression slightly surprised. "It's Seul-yu."

"Hey... the captain of Black Sheep?"

Harpy touched her lips with a worried expression and said, "I heard that Seulgi has obtained an extraordinary lightning talent in the reincarnation world and is getting stronger and stronger on the path of the Lightning King. Last time they sparred, even Violet was defeated without any doubt... It seems that no one in Red Wolf can beat Lee Seulgi anymore. Is it okay for Tina to go?"

Nata glanced at her sideways and clicked his tongue. "You've seen how much Lee Seul-yuk takes care of Tina all the time. Do you think she'd be willing to shock Tina?"

Levia also came over and said with a faint smile, "Last time, Seulgi told me... her new talent is all thanks to Tina. But this is a proper sparring match after all. To avoid embarrassment, Tina, why don't you switch with me? I'm the weakest J-Uncle here."

J from the Black Sheep camp in the distance suddenly sneezed.

Se-hyuk patted J on the back and asked, "Are you alright?"

J waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, but sighed and said, "I'm getting old. Even though it's an accelerated world, I can't keep up with the pace anymore."

In the Red Wolf camp, Nata decisively pushed Levia aside upon hearing this, "Why would we switch? Tina is immune to all magical girl damage. It may be a little awkward, but we're guaranteed to win, okay! It's a matter of Red Wolf's honor."

“That makes sense, Tina, don’t worry about it.” Violet stepped forward and patted the girl on the shoulder.

"Um—where's Lian? Didn't she come?"

Not finding the little figure that had been following Violet around, Leviathan couldn't help but ask.

“Lian…” Violet gave a wry smile. “That stubborn girl, she said she wanted to join the Red Wolf, and she’s been working hard ever since. She even made me train her resilience at night. I’ve tormented her at least a thousand times in the last ten days… Well… she’s been improving every time.”

"What the hell is this training for resilience... Did she make you use a whip? She said a sharp and vicious whip is more effective for training?" Harpy asked.

Violet was taken aback, but didn't think anything was wrong: "...Hey, Happy, how did you know?...And Ren always seems so excited after training? It looks like it's working really well."

Is the young lady really that naive? Is she genuinely innocent or just pretending?

The mere thought of that scene sent chills down his spine. Harpy sighed, speechless for a moment, before finally saying, "From now on, just call her Shoulian..."

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The battle scene this time is a sky arena, also known as a floating island, suspended in the azure sky.

The floating island was surprisingly small, only a few hectares in size, with very few trees and flowers. At its center was a huge circular arena, with black sheep on the left and red wolves on the right.

The host in the very center was actually Tina.

The girl wore a long emerald green dress, held a magic wand with a green gemstone at the top, and wore a woven flower wreath on her head. She was as natural and pure as a flower fairy in the green fields, with a graceful and charming demeanor.

Although Owl couldn't install Brain Burst, Tina could, and strangely enough, as soon as she entered the Accel World, she was already assigned a pre-selected character class.

And it is universally acknowledged as the only one of its kind, yet it disappeared a year ago—the strongest support class! (Nature Fairy)

The support skill is [Nature's Blessing: Restores one target's health].

The attack skill is [Nature's Hammer: Normal attacks deal special magic damage that ignores all defense].

The ultimate skill is [Natural Protection: Reduces damage taken by 100% for all enemies within a 10-meter radius for 10 seconds].

It was later discovered that this was a special privilege granted to Tina by the training officer, including the "Hammer of Nature" special skill that didn't even exist in Nature Fairy.

The trainer had clearly taken that into account; even Tina can be quite mischievous in battle.

It's easy to imagine that in the future, Nature's Hammer will become an even more signature skill than Nature's Blessing, making her the next generation of berserker healer.

Ah, I'm getting off-topic—we're currently in the midst of a showdown between the Red Wolf and the Black Sheep.

Tina cleared her throat, glanced at the battle order automatically arranged by the system, and then slowly announced, "Now!... Please welcome Lee Seul-ok and Tina to the stage!"

"Ha!" Lee Se-hyuk opened his mouth, his gaze falling on Captain Lee.

Li Seyu's expression turned solemn. She took a step forward, stepped into the air, and lightly leaped onto the arena. A girl opposite her also gracefully leaped onto the arena, and they stood facing each other.

Because Lee Se-hyuk had been criticizing her for running off with someone else, Lee Seul-ok was determined to prove her resolve this time.

Seul-yu wants to prove that being close to Tina is not the same as not betraying Black Sheep, so this time she has to defeat Tina no matter what.

"Tina, I won't hold back."

"Ah."

The girl nodded in agreement. At the same time, dozens of silver automatic pistols, rifles, and shotguns appeared out of thin air, hovering behind her. In her hand was a light sniper rifle. With the crisp click of the rifle being cocked, the girl solemnly said, "Come on—"

"Then I'm going!"

With a sharp shout from the magical girl, the short blade in her hand was suddenly thrown forward. At the same time, eleven short blades that had been hovering behind her shot out simultaneously, "Thunderbolt Cone!"

Li Se-yu also stomped her feet on the ground, her speed matching that of the flying short blades. With a shout, dazzling lightning surged from the twelve short blades, crackling with arcs of electricity. The source of these twelve arcs was none other than Se-yu herself.

On the other side, a dense barrage of bullet comments poured down like a sudden storm.

With a loud "Ugh!", Seyu unleashed a burst of lightning that seemed to go berserk, covering her entire body and shining like stars. Her attack power instantly increased by 100%. The lightning enveloped the twelve regularly arranged daggers, forming a giant lightning cone that pierced through the barrage of bullets with unstoppable speed and terrifying ferocity!

result--

"what……"

Tina hurriedly brought out the laser main cannon

Having only recovered her body for ten days after a year of soul return to her body, she clearly underestimated the weapon's weight. The moment she pulled it out, the girl cried out "Ah!" and fell over in a duck-like position, the laser cannon landing squarely on her chest.

N pairs of eyes stared intently, and the entire place fell silent; even the thunderous roar of lightning seemed to fade rapidly.

(Red Wolf team: Ahh, Tina sitting with the laser cannon duck in her arms...so cute! We won't let her get up without giving her a kiss!)

(All Black Sheep: %#@&…~￥#)

The one most affected was undoubtedly Lee Seul-ok, who was in her skill-based state.

With a shout of "Break off!", the terrifying lightning cone dissipated at an extremely fast speed, and Seulgi slid over, knees bent.

Because the forced interruption of the skill caused the magical energy in her body to become chaotic, Seyu coughed up a mouthful of blood. However, disregarding her own health, she immediately crawled to Tina's side with blood on her lips: "...Tina, are you alright?! Are you hurt anywhere!"

"I'm fine... but Seul-yu, you..."

"I'm fine, thank goodness, I'm so glad you're alright..." Her voice was full of relief, and she had completely forgotten her previous determination.

Even though this virtual arena has no penalty and only 0.5 times the pain, so even if you get injured, it won't be a big deal.

Lee Se-hyuk, who was watching from the Black Sheep's spectator position, couldn't bear to look and turned away, covering his face. "Damn it, I shouldn't have had any hope... really... I should have just divided up the luggage and disbanded the Black Sheep."

Yuri flicked her forehead, "Shut up! If you're a man, go and bring Captain Li back!"

Uncle J: "Yeah, Se-hyuk doesn't know how to woo girls? Uncle can teach you!"

Mistin: "Uncle..."

J took a step back, her expression slightly frightened: "Hey, don't come any closer! Don't look at me!... I won't teach you! I can't teach you!"

Mistin shook his head, his expression serious, and said, "Didn't I tell the captain and everyone about the Red King's offer of employment?... I just received a message from the Red King: the Armor of Calamity has appeared!"

It's worth mentioning that before this, Happy also accepted Asuna's hiring invitation on behalf of the entire Red Wolf team, promising to lend a helping hand when the Armor of Calamity appeared.

At that moment, Happy also received Asuna's message and turned to the Red Wolves, saying seriously, "...Wolf cubs, The Disaster has appeared!"

"You're the wolf cub!"

Violet also gave him a sharp rap on the head. Happy cried out in pain, quickly covering his head and glaring angrily, "Well, so you dare to hit the boss! Take this!"

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