Chapter 45: Released!

As the night passed, the day of Zeldo’s release finally arrived.

The employees of the Galerina company had gathered in the office since morning.

Unlike the usual laid-back atmosphere in the company, a sense of tension could be felt in the air.

“It’s about time.”

When I said it to everyone around the desk, Galena nodded.

“Hmm. I wonder what the players will say when they are exposed to a new type of game. …..”

“Well, I’m sure they’ ll be addicted to it. It’s so much fun, such a free world.”

Sania seems pretty confident.

“Yes. However, there may be people who are too free and don’t know what to do.”

Fio was worried that the freedom of an open world would not be well received.

“It’s a game that’s one era ahead of our current released tittle. But it’ll be okay.”

Mesora seems to be as optimistic as she looks.

By the way, on the release day of a new product, we get a lot of calls asking questions.

We all stand by our devices, ready for any situation that may arise.

The time is ten o’clock in the morning.

The calls started ringing at the time when the buyers would have started playing.

The customers, who became players, immediately started asking various questions.

[Hey, it looks like there are two roads, one to the east and one to the west. Which way do you think I should go?]

“Either way is fine.”

[The goblins are dancing happily around the bonfire. I think it would be a pity to kill them.]

“Yes, you don’t have to kill them.”

[I set fire to the grass with a torch, and it’s spreading! What if it turns into a forest fire?]

“Well, I don’t think it’ll spread that far.”

[I went to the snowy mountains and the hero froze to death! What do I do!]

“Let’s get some clothes or food to keep him warm.”

[I’ve just started and I can already see the boss’s castle. Can I go kill it?]

“It’ll be difficult, but if you can, go ahead.”

After all, many people were bewildered by the freedom they were given.

The concept of “you can play as you like in a vast world” is something that defies the conventional thinking of games that have been released in Maldea so far.

In this Zeldo, once you finish the first tutorial, you can go anywhere you want.

You can travel and play around the world as you please.

As you do so, you will become stronger and gain cooperation from all over the world.

It was designed to be able to face the last boss at the end of the game.

Of course, you can assault the last boss from the beginning.

Since freedom is the main selling point of this game, I guess it’s a bit of a problem for them as the first timer.

There was some surprise from the toy store.

“Well, I was worried about what would happen with Maruo gone. I should have stocked up more. We sold out so quickly. Everyone was so excited about the adventure.”

Sales appeared to be going very well.

Even the stores that had been reluctant to buy from us because of the lack of Maruo began to place additional orders.

On video sites, some people were praising Zeldo while showing the game screen in live broadcasts.

“This game is amazing. You can surf down the hillside on your shield! It’s as if the whole wide world were a playground!”

There is no culture of game streaming in Mardea yet, so there were few viewers.

However, I could feel a definite step forward from their reviews for sure.

It will be at least a month later that we will know the true reputation of this game.

Normal players are not the same as those who spend their lives playing Galerina’s games.

After a month or two of playing the game, I hope the topic will spread.

For now, I can only hope that everyone is playing it like crazy.

And so, the first day of the launch went off without a hitch.　

Now, let’s see.

I’ve been observing the situation on Earth every day while I’ve been working.

The elimination of the hurricane caused a lot of excitement among the people of the earth for a while, but I guess things are starting to calm down a bit.

More and more people are starting to think calmly.

A lively discussion had begun on social networking sites over the video of me exercising my magic.

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[I’ve been trying to understand this whole disaster elimination thing. Can anyone do it if they have a magic stone? I mean, it just appears to me that Lina is casting a spell.]

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[If anyone could do it, Lina Marderita wouldn’t go out of her way to go into dangerous places. She’s an ambassador.]

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[So you’re saying she’s the only one who can do it?]

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[Then. Maybe only Maldeans can do it.]

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[I don’t see anyone else coming. You mean we have to rely on Lina Marderita?]

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[I believe she might give us some tips on how to deal with this in the future. But it’s too early to think that magic stones are the answer to all disasters and pollution.]

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[Pollution is our problem, you know. We need to be willing to do something about it ourselves before we rely on other planets.]

The discussion turned out to be a serious one, as it concerned the lives of everyone.

I think it is important for all of us on earth to be aware of pollution.

Well, I will continue to bring the magic stone.

The seeds of inescapable disasters and dangerous pollution exist in abundance on Earth.

I guess I’ ll just have to gradually increase the scale of what I have to bring with.

With the release of Zeld, the Switz console was sold at a rapid pace.

With the sales, Galerina’s savings had already exceeded five million bells.

Now that I could afford it, I decided to buy a new type of transport plane.　

The price was 1 million bells, which is equivalent to 100 million yen in Japanese yen.

But it’s worth it.

Until now, the transport plane required me to pull like a rear car.

Besides, the amount of goods it could carry was about to reach its limit.

The new model would be able to carry 100.000 Switz at once.

Also, the transport plane itself can be compressed into a capsule and put into a pocket.

It’s a portable size that’s very easy to carry, and it has a huge capacity.

It’s worth paying 100 million yen.

Although I’d like to buy a warp room similar to the one I use, I heard that warp rooms on the scale of interstellar transfer are not commercially available.

What do they mean it’s not available? ….

Well, let’s get back to the matter at hand.

After deducting the cost of purchasing the transporters, I purchased 15,000 magic stones and 150 shrinking boxes.

It was a bit of a blow to our savings, but I think we should make up for it since the amount of magic stones we have on Earth has gone way down.

I guess I”ll have to ask about Zeldo’s reputation the next time I return, but I need to be on my way to the next new one.

It’s another big one, and we’re already working on localizing it.

I’m planning to go to Japan this time and talk directly with the ” company “.

But before that, I would have to visit a new country as a warp destination.

I decided to discuss the destination first with Galena in our office.

“So where are you going to warp to this time?

“Yes. I played Assassin’s Clad 2 the other day. I thought I’d like to go sightseeing in Italy, where the game is set.”

Assassin’s Clad.

In this game, the protagonist becomes an assassin and goes into the darkness, mainly in old Europe.

The Assacula 2 trilogy with Ezao Audetore as the main character is set in Italy during the Renaissance.

Leonardo da Vinci and others appear as characters, and the medieval townscape is beautifully drawn.

It’s a combination of historical tourism elements.

Well, it’s not the next title I’m going to release at Maldea.

After playing this game, I really wanted to go to Italy.

I also learned a lot of Italian.

“Umu. It’s better to choose with that feeling.”

Galena seems to have something on her mind when she saw my expression.

And so, my next destination is decided.

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