Система Доставки / Unique Delivery System: Глава 9

Chapter 9

Camrad_RIP 16.02.22 в 20:20

Surprisingly, I received a rather weighty box to be sent to the "outer unreal" not in the seventh hall for the special, but at the common counter together with the usual couriers. It's strange, and I probably don't understand something yet.

Camrad_RIP 16.02.22 в 20:21

A note of receipt of the parcel, a second's wait, a description of the road unfolded. What does it feel like to leave reality for another world?

Camrad_RIP 16.02.22 в 20:21

Annoyance.

Camrad_RIP 16.02.22 в 20:22

E-rang's quest was quite consistent with the most common B-rank's - go there, turn here, jump over this, knock on that... Only the description was three screens long. Also, a stern warning popped up:

Camrad_RIP 16.02.22 в 20:25

+Attention, it is strongly recommended to use the branded cape when fulfilling the order.

Camrad_RIP 16.02.22 в 20:25

For the especially beautiful also played animation, a man in a raincoat jumped under the acid rain, happily waving his hands.

Camrad_RIP 16.02.22 в 20:26

Yeah, right - the cape will soak up all the unreal and send it back into the System. And I get nothing. On the other hand, do I need it? I don't know yet. Probably I muttering for nothing and really not worth it. My level is good enough for me, there's no point in growing tentacles yet. Maybe later.

Camrad_RIP 16.02.22 в 20:51

+Turn into the passageway between the houses, walk with your right hand on the wall.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 07:08

Because when you think about it, what have I gotten myself into? There's some unreal out there, with werewolves and witches. And I'm walking around, flapping my ears. And I'm pissed off, scared. Or rather, from nerves. What's to be scared of? What's the big deal, that I've been someplace I don't know? A hundred thousand times, in almost every game. They invent open worlds and quests with no indication of location, and you run around and look for it.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 07:09

+Enter the park through the gate.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 07:10

So you think, is this an important nuance or can we skip it? The gate is half a hundred paces, and the car passage is ten. In theory, if the whole description is not made only for the locals, then we can ignore it. Comes to us some Neanderthal Vasya and he really better to walk, hand holding the wall. So he won't get run over by a car. But on the other hand just in case.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 07:11

+Follow the path to the north.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 07:12

I had to open the app for orientation. Walking in the city using a compass? There's nothing strange about it! Four days as a courier were enough for me to understand that the city sometimes seems endless. I think you walk in familiar places, you've walked a hundred times, but you turn into the wrong alley and absolutely everything is unfamiliar. You cross a tiny square, fifty paces, and then you get distracted, and suddenly there are no people around, no high-rise buildings. And you go, you go, you topographic moron, in a circle. Only that you do not shout "aww," to everyone's delight.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 07:13

+Walk under the big tree

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 07:14

You still have to get through the bushes to get to it... And that's another thing - is it really all the magic of the place, or is this route necessary to set me up for something? And it's not about the path, it's about...

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 07:14

Wait, where does the path come from?

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 07:15

I looked around, checked the text of the quest: +Go to the big road, turn right, follow it to the city gate.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 07:15

I looked around.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 07:16

Somehow that's a little over the top. Or did someone read the thought of "lost in the park"? They'll do, but there's a path underfoot, a narrow dirt path, with tufts of grass around the edges, and a forest all around.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:28

I sniffed - this time I didn't smell anything, but I'd been to a customer before. And this time I shouldn't wait for the detachments, they're far away... On the other hand, I had something to protect myself with now.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:29

I looked around, listened. Silence, in the woods. So quiet, not paying attention to me. Grass under my feet is usual, flowers of the field, small ones can be seen. An ordinary bird flies by, wings flapping. And though this dried-up thing can be taken for a trace of the demonic hoof, most likely it is a cow. Especially since the scone is lying next to it, dried up.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:31

Yeah, now I believe I'm in another world! Because we may have demons, but you don't see a cow in the middle of a metropolitan park. So let's go.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:32

Well, this time it was somehow different. In the city, you walk measuring the way by storefronts, traffic lights, and standing urns. Here, in a rather sparse deciduous forest with shrubby undergrowth, there was nothing for the eye to fix on. The space was not sliced by anything and therefore seemed endless. Coming out to the road seemed like an event; I even breathed a sigh of relief. +Turn right..." where's the right? Phone, please don't tell me!

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:36

I decided to pull the cape back after all. After I'd almost died of fright when a long snort came over my ear. Without any teleport, I jumped three meters in an unknown direction and then watched as the two bulls drove past me in a wagon.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:36

Or are they oxen? It's kind of embarrassing to look under the tail. But the carriage...

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:37

I've seen more than a dozen of them!

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:37

I saw it in the manga and in the anime. And in games... The setting works. I'm home, Chewie!

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:37

I kept a dozen paces behind the wagon and followed it. I didn't try to ask for a ride, because I was told to go, so I went. So I'm in another world. In the very setting, I had indicated. Why this one? Because there are clear rules, described by dozens and hundreds of scenarios, novels, and chapter books. If I have my way in the unreal, why not in the part of it in which I will have some chance?

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:40

Of course, there are all kinds of evil in abundance, from bandits to dragons, but I'll get away from the former, and the latter... well, then it's fate. But the reward for the quest is great, with a minimum of movement.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:41

I backed up a little more when I noticed the carriage driver peeking out from behind the canopy. We'd better not arouse suspicion; the local might be a shell-shocked veteran or something worse, maybe he'd get shot or cast a spell. It's better to think about the prospects, there's nothing else to think about.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:43

The second question after choosing a setting was "to go there under warranty or not". On the one hand, being calm and confident in the normality of what's going on I like. But on the other hand, that reassurance doesn't give me a chance to focus on the little things, and they can be important. Why did I come here? To earn points? I don't really need them. Yeah, a miracle's great, but you can make money without one. The adventure? Survivors talk about how much fun it was. And the invisible ghosts of their fallen comrades try to kick the storytellers in the ass. So far, I need to be here for one reason: to be good at something, you have to do it. Daddy's favorite teaching.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:44

I'll make safe "B" quests - I'll become good at them. If I want more, I have to break into serious business. And here I am helped by another feature of the setting, which does not do without, namely the "order board". They're not included in the System, are they? So it's a way for side income, well, and to explore the world at the same time.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:45

For now, I have to deal with the main question of how to walk from here to here and back without the System's prompting. The sub-question is, is there an artificer in town that can charge the rings? Yes, I don't like the fact that all the goodies come from the Delivery window. I want an alternative.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:46

"Whoa! Halt!"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:47

I walked mechanically around the wagon and stared in amazement at the city wall that had appeared unnoticed. It's not much of a wall, six meters high, but there is a tower with a flag, and there are many signs of life around it. The suburbs were not observed, only some authentic medieval-looking buildings. The people, the same carters, were also authentic - that is ornate, bright, combed. It is not every day that they go to town! There were no smeared faces, for some reason, all were able to wash their faces.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:48

Well, I got there, what's next?

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:57

+Once through the city gates, follow the directions on the app. Your destination is the shop of the Master Audway.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:57

"Where to?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 20:00

I asked the guard with the halberd rather vaguely, and I forgot to say hello, but it was no new to any strangers:

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 20:01

"Go to the tables, behind the wall only after registration."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 20:01

Nodding, I headed to the "customs" office. There, a middle-aged man in armbands habitually looked me over and asked:

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 20:02

"Purpose of arrival?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:58

"Delivering an order for... master Audway."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:59

The clerk pulled up a large register, flipped through it, and nodded:

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:59

"Yes, the fee has been paid. You are allowed to stay in the city for one day."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 20:00

"And night?"

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 20:03

He looked at me like an old city dweller at a country bumpkin:

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 20:03

"A day is one revolution of the light around the world. Until tomorrow noon, you are a guest in the city."

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 20:03

I nodded. A guest is a guest.

Camrad_RIP 17.02.22 в 19:28