Satisfaction of achievement

For the three of them, even though they were playing the same game, they seemed to find their own different joys here.

Kazumi is already obsessed with mining and fishing, completely ignoring the tasks.

She can't explain why she likes these seemingly boring activities, but seeing the game items slowly increasing in her backpack gives her a sense of satisfaction, like a hamster.

As for Ayano, she is completely immersed in hunting high-difficulty monsters, challenging them time and again, and attempting to attack the Female Rathalos in different ways.

Aiko is more pragmatic. She continuously tests attack methods in lower difficulty tasks, trying to find the most suitable fighting style for herself.

Among these three, Aiko's growth in monster hunting is the most rapid.

She seems to have a very special talent in this aspect, and even in the game, she is very good at applying the learning techniques she has mastered.

As for Ayano, she is completely focused on defeating the Female Rathalos, even if she fails time and again, it doesn't matter.

The three of them soon attracted a lot of attention.

Originally, most players in the demo area would leave after the trial ended and find another place to play new games.

More than seventy percent of people were discouraged by the extremely high difficulty of Monster Hunter.

But when they saw three girls happily playing Monster Hunter, their attitudes seemed to change.

Especially Aiko, she can now proficiently use the Great Sword weapon to easily defeat the initial monsters like the Jagras and the Kulu-Ya-Ku.

And next, she is ready to challenge the Female Rathalos again.

When the three of them finished the trial, they immediately walked out of the demo area, ready to queue up for the next round.

"Kazumi, it seems like you really enjoy mining and gathering mushrooms, but isn't this game supposed to be about hunting monsters?"

"Huh? Is that so? But gathering mushrooms and mining are also fun," Kazumi said.

"Hmm, I can't understand." Aiko obviously couldn't understand her good friend's mindset, but everyone indeed has different preferences for game types.

Ayano remains silent, still replaying in her mind the reasons for her recent failures.

She has failed on the Female Rathalos more than ten times in a row, but with each failure, her determination grows stronger, undeterred by multiple defeats.

"Hello, welcome hunters... Oh? It's you guys again, are you continuously trying the demo?"

The three have returned to the entrance of the queue.

The receptionist, a sweet-looking hunter, looks at them with surprise.

Continuously trying out this masochistic game like Monster Hunter, and with three girls, this is quite a rare sight.

This receptionist is also an employee of GameStar Entertainment. She had the chance to experience Monster Hunter before the carnival.

But when she died swiftly by the Great Jagras during her first experience, she gave up on the game directly.

She believes that playing games should bring joy, not punishment.

The receptionist really can't understand why these three girls are so interested in this game as if they were possessed.

At this point, Kazumi happily says, "The mushroom gathering, mining, and fishing in this game are so interesting. Big sis, don't you find them interesting?"

Mushroom gathering and mining? This game has these features?

The receptionist is a bit confused. When she experienced it, she died quickly, and she didn't even experience many of the other gameplay features in Monster Hunter.

But even so, it all seemed very uninteresting.

With these questions in mind, the receptionist continues to maintain a very friendly smile and says, "I really appreciate your liking. So please choose your weapons and enter the demo area."

Now, there are very few people in the Monster Hunter queue area, and those who truly seek challenge are even fewer.

Especially now, when most games in this world are easy to complete, their tolerance for high-difficulty games is even lower.

This time, the three quickly selected their weapons and entered the demo area again.

This time, the hunter instructor who saw them was also a bit speechless.

It's really unexpected that such a masochistic game like Monster Hunter can attract girls to play. Does this game have some special magic to make girls particularly interested?

The burly instructor also cannot understand, but he still enthusiastically leads the three to the designated demo machine. Of course, he doesn't need to explain much about how to play the game to them anymore.

By now, these three are probably more familiar with playing Monster Hunter than he is.

As soon as they took their seats, a crowd of curious onlookers gathered nearby.

They first glanced at Aiko, who should be the most beautiful among them, and she skillfully wielded the Great Sword and walked out of the camp, arriving at a desert.

This desert is the habitat of the Female Rathalos.

"Wow, challenging the Female Rathalos, it's really rare. Come over and take a look."

Someone exclaimed in surprise.

And the busybodies also began to gather here, curious to see how the girls would defeat such a terrifying monster like the Female Rathalos.

However, Aiko did not surprise them too much because she was not very familiar with the Female Rathalos's moves. After a short persistence, she declared defeat.

The onlookers behind couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, she didn't succeed, otherwise, their dignity as men would be lost.

However, while Aiko failed quickly, Ayano had already entered a state.

With her Dual Blades in hand, she was already proficient in finding openings in the Female Rathalos's relentless attacks and gradually whittling down its stamina.

Monster Hunter has another special feature where monsters don't have health bars.

This creates a sense of uncertainty, as players don't know if their attacks are effective until they see occasional reactions from the monster, confirming that they've indeed been damaged.

But so far, not many have witnessed the scene of the Female Rathalos being defeated.

But now, Ayano was fully focused on the handheld screen, while other players could see the scene she was playing through the data cable connected to the TV.

At this moment, she seemed to have completely forgotten about her surroundings, with only one thought in her mind: to take down this dragon.

This time, she was proficient in dodging the Female Rathalos's attacks.

Under the Female Rathalos's fierce assaults, the players behind Ayano would occasionally exclaim in surprise. Just watching someone else play gave them a sense of pressure, but Ayano seemed accustomed to it.

Just then, the Female Rathalos in the game suddenly let out a cry of pain, and its tail broke off.

This surprised all the players present.

So the monster's tail can be severed? This was completely unexpected.

They had noticed before that monsters would show signs of damage after being attacked to a certain extent, but hardly anyone succeeded in severing a monster's tail, not even the few who had defeated the Female Rathalos before.

Or perhaps this mechanic wasn't publicized, so no one expected it.

Even Ayano, witnessing this scene, was momentarily stunned, seemingly not expecting it.

But in the moment of distraction, the Female Rathalos successfully counterattacked and killed her, ultimately leading to mission failure.

"Ah, what a pity! I didn't expect to fail again."

Ayano stared blankly at the screen of her handheld device, showing little disappointment in her eyes. She had failed many times before and had long since become indifferent. Even if she failed more times, she was indifferent.

At this point, Aiko, who had already failed, stood behind Ayano watching her strategize against the Female Rathalos.

During this process, Aiko quickly learned Ayano's rhythm of attack.

Although they used different weapons, the monster's attacks were predictable.

She felt like she could learn something from Ayano's fighting style.

When Ayano finally failed, Aiko pulled Kazumi up and said, "Come on, let's try again a few more times. I feel like if we try a few more times, we can successfully defeat the Female Rathalos."

"Hmph, you guys definitely can't do it. Hurry up and give up. Forget about the bet. Look, the agreed time is almost up. It would be embarrassing to lose the bet, wouldn't it?"

Tian Chong had been following behind the three of them, watching them play Monster Hunter time and time again.

He now had to admire Aiko and Ayano's perseverance.

These two girls were determined to achieve a goal, stronger than many males in this regard.

By now, Tian Chong had a vague feeling that if these three were allowed to continue, Aiko might actually defeat the Female Rathalos.

Imagine if the Female Rathalos were really defeated, he would be utterly dumbfounded. It would be a social death for him for a long time.

"No, I must defeat the Female Rathalos!"

Ayano's eyes were determined at this moment. She was completely drawn to the game Monster Hunter.

At the same time, she also wanted to know what kind of person Takayuki, the No.1 in the gaming industry, was.

So she had to defeat the Female Rathalos and meet this person.

Tian Chong was very confused. Why was Ayano more interested than Aiko? This completely exceeded his imagination.

Aiko also said at this time, "I will never give up on this bet. Even if I lose, it doesn't matter, but the bet must be persisted in."

After saying that, the three of them left the demo area again and returned from the entrance two minutes later.

This time, they attracted even more attention from people.

Now, most people in the Monster Hunter demo area already knew about these three girls who were particularly fond of Monster Hunter.

This was really quite rare.

These spectators now all wanted to see what kind of realm these three girls would reach.

There's no need to say much about Kazumi; she's just someone who likes to dabble in things. She's only interested in mining, fishing, and gathering mushrooms. These things can be done easily in real life, so why experience them in a game?

As for Ayano and Kazumi, their continuous challenges against the Female Rathalos became the focus of attention.

This time, there were even more onlookers.

Ayano entered her state more quickly, and this time she had almost figured out the Female Rathalos's attack patterns.

Actually, the Female Rathalos is a hurdle before advancing. It's not really that difficult in itself, but players who encounter it for the first time tend to feel a sense of fear, causing them to involuntarily consider retreating.

But if some people retreat, naturally, others will want to go further.

Ayano and Aiko are such people.

This time, the Aiko, who failed quickly before, actually persisted for a long time. Under the Female Rathalos's relentless attacks, she remained very calm, often eliciting exclamations from the players around her.

At the same time, they also felt somewhat ashamed.

The girls were better than them; did they still have the face to see people?

Since the girls could persist for so long, could they, as men, do no less?

It seemed that because of Aiko and Ayano's encouragement, those who previously had resistance to this game now wanted to give it a try. At least they couldn't be worse than the girls, right?

And this time, Aiko finally managed to weaken the Female Rathalos to an extremely vulnerable state.

At this stage, the threat level of the Female Rathalos had been greatly reduced, and she finally managed to defeat it.

"Congratulations, beautiful lady hunter, you are the first female hunter in the world to defeat the Female Rathalos!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A shower of colorful fireworks erupted, celebrating Aiko.

Meanwhile, Tian Chong in the crowd looked utterly bewildered.

They... they really defeated the Female Rathalos?

This is simply incredible.

However, before he could be shocked for too long, on the other side, Yinyin, who had only been hunting the Female Rathalos, also succeeded in defeating it through relentless efforts, earning the title of the second female hunter to defeat the Female Rathalos.

Relaxed, satisfied.

Incredibly satisfied.

When the Female Rathalos finally fell before her, Yinyin felt an unparalleled sense of satisfaction.

This was unprecedented.

Before, she couldn't muster up a hundred percent interest in anything.

Because many things lacked challenge.

Of course, learning didn't count, because it was too boring for her to challenge.

But the game made her want to strive for victory for the first time.

She wanted to defeat the Female Rathalos.

And when she finally succeeded, the satisfaction was unparalleled.

"Wow, really defeated it, didn't expect girls could defeat such a formidable monster!"

"So awesome, these two girls are really amazing."

These players who loved games were quite simple-minded. Seeing two girls win, they could only marvel.

At this moment, the feeling of being surrounded by stars was also very enjoyable, at least Aiko thought so.