Tetris Before the Adventure
Liria felt an immense thrill, like a child heading off on a picnic, at the fact that she would become an adventurer starting today.
Originally, she had planned to become one right after her adulthood ceremony, but the space-time jump to Earth on that day had delayed her schedule.
She believed the perfect time to begin adventuring was when one was already familiar with life on Earth.
She had slept later than usual the previous night, but today, the eagerly awaited day, she woke up much earlier than usual.
“Silvia unnie?”
“Yes, are you awake?”
“Yes. Silvia unnie.”
Early in the morning, Silvia had come to find Liria.
Elia had entrusted Silvia with the task because she worried about sending Liria alone to the adventurer guild.
Most adventurers began out of necessity for their livelihood, but Liria's situation was different.
It was because she wanted to directly experience the life of an adventurer as seen in isekai creations on Earth, and also to experience human social life like a hatchling.
In truth, Elia had not wanted to send Liria to the guild, but seeing how Liria's eyes sparkled with joy whenever adventurers were mentioned, she could not refuse.
Even if Silvia were there to prevent any dangers, she could not help but worry.
Before departing on her adventure, Liria headed to the restaurant to fill her stomach, where Silvia's family had already gathered.
Liria greeted Silvia's family and showed them the Earth food she had brought.
Silvia explained the food in Liria's stead, and the family became intrigued by the Earth dishes.
“Is this Earth's delivery food?”
“Yes, Grandfather.”
“It’s quite different from the processed foods we received before.”
“Last time, the foods Liria brought were mass-produced from factories. This is a restaurant dish cooked on the spot. And this was personally prepared by Kim Gayoung, an Earthling.”
“I see. Thank you. Please enjoy it.”
Silvert, Silvia's grandfather, tasted the foods Liria had brought from Earth.
After tasting countless foods for thousands of years, this was the first time he had enjoyed such delicious meat.
Although the processed foods Liria had brought were delicious, cooking methods had their limits, and they could not compete with delivery food.
The samgyeopsal satisfied him with its rich, greasy flavor.
Silvia wondered why Selenia's monsters lacked such a taste.
Although it mattered little that dragon meat was tough, the feeling of meat melting smoothly in the mouth was irresistible.
Moreover, even with heavy use of spices, it was difficult to completely eliminate the monsters' unique smell.
There were 8-star delicious monsters, but the supply was far too limited.
Realizing that Earth could easily obtain meat that tasted like 8-star monsters, she felt the importance of business on Earth once more.
“Liria, thank you.”
“No, hehe.”
After the meal, Silvia's family returned to their lair as soon as breakfast ended, leaving only Silvia, who had agreed to adventure together.
Liria took out the game console she had purchased the day before and tested whether it functioned properly in Selenia.
Fortunately, the game console could be powered by electricity stones, and she confirmed it was properly connected to the TV.
When Liria took out new Earth items from her subspace, Leos and Reus watched with curiosity.
Leos and Reus could not understand what Liria was doing, but they assumed it was something enormous, like a smartphone.
The smartphone was the most astonishing thing they had seen in their elven world.
When Liria turned on the TV, something appeared on the large screen.
Silvia, who had never played video games, was filled with anticipation.
She had heard from Na Sujeong that some people preferred video games over online games depending on the title.
Since there was no internet in Selenia, they had no choice but to play video games.
“Whoa, what is this?”
“Yesterday we played games on the smartphone, right? You can play games like that. It has a pad too, and the screen is large, so it’s much more comfortable.”
“Wow, Earth really has so many fun things.”
“Yes. If it weren’t for Liria, we wouldn’t be able to enjoy any of these things.”
Liria immediately prepared Tetris.
The reason she had bought the game console was to see the older brothers playing games on their smartphones.
She thought it would serve as sufficient entertainment for her parents as well.
Tetris was suitable for four players even on a single monitor.
Now, with herself, Silvia, Leos, and Reus, everyone could enjoy it together.
Tetris, which Silvia had never tried before, piqued her curiosity.
“Liria, have you tried Tetris before?”
“Yes. Liria has tried Tetris.”
Of course, it was from her previous life, but Liria had experience with it.
Tetris was one of the few games Liria had tried.
Tetris was a difficult game the more one played, yet it was also an attractive one.
Liria simply explained the basic rules of the game.
Tetris could be played with only seven blocks, with very simple rules, but it allowed skill differences to be clearly seen. Liria wondered how far she could go with her basic physical abilities without using mana.
“It’s very simple. It looks fun.”
“If you can do it with just arrow keys and one button, it’s much easier than racing.”
“Tetris isn’t easy, oppa.”
“Huh?”
“Oppa, shall we try playing without using mana?”
“I see. I won’t use mana.”
“You mean don’t use mana?”
“Playing without using mana would be more fun.”
Leos and Reus thought what could be difficult about a game with such simple rules.
At first, they began individual modes where each played independently, not in a four-player battle format.
It was a mode with up to 99 levels, where the speed increased as the level rose.
Liria cleared it smoothly thanks to her experience from her previous life, but Silvia's game skill was the best among them, overwhelmingly so.
While Liria was at level 5 and Leos and Reus at level 6, Silvia was already close to level 7.
Because they were not using mana, Silvia's superior physical abilities allowed her to display even better skills.
Liria realized that without using mana, her game skill would be quite poor.
“Silvia is really good.”
“Yeah.”
“Unnie Silvia is really good at games.”
If it had been a battle mode, they would have expected her to lose several games already.
Silvia kept advancing to the next level at a rapid pace, and while Liria reached level 12, Silvia had already reached level 18.
Liria thought she had enjoyed it enough, so she decided to stop the game and watch Silvia play.
Although it was a four-player game, since only she could pause, she liked that she could rest whenever she wanted.
Liria thought she could not follow everyone with her basic physical abilities.
If she used mana, her strength would increase dramatically, but for now, she decided not to use mana.
Leos and Reus quickly got used to the game and surpassed level 18, realizing they were becoming familiar with it as well.
“I thought Tetris was easy, but you really have to use your head.”
“Yeah.”
“Silvia is already at level 21.”
Removing twenty lines advances one level, and Silvia had already removed four hundred lines.
Although the speed of the falling blocks increased as time went on, it was still far too slow for Silvia.
Then she discovered she could rotate the T-block between the blocks.
Moreover, she discovered that rotating in a blocked state made the T-block disappear inside, and from then on, she planned to play by clearing blocks with T-spin.
This made the speed slower than normal play, so Leos and Reus caught up to her, and Silvia sped up to overtake them.
Leos and Reus, who had just caught up, were left dumbfounded by Silvia's sudden acceleration.
Silvia learned that using T-spin to clear blocks gave more points than normal removal.
She also learned that the seven types of blocks came out in a random order, and if she calculated in advance, she could easily perform T-spin.
With T-spin now familiar, Silvia suddenly stopped the game, and Leos and Reus were puzzled by Silvia stopping.
They also stopped and asked why.
“Silvia, why did you suddenly stop?”
“We have to go to the adventurer guild now.”
“Ah, right. I forgot.”
“Want to try a racing game too? Battle mode is possible. We’re going out now.”
“Really?”
“Wow, it sounds fun.”
Leos and Reus were interested in playing the racing game they had done yesterday on the big screen.
Leos and Reus started the racing game as recommended by Silvia, and Liria went out with Silvia to the adventurer guild.