ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 336 Part 2
ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 336: Dragon! Dragon! Part 2 Part 2
The atmosphere froze in an instant. This insta kill attack was aimed at the NPCs, not the players. The players were just an obstacle here. The two Elves that got devoured by the Red Dragon got turned into red paste and joined its body, like some grotesque union…… but that was not the worst part. The worst part was that apparently the assimilated matter was able to uphold some sense of self, because one of the eaten Elves turned towards the rest of us, barely managing to whisper those few words:
「Run…… Run…… for your liv……」
「Treasure, our treasure…… Trea… tre…… tr……」
「NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!」
That scream was like a signal. A signal sent by the already dead Elves to the rest of their Forest tribe. A signal that broke all of their sense of reason and caused the Elves to break down into a panic and terror attack. All hell broke lose.
「Ahh, geez…… Gotta hand it to that monster, that was one hell of a way to make a lasting first impression.」
Even us Players could feel getting affected by it.
The red flesh arrow shot from the Dragon’s body once more, and I avoided it by stepping to the side in a hurry. Even though I know that it was not targeting me specifically, I would never want to go through being devoured like that. That would leave more than one trauma I would have to deal with.
「Deepslaughter! We should join forces here, otherwise he have no chance against that thing! We can worry about our differences later, but the NPCs take priority! This thing targets them above us! And if those NPC die on us like that, this will create all sorts of messes!」
「Kuh…… Leave it to me!」
The first player answered affirmatively, while the other player responded with the name of a skill or a magic spell.
「Giant’s Crush: TITANOMACHY!!!」
The dragon’s chest opened once more, this time more fleshy whips extending from its innards and wiggling their way towards the running NPCs. The way in which they were moving looked disturbingly close to tongues or tentacles.
「Nfuh, nhehehehehehehe…… My body won’t take it! Sanraku-kun placed his trust in me! Magnificent! Ohh, I think I’m about to climax on the spot just from that thought alone! And if I am to die here, I want it to happen as a result of being devoured by Sanraku-kun……!」
「Shut the fuck up! And move your ass, or you’re going to die here for real!」
「Eh? So she’s into Necrophilia? I mean, I’m not the one to kink shame here, but I also fail to see the appeal…… I mean, that’s not it! Look! Even the attacks from the Disposable Magic Scroll seem to have no effect here! The aggro does not change and it seems to do no damage, either!」
I mean, it should come as no surprise at all. It was a raid battle meant for forty five players max. It should come as no surprise that a single person’s worth of damage was not going to do much the boss.
Plus, the physics engine was really showing its best game here right about now, because the way in which that dragon and its tentacles were moving about were truly disturbing and frightening.
「Sanraku-san! Good luck out here! And don’t you dare to come back dead!」
I could still hear Emul’s voice amongst the myriad of other footsteps. Deepslaughter was currently drinking some MP potion and yelling something at me, but it was probably nothing important, so I could easily just ignore it.
In this particular case, we need enough firepower to draw its aggro, not to concern ourselves with defeating that monster. That is why this was no time and place for finesse. Instead, what I need to turn towards is simply raw firepower.
「I mean, could it be…… Sanraku-kun, don’t tell me…… Was this your intention all along? To create a situation like that?」
「HUH!? And how the fuck did you come to a messed up conclusion like that?」
「Magical Mad Statue: TYRANT GOLEM!!!」
「…………」
「This takes me back…… When it was first discovered, only five people were able to defeat it during their first try. Although the reward for it, “Hakata” was thoroughly disappointing, if I do say so myself.」
Ah, “Heart Knock Tyrant” a.k.a “HaKaTa”. This really takes me back. In Spell Creation Online, players who managed to defeated the raid boss first got the right to name the spell that would allow to summon that particular boss to battle, as well as devise the chant that would activate said spell. This raid boss summoning magic was a real game changer and it allowed the Resistance to really make the difference on quite a few occasions throughout the game…… Needless to say, I was also the one who got the possession of such magic.
By the way, “Heart Knock Tyrant’s” was a reference to the real world’s death metal band and its summoning effect was basically a suicide attack that constituted of scattering energy beams all over the place and finally exploding on the spot. It was also possible to combine this spell with other spells for some nasty combinations.
「That being said, SanFro sure aims high…… first ever raid battle and maximum of forty five participants? So in other words, forty five people should be more than enough to bring it down, right?」
「Oi, oi…… Sanraku-kun, this won’t do at all! Don’t try to change the subject all of a sudden!」
「Ah?」
The flesh arrow shoots out and devours the place where my left leg was just a moment ago. If I did not jump out of the way, I would have been a goner for sure. But what was that? A tongue? A tentacle? Which is it? Deepslaughter managed to avoid them as well, but gets smacked in the process and falls to the ground. Oi, it’s too soon to die just like that! But apparently she was fine, or maybe she just suffered a whole lot of damage from that one blow. She gets back up, and there was a smile on her face. A truly disturbing smile, different from all the others I have seen so far. This one would make you want to run for your life on the spot.
「I did not think you would be so reckless of a man here…… I don’t know just how important that Bunny is to you, but…… wouldn’t the result be just the same if you just did not let them hit you?」
「…… So? What’s your point?」
「How about we raise the pace up by a notch or two? Let’s give it our all as we sprinkle our bodily fluids all over the place!!!」
Seemingly angry at the red dragon for smacking her around like that, Deepslaughter casts “Titanomachia” again and lounges herself at the Dragon without any care in the world. I wonder…… could we actually become friends if we were to meet in different time and place, under different set of circumstances?
「I am going to kill you, mark my words, I am going to do it……!」
Those words did not change anything in me, but honestly, when you see someone acting so passionately, you cannot help it but to want to do the same. But if I were to fall short of that crazy maniac, how could I possibly show my face to my fellow war comrades if we were to ever meet again?
Nodding my head to my own words, I equip Dis Pater shield in my left arm and the Aradval Rebuild in my right arm.
「Hey, did you know, you big zombie dragon? The reason why Raid Bosses exist in the first place? To be defeated solo by some extreme players! That’s why!」
Let’s do it! Full throttle!
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