Chapter 53 : Momentary Thoughts part 2
「Ah, welcome, welcome, Sanraku-kun! As early as always! Katsu-kun should be here any moment now.」
「Hoo, so it’s just me for now?」
When I finally arrived at Count Phalanx’s mansion, the guard NPCs weren’t even trying to stop me. Just what kind of bribery would you have to use to achieve such a result……? Oh well, it doesn’t really matter.
I was greeted by the avatar of Pencil Warrior – or Pencilgton for that matter – who was smiling brightly. I followed him as he went through the mansion as if he owned the god damned place and eventually we arrived at a place that looked like a study.
「Hey, Sanraku. It seems you have it really rough over there, huh?」
「And who’s fault do you think that is? And besides, I’m having a great time, thank you very little.」
「I’m truly sorry for that. I really am. Seriously.」
Aah, now I get it. Pencilgton must have raided the mansion and took it for himself. Not that I was going to point him out because of that.
MMO is, much like the real life, all about time management. You can’t rewind time, undo your decisions and choices, need to plan ahead what to do and where to go.
「So? Shall we move on to the main topic? I do realize that you, as much as I, have better things to do than sitting here and waste your time over nothing.」
「That’s right, I don’t neither the time nor the patience to play your little games. So if there’s something that you want to say to me, out with it now.」
Pencilgton smiled like he usually would and gestured for me to sit down on the sofa while he procured some tea and sweets from the cabinet, as if it was the most natural thing to do in such a situation. He seemed totally at home here.
「Would you attempt to kill the Unique Monster “Gravekeeper Wezaemon” together with me? Just a group of three?」
「Fuah!?」
「Gebleh!?」
Honestly speaking , I expected something utterly crazy from him, like a line like “Let’s create a Guild just for the three of us!” but what I actually heard was more than enough for me to spill out my tea. Fortunately, the hot drink and sweets disappeared without a trace right after leaving my mouth.
If it was a real life, than the whole floor would be covered by sticky stains right about now.
「Wait, wait, wait, wait just a god damned second! Unique Monster!?」
「That’s right. There are only a handful of bosses that pose a real challenge in ShanFro, and “Gravekeeper Wezaemon” is one of such bosses.」
「Fuh…… Okay, right, calm down, me. For now, there are basically three things I would like you to tell me.」
「Right, Sanraku-kun. I’ll try to answer your questions as diligently as possible.」
His reaction was within the spectrum of my expectations, as Pencilgton never stopped smiling, not even for a moment.
「For now, the simple ones…… Why? And when?」
「Isn’t that too simple? Doesn’t really matter, let’s answer them. First question, why? Well, it’s a little difficult to explain, but the short version is this: it’s not possible to beat him on your own. Trust me, I tried. It made a minced meat out of me before I could even react to it. That is why I need you two.」
「…… So he receives some buffs or debuffs depending on the number of players that face him?」
Katsu confirms out loud what I was thinking to myself. It was basically a mechanic that was a given in any kind of MMO, one that could add a challenge or make things easier.
But a Unique Monster…… This means it would be on the same level as the Night Prowler Luukan. Its stats must be out of this world by default, so it was hard to imagine what it would be when the modifier for more players would kick in.
「I know it sounds bad, but I’m willing to disclose more information on that subject should you accept to help me. Next question: when? About that…… We will only have one shot at this: the day after the big summer update that is going to hit the server in two weeks’ time. I’ll need to have your answer by then.
Two weeks…… It could have been more, but it wasn’t that bad of a time limit to make the necessary preparations. Katsu seemed to have understood that as well, so there was no questions here. But then it was about our third question.
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