ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 348 Part 2
ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 348: Dragon! Dragon! Part 13 Part 2
To be perfectly honest, I was growing really tired of it. Or not that. My motivation here was slowly starting to dwindle, mostly because it was a surprise encounter with one clown out of the box chasing another. I am yet to reach my upper limits or to go past them, but in reality, I wanted to maintain a steady pace here, just like driving a car.
「Something like stepping on the accelerator and flooring that bitch……」
「Accelerator……?」
When we encountered Nightprowler Luukan, it was a surprise encounter as well, but because I had a connection with that monster, my motivation just continued to burn without ever burning out.
「Say, Sanraku-kun? I think that something seriously amazing is happening to our friend, the tri-headed Tyranno.」
「Nhmm?」
At the current moment, it would not be that much of a stretch to call the tri-headed Tyranno one huge walking wound. There was little flesh left on its body, and what was left was torn to pieces and looked more like bloody paste than anything else…… It would be no surprise if the next attack or two it would take directly would prove to be fatal.
Taking a look at it, it seems that one of Tyranno’s heads, the one to the far right had been crushed almost flat. There was constant damage effects flashing from it and threads of red blood squirting on the ground. It was a sight that was invoking both the sense of pain in the viewer and sheer horror.
But even so, something like that was not enough to make the tri-headed Tyranno stop doing what it was doing.
As if trying to convey the very nature of its physique and the scars covering it body all over, all of the three heads let out a tremendous roar.
The moment all of the three heads of the Tyranno let out that roar, for a moment out there I thought that its scars were growing bigger and wider.
That roar was a declaration. And it was the most serious declaration of them all: that the tri-headed Tyranno would defeat its mortal enemy and kill it no matter what. Even if it had to give its own life for that purpose in the process.
「「「GOOORURURUOOOOOOAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!」」」
When it comes to the damage effects in this game, they are usually displayed as red in color. Even when you cut through the ghost or undead, or creature that has blood colored in a different way, the color of the damage effect is always going to stay the same, no matter what. That is why the moment you see something that is not colored red, it makes you understand it more vividly and much faster.
「Is it my imagination, or has the damage effect turned black out there?」
「…… I have heard a similar story from someone from the 10 P.M Army, when they put on the assault team and tried to bring it down. Apparently it turns that way when the Dracarus Tyrannocerberus’s HP falls below certain level, turning it into a critically wounded state.」
「Umm, is this what a ‘fatally injured’ state looks to this guy? Because I think that it would still be able to bring down a whole bunch of people in this state.」
Because if it really was just like that, then you can say that whoever programmed it that way must have had really messed up sense of humor.
Currently, there were black damage effects oozing out of the tri-headed Tyranno’s entire body, looking like black smoke or miasma. They keep on moving forward with every second, shaking and changing their shape, making it difficult to pinpoint what exactly they were supposed to be.
Of course, since the Great Red Devourer was nothing more but an inorganic amalgamation, it showed no reaction to that new development. Or rather, its reaction was completely inorganic as well, which was strangely fitting.
That is: the red tornado increased the speed at which it was shooting monster parts, and the number of parts shot as well. Its logic behind that action certainly must have been that if it kills the origin of this new and unknown factor, than the threat itself would surely disappear.
「「「HYEH!!!」」」
「「「EEEHHH……」」」
The former squeal belonged to Miss Useless Number One –– Erina, Miss Useless Number Two –– Hesh, and Mister Useless Number One –– Emul. The latter squeal belonged to Tottori, Deepslaughter and myself.
After all, what we have witnessed just now was a tremendous shock for us players, and for the NPCs and Emul it was more than enough to basically shut them down on the spot. As for Emul, he simply reverted to your plain and ordinary bunny.
The beaks of the two headed eagle were broken.
As for the cow’s head, its horns were shattered beyond recognition.
The monkey with only enlongated hands, its fingers got twisted to the points that they almost came apart.
And as for the Great Red Devourer and its main body…… One of its heads got bitten of by the tri-headed Tyranno in an instant.
「Wha was that thing, natural armor? I don’t even want to know what levels of Vitality this thing must possess.」
「It looks like its black and hard, so maybe Vitality is not the only stat that got a sudden boost? I can totally see its Strength increasing as well.」
Well, I can also see that the monsters ejected from the red tornado were just splattering against that hardened armor, so it was not simply hard.
Eh? Can you really defend against something like that? Seriously? This must have been some sort of a trick, and those usually do not last long, but the possibilities they are able to create for a single moment…… But I don’t care about that.
「Now then, since you are going to be an Ultimate Meat Shield for us, dear Tyranno…… We might as well help out as much as we can here!」
「Alright! The People of the Forest will keep on acting as supports! Just being able to harass the monster parts that this tornado is spewing out is more than enough!」
I don’t know if it is for better or for worse, but Tottori does not step out of his role as the Brave Hero even for a moment. Going to inspire the People of the Forest further, I strengthen my grip on the Aradval Rebuild and rush towards the Great Red Devourer right after the Brave archer.
「Say, Sanraku-kun? Can we talk for just a moment……?」
「…… The hell do you want? Make it quick, before I crush your nose flat.」
「No, no, no. It won’t take that long, and it is a very important story……」
Honestly speaking, I could have simply ignored her and carry on. But, she’s been relatively well-behaved thus far, so I decided to at least listen what she wanted to say here.
「…… What is it?」
Hearing my tone of voice, Deepslaughter laughs. It was not the smile of someone who enjoys making others uncomfortable with toilet humor. It was also not the kind of smile you would see on the lips of someone whose personalities keep on changing from one to another.
「–––– Right now, I’m not having that much fun.」
It was the kind of smile I have seen on the face of Nutcracker, those seconds before the service of Spell Creation Online was coming to a close……
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