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ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 358 Part 2

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 358: Dragon! Dragon! Part 23 Part 2

Sadly, even the ten Elven arrows cannot match one shot of Magic Edge from Emul, so they are indeed garbage from the DPS point of view. But I am never going to point that fact out. We need all the firepower here that we can get, and for that we need the morale to be high, not sinking low. That is why some things are honestly better left unsaid. Well, as long as they can keep on doing what they are doing, it’s all good, right? It may be small, but a contribution is still a contribution in a fight on a scale such as this.

That being said, the Elven aim is second to none here. Most of the arrows usually were hitting their mark, so they were dealing damage to the Great Red Devourer for sure, no matter how small and insignificant it may have seemed at first glance.

Firepower, speed, durability, everything is here in place, although in a very limited form. So, what is missing here? When it comes to that, I have already found the answer. You need constant aggro and one other, small thing.

「Deepslaughter!」

「Yeah, what’s up?」

「Give us some aggro management here!」

I am sure that amongst a whole lot of spells that Deepslaughter must have learnt when leveling her character up, there ads got to be at least one spell that can influence the aggro of the target opponent. And if we manage to steer this beast’s aggro the right way, we are bound to open it up for more possible damage.

「You must have read my mind in that regard! Here, coming right up! “EXTERNAL HATE!!!”」

Being able to externally reinforce the monster’s aggro. Somehow this concept was causing the chills to run down my spine, but there was nothing we could do about it. We needed that aggro management if we wanted to have a shot at winning here.

And certainly, the spell was working alright. At this moment, one of the dragon heads that were still left turned from tri-headed Tyranno and gazed at me, its eyes filled with fiery rage and fury unlike of which I have never seen before.

「Ah, could you stay there for a moment? And preferably don’t move at all?」

「But if I were to do that, wouldn’t that mean death sentence for me!?」

「Deepslaughter! Stay there, for fuck’s sake!」

「Cancan! Kuhn!!」

Focusing the aggro on one person may not be enough here. If we could do something like that for let’s say… fifty people? That would be great. Or even more, that would be perfect here!

「Hey, if you could increase the rate of dispersing the aggro, that would be great……!」

Secret Sword Art “Utsuro Mikagami” Refurbished. It was a name that was giving me the impression that it would not be all that different from the MAX version, but at the same time the different name would suggest that its effect would be different here as well. However, the effect of the skill did not change all that much. What changed here, was the size of the skill and the time during which it would last.

At this point, the aggro is separated between the decoy and the main player. Needless to say, once the skill stops working, I am going to regain twice as much aggro as I would normally get.

「This effect is going to last for about twenty seconds! What about the recast time!?」

「Thirty seconds! But if I can somehow get that time reduced, it will be ready to use after ten seconds!」

「GO!」

During that ten seconds, I must do my best to focus that aggro as much as possible!

There is a red frog jumping at the decoy, but I manage to easily slice that small fry in half. Then, I cut through the body of the Great Red Devourer diagonally. I was wondering if attacking it here would break the aggro focus, but in response the giant dragon only twisted its body and tried to back away from me…… it was trying to escape. As if I would let it just do that.

I grasp the giant sword firmly in my hands, twist my waist and turn counter clockwise with all of my might. Then once the turn is ended I turn once more, this time around clockwise, as if tracing my way back. At the same time, in the beginning of the second turn I cast “Tachikiri Wakachi” in order to thrust myself forward a little bit, raining down a flurry of attacks onto the Great Red Devourer.

「You’re in the way! Just die already!」

And here! One more skill activated! It’s an assist skill, one that upon landing a successful critical hit will increase the values of all of your stats except for HP, MP and Stamina for a short duration. And seeing as all of my stats and level were already pretty high out there, you can expect that this skill is going to have a true kick to it. Whoa there, what do I see? The giant mouth is opening, leaving itself completely unprotected right in front of me!?

If this is the chance we have been waiting for, there is no way that I am going to waste it. I grip the handle of Memento Mori and thrust it forward, right inside of the dragon’s gaping chest mouth. My aim is right at the red ball inside of that mouth, as if I was aiming at the billiard cue ball with a stick. But right before my attack managed to reach its mark, the red dragon lets out a mighty roar that pushes me backwards.

「QooaaaaaaaAaAAAAAAaaaAAaAaaaAAAA！！！」

「Kuoh!?」

Was that a breath attack!? No, it’s all good, it was just a normal roar, but with a little bit of knockback effect to it. How are we on the aggro? Good, the heads…… three of them are focused entirely on me. Apaprently the forth one was focused on the tri-headed Tyranno just in case, and those three were about ready to kill me at any moment now.

And the tail head is being currently suppressed by Tottori and his People of the Forest friends. So I can go all out here without having to worry about anything.

「Hey, Sanraku-kun? Does that mean I still need to stand there?」

「Don’t move an inch! It is necessary to achieve the skill conditions that I need!」

「Hooray! So this means I am your woman now! One that you can keep and use at your own convenience!」

Equipment? All good. Distance? All good. Readiness for action? All good. Now, I would like you to lend me your help once again here, oh weapon of the Gods! Come forth, the Mirror Shield, Dis Pater! Reflect the image of the Abyss back at it!

All three heads turn towards me, murder shining brightly at the back of its blacked eyes. Unlike the breath attack from the mouth, there are lights of lasers coming from those eyes the very next moment, but this laser must specialize solely in penetrating power judging my how thin they are. The ultimate murder weapon aimed at me alone.

The lights of lasers meet with the smooth surface of Dis Pater. But instead of reflecting those lasers back at it, I use the other power bestowed upon this weapon by the gods, one that allows me absorb the full impact of the attack and turn it into offensive power!

「…… “EXCEED CHARGE”!!!」

CLASH!!!