ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 371 Part 1
ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 371: Running Through, Lightning Your Heart Part 1
「Dragon! It’s a Dragon……!」
「MUH…… I GET BACK INTO MY LAIR, AND WHAT IS THE FIRST THING I SEE? A BUG CRAWLING RIGHT HERE! YOU CAN TAKE THEM IF YOU WANT, IT’S NOT LIKE THERE IS ENOUGH MEAT ON THEM FOR ALL OF US……」
「NO, WAIT A MINUTE…… YOU THERE, YOU FILTHY BUG! YOU ARE HIDING IT UNDER THAT STRANGE SOMETHING, BUT YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR FACE, RIGHT? SOMETHING THAT WAS CARVED OUT, PERHAPS?」
「…… Eh? Ah, you mean this? This is something that was carved out on my face as a result of me picking up a fight with Siegwurm-san a while ago!」
「SIEGWURM!!! SIEGWURM, YOU SAY……!? HMM, YES, THAT’S RIGHT. I CAN TOTALLY SEE HIM DOING THAT, THAT BASTARD! RAISING ANNOYING BUGS AND BESTOWING THEM WITH POWER SO THAT THEY CAN DO HIS DIRTY WORK FOR HIM!」
「I found that this mark was already carved on my avatar once I woke up after Siegwurm-san obliterated me with its breath attack! Oh yes, that’s right! Umm…… Say, Dragon-san? Your name would not happen to be Noirlind…-san, would it?」
「HMM, IT SEEMS THAT EVEN PRIITIVE AND INSIGNIFICANT BUGS SUCH AS YOURSELF KNOW MY GREAT AND WONDERFUL NAME…… FINE, THEN. I SHALL LET YOU LIVE FOR A MOMENT LONGER, JUST SO YOU CAN USE THE TIME BEFORE YOUR INEVITABLE DEATH SO THAT YOU CAN SING PRAISES TO MY GREAT NAME!!」
「Sing praises……? Ah, you mean like…… telling you compliments? Umm, what could this encounter even be, I wonder? Invasion event? But what about aggro? Oh well, it’s best to stick to what other players been saying in cases such as this. Umm…… You truly strike fear in the hearts of others! Other Pioneers say your name with both fear and reverence, saying that you are “Way too powerful!” and “Nothng but bad news for us!”」
「KUKUKUKU…… WELL, OF COURSE! WHAT ELSE DID YOU EXPECT!? I POSSESS AN AURA LIKE THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING NATURAL FOR ME! IT’S THE DUTY OF THE TRUE KING TO STRIKE BOTH FEAR AND ADMIRATION IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO ARE BELOW HIM! BECAUSE I AM THE KING, YOU SEE!」
「Huh? So you are the king, Noirlind-san? I did not know! I am most terribly sorry for my rude behavior! If I knew that, I would have acted with more respect!」
「MUH? MUH…… WELL, I MEAN, YES, THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT! I AM THE TRUE HEAVENLY KING! I STAND ABOVE ALL OTHERS! I HAVE NO EQUAL! I SOAR The SKIES FREELY WHILE INSIGNIFICANT INSECTS SUCH AS YOUSELF CAN ONLY GAZE UPWARDS AND BE AWE-STRUCK IN THE FACE OF MY MAJESTY AND POWER!!」
「So, in other words…… this makes you the King of all Dragons, correct? A true Dragon King!」
「I CANNOT BLAME THE FACT THAT THE BUGS SUCH AS YOURSELF ARE OBLIVIOUS TO THE OBVIOUS TRUTH! AND I MUST ALSO SAY THAT THE IDEA THAT SOME OF YOU INSIGNIFICANT INSECTS ARE WILLING TO RECOGNIZE YOUR MISTAKES IS SOMEWHAT PLEASING…… IT IS CERTAINLY WAY MORE TOLERABLE THAN THOSE WEAK AND SISSY MAGGOTS WHO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE WITH THAT DEPLORABLE GOLD USURPER…… BUT IT DOES NOT REALLY MATTER. LET HIM HAVE HIS FUN WHILE HE CAN. AFTER ALL, HE IS SOON TO BE CRUSHED UNDERNEATH MY MIGHT! IT IS INEVITABLE! AND HE CAN DO NOTHING TO STOP IT OR PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING!」
「Thinking about it now, why is it that Noirlind-san despises Siegwurm-san so much? I just can’t exactly put my finger on it, no matter how hard I try to think about it.」
「WELL, THAT MUCH SHOULD BE OBVIOUS HERE! EVEN THOUGH I AM THE ONE AND ONLY HEAVENLY KING, THE STRONGEST OF THEM ALL, HE STILL ACTS AS THOUGH HE IS ABOVE ME AND LOOKS DOWN ON ME! BUT THE KING CAN ONLY BE ONE! ONLY ONE DRAGON CAN REIGN SUPREME OVER EVERYBODY ELSE! THAT MUCH IS TRUE! AND SO, IT IS ONLY OBVIOUS THAT WE MUST FIGHT ONE ANOTHER! SO THAT I CAN PROVE MY SUPERIORITY ONCE AND FOR ALL!」
「Oh, I see. So, is that how it is, hmm? Well, when it comes to me, I do not really care if there is one king or two kings out there! But at the same time, I think that what really matters here is what you are actually aiming for! What you want to do or accomplish! What your goals are!」
「WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE…… YOU SAY? DO MY EARS DECIEVE ME? OR IS A MERE MAGGOT TRYING TO LECTURE THE KING ON HOW A KING SHOULD ACT!?」
「Hmm, that was not my intention here……? I is only a theory that I have come up with just now. Or rather, a principle? Umm, well, what I was trying to say here, was basically ––––––」
「FUMUH, I MUST SAY THAT I AM SURPRISED. FOR A MERE INSIGNIFICANT INSECT, YOU POSSESS A SURPRISINGLY GOOD TASTE AND JUDGEMENT.」
「Ehehe…… Thank you for saying that, Your Majesty, but this is really nothing. My friends are companions are even more amazing than this!」
「And those amazing people that I admire so much…… They are my goal. They are what I want to be, and they are what I strive towards.」
「…… HMM, INTERESTING.」
「And that is exactly why…… I think I want to support you, Noirlind—san! I want to help you in realizing your own goal!」
「…… WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?」
「I mean, it’s because……」
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It has not been all that long ago since the bomber plane “Akitsu Akane” dropped that atomic bomb onto us all, but that was really it. Nothing major ended up happening as a result of that.
It is no exaggeration that the vast majority of player hate Black Dragon Noirlind for that raid it did on the frontline base, which resulted on more than half of the base getting obliterated into dust. It would be strange to think that people would not want to have revenge for something so openly hostile like that…… But it was also naïve of us to think that there would not be those who would wish to side with the Black Dragon after such display of raw, destructive power. So there we have that, but at the same time there is me right in the middle of all of this, looking for my own, unique way.
At the current moment I am starved for two things: experience and money. And in order to satiate the hunger for the latter, I was now on my way to the café “Wandering Sword”, a gathering place for various adventurers…… and Bounty Hunters alike. Why there? Simply because there is a certain person there who can help me out in solving my money issues.
But still,
「HOOOOOOaaaaaahhhhhh! Tias-tan! Tias-tan! Can I take a photo of you? Please, pretty please? No, acutally, I beg of you!」
「…………」
「Ahh! Yes! That’s it! That’s perfect! Very good! This is it, this is the Golden Ratio I have been looking for all this time! Now I finally understand what people mean by that when they talk about a Golden Ratio!」
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