ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 417 Part 1
ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 417: Side Story 14 – The Landing – Part 1
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「Oh! Hi, Kei…… I mean, hi Katsu~!」
Katsu tried to escape many time, but every time he was unable to. And the reason why his attempts at escaping were always meeting with failure over and over again was because his pursuer has already managed to achieve the mobility that way exceeded that of any other level ninety player out there. To put it simply, he was not fast enough to escape, and his pursuer was always able to catch up to him in no time.
「Still playing hard to get? Aren’t that a little bit cold, even by your standards? And come one, what do we say to someone who traversed the vast see just so that they could see you?」
「Haah…… Welcome back, I missed you……?」
「Yes! Justice!」
「Hey! Stop blushing like that! It’s totally creepy!」
In a nutshell, the particular player is…… an “exhibitionist”? Was that the right word here?
Although that player was not exposing any excess amount of her skin, but the only pieces of her clothing were the waist belt “Unrequited Demonic War Belt” belonging to the profession of “Pilgrom”, and the footwear “Wedge Clogs” belonging to the class of the “Destroyer”. Then there was also a plain old skirt put on top of it all. So in short, she was a player with as little equipment as possible, abandoning the protection of the armor for the sake of mobility and plain looks that the currently wearing items were giving her. She was that kind of a player.
On the other hand, lack of armor of any kind only goes to show that this player had absolute confidence in her abilities to take down her opponents without the need to use armor or weapons of any kind. …… And Katsu knows better than anyone that this confidence has a good foundation, not being empty. Even though it was an unofficial online match with the first black star in her life, this player managed to achieve a hundred victories in PVP against seasoned players in only two days, climbing up the ranking ladder and the level ladder at a ridiculous speed and still calling all of those feats “ a slight warm-up”. …… In here, that player is known simply as the “Argent Owl”.
「Haa…… Alright , alright, seriously…… But don’t you think that the pace at which you are leveling up is a little bit too fast?」
「Fufufu, don’t underestimate my ability at information gathering! I checked out various sites to know what’s up in this game! The current trend seems to be a good old dungeon tour! And its exciting to beat a Minotaur after Minotaur without a care in the world!」
Argent Owl. Silver Ag and Gold Au…… Those are the characters derived from the Japanese readings of parts of her name, “Silvia Goldberg”.
It’s not hard to imagine that if the information that the number one gamer in the United States of America came to Japan just for the sake of her own leisure and so that she could play ShangriLa Frontier, it would cause quite a stir and major confusion. But that’s exactly what was happening here now. In that regard, Silvia was Katsu’s polar opposite…… not to mention that her body was nice and curvy in all the right places, , something that was making Katsu feel strange surge of melancholy for some reason.
What’s more, even though Katsu had no idea what method she used, Argent Owl somehow managed to get her hands on the Translation Engine “Babel”, which was why he was able to understand her words in real time. That being said, this translation engine is yet to receive a release date. But oh well…… At least she can now speak somewhat fluent Japanese.
「So? Kei…… No, Katsu? When are you going to introduce me to those acquaintances of yours? Hey, come on! Get on with it! Hurry up!」
「Kuh…… I knew it, so that was your reason for coming here all along! And I don’t know when you’ll be able to meet them!」
At the very least he managed to dodge that bullet for now, but he could still imagine the world laughing at his efforts from behind the stage. At least as far as Katsu knows, Pencilgton seems to have been working at a rapid pace since the “oracle” of Saint Iristella, and Sanraku cannot be contacted in the first place. So that’s that.
And Katsu, knowing Sanraku for quite a bit of time now, knows that when Sanraku does not return, he is usually busy with capturing some other shitty game that managed to catch his attention.
But no matter how much Argent Owl wants to meet No Face (Sanraku) and No Name (Pencilgton), they won’t have to abide by that. And don’t even need to share their provate information with her.
(He said something about buying Kazegumo President and I think he’s planning to clear it this week…… I’d like to try it myself, but the number in circulation is small in the first place …)
「Oh well, we are sure to meet sooner or later! So for now, let us go and enjoy our honeymoon like proper Newlyweds would! Let’s go……! Time for a trip!」
「Wait, what the hell did you say just now!?」
「Katsu, Katsu!」
「Hey, wait! And don’t you dare spread rumors that might me easily misinterpreted like that!」
Five minutes later, Katsu and Argent Owl managed to get themselves surrounded by the pack of viciously-looking monsters.
「Oh wow! Those guys are completely different from the monsters back at the Old Continent. We got completely surrounded before we even managed to notice what was going on! Their AI must also be on a completely different level!」
「Ah…… I think I have heard about that monster from someone else before. They may look like a bunch of individual monsters, but they are in fact a single colony organism whose level sits roughly at one hundred thirty six or something like that? They are not to be underestimated.」
Katsu had to be extra careful here as to not accidentally spill the beans regarding the source of this information. Needless to say, retreating here was not an option, since only cowards would choose to do that in this situation, only defeating two or three enemies, making a dent in their defenses and running away. Knowing that, Katsu started to quickly adjust his equipment, getting ready for the fast approaching battle.
It seems that Argent Owl also realized that fact, for she started to get ready for battle as well, adjusting her equipment and standing right next to Katsu, their backs facing one another. She then laughed happily, her tone making it seem as though she thought she was invincible at this very moment.
「Ufufu! I have been waiting so long for this! Standing back to back, locked in the battle against a strong opponent! Don’t you feel the same way as well, Katsu?」
「Well, at the very least I’m not going to say that I was not looking forward to this in one way or another……!!」
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