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ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 451 Part 2

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 451: Dragon, Oh Dragon! PART 28 Part 2

「GEH!? And now it broke to pieces!?」

All of a sudden, the Jeweled Sword of the Boundary Light breaks into tiny little pieces while making a loud, crystal-shattering sound. For the time being I resulted to kicking back the small white dragons that were surrounding me and then back-stepped a little bit, all the while Imron was muttering to herself.

「Weapon damage…… Are you kidding me!? And now only the grip remains!? What the hell!? No, don’t tell me……」

「Ah? Oh, I guess that it is exactly how you think it is…… Time for redeployment!」

It appears as though the Lumeridian, the Jeweled Sword of Boundary Light has a different system when it comes to durability than that of other weapons.

What it means here is more or less that no matter how hard you are going to be using your sword, even if the blade itself falls apart its durability is not going to decrease that much. But that does not mean that it is an invincible, unbreakable sword capable of restoring its own durability under the right set of conditions are met.

「No way, don’t tell me……! The durability of this sword is just like a gauge!?」

「Yes! Correct! Nailed that one!」

If you look closely at the hilt of the sword in my hand, then you could see a new kind of shining red crystal blade starting to slowly form there, just like icicles would form from the droplets of water gradually accumulating over time.

「Also, the Jeweled Sword of the Boundary Light should recover even faster once you expose it to the bright light of the moon!」

And the speed at which the blade was recovering was just right, not to slow and not too fast, just right. So it was certainly my bad for the timing at which the blade shattered to pieces. However…… better to watch out for that in the future. It is a nasty little surprise that has the potential of actually screwing people over.

「Giant Killing Time!!!!!!!!!」

The newly formed blade has the durability that is different from its original value, and by completely consuming this new value a special action can be performed. In case of this particular mode, it would be the flying burning slash that I have already used a couple of times. And it was only possible because today…… Or rather yesterday I took the weapon for a scroll throughout Rabbitz in order to fill it up with the sun’s power. Now, the gauges like that tend to deplete fast and it is possible to constantly refill them with the light of the sun and moon, but I would say here that the resulting effects are well worth the trouble here!

And that is something that even makes it possible for the player to engage in some quality Giant Killing!

「Alright! Just you wait until the sun shows its face from behind the horizon! This sword is then going to be reforged and it will make a quick work of all of your ugly asses!」

「Parameters, special specifications…… NPC Only? No wait, that’s just now it. After all, this game has almost identical systems when it comes to the players and the NPCs. Where’s the room for creativity in that!? There is none, let me tell you!」

I don’t think that the NPCs connected to the server would have anything to say about a matter like that, but still…… Things like that would most probably end up in defeat about every single time around. So if you don’t want to make NPCs into mere punching bags, at least give them some ways to defend themselves.

「Oh, and by the way. I have a message to you from Bre…… I mean, the one who created that other weapon that you were competing with.」

「……… I’m listening.」

「Umm…… It goes something like: “It’s nice, but my Pops could do a whole better work with his eyes closed”.」

「……… Ahh, I see. I get it.」

Oh, could it be that you take so much pride with your weapons? And really now, you could at least give me more of a reaction than a mere “I see, I get it”.

Imron then started to go her own way while staggering quite a bit. I was looking at her for a moment but then I remembered that I was still in the middle of the battlefield and that I had to start swinging that sword if I wanted to emerge alive out of this mess.

「Ah.」

「Is there something wrong?」

「Oh, no, it’s just that…… I do get a feeling that I have forgotten something behind. Something that I would be better off with picking up……」

I have remembered that Brynhildr Baskerville had been left unattended for a while now, so maybe it would be a good thing to actually go back there and see if there is anything alright with it? It would be a little detour for sure, but not anything all that terrible to make here……

And even the Lady Saint seems quite alright with us turning around and going back. That’s so very kind of her……

「Oh, there it is, there it is.」

Even though it’s supposed to be a cruiser size, it doesn’t stand out when the ship is seated on the ground. Right now, there’s nothing in the inventory box shared by the Guild, so maybe I can collect it……? Hm? What the……!?

「…… “THIS ITEM CANNOT BE STORED AWAY BECAUSE THERE IS A PLAYER PRESENT ON BOARD.”…… Huh!?」

HM!? Could it be that there is actually some dumbass who boarded my anti-dragon ship without permission? But they cannot do anything to vandalize it, because I have the ownership rights, so…… Whoa!? A small dragon is attacking!? Now of all times!?

「My, oh my, it has certainly been a while, Sanraku…… Or should I say “μ mackerel”?」

SWOOSH! A single line cuts through the sky. A rugged arrow pierced exactly between the eyebrows of a humanoid dragon that seemed to have a higher VIT than the others who were not jumping at the Lady Saint, and instead was going after me. But the humanoid dragon could not resist the kinetic energy contained in the arrow and its head bent backwards, knocking the monster off balance.

「How should I even describe it……?」

There is a man standing on the deck of my Brynhildr Baskerville, looking up. He was wearing the clothes that resembled a combination of both a cowboy from the Westerns and that reminiscent of a Western TV dramas.

I have no idea who that man is, but he seems to know me pretty well, even though my clothes are completely different at the current moment.

「We have met on “that island”, don’t you remember? Surely you must have already met “Bibal” in here, right? Nice to meet you, γ Mackerel—san. Back then I was known as “Atbird”, but in this game I happen to go by “Yashiro Bird”.」

「Yashiro, bird……? “Company, Bird …? Ah, congratulations on your inauguration in this game?」

「Thank you thank you. That’s awfully kind of you, you know?」

Turns out that the identity of this unwanted person who just happened to casually let themselves in on board of my beautiful ship was none other than Survival. The same Survival with whom I used to hang out a whole lot on that one deserted island all that time ago…….