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ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 459 Part 1

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 459: Dragon, Oh Dragon! PART 36 Part 1

It can be said as a rule of thumb that all of the players being able to arrive in the New World have high levels. There may be a difference in their personal skills, but the high level is one common attribute that they all have.

And even after going through the process of Awakening, if all the players gathered here were to be at the max level available to them, their individual level would be sitting at around one hundred and forty five. But only one person amongst them all was like that at the current moment.

The runner-up when it comes to level here was sitting at the level one hundred and thirty nine. He managed to reach such a high number due to repeated battles against unimaginably strong enemies while wearing a collar that suppresses his own abilities and increases the EXP gained at the same time.

But truth to be told, there was recently a change in the “Level Ranking”, a statistic that is only known to the absolute top of the management of the game.

「Alright! Let’s hurry up and do this thing……!」

「Ah, yeah, right. Let’s do this thing! I truly regret the fact that I was unable to properly utilize the tension that the Vorpal Soul is giving me, but…… Or you know what? No. Maybe I just need to start working that much harder!」

There was a single knight who dared to “leave” the battlefield right in the middle of the ongoing Dragon Disaster War. That knight managed to accumulate enough EXP points to level up properly thanks to some secret training regimen they were doing alongside their Vorpal Bunny companion.

The place where the Knight went was the middle of the Village of the People of the Forest, where the Altar of Awakening has been located. As luck would have it, the Knight managed to meet all the conditions necessary for releasing the level cap on their avatar. That knight was none other than Saiga-0 herself, and her current level was sitting at the whooping one hundred forty one.

「…… Umm.」

「Yes, yes! What is it? Business as usual? Weapon repairs!?」

「…… Ah, no, I’m afraid it’s not about that. It’s about this, this here equipment piece……」

A production player who waits near the exit of the New World Research Vessel and offers the players simple services when it comes to repairing worn out weapons and pieces of armor turns around and upon hearing Saiga-0 voice he lets out a loud shriek.

Saiga-0 was well aware why the production player would react in such a way he did. He even assumed the fighting stance without thinking, and Saiga-0 had to appease him that she meant no harm.

「S-Saiga…… From the “Black Sword” That Saiga? The very same!?」

「Ah…… Y-You see, no. I’m currently the member of the “Wolfgang” guild. When it comes to “Black Sword”…… it’s my sister that you are talking about.」

「I-I see. Yes…… Huh? Does that mean you had to convert your character or something like that?」

「Umm, yes. And this armor is called Sori’s Armor Set……」

Previously Saiga-0 looked like a noble Paladin in shining armor. However, she assumed that something must have happened or gone wrong during the procedure of releasing the level cap. Because for the current moment Saiga-0 was nothing more but a deformed mass of muscles and twisted armor plating.

Even though the thing no longer resembled any normal armor, it was still as hard as one and retained all of its properties. However, the surface of the plates was pulsing at a rapid pace, something that a dead substance would surely be unable to do under any normal circumstances. But the helmet has undergone the greatest change. It still looked like a piece of equipment, but it also grew an eyeball and something that could only been described as the “oral cavity”.

「………… Is that thing really an armor? You’re not pulling my leg here?」

「…… Also, I seem to be unable to take it off.」

「…… You’re kidding, right? Please, tell me that you are actually pulling my leg here.」

「As expected, the sensory feeling from the system’s side feels…… reduced. So that is why……」

No matter how useful the equipment may seem, for as long as the player cannot use it properly and whenever they want to use it, it will be next to useless. However, this armor actually felt more like a second body, or at least a second skin. When Saiga-0 took off the organic helmet, she had a feeling as though what was sliding off her head was not a metallic object, but rather something similar to human skin or insides. Also, the eyes on the helmet and its mouth closed and stopped moving, as though the thing fell in to a state that could be best descried as deep slumber.

Perhaps this was enough to convince the production player that Saiga-0 was not lying here. However, he still remained on high alert, even taking a necessary precaution of putting a few paces of distance in between them.

「What is it that you want to ask about……? What is the current situation out there right now……?」

「Eh? Umm……」

「Hmm, let’s see…… The dragons are still on a rampage and cause quite a lot of destruction, and I have heard that even the most benevolent Saint Iristella has decided to come forth onto the frontlines in person…… Hmm, but that’s not what’s most important right now. The most important thing is that Siegwurm had his back pressed against a corner and in order to defend himself he created five clones of himself.」

「Ah, you are that Library person……」

Saiga-0 then heard a voice quite different from that of the production worker player. This voice had more depth to it, seemed older and there were years of wisdom that could be heard being hidden behind it.

「You people are…… Hmm, interesting. Very interesting. Really now. Would you be so kind as to let me interview you at some later date about that armor you are currently wearing?」

「Ahh, umm…… Y-yes, no problem.」

「And if you happen to be looking for Sanraku, I do believe that he is right at the frontline of the Siegwurm battle. Oh, and it seems that he has some quite unique and interesting weapons and armor on himself. Very gimmick-looking, if I do say so myself.」

「!!!!!!!!!」

When it comes to the Professor, this random piece of information was only something that was supposed to liven up the conversation. However, for Saiga-0 it was something that proved to be the most important information out there. Nothing else mattered to her at the current moment.

「Excuse me, but…… I must go. Like, I really need to go, right now.」

「I see…… Fumu, I wish that we could have talked for a little while longer, but under those circumstances, I guess that it really cannot be helped here.」

Saiga-0 then bows down shortly to the Library’s representative and then she starts to dash in the direction of the battlefield at quite the astonishing speed.

No matter how sharp one’s intuition is, it is pretty much useless unless one decides to actively act on that intuition.

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At the same time as Sanraku was about to start his clash with Siegwurm and Pencilgton was facing off Deepslaughter. But this time let us see what Katsu was up to at that time.

「Turning that thing inside out…… Putting aside whether or not it is physically possible, don’t you think that it is a little bit excessive here!?」

「Now that you mention it, it really might not have been that great of an idea! But at the time it seemed that way to me! Ever since that Red Dragon ate the dirt things have been getting crazy here!」