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ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 471 Part 1

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 471: Dragon! Oh Dragon! PART 48 Part 1

There is a certain wish that was entrusted to me, you see.

There was a certain message that was sent but it never actually managed to arrive at its destination.

Far away, so very far away. A dragon—summoning whistle composed of three parts that were once belonging to a certain scientist, and now that they were activated, they were carrying the sound so very far away.

「WAKE UP! BC-BEACON!!!」

First of all, we have the central part. It is the part that can operate pretty much on its own, and it is the part that is developed purely with the help of “science” and nothing else. It is the part where the energy is being stored and it supplies power to the rest of the entire mechanism. Normally it would be dormant, but now it was coming back to life now since the appropriate command was given.

「CHECKING……」

Next we have the grip part which also serves as the authentication unit. It is the part that was specifically designed to use the human fingerprints in order to acquire the necessary genetic information that was needed for the device to activate properly. And the time it needed to determine whether or not the person was qualified to use it or not was shorter than zero point one second.

But in my case everything should be just fine, so I was not worried about the authentication process in the least. …… And there we go!

「OK. THE “LEGACY MODE” CALL…… ACCEPTED.」

And finally, the muzzle part. Strictly speaking, something called the “atomic manipulation mechanism”. It applies the specially designed frequency generated in the central part to the rest of the device, and it is technically the most important part of the entire thing.

「PLEASE WAIT.」

The artificial refraction of the phenomenon using the particles of light that were present in the planet’s atmosphere…… the so-called “Rainbow” of the Gods, their most probable Plan B from all that time ago.

–––––– It is not someone’s story quest or a Unique Scenario by all accounts.

–––––– It is not a World Quest or any event leading towards a quest like that.

–––––– It is something called a “Grand Quest”. Something that all Pioneers should set their sights on doing and what should be everyone’s utmost priority. A great heritage of those who managed to save the world once before, long in the past.

In the Era of the Gods, to be more exact.

This whistle should awaken the second ship Bahamut, the beast that tunes itself to the Gods, who were sleeping deep under the sea level, in the underwater city of Lulilas. With its wake, the ancient waters should finally start to stir for good.

Its existence should be something pretty similar to the Unique Monsters that were born during the Era of the Gods. However, its exact specification should be entirely different from then, and that is why it does not show itself as a Unique Monster per se.

Now, it is time for the whale maiden to let out a cry of joy!
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「IT’S SETTLED!!!」

「THE SIEGE BATTLE OF SKULL AZUCHI CASTLE VERSUS THE SASOLIS NOMATA IS OVER…… WINNER: SASOLIS NOMATA!」

「THIS BATTLE WILL RESULT IN THE TRANSFER OF THE SKULL AZUCHI CASTLE’S OWNERSHIP RIGHTS AND EVERYTHING THAT IS INSIDE OF IT FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.」

It was obviously the defeat notification for the members of Tempura Knights. And hearing that, Tenzo let out a deep sigh right after he managed to cut down the last remnant of the Player Killers who was clinging to him and simply refused to let go no matter what. He then scratched his head.

「Ouch, who would have thought that they would lose a battle like that……?」

The Skull Azuchi Castle was the biggest trump card that the Anti-Noirlind faction had up its sleeve up until that point in time. And with its fall, it is very unlikely that E-Miria would be able to launch any kind of effective counterattack even if she wanted to.

Actually, eliminating the Anti-Noirlind faction has some merits for the players, as they would be able to join the Siegwurm battle now. And they all knew that. But whether or not they would want to do that is an entirely different matter here.

「So, what are we supposed to do now?」

「Yeah, let’s see…… Well, I guess we all know what needs to be done now. It’s just a matter of us accepting that. Which might not be all that easy.」

「Yeah, you can say that again…… No, wait! That would be just too meta! Way too meta, I tell you! Oh gosh, what to do? What to do, indeed?」

While both of them let out the signs of frustration upon learning of their defeat, E-Miria’s friend looks at her in a provocative way and asks her that question.

「Incidentally, now that this business is done and over with, I happened to overhear through the grapevine that Siegwurm is trying to suicide bomb himself just outside of the castle’s premises. Interesting, wouldn’t you say?」

「That…… is something that I will absolutely never allow to happen. Not to my precious Skull Azuchi Castle!」

But don’t misunderstand here. The driving force behind E-Miria’s actions remains mostly the same here…… It was still the hatred and rage of all the production workers who had seen the work of their lives being destroyed by Noirlind and having it razed to the ground. However, Noirlind was not the only source of their hatred. At least not anymore. Because they now understood that Noirlind was not the root cause of their tragedy. It was someone else.

If Siegwurm was not there, then everything would have been different. But because he was there and Noirlind was aiming after him, the frontline base of all the players got caught in the crossfire of their conflict and got utterly destroyed as a result.

「I’m sorry for being so selfish all the time and changing my policies all the time as I see fit…… But as things stand now, we just cannot allow Siegwurm to suicide bomb himself and destroy everything we have worked so hard to build! Let’s go!」

In response to that call, the players raised a passionate battlecry and charged forward towards Siegwurm’s location, brandishing weapons that they have saved especially for the occasion of fighting against Noirlind.

The time left until Siegwurm’s detonation is now…… four minutes.

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Feng Shui Master…… Even though he was supposed to be a production worker, a simple furniture craftsman, thanks to reaching the height of his profession he earned the power that would allow him to fight and hold his ground even in the most difficult of battles.

The object that he just set up is something that enhances just himself and no one else…… The fact that Anju was able to withstand Kyogoku’s attacks, a player with a three digit level, for so long was only thanks to the buffs provided by the Skull Azuchi Castle. And that is because a whole lot of furniture in this place was set up with Anju in mind specifically.