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ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 474 Part 1

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 474: Color of Disaster Filled With Vivid Colors Part 1

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「It’s really unfair, don’t you think? That you cannot participate unless you have reached the New World.」

「And what would that even get us? We have just started the game, so why bother with advanced content?」

「Well, I guess that you are right…… Hm?」

「What the hell? Everything started to shake for some reason……」

「No, somehow this reminds me of dead fires……」

There was a loud roaring sound followed by mighty tremors. And then the Pioneers were being thrown away with a mighty force, as if the steam decided to go out all at once from the inside of the active volcano.

「FOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO!!!!!!!!!」

It was the awakening of the former red dragon, a creature that no one knew about all this time, and who was defeated many years ago and sunk to the bottom of the lake, creating a crater and a stony prison for itself. But that prison now shattered into fine dust, and the former red dragon was free once more.

Although it was nothing compared to the sea, the crater was still filled with huge quantities of water. But that water was no longer there, having all but evaporated seemingly in an instant. And right in the center of the now empty crater…… There was a butterfly made out of flames, waiting patiently.

With an even greater force of will, the red “butterfly” silently awaits the coming of its next enemy.

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「BBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOO………!!!!!!!!!」

Its pale body was not burning. Its pale body was not discharging anything. It was doing just that: walking without end and without stopping even for a moment.

「What the hell is that……!?」

「The upper limit of my HP has been reduced……!?」

「Oi, wait just a minute here……」

With just that simple act alone, whenever the creature would go, a trail of death and bodies would follow right after.

Its mane made out of black fog was sweeping gently in the wind. Its blue eyes were blind and unable to see. But still, the pale horse continued to go forward, with its head hanging low.

Something deep down inside of it was whispering directly into its mind. It was whispering to kill even more people. To not stop killing. And the pale horse was doing just that. It was walking forward, mocking the life that was in its path.

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「Whoa there, that was dangerous! Without healing I would have been a goner here!」

「Huh? But I did not use any HP Recovering Magic of my own……」

「Huh? What do you mean……?」

「MMMMMMMMMRRRRRRRRRFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF………!!!!!!!!!」

「What the hell is that!?」

「A, a frog? Or maybe a toad!? I don’t know!!」

「Whoa there!? What the hell!? What is wrong with this crazy HP Recovery……!?」

「GUH!? GYABAEH!?」

「…… Huh?」

It was something strange and monstrous, like a six legged frog. It was something strange and mysterious, floating in the air just like a balloon. And it was healing the wounds of every single player who was locked in combat with a monster.

And then it healed the wounds.

And then it healed the wounds some more.

And then it just continued to heal the wounds of everyone around it, even where there was no one who actually needed any form of healing.

The creature was doing just that: it was healing. It was healing, and healing, and healing, and healing, and healing, and healing, and healing and healing until the bodies of the ones it healed were unable to take it anymore and their flesh started to bloat and rip their skin open, spilling out……

Eventually, all of the players gathered here would follow the exact same fate as the bear—shaped monsters all around them: they would bloat and swell like grotesque meat balloons and pop in the explosion of bloody mist and chunks of viscera.

All this time, the “Black” frog watched the scene without missing even a single moment from it, squinting its eyes in an expression of pure delight.

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A mythical forest far remote from any civilization. It was a magical place with lush greenery and rays of sun shining through the green canopy high in the air. More towards the ground level the vegetation was so dense and frequent that it would be hard for anyone unaccustomed to this scenery to see anything or move around the place. But this place…… It was silent. Way too silent.

Through the walls of trees there could be seen a lone spring from which a unicorn was drinking enthusiastically. But then all of a sudden, the trees behind the unicorn’s back began to rustle and move aside. Was that perhaps some tree-like monster? No, it was a giant peacock-like creature who just blended in with the surrounding trees thanks to its ability to mimic everything it came in contact with.

However, that monster was far from your plain and ordinary peacock. Its legs were unusually long and thin, just like that of an ostrich. Its tail feathers, a peacock’s primary characteristic, were also unnaturally elongated, and the way in which they were shaped was reminiscent of some peculiar tropical fruits.

「KYOKYOKYO」

PSHSHSHSH!!! With that strange sound, a thick black liquid is being spilled all over unicorn’s back.

Next, the peacock takes one of the big fruits from its tail in its beak, and uses its long neck to throw it towards the unicorn’s back. The fruit lands on it and shatters into many tiny pieces.

However, the unicorn was not a weak creature either. It managed to survive the rough competition for survival for so long, and it was not going to let someone else kill it so easily here. A mere fruit to the back would not be nearly enough to kill it. It was more like a water balloon, if anything.

The unicorn turned around and then it finally noticed the peacock. It was standing right in front of it, its feathered tail and wings spread wide apart and glowing with a bright light. They way in which its feathers were vibrating resembled that of a loud scream. It was at this moment that the unicorn finally took notice. Something was horribly wrong.

「……? ……!? …… !?!? …… !?!?!?」

The green liquid soaks into the unicorn’s body as if it was made out of thin paper.

Collecting magical power…… amount insufficient.

Collecting physical strength…… amount insufficient.

Collecting life force…… amount insufficient.

Not enough. Not enough. Still not enough! And if that’s the case, then pay with your body!

Feeling its life force suddenly being robbed from him, the unicorn let out a loud scream and then it fell to the ground where it was writhing in agony. …… However, the thief has already disappeared into the forest, unseen and undisturbed by anyone.

And after a while, the peacock and its new companion, the green-colored unicorn, went somewhere else in search of a new prey. Hopefully, this time it will be enough.

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The place changes, and the providence changes as well.

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「OI!」

「…… “OI”?」

The creatures that appeared from under the ground once it started to crack all over were in fact…… cyclops. Or at least something that closely resembled cyclops.

They were scouting their surroundings with the help of one giant eye that occupied most of their faces, and they must have realized that the ones surrounding them very the members of the same species.

「OII!!」

「OIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!」

And then there was only one thing left for the cyclops to do here. It was to smack each other straight to the face in the form of a perfect cross-counter.

It took them a while, but eventually the winner and the loser were finally decided.

One of them was standing straight in a victory pose, and one was lying straight on the ground, its body bruised and beaten up all over.

The victor stares at the loser for a moment or two, and then he finally decides to bring its face closer and closer to the loser’s neck.

And then without any sort of hesitation, the winner broke the loser’s neck and crushed its throat in one fell swoop.

「OOOOOOOOOooooooooo……!!!!!!!!!」

And then it ate. And then it ate. And then it ate some more. It continued to eat delicious meat until there was nothing more left to eat.

The cyclops have almost no bones in their bodies and they consist mostly of muscle fibers. And after a while, one cyclops was devoured whole by none other than the member of its own race.

And as the act of cannibalism continued, the body of the victor was gradually starting to undergo some changes.

Its muscles grew in size and became stronger. Then the arm started to make lots of popping noises. And with that, the right arm with which the one-eyed monster dealt the deadly blow earlier has become even more deadly.