ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 500 Part 2
ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 500: Scatter Like Dust Part 2
Alright there, buddy. Time to stop the engines for a moment, don’t you think? This distance should be more or less safe enough for a little break.
「…………???」
For a moment out there I thought that I had seen something truly improbable and disturbing. Therefore I decided to hide in the shadow of the building and wait and see to confirm my suspicions. …… Then I tilt my head out ever so slightly, avoiding getting seen.
GASHAKON. GASHAKON. GASHAKON. PSHHHHHHHHH. (The sounds of Cursed Prison with eight legs in place of its lower body roaming the main street)
BAGIGIGI, DODODODODODODODON…… (The sound of the engine of the chainsaw mounted onto one of Cursed Prison’s arms, the chain moving quietly and ready to wake into action at a moment’s notice.)
CLANG! CLANG! SNIKT! SNIKT! SNIKT! SNIKT! (The sound of a giant pair of scissors mounted onto Cursed Prison’s left arm, repeatedly opening up and closing, waiting for a new prey at which they could inflict damage)
「…… What the hell is that thing supposed to be?」
No, really, a serious question now, what in the everlasting fuck is that thing supposed to be? Is that really a Cursed Prison? No, no way! There’s just no fucking way that’s a Cursed Prison! No matter how you look at it, this thing looks like a freaking boss character! Like some freaking Arachnea Deadly Arms. Or maybe it is just some sort of a UMA? But whatever this thing is, one thing’s for sure: it is no longer in the shape of a person.
No, wait. While it is true that the Mechanitian is very similar in nature to his powers to Cursed Prison, he could never hope to become something quite like that. So there was no other way that this was not Cursed Prison? But to be able to customize it to such an extent? No, no, no, no, no, there’s no need for me to be afraid here! See!? All those weapons are high-power, but short distances! So it will just be a hit and run strategy here, hit and run…… And since Dust is a Mid-range fighter, it means that there should be no contact! So it should all go pretty smooth here!
「Let’s go, buddy! Let’s have a good……!」
CLANG! PSHH! CLICK! CRACK! (The sounds of eight legs crack and opening up, exposing eight muzzles coming out of them.)
「Whoa there, seriously!? That’s overdoing it!」
「yOU…… aRE…… WelCoMe……」
Oh shit, this is not good. I can tell at a glance that those guns belong to the heavy duty machine guns category……
In the next moment I lost control over the bike I was riding and was sent in mid-air as a result. Then, the gunfire started and it blasted towards the bike, causing it to explode and changing it into a piece of scrap metal in about a single moment.
「Alright, time to reloa…… Dogaah!?」
And then from behind the smokescreen caused by the explosion a barrage of bullets came flying my way almost right away! My whole body was of course caught in the middle of the hail of bullets, with me having nowhere to hide. Shit! This is dangerous, but I need to get away! Otherwise my HP will……!
「Guh, ooooooooohhhhhhhhh!?!?!?」
Die! Die! Die! Daaah! This giant brute just dropped it’s gun! Good! Now die before you even manage to pick it up! And then I have to get out of its line of sight, otherwise this is going to turn really ugly!!
「Daaagh!!」
I’m…… I’m alive!? Holy shit, I’m actually not dead!? That’s amazing! But I can see that it was not without a cost. My current HP sits at ten percent of its original value!
God damn it…… Although it is pretty much impossible for me to determine what kind of form the next attack is going to take, I have to at least try and predict it! Also, this update was online for not that long, so maybe there is a chance that she did not have the chance to experiment with it properly? But if so, then what would she do here? Go for the head-on offense? Or maybe try to go about it in some sort of a roundabout way?
「The guns are……」
Oh, going out there without cover and standing right in the lines of sight of that monster is practically a suicide at this point. In the first place, there is absolutely nothing that can be done here with Dust at the current moment. It would be an entirely different story if I was able to stay hidden and perform sneak attacks, but once my position is discovered, it’s practically over…… Well, I guess that there is not that much sense in prolonging this round any longer. However, at the same time I do not want to just go out there with my hands in the air and give up. It’s just not my style.
It breaks in through the broken window of the gutted building, cuts through its hollow insides and then goes out through the wall on the other side of the building. Alright, time to get a move on as well. The remaining bullets are…… Fuck me, they are all evil ones.
But since it is already established that I am going down here, I don’t really need much more! This is actually perfect!
「……!!」
「Tsk! Who would have thought that you are also going to cut right through the building!?」
One shot, two shots…… Hit. The third and the fourth shots both missed, but the fifth one managed to destroy one of the gun turrets that was placed on her spider legs. I knew it, the amount of variety that you can have with Cursed Prison is really quite impressive. However, the outer shell is not all that durable here, so even the Evil bullets are more than enough to destroy it!
However,
「That turn was seriously amazing, but honestly! Talk about it being one hell of a creepy—crawly!」
「I know. Even I get scared of it sometimes, you can be sure of that.」
GASHA! GASHA! GASHA! The eight legs all wriggle at high speed and make a sudden and sharp turn, and its seven sights all lock on onto me. Tsk, so that’s it, huh…… However……!
「It’s neither the time nor the place to be stingy! Let’s use the Elixir here! On the double!」
This is the last one!
Immediately after triggering and the impact of the firing squeezed my wrist, a hail of bullets was showered all over my body.
Immediately before being blown away, I saw the sixth bullet guarded by huge scissors…… So, the model for this thing is actually a crab, and not a spider? So, does that mean that it’s lower and upper body can move independently to one another? And I really knew it! This thing really behaves just like a genuine boss character after all……!!
「GUHAAAH!?」
And just like that, Dust’s HP was reduced to zero in the blink of an eye.
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「…… It seems that Dust have reaped what he has sown, wouldn’t you say?」
Well, that might be true, but at least you need to admire my courage for defeating the TV-Head so swiftly, as well as laying bare the magical remodeling that was done to Cursed Prison…… And besides, I still lost only one character. Which means that I am still in the game.
In order to warm myself up I first snap my wrists, then crack my neck a couple of times, and finally give my trusty wand a couple of good old swings.
「Let me show you the essence of the TQC that’s been refined in those Fairy fists for more than three hundred years…… I’ll be sure to carve it into the very marrow of your bones, so best be prepared, okay……?」
Alright, with that being said…… Let’s Twinkle ☆!
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