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ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 539 Part 2

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 539: An Orchestra Just For You PART 19 Part 2

「…… Are those monsters from somewhere around the Skull Azuchi Castle?」

「…… Yes.」

「There seems to be spiders and centipedes of huge sizes. And apparently there are even bigger ones somewhere out there. Needless to say, they tend to drop materials that you can use to create weapons and armor bearing their characteristics.」

「Professor! Is there going to be a second period lecture devoted to that subject!?」

「For now let us focus on the first period. It will be more efficient that way.」

There are quite a lot of Library players in here right now. And honestly speaking, I’m really scared to look them in the eye. I might see something in them that I am going to be unable to unsee.

But well, it seems that my job as an information provider is not going to end anytime soon…… A-Anyways, let’s continue talking. Maybe that is going to distract them somewhat.

「From all that information, a certain conclusion can be speculated: Orchestra by nature must be a Theatre-Type Unique Monster. And its final form is to reenact the real “Hero” from the heroic tales it is telling to its opponents. Therefore the player is forced to fight against their own mirror image at some point in time.」

For a moment out there, there was a complete and painful silence. And then the whole place started to buzz about like bees in a hive. This buzz eventually started to escalate, until it finally reached the level of a heated debate. Or rather a shouting contest.

「Yeah, talk about being reliable researchers, huh?」

「But, you can’t deny that this conclusion is based solely on your personal subjectivity.」

「Based on what we have heard so far, I do believe it is more or less matching Mirei’s opinions as well.」

「Rather than reproducing, it would be more accurate to say that it is playing out…… But certainly, the idea of a concert or opera is not a concept that would sit that far from the idea of the Orchestra. It could also be theocratized that the power to play out its opponent’s appearance and skills might be deeply connected to the notion of music that plays in the background.」

「But that still doesn’t give us an explanation to the existence and purpose of the Orchestra. Because we could see that in the case of both Siegwurm and Kutanid there were exciting and motivating scenarios that were backing those bosses up.」

「And let me make absolutely sure: the reproduced player possess the same skillset, move set and weapon types as the player facing it?」

「No, I think that the conditions here are even stricter than before. The reproduced version still happens to possess some skills of its own, in my case those were the mobility and acceleration skills.」

「Could it possible to substitute those skills with magic instead?」

Ah…… I wonder if someone is going to make a presentation on that particular subject? I should have asked Takeda-san about some more social tips and tricks to handle situations like that. They would surely come in handy right about now.

However, for now it seems that I have been able to provide them with enough information to keep them all occupied for a while. So now it would be a good time to start talking about that final phase, huh……? It was then that I saw the Professor beckoning at me with his hand.

「Sanraku-kun, before you start to talk about the final phase, I would like you to wait just a moment. Before we do that I would like to include the testimony of Mirei-san here, so that we can have a clear and complete statement.」

「O-Oh. Alright.」

「Alright! Time for a baton pass! High five~!」

Huh? D-Do I really have to do this? No way, I don’t want to! …… Alright, alright already! H-High five……~

I am more than sure that my timing here was extremely off and that this whole high five turned out to be rather limp and devoid of energy, but overall that whole Mirei-san came onto the stage and switched places with me.

「Alright, everyone! Please kindly shut yer traps and listen closely! Don’t you want to hear about all those juicy information that I have been collecting so feverishly just for you?」

「Yes! We want them! We want them so bad!」

「You said that you were going to try and attempt the final form earlier, didn’t you!?」

「Guys, I really need you to shut the hell up for a moment! Otherwise this thing will not be going anywhere!」

This person really seems to be accustomed to luring the hungry carps with a well placed bait. It’s honestly kind of scary, if I’m being completely honest. Also the way that those people flock to her…… Yes, that’s a skill that you should be afraid of! …… By the way, it seems that my father plans to build a pond in the garden in the near future and keep koi carps there. It’s on a totally unrelated note, but I thought it’s interesting enough.

「Umm, well then, allow me to explain things properly and in order. In the first battle the one that I needed to fight was Drakarus Dinocerberus. I mean, what a way to start things, right? Just give me a break here……」

Dinocerberus……? Ahh! The three-headed tyranno, right?

Lucky girl. If you know what to do, then you can easily defeat it before the main song makes more than two or three repetitions.

「Although it was already mentioned before, let me reiterate: you cannot possibly record the Orchestra’s song with any sort of recording items. I tried it once more just to be sure, and all that I got was silence and static.」

「Does that mean that you have to be on the battle arena itself to be able to hear it?」

「And let me tell you, that was one heck of a singing voice!」

「Uwah, now that’s just bragging! I’m getting angry!」

「Well, but as it turns out, you can take screenshots no problem. …… That being said, the Orchestra is well depicted, but the Elsie Jitter Doll that the Orchestra spawns is always blurred out for some reason.」

Hmm, so, this Dive of ours actually looks like a character that resembles a vampire so much? So, does that mean that garlic is going to be the key to actually defeating it once and for all?

I knew it, a Guild like that has way more people and means to thoroughly examine things connected to Unique Monsters and their surroundings. Even for the subject of reproduced monsters they gather many opinions and then compare them with one another, discussing their differences and working towards the common standing. It’s a really nice policy to have, and something that is bound to give splendid results in the long run.

Obviously, there are some tricks that you can pull off here during such discussion, but you really need to be used to those kinds of things in the first place. This player is called Mirei…… She might be really dangerous. I mean, she seems to me just like Katsu: a mediocre outward appearance hides a really high spec inwards.

What followed was an almost hour-long discussion that made me bust out a carrot pie from my inventory and eat it whole. It was also then that the Professor gathered everyone’s attention by clapping in his hands.

「Now then, let’s get back to the main subject at hand, shall we? That is, the strategy regarding the final phase of the Unique Monster “Orchestra”.」