ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 572 Part 2
ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 572: Destinations Led By Soft Erosive Organisms Possessing Metallic Properties Part 2
Hmm, I see, one draw costs about five hundred yen…… Now I have to wonder, are the prizes here actually worth a try or two? Or that they are maybe at the level of things and gadgets that you can find at your local convenience store? It would be great if the prizes were actually pretty luxurious. Oh, and wouldn’t you know it? The grand prize is actually one of those planetariums! So, does that mean that they still have a number of them left in stock just so that they can put them here? No, that would actually be too good to be true, but at the same time, who knows……? It also seems to be the latest model, and not something that used to be at the rage but a few years ago.
「Would you perhaps like to give this a go? Being able to throw your money at things like that…… Somehow, I get a feeling of a Summer Festival oozing out from this……」
「T-That’s right! You are certainly right! It really does feel just like that!」
Alright then! And since we are doing this, then I will let you know that I’m not the kind of a guy who uses coins for things like that! Therefore, buying multiple pulls is certainly the best here! You either go big or you go home! Not to mention that this also incorporates the infamous Random Numbers! Alright, come on out! My precious two thousand yen bill! It’s time to put you to good use!
「Here we go! Let’s do this! Come to us, oh the Grand Prize!」
・ Doll of the Badugamos, the Erosion of Life
・ Doll of the Badugamos, the Legendary Gold
・ Doll of the Badugamos, the Mysterious Silver
・ The Reproduction of “Badugamos Meteor”, done in scale one to fifteen hundred
「Seriously!? Badugamos galore!? Give me a break here……!!!」
Nobody told me that I would hit a Badugamos jackpot just like that!!! …… But you know? That’s actually quite funny, I must say. I mean, ever since I have come here, I feel like I have been drawing the strangest of luck onto every single possible subject.
By the way, you might ask who exactly is Badugamos, the Erosion of Life? To make a long story short, it is an enemy. It appears in GalaTra, and it brings with it a few other and unique ways in which the player can achieve the Game Over screen. That being said, all of those special game overs basically amount to the captain of the ship dying in a horrifyingly gruesome way or the entire ship being sunk or blown to shreds. Well, as you can probably guess from the name alone here, the player sunk by Badugamos is going to become “Badugamos, the Erosion of Life” join its collective being and move on through space to attack other players…… In short, it is more or less a zombie-type enemy that brings the zombie panic with itself into the game.
However, every time at the moment when the Badugamos, the Erosion of Life appears on the map, there is a warning signal that is issued to the players in the surrounding airspace. So its appearance usually ends in such a way that the players make a run for it and that’s that. Sometimes, some unfortunate soul is going to be caught up by the vile monstrosity, but that’s RNG for you, I guess. Now, this metal jellyfish, which has become the official mascot character of GalaTra for some inexplicable reason, aside from the AI characters like the navigator and the bridge crew, is now shining brilliantly after being neatly lined up in front of me. And then there is the big Badugamos Meteor……Fufufu, I’m sure there are many GalaTra players who suddenly died when they were hit by this bullshit zombie enemy completely out of the blue…… Yeah, that being said, I have been killed by this fucker not once, but twice, actually. So believe me when I say this, it is annoying as all fuck.
「What about you, Rei—san? What did you manage to win?」
「The AR Reproduction of the Complete Observatory of the Second Galaxy…… or at the very least that’s what it says.」
「Oh, the third prize? Nice, talk about a great luck!」
Uwah, I wonder if this Observatory thingie is going to update its display information once the player manages to connect it into their VR system? Logically speaking, that should be the case here. And I know that I have said it many times now, but modern technology surely is amazing, without a shred of a doubt……
「Umm, you know what, Rakuro-kun……? Even though I managed to win this, this is…… I don’t really have any use for it, so…… Would you like to have it?」
「No! No, no, no! No matter how you look at it, you are the one who got this, Rei-san, so you should keep it! And besides, look! I’ll show you! Just one more pull or two and I will get it no problem! Just you sit and wait!」
・ The Doll of Badugamos, the Phantom Platinum
「…… Rei-san, say…… Would you like one?」
「Huh? Ahh, umm, is that really alright with you?」
「Well, you see, I happen to have a whole lot of Badugamos on me, so go right ahead and knock yourself out……」
「A-Ahh, t-thank you so very much!」
I feel kind of sorry for Badugamos after he clearly went out of its way to spook me so many times, but…… Oh well, if you look at it closely, you can say that he has a really tasteful face. Honestly speaking, I had no idea that the face of a jellyfish could even look that way. It’s quite shocking.
「Alright then, shall we be on our way towards the next booth, soon?」
「Umm, yes, I think that would be a good idea. There are still…… T-There is still a whole lot more things that I would like to have a look at! So let’s just go and take a look around us!」
………… Alright, I promise that this time it is going to be the last one.
・ The Doll of Badugamos, the Reprinted Diamond
「…… The fuck is this thing supposed to be!? A freaking Badugamos Festival or what!?」
「T-This is……!?」
「Huh?」
All of a sudden, some gramps who was apparently standing right behind me shouted out as his eyes turned wide open from shock and disbelief. He looked towards the Badugamos, the Reprinted Diamond, as his hands were making some weird soft gestures that were honestly quite difficult for me to describe.
「The doll of “Badugamos, the Reprinted Diamond-kun…… It’s the same type as the initial lot …!? Now way, that’s impossible, it should have been eaten by mold until now…… Could it be that they have completely reproduced it? So, the secret prize was not the Badugamos, the Phantom Platinum after all……? Y-You there! I know that it may be bad manners on my end, but I must ask you this! Would you be willing to sell this doll to me!?」
「Huh?」
Badugamos … You, what did you……!?
But the doll of Badugamos, the Reprinted Diamond sitting at the top of the palm of my hand says nothing here. However, the tentacles illuminated by the light of the booth gave off a suspicious glow. That glow seemed to be more than enough to be able to entwine the human soul and devour it whole…
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