ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 589: Barking Bulls, Overcoming the Gods Part 1
Question: Why in the hell would you get yourself involved with two Terraton-Class Union ships and then choose self-destruction as the most plausible option of them all?
Answer: Oh shit, I’m sorry! It’s just that…… You know, my hand just slipped! Yeah, that’s it! My hand slipped! And it’s not really my fault here, I’ll let you know! It’s all the fault of that daily dosage of human-powered connection shuffling that I have been doing without a moment of rest!
Question: Why would you even want to send a squad of perfectly armed and armored human NPCs and Androids our way? Don’t you think that this was an overkill move on your end?
Answer: And I keep on telling you: it’s not my fault! Not my fault, you hear me!? It’s something that cannot be helped! It was way beyond my ability to control! It all happened because my hand slipped! If it was not for that, none of those things would have happened in the first place! Besides, you understand me, right!? You do realize the predicament I was in, right!? Operating the teleportation gates is something that should be fully automated! No one should ever be forced to do this manually! What the hell is this even, manually operating the teleportation gates!? Are you mad, or something!? Come on! Hey! Listen to me when I’m speaking!!
And just like that, Deerhorn, master of the two Terraton-Class starships “Queen’s Throne” and “Hornet’s Nest” ordered their self-destruction and managed to end up dead as a result. Truly unfortunate accident, don’t you think?
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「L-Look! The fireworks…… they are so beautiful……!」
「Doesn’t that particular shape possess some proper name? Was that the “Key”, perhaps? Or was it something else entirely? Or you know what? I don’t really know. I don’t really know, and I do not wish to know. It would be a whole lot better this way, I think.」
「And here we can see a whole lot of real-life money being washed down the drain, gone without a trace. The sheer amount of bills that were wasted in this very moment makes me want to cry, not gonna lie. This is supposed to be a game, but this sight feels strangely realistic and down-to-Earth for some reason.」」
「And the fact that we are witnessing it live? Added flavor! Hey, Fox? Want some popcorn and cola for this spectacle? They would only complete the experience here.」
「…… Dude. I have been thinking about it for a while now, but aren’t your delusions getting worse and worse by the day? You should really go to some specialists to have that checked up, you know? Before it is going to reach the point where you are going to be beyond salvation.」
「Hmm, I don’t know, man, is it really that bad? I mean, personally, I don’t think it is. But then again, my opinion on this subject is not all that subjective, huh?」
Now then, as to the Deerhorn himself, wouldn’t that be hilarious if that guy was actually a woman pretending to be a man? I mean, I have no solid proof of that other than the fact that it was so easy to throw this guy around, but I had a lingering feeling that something like that might be the case here. It would also make me feel kind of guilty that I have happened to manhandle a girl like that, but it would be just a little bit. And just for a short moment.
But I have to admit, taking Deerhorn down and then making two of his most powerful ships sink alongside him…… Yes, that was more than satisfying to watch. It felt like killing two birds with one stone.
When it comes to the modern society and the way in which it is designed, especially with the emphasis being placed on competitiveness, no one likes when their competition is way stronger or better prepared than all the rest. So what do you do in a situation like that? You get yourself rid of nasty competitors. Some people might call it barbaric. But honestly, I prefer to call it the way in which Capitalist society was intended to work from the start. It’s pretty much like having an imaginary sword fight with the rest of the world, but the rest of the world is using clubs and wands and all other weapons like that while you are being stuck with a puny and rusty sword.
But such is the default setting here. No use getting mad at it or trying to forcibly change it. Nothing good would ever possibly come out of that.
But the thing is…… In this world there are ways in which you can fight against the ridiculously strong and overpowered opponents, and actually beat them. But you do that not in a fair and square battle, but rather through the clever use of information. Think of it as an invisible fist, giving you all the advantage that you really need. Yes, in this world, information is the most wanted resource, even greater than money and various materials and items.
「You can wear as many Pay To Win equipment parts that you want, but it won’t help you very much once the self-destruct process goes underway and blows you to bits…… Kinda funny when you start thinking about it. I guess in the face of destruction all lives are worth about the same, huh? …… Maybe even bills should start to rain down from the sky.」
The Queen’s Throne, which approached the direct hit range of the suicide bomb before the battle on the final day even managed to start for good, exploded just like that, without any prior warning. And as a result of that action the Terraton-Class ships, which had been fighting for almost a week and must have been severely exhausted out of their precious resources, started to crumble down all the way from the middle. They split in two and started to explode in a chain reaction one after another, and the other Terraton-Class ships, which barely escaped the fiery hell that was breaking loose here, started to fall back in a panic, afraid that they might as well be next here.
It’s the kind of a poison that only a sudden ambush like that can inject into someone. After all, you would never even expect that one day all of a sudden, you allies would become an oversized mine that is on its way to get you, right? I know that I for sure would never expect something like that to happen. Is it because of the Mercenary’s skills? Or maybe the fact that he is capable of manipulating human emotions in a skillful manner? No matter what’s the reason behind it, one thing’s for sure: it is something completely different in nature from what Pencilgton or that pervert Deepslaughter are capable of doing. Maybe the best way to call it here is simply a hybrid of emotion control and practical skills that move both of people’s hearts and minds? It is something like that for sure, but I don’t really want to think about it all that much if I can help it……
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