Chapter 1006 Part 2

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 540: An Orchestra Just For You PART 20 Part 2

「However, a question comes up now: does the normal Orchestra even performs encores?」

「Besides, the name of this Unique Monster is “Orchestra”, but from your testimonies it seems that it deals mostly in operas”. So wouldn’t be logical for it to just recite new arias when need be?」

「I get a distinct feeling that the very foundation of this Unique Monster is something that haven’t really been decided quite yet. It feels kind of like walking down the straight road with many branching paths, but you are only allowed to go forward all the time for some reason.」

「Maybe it’s about finding some sort of key item on the world map BEFORE coming here to challenge the Orchestra? You know, unlike the notion that you need to do something on the battle arena itself.」

「Yeah, but where? Do you mean the Leviathan?」

「It could be. But the thing is, the Leviathan is kinda clogged up right now, like a public restroom that didn’t see any maintenance and cleaning in a while.」

「The first and the second layers are only simple mazes. But from the third layer it involves solving puzzles and searching for key items all over the layer.」

「Not to mention that the third layer seems impossible to traverse with mere human abilities alone.」

At the current moment I felt kind of conflicted. I mean, on one hand I was just heavily spoiled about the Leviathan’s contents, but on the other hand I could get a glimpse of the analysis of the greatest minds of the Library at work. So it’s all good, I guess?

You can say that this spectacle of debate, consideration and thinking is essentially what the essence of the Library is. That’s their whole reason for existence. If our “Wolfgang” was to do something like that, I can already predict that nothing would basically come out of it.

「As far as we have been pointed out about that, from the Gravekeeper Wezaemon’s World Truth Book…… almost everything in this game seems to be a one-time opportunity. There’s a good chance that the ending of the Orchestra battle is going to diverge at some point…… That’s why I want to increase the verification pattern. I would also like to stop the capture of Orchestra for as long as to give us time to properly research it…… Really now, this whole situation is making those old bones of mine tremble with excitement.」

「You seem to be enjoying yourself quite a lot.」

「You can say that again. Alright then, Mirei-kun, it’s time for you to share the fruits of your labor with us as well.」

About half of those words were pure sarcasm, and you could definitely sense that. However, even if others were able to notice that, no one voiced any opinion or complaints. And it was also at that time that……

「Emergency: Master, requesting your immediate transfer inside of the Inventoria. Please do that as soon as possible!」

「Uwah, what the hell!? What did you guys do!?」

「I am reluctant to say this, but this is all that bitch’s Mion=031’s fault. There was a little…… argument amongst ourselves the result of which is a pretty dangerous situation. The rest of the details can wait for now, we do not have that much time!」

W-Well, I don’t really get what is going on here, but for the time being let’s just back away into the Inventory and just do what Sigma advises me to do. Just what on Earth is going on here……?

「Elma=317’s signal has completely disappeared…… Start searching! Shoot to Kill permission granted! Destroy that bitch on the spot!」

Oi, why the hell are the Conquest Dolls running free and fully armed at that? Ugeh, that’s one heck of a killing intent, let me tell you!

「What the…… Why do I feel that all of a sudden I have drawn the “Worst Luck” in a New Year’s lottery!?」

Kuh, and now that you mention it, where the fuck did Emul go!? Oh great! Just great! And she hauled ass just when my Teleportation Scrolls were running out! …… There we go!

「Field survey time! I’m going out for a bit, but I’ll be back for sure!」

「Ah!」

Don’t you think that any of you chumps are going to stop me! I just had a sudden urge to start moving my body just for the heck of it, without having to worry about anything! So let’s just leave it at that! Now, time to move out! Double time!

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「And off he goes……」

「Off he goes, indeed.」

「Goodness gracious…… Going out like that without listening to what others have to say is a severe display of bad manners! Oh, and you, did you just said that your IQ is one hundred and twenty seven?」

「Oh, you see, about that…… Sorry, but it was a lie~. Recently I have tapped into the territory of one hundred thirty. Although it might be around one hundred twenty seven, who knows? The IQ is so hard to measure correctly, even with the current technology.」

「Anyways, it might be good to remind the other players of the other Guilds that ignoring what others have to say before they make their point is a bad habit that needs to be eradicated. Now, I am a pretty old player, so I’m a little bit tired. However, I’m a good speaker, but at the same time a good listener as well. So I would very much like to hear your opinions. I wonder what kind of amazing ideas you are going to present to me?」

「Hmm, that’s right, let’s see…… I know that it’s speaking the obvious here, but that guy seems pretty much like a Giant Killer, huh?」

「Well, I mean, from all that we know he managed to bring down such giant and powerful monsters like Kutanid of the Abyss, Siegwurm the Heavenly Emperor and Nightprowler Luukan. So yes…… the Giant Killer impression is a pretty accurate one, if I do say so myself.」

「I have met that guy at Thirdrema once. And if you are only seeking pure firepower, there is no reason to go back towards Thirdrema, since there are better places to grind for EXP and materials…… He was also saying something about “training”, and about “martial arts”. Seems a little strange, don’t you think?」

「Or maybe being suspicious is just a bad habit of yours?」

「Ahh…… No, I’m sorry if it sounded like that to you. W-Well, back to what I was sying before……」

「He said that the final form he was facing was a humanoid…… But the final form that I was pitted against was a monster mermaid with a total length of three meters or so~. Interesting~.」