Chapter 1410 Thoroughbred Dash!!! Part 2

「A Cerberus, huh……? Unfortunately, normal bullets are not going to amount to anything here. The skin of this particular monster is way too thick for the ordinary ammo to be able to penetrate it. Now, if you had something that could easily get inside of its body and then cause some heavy internal damage that would be an entirely different story. Then maybe we would have a chance.]

「Get inside of its body? You mean like, the oral intake of ammo? Eating and then swallowing it?]

「Usually there would be no need to employ methods like that, since normal monsters can easily be penetrated by the bullets. But the “Scarlet” is not going to succumb to that method. It’s way too strong. Hence the need for methods that are outside of the realm of ordinary.]

「Yeah, I know that much myself. But still, don’t you think that “Scarlet” awfully reeks of Extraordinary Monster?]

「That monster, every single time it receives damage, the part of its body that was attacked develops huge resistances to damage. And what’s more, it’s not the damage resistance against a specific kind of attack. Slashing, piercing, bludgeoning…… You name it, it can most probably resist it. No wonder fighting it is such a mess.]

「Doesn’t that automatically make it a Shit-Tier Monster?]

That is certainly one hell of an annoying quality to possess…… Not only it is naturally very tough and resilient to damage, but also the more you hit and hurt it, the less efficient your attacks are going to become. And that characteristic also requires the attacker to possess multiple types and sources of damage if you don’t want to be locked out of being able to do damage in the first place. No, but still, could it really be…… Hmm, hmmm???

「Say, Yashiro Bird?]

「Huh? What do you want?]

「When it comes to the “Scarlet Wounds” you just keep thinking to yourself that it just cannot be helped because of its stupidly high Vitality that seems to be constantly increasing…… But what if, theoretically speaking, that stupidly huge Vitality was not the working of the monster itself, but rather the “wounds” it develops as a result of combat? You with me?]

「Yeah, what about it?]

「So basically, if you were to recover from those wounds and they would be erased, that would basically mean that the boost to Vitality should also be reset, right? Or do I understand that wrong?]

If I remember things correctly, “wounds”, or rather “Scar Tissue” possesses the properties of strengthening the skin and making it more resistant to all sorts of damage. So we can safely assume that the same kind of logic is being applied that that particular monster in this game, correct? So in other words, if we are to follow that logic, then the undamaged parts of the monster should still have its basic Vitality and possess no resistance to damage whatsoever. Now, most monsters out there, not just the Extraordinary Monsters, have clearly defined strengths and weaknesses, things to watch out for and things that aid you in their defeat. But this? This seems like a plot device created in order to prevent it from ever being defeated by the Players.

In some cases, the change that occurs might only be a slight one, like a shift from a “Shitty Villain” into a mere “Villain”, but a breakthrough is still a breakthrough, all things considered. Now, being faced with an idea like that, Yashiro Bird puts his hand on his chin and starts to think about it. Sure, it was only a wild guess, but even a guess like that is worth being considered seriously from time to time. It took him a moment, but then he actually opened his mouth and said the following:

「…………… I guess it MIGHT be possible. The chances. Chances are slim, but they are there for sure.]

「No, but thinking about it logically, if that was the case here, then surely someone would have already figured this one out. The word would have gone around by this point in time……]

「You can safely bet that there must have been at least some level of difference between the levels of damage sustained by it initially and the moment when the “SF-Zoo” started casting their healing spells on it while they were conducting their own verification. Because that’s what they do. What use is to verify a monster’s behavior if it is going to end up dead as a result? And when you start healing a monster with a Player-meant magic, which works almost instantly, you can imagine the results that this creates. Sure, the ration of HP getting recovered is not going to be the same as it would be with the Players, but this is bound to be really helpful with the rate at which the scars on this thing are being created. The members of “SF-Zoo” were saying that by the time they were conducting their verification this effect really came in handy, but you can easily imagine that this is going to make getting rid of those scars and resetting them increasingly harder for whoever is thinking seriously about taking this thing down……]

I’m sure that if there were Players out there who would try to mess with a powerful monster quite like this, they would surely belong to the “Afternoon Crusaders”. They are the only ones who would be able to push the Drakarus Dinocerberus beyond its limits, making it even more powerful while thinking that they are actually hurting it……

「Oh my, I’m really sorry, Sanraku, but I guess that I will have to leave you for the time being. It would seem that there is a little errand that I must really take care of right now.]

「Oh, don’t worry about me. I don’t really mind that. I’m just going to take my sweet time with obtaining that juicy Special License for those Special Weapons.]

「Fuguh…… I-It’s okay, you can surely take your sweet time doing whatever it is that you want to do. B-Besides, it’s going to take you about three days’ worth of time to complete, so enjoy……]

Yashiro Bird then went away with a really suspicious grin blooming on his face. He most probably was going to go now and relay what we just discussed to some of his other buddies, but that was hardly a concern for me at this point. So I was not even going to bother with ordering him to keep his mouth shut. It would surely not do me any good.

「…… Hey, “Brave Fish”?]

「YES, WHAT IS IT?]

「I’m going to get that Special License. And I’m going to do it well under three hours. Mark my words.]

「UNDERSTOOD! THEN WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, LET US START THE SPECIAL LICENSE ACQUISITION TEST!!!]

See that, Yashiro Bird? Who in their right mind would ever want to wait for someone as slow as you!? Not me, that’s for sure! It’s way too early for the two of us to actually be on the same level when it comes to anything! Go ahead and take your time! Me, on the other hand? I am always running dead ahead like a thoroughbred! Hooray! It’s time to face some entirely new content–––!!!