Chapter 783 Part 2

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 427: Dragon, Oh Dragon! PART 4 Part 2

「Ah, yes, the quest clear conditions. We know about them. And let me tell you this: the guild “Wolfgang” aims at satisfying the first condition, which is defeating Siegwurm the Heavenly Emperor. This also means that we cannot allow you chumps to harm the Black Dragon Noirlind no matter what…… I hope that it won’t be that much of a problem here?」

At that exact moment, the expression on E-Miria’s face changed in a flash. The change was so vivid that it shocked almost everyone currently present in the room. At first E-Miria was just vigilant here, but upon hearing the declaration of the guild master of “Wolfgang”, that expression changed from vigilance to open hostility.

However, in Shangri-La Frontier there exists a system of severe punishments that was connected with dyeing your name red and committing the act of Player Killing. It was a hard issue to crack in the past, but with this system it has become tamer than it used to be. But it was still here.

So no matter how hostile the player may seem, as long as the way in which they act is judged to be perfectly normal by the system, there is almost no merit in harming Pencilgton here or downright murdering her……

「Oh yes, I do believe that now would be a good time to introduce the other members of this little “Anti-Siegwurm Allience” we have here. …… Nfufufufu, please say hello to Saiga-100-san of the “Black Swords” and Karoshis UQ-san form “10 P.M army.」

「…… Hahaha, yeah, I’m terribly sorry about that. But please, don’t think bad about our “10 P.M Army” because of that.」

「And I apologize for keeping silent about this up until now.」

As E-Miria smiled in a sour manner, her thoughts were racing like crazy inside of her head. So apparently her opposition was growing in size and arming itself quietly behind her back, without anyone being able to notice.

But to tell the truth, E-Miria was hardly ever surprised with such an outcome. Heck, there was a part of her that was actually expecting something like this to take place sooner or later.

In the end, E-Miria did not think that she would have been able to unify all the player under one cause just like that. It was foolish to think that such a thing was possible and that everyone would obediently play along with it. And besides, E-Miria’s only goal here is to simply subdue Noirlind. So to put it in another way: defeating Noirlind comes first and foremost, but Siegwurm would most probably become her target right after that.

However, as long as there is someone advocating for Noirlind’s survival, there was no way they would be able to coexist in this game. One side would have to be destroyed by the other.

Apparently, as far as she was able to judge from the reactions of other people present, no other guild aside from the two aforementioned guilds were in on this alliance. Which is a good thing. If Tempura Knights were on it as well, things would have gotten especially dicey.

(They may have the support of some of the top guilds out there, but it’s the numbers that are most important here. Not to mention that most of the players are either independent or they are middle-leveled at best. But still, just how much support they can really muster under their banner……?)

After all, the situation here did not look too good for E-Miria and her allies. Anyways, their opponent is none other than Arthur Pencilgton herself, the player who managed to defeat the first Unique Monster in this game, and in order to achieve that win she was able to sacrifice her own guild “Ashura-Kai” as a form of bait.

In the end, what drives E-Miria forward is nothing more but a petty personal grudge. It is something that does not possess nearly enough firepower to gather other players under her banner. On that ground Pencilgton held a tremendous advantage.

「…………」

The situation here did not look good. At this rate it was only a matter of time before the players would start jumping at each other’s throats and killing one another.

「Whoa!?」

「What was that!?」

At that moment, the entire Skull Azuchi castle shook.

It was as if something had hit it with tremendous force…… While thinking about that, E-Miria saw one of her friends, who also happened to be her friend in real life, coming through the entrance to the meeting room. The expression on their face was rather an awkward one.

She went through the armored knights and other warriors, finally standing in front of E-Miria and opening her mouth.

「Whoa there, you guys are in the way! Alrighty, here we go…… Umm, E-Miria-chan?」

「Yes? What happened just now?」

「Ah, yes…… Umm, do you think that you could…… promise to me that you won’t get mad and listen?」

E-Miria stood there silent for about whole three seconds.

「You see…… It seems that Noirlind was blown away just now by a giant tail swing by Siegwrum, and crashed into the Azuchi Castle as a result…… It seems that the castle tower was half-destroyed in the process.」

Amongst the players of ShangriLa Frontier, E-Miria is someone of a celebrity.

It is based on her feat of building a castle almost solely by the power of the players…… and one more thing.

It is also based on her feat of creating a fortress that would be able to defeat Noirlind for good.

And at this moment, the icy thought of “Not again” occurs to everyone present, feeling the conflict that is about to erupt.

「…… It’s fine. I don’t mind.」

「Huh?」

「It doesn’t matter. If hundreds of people want to aim for Siegwrum, all we have to do is to simply defeat Noirlind before that … yes, that’s right. And if Skull Azuchi is to crumble away as a result of that…… so be it!」

E-Miria murmured that with a low voice. She seemed to be composed and cool, but Pencilgton knew that deep down inside she must have been pretty agitated.

「Oh, it doesn’t really matter all that much, you see. It doesn’t really matter like, at all. It’s okay. It’s alright. It’s perfectly fine.」

At this exact moment, the facial muscles around Pencilgton’s face formed a perfectly warm smile. However, the look in her eyes was so evil and so cold that it almost seemed inorganic. It was like trying to put water and oil together, a total opposites like North and South Poles. It was an expression that no one has ever seen on Pencilgton’s face before, and it was a clear notion that right about now the Demon Lord was having the time of her life.

「Let’s make one thing perfectly clear here. I hereby declare you this: Noirlind is going down. No matter what you guys do, this monster is not going to live long enough to witness the next sunset.」

「Before the moon is going to sink behind the horizon, Siegwurm the Heavenly Emperor is going to be dead……」

Those words were like a clear declaration. A declaration that drove the wedge in between the leader of the Wandering Wolves and the owner of the Skull Azuchi castle, placing them at the opposing sides of the conflict and making sure that there would be no reconciliation in between them.