Chapter 812: December 16th: Ask the Blade, And It Shall Answer

At a certain dedicated blacksmith’s workshop, located inside of the Bunny Court in the country of Vorpal Bunnies, Rabbitz.

「…… And that’s basically how we managed to defeat that guy. So here you are, one True Dragon, coming right up!」

「Was that build–up really necessary? Couldn’t you like, get to the point right away?」

「Once you become someone like me, the occasions for boasting come rare and few in between, so you use all the opportunities that you can get.」

Even if it’s an MMO game, all the Players in the game tend to behave as if they were the main character, and it’s actually pretty normal and expected for the main character to stumble across all kinds of flags…… Oh well, I guess it’s all and good. Now then, back to the main subject at hand.

「Anyways, I have achieved what you asked me to do: I slew the True Dragon. …… Is that enough to satisfy the condition? Because I think that it will.」

「Yes, that’s right…… With the way this weapon is for the moment, Aradval has reached its peak, a supreme state…… Or at the very least it’s ready to become a weapon like that. This “Godification” state…… I wonder if it will be able to achieve it?」

「If there is still something missing that you need, should I just go and collect it for you?」

Upon hearing my words, Break smiled as if she just happened to hear a really good joke for some reason.

「We have a top notch fireplace. We also have a top notch anvil and hammer at the ready…… So if there is something missing here, it would only be the strength of my arms. That’s all we need.」

「Then I don’t think that there is any need for me to actually do anything else at the moment…… But is that really going to be enough here?」

「Yes, it will be more than enough…… Now you just need to wait for about two days. It should be finished by then.」

Two days, huh………? Basically, it’s a really long time considering that the equipment enhancement will be completed in about one day at the longest. Is it really such a big job to do……? Or is it because it also serves as a job promotion for Break herself? Well, let’s wait patiently and see what comes of it……… For the time being, it seems that back at the Old Continent people are getting excited over some new Player Versus Player event. Right now I’m more of a Hermit Player, but…… Well, since I have some free time on me, I might as well go there and see what all the fuss is about.

「Oh, yeah. One more thing.」

「Hmm?」

「That Imron guy was looking for you and waiting for you to come back.」

「Imron was?」

Umm, Imron Imron ……… As long as she is logged in, I should be able to see her name on my Friends List, correct? Oh well, since I’m a pretty active Player it should be obvious that I will be on the move constantly, but when it comes to Players like Imron, she should be mainly in one place at all times, right? And since Imron apparently got her own workshop in here, I might as well go and see what it is that she wants with me, right?

「Alright then, I understand. See you later, Break! Do your best!」

There was no reply coming from Break just now. Only a strong waves of enthusiasm in the way her hand was holding onto the hammer.

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At a certain other dedicated blacksmith workshop, also located inside of the Bunny Court in the country of Rabbitz.

「What do you think the essence of a gun is?」

「Shooting projectiles, obviously.」

「That’s not the thing that we are talking about here right now.」

Alright then, then what is it……?

I was then met with a glaring look that was way too characteristic of a person who was playing a game, but they have forgotten that they are actually role-playing at the moment…… But since I have a history of the Deserted Island to my name, I’m not really the one to talk about things like that. Now, when a person is like this it is reminiscent of a semi-dreamwalking state, so even if I were to confront her about it sometime later, she would just say that she doesn’t remember a thing. That can be a mighty shock therapy that not everyone is going to handle all that well.

「A gun is basically…… a history of blacksmith Players’ defeat.」

「Umm, excuse me?」

And then she just proceeded to explain.

Since the discovery of ShanFro’s reality, blacksmith Players have sought to create various weapons within ShanFro. However, the fact that you could not make parts in this game the designs of which were too precise or complicated, made the blacksmith Players try to make a gun while trying all the different methods and approaches that they could think of. It is also worth mentioning that it was in the heyday of Magical Weapons. In short, what they tried to do here was to give another weapon the shape of a gun and infuse it with the ability yo fire magical projectiles.

But this has created a completely new problem. If you change the shape of the weapon too much, it will collapse into pieces. So the problem here was how closely it can resemble a gun without actually causing the base weapon to break apart…… and how far it would retain the properties of an original weapon. This basically set up the whole blacksmithing chicken race that would last for a very long time.

「Ah, wait, wait, wait, wait! I think I can already see where this is going, so…… Please summarize the rest of your lecture.」

「This is what I got from the Crystal Scorpion Flock sword series materials, read the flavor text and be amazed! Furthermore, there is the complete system that I have arrived at by gathering all the techniques I gained while aiming for the Grandmaster and God Master titles! I named it the “Sword Gun Scorpion Gun”!!!」

「Is this some sort of a new weapon type?」

「As far as the category goes it is considered to be a “Dual Wielding One-Handed Sword”.」

Is that really a reason to be all that amazed? However, among all of the Player blacksmiths, Imron, who seems to be one of the very best there is, shows a really confident smile and posture (although the screws on her head can sometimes come really loose) all the while looking at her completed creation that was still resting atop of the iron anvil.

Casting one look at her creation, it certainly had the elements characteristic of a gun, such as the grip and the trigger. However, it is precisely because of those characteristics, or rather, the fact that they occupy more than half of the weapon itself, you could also see that there were things on this weapon that were not sitting all that well with me…… Especially that part where the muzzle was supposed to be located. It was nowhere to be seen, and in its place there was only a wide blade of the sword.

「Did you happen to have an accident at work, by any chance?」

Even if you pull the trigger, there is no muzzle to shoot the bullet, and it is difficult to swing it as a sword because the grip part protrudes diagonally. Even if you insist that it is a Kukri sword, I would .still believe you, but it would be a huge stretch on my end.

「On the contrary, can you use a weapon of this shape as a sword?」

「No, I’m afraid that it’s not possible…… Why don’t you try to give it a swing or two?」

If the maker herself was giving me permission to use the weapon, then that is exactly what I am going to do here. It’s heavy. Yeah, it’s way more a sword rather than a gun…… and it’s in the shape of a gun, too…… No, but it’s easy to hold precisely because the grip of this thing is of a gun type. Now, if you can’t do a gun spin with it…… No, it’s a really stupid thing to do, especially when you run the risk of cutting yourself with it more than you would cut your opponent.

「It’s a movement that seems to require a whole lot of mastery in order to pull it off.」

「Yeah, well…… I don’t think I am able to do it. And I won’t even try……」

「Then I guess that there is no problem.」

Hey, stop trying to copy Break, will you? There is a huge difference between you two, one that is as huge like heaven and earth. When it comes to weapons, they are either easy to use or they are not easy to use. It’s that simple, really.

「I’m pretty confident that it’s a gun, so I wondered if it has the ability to actually shoot?」

「Well, of course. and since you are the one who provided me with the materials needed to build it, I am going to give it to you.」

「Really now?」

Hoo, hoo, hoo……? When it comes to getting things for free, while I love to think that is is a good thing…… I also start thinking about that there is a catch or some hidden difficulties. But just like that, the ownership of the thing is transferred from Imron to me, making this sword gun officially my property. In reality, it would be impossible to spin a metal block that easily exceeds several kilometers like a hand gun, but unfortunately this is Shangri-La Frontier. The laws of physics do not take precedence over coolness, as unfortunate as that might sound…… While spinning the sword gun I received in my hand, my gaze returns back to Imron.

「Okay, but why are you giving it to me for free?」

「That, you see…… I would like for you to be the tester, and if everything goes smoothly, you can also serve as the walking advertising block.」

「Is…… is that so?」

「That sword gun ……… To give you a big picture of how much of a combination between Revolutionary and Traditional of a weapon it is…… Fufufu, just putting a screenshot on the bulletin board isn’t enough, you know? You surely do.」

And just like that, a somewhat awkward Player Quest was imposed onto me?

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At the Bunny Court, a special blacksmith’s workshop belonging exclusively to the Vorpal Bunnies ……… No, it’s not like I was imposing. I was invited to this workshop that can be said to be the center of Rabbitz, and I was facing the de facto ruler and the big boss of the Vorpal Bunnies himself, Weissash.

「So, you have defeated the one of the True Dragons, huh……?」

「Yeah, although I did it with the help of my comrades…… And with a huge help of Urdim-san.」

In fact, Urdim-san was so amazing that he could have easily been dubbed the Decisive Weapon. While we humans were doing the usual Player Versus Monster, Urdim-san was the only one who was engaging in the Monster Versus Monster type of combat, almost like a twisted fighting game. So in a sense of the HP bars being gradually decreased and what their maximum values were, it could be said that Urdim-san was the same as the enemy.

「The White one is about to bring ruin to everything…… But even in face of that you just keep on displaying your strength time after time…… Then, I guess that the time has finally come, I guess……」

「Huh? The time? When?」

「Bring out the Whale Rabbit Moon, why don’t you?」

Whale Rabbit Moon…… So that would mean,

「Now then, the time of Deification is at hand…… She is the Lady who ultimately decides…… Now, the time has come for the Rabbit Moon to end…… You, what is going to be the thing that you will choose?」

Whale Rabbit Moon enhancements is directly linked to the Unique Scenario EX “The Epic of the Vorpal Bunnies”. From its very first form to the Brave Rabbit Moon…… The evolution has stopped for a while, but apparently this is the last save point before the final enhancement. But unfortunately I don’t have the time to save, log out and think about it long and carefully.

The materials to be used have already been decided.

「Big Brother……… I definitely want you to use this for the process.」

「…………… Hmm? Since we are about to reach a turning point, I thought that you might get it out sooner or later.」

「I was considering that option until a while ago. I hate it…… But I have a loan, you see.」

The thing that I chose to offer. It is neither the horn of the Dragon King Siegwrum, the Heavenly Emperor. nor the materials of the monster that boasts a huge body, and it is not the material of the scorpion series monsters…… It was a “Tusk” dropped from a certain monster, really shabby when compared to the beautiful materials obtained from all those other monsters.