Chapter 884 Part 1

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 479: Let’s Do This Thing! Part 1

The second ship of the Bahamut Class, Leviathan, turned out to have a surprisingly pearl-like, or should I say oyster-like structure. Which was honestly quite unexpected coming from a super advanced ship like that.

To make the long story short, the “pearl” or the “most important and crucial facilities” are located in the dead center of the ship, and that center is covered with multiple other layers, or “shells” if you so prefer that bar the access to that center. And apparently as the years went by more and more layers were being added for the sake of additional protection. In that case, could you even call that a Matryoshka Doll, I wonder?

So, where exactly both Alva and I are right now when it comes to this oversized whale structure? It was quite a surprise for me to learn that we were already inside of the steel whale and exploring its insides, for the lack of any better way to put it.

How come that a ship like that Bahamut-Class even managed to reach its current size? Well, according to the “Brave Fish’s” explanation it was literally thanks to the process of “shaving” the actual birthplace of the human race (was that perhaps supposed to be the Earth, by any chance?). Also apparently a feat like that was not even a child’s play for the inhabitants of the Era of the Gods, which really puts things into perspective here. As for its actual size, the Brave Fish says that this thing is actually over a thousand kilometers in width. But wasn’t Australia about four thousand kilometers in width? So yeah……

That is why this place offers one more really weird function. Thanks to some really advanced gravity control function, even if you were to stand upside down on the very bottom part of this structure, you would still be able to move around the place like you normally would. I have experienced such a thing not so long ago, so believe me when I say that I know what I’m talking about.

「Hmm, I see how it is now…… So in other words, this is like standing on the “backside” of some oversized fish, right……?」

HAHAHAHA! Man what a joke this is! Oh, and there seems to be some sort of a strange slope further down the street, just emerging out over the horizon. Is that the wall? Or perhaps it’s still the floor? The thing is, if you just continue to run across this place for about thousands of kilometers you will reach a point in time where you will start to transfer from the floor onto the ceiling and vice versa without even realizing it any more. Which will become mighty confusing, please believe me. And orientation is key in places like this.

「Now I wonder…… If we want to move on onto the other layers, do we have to find a boss of this layer first and defeat it, which will then unlock some sort of a teleportation gate for us? Is it going to be like that? Or will this be different from what I’m used to know?」

「Sanraku, my friend…… I’m afraid that I do not quite follow what you are saying here…… Can you speak in such a way that I can understand you?」

「If we want to proceed further, we need to find the strongest monster around these parts and beat the ever living shit out of it. It all boils down to that.」

「Ahh, now I see. Now it’s really easy to understand.」

At the current moment all that we know is that this area is supposed to be something of a tutorial layer. So I guess that we can focus our efforts on gaining information about the monsters around these parts, as well as locating the boss monster/ floor guardian. But let’s focus our efforts on the boss monster for now.

「New Generation Golems, Old Type Golems, it looks like monsters around this floor are all Golem-based. So does that mean the boss monster is going to be a Golem-Type as well……? What is this, golem festival or what?」

「That’s just how things are in this very first layer here, called “Gyomon”! In the past it was mainly the service area manned by the autonomous labor-type golems that would conduct all sorts of maintenance jobs. Nowadays it is used mostly to exhibit the wisdom of the Era of the Gods to all newcomers! On a side note, those new generation golems were created by none other than Doctor Andrew Jitter Doll, the creator of the Conquest Dolls himself! Or created is perhaps too strong of a word here, because he vastly improved and modernized the already existing schematics and formulas for the golems!」

「Hey, Sigma, take a look at that! That walking jelly over there seems really similar to you! You sure that you guys are not actually related?」

「Ah, I see how it is. Certainly, I can see the merits of forming one’s body in about ninety percent out of fluid that can also take a solidified form. However, I do believe that my Intelligence is already fluid enough to make up for that quite nicely, yes. My Intelligence is truly the peak form of liquidity! Therefore it is self-evident here just how excellent I really am!」

Ah, I see how it is now. When you try to compare the NPCs to simple mobs, it’s not their respective intelligence that counts, but rather the superiority or inferiority of the AI used to animate their actions. By the way, I don’t know what the materials making those things is supposed to be, but it surely bears a striking resemblance to human skin. I wonder what’s up with that?

「That thing looks as though it could even heal broken or destroyed limbs.」

「…… Recommendation: do you perhaps need an eyes transplantation? Is your eyesight already so bad? Do you want to go and see the doctor?」

「Hey, the fuck was that remark just now, you bastard?」

「You see, the three Bahamut-Class ships are the largest bases of operations for the Gods in their time. They were also the three last class Nine objects in this world. But now one disappeared into the sky, one disappeared under the sea and one disappeared into the earth. Therefore, upon detecting that one of such ships made an appearance near the frontline base, it caused the elite of the Conquest Dolls to convey upon the scene as well.」

「What? Seriously?」

Oh well, during the battle with Siegwurm Sigma went on a rampage quite a whole lot, so there is no wonder that someone else of her species would take notice of that. I guess that it simply cannot be helped here…… Hey, so does that mean that originally the Players were supposed to make contact with the Conquest Dolls only after the emergence of Bahamut?

「Since I have forged a contract with the Master, it is possible for me to scout the rest of the vessel in advance. Therefore it would be well-advised for Master to give me some appropriate equipment for the job and……」