Chapter 885 Part 2

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 479: Let’s Do This Thing! Part 2

「And what would you do if I were to tell you that you have to make do with nothing, because I can’t give you anything?」

「There should be a storage room somewhere on board this vessel. I would go there and borrow a set of spare parts meant for Elma-Type such as myself.」

I don’t exactly know what that’s supposed to mean, but I sure hope that it’s something that would make Sigma even more useful than she already is here.

But be that as it may……

「Sanraku! It seems that those creatures finally took notice of us! What should we do? I think that we can still avoid getting into combat with them, but on the other hand……」

「Now, what kind of nonsense are you talking about, Alva? You should not underestimate to power of reconnaissance, you know?」

Golem-Type enemies are one of the few enemy types that are unaffected by my Carved Wounds, but with this floor recommended level being thirty, there should be no way for me to actually lose a battle against enemies like that. As for the Golems themselves, as expected of robots from the Era of the Gods, they are coming towards us like crazy right after they managed to spot us. Talk about incredible hostility.

Yes, that’s right. Those guys might look like watery blobs, but we must remember that they are still the next-generation Golem-Type enemies, which means that they should not be underestimated. Plus, their AI might be actually pretty advanced, since they are part of the crew of this Era of the Gods vessel. And that they are Workers only? That’s beside the point!

「Fumuh…… Eat this, you stupid fucker!」

「You just threw your weapon at one of them just like that!?」

No matter how much you strengthen them or in what way you decide to use them, those swords have only one purpose here: to be used in whatever way is fit at the current moment. And even if that meant overworking them…… who cares? Those are weapons. They are meant to be swung around and used a whole lot.

Due to the rules of the “Great Achievement” I could strengthen only one of them at the time…… And for a while I was thinking about giving that right to some other weapon, but I ultimately gave up on the idea. Other weapons were more or less fine on their own, and strengthening one of those swords was the best possible course of action I could take here.

「But can you really throw your weapons like that?! Wouldn’t that damage the sword quite badly? Surely that’s bad for the weapon itself, right!?」

「Oh, I wouldn’t actually say that. For you see, this blade is quite sturdy in its own right. And if you feel like doing it, you can even infuse it with magic if you desire. Isn’t that a pretty neat of a feature?」

It seems to me now that actually beating the Giant Centipede was even more important than I originally thought, as well as farming the damned thing. Plus, that farming has shown me that relying on one weapon too much might not actually be that good of an idea. So it was good for me to actually go out of my way to rely on different weapons more and learn to utilize them properly. That way, the number of strategies that I could use would only increase.

Some of my weapons have lost a portion of their usual durability as a result of some additional strengthening, but as long as they have retained their ability to consistently score critical hits, it was a flaw that I was more than happy to actually overlook. But needless to say, their usefulness during long-time endurance-type battles went down substantially.

Instead, some weapons earned for themselves a kind of a magic resistance ability kinda similar to the one of the Exile Cross of the Golden Crystal Scorpion’s armor. But they did not need magic in order to operate. So finally…… A way to use magic effects without actually using magic.

By the way resistance to magic effects is pretty big of a deal in a game like this. No matter if it is ice or fire or whatever, as long as it comes into contact with my swords it is going to be cut in half when it comes to damage. That is why I can swing my swords to my heart’s content, without having to worry about anything.

「Truth to be told, my throwing game is on the weaker side, without a doubt. But it should be just like playing darts. As long as you give it your best, you should do just fine! In other words, throwing critical hits should be a breeze……!!!」

So, I throw my sword right in front of me like a javelin, and even though I did not expect much in terms of damage here, the weapon managed to penetrate deep inside of the golem’s body and actually cause the monster to stop moving and…… drop dead on the spot?

Yeah, even though the average level of monsters around here should be thirty or so, the sword pierced that golem with way too much ease. Could it be that it was the working of some other magic effect?

「Brave Fish, Oh Brave Fish! Please do tell me more about this!」

「Alright! Alright! Alright! Time for some more of “Isana-chan’s Trivia and Navigation!” This new generation tech golem is named “Techno Magi-Gel”!! And this one should have been a control unit of sorts, which means that taking it out of the picture should make everyone else more vulnerable!」

Techno Magi-Gel? Is that supposed to be some sort of a code? Or maybe it’s just that the name captures perfectly the very nature of the enemy, seeing as it was just that? A Techno Magi-Gel?

「Fumu, gumu, that sword you have just thrown possesses the ability to make the target’s magical particles go haywire, right? But would that be the effect of the material itself, instead of the item in its own right? Then that makes a whole lot of sense why you would win so easily. You see, Techno Magi-Gels possess the natural resistance to outside magic attacks and can even reflect them to a huge extent, but they are pretty much defenseless against the magical attacks that affect them from the inside.」

As for the drop item, it is… what do we have here…… Huh? A gel? Hmm, no, it’s not gel, it’s some sort of ointment? Or maybe even a slime?

「If you apply that item directly onto your skin, it will boost your resistance to magic tremendously! Also, it will cause your epidermal cells to become active a little bit more than usual.」

So, it is something akin to a beauty product? Maybe something like that could be very well sold for a premium, huh? It would certainly not hurt to try.

While I think about it some more, some things start to occur to me one after another here…… Like how much I would benefit from having even more money than I have at the current moment. Or how much free space I seem to be having in my inventory. Or how nice it would be to fill it out in its entirety.

「Hey, Brave Fish! The respawn point in here should be just like the resting point we were at earlier, is that correct?」

「Yes! Yes, that’s exactly right! I can promise you that what await you in there is the bed that was designed in such a way that it would give human the best sleeping experience that science can hope to produce!」

「Wait just a moment, Sanraku! For some strange reason, I’m getting a terrible sense of déjà vu here!」

A Drop Item coming straight from the Era of the Gods? Hmm, its drop rate seem to be on the lower end of the scale here, but it means that there is only one thing that can be done here!

「KukukukKUKUKU……!!!!!!」

Oh my gosh, won’t you just look at the time! It’s material hunting timeeeee……!!!!!!