Chapter 905 Part 2

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 489: The Fourth Reacher Part 2

「…… Wait a sec, Imron?」

What the hell is he doing here? For all that I know, she should be unable to enter the Bunny Court since she did not meet the requirements. Could it be that she managed to be invited to this place by some other means that are unknown to me?

Could it be just a coincidence? No, it might not be that. She has met Diale in the village of the Bug People, so he might have been her ticket in. …… Or maybe she already had some clues about the existence of this place in the first place? And for her to still be doing something on the ground without even paying the slightest attention to me…… She has guts, I’ll give her that. And I like that.

「S-Sanraku……? Do you know this person? She rushed into my workshop all of a sudden and then demanded for Pops to make her his disciple!」

「And I’ll do whatever it takes for you to grant my wish!」

「Ahh…… Wait, for the time being try to calm yourself down, Imron. Or rather, stop doing this weird pose and raise your head up.」

But it looked like Imron was not going to quiet her Dogeza anytime soon…… Oh well, nothing that we can do about it, I guess. So for the time being I place Emul on Imron’s back. That way she can still be useful for something. Then I turn towards Break.

「Just what the hell do you want me to do with this?」

「I mean, do you remember that matter I told you last time I was here? About that person who received the same materials you did so you could compete with your creations? She’s that person.」

「Hmm? Ahh, that’s right…… She’s the person who made that strange sword?」

「Yeah, yeah…… But anyways, please tell me what happened here. With as much details as you can give me.」

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Understanding the current circumstances in progress……

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I see, I see. Well, here’s what I managed to find out for the time being.

First and foremost: it seems that Imron really managed to generate the quest that allowed her to receive the invitation to the Bunny Court. At first I thought that it might have been connected to Diale, but actually she managed to do that all on her own, because she gave both Rei and I improved and even deadlier weapons. So the conditions for invitation generation must be different for different classes.

It also seems that Imron managed to generate a tremendous amount of Vorpal Soul points thanks to her part in the Colored Dragons battle. Apparently it is thanks to her that the tide against the Green Dragon Brockentreed managed to turn onto the side of the players. And this is by no means a small feat to accomplish.

Imron was then invited into the Bunny Court with quite a bit of enthusiasm by the mysterious “R” Bunny, who became her official guide. Once there, she went straight towards the “Master” of the place thanks to the information she managed to obtain from both Diale and Rei. She even brought out a few of her creations to show them to the one she wanted to meet the most. And it was there that she managed to meet that person.

Yes, the one that can be said to be the absolute pinnacle of blacksmithing as far as the entire ShangriLa Frontier is concerned. The one and only true “Grand Master” Vysache, who combines raw talent with frightening amounts of skill and wisdom gained across the years. If you wanted the absolute best weapons, you could look no further.

I don’t know what exactly transpired here while I was cutting my way through the Leviathan, but by listening to Imron’s story fragment by fragment I was slowly starting to understand, or rather get the gist of the idea. Which was really hard, considering that Imron’s vocabulary at the current moment seemed to be pretty limited. It seems that she witnessed a “God” or a “Miracle” and was deeply in awe and admiration. Is this what the peaks of respect are supposed to look like?

Even though Weissash is just an NPC, I can understand where Imron’s admiration was coming from. I mean, his blacksmithing abilities are nothing to scoff at. In fact, they are absolutely the very best out there. However, from that point onward it was increasingly harder to understand Imron’s story as it was turning more and more into some chaotic tongue twister. The only part that was legible enough to understand was “Motions are too Emo……”

…… I did not understand before hearing her out, and to be quite honest I still had trouble with understanding even AFTER hearing her out. And so I decided to ignore all of the background info and focus only on the main points. That way I should be able to discern at least some sense from this incomprehensible garbage….. or at least I think so.

「So, let me see if I have my facts straight: Imron was so impressed with Vysache’s appearance that she wants to become his disciple, but she feels too intimidated by the aura of his awesomeness to approach him directly. So, she chose to kiss Bilac’s ass instead, hoping that you will sort it out for her?」

Hmm, I wonder…… Everything should be perfectly clear here, but for some reason I am not at all convinced. Rather, I feel like even more question marks are dancing inside of my head than ever before.

「Okay, so……? What are you going to do about it, Bilac?」

「Nothing. Because I am not Pops’ apprentice in the first place.」

「Eh? Is that right?」

Strictly speaking, Weissash never takes apprentices under himself, but would liberally offer advice and tips to anyone who would try to seek his guidance. This means that Bilac’s smithing technique is basically self—taught, with just a sprinkle of advice from her Pops here and there.

「When it comes to being a blacksmith, I am one for a fairly short amount of time. And before that time, I would never ever set my foot inside of a workshop.」

From the meta point of view I am sure that it is something connected with the frequency of the players’ visits here, but it is not the deciding factor in this situation. So there is no need to even mention that.

「Kuh…… That Emo Motion was such a rare of a sight……!?」

「Oi! Don’t just decide to move so suddenly like that! Poor Emul is going to fall to the ground!」

「Honestly speaking, I would like to get down now, if possible……」

Now then, what am I going to do about all this…… I can’t exactly force Imron to keep her mouth shut about Rabbitz, but it would be so much better if she cooperated with me on this. …… Not to mention that Imron is a production player. It seems that she even managed to acquire the information about Rei’s Legacy Weapon, huh……? This Unique Scenario is getting harder and harder to conceal from the general public……

「I have been feeling that this might be the case here, but it seems that if the Player’s Vorpal Soul level is too low, then Vysache simply won’t appear before them. So it may be that with more and more people coming in here, the encounter rate with him might start to go down as well……」

「I can promise you that I won’t blab about any of this onto some stupid online message boards. You have my word. In return, please tell me what it is that I should do to succeed in here!」

「It’s all nice and all that, but can you please let me down already?」

Well, I don’t know…… I would love to do that, but certain demons inside of my heart (wearing both Deepslaughter and Pencilgon’s faces) are whispering into my ears that I should not do that just yet. What to do……? What to do……?