Chapter 958 Part 1

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 516: Once You Get Used to It, Even Poison Is Just Another Spice Part 1

If the world was still primitive enough that humanity would only be able to use stones and wooden clubs as tools, then you can be sure that physical violence would have been used every single time to solve even the smallest and most trivial of issues.

However, us Pioneers are modern time gamers. Instead of resulting to violence and bloodshed right away, we can recognize the value of information and the power it can give us. That is why sometimes great conflicts can be resulted with both information and money instead of clashing two armies of poor soldiers against one another in an attempt to settle the dispute.

「So yeah, here’s the deal: while travelling through the Leviathan I managed to generate a new Unique Scenario EX, this one dedicated to the Unique Monster called “Orchestra of the Doom Ech”. And I was thinking about selling the information about it in the “Library” just now. Are you buying right off the bat? Or would you like to hear more?」

「Of course I want to hear more! I super want to hear more!」

「Wow, I have heard the various rumors flying about, but you really are a one piece of a pervert, aren’t you?」

「Both Nina-217 and I belong to the same clan, and we will not allow ourselves to be degraded by mere pejorative words like that.」

「「Yes, you can say that again!」」

「Expression of unpleasantness: Ririel-217, do you want me to understand that as a proposition for me to return to my original mission amongst the ranks of the “Strawberry” unit?」

「Rebuttal and regret: Since I have also already signed my contract with Pencil-chan, I was granted the permission to act independently at my own discretion.」

「Oi, now wait just a moment here! Don’t just go with the flow of the conversation and leave others behind! Why don’t you first start to explain some things here!?」

I can’t deny the fact that I do not have the slightest idea of what the hell are those guys talking about here, and having to listen to it without really understanding it’s really god damn hard!

That being said, as luck (or unluck) would have it, I encountered Pencilgon right as I was about to step into the headquarters of “Library”. Normally at such a time I would have chosen the command to escape instantly, but since Pencilgon was accompanied by the Conquest Doll I have decided it might actually be worth my time and effort to actually talk to them.

And won’t you look at that! It seems that Pencilgton did just the thing that Sigma advised her to do, and now Pencilgton managed to form a contract with a Conquest Doll of her own. The name of that Doll was Ririel-217 and unfortunately for her it seems that part of Pencilgon’s nasty habits already started to take their toll on her.

「No, you see, it turns out that we have a whole lot of things in common with Ririel-chan! We are both soaked with malicious intentions through and through, and we might be JUST a little bit of crazy on the inside.」

「Contractor Pencil-chan, it’s all fine and good to think things like that, but there’s no need to actually voice those thoughts out loud to other people! Please, stop acting like an atomic warhead that is about to go off at any moment if left unsupervised!」

Yeah, Pencilgon might be saying that the two of them are alike, but I can tell that their combination is like trying to combine a poisoned cream puff with a jam bread and slap that into a single dish. Sure, you will get some effect, but that effect is only going to be utterly disastrous. But that being said……

「Hey, you there! Yes, you! You jam bread bastard! Do you happen to know what in the hell the “Protocol: Orchestra” is? If so, then tell us everything that you know about it right now!」

「Permission to talk about the subject granted: the “Protocol: Orchestra” is only the name of a certain condition. However, we the Conquest Dolls are only allowed to move when the Orchestra is brought out.」

Brought out……? What the hell is that supposed to even mean?

At that time I take a quick glance sideways and I can feel that my line of sight intersects with that of Pencilgton. In this situation it’s really hard for me to expect that she is not thinking what I am thinking here, but we are still the members of the same Guild, for better or for worse. So even though I am really reluctant to do this, maybe it would actually be a good idea to consult her about this matter?

「So, what do you think? What should we do here?」

「Don’t you think that trying to hide those things right now would be kind of pointless? Besides, with time more and more people are going to take notice of that, so I think that the best course of action here would be to just try to sell those information off as quickly as possible and maximize out profit.」

「Yeah, I figured as much myself. But at this point in time it would actually be weird if at least some other people were not already aware of the situation as well.」

That is why the Pencilgon’s group also decided to take those information to the Library and try to sell them as soon as possible, so that no one else would come here and beat them to it. And since the current base of operations for the Library was in the New World, it was not all that long of a journey for them to take.

But it seems that the Magical Girl Wannabe and her followers are yet to log in, so I guess that there is nothing we can do about it. For now, it would be a good idea to try and talk to some other members of the Library.

That is why I decided to talk to Pencilgtn in hushed whispers, at the same time looking at some player who was currently busy with operating some sort of system windows, but from a single glance I knew that those windows were not actually a part of ShangriLa Frontier’s User’s Interface.

「Look! That’s the user’s interface of the VR system console. I guess that right now they must be trying to communicate with the guys that are not currently logged in……」

「Oh, yeah, yeah, you’re right…… Usually, a thing like that is hidden away in the corner of the menu screen that is really hard to find unless you look for it, right? They surely must be sending messages to the Professor’s personal mobile device, right? I can’t think of any other answer……」

There is also the option of making a screenshot, and with the right console commands it is entirely possible to take those screenshots outside of the game’s environment. …… And wow, it’s actually true. Those options are literally hidden away at the very bottom of the menu command screen. Yeah, small wonder that there are many people out there who are not even aware of that.