Chapter 986 Part 2

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 530: An Orchestra Just For You PART 12 Part 2

「Gubueh!?」

「BRRRRRRRRR!!!?!!!?」

In the next moment I was blown away in a completely opposite direction. The way in which I was flailing around right now also made me realize something rather important: what if the horse decides to tackle me? Or use those mighty limbs if its to kick me?

THUD! With that loud sound my body hits the ground and starts to roll on it in a magnificent manner. Of course my HP hit zero value at that very moment, which means that I was about to die shortly. However, before that was to happen, I managed to tumble on the ground one last time, effectively breaking my neck with a loud crack.

「Hueh!?」

There was also something else here…… Was it my back? That strange cracking noise…… could it be that I also managed to snap my back in half? Talk about one hell of an achievement.

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「So, did you manage to get some good material out of that?」

「Hmm, I think that with a little bit of editing here and there it could even end up being uploaded on the Internet with no problems.」

「And what about the title? Have you thought of anything good?」

「Hmm…… How about “Horse mounting from behind gone horribly wrong? Gone sexual.” What do you think?」

「Yeah, this sounds like something that would need a whole lot of comments. So much in fact, that I would not know where to start.」

「Would you like to hear the details of the story?」

For a moment out there my conversation partner falls silent, a look of serious consideration creeping onto her face.

「There was some sort of a strange wound that appeared on its back the moment the collision happened. And I am fairly sure that this wound was not there before, so it must be some sort of a defense mechanism.」

「Are you sure that this is not just some kind of a weird design choice?」

「I think it is something similar to the records of the Great Red Devourer. There might be a chance that those two monsters belong to the same group.」

「Hmm…… Yeah, if it really belongs to the same category as the Great Red Devourer, then we might have a problem here.」

Maybe it’s because of all of that accelerating I have done just now, but I feel like my thoughts are also running at the accelerated pace here. Because of that, a certain thought comes out of my mouth in the very next moment, doing so so naturally that it was almost scary.

「Look, I’m sure that you must have a whole lot of thing you would like to ask me, but truth to be told I shouldn’t even be here right now. Ever since the Siegwurm battle I must hide because people follow me constantly. Surely you understand, right?」

「Sure thing, works for me.」

Alright, but let’s get back onto the right track, shall we? I managed to be fine most of the time in here, but it was mostly thanks to my speed alone. Without that, I would have been pretty much screwed here.

It’s one thing to know that the enemy is dangerous and stay away from it, but to be low leveled player and trying to get close to the danger is the epitome of stupidity. However, here we are talking about the enemy that is so powerful that even high-leveled players are unable to get close to it without dying, much less doing any form of damage to it.

「Sanraku-san, Sanraku-san, great timing. It looks like you were this close from actually contracting whatever it is that this creature is letting out. It was the first time for me, but I was able to see and feel it clearly.」

「So I guess that the speed alone is not really an optimal solution in here.」

「Passing machine…… is that some sort of a part of a system? Or maybe an NPC of sorts?」

「To be perfectly honest, I don’t really know that myself.」

If we were talking about a distance of at least fifty meters or less, the possibility of that cannot be exactly zero, because I can always enter the INVENTORY and escape to safety.

It seems that it is optimal to blow off with a large mass, and if it is not a meat bullet special attack like me, there is a means of hitting a certain amount of mass from a long distance. That’s why.

「It would also seem that for now it’s going to be keeping its distance from Thirdrema, so for now there should be no immediate danger to the city itself.」

「Alright then, I guess it’s high time for us to venture to the new continent……」

「Incidentally, Sanraku-san? Why did we even come here in the first place?」

「You are about to find out. Let’s go, Emul!」

「Yes, sir!」

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「No, seriously! This is something that is most interesting! Ahh, who would have thought that ShangriLa Frontier can offer such an entertainment when it comes to how many possible ways to die there is here!」

「I don’t think that many people would share that view with you, you know…… After all, people tend to have…… more normal views on what’s interesting and what’s not.」

「I totally agree with you, but I also believe that the best way in which the “Journey” is to be enjoyed is to let go of the reigns and see where you are going to end up that way. At least that’s my opinion on the subject.」

「…………」

「Hmm, last time that I decided to check things out, if we wanted to fly there it would require one heck of a “training” for us to do so…… That being said, do you think it’s something related to this whole Orchestra Unique Monster?」

「So, it’s not something that’s Goldunine related……?」

「Ahh, that would make sense. So, would that mean that we are after the Orchestra here? It would certainly feel that way.」

「…… Well, I’m sorry to say this, but for the time being it looks like we are going to be struggling quite a lot as well.」

「Mirei-san! You should really consider both timing and place when you say things like that!」

「I mean, it’s the truth. Our luck has been pretty bad so far. But if it was not for that funny thing that happened just now, I would say that it’s been a wasted effort.」

「Did anyone happened to record that, by any chance? Asking out of curiosity.」

「Bingo! Alright then, if we are going to keep this up, we are bound to be elligable to go to the New Continent before we even know it! And then we are going to challenge the Orchestra right off the bat, Remi031-chan!」

「Acknowledged: in that case, I shall leave it all to your capable hands.」

「Huh? What’s this? Trying to act all cool in front of a lady……? At this rate, before you manage to reach the New Continent the two of you might actually end up dating for real! Is that perhaps what your endgame goal here is?」

「Remi-san, please give us a break here…… Oh, and Deepsla-san, you’re back already? I didn’t even notice.」

「There is going to be no problem to talk about. Not if we take it out before it manages to take us out first. There, argument won.」

「Yes, yes, it’s just like you say. I completely agree.」

「Just what is this man even talking about, I wonder……?」