ShangriLa Frontier ~ Shitty Games Hunter Challenges Godly Game ~

Okay, but is it really okay to decide on a preferential treatment like that on the spot? Or could it be that I get to be treated like that because of some special reason? Or could it be that Rei-san is going to be included in this as well? Or maybe it’s a limited time offer, before this place becomes crowded as hell. In that case, the condition here would be quota achievement or that quota plus alpha. Or at least that’s the way I see it.

「YOU, WHO HAVE MANAGED TO REACH THE WISDOM LAYER AND ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THE EVENTS FROM THE DISTANT PAST…… PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO FOLLOW ME. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW.」

「Rei-san, without a doubt…… This is going to be some sort of a special event.」

「Y-Yes, I think so too…… A-An event for j-just the two…… of us, it would seem……」

Well, it doesn’t matter to me if it is going to be two or more people. Others seem to be busy with their own stuff at the current moment, either be it weapons at the fourth layer or the lore and world-building in general.

But I wonder what it is that she wants us to see? Could it be some sort of an Easter Egg? Those kind of things are really gaining on popularity in recent times…… Like places connected to some other titles from the same company, or cameo characters that you would never find on your own if you weren’t looking hard enough, or weapons with design the same as some other iconic weapons from other branches of pop culture…… Those are some seriously small and insignificant things, but at the same time they show you that the developers really do care about the players who were with them for the ride in their previous titles. So, I wonder what it will be here?

「WELL THEN, ALLOW ME TO GUIDE YOU…… IF THE “IVORY MAIDEN” CAN BE CONSIDERED THE MOTHER OF ALL HUMANITY, THEN THE PLACE AND THE ONE I WANT YOU TO SEE……」

–––––– Is going to be the resting place of the entity known as the “Father of All Humanity”.

It was at this moment that the “Brave Fish” showed us the kind of expression the likes of which I have never seen before on her face, and then she snapped her fingers and in the next moment both Rei-san and I were wrapped in bright white light…… Could this thing be the precursor of the Teleportation magic? Some sort of means of transportation from the Era of the Gods?

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「LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE PAST FOR A WHILE.」

「ONCE UPON A TIME, ROUGHLY THREE THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY YEARS AGO…… WELL, TO SAY IT IN A NUTSHELL, THE HUMAN RACE WAS BASICALLY ON THE LEVEL OF ADVANCEMENT THAT MADE THEM BASICALLY AS GODS.」

「THE ABCED-ALPHA WAS STOLEN FROM US. WHAT’S WORSE, IT HAS BECOME ONE OF HUMANITY’S GREATEST THREATS. THE FORMER HUMAN RACE WAS DRIVEN INTO A CORNER, FACING AN IMMINENT DEAD END. THE NUMBER OF HUMANS LEFT ALIVE WAS WAY BELOW THE MINIMUM THAT WOULD ASCERTAIN THE SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES, AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO WIN AGAINST THE THREAT THAT THE SIWON’S ORIGIN POSED, NO MATTER WHAT WE DID OR HOW HARD WE WOULD TRY TO FIGHT BACK.」

「IT WAS AROUND THAT TIME THAT A CERTAIN PLAN WOULD BE PUT INTO MOTION.」

THAT PLAN WAS THE 6V.6F.6D. PLAN. NOW, HOW CAN I POSSIBLY EXPLAIN THE GOALS OF THIS PLAN SO THAT THE TWO OF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT……? IT WAS NOT ABOUT PREVENTING THE ERADICATION OF HUMANKIND, BUT RATHER ABOUT BREAKING THE LAST EVIL SWORD OF HUMANITY, THE VERY SAME THAT POSE A THREAT TO HUMANKIND IN THE FIRST PLACE AND FORCED IT TO VENTURE INTO THE STARS.」

「BEYOND THE EARTH’S CRUST, DEEPER AND DEEPER…… THERE LIES THE MISSILE EQUIPPED WITH A WARHEAD CAPABLE OF DESTROYING ENTIRE STARS WITH EASE. THAT MISSILE COMES EQUIPPED WITH ITS OWN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT ACTIVATES UPON REALIZING THAT THE MANA DENSITY OF THE PLANET EXCEEDS A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, WITH A SINGLE GOAL IN MIND; TO ERADICATE THAT STAR AND STOP THE SPREAD OF THE EVIL THAT IS CORRUPTING IT.」

「IT’S A REALLY CRUDE DESIGN, AN EASY WAY TO BRING RUIN UPON YOURSELF. BUT WITH AN ALMOST UNILATERAL AGREEMENT TO DO IT, THIS PLAN WENT ALMOST ON THE BRINK OF BEING EXECUTED IN REAL LIFE.」

「BUT CONTRARY TO ALL PREDICTIONS, THIS PLANET IS YET TO PERISH, IT HASN’T GONE EXTINCT AS OF YET……」

「WHAT UTTER FOOLISHNESS. PRAYING FOR TOTAL ANNIHILATION WHILE ESCAPING INTO THE STARS THEMSELVES…… PART OF THE HUMAN RACE SOUGHT REFUGE ON THE SURFACE ON THE MOON, AND REMAINED THERE WITH THE INTENTION OF STAYING THERE FOREVER. AND WHEN THEY TRIED TO GET BACK TO THIS PLANET, THE SHIP ON BOARD OF WHICH THEY ALL WERE, THE VERY FIRST BAHAMUT, WAS SHOT DOWN WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT.」

「OFFICIALLY, IT WAS RECORDED SIMPLY AS A MASS SUICIDE, BUT…… FUFUFU, THE MEMORY OF THEM SCREAMING AND CRYING AS THEY PLUMMETED TOWARDS THE GROUND, ONLY TO BECOME AN ENERNAL MONUMENT OF FAILURE STILL GIVES ME SO MUCH JOY AND MERRIMENENT WHEN I REMEMBER IT.」

「OOPS, BUT I DIGRESS. I DON’T KNOW WHY FIRST BAHAMUT SHIP “ZIZ” DECIDED TO TAKE SUCH A COURSE OF ACTION. THERE MIGHT BE SOME EXPLANATION TO THIS, BUT FOR THE PAST THREE THOUSAND YEARS THE MESSAGES FROM THE MOON ARE CONTINUED TO BE JAMMED.」

「MAYBE THEY EVEN HAD SOMEONE LIKE ME, THE “BRAVE FISH”, OR “IVORY MAIDEN”, BUT IF IT WAS REALLY LIKE THAT, THEN WE DON’T EVEN KNOW THE NAME OF THAT BEING.」

「…… AHH, THIS IS NO GOOD. PLEASE PARDON ME, IT’S MY FIRST TIME TELLING THIS STORY TO SOMEONE ELSE AFTER SUCH A LONG TIME. …… GETTING BACK ON TRACK. FOR REAL, THIS TIME.」

「THEN, MANKIND WOULD HAVE SURELY PERISHED WITHOUT EVEN HAVING A GOOD CHANCE TO FIGHT BACK. BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT’S NOT WHAT HAPPENED.」

「HOWEVER.」

「THE GENIUS OF SETSUNA HAS BEEN LOST, THE HERO WEZAEMON WAS NO LONGER WITH US, SIEG, ANDREW AND EDWARD WERE ALSO NO LONGER RESPONDING…… BUT THAT DID NOT MEAN THAT THEY WERE ABOUT TO GIVE UP.」

「ALICE FRONITER, WHO AT THAT TIME WAS ABLE TO FINISH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE Q.E.D UNIT, WHICH WAS TO BE THE CORNERSTONE OF THE BATON PASS PLAN…… AS WELL AS THE PERSON WHO MANAGED TO GRAPS THE BLADE OF REBELLION IN HIS HEART AND REFORGED IT INTO THE HOPE THAT WOULD OPEN UP THE PATH TOWARDS TOMORROW ––––––」

「JULIUS SHANGRILA, MY FIRST AND MY LAST LOVE. IT’S BEEN MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND YEARS SINCE THAT TIME, AND MY LOVE NEVER WEAKENED, NEVER FADED AWAY…… THAT IS THE NAME OF THE ONE WHO IS BEINFG ENSHRINED IN HERE.」