ShangriLa Frontier ~ Shitty Games Hunter Challenges Godly Game ~

According to Reiji, as somebody who regularly goes to collect materials for the Crystal Nest Cliff, there must be no end to the knowledge that I might actually possess about that place. So if you were ever going to ask someone about it, I would be the obvious choice here.

But according to Tsuchinoko, how do you really capture that place nice and easy? After all, the moment you set your foot in there, that place turns into an instant death gimmick trap. No, I don’t really know that, most because the way I chose to do things. It might actually be different for other players. But now, even if you were to fly and do not touch the ground, it seems that the Scorpions are going to activate regardless.

According to some other Player, it seems that Reiji climbed from around the middle of the valley and invaded the Crystal Nest Cliff somewhere right in the middle. Oh, that’s already a good countermeasure, I suppose. If you don’t use the cliff escape route together with aggro cutting strategy, you would just have to jump down the cliff and die, collecting your loot later in a safe way.

But according to Reiji, he also happened to see the Golden Crystal Scorpion at one time completely out of the blue…… No, there is no way in hell that it was the THAT Golden Crystal Scorpion, right? So apparently we can assume that it was something completely different.

According to Reiji, that Golden Crystal Scorpion was clearly following other scorpions around, and it was then that they have all surrounded the poor player who just wanted to take a screenshot of the unusual scene, effectively completely blocking his escape route. And then I guess it was the same business as usual, with turning the player into a ball and playing around with it for a while before eventually becoming bored with them and tossing them aside……

「…… Are you absolutely sure that that other scorpion was following the rest around? Maybe you have seen things differently?」

「I am not really sure what exactly that thing was. It could have been that, but it also could have been something else entirely. After all, you only get to see the name of the monster when you officially enter combat with it, right? So there you have it.」

–––––– Extraordinary Golden Crystal Scorpion “Golden Age”.

It seems that this was this creature’s name.

「Do you have any idea what tha monster it or what it does, Tsuchinoko-san?」

「Basically, from my experience I can tell you that there are three types of scorpions that appear on the Crystal Nest Cliffs: we have normal Crystal Scorpions, Unusual Crystal Scorpions and Old Crystal Scorpions. The normal Crystal Scorpions from the outer edge of the cliff are seemingly in a hostile relationship with the Unusual Crystal Scorpions of the inner part of the place, but…… The Golden Crystal Scorpions are an entirely different breed from the Unusual ones…… So maybe that’s where the Golden Age is coming from? So maybe this thing is like their king or ruler? Or perhaps someone who stands at the top of the food chain of that place?」

「You…… seems to be awfully familiar with the ecology of that place, huh……?」

「Huh? Ahh, I guess that you can say that I have a little bit of a history with Crystal Scorpions. And that’s putting it lightly. Very, very lightly. Or you can say that we are best of friends.」

「But wouldn’t only a complete psychopath turn their best friends into a weapon of mass murder?」

Hey, they are the ones who are using me as a playing ball from time to time, so I guess that makes us pretty much even, wouldn’t you agree?

For the time being, while everyone heading towards the next level started to talk about the information regarding the Spirit of Black Death, Memento Mori and the pros and cons of American Football over any other sport out there, I had my own things to think about. Not to mention that every face belonging to the “Library” is turned towards me, looking to squeeze as much information out of me as humanly possible. I guess to them I am nothing more but a human encyclopedia, huh? And I guess that this is kind of okay, because I wish to use their knowledge as much as possible as well.

「For the time being, there are three things that are necessary for the generation of a Rare enemy like that: the first is to strengthen the weapon that has a rare chance to drop from the corpse of the Headless General Dullahan. Dullahan Blade is the name. Then you need to drop the scythe that comes from the True Quiet enemy. And then you need to take it to the Blacksmith possessing the “Master” level of their profession or higher.」

「Hey, wait a moment. Those prerequisites are sounding to be really hard and to be a major pain in the ass to satisfy.」

「Then once you have the Scythe and the Sword, the “master” level Blacksmith will make it possible to start the unique part of scenario related to those weapons. Once you receive the quest, you can go to the Valley of the Ancient Souls and encounter the Rare Enemy that you are looking for.」

「…… Seriously?」

「The easiest thing to do is to eradicate the monsters in the valley and spawn a Black-Veiled ghost, while praying for the appearance of the right kind of monster.」

「So it’s basically all RNG, go damn it!」

「Well, it has a fair share of RNG to it, but not in every aspect. But yeah, the most important part is getting that rare item drop. Without that nothing can go forward.」

「Thank you for all those information, but do you remember perhaps…… How many Black Death Ghosts you needed to defeat……?」

Yeah, it was something really crazy. Like, crazy big of a number. It was a major pain in the ass for sure.

However, looking back, the uniqueness itself is relatively easy, just because the conditions for the uniqueness to occur are demonic doesn’t really change that fact. All you have to do is catch that Shitty Princess and give the Dullahan his precious head back.

「So, if you join two monsters together, they will try to kill each other, so they will appear at the same time before the monster you are looking for comes onto the stage, and that prevents the chances from getting messed up, right……?」

「Sanraku-kun, Sanraku-kun. It seems like you are in the middle of telling us a rather interesting story, but…… I think that you will have to save it up for later.」

Huh?

Hoo, hoo, I see, I see…… This thing looks like a female Grim Reaper indeed. With a terrifying-looking scythe, and the aura that seems to reek of some special skills and unique actions…… Oh yeah, this is the Spirit of Black Death for sure!!!

「THIS CREATURE IS THE RESULT OF THE GOD OF WISDOM TRYING TO ACCUMULATE ALL THE DEATH OF THE WORLD IN ONE PLACE, MY CHILDREN…… NOW I WONDER: CAN HUMANS OVERCOME MONSTERS THAT HUMAN HANDS CREATED?」

「Hey, guys! This is your lucky day! If you are lucky, you may be able to satisfy one of the conditions right here right now!」

Recovery potions, quick! Let’s heal and take this thing down as fast as possible!