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Putting Feelings Into a Moment, Part 1

Thank you for coming!

Huh? Sold out?

Here, too?

Fourfolkshire and Sixenveldt were picked clean, too.

How it is possible for so many expensive items to get bought out?

What's going on here?

I don't know,

but our leader ordered us to buy as many resurrection items as we could.

We'll have to search the other towns.

Our leader's in a meeting with other clan leaders right now, right?

You think we're running some kind of clan co-op raid?

Against an enemy powerful enough that we need resurrection items for it?

What could it possibly be?

Dunno.

On the day of Shangri-La Frontier's major update,

with many in its player base breathlessly excited about what was to come,

another plan was moving into motion.

Hey, Reiji-kun.

What's changed in the major update?

A new area got unlocked,

a new scenario and job got added,

there's balance adjustments to some monster stats...

Then there're tweaks to things

like how often your luck triggers the "Endure" condition and stuff...

You think they added new weapons, too?!

S-Sure, probably!

I'd love a bigger, stronger one!

How about we check in at a weapon shop, then?

Yeah!

Then, if you like, we can scope out all the new changes for ourselves

by going on an adventure together...

A monster!

M-Mia! Monsters don't spawn in towns!

But I heard a weird voice!

Just put your weapon away!

But I know I heard a monster's voice!

Others were breathless for very different reasons.

Option Falcon

Psyger-0-san will send Sunraku-san this mailbird. Cancel Confirm

Do it, Rei Saiga!

The day of the update is the best time to invite him!

Now, send it quickly, while Hizutome-kun is still logged in!

I actually sent it!

Y-You're good, you're good!

You spent two weeks working on that letter.

Not too formal, not too casual.

The exact perfect text you pored over for typos!

You're good, you're good, you're good, you're good!

You're back?

Did he log out?

From: Psyger-100 Dear Psyger 0, The location of the Ashura Kai's home base has been leaked. We're still attempting...

It's from my sister?

The location of the Ashura Kai's home base has been leaked.

We're still attempting to confirm its accuracy,

but please put an end to your free time and join the rest of us immediately.

Rabbit

Sunraku-san.

What is it, old lady of mine?

I'm not your old lady!

The time has come, hasn't it?

Yeah, the time's come.

There's something I'd like to give you, Sunraku-san.

Just for now!

Wh-What the hell? A bird?!

The Toxic Eagle's back?!

Shoo, shoo!

Only I am allowed to ride atop Sunraku-san!

I'm not your damn perch!

Mailbird Arrived

Mailbird?

Oh, it's SLF's internal mail system.

Just realized I've never used it before.

From Psyger-0?!

Salutations.

Though this time of year has been

blazingly hot and plagued by powerful summer sunlight,

I hope that you have passed the time comfortably.

I apologize for springing this upon you so suddenly,

but I thought it might be presumptuous to ask you directly,

so I opted to send you this letter instead.

It struck me that an enjoyable pastime might be

to explore the new update's miscellany as a pair.

Would you find that agreeable?

It's so damn formal!

I thought she was calling me out for a duel at first!

Still, I'm kinda booked solid today...

I'm gonna have to turn her—

You don't give up, do you?!

But you cannot take Sunraku-san from me!

Knock it off. That's a bird of prey.

Though birds and rabbits both spend a lot of time on two legs...

I guess you're kind of similar?

Knock it off! It hurts! Stop it!

You've received a mailbird from Psyger-0.

Harrumph!

Another one from Psyger-0?

Please forgive me for this follow-up so immediately

on the heels of my prior invitation.

I fear an urgent personal matter has arisen,

and I will no longer be able to accompany you.

I guess I should reply to say, like, "It's cool."

Thanks for the help!

Okay, Emul, heads back in the game!

Let's go shopping in Thirdrema!

Time to make those final tweaks!

Tonight's the new moon, then?

Yo.

Da—I mean, Boss!

Aniki Vash, when did you—

Ah, I've been here a while.

You heading out there tonight, then?

Y-Yes!

Tonight's the night.

That's a fine focus you've got in your eyes.

Go send that fool who's outlived his time to his final rest already.

I will.

And don't you forget your vorpal soul!

Sir!

Sunraku-san, Sunraku-san!

I'll be staying home this time, right?

Yeah.

So as you face down Wethermon the Tombguard, I wish to entrust this to you.

A necklace?

Daddy—

I mean, the boss brought it back for me one time.

I had it made into a necklace.

It's like an amulet of protection!

An amulet, huh?

Not that we'll need one to own this fight.

But with this amulet on top of my already awesome skills,

it's gonna be even more awesome.

Thanks a lot, Emul.

We'll win for sure, thanks to you.

I'll put it on you!

ID Shard Necklace equipped.

I shall await your speedy return.

Sure thing.

ID Shard Necklace. No effect.

ID Shard Necklace No effect.

It is a remnant, a fragment, a scrap, a shard.

It is impossible to know who it identified,

or where it was used.

But at one time, it was most certainly used as proof of a certain person's existence.

Important business until tomorrow morning Stay out!

Okay, time to roll.

All right, let's begin.

Ashura Kai's Hideout

Lass

Branch

Ketchum

Remy

Iori

What's taking her so long?

Pencilgon-san... she said she'd be here any minute, but...

Whatever.

We can go to the Hidden Garden without h—

A raid?!

The Attack Master?!

Schwarz Vulf is here?!

The Ashura Kai meets its end this night.

Suffer the fate that awaits all evildoers!

Orcelott-san?!

It's not just Schwarz Vulf!

Team 10PM...

The Tigers of Indra...

The Knights Tempura?!

They forged a multi-clan alliance to take us down?!

The hell is going on here?!

Let your screams play as a requiem to the players you've killed, you bullies—

I mean, you bastards!

Run! Retreat to the Hidden Garden!

How'd they learn about this hidden area?!

Who leaked that info?!

Ta-da!

Look at this glorious new equipment!

Lifestide Sash

It's got my vitality skyrocketing from 7 to 22!

A glorious rise from tissue paper armor to wet cardboard armor.

Look, you never know what they might throw at you.

I wanna leave it all on the table.

By the way, that brand of energy drinks you recommended...

It's crazy. It makes Energy Kaiser feel like sugar water!

The newest flavor of Riot Blood, yeah?

Yeah, a friend of mine in the US wouldn't stop pushing it on me,

so I worked up my courage and tried it.

I definitely couldn't do that on the regular, though.

Oh, right! And they found this awesome new bug in BERP!

For real?! Teach me later!

How'd it go?

So well it was practically anticlimactic.

The Attack Master, Psyger-0, seemed particularly worked up.

Must have some bad blood with the Ashura Kai or something.

Well, I guess everyone does.

I fear an urgent personal matter has arisen,

and I will no longer be able to accompany you.

What's the matter?

Nothin'.

If they learn you sold 'em out, they're gonna beat you to a pulp, right?

Not if I beat them first.

Of course!

Friends Nearby Players Sunraku Oikatzo

You've received a party request from Arthur Pencilgon. Accept?

Yes No

Arthur Pencilgon has joined your party.

Now, let's go over the plan one last time.

I've got items I want to give you, too.

First...

How'd they know where we were?!

Hardly anyone knew about that hidden area!

You don't think... there was a spy in our ranks?

A spy?

No... could it be?

O-Orcelott-san!

The entrance to the Hidden Garden is...

Someone's already in there!

Other players are fighting this unique monster.

Sh-She screwed us...

She screwed us!

She sold out the Ashura Kai!

That...

That stupid bitch of a sister!

What's up?

I thought I'd heard the braying of a lousy sore loser,

but I guess it was just my imagination.

Now, we've done our last checks.

Have you got any questions?

Nah.

Let's get this done.

Though, now I think of it, Setsuna's not here today.

She says you can't see her without the light of the full moon.

It's time now.

I won't let your memories be sad ones.

Set-chan...

No, Setsuna.

I will...

No, we will make your wish come true.

Now, let's go see him.

Into the gap between moments

spills a single wish

Is that our guy?

I'll bet.

Unique Monster Wethermon the Tombguard

Encountered.

Wethermon the Tombguard encountered.

Arthur Pencilgon

Sunraku

Oikatzo

Sunraku-kun.

Got it.

Wethermon the Tombguard.

Let's have a good fight...

Wind Slash!

Wind Slash

...man to man!

Skill—Infight!

I'm gonna test you to your limits,

robo-samurai!

Close call!

Empire Bee Twinblades equipped.

A simple upward slash is that fast?

Wind Slash!

Aiming for my head?!

You bastard!

Parry Protect!

I see through your little trick, dumbass!

He really grasped the timing on the first try.

Known Wethermon Info When the battle begins, a badstat(?) field gimmick(?) is applied to all players. Levels will be reduced and equipment with level requirements will be force-unequippable. (Demonstrably, armor will feel unusually heavy and hard to move in, weapons will fly from hands.) Normal attacks can generally be dodged by attentive players, but one hit will even kill most tanks, so be careful!! Most annoying is the frequency with which he uses his finishing move (which he always announces — telegraphing?).

How to deal with his mecha-steed remains unclear. Slashes and magic attacks don't seem to deal damage, and if you let it be

"Wind Slash."

A quickdraw move believed to have single-frame execution.

Katzo Tataki

That's pretty darn fast.

It has a guard-pierce effect,

so you either need to see it coming and evade,

or counter it.

So, grasp the timing on the first try?

Pencil Knight

Easier said than done.

And he's got a whole bag of even nastier skills,

so that's a thing to look forward to.

A constant barrage of insta-kill attacks at a 150 level handicap?

Sounds like you'd really need to pull out all the stops for an opponent like that.

So it sounds like...

Right.

Wethermon is likely a "special condition" type.

A "special condition" type.

An enemy you beat not by reducing their HP to zero,

but by achieving a particular condition.

Possibilities that come to mind...

"Pick up or destroy a particular in-game object."

"Last a certain length of time."

"Survive a particular attack."

You occasionally see "reason with him in the middle of battle," too.

Any idea on what the condition is?

I've tried a few different things,

and I think it's "Last a certain length of time."

We'll proceed under that assumption.

Wethermon the Tombguard's combat conditions change as time passes.

First, we need to survive the ten minutes of Phase 1.

You'll be the key to that, Sunraku-kun.

Someone with skills on par with a pro gamer

can surely figure out the way through his attacks!

The motion when he executes "Wind Slash" is a swing down from the right-hand side,

then slashes horizontally with both hands,

followed by a strike on a delay or an upward slash...

Yes. With these two at my side...

Reward Scales Rebirth Tearjewel Divine Lifesalve

I can stake everything I am on this battle!

I get it...

That's some sturdy armor you've got!

No sweeping the leg, either?

There isn't a single attack that fazes him!

And any one of his attacks would kill me on the spot!

He's every bit as advertised, I guess...

Yeah, just as advertised...

he's...

Wind Slash!

...not someone you can beat!

Sunraku

Katzo-kun!

Way ahead of you!

Rebirth Tearjewel

Take that!

SLF Mini

SLF Theater!

Celebrity Towa Amane Is a Gamer?

Mini!

SLF Theater

Excuse me.

Yes?

Are you a fan of Towa Amane, too?

You look a lot like her.

You think so? Thanks.

I think I might have the resemblance down better, though.

See? Aren't I much prettier?

Much prettier than you!

No, no! I look much more like Towa-chan!

I'm even more beautiful than the real thing!

I'm a perfect match for Towa-chan!

My name is Towa!

Believe me! I'm the real one, for sure!

It's me! I'm the real Towa-chan!

Hey, it's Towa Amane.

Please don't use my face without permission.