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SHANGRI-LA FRONTIER 2ND SEASON

Along with my Moonblades,

I've also had my Marsh Daggers reforged through evolving.

DUCUSRAM - EQUIPPED Now Ducusram!

DUCUSRAM - EQUIPPED Time for your debut!

Let's go!

#44: END OF TRANQUILITY, DAWN OF THE RUINED CITY

Rust!

We will stop the ones on the right, you deal with the ones on the left!

Got it!

Let's do this!

Y-Yessir!

Magic Edge!

Marsh Daggers' main selling point is its toughness.

But instead of the usual upgrade,

I had Beelach evolve them

VITALITY (DURABILITY) to improve on their vitality.

VITALITY (DURABILITY)

They are now a pair of one-handed swords just as powerful as those wielded by a hero.

Here we go, Ducusram!

UNBROKEN LIGHTDANCE Unbroken Lightdance!

They're not just tough, they can also negate the durability loss after a critical hit.

With this thing, I can endure long battles!

Well, with you as my opponent...

...I doubt it will...

....take that much time!

Still, something feels weird.

Isn't this a little too easy for a boss fight in a Unique Scenario?

Or maybe...

There's a stronger boss waiting to make their entrance?

It's possible.

But you can say it's our party size that makes this fishman horde manageable.

Maybe this is just how it is when you don't solo it.

You damned monster!

I will avenge my dad!

Stude?

Huh? Why are you here?

Didn't you say you will leave the fighting to us?

I can fight too, you know!

Huh? What are you saying?

He's ignoring us and running straight to Stude?!

So that's what this is!

This is not a simple subjugation mission!

This is an escort mission! Protect Stude!

An escort mission?!

And we must protect Stude?

This is not just a horde battle!

I won't make it!

PSYGER-0

PSYGER-0 My stats debuff doesn't make things easy,

PSYGER-0 but with this equipment set,

I should be able to fight well enough!

What? Is that...

Who?

Rei, is that you?

I thought we were dealing with a new monster for a moment.

You saved us, Rei!

Babysit Stude for us!

B-Babysit?!

I said I'm fighting with yo—

I'm on it!

Emul! Mordo! Rust!

The enemy's fully focused on Stude!

Stay focused!

- Yes! - Got it!

Roger!

If this is an escort mission,

we can't afford to waste our time!

Let's put an end to this right away!

I'm sorry!

We're late! We will join the fight here now!

That sensation just now...

It felt like the time just stopped for a moment.

A lag?

It's like that moment of jitter you get when a game's loading a lot of data.

But I've never experienced a lag playing SLF so far.

Not even when I face that massive Overdress Golem.

Stude! You stay back for now!

The storm is getting fiercer!

Oh, crap! We're gonna fall!

We can't fight in this!

Yeah, all we can do is to hang on!

This is bad! This is bad!

A huge tentacle that could grab an island!

Mr. Sunraku, this is... This is...!

Ctarnidd!

What did you say?!

Ctarnidd of the Abyss...

We're still in the middle of a regular Unique Scenario!

So why are we seeing a Unique Monster already?!

Are we fighting it like this?

You're kidding me! This scenario goes straight to EX?!

Wait, wait! Don't there usually be a warning for this before we start?!

EX UNIQUE SCENARIO BEHOLD THE ABYSS ABOVE,

AS THE WORLD TURNS ON ITS HEAD - BEGINS

Don't...

Don't tell us after the fact, you bastard!

SHANGRI-LA FRONTIER 2ND SEASON

SHANGRI-LA FRONTIER 2ND SEASON

The seabed...

Huh?

A forced knock-out? That's rare.

What's going on?

Hey, Emul! Everyone, where are you?!

No enemies, no party members, not even Ctarnidd.

This ain't about escorting Stude any longer.

This is bad. I never saw this coming.

Who would've thought this would lead directly to a likely lethal EX scenario?

It was a bad idea to bring Emul along.

Besides, where the hell am I?

Did I get dragged into a seabed cave or somethi—

No, if anything, this is...

A seabed city.

THE ABYSSAL CAPITAL RULUIATH

What's going on here?

For now...

EX UNIQUE SCENARIO I get to meet the "Master of the Abyss"

BEHOLD THE ABYSS ABOVE, earlier than expected.

BEHOLD THE ABYSS ABOVE, That's fine and all.

AS THE WORLD TURNS ON IT'S HEAD - BEGINS It was kind of a rough invitation,

AS THE WORLD TURNS ON IT'S HEAD - BEGINS but I'll let it slide.

But...

Ctarnidd of the Abyss.

What a heck of a monster the devs created for us.

They want us to go toe-to-toe with that thing?!

Heh, now that's fun.

Seven Colossi!

But before that, I gotta find the others.

Where are you, Emul?!

That voice just now... There's someone nearby.

But who?

DEEP ABYSS MORAY

Are these the zombie fishmen from before?

Now they're just items.

Can I put them into my Inventoria?

Oh, I can.

Not really sure why, but for now...

I'd like some info on this seabed city.

A city covered in a light shade of blue.

And a castle in the center of it.

If Ctarnidd's around, it's gotta be there.

And this EX Unique Scenario started in the middle of battle.

"Behold the abyss above, as the world turns on its head."

That lag-like thing occurred right before this scenario began.

It occurred the moment Akitsuakane hopped over to the ghost ship.

The requirements were Stude being alive,

and all party members boarding the ghost ship Crying Innsman...

I suppose?

UNIQUE CONDITION - ABYSSAL TIME What's this? A countdown?

Unique Condition...

If I remember correctly, the Guiding Torch I got from fighting Lycagon

was also a Unique Condition.

If this is part of an EX Unique Scenario's special gimmick,

then Wethermon's level restriction could also be that.

This time it's a ticking clock.

In other words, the "Master of the Abyss" invited me here,

and told me I have 170 hours or seven days

to conquer this seabed city, the lair of Ctarnidd of the Abyss.

I don't know if that's a lot of time or not,

but if I have seven days for this, they should allow me to log out.

Is there a safe zone or a place I can respawn at?

All the houses have been boarded up.

And from the outside, nonetheless.

Were they keeping the residents from going outside?

I have a bad feeling about this.

I should hurry up and meet up with the rest.

Especially with NPCs like Emul.

Once they get beaten, there's no taking that back.

Hey!

Anybody here?!

Emul!

In the end, without any info,

all I can do is explore while looking for my party members.

Emul!

Was that a person?

A monster?

Rei?

No.

Is that a tail? So it is a monster?

Huh?

A-A school of fish?!

They even show up here?!

What's up with this horde?! There are too many of them!

And they got better equipment than the ones on the ghost ship!

Mirror of Fading!

Have fun with my afterimage!

Damn it, it didn't work!

With their number, it won't distract them for long.

But they seem dumb.

None of them left the crowd to try cutting me off.

You guys won't have any luck capturing me like that!

Shana-oh Possession!

Gravity Zero Lv.1!

Activate!

Without the brain to do things other than charging ahead,

they're bound to be stuck to the wall like a clump.

They'd make some big fish sticks. Rotten ones, that is.

Still, where are there so many of them?

They remind me of that.

COSMO BUSTER

COSMO BUSTER A VR game with the sales pitch;

"Experience an overwhelming despair with your whole body," Cosmo Buster.

The stage 5 was particularly awful.

To help the federation ally forces retreat,

the player was forced to face the military all by themselves.

After many trials and errors, the solution I found was...

...to use a bug to sprint up a wall and keep running away.

Sometimes not fighting is the right answer.

I sure learned that the hard way.

Memory is experience and experience is power, as they say.

When were you there?!

There are some up here, too?!

W-Wait, Birdian!

- I'm not one of them! - He talks?!

Is this the guy I saw running earlier?

Yeah, he does look different from those rotting brain-dead fish sticks down there.

Is he an event-related NPC?

That wound...

Are you being chased by those guys?

They actually climbed right up?!

A mob where nobody has free will is a scary thing.

Damn them!

Here.

I-Is this a healing potion?

Drink that and run!

We're out of here.

O-Okay.

I don't know who you are, but thank you!

Don't mind it!

I didn't expect to meet an NPC before other players.

But this is clearly an event flag.

And there's no way I'd let that go!

And I might get some information about this area from this guy.

Something that can lead me to find Emul and the others!

Your voice. You were the one who shouted earlier, weren't you?

What?

A word of advice; don't make much noise for no reason.

They mostly rely on their eyes and ears to seek out enemies.

If you aren't careful, they'll gang up like that!

Huh? Did I get you that wound, then?

Don't mind it. It was my mistake.

Anyway, I'd like to talk with you.

I'm Araba.

Araba!

I've never seen you before, but I'll return the favor.

But first, let's find somewhere safe.

Roger!

I'm Sunraku. Nice to meet you.

Also, I'm not a Birdian. I'm a regular human.

This is just a mask.

What? You go around like that?

You are featherless for one, yeah.

We lost the zombie fishmen for now.

Though, you're one of them, right? Why are they after you too?

"One of them," you say?

I am a proud Merman!

MERMAN - ARABA

MERMAN - ARABA Don't confuse me with those poor imitations.

It's like me comparing you to a wild bird!

Like I said, I'm not a "Birdian" or whatever.

SAVE ZONE

YOU MAY UPDATE YOUR RESPAWN POINT Seems like any building we can gain access to

OR LOG OUT HERE can serve as a Save Zone

as long as we've fully fled from the enemy.

Well, I'm gonna be exploring this large city for seven days.

It'd be bad if I can't do that much.

Save complete.

Well, I got a lot I wanna ask you.

Right, let's start with this city—

- Wait. - Huh?

I hear a song.

Oh, no! It's the mermaids!

Mermaids?

Hey, those mermaids are flying in the sky!

Let's go check them out real quick.

What are you saying?!

They got us by surprise! We have to leave here now—

Araba?

The human-like top... is a trap...!

To get their target lower their guard!

It's a disguise!

Once they find you, they sing...

Hey! Are you okay?

This song inflicts debuff. Are they monsters?

Still, this Araba guy looks tough, but he's been getting his ass kicked.

If we're against debuffers, then me and my Contusion gotta deal with them.

MERMESIS BERGGREN

I see.

Those attractive looks.

If I didn't know anything, I might assume you're NPCs and lower my guard.

Let me warn you...

Man or woman, no matter how good they look,

I won't hesitate to kill anyone who gets in my way.

Your debuff won't work on me either.

And flying in the air...

...ain't gonna be an advantage against me at all!

Gravity Zero! Shana-oh Possession!

Yeah!

A redo slash with Fleet Float!

You let your guard down,

DAMAGE -50 thinking you dodged me!

Ouch!

I took more damage than I expected.

There's more chance of accidents in air battles.

Let's heal just in case.

STAMINA NOT RECOVERED

HUH? STAMINA NOT RECOVERED

FOOL

FOOL Damn it, I forgot!

FOOL My Fool Arcanum makes healing items

have a chance of failing at me!

Oh well, I'll go on without healing!

Huh? Araba?!

Bring it on, you damn fish!

If you wish to have these teeth rip you apart, that is!

In the end, they're just fish!

You fight pretty wild, huh? You ain't so bad after all.

And the way you went airborne. You are a Birdian, aren't you?

Just give it up already!

To tell the truth,

ARM (WEAPON) I lost my arm somewhere in this city.

ARM (WEAPON) What you just saw

was my secret last resort, so to speak.

Did you see a sword around this size in your travels?

It's a fine piece forged by a master dwarven craftsman.

No, I didn't.

I see...

I got chased by that fishman horde the moment I came to this seabed city, after all.

Seabed city?

Hmm?

I see. If you've only just arrived, you wouldn't know.

Huh?

What you see above us isn't a stone ceiling.

It's the bottom of the sea.

Huh?

And below us.

Below this is the sea surface, and below that is the sky.

Hang on... I'm not following you.

The above is the bottom, and the below is the sea surface?

Here in the Abyssal Capital Ruluiath...

The entire city is teeming with the "Turning" power of the Master of the Abyss.

Huh...

We call it...

The "turned over" city.