01x11 - The Glimmer of Truth

[bunniefuu]

There are countless number

of video games in this world.

However, most of them

gets buried under many others.

Standing atop of those many titles

is this Full-Dive VR game that has

over thirty million players worldwide.

The game that earned

the reputation of being a god-tier game,

Shangri-La Frontier.

The boy who loves trash game,

Rakuro Hizutome

challenges the god-tier game,

Shangri-La Frontier!

What kind of adventure

awaits him in his path?

I throw away my defense

and put on my bird mask headgear

I'm a hustler

My point only goes to my luck stats

Parry parry

now this is my style

playing broken games all night

who's that knight?

Broken game is sickness

toxic scattered, now I'm a patient

My heart is beating almost twice as fast

The chaos wither get it bite that bug

Terrible gimmick

new game a.k.a suicide??

I don't give a damn

(Do it, Do it)

No, not yet NO it's not enough

(Do it, Do it) NO it's not enough

I still can go

Everyone looks dirty to me

Everything looks broken to me

we can go, we can go

to that mountain top, not afraid to drop

this world is going to be mine duh

How about the three of us

beat the Unique Monster,

Wethermon the Tombguard together?

Actually, in two weeks

I'm gonna be fighting this

"Wethermon the Tombguard" guy.

So while I'm at that, I'm thinking

of having you out of the party

What's the matter?

Did you say Wethermon?!!!

What?

I'll go tell Dad right away!

(Shining True)

Emul told me the news.

But I wanna hear it

straight from yer mouth.

Is it true that you're going

to pick a fight with that death defier?

Death defier?

Is he talking about Wethermon?

What does that mean?

But more importantly

This sudden event has to be important.

To role-play in adherence

to this world and it's characters

That's the best tactic

I know in this situation.

Stay calm.

If I do this right, I might get some

valuable info about Wethermon.

I know I can do this.

I beat THAT Failia, after all.

I must persuade Vash.

The keyword is "Vorpal Soul."

Y'know as much, don't ya?

Just how weak ya still are!

True

I'm not taking this on because

I'm sure I can win Aniki.

What?

I will only be playing support.

My friend is taking the leading role.

Aniki, are you aware of what situation

Wethermon the Tombguard is in right now?

No I haven't met him

for quite some time ago.

According to my friends,

a group of PK'ers

Ah, excuse me.

A squad of m*rder*r is using him

as a tool for their selfish benefit.

Since just by encountering him,

they can rack up tons of EXPs.

The one who proposed this plan

is a defector of said group.

But she wants to defeat Wethermon

the Tombguard once and for all.

And she's taking any measure needed.

No matter how much

measures you got,

if you ain't got no chance,

it's just suicide.

I don't recall teachin' you that Vorpal Soul

is bout going on a death mission.

Neither me nor anyone else involved

intended to lose from the start!

Me and my colleagues simply wants to

support this person's will to win against him.

We only have one chance.

Whatever the result, that'll be all.

What could you call coming to her aid

besides upholding my honor?

I know I'm still a mere upstart,

but I ask for two weeks.

That's all I will need.

Two weeks to take

this inexperience fool

and turn him into a worthy

challenger against a strong foe.

Honor, eh?

That man is a clumsy sort.

Is he talking about Wethermon?

He's overly serious,

not knowing when to stop.

He lost his wife over an insipid lie

and because of that,

he's cursed with an undying body.

He's now just a walking corpse,

left with nothing to end himself.

So

Somebody needs to put whip him

and put him to sleep.

I swore not to lay a paw

on him myself

But if ya insist that much,

I won't stop you.

B'sides, I've also got

my lovely daughter insisting.

Follow me.

How bout I lend ya

a little bit of my help?

A blacksmith forge?

Anyway, the event's rolling along now!

Woohoo! Good job, me!

Hey, Bilac!

You in?

Huh? Whatcha need, Boss?

Rare to see you here.

(Bilac)

This doesn't happen everyday.

Bee-neechan!

Hey, Emul!

Now comes another one

of Emul's siblings

Is all the rabbit in Rabituza

Vash's children?

That can't be

Hmm?

You the guy Boss and Emul told me about?

Hello.

He's Sunraku-san.

I see. Your eyes remind me of Evelle.

Evelle?

Another rabbit?!

Enough with the names, man!

Yeah. Without further ado,

show me your Vorpal weapons.

Huh?

Oh!

Seems like you got accepted

by your weapons nicely.

These blades got a nice look on them.

They oughta work fine.

Huh

Bilac, I'm gonna ascend these.

Ascend? What?

It's "ascend" as in "ascension."

(Ascend)

Really?

You're taking the hammer yourself?!

If yer gonna take on that death defier,

I can't just sit here

and do anything bout it.

Just hang on a sec!

I'll fire up the forge right away!

Do ya have any good material on you?

Like, something ya picked up after

a tough battle, or somethin'?

Hm? Tough battle?

If it's one that I struggle the most,

that'd be Lycagon

Though it was more of

a losing battle than anything.

And I already sold

the Mud Digger's materials.

I wouldn't call getting it was "tough,"

but I do have something

from a strong creature.

Lemme see it.

Oh?

A Quad Beetle Shell, eh?

It withstood a swarm

of Empire Bees for a long time.

I figure it'll work well as material.

Not bad.

Now, let's kick this off.

You're a lucky one, y'know that?

Our boss hasn't held a hammer

in a good few years.

Really? Um Bilac?

It hasn't been since he inherited

the role of "king" of Rabituza.

That's how I inherited his forge.

You didn't know, don't you,

Sunraku-san?

My dad Ahem.

Our boss is a blacksmith.

Blacksmith?

And he's no ordinary blacksmith.

His expertise in forging allows him

to call himself a "Master Craftsman."

And his know-how on Age of Divinity's

forgery makes him an "Ancient Craftsman."

And as a master of both,

he's a "Divine Craftsman."

The supreme blacksmith,

second to none.

That's our boss, all right.

Oh! He's starting, Sunraku-san!

What are those?

Magic circles?

They pop out with every strike,

then absorbed into the weapon!

Ascending involves reading the "memories"

and "experience" weapons earn in battle

remodeling them into

what they meant to be

In other words

It is a technique that ascend

weapons to their "true" form.

True form

Weapons with "Vorpal" in the name

remembers battles against strong foes.

He's taking their memories

of fighting in your hand

and the power of the strong foe

installed in the material you gave him

and mixes those two elements together

to change the weapons' very form.

Since you fought evenly

with Lycagon herself,

I can't wait to see what weapon

it will turn out.

In the dark night sky

The flame of the forge

Hm? He's singing something?

Sparks flies out

and consuming darkness.

The hammer dances,

the iron sings

With a ting and a clang,

and a ping and a ching.

You are a blade.

You are power.

Born from the earth,

fostering flame from burning trees

Forging the gold,

cooling it with water

The world spins,

but also freezes in place.

From gold to iron,

from iron to steel

From steel to blade,

from blade to sword

The sword shines in the bright sunrise

Reflecting the light,

and pierces the dark.

Sing, o world, to the dancing sword.

Good.

These Vorpal Choppers has

acquired their true form and name.

Those names

Moonblade Waxing

and Moonblade Waning!

A twin weapon?!

Two swords form one blade.

Only when paired together

will they show it's true value.

Still, haven't done a total

transformation in a while.

Oooh! Let's see!

For the Waxing one, when used

in a battle with a higher-level enemy

it decrease your HP

upon landing a critical,

but apply damage bonus

to your next attack.

And Waning refills your HP

under the same condition, huh

I see. So it's really a two-as-one set.

Oh? Fills up the fusion gauge

after landing several critical?

These weapons can fuse?!

Wooah! It's really, really amazing!

Hey! No copying me!

Let's equip these

and give them a try right away!

Huh? Insufficient stats?

W-Wait, calm down.

It's a simple math problem.

The total required stats is 150.

And my current total stats is 57

Since I get five points

for each time I level up

I can't equip these until I'm level 50?!

Well, that means you gotta hone yourself

till you can use 'em right.

Noooooo!

S-Sunraku-san?

Sunraku-san?

I wanna use 'em right now!!!

(Thirderma)

(The Serpent's Apple)

Um, right, so

(The Serpent's Apple)

Sorry. I'm late.

I do kinda feel bad about it, okay?

Do you have any last words to say?

You're over three hours late, man!

Don't expect us to forgive this so easily!

Actually, when I was working

on my own Unique stuff,

they brought up

Wethermon's name.

I figured it would be useful for us.

Okay. Spit it out,

and I'll forgive you.

Huh?! That easily?!

Still, you sure picked

a pretty cunning look, Katzo.

Or here should I say "OiKatzo"?

A play on oigatsuo soup base, eh?

(OiKatzo)I can't believe his taste in names

Since his real name

can spell out "katsuo,"

he always go with

fish-oriented names.

I don't want to hear that from

someone looking like you.

People ougtha to call 911

when they see your avatar.

Hmph, I bet you wouldn't know

how tough it was for me to get here.

This is place in the town's

least populated back alleys,

so you're safe here.

No wonder it was so hard to find.

Now then, let's get things moving.

Tell me what you've learned.

Okay.

I see.

So he called Wethermon the Tombguard

a "death defier" and a "walking corpse," huh.

So he's some kinda undead monster?

Yeah. Now that I think about it,

he was pretty stiff at the start.

I see.

I thought he was a cyborg-type.

But if he's an undead,

a few things start to make sense.

You think this info will help us?

I got somewhere else to go to now.

I might not be back until night.

Sure, but what we'll do for now?

For the meantime,

you guys can have these.

So go grinding in

Iron Ruins of the Divinity.

Grinding? Well, that's fine by me.

A map

and a fishing pole?

You will know once you get there.

I was wondering since you came

Sunraku-kun, do you really

meant to conceal her like that?

What are you saying?

This is the latest fashion trend.

Huh? What's this about?

It actually works on someone

I guess you won't think much

about it if you don't know about her?

Well, whatever.

See you guys again tonight!

Sure!

See ya!

All right! We should get going too!

Iron Ruins of the Divinity, right?

I'll search out a safe route through

the back alleys. Hang on a sec.

Aw, what a pain.

Do I have to go all stealth with you too?

Sunraku-san, Sunraku-san!

My ears are starting to ache!

Can I move just a little bit?

What?! Sunraku!

Your equipment just talked!

It just talked, didn't it?!

Aw, c'mon. I was waiting to see

when he'd finally notice.

Sorry

Is that the NPC

from the Unique I heard about?!

Let me take a closer look!

What are you doing?!

L-Let go of me!

Man, I wanna have one too!

A Unique Scenario!

Find one yourself.

Oh! Here we go!

We're finally at the entrance!

Man, how nice!

Unique is so nice!

That's all you've been saying!

Let's get going!

I wanna get up to level 50 ASAP!

Sure, sure.

Y'know, this is actually my first time

being in a party in SLF.

This also my first time

with an actual player.

Oh?

This place looks completely

different to everything else in the game.

Looks like fun.

Yeah! The Iron Ruins of the Divinity, huh.

(Iron Ruins of the Divinity)

I scream in envy so much it hurts

I cry that this is where it ends

It's going to change, I'll change it

I don't want to think

it's impossible anymore

The goal I set up is now

the starting line for me to run again

Hit me with that despair, it excites me

Telling me give it a go

I should be able to go as far as I want,

yet I mistake this to be my limit

Is getting an easy win

sometimes necessary?

It exhilarate me,

telling me to give it a go

I have a dream,

so even my complaints is not a joke

I scream in envy so much it hurts

I cry that this is where it ends

It's going to change, I'll change it,

I don't want to think

it's impossible anymore

I don't mind breaking if I can move on

I hate giving up even more

I'm going to make it come true,

make it a reality, I'm always serious

Make it so I'm only

a little away from obtaining it

Let me ace this even if it burns me

SLF Theater!

(#16 Sunraku's Theme Song)

Mini!

(#16 Sunraku's Theme Song)

(#16 Sunraku's Theme Song)

Sparks flies out

and consuming darkness.

The hammer dances,

the iron sings

With a ting and a clang,

and a ping and a ching.

You are a blade.

You are power.

So cool

Such a nice song.

Oh right, why don't you try showing up

while singing a theme song?

A theme song?

Coo, coo, coo.

Pigeon goes "coo" and "coo".

He wants some beans,

let's do this.

Who you callin' pigeon?!

But that suits you.

She's right.

Suits what?!

There.