Shangri-La Frontier (2023) s01e16 Episode Script

1
How about the three of us
beat the Unique Monster
Wethermon the Tombguard together?
What?! Unique Monster?!
Yes.
Just a guess, but I'm pretty sure
he's a "special condition" type.
Things I can think of are
"obtaining or breaking a certain object,"
"surviving for a certain amount of time,"
or "surviving a certain attack."
For a rarer type, there's also
"via persuasion in battle."
Do we have any clues?
After testing a few things out,
it is likely a time-based type.
As time passes, Wethermon the Tombguard
goes through various battle phases.
To start things off,
for his first phase
you have to survive for ten minutes.
I won't let your memories
be a sad one.
Please
give him, Wethermon,
his permanent rest.
(All Emotions in the Moment (Part 2))
Eh?
What's this?
Rebirth Tearjewel!
It's a resurrection item.
It can resurrect an incapacitated
player to full HP
as long as it's used within ten seconds
of their death.
This game has one of those?
This is some god-tier item!
I went to various towns and bought
all twelve for sale this morning.
Use them well.
One of these cost four million mahni.
Four million?!
We each carry four of them.
And also these Divine Lifesalves
which resurrect you with half HP.
We'll each carry five of them.
That's the maximum number
of additional lives we can have.
We will challenge Wethermon
with 27 resurrection items.
Got it.
For the most part, Sunraku-kun
will take on Wethermon's attacks.
When you're down, either Katzo-kun or
I will resurrect you and taunt the enemy.
And he'll do the same when
either one of us gets taken down, right?
Yes.
Our goal is to survive fighting
Wethermon for as long as possible.
This is the only way.
I call this
the zombie tactic!
Wind Slash!
Katzo-kun!
On it!
Take this!
(Sunraku)
I'm in till you're ready!
Fill me in, Sunraku!
He's unbeatable,
so dodge with all you got!
Well, that's easy to grasp!
You survived for
two minutes and five seconds.
That's the longest anyone has reached
on their first try.
Well done.
So, what do you think of him?
Unless you got a real good plan,
as much as I hate to say it,
he's not a guy you could beat.
Wethermon the Tombguard.
Gotta hand it to him.
He really is part of the Seven Colossi
like Lycagon.
Wind Slash!
I've invested a hell of a lot of money
into this "real good plan,"
so I hope you do your part.
To think that a single respawn
cost four million mahni
(Empire Bee Twinblades
Marsh Daggers (V3)
Moonblade (Waxing))
(Empire Bee Twinblades
Category: Twinblade
Durability: ■■■■□□□□
Attribute: Corrosive Poison
Multiplier: x1.15)
My weapon's durability is already less than
half from just two minutes of fighting!
I've gotta use something
with more durability.
I'll go with this weapon that's got
more durability after reforging!
Marsh Dagger V3!
Resurrection items, weapons,
this fight with Wethermon
is a war of endurance!
Tagging in, Katzo!
Okay! I'll hold him off again
when you die!
Got it!
Nothing can hurt you, eh?
Thunderclap!
The hell you will!
Skate Foot!
That was close!
Thunderclap's lightning lasts for
five seconds and will one-shot you.
Five whole seconds?!
Okay, I think I got it!
Even up close, if I use Skate Foot and run
full speed, I can just barely dodge them!
Nimbus Fist!
I don't "get" that one
(Sunraku)
Switch!
Wind Slash!
Switch!
Thunderclap!
This is impossible!
I can't dodge them!
Just staying alive
for thirty seconds is a miracle!
That's already impressive enough, actually.
We still have about
half our resurrection items.
Well done.
Also, you've been messing
with those scales.
What are those?
Just some prep work.
But I think I'll use them soon.
He stopped?
Ten minutes.
Finally, eh?
Ten minutes has passed.
We're entering the second phase.
E
Export.
Summon Call.
Tactical Mount.
Kirin!
Katzo-kun!
Roger that! I'm on it!
Respawning duty's over for me now.
Just as what I was told.
Once ten minutes passed,
Wethermon will summon
a horse-shaped mech named Kirin!
Huh?
Wha
I was told it's a horse,
but it's two levels above
what I expected
This is
a dump truck with legs!
(Tactical Mount
Kirin)
The second phase.
Just like the first phase,
we need to survive for ten minutes,
but also while preventing the summoned
Kirin from merging with Wethermon.
Katzo-kun, I'm counting on you
to deal with the Kirin!
If we leave that thing be,
it'll start firing missiles and lasers.
On top of that, if it gets to
merge with Wethermon,
no strategy can help us
deal with them!
They'll just trample all over us
and beat us effortlessly!
The only way to deal
with it is to jump on it
and continuously trigger
its buck-off animation!
Easier said than done!
How am I supposed to
rodeo with this thing?!
Didn't you play a ton of that
fighting game called Cavalry Crisis?
Show me some riding skills!
Calvary Crisis?! What's that?!
I've never heard a trash game
with that name!
Shut up! Just focus on fighting him!
Got it!
Cav is not a trash game!
In fact, it's a god-tier one!
And moreover,
it's more of a fighting game!
Well, what now?
In SLF, it's not rare
for its intricate world
and setting to indicate
clues to the right strategy.
As such, since Kirin is a machine,
it needs to be maintained!
Found it!
A field maintenance ladder!
Bingo!
Whop!
Any horse needs a brindle, doesn't it?
Skill.
Whip Puppet: Snake!
Never thought I'd use
my Archaeologist sub-job
in this manner!
I'm Japan's number threeCavalry Crisis player!
Let me show you my techniques,
you bucking bronco!
W-Wait, hold up!
Sunraku-kun and Katzo-kun
are holding our enemies back,
but, at this rate, we will run out
of resurrection items before time is up.
Now is the time to use it.
The Reward Scales!
The Golden Scales is a group run by NPCs.
They own several of the rarest
kind of item found in the game,
the "Unique" items.
The Reward Scales is one such item.
By placing an item in the
"offering dish" on the left,
you can receive assorted perks
from the "blessing dish" on the right
depending on the value
of the item placed.
I'm counting on you,
little scales.
I had to beg and plead
with the Golden Scales
to have them lend you to me.
Rebirth Tearjewels aren't
the only things I'm spending on.
I'm taking all my booty,
all the high-end items
I bought and traded for
a grand total of thirty million mahni's worth.
And I'm putting it
all on the scale!
(Offering Dish
30,002,310 mahni)
(Select Perk)
(Extra Status Points)
No no no no no no no no!
The centrifugal force
gonna throw me!
Dammit! I don't have
nearly enough stamina!
Even if I can see his attacks,
if I mismanage my stamina
for a second, I'm instantly dead!
The scales retain their balance.
They turn my value into numbers
and grant me an almighty power.
Although it's only temporary,
this lets me award
extra status points to people.
I get one point
for every 100,000 mahni.
My entire fortune
earns me a total of 300 points!
I'll start off by giving
each of you 50 points!
(Blessing Dish
Perk
Extra Status Point: 300)
Take it, you thieves!
Whoa!
Oops!
My stamina recovered?!
No
My stats went up!
Pencilgon's doing, eh?
I was wondering what
she was doing on that window.
She boosted my stamina and luck!
I get that I'm not dealing any damage
to you no matter where I attack.
But
Infight!
This isn't the first time
I've fought someone like you!
I've got a combat skill
that deals damage based
on luck and not strength!
That is
Wind
Hand of
Fortune!
Slash!
(Hand of Fortune)
A swordsman without their sword
is like curry rice without the curry!
Take that, you white rice bastard!
Get some dried plums
or radishes or something!
Skill.
Skate Foot!
Woohoo!
I got your sword!
Serves you right!
But whoa
This is huge! So heavy!
I guess I can't put this
into my inventory, huh.
But
stopping him from using his hyperspeed
slashes and lighting is a huge gain.
Now I just have to deal
with that Nimbus Fist attack.
But I can avoid it by going
behind Wethermon's back.
Now I know that,
I can easily dodge it.
Good job!
Sure, my stats are boosted and all
But that ain't enough
to stop this thing!
Katzo-kun!
There are still four more minutes
until the end of Phase Two!
Stick on that thing
like your life depends on it!
It'll keep doing that animation
as long as you're on it!
I know that
stick?
Ah
Aaaah
I got a great idea!
A great idea?
What's that
Tidal Rush.
That was close!
I did managed to dodge it,
but he was so close to grabbing me!
If he had, I bet that would
have instantly killed me.
But man, they even gave him moves
for when he loses his sword.
This is a bad position!
Pencilgon!
I was so focused on dodging him,
I evaded in the wrong direction!
He went for Pencilgon!
Tidal Ru
Where are you looking at?!
Your sword is over here!
You can still grab me
from that direction?!
Tidal Rush!
(Sunraku)
Sunraku-kun!
Nimbus Fist!
Nimbus Fist's safe spot
It's right behind Wethermon's back!
Seven
Eight!
Back to square one!
Wethermon!
Wind
Slash!
Sunraku-kun!
If you die even once now,
it could potentially doom us all!
If he had used anything other than
Nimbus Fist, it could've wiped us out!
My bad!
At least I know all his animations
when he's got his sword!
This is better!
Well, that's good to hear!
Katzo-kun?!
L-Look! Look at me!
N-now I won't get thrown off.
That's
your "good" idea?
Oh, well.
Suit yourself.
What happened over there?!
It might wreck your concentration,
so keep your eyes away.
Got it!
B-but all the shaking is starting
to take away my HP and stuff.
I'm built to take damage,
but I may be in trouble
if this keeps dragging on!
It's okay.
Huh?
Doesn't seem like
we defeated him just yet.
Yeah.
You two, prepare yourselves.
Even back when Ashura Kai
had a decent crew,
I've only gotten this far once.
Which means
The second phase is over.
Now's the real deal.
The third phase.
The last time I got to this point,
Ashura Kai was wiped out at the start.
When Wethermon the Tombguard's
armor starts to crack
he let out a scream, followed by an
area-wide shockwave that wiped us all out.
It killed us in one hit even when
we had all the defensive buffs.
Doesn't sound like there's
anything we can do about that.
But you look like
you've got some secret plan.
Well, we'll see about that.
If this doesn't work out,
you've gotta figure out
how to evade it yourself.
In SLF, the game world's
often the key to beating challenges.
I always thought that
Wethermon was a cyborg
who's got a mechanized body
with tech from the Divinity era.
But
So he called Wethermon the Tombguard,
a "death defier" and a "walking corpse," huh.
That info gave me
a look behind the curtain.
He's an undead monster!
And you deal with the undead
with holy water!
And that's not just any holy water!
That's a holy water made with care
by the Saint of Love, Eristella!
The best anti-undead potion you can get!
SLF Theater!
Mini!
A trash game hunter is an early bird.
My destination today is the countryside.
So I need to get on an early train.
Mr. Sunraku watches the scenery
pass by from the window
inside the train heading
west with his sharp eyes.
I got info that
a certain shop is selling
an unopened limited editionMoody Music Adventure.
(What is Moody Music Adventure?)
VR games nowadays goes
without sound, or rather,
a majority of them have no BGM.
But there are several games
made during the early days
that come with BGM
like you'd find on a TV game.
But they're usually too loud,
so many would
just lower the volume
or mute them all together.
But for whatever reason, despite
this game being a combination
of rhythm game and action RPG,
it has godawful sound balance.
So it's just a trash rhythm game
with stupidly loud BGM.
And from the limited edition,
you get the headphones the MC uses.
Well, that's fine and all,
but just putting on the same headphones
that play absurdly loud music into your head
like in the game in real life is sure
to bring back some trauma, so
Like a bonfire getting more wood to burn,
he lets out a barrage of words,
which carries not only a hint of a grudge
but also an emotion akin
to that of happiness.
After taking a quick lunch
at the town's station,
he arrives at the shop in question.
However, he's far from relaxed.
Look.
It's a folding chair.
It's still warm.
Did someone get here
before the first train?
This is a trace of an extraordinary
trash game hunter.
As he touchs the
still-warm folding chair,
Mr. Sunraku carefully
observes his surroundings.
They didn't say they had two
unopened limited edition copies.
Which means
I've got to dash into the store
as soon as it opens to win.
Trash Game.
They're what you'd call
the shadows of video game industry.
As Mr. Sunraku starts a thorough stretch,
he calmly looks into the future.
At times, even a brethren is his enemy.
However, there is also
a smile on his face.
So how did it go?
Did you fight for it?
Nope.
The guy was after
a completely unrelated thing.
So there weren't any other
extraordinary trash game hunter out there.
The heck is "extraordinary
trash game hunter" anyway?
Don't ask me.