「What’s that? You wish to eat some yakiniku? Is that it?」

「Akitsu Akane, now you get a grip!」

For some weird cause I used to be additionally feeling like I wished to snicker. However the second I’ve seen the change present process in Kutanid, I knew that it was not the explanation for why I used to be laughing…… It was as a result of all of the individuals round me had been operating round with panic of their eyes, performing like headless chickens. I screamed at everybody whereas readying my weapon and taking a battle stance:

「Everybody! Prepared your weapons and brace yourselves! Eyes behind your head!」

If you happen to had been to match that occasion that was taking place proper earlier than our very eyes to one thing, seeing how Kutanid’s flesh was being sucked suck into itself after which increasing like that, there was just one factor that was coming to thoughts. A terror from deep house, an occurance that that swallows up stars and planets and even devours gentle…… a black gap. After the shrinking and compressing was lastly carried out, what was left was the Kutanid black gap with dozens of magic circles beginning to seem throughout it.

And whereas I’m no magic customers and not at all I’m conversant in how magic and magic circles specifically are purported to work, the best way wherein they had been presently glowing and their symbols had been surprisingly acquainted to me. To be extra actual, it appeared similar to that one specific magic means that small and vaunerable creatures like Vorpal Bunnies or Cait Seith possessed……

「STRUGGLE IS THE ESSENCE OF LIFE, LIFE IS LIKE THE CONSTANT GOING AGAINST THE CURRENT.」

It appears to be like like Kutanid managed to get his very personal model of ability “Random Encounter”. However with this, I don’t suppose that there was something “Random” to it and it has nothing to do with “ennounter” of any kinds. Oh, and as a substitute of 1, there have been like thirty magic circles that had been activating proper about now.

How can I even describe this? In a nutshell, that is hell. Actually each monster attainable from the underwater metropolis was now current in right here.

「This appears like a mix of horror sport with a searching sport and zombie apocalypse sport!」

「We’re gonna die! We’re gonna die! We’re gonna die! We’re all going to die!」

「Cease your bitching, you’re a Vorpal Bunny for fuck’s sake! Now let’s give attention to that incoming monster practice!」

As I mentioned that, the hoard of the rotten fish-people and large fish began to run in our path, inflicting us to begin to run away for our lives.

There’s something within the gaming terminology as “Monster Home”. It’s a sort of lure that’s widespread in dungeon exploration and it describes a scenario when a mass of monsters flood the chamber and you can’t exit the chamber except you clear the whole mass of monsters first. There are numerous varieties of Monster homes, with the 2 hottest varieties being a swarm of decrease stage monsters and some highly effective monsters whose ranges even exceed the quantity that the gamers could have. Plainly Kutanid is benefiting from each of these varieties.

For comfort’s sake let’s name that means “True Random Encounter” for now. It was a capability that employed magic with the intention to fill within the Coliseum with an enormous numbers of monsters. Thus our present predicament the place we might face off in opposition to the literal zombie fish horde. Identical to in some low-cost horror film.

「…… What the hell is that?」

「Appears like a “Summon Associates” command to me!」

「…… Alright! Mildew, you deal with help!」

「On it!」

I’m really glad that there’s not less than one fellow gamer right here who can perceive my practice of ideas. Then I take a look at Akitsu Akane, who appeared helluva confused. “Kutanid has pals?” that’s what his present expression was prefer to me. You gotta admire the truth that he might be severely oblivious like that every day.

「Rei! I’ll attempt to focus the aggro of this huge factor onto myself! You deal with the entire small fries!」

Eager about a which means behind Kutanid’s actions, calling your mates for assist to battle is one thing solely a wounded monster would do. It’s not that unusual for boss monsters to have the ability to do this as properly, however not in such portions and solely to devour them indiscreetly.

If that’s the case, these monsters usually are not easy mobs, however the “blood”, “bones” and “flesh” that Kutanid was speaking about. So apparently Kutanid’s dialogue items had been a part of the larger sport lore, in addition to hints in the direction of the following gimmick of the shape that was coming.

Good factor that Kutanid’s strains had been written in a contemporary language, albeit needlessly esotheric and convoluted. If we analyze it for a while, we’re going to discover the reply finally. It mentioned it had no blood so it wished blood. And with delusions turning into info, fantasies start to collect and switch actual by the technique of digital actuality.

What’s essential right here will not be the general which means, however the particular phrases which can be showing. “Delusion”, “fantasy”, “digital”, “creativeness”…… If we give it some thought by way of the battle to this point, it could be attainable to imagine that this octopus would have 5 kinds in whole. So the present kind ought to be the “digital” one.

「Emul, I’ll attempt to get the incoming monsters to go after me. You then assault them. If attainable, attempt to eliminate as many as you presumably can whilst you’re at it.」

「R-Proper.」

Ask for flesh and blood, and flesh and blood you shall obtain, apparently. To not point out that the ultimate kind was likely on its approach right here. Possibly now could be the time to star becoming in all of the items of the puzzle. Kutanid has given us sufficient hints as it’s.

「PROCEED WITH AN UNWEAVERING HEART, AND THERE WILL BE NO HEIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT REACH.」

Battle with out giving up. With out giving it every little thing you’ve got you received’t have the ability to beat Kutanid. That’s the solely technique to take down issues that keep excessive within the sky, approach out of attain. Or possibly eliminating the tentacles would do the trick? In getting it all the way down to the bottom, I imply?

「BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, AND YOUR RESOLVE SHALL NOT SHAKE EVEN IN THE FACE OF MOST POWERFUL OF ADVERSITIES.」

Eight chalices, eight lights and eight powers related to them. It doesn’t matter what sort of energy it was, none of it was affecting Kutanid itself. And it doesn’t matter what we had been doing or what was taking place, Kutanid saved on preventing till off of its chalices had been lastly damaged.

But when so, what does the earlier phrases of Kutanid even imply? Wrestle is the essence of life, life is a continuing going in opposition to the present?

If you would like battle then we’re struggling in opposition to a present alright. In opposition to a present of monsters, that’s! Though our present actions wouldn’t precisely match the definition of going in opposition to the present, however a lot reasonably attempting to run away from the present.

Eager about it calmly, it turns into obvious that Kutanid didn’t rework right into a literal black gap. It was one thing that was extra resembling an opened mouth. May it’s that it determined to ask for a meals supply on the final attainable second?

「Then everyone knows what it’s that we should do.」

Cut back the quantity of smaller monsters that go into that factor’s mouth, with the intention to stop it from turning into full. Apparently this kind is all about us having the ability to scale back the ability and HP potential of the shape that comes after that.