Right here’s one thing to contemplate: what is definitely required of the gamers which might be enjoying this sport?

Yo go across the maps. You slash and kill all the things that comes as much as you and needs to kill you. You achieve EXP factors. Yay! Nice! You degree up because of this…… It could appear actually easy, virtually like your typical Hack’N’Slash video games, however there’s something extra right here…… It’s thriller. No, not fairly thriller. There’s a higher phrase for it: it might be ‘unknown’.

Allow us to take a sure state of affairs for instance right here: we have now a suspension bridge. This suspension bridge shouldn’t be within the best situation, because the ropes tying all of it collectively are worn out and snapped in varied locations, and the planks making the foothold are damaged and moldy, with a few of the planks hanging ominously on the ropes or downright lacking. Now, even with out pondering too onerous about it, it doesn’t take a genius to determine that in case you occur to dash by means of the bridge you’ll find yourself lifeless very quickly, falling to the valley under you. If you wish to safely arrive on the opposite facet it’s good to examine the ropes to see if they’ll maintain the development collectively and see if the planks gained’t simply break below your weight or that you simply gained’t slip off from them.

This here’s a ‘consideration’ that must be utilized. You’ll want to strategy conditions like this such as you would strategy the jigsaw puzzle. Certain, you’ll be able to guess what the image is even with a few of the items nonetheless lacking, however you gained’t get the complete image that approach and a few essential info might be omitted.

In that case, what’s the important theme of this Distinctive State of affairs EX: ‘Gazing on the Abyss, and the World Turns Round?’

「Don’t you suppose one thing is certain to occur as soon as we enter the fortress?」

「…… It will be sensible, to imagine that.」

The inside of the fortress seemed like your typical fortress from varied different video games on the market. The one exception right here was the truth that it was all blue…… and calling it ‘typical’ was possibly not all that correct, but it surely certainly seemed identical to you’d anticipate a fortress to appear like on the within. Immiedietaly after getting into we have been all cautious for traps or guards coming our approach, however a couple of minutes have handed and the enemies have been but to be seen. Additionally, no alarm has been risen thus far.

「Might or not it’s that there’s one other dungeon inside this place? And that is merely the doorway?」

「Sanraku-san! Now we have discovered a staircase! It goes each down and up!」

Oh wow, simply what you’d anticipate from a shinobi assigned to do some reconnaissance up forward. However for now, as an alternative of doing something hasty, it might be finest for us all to contemplate our choices and deciding on a plan of action earlier than going wherever additional. Nevertheless, the core dilemma stays right here: backside or the highest of the steps? The place is Kutanid of the Abyss mendacity in look ahead to us?

With regards to frequent sense, it might be pure to suppose that it’s actually not possible to jam-pack an enormous octopus-like monster on high of a European-looking fortress. It will solely appear logical to suppose that the one place of hiding appropriate for a monster like that will be underground. Then once more, we have now to do not forget that Kutanid shouldn’t be a traditional and easy monster, like another. Its not even regular so far as Distinctive Monsters are involved. It’s extra like a cheat monster. So it could be completely potential that it’s ready for us proper on the high of the fortress because of some type of a cheat-like means.

「In the meanwhile, let’s examine all of the rooms on this flooring earlier than continuing upwards or downwards.」

「Need us to, break up up?」

It was at all times sensible to hearken to Rust’s phrases, and after some deliberation we have now arrived on the following conclusion: it’s extremely unlikely that some drastic change goes to happen so long as all of us stay on this flooring, so so long as nobody makes use of the steps to go both up or down we must always break up as much as cowl extra floor right here. That approach we must always examine the bottom flooring of the fortress very quickly. I’ve an odd feeling that upon getting into this fortress the kind of the sport that we play right here has drastically modified. It feels as if each single motion proper about now will probably be like rolling a cube. However oh effectively, that is Distinctive State of affairs EX we’re speaking about right here. Distinctive State of affairs Ex’s dungeon, Distinctive State of affairs EX’s guidelines.

「It is necessary that we search each nook and cranny in right here. There could also be some clues because the Kutanid itself hidden someplace in right here.」

「Have a look at that! The candles are all blue in right here as effectively!」

「Hmm, it appears as if that is nothing extra however a taste for this complete location.」

I imply, if there was actually one thing of significance in right here, that will be one thing that will stand out, proper? Like an merchandise or one thing else like that. Nevertheless, from expertise I can inform that in RPGs the position of things and key gadgets may be random at finest, as crucial or highly effective gadgets or tools would typically be hidden away in locations that you’d by no means even suppose to search for them. I assume regardless that we’re within the VR period of gaming, some issues by no means change, huh? That’s the reason I consider that ShanFro wouldn’t presumably take a shortcut like that and place the all-important gadgets on the mere entrance to the dungeon. That may be too straightforward.

「Now then…… Plainly our expensive octopus needs us to go on a seek for it. The query is: up or down? The place ought to we glance first?」

After all, being a crew it was forged to a vote. And identical to that, nearly all of the crew determined that we must always first go all the way down to the basement, and ultimately work our approach up flooring by flooring. We then moved in the direction of the staircase that Akitsu Akane had found……

Yup, and right here we go along with a SAN examine proper from the get go. After we opened the door resulting in a spacious chamber, there was an enormous octopus-like creature ready for us there, trying about able to do battle.

「Eh, wait only a second! Say what!? A battle proper from the get-go!?」

No, no, no! If you’ll arrange such a grand stage and place such grand door in right here, then the least you are able to do is to permit us to correctly take pleasure in it, take all of it in! And it may be simply my creativeness, however is that an evil aura pouring from the chambers which might be additional forward? Would you be so sort as to provide us a save level right here? That is completely like all these messages within the outdated RPGs, those telling you that you must save your sport proper about now, since you will be unable to try this later.