This monster…… It was an octopus as nicely, so it felt like assembly Kutanid another time. It had a bald head…… or extra like a head-torso, surrounded by eight muscular and agile tentacles. It doesn’t look twisted or menacing in any respect, it’s simply…… It’s only a regular octopus, albeit a lot bigger.

The distinction between the 2 is that Kutanid was jet-black throughout, whereas this factor solely has black tentacle. Additionally, 4 of the eight tentacles of this monster are being chained to the bottom with thick chains. What’s up with that?

A machine warrior stylized after a samurai, a black wolf that solely assaults folks at nighttime, a golden dragon king (though that’s only a hypothesis)…… Compared to the entire above, this factor appeared reasonably…… regular. It was simply an outsized octopus. In comparison with that, even Weissash, a possible Distinctive Monster is extra advanced than this. I really feel that this factor is making an attempt to behave intimidating, nevertheless it was not doing all that nice of a job at it.

However regardless of how onerous I attempt, I can’t actually really feel even the slightest Kutanid vibe from this factor. Even Reaperorca from town held far more boss potential than this factor. Is it as a result of 4 of its tentacles have been now shackled to the bottom, just about unusable? At this price it appears to be like like we might have the ability to defeat this factor instantly…… So why?

「…… Hey, Emul? What’s your tackle this man?」

「I’d say that’s our alternative to strike!」

Proper, I see, I get it. However that’s a horrible thought.

「Everybody, hear up! For now we’re retreating. We have to revise our technique for now.」

Listening to me say that, Akitsu Akane, Emul, Sickle, Alva, Nereis and Straude checked out me as if I simply stated one thing loopy. With that one exception, all of them have been NPCs, think about that. They is probably not satisfied, however I used to be positive that Rust and Mildew felt it too…… That one thing in right here was actually not proper.

With the NPCs considerably dragging behind, we slowly exited the big chamber by the identical door we entered. I used to be Ensuring that nothing would bounce at us at any final second, and I used to be wanting on the unusual, Kutanid-resembling creature. It was useless within the heart of an enormous open area that appeared like a baseball stadium, a creation that absolutely couldn’t be pure. I used to be positive that a capability of some type was used to create that area right here.

「…… For now I might say that this get a ‘passing grade’.」

It would look as if we have been operating away, however I wish to name it extra of a tactical retreat for now. And simply earlier than we left the chamber and the doorways closed behind us, I believed that I noticed one thing actually unnerving.

I might see it in its eyes with a horizontally formed pupil. If that factor had a mouth, its corners would most likely be arching upwards proper about now…… Sure, that’s proper. This factor was wanting down on us and laughing.

「I’ll be sincere with you all: if we go in and problem Kutanid proper now, I don’t assume we might have a a hundred percent likelihood ofwinning.」

「However why!? If all of us go collectively, absolutely we are able to……!」

「Shut the fuck up, silly sh*thead.」

BONK! With a fairly good sound impact Straude kneels down whereas holding his head together with his palms, and Rusts takes over the dialog.

「Our opponent here’s a Distinctive Monster, which means a monster that’s sure by the shackles of the story associated to it…… And though it’s larger than us by an enormous margin, I feel we would have an opportunity at beating it…… If it was not for that unusual feeling.」

「Ah! Now that you simply point out it, there was absolutely one thing unusual about it!」

Akitsu Akane, if nothing else I anticipated no less than you to note it as nicely…… It’s fairly enviable to have the ability to immerse your self together with your character a lot, however immersion just isn’t what we at the moment want right here. Or perhaps not, it would really be good, since now we have somebody who thinks slightly bit outdoors of the field right here.

Within the first place, we people are a really fragile creatures. For those who get all the way down to it, even bugs are much better than us, since all that it takes to take us down is a few harm or poison for that instance. Speak about fragile. However on the identical time now we have one thing that different creatures don’t possess: the flexibility to study and limits of widespread sense. And it’s due to that potential to study that people can discern one thing as ‘inside’ or ‘outdoors’ of the boundaries of widespread data, and turn into cautious of something like that if want be.

However for all that we all know, Kutanid has a manner of surpassing even that. He can reverse something, even actuality itself. It’s a capability that us mere people can’t probably hope to battle head-on identical to that.

So why would you all even assume that we has an opportunity towards an opponent like that? Particularly since now we have a Vorpal Bunny right here, a creature that’s loopy sturdy, however ought to cower in concern of any creature that tops it in terms of energy. Interested by it calmly, the reply was greater than clear right here.

Apparently it was the facility that the primary type of Kutanid possessed. If I have been to name it in any type of manner, it might be ‘Inversion of the Sense of Risk’. It sounds silly, nevertheless it was too correct to really be simply in my head. I used to be positive of it.

「However you do know that it’s technically potential to affect the gamers in that manner, don’t you?」

「Mildew, do you occur to know concerning the individuals who have been arguing towards the implementation of the VR know-how when it was first being launched? Are you aware what their arguments have been?」

These days it’s true {that a} Full Dive VR system has been extensively accepted by most of the people, however it’s also true that not everybody was on the wagon with the concept. There are those that are inclined to oppose the concept of VR invading their each day lives. There are additionally these, calling themselves ‘Realists’ who downright detest not solely VR however all of the types of actuality enhancing know-how, arguing that it twists the notion of actuality and tries to promote it as being higher than the truth itself.

And whereas a few of their arguments make a good quantity of sense, the overwhelming majority of them makes you wish to go like: ‘Properly, perhaps earlier than you begin yelling concerning the risks of digital actuality, you need to first go the psychiatric ward at your native hospital and get handled for differentiating between actuality and fiction?’ That being stated, I do notice that not all realists are silly. A minimum of not utterly.

A few of them additionally argue that it’s dangerous for the human thoughts to always distracting itself from actuality and its issues with the issues and passions of the digital actuality. And I can actually see that.

「Talking oof which, some folks argue {that a} VR know-how is nothing extra however a glorified ‘Electrical chair, however in several form. Sending electrical shocks by the mind and stimulating it in varied methods outdoors of dreaming state is actually not the healthies factor that you are able to do.’」

「Extra particulars, should you please?」

「If you realize your enemy nicely, and you realize your self simply as nicely, even when you find yourself preventing a thousand battles you’ll at all times be okay. And should you can’t discover it in your self to hearken to what others need to say, then meaning phrases are just about meaningless, am I proper?」

Welp, not that I care all that a lot about that. However what I do care about is the system of ‘electrical indicators flowing by the mind’. I do imagine {that a} sure man as soon as summarized it in a very nice manner.

「What you see, what you are feeling…… It doesn’t essentially must be true. These might very nicely be malfunctions of the electrical waves which might be being despatched to our brains. You’ll be able to even consider it as that type of state that you simply expertise when you find yourself dreaming or…… Or you realize what? Neglect about eighty % of what I simply stated proper now. It’s too scary of an idea to consider it that manner.」

Now that Rust and Mildew gave the impression to be on this no less than half-way, I can’t assist it however to attempt to method the VR know-how from a extra of a philosophical aspect.

「What I needed to say right here was that, it’s technically not all that tough to ‘misunderstand’ the participant. And the participant to ‘misunderstand’ issues as nicely.」

「Sanraku, on this specific case I feel that our general scenario is just about irrelevant. What we should do proper now’s to easily cost at Kutanid, we don’t have some other alternative. However the truth that we have no idea his true type but just isn’t making it simpler for us……」

「A really concise conclusion, I need to say. Thanks, Rust. I imply, this silly sh*thead right here…… I imply, isn’t it bizarre {that a} man who’s been hiding underneath a fucking mattress for nearly a weak is all ‘I can do that! I can win!’ hastily like that!?」

Properly now I’m simply filled with regrets about all kinds of issues…… If I knew that such a crappy gimmick existed right here within the first place, I might have set the aim of attacking the citadel on the very first day!

Consideration…… Sure, to ensure that the gamers to clear any Distinctive Situation EX, what is required is a substantial quantity of consideration.

We now have lower than ten hours to seek out Kutanid, acknowledge what it might do, conjure a method and eventually defeat it.