98 – 098 – Not just animals. It is a fantastic animal! # 4
098 – Not just animals. It is a fantastic animal! # 4
Blackstar route.
The so-called Underworld Route.
Usually, this route is often played as a second round after finishing the Arclight route in the first round.
It is known that this is almost the standard.
And players who have been through the first round of the game are confused in many ways on the Black Star route.
A feeling like ‘The atmosphere is completely different?’.
If the arclight route was advocating an orthodox school survival RPG.
The Black Star route was a rather dark and serious story.
In the Black Star route, there are several deaths besides the mid-boss Viktor.
It is also the route where unknown things such as ‘Ludens’ darkness’ are revealed in earnest.
So the likes and dislikes are divided.
Of course, I also liked the Black Star route.
I played it to the extent that it was similar to the arclight route.
As I see it, Enio is being ‘eroded’.
yes, erosion.
“Victor-kun, let go of this! I’m really going to get mad!”
When I forcibly grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the office, Enio struggled and resisted.
It seemed like I was really angry, but I was prepared to be hated and kicked the office door.
Knock-, kwadang.
“Get some fresh air. Cool your head.”
“… … .”
Enio looked at the broken door and the world beyond, where everything was reflected in the golden light of the sunset.
Soon, I saw the shadow that had grown thick under Enio’s feet slowly fade.
Look, it was eroding too.
‘Cause I can’t find out
Enio is a bit ‘special’.
I don’t even know myself yet.
I know it well, having done many episodes.
When Enio is crouching in the shade for a long time, ‘something’ inside Enio is wriggling.
“How is it, did you feel better after getting some air?”
At my question, Enio, whose shadow had faded to the level of an ordinary person, rather asked, “Victor-kun, what if you break down the door anyway?”
It was a little embarrassing.
You’re breaking the door.
I have to ask you this.
The door looks expensive too.
But I couldn’t help it.
If left alone, Enio would have ‘blackened’ in many ways.
yes, blackout.
Now it’s like a funny meme, but when this game D&A came out, ‘blackening’ was a cool and amazing thing in many ways.
What is more, the blackening of the heroine.
Isn’t it shocking and stimulates puberty emotions?
Of course, seeing it now as an adult makes me laugh.
In fact, the story changes when the woman in front of you turns black.
It’s directly connected to the Black Star route bed ending.
I just blocked it.
I broke the door and suffered losses in many ways.
Better than a bed ending.
“Enio, if you have a hard time in the future, tell me. Although I can’t solve your problem. I can do it for free if you just want to hear the story.”
“… … .”
Enio did not answer.
Those eyes just look at the sunset shining outside the window.
I said to Enio.
“Why are people not satisfied with reality? Then, are you saying that poor people like me should always be content with living in poverty?”
“… No, I didn’t mean that… .”
“So you laugh. From the position of winner that poor people like me can’t help but look up to. arrogantly It suits you to smile like that.”
Don’t you want to be rich to laugh?
At least I did.
Because I want to heal.
Enio muttered softly, as if he had sensed something from my story.
“… You smile arrogantly what a villain like. What is this kind of laughter?”
Saying that, Enio smiled, baring his white teeth.
I don’t know if it’s because of the sunset or some other reason, but it was the brightest Enio’s smile I’ve ever seen.
“Yeah, that kind of laugh.”
* * *
“For one reason or another, Enio joined. Thanks to that, I can safely clear this dungeon, “Coward’s Shelter”.”
Nike was sorry for my words.
“I practiced black magic… !”
Then Enio shows interest.
“Nike, do you know how to use black magic? Where can I show you?”
“Yes?”
At Enio’s question, Nike shrank greatly.
That’s right, a friend who does some graffiti in class said to a friend who actually went to an art academy and won a prize, “Hey, did you say you do some drawing? Would you like to show me what you drew?”
“Voodoo and a little curse, but… .”
“What, voodoo is a lie that cannot be called black magic.”
“Boo, don’t ignore voodoo… !”
Nike growled intelligibly.
Enio didn’t say anything further.
Then Victoria asked.
“So, where is that dungeon?”
“Are you planning to come too? You won’t have to go and do anything.”
At my question, Victorica glanced at Enio and Nike and said, “You don’t know what the warlocks will do with each other, right? As a member of the student council, I have to watch.”
Enio asks Victoria.
“What is it, Miss Victoria? Wasn’t student council work on strike?”
“That… what about that? Well, isn’t that what it is? Can you see that?”
What do you mean?
It’s gibberish, unlike Victoria.
Then Victoria raised her index finger at Enio.
“Aren’t you also busy with delegate work? Your father is coming to Ludens soon? Do you have time to relax like this now?”
“Miss Victoria, it is a top secret that my father is looking for Ludens. What if I say it carelessly?”
“Well, everyone here should already know!”
yeah i already knew
But Nike’s shoulders trembled.
“Miss Enio’s father is a duke. The Duke comes to Ludens again… ? I’m not even ready yet… !”
Nike didn’t know
It’s acceptable even if the dukes visit in a tag match one after another.
anyway.
It was a noisy combination.
We should finish the dungeon quickly and let each other go to do their own thing.
With that feeling, I headed for the port.
We took a boat from the port and headed to the ‘small island’ located nearby.
It was close to the island, so it was easy to get there.
Enio asked after getting off the boat.
“Does it look a little peaceful here?”
A small island was literally a small island.
Will it be about the size of a playground?
It’s pretty cool when the flowers and grass are blooming.
It would be nice to go for a walk with the kong or Elizabeth.
But today I visited not for a walk, but for a dungeon hidden somewhere here.
A large rock in the middle of it.
that’s the goal
“If you pick up a rock, you will find the entrance to the dungeon. Let’s all push together.”
At my words, they all clung to the rocks.
When I push with force, a rock the size of a small car rolls.
Soon, a cave that seemed to be quite deep was revealed below.
“It’s here.”
It was just as I had imagined it to be.
The guys that appear in the dungeon must be the same, and the rewards are the same.
“Then go in.”
Party set up for 4 people.
Press and hold to enter.
「Entrance: Coward’s Shelter」.
Upon entering the cave, the air changed.
Someone said in that dark atmosphere.
“It is very dark. You’d better turn on the lights first.”
It was Victoria’s voice.
Soon after, Victoria chanted a short mantra, “Come on, Flash.”
Hwareuk.
It was when a bright light source rose from inside the dark cave.
——–!!!
Something pitch-black flew in and attacked Victoria’s light source.
Ten even if you estimate the number.
to be buzzing
“What are these guys!?”
“They are ‘cave bats’. This cave hides those who are afraid of the light. I can’t light a campfire or torch, and I can’t use light magic.”
It was a place where you couldn’t even see the minimap in the game.
A dungeon to navigate by relying on a dark screen and senses.
That’s what this “Coward’s Shelter” is all about.
Of course I was memorizing all the way.
Two spaces to the left, then three spaces to the upper right—.
As he was thinking about the road for a while, Enio let out a snort.
“This is why you need my help. Are you trying to find your way in the dark?”
“No, I do it on my own to find the way. There is a crouching guy at the end of this road. Enio, you just need to defeat him.”
That guy takes double damage from dark attribute attacks.
However, all other attributes are resistant to it, so it doesn’t work.
It is best to bring one or more dark attribute dealers with you when you come here.
Or you should see that no one can wake up.
“Then, let’s hold each other’s hands so we don’t get lost.”
I reached out my hand to someone in the dark.
I don’t know whose hand it is, but it’s a small, soft palm.
“Victor’s hands are so big… !”
Is it a Nike hand?
anyway.
We progressed through the dungeon with that feeling.
As she slowly got used to the darkness, Victoria said in a growling voice.
“Victor, will you stop poking my side with your hands?”
“… What are you talking about? I’m holding Nike’s hand in the front right now.”
“yes? Am I in the back row?”
What do you mean?
At that time, Enio asks, “Wasn’t I holding Viktor’s hand?”
It felt like something was going strangely.
“Everyone let go. Then gather in a circle and hold out your palms in front of you.”
Panic in the dark is a big problem.
You might get lost.
So I made everyone gather in a circle and put their hands forward.
A total of 8 palms touched like that.
If I add my hand together, it becomes 10.
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
“… … .”
There is one more.
There should only be four members in the party.
Five are here.
Then Nike said.
“Victor, I didn’t say anything from a while ago and I was patient. Stop pulling my hair… !”
“Nike, that’s not me.”
“yes? Did I not say anything?”
Nike has two voices?
“… Don’t imitate me!”
“… Don’t imitate me!”
‘Something’ came between us.
I don’t even know what this is.
But at this point, it seemed like he knew what to do.
“Everyone, relax and listen. It seems that some of us that are not us are intervening. I don’t know if it’s a human, a monster, or something unexpected. But I will sort him out.”
So from now on, you can’t trust anyone.
If you get lost here, you really don’t know how far you’ll have to wander!
“In that sense, it is a question for everyone. Anyone who cannot answer my questions is considered a fake.”