1. Abyssal Capital R'lyathCopy !req
2. Huh?Copy !req
3. It... inverted the whole city?Copy !req
4. That has enabled the existence
of Abyssal Capital R'lyath.Copy !req
5. And it has not merely been flipped.Copy !req
6. Picture the entire area a surface city
belongs to being warped and inverted.Copy !req
7. InvertedCopy !req
8. That is why you can breathe in a
place where there should be no air,Copy !req
9. and why objects fall upwards.Copy !req
10. Is that also what creates the
fishman zombies and the mermaids?Copy !req
11. Mermesis BagroonCopy !req
12. Yes.Copy !req
13. Non-Human, Living FishCopy !req
14. It inverts non-human, living fishCopy !req
15. InvertedCopy !req
16. into dead, non-fish human hybridsCopy !req
17. Dead Non-Fish Human HybridsCopy !req
18. and inverts non-human, dead fishCopy !req
19. Non-Human, Dead FishCopy !req
20. InvertedCopy !req
21. into non-fish, living mermaidsCopy !req
22. Non-Fish Living MermaidsCopy !req
23. To flip, reverse, and bend
reality as we know it—Copy !req
24. The transcendent being that
can transform the world itselfCopy !req
25. is Ctarnidd of the Abyss.Copy !req
26. The Master's power can overturn even death.Copy !req
27. Time to Fillet a Dragon FishCopy !req
28. "The Master's power can
overturn even death," huh?Copy !req
29. Does that mean you can't
even really kill the thing?Copy !req
30. Sheesh, talk about a ridiculous power.Copy !req
31. At the least, beating it'll take more
than just dealing damage in battle.Copy !req
32. I'd like to avoid fighting Ctarnidd
while the NPCs are with us.Copy !req
33. I hope we can get out of here
once we're all reunited.Copy !req
34. If you wish to leave here alive, your only
option is to give Ctarnidd a good show.Copy !req
35. A good show?Copy !req
36. The Master of the Abyss does not
bring people like us here to kill us,Copy !req
37. but to alleviate its boredom
by watching us struggle.Copy !req
38. It wants a diversion.Copy !req
39. Talk about your stupid hobbies.Copy !req
40. Know any comedy routines
an octopus might enjoy?Copy !req
41. What are those towers on
each side of the city?Copy !req
42. I do not know.Copy !req
43. But I do know that each tower
contains a Sealing General.Copy !req
44. Sealing GeneralCopy !req
45. A Sealing General?Copy !req
46. Challenging foes, each with a special
power that seals our abilities.Copy !req
47. The only one I have heard of is Clionaire,Copy !req
48. which has the power to
seal the use of any spell.Copy !req
49. Sounds like beating these
mini-boss-type Sealing GeneralsCopy !req
50. could trigger an event of some kind.Copy !req
51. Say, Araba, you know a lot about R'lyath.Copy !req
52. About Ctarnidd, too.Copy !req
53. Have you been here a while?Copy !req
54. I have wandered for some time,Copy !req
55. but this is, in truth, my first time here.Copy !req
56. I have met the only merman who
ever escaped from R'lyath alive.Copy !req
57. He said he pierced the left eye of CtarniddCopy !req
58. and the next thing he knew, he was free.Copy !req
59. That merman was my grandfather.Copy !req
60. Got it. So your family's got a
history with Ctarnidd.Copy !req
61. I have told you all that I know.Copy !req
62. Now, how long do you intend to
stand in the open like this?Copy !req
63. Well, part of me wanted to
make a mental map of the city,Copy !req
64. but it sounds like anyone who moves through
R'lyath has gotta keep quiet, right?Copy !req
65. Of course. The streets are
awash in dangerous foes.Copy !req
66. All the more reason to leave this place—Copy !req
67. Wait a minute. What are you planning to do?Copy !req
68. I figure making some noise is
the best way to be be found.Copy !req
69. W-Wait!Copy !req
70. Don't—Copy !req
71. Anybody out there?Copy !req
72. What are you trying to—Copy !req
73. Quiet!Copy !req
74. Sunraku-san!Copy !req
75. Sunraku-san!Copy !req
76. Sunraku-san!Copy !req
77. Bingo!Copy !req
78. It worked! It's Emul!Copy !req
79. This is no time to celebrate!Copy !req
80. They're going to come right to us!Copy !req
81. C'mon, no worries.Copy !req
82. Mermaids can't sing while
they're on the move,Copy !req
83. and the fishman zombies are total simpletons.Copy !req
84. Are you saying...Copy !req
85. If you run as fast as you can,
they're not that scary!Copy !req
86. Sunraku-san! Please, help us!Copy !req
87. Hey, Emul! And I see you're with Stude!Copy !req
88. I'll draw aggro from the fishmen!Copy !req
89. It isn't that!Copy !req
90. Behind us is—Copy !req
91. Don't bring some new threat with you!Copy !req
92. I wasn't trying to!Copy !req
93. Some monsters, such as
Vorpal Bunnies and Cait Siths,Copy !req
94. know a skill called Random Encounter.Copy !req
95. It is a last resort called upon by a
weak specimen threatened to a degreeCopy !req
96. that they cannot escape.Copy !req
97. It summons a single monster of a
higher level than the summoner.Copy !req
98. Arctus Regacles
Level 125Copy !req
99. And that's what it summoned?Copy !req
100. You just made the situation worse!Copy !req
101. Threats on all sides, huh?Copy !req
102. This way!Copy !req
103. It's got a breath attack, too?Copy !req
104. It better not be as tough
as the Goldy Scorpion!Copy !req
105. That is not a transformed
monster of this city!Copy !req
106. I know nothing of it!Copy !req
107. So it was summoned from outside R'lyath?Copy !req
108. Araba! You remember the
place we rested before?Copy !req
109. Y-Yes...Copy !req
110. I'll keep it occupied.
You take these two there.Copy !req
111. What? You intend to fight it alone?Copy !req
112. Who is this fish-like person?Copy !req
113. You want me to work with a
fishman? I'll never do it!Copy !req
114. I've got a plan, guys.Copy !req
115. I'll meet up with you soon.Copy !req
116. See to it, Araba!Copy !req
117. Very well. This makes us even.Copy !req
118. Hand me the child! I shall—Copy !req
119. What?Copy !req
120. Th-This isn't good! I'm out of mana!Copy !req
121. Emul!Copy !req
122. Bamboo Lightning!Copy !req
123. This bamboo...Copy !req
124. It's still coming!Copy !req
125. Thought I heard a commotion. So it is you!Copy !req
126. Big Bro Ceecrue!Copy !req
127. Emul! 'Tis good to see you well!Copy !req
128. Rust, too...Copy !req
129. Finally found another player.Copy !req
130. This is no time for conversation!Copy !req
131. We have not yet escaped them!Copy !req
132. Hold on to me tightly!Copy !req
133. R-Right!Copy !req
134. First, we gotta get out of here!Copy !req
135. Who's that fishman?Copy !req
136. An enemy?Copy !req
137. Hold it! He's on our side!Copy !req
138. Isn't that obvious from context?Copy !req
139. It's back up already.Copy !req
140. To break through my Bamboo
Lightning with ease...Copy !req
141. Whence came that creature?Copy !req
142. No time to explain!Copy !req
143. Just go with Araba the Merman!Copy !req
144. I'll handle that thing!Copy !req
145. You seek to battle it alone, Sunraku-dono?Copy !req
146. 'Twould be a reckless act!Copy !req
147. It would be better to fight it as a group!Copy !req
148. I don't care what you do!
Just get me out of here!Copy !req
149. I have an idea.Copy !req
150. You could fight it in your robot!Copy !req
151. You just wanna see it.Copy !req
152. Sorry, we can't use it. It's out of power.Copy !req
153. I... see...Copy !req
154. What, it's that bad?Copy !req
155. Look, listen up, Rust.Copy !req
156. Even if that thing takes me down, I'll revive
at the respawn point you're all heading to.Copy !req
157. Meanwhile, if it takes you down,
we'll end up separated again.Copy !req
158. And if it gets one of the NPCs...
you know the deal, right?Copy !req
159. Guess so.Copy !req
160. If you keep them safe,
I'll show you the robot later.Copy !req
161. I'll guard them with my life!Copy !req
162. Your obsession really
comes in handy sometimes!Copy !req
163. Anyway, let's go!Copy !req
164. Waning Mirror!Copy !req
165. Waning MirrorCopy !req
166. Waning MirrorCopy !req
167. Sunraku-san?Copy !req
168. A-Aren't you scared?Copy !req
169. How can you be smiling in chaos like this?Copy !req
170. Perhaps braving the unknown simply
calls to a pioneer's soul.Copy !req
171. It's how we've always carved
our path forward in life—Copy !req
172. That's all.Copy !req
173. Just kidding.Copy !req
174. That was a fun little bit
of big-talk roleplaying,Copy !req
175. but the simpler explanation is it's
easier to ditch you if I'm by myself.Copy !req
176. But now I'm starting to get some
ideas about how I'm gonna beat you.Copy !req
177. I'm not just bait, you know?Copy !req
178. Birds eat fish, y'know?Copy !req
179. Unbroken Light Dance!Copy !req
180. Unbroken Light DanceCopy !req
181. Unbroken Light DanceCopy !req
182. This thing's huge! I'm dealing tons of
damage but it's still hanging in there!Copy !req
183. It's basically toughness incarnate!Copy !req
184. Good attack power, too!Copy !req
185. And like the mermaids, it can swim
through the sky like it's underwater.Copy !req
186. And when it charges, it packs a real wallop.Copy !req
187. Even just moving around, it's turning
the fishmen mob into mince meat.Copy !req
188. And on top of all that,
it's got a long-range breath attack!Copy !req
189. Having the thing move freely in three
dimensions makes it way harder to deal with.Copy !req
190. On paper, it's enough to make you wonder if
it's secretly a unique monster or something...Copy !req
191. If we were anywhere but R'lyath, that is.Copy !req
192. Shana-Oh IncarnateCopy !req
193. Reason number one—Copy !req
194. Ctarnidd's ridiculous ability lets you
swim through the sky like you're flying,Copy !req
195. but you're not really flying...Copy !req
196. Water pressure still gets
applied to your movements.Copy !req
197. That means you need a straight, clear path
for that big body to pick up real steam.Copy !req
198. And in the winding paths of the cityCopy !req
199. if you run into a wall,
it's hard to pick up momentum again.Copy !req
200. You can gather speed in the skies above,Copy !req
201. but I can just dive into an alleyway
to slam the brakes on you.Copy !req
202. If we were both in the water
I'd be dead in a second...Copy !req
203. Gravity ZeroCopy !req
204. But I can move like I'm on land!Copy !req
205. So when I jump, I'm way faster!Copy !req
206. Reason number two—Copy !req
207. That brief "stunned" animation
you enter now and then.Copy !req
208. When you were in the thick
of the fishman zombies,Copy !req
209. I thought you were taking attacks from them,Copy !req
210. but they're all gone now
and you're still doing it.Copy !req
211. It's probably a total coincidence, but...Copy !req
212. I think those fishman zombies'
attacks have a poison attributeCopy !req
213. powerful enough to inflict a
debuff on that giant thing.Copy !req
214. That means he's taking
incremental damage from poison.Copy !req
215. Can't let your guard down around
those rotten little buggers.Copy !req
216. I made the right choice to
avoid 'em from the start.Copy !req
217. Close call!Copy !req
218. Got a little too far away there.Copy !req
219. And the last reason—though it's
got nothing to do with R'lyath—Copy !req
220. Shelve WeaponCopy !req
221. You just got unlucky.Copy !req
222. I was raised by a fishing freak of a dad.Copy !req
223. He taught me more than
I ever wanted to know...Copy !req
224. about how to fillet a fish!Copy !req
225. You see now?Copy !req
226. It'd be one thing if we
were in the open ocean,Copy !req
227. but here in R'lyath, your abilities aren't
nearly as broken as the Goldy Scorpion's.Copy !req
228. Well, I think I've got my strat down.Copy !req
229. Now it's a war of attrition.Copy !req
230. Your toughness, or my Ducusram...Copy !req
231. We'll see which wears out first.Copy !req
232. Let's roll!Copy !req
233. Listen to those explosions...Copy !req
234. The monsters have all cleared out here.
I guess they were drawn there instead.Copy !req
235. Someone's fighting over there.Copy !req
236. I've got to get to them!Copy !req
237. Stay safe, Ceecrue-san!Copy !req
238. Akitsuakane-san, right?Copy !req
239. I finally met another player!Copy !req
240. Were you drawn by that sound, too?Copy !req
241. It would be hard not to notice
a commotion like that.Copy !req
242. If the others have been drawn to it too, it
should be easier than expected to meet up.Copy !req
243. Let's hurry, then!Copy !req
244. Right!Copy !req
245. I'm really sorry, Hizutome-kun.Copy !req
246. I promise I'll be back once
this is all dealt with.Copy !req
247. Logging OutCopy !req
248. Too slow!Copy !req
249. Fleet FloatCopy !req
250. Fleet FloatCopy !req
251. You had a good run, but I
think you're at your limit!Copy !req
252. Just go down already!Copy !req
253. Hell yeah!Copy !req
254. It's finally over!Copy !req
255. You saved me, Ducusram!Copy !req
256. I knew that guy'd be tough, but he didn't
stand a chance against your durability!Copy !req
257. Okay, time to gather up materials!Copy !req
258. See? It's Sunraku-san!Copy !req
259. It really is!Copy !req
260. Hey, Mold, Akitsuakane.Copy !req
261. We finally found you!Copy !req
262. I heard the commotion, so I assumed
there was combat going on...Copy !req
263. But what in the world were you fighting?Copy !req
264. How to put it?Copy !req
265. Basically what you'd get if you
crossed an oarfish with a dragon.Copy !req
266. It won't show up in town again,
though, so don't worry.Copy !req
267. But I guess it worked out,
since the combat served as a beacon.Copy !req
268. The others should come soon
if we stay here, right?Copy !req
269. I already met up with
Rust, Emul, and Ceecrue.Copy !req
270. They're waiting at base camp right now.Copy !req
271. Really?Copy !req
272. Stude, too.Copy !req
273. So we're the latecomers?Copy !req
274. Oh, but I haven't seen Rei-shi yet.Copy !req
275. Think we should wait a little...?Copy !req
276. What? Reinforcements?Copy !req
277. No, this is...Copy !req
278. All those ruined buildings...Copy !req
279. It's like they were reset back to normal!Copy !req
280. Sunraku-san, what does it mean?Copy !req
281. I dunno.Copy !req
282. But I'm betting this is part
of Ctarnidd's power, too.Copy !req
283. Ctarnidd's power?Copy !req
284. That bastard's making fun of me.Copy !req
285. does not bring people
like us here to kill us,Copy !req
286. but to alleviate its boredom
by watching us struggle.Copy !req
287. "You entertained me, so I'll
clean up your mess," huh?Copy !req
288. Akitsuakane-dono, 'tis good to see you well!Copy !req
289. Ceecrue, you too!Copy !req
290. Sunraku-san!Copy !req
291. You truly slayed that creature?Copy !req
292. I can hardly believe it!Copy !req
293. And got me a ton of materials for my trouble!Copy !req
294. Some meat, too. Hungry?Copy !req
295. Looks like good,
white fish with lots of protein.Copy !req
296. Rust! I'm glad we found—Copy !req
297. Sunraku. You promised.Copy !req
298. Even the NPCs got a better
reception than me...Copy !req
299. Promised?Copy !req
300. That if I got everyone here safely,
you'd show me a robot!Copy !req
301. I told you before, it's out
of power. It won't work.Copy !req
302. Irrelevant!Copy !req
303. Yeah?Copy !req
304. Fine, show yourself!Copy !req
305. Behold, the Non-Standard
Tactical Avian, Suzaku!Copy !req
306. LimpCopy !req
307. What is this strange, metal bird?Copy !req
308. He looks so very tired...Copy !req
309. Is it broken?Copy !req
310. I told you it was out of power!Copy !req
311. He's locked in the position
he crash-landed in.Copy !req
312. It's...Copy !req
313. magnificent!Copy !req
314. The chill of the metal!
There's no better feeling!Copy !req
315. Cuddle
CuddleCopy !req
316. SLF even replicated that! Best game ever!Copy !req
317. Games of Nephilim Hollow's generation
had to compromise a lot, yeah.Copy !req
318. Amazing! It's even got real, working joints!Copy !req
319. Hey, hey, hey, don't go moving him around!Copy !req
320. I don't see Psyger-0-san here, though.Copy !req
321. Yeah, I figured she'd come when
she heard the noise.Copy !req
322. But when she didn't show I thought
she might be with you, Rust...Copy !req
323. Nope! It's just us!Copy !req
324. Well, I'm sure a player of Rei-shi's caliber
has figured out how the save zones worked.Copy !req
325. Anyway, we've got our whole party minus
one, so let's discuss our next steps.Copy !req
326. Special Status
"Abyssal Time"Copy !req
327. First, it seems we've got 168 hours
to beat this Bonus Unique Scenario.Copy !req
328. In other words, seven days.Copy !req
329. Let's discuss and figure how to
schedule these next seven days.Copy !req
330. Calling this day one, tell me what
days you feel like you can log in.Copy !req
331. AkitsuCopy !req
332. Rust
MoldCopy !req
333. TodayCopy !req
334. Let's call Rei-shi a unknown for now...Copy !req
335. We're all over the place, but it looks
like we can all be here on the last day.Copy !req
336. What about you?Copy !req
337. I'd love to come in every day...Copy !req
338. But unfortunately, I've got plans
for tomorrow and the next day.Copy !req
339. Depending on how things go,
it might end up being longer, too.Copy !req
340. So I'll ask you to hold down the fort, Emul.Copy !req
341. I'm supposed to stay in this
dreary old room the whole time?Copy !req
342. Hey! Are you just gonna leave me behind?Copy !req
343. I wanna get out of this town ASAP!Copy !req
344. Araba, can you look after them?Copy !req
345. I-If I must.Copy !req
346. Until I find my lost weapon,
I shall act out of this room.Copy !req
347. You stay here too, Ceecrue-san.Copy !req
348. Indeed I shall! Trust in me!Copy !req
349. Sounds like we'll keep sharing informationCopy !req
350. and make as much progress as
we can when we're logging in.Copy !req
351. I'm gonna log out for today.Copy !req
352. But I'm not gonna leave here a plaything
for the Master of the Abyss.Copy !req
353. X-Day is day seven.Copy !req
354. We're gonna track down Ctarnidd
and his ridiculous ability...Copy !req
355. and give him the surprise of a lifetime!Copy !req
356. Yes!Copy !req
357. We shall indeed!Copy !req
358. Hey, as long as we're here in Japan,Copy !req
359. why don't we do some tourism
before hitting up the GGC?Copy !req
360. Nah. Anybody know what hotel
Kei Uomi's staying at?Copy !req
361. Wow, ready to issue your
challenge the minute we arrive?Copy !req
362. You really are impatient...Copy !req
363. Best-in-the-US.Copy !req