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How about the three of us...

...beat the Unique Monster Wethermon the Tombguard together?

What?! Unique Monster?!

Yes.

Just a guess, but I'm pretty sure he's a "special condition" type.

Things I can think of are "obtaining or breaking a certain object,"

"surviving for a certain amount of time," or "surviving a certain attack."

For a rarer type, there's also "via persuasion in battle."

Do we have any clues?

After testing a few things out,

it is likely a time-based type.

As time passes, Wethermon the Tombguard goes through various battle phases.

To start things off, for his first phase...

...you have to survive for ten minutes.

I won't let your memories...

...be a sad one.

Please...

...give him, Wethermon, his permanent rest.

(All Emotions in the Moment (Part 2))

Eh?

What's this?

Rebirth Tearjewel!

It's a resurrection item.

It can resurrect an incapacitated player to full HP

as long as it's used within ten seconds of their death.

This game has one of those?

This is some god-tier item!

I went to various towns and bought all twelve for sale this morning.

Use them well.

One of these cost four million mahni.

Four million?!

We each carry four of them.

And also these Divine Lifesalves which resurrect you with half HP.

We'll each carry five of them.

That's the maximum number of additional lives we can have.

We will challenge Wethermon with 27 resurrection items.

Got it.

For the most part, Sunraku-kun will take on Wethermon's attacks.

When you're down, either Katzo-kun or I will resurrect you and taunt the enemy.

And he'll do the same when either one of us gets taken down, right?

Yes.

Our goal is to survive fighting Wethermon for as long as possible.

This is the only way.

I call this...

the zombie tactic!

Wind Slash!

Katzo-kun!

On it!

Take this!

(Sunraku)

I'm in till you're ready!

Fill me in, Sunraku!

He's unbeatable, so dodge with all you got!

Well, that's easy to grasp!

You survived for two minutes and five seconds.

That's the longest anyone has reached on their first try.

Well done.

So, what do you think of him?

Unless you got a real good plan,

as much as I hate to say it, he's not a guy you could beat.

Wethermon the Tombguard.

Gotta hand it to him.

He really is part of the Seven Colossi like Lycagon.

Wind Slash!

I've invested a hell of a lot of money into this "real good plan,"

so I hope you do your part.

To think that a single respawn cost four million mahni...

(Empire Bee Twinblades Marsh Daggers (V3) Moonblade (Waxing)) (Empire Bee Twinblades Category: Twinblade Durability: ■■■■□□□□ Attribute: Corrosive Poison Multiplier: x1.15)

My weapon's durability is already less than half from just two minutes of fighting!

I've gotta use something with more durability.

I'll go with this weapon that's got more durability after reforging!

Marsh Dagger V3!

Resurrection items, weapons,

this fight with Wethermon is a war of endurance!

Tagging in, Katzo!

Okay! I'll hold him off again when you die!

Got it!

Nothing can hurt you, eh?

Thunderclap!

The hell you will!

Skate Foot!

That was close!

Thunderclap's lightning lasts for five seconds and will one-shot you.

Five whole seconds?!

Okay, I think I got it!

Even up close, if I use Skate Foot and run full speed, I can just barely dodge them!

Nimbus Fist!

I don't "get" that one...

(Sunraku)

Switch!

Wind Slash!

Switch!

Thunderclap!

This is impossible!

I can't dodge them!

Just staying alive for thirty seconds is a miracle!

That's already impressive enough, actually.

We still have about half our resurrection items.

Well done.

Also, you've been messing with those scales.

What are those?

Just some prep work.

But I think I'll use them soon.

He stopped?

Ten minutes.

Finally, eh?

Ten minutes has passed.

We're entering the second phase.

E...

Export.

Summon Call.

Tactical Mount.

Kirin!

Katzo-kun!

Roger that! I'm on it!

Respawning duty's over for me now.

Just as what I was told.

Once ten minutes passed,

Wethermon will summon a horse-shaped mech named Kirin!

Huh?

Wha...

I was told it's a horse,

but it's two levels above what I expected...

This is...

...a dump truck with legs!

(Tactical Mount Kirin)

The second phase.

Just like the first phase, we need to survive for ten minutes,

but also while preventing the summoned Kirin from merging with Wethermon.

Katzo-kun, I'm counting on you to deal with the Kirin!

If we leave that thing be, it'll start firing missiles and lasers.

On top of that, if it gets to merge with Wethermon,

no strategy can help us deal with them!

They'll just trample all over us and beat us effortlessly!

The only way to deal with it is to jump on it

and continuously trigger its buck-off animation!

Easier said than done!

How am I supposed to rodeo with this thing?!

Didn't you play a ton of that fighting game called Cavalry Crisis?

Show me some riding skills!

Calvary Crisis?! What's that?!

I've never heard a trash game with that name!

Shut up! Just focus on fighting him!

Got it!

Cav is not a trash game! In fact, it's a god-tier one!

And moreover, it's more of a fighting game!

Well, what now?

In SLF, it's not rare for its intricate world

and setting to indicate clues to the right strategy.

As such, since Kirin is a machine, it needs to be maintained!

Found it!

A field maintenance ladder!

Bingo!

Whop!

Any horse needs a brindle, doesn't it?

Skill.

Whip Puppet: Snake!

Never thought I'd use my Archaeologist sub-job

in this manner!

I'm Japan's number three Cavalry Crisis player!

Let me show you my techniques, you bucking bronco!

W-Wait, hold up!

Sunraku-kun and Katzo-kun are holding our enemies back,

but, at this rate, we will run out of resurrection items before time is up.

Now is the time to use it.

The Reward Scales!

The Golden Scales is a group run by NPCs.

They own several of the rarest kind of item found in the game,

the "Unique" items.

The Reward Scales is one such item.

By placing an item in the "offering dish" on the left,

you can receive assorted perks from the "blessing dish" on the right

depending on the value of the item placed.

I'm counting on you, little scales.

I had to beg and plead with the Golden Scales

to have them lend you to me.

Rebirth Tearjewels aren't the only things I'm spending on.

I'm taking all my booty,

all the high-end items I bought and traded for...

a grand total of thirty million mahni's worth.

And I'm putting it...

all on the scale!

(Offering Dish 30,002,310 mahni)

(Select Perk)

(Extra Status Points)

No no no no no no no no!

The centrifugal force...

gonna throw me!

Dammit! I don't have nearly enough stamina!

Even if I can see his attacks,

if I mismanage my stamina for a second, I'm instantly dead!

The scales retain their balance.

They turn my value into numbers and grant me an almighty power.

Although it's only temporary,

this lets me award extra status points to people.

I get one point for every 100,000 mahni.

My entire fortune...

...earns me a total of 300 points!

I'll start off by giving each of you 50 points!

(Blessing Dish Perk Extra Status Point: 300)

Take it, you thieves!

Whoa!

Oops!

My stamina recovered?!

No...

My stats went up!

Pencilgon's doing, eh?

I was wondering what she was doing on that window.

She boosted my stamina and luck!

I get that I'm not dealing any damage to you no matter where I attack.

But...

Infight!

This isn't the first time...

I've fought someone like you!

I've got a combat skill

that deals damage based on luck and not strength!

That is...

Wind...

Hand of...

Fortune!

Slash!

(Hand of Fortune)

A swordsman without their sword is like curry rice without the curry!

Take that, you white rice bastard!

Get some dried plums or radishes or something!

Skill.

Skate Foot!

Woohoo!

I got your sword!

Serves you right!

But whoa...

This is huge! So heavy!

I guess I can't put this into my inventory, huh.

But...

stopping him from using his hyperspeed slashes and lighting is a huge gain.

Now I just have to deal with that Nimbus Fist attack.

But I can avoid it by going behind Wethermon's back.

Now I know that, I can easily dodge it.

Good job!

Sure, my stats are boosted and all...

But that ain't enough to stop this thing!

Katzo-kun!

There are still four more minutes until the end of Phase Two!

Stick on that thing like your life depends on it!

It'll keep doing that animation as long as you're on it!

I know that...

...stick?

Ah...

Aaaah...

I got a great idea!

A great idea?

What's that...

Tidal Rush.

That was close!

I did managed to dodge it,

but he was so close to grabbing me!

If he had, I bet that would have instantly killed me.

But man, they even gave him moves for when he loses his sword.

This is a bad position!

Pencilgon!

I was so focused on dodging him, I evaded in the wrong direction!

He went for Pencilgon!

Tidal Ru...

Where are you looking at?!

Your sword is over here!

You can still grab me from that direction?!

Tidal Rush!

(Sunraku)

Sunraku-kun!

Nimbus Fist!

Nimbus Fist's safe spot...

It's right behind Wethermon's back!

Seven...

Eight...!

Back to square one!

Wethermon!

Wind...

Slash!

Sunraku-kun!

If you die even once now, it could potentially doom us all!

If he had used anything other than Nimbus Fist, it could've wiped us out!

My bad!

At least I know all his animations when he's got his sword!

This is better!

Well, that's good to hear!

Katzo-kun?!

L-Look! Look at me!

N-now I won't get thrown off.

That's...

your "good" idea?

Oh, well.

Suit yourself.

What happened over there?!

It might wreck your concentration, so keep your eyes away.

Got it!

B-but all the shaking is starting to take away my HP and stuff.

I'm built to take damage,

but I may be in trouble if this keeps dragging on!

It's okay.

Huh?

Doesn't seem like we defeated him just yet.

Yeah.

You two, prepare yourselves.

Even back when Ashura Kai had a decent crew,

I've only gotten this far once.

Which means...

The second phase is over.

Now's the real deal.

The third phase.

The last time I got to this point, Ashura Kai was wiped out at the start.

When Wethermon the Tombguard's armor starts to crack...

he let out a scream, followed by an area-wide shockwave that wiped us all out.

It killed us in one hit even when we had all the defensive buffs.

Doesn't sound like there's anything we can do about that.

But you look like you've got some secret plan.

Well, we'll see about that.

If this doesn't work out,

you've gotta figure out how to evade it yourself.

In SLF, the game world's often the key to beating challenges.

I always thought that Wethermon was a cyborg

who's got a mechanized body with tech from the Divinity era.

But...

So he called Wethermon the Tombguard, a "death defier" and a "walking corpse," huh.

That info gave me a look behind the curtain.

He's an undead monster!

And you deal with the undead with holy water!

And that's not just any holy water!

That's a holy water made with care by the Saint of Love, Eristella!

The best anti-undead potion you can get!

SLF Theater!

Mini!

A trash game hunter is an early bird.

My destination today is the countryside.

So I need to get on an early train.

Mr. Sunraku watches the scenery pass by from the window

inside the train heading west with his sharp eyes.

I got info that a certain shop is selling

an unopened limited edition Moody Music Adventure.

(What is Moody Music Adventure?)

VR games nowadays goes without sound, or rather,

a majority of them have no BGM.

But there are several games made during the early days

that come with BGM like you'd find on a TV game.

But they're usually too loud, so many would

just lower the volume or mute them all together.

But for whatever reason, despite this game being a combination

of rhythm game and action RPG, it has godawful sound balance.

So it's just a trash rhythm game with stupidly loud BGM.

And from the limited edition, you get the headphones the MC uses.

Well, that's fine and all,

but just putting on the same headphones that play absurdly loud music into your head

like in the game in real life is sure to bring back some trauma, so...

Like a bonfire getting more wood to burn,

he lets out a barrage of words, which carries not only a hint of a grudge

but also an emotion akin to that of happiness.

After taking a quick lunch at the town's station,

he arrives at the shop in question.

However, he's far from relaxed.

Look.

It's a folding chair.

It's still warm.

Did someone get here before the first train?

This is a trace of an extraordinary trash game hunter.

As he touchs the still-warm folding chair,

Mr. Sunraku carefully observes his surroundings.

They didn't say they had two unopened limited edition copies.

Which means...

I've got to dash into the store as soon as it opens to win.

Trash Game.

They're what you'd call the shadows of video game industry.

As Mr. Sunraku starts a thorough stretch,

he calmly looks into the future.

At times, even a brethren is his enemy.

However, there is also a smile on his face.

So how did it go?

Did you fight for it?

Nope.

The guy was after a completely unrelated thing.

So there weren't any other extraordinary trash game hunter out there.

The heck is "extraordinary trash game hunter" anyway?

Don't ask me.