ShangriLa Frontier ~ Shitty Games Hunter Challenges Godly Game ~

Well, I mean, maybe it’s because it’s really wide, but…… But even if I get what he is talking about, it seems really difficult to me for some reason. Hmm…… Huh?

「Huh? Oh, what’s this? Rei-san and Akitsu Akane?」

「Ah, it’s Sanraku-san! So this is what you meant by “festival” earlier, huh?」

「H-Hello there……」

I could see that amongst the people who entered Behemoth there were actually some familiar faces, and when I approached them they turned out the be Rei-san and Akitsu Akane. Rei-san was still behaving the same and wearing this armor that made her look a little bit like an evil demon, and Akitsu Akane came without Noirlind’s company…… Could it be because this thing right here takes place in the Old World, and Noirlind preferred to stay in the New World?

「Ooh, Rei-san, I see that you managed to get here in time as well.」

「Umm, yes, that’s right.」

It seems that Rei-san’s family is very strict when it comes to rules and behavior, so for the most part Rei-san is just like me, going straight back home right after school is out! But while I can come back home and log into the game right away, I don’t really think that something like that is possible for Rei-san to do…… Our circumstances can be different, but in the end, Rei-san still finds time to play, which is a good thing! And unlike the Pencilgton-Allslot antagonistic relations, it seems that Rei-san also manages to be on good terms with her family.

「For the time being, I’m looking for another possible route that we can take down, because the previous attempts at jumping straight down turned out to be…… pretty deadly.」

「You think there might be…… an elevator in here somewhere……?」

「I don’t know yet, but that’s what I would like to find out! If there is an entrance in here somewhere, then we will find it!」

Fufufu, that’s right, Akitsu Akane! You get a full mark for this answer! Now, since you are the one who said that, I expect you and that rack of yours to help me find that elevator!

No, I mean, it’s not like I’m forcing anyone to do anything against their will, you know? It’s just that…… Yeah, it’s just a suggestion. It’s entirely up to them if they will want to help out, but I won’t lie, it would be really nice of them if they did.

「No way!?」

Wait, wait, wait, wait just a freaking moment! Fifteen seconds!? Are you fucking kidding me!? What the hell is this, some sort of an attempt at a speedrun or something!? No, wait, could it be that they have really found the entrance!? And certainly enough, there was a hatch at the end of a corridor that looked like something filled to the brim with Sci-Fi patterns. There seemed to be a hatch in which four people at maximum would be able to fit in at a time.

「What’s wrong?」

「Hmm? Oh, it’s nothing, my Exploding Green Peas friend! It’s just that my other friend, Strong Rack managed to find us a hatch already!」

「No way!? Are you kidding me!?」

No, I am deadly serious here. The players scattered all over the edge to investigate it, but since there was a whole lot of noise right now people all started to gather up once more. The hatch is checked while opening the space that moves properly.

「Hmm…… I don’t think that it will break open that easily, so could it be that there are some other means of opening it? “Ivory”…… I don’t suppose that you could open it for us?」

「I MOST CERTAINLY COULD, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO THINK OF A WAY TO OPEN THIS LOCK YOURSELF, SANRAKU.」

Alright, time for some quality words.

「Alright, so for now we have managed to confirm that there is indeed a gimmick needed to open this door…… But now what? Surely it’s not about the Amber Jack Pass, and there are no terminal-like objects at the other edge of this hole……

Could it be that it was already destroyed? No, let’s change the idea here. This here is a trial from the “Ivory” to test our intelligence, but why do I get a feeling that she treats us all like kindergartners?

The possibility of forcing this thing open is surely not zero, but I would first like to try out everything else before we actually go for violence solutions. I think that this is not the purpose of this facility to enforce things like that, either way.

Fantasy is fantasy or science is cyber…… But still, there are things like Space Fantasy, so it should be derived from science even if it is opened with the “open sesame” magic keyword. Hatch, door, gate …… Is it necessary to have some sort of a “key”?

「BC Beacon?」

There is no reaction, so maybe instead of taking shots at the dark…… It’s time to change my way of thinking.

“Keys” are not necessarily something that needs to be in physical form, for example …… face certification or fingerprint authentication. But it’s not possible to do anything like that in here, or at the very least we have not discovered the means to do so with the bodies of the Next Generation Human Beings. Alternatively, there may be mummies somewhere of the previous crew, so that could always be an option…… Can we recover things like that with healing magic?

「No, wait…… authentication?」

「Could it be that you understood something?」

「No, it’s more like……」

It would be a matter of course that when you have a hatch like that right in front of you, your first reaction would be to want to enter it, but…… No, that’s not it. We have already entered it, or at least sort of. But even so, speaking of “Ivory” or even the “Brave Fish”…… Yes, whenever you are in doubt, it is always a good thing to consult the actual Landlord of the property in which you currently are.

「Say, “Ivory”…… I do not know whether you require a pass in order to enter this thing, or if there is a security terminal hidden somewhere out there, but…… Do you think it would be possible to make a new registration, just to be on the safe side?」

「FUFUFU…… WELL DONE. I DO BELIEVE THAT CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER HERE.」

In the next moment, my body suddenly felt as if it has become extremely light, and at the same time I felt as though all of my innards started to make their way up my throat……

「Huh?」

And then I slipped through the hatch and my body started to fall down.