E24 - Rare Items, Worth More Than Life Itself

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[00:01] Narrator
    This world is filled with
    too many games to count,
[00:06] Narrator
    though the vast majority simply
    come and go in obscurity.
[00:12] Narrator
    The greatest of all games
[00:15] Narrator
    is the fully immersive VR game boasting
    over 30 million players worldwide—
[00:20] Narrator
    Shangri-La Frontier, which rightly
    earns the title of "god-tier game"!
[00:27] Narrator
    One lover of trash games, Rakuro Hizutome,
[00:30] Narrator
    is trying out the god-tier
    game,* Shangri-La Frontier*!
[00:34] Narrator
    What adventures await him there?
[02:18] Sunraku
    Okay, let's get climbing!
SIGN    Rare Items, Worth More Than Life Itself
[02:23] Sunraku
    Wait for me, Crystal Scorpions!
[02:28] Sunraku
    First, I'll use Moon Jumper to
    boost my vertical jumping power.
SIGN    Moon Jumper
[02:32] Sunraku
    Then... Six-Boat Leap!
[02:42] Sunraku
    Over-level-100 monsters,
    the Crystal Scorpions...
[02:46] Sunraku
    I gotta find out what they are!
[02:48] Sunraku
    It'd be pretty rude not to
    say hi while I'm in the area!
[02:52] Sunraku
    What, you expect me to find out about an
    unexplored area filled with unknown monsters
[02:55] Sunraku
    and just forget about it?!
[02:57] Sunraku
    What's the point of playing games
    if you can't go buck wild?!
[03:13] Sunraku
    Hey, would you look at that?
[03:16] Sunraku
    It's way more fantastical
    than the area down below...
SIGN    Crystal Nest Cliff
[03:26] Sunraku
    Really hard to make progress...
[03:28] Sunraku
    The footing's just terrible.
[03:31] Sunraku
    Okay, let's find those Crystal
    Scorpions I've heard so much a—
[03:47] Sunraku
    So they're the type to camouflage
    into the field, huh?
[03:50] Sunraku
    You're the one I'm here
    to see, Crystal Scorpion!
SIGN    Crystal Scorpion
[03:59] Sunraku
    Too damn close!
[04:10] Sunraku
    This thing's like a runaway train!
[04:12] Sunraku
    Guess it utilizes the field's awful footing
[04:14] Sunraku
    to drive the players into a dead end, huh?
[04:21] Sunraku
    Well, what's the matter?
[04:22] Sunraku
    Is a straight-up charge
    the only trick you know?
[04:27] Sunraku
    My first time around,
    I'm just here to say hi.
[04:29] Sunraku
    I don't expect to beat the
    thing in my current state.
[04:33] Sunraku
    Scout out the area, take back
    any rare materials I find—
[04:37] Sunraku
    That's my mission today!
[04:42] Sunraku
    If I can do that, I'll take it as a win...
[04:48] Sunraku
    Huh?
SIGN    Crystal Scorpions
[05:03] (Flashback) Bilac
    They're a bunch of tough
    nuts not even I could crack.
[05:06] (Flashback) Bilac
    Crystal Scorpions attack as a swarm,
[05:09] (Flashback) Bilac
    so if one sees you, you're dead.
[05:24] Sunraku
    Yeah...
[05:26] Sunraku
    Okay, I'm dead.
[05:37] Emul
    I wonder when Sunraku-san
    might finally return...
[05:41] Emul
    Oh, what if he's unable
    to return to Rabituza?!
[05:47] Emul
    Perhaps I should have waited for
    him in Eighthold after all?!
SIGN    Respawn
    Rabituza
[05:51] Sunraku
    Freaking damn it!
[05:52] Sunraku
    That's too many of those
    stupid scorpion jerks!
[05:57] Sunraku
    Hey, Emul!
[05:58] Sunraku
    Can I get a gate back to Eighthold?
[06:00] Emul
    Sunraku-san...
[06:02] Emul
    You have been fighting the
    Crystal Scorpions, haven't you?!
[06:06] Sunraku
    Ah, crud.
[06:07] Emul
    We told you the
    Crystal Scorpions were dangerous!
[06:11] Sunraku
    Man, this sucks.
[06:12] Emul
    What did you just say?!
[06:14] Sunraku
    Here you are! The carrot I promised you!
[06:17] Emul
    Hooray!
[06:22] Emul
    Truly delicious!
[06:24] Sunraku
    You're so predictable, it's kind of scary.
[06:40] Sunraku
    Okay, I'm gonna give it another go.
[06:44] Emul
    Really, must you go?
[06:46] Sunraku
    I can't hang it up until
    I get something out of it.
[06:49] Sunraku
    And this won't be my first visit.
[06:52] Sunraku
    I won't die empty-handed.
[07:03] Sunraku
    Okay... let's move slow and keep hidden.
[07:09] Sunraku
    I noticed a pretty interesting spot last time.
[07:17] Sunraku
    Hey, there it is.
[07:26] Sunraku
    I got a glimpse at it
    just before they got me.
[07:30] Sunraku
    A shiny li'l number that's
    just begging for my pickax.
[07:38] Sunraku
    I bet it gives up items unique to this area!
[08:06] Sunraku
    Damn it! I'm not giving up!
SIGN    Overheat
     Climax Boost
     Nitro Gain
[08:16] Sunraku
    I'm gonna get me some loot, no matter what!
[08:29] Emul
    That one went by fast.
[08:35] Sunraku
    It's no use.
[08:37] Sunraku
    They're so big, and so fast...
[08:39] Sunraku
    And they overwhelm you with numbers in an
    area that's already hard to maneuver in.
[08:43] Sunraku
    How am I supposed to survive that?
[08:45] Emul
    It's just as we told you, yes!
[08:48] Sunraku
    Yeah... but I also told you something, Emul.
[08:54] Sunraku
    I won't die empty-handed.
[08:59] Sunraku
    Let's have a look.
[09:00] Emul
    Let's have a look!
SIGN    Aroncaleth Hard Lapis
    Produced via repeated compression and
    refinement through ingestion by
    geophagic monsters, refinement through ingestion
    by geophagic monsters, its beautiful blue color
    recalls the land itself.
[09:02] Sunraku
    "Aroncaleth Hard Lapis"
[09:04] Sunraku
    "Produced via repeated compression and
[09:06] Sunraku
    refinement through ingestion
    by geophagic monsters,
[09:10] Sunraku
    this crystal possesses an
    extremely dense magic content.
[09:14] Sunraku
    Its beautiful blue color
    recalls the land itself."
[09:19] Sunraku
    I dunno what I'd use it for,
[09:21] Sunraku
    but it's gotta be worth more
    than what I spent to get it.
[09:24] Sunraku
    I'm gonna check the game guide site later!
[09:26] Emul
    Are you satisfied now?
[09:28] Sunraku
    Maybe.
[09:29] Sunraku
    I hate to give up here, but I should
    probably take a break for the day.
[09:37] Emul
    Yes, you should have a nice sleep!
[09:40] Sunraku
    The Crystal Scorpions...
[09:43] Sunraku
    The slightest vibration on the
    crystals gets them swarming you.
[09:47] Sunraku
    Though the AI's not particularly clever...
[09:50] Emul
    Go to sleep, go to sleep,
[09:55] Sunraku
    They just charge at me mindlessly, so...
[09:55] Emul
    beneath your bunny's ears...
[09:59] Sunraku
    When they collided, they tore
    off each other's carapace...
[10:06] Sunraku
    Hang on a freaking minute here!
[10:08] Sunraku
    Could I get the torn-off
    carapace bits as an item?!
[10:12] Sunraku
    Man, I wanna find out!
[10:14] Sunraku
    Now that I got the idea, I wanna find out!
[10:18] Sunraku
    Emul, open the gate!
[10:19] Sunraku
    I'm going back!
[10:20] Emul
    What? You still haven't given up?
[10:24] Emul
    They're just going to kill you again!
SIGN    I want materials
[10:26] Sunraku
    As long as there's unknowns out there,
    a pioneer must never fear death!
[10:30] Emul
    You're clearly fueled by greed.
[10:33] Sunraku
    But... even if I could pick it up,
    how would I go about doing it?
[10:40] Sunraku
    It was pretty much luck that
    let me recover that mineral...
[10:45] Emul
    Honestly.
[10:49] Emul
    The mana used to open gates
    isn't free, you know!
[10:55] Sunraku
    That's it!
[10:58] Sunraku
    You just gave me a great idea, Emul!
[11:00] Sunraku
    That'll work just fine!
[11:03] Emul
    Wh-What are you going to do?!
[11:08] Sunraku
    Just you wait!
[11:10] Sunraku
    I'm gonna take that Crystal Scorpion
[11:11] Sunraku
    minefield swarming with
    level-100-plus monsters...
[11:13] Sunraku
    and turn it into a walk in the park!
[11:17] Emul
    Please put me down now!
[11:33] Sunraku
    What's wrong, buddy? I'm right here!
[11:38] Sunraku
    So scary!
[11:49] Sunraku
    Oh, gosh, I'm surrounded!
[11:51] Sunraku
    What do I do? I'm in so much trouble!
[12:01] Sunraku
    Just kidding.
SIGN    Six-Boat Leap
[12:03] Sunraku
    Six-Boat Leap!
[12:11] Sunraku
    Okay, great!
[12:12] Sunraku
    Carapace breakage confirmed!
[12:19] Sunraku
    You wanna run me through
    the scorpion blender, huh?
[12:22] Sunraku
    Part of me would like to find
    out what that feels like,
[12:25] Sunraku
    but it might be kinda traumatic,
    so I'll pass this time.
[12:30] Sunraku
    Enter Travel!
SIGN    Enter Travel
SIGN    
SIGN    
[12:49] Sunraku
    Three cheers for civilization! Inventoria!
[12:50] sign
    Inventoria
[12:52] Sunraku
    Technology always gets the last laugh!
[12:58] Sunraku
    I got the idea from watching
    Emul use that item.
[13:01] Sunraku
    I can move myself instantly to the Inventoria,
    like I'd transmit an item or a weapon.
[13:07] Sunraku
    That means I can create myself
    a safe space wherever I need it!
[13:11] Sunraku
    This Inventoria thing is seriously
    OP if you use it right!
[13:17] Sunraku
    Now... guess it's time to head back.
[13:22] Sunraku
    Exit Travel!
SIGN    Exit Travel
SIGN    Dropped Item
    Crystal Leg
SIGN    Dropped Item
    Crystal Scorpion's Carapace
SIGN    Dropped Item
    Crystal Pincer
SIGN    Dropped Item
    Crystal Talon
[13:41] Sunraku
    Hell yeah!
[13:43] Sunraku
    Just like I thought,
    the Crystal Scorpions cleared out!
[13:47] Sunraku
    Time to loot all the spoils!
[13:55] Sunraku
    Materials from monsters that
    tough have gotta be pretty rare!
[14:00] Sunraku
    Bet you Bilac could make
    something awesome out of them!
[14:03] Sunraku
    I'm so awesome! I'm a genius!
[14:19] Sunraku
    I'm gonna make materials
    out of every one of you!
[14:22] Sunraku
    Come at me in the tens or the hundreds!
[14:28] Sunraku
    Just you wait, Bilac!
    I'm gonna have a huge collection for you!
[14:37] Sunraku
    Players have a hard limit
    on inventory capacity.
[14:37] Sunraku
    Heave-ho! Heave-ho!
[14:40] Sunraku
    If you carry too much, it gets
    too heavy, and slows you down.
[14:44] Sunraku
    But...
SIGN    Inventoria Key
[14:46] Sunraku
    The Inventoria lets you store unlimited
    objects with no penalty at all!
[14:49] Sunraku
    Yay! Yay! Unlimited!
SIGN    Inventoria Key
[14:52] Sunraku
    So if you use it just right...
[15:01] Sunraku
    I can get unlimited materials from
    the over-level-100 Crystal Scorpions!
[15:07] Sunraku
    You rock, Inventoria!
[15:10] Sunraku
    I just hide out in the Inventoria until
    the Crystal Scorpions' aggro dies down...
[15:17] Sunraku
    Then I return to the real world when the
    heat's off, and would you look at that?
[15:22] Sunraku
    The Crystal Scorpions are gone,
    back to hiding in the scenery,
SIGN    Dropped Item
    Crystal Leg
[15:26] Sunraku
    and the ground is littered with items
    generated from their infighting!
SIGN    Dropped Item
    Crystal Scorpion's Carapace
SIGN    Dropped Item
    Crystal Pincer
SIGN    Dropped Item
    Crystal Talon
[15:32] Sunraku
    Figuring out these little tricks
    is what I love about gaming!
[15:35] Sunraku
    I'm gonna get so many valuable materials!
[15:38] Sunraku
    Although...
SIGN    Sunraku
[15:40] Sunraku
    Looks like I'm pretty low on MP.
[15:43] Sunraku
    I'm down to my last use of the Inventoria.
[15:47] Sunraku
    But I still got tons of sweet item drops!
[15:51] Sunraku
    I'll do one last run, then head back.
SIGN    Crystal Leg
     Crystal Talon
     Crystal Pincer
     Crystal Scorpion's Carapace
     Aroncaleth Hard Lapis
    Lapisteria Stellar Crystal
     Amurcidian Quartz
     Crystalline Sand
     Lowenanva Amber Crystal
[15:55] Sunraku
    Still, there's something so satisfying
    just looking through rare items...
[16:01] Sunraku
    Eh? What's this?
[16:03] Sunraku
    Wait a minute!
[16:05] Sunraku
    I still don't have a stinger?
[16:08] Sunraku
    You can't fight a scorpion and
    not get a stinger, can you?
[16:12] Sunraku
    It's kind of the most defining feature!
[16:15] Sunraku
    Maybe the stinger's too sturdy to
    tear off just from basic infighting?
[16:22] Sunraku
    Seems pretty plausible, which means...
[16:25] Sunraku
    The Crystal Scorpion's stinger
    could be the rare drop!
[16:30] Sunraku
    Okay, I get it.
[16:32] Sunraku
    I definitely wanna get me one of those.
[16:35] Sunraku
    But...
[16:36] Sunraku
    In order to get that rare drop,
[16:39] Sunraku
    I'm gonna have to face a horde
    of level-100-plus monsters,
[16:41] Sunraku
    in a place with awful footing,
    and pinpoint target the stinger.
[16:47] Sunraku
    And the part I'm after is so super-tough
    that normal attacks won't break it off.
[17:06] Sunraku
    C'mon, guys.
[17:07] Sunraku
    This is some trash game-tier stuff, y'know?
[17:13] Sunraku
    But that's what's gonna make it fun!
[17:16] Sunraku
    Let's get it done!
[17:19] Sunraku
    I'm gonna tear off your precious
    stinger, no matter what it takes!
[17:23] Sunraku
    On my honor as a trash gamer!
SIGN    Overheat
     Climax Boost
     Nitro Gain
[17:39] Sunraku
    Even with my buff stack, it's a no-go?!
[17:41] Sunraku
    Figures it'd be that tough!
[17:43] Sunraku
    Didn't even leave a crack!
[17:50] Sunraku
    I had a feeling I might
    need some help on this.
[17:56] Sunraku
    I'll have to get their attacks
    to focus on a single stinger!
[18:02] Sunraku
    I can't fully control my enemies' attacks.
[18:06] Sunraku
    Getting the best possible pull out
    of the random number generator...
[18:11] Sunraku
    That's what being a gamer is about!
[18:18] Sunraku
    Dodge the stingers' attacks.
[18:20] Sunraku
    Land.
[18:23] Sunraku
    Stay to the very last second to
    lure the other scorpions' attack...
[18:27] Sunraku
    Yes, that could do it!
[18:30] Sunraku
    I only get one chance at this.
[18:33] Sunraku
    Enter Travel!
[18:41] Sunraku
    Then right back to reality!
[18:48] Sunraku
    Perfect placement!
[18:50] Sunraku
    You rock, Goddess of RNG!
SIGN    Overheat
     Climax Boost
     Nitro Gain
[18:53] Sunraku
    Now that the stinger's pretty busted...
SIGN    Overheat
     Climax Boost
     Nitro Gain
SIGN    Glowing Pierce
SIGN    Glowing Pierce
[18:57] Sunraku
    Glowing Pierce!
[19:03] Sunraku
    Just break already!
[19:09] Sunraku
    Yeah! How you like that?!
[19:11] Sunraku
    That's what I can do when
    I put my mind to it!
[19:15] Sunraku
    Got me a rare drop!
[19:18] Sunraku
    The second I claim it,
[19:21] Sunraku
    even if I'm insta-killed,
    I'll still get to keep the...
[19:25] Sunraku
    Hey. Hang on.
[19:27] Sunraku
    Huh?
[19:28] Sunraku
    I'm not as close as I thought I was.
[19:32] Sunraku
    Huh? You're kidding me, right?
[19:34] Sunraku
    I almost had it.
[19:36] Sunraku
    If my trajectory had been
    just a little different,
[19:39] Sunraku
    I could've had it.
[19:42] Sunraku
    Hey, you listening? Goddess of RNG?
[19:48] Sunraku
    Why you gotta be so cruel?
[19:59] Emul
    A-Are you all right, Sunraku-san?!
[20:06] Emul
    You haven't moved this whole time,
    and you seem to be trembling...
[20:12] Sunraku
    Yeah...
[20:13] Sunraku
    I can break off the scorpion's stinger,
    and it's possible to retrieve it.
[20:18] Sunraku
    I know that now, so... I guess that's enough.
[20:23] Sunraku
    It's enough. Yeah, it is.
[20:28] Sunraku
    Like hell it is!
[20:30] Sunraku
    It doesn't mean jack if
    I don't get the thing!
SIGN    Random Number
    Generator
[20:35] Sunraku
    Screw you, Goddess of RNG! You totally suck!
[20:39] Sunraku
    Missing it when you almost had it is the
    biggest psychological blow you can take!
[20:43] Sunraku
    And despite getting stuck
    in the scorpion blender,
[20:46] Sunraku
    why didn't it tear up the Staring Bird Mask?!
[20:49] Sunraku
    Was it a miracle? Why is that
    where I pull the miracle RNG?!
[20:53] Sunraku
    It actually kinda makes me more pissed!
[20:57] Emul
    Sunraku-san has grown rather unstable.
[21:03] Sunraku
    That pissed me off way too much.
[21:05] Sunraku
    I don't wanna look at any
    more scorpions for a while.
[21:15] Sunraku
    There's only one way to
    bounce back from this.
[21:20] Emul
    Wh-What is is?
[21:22] Sunraku
    I'm gonna brag to Bilac
    about the materials I got
[21:24] Sunraku
    and bathe in her praise!
[21:27] Sunraku
    I just know she'll appreciate how
    valuable these materials are!
[21:32] Sunraku
    Time is money! Let's go, Emul!
[21:34] Emul
    R-Righty-o...
[21:38] Sunraku
    Nothing beats the moment when you brag
    to someone about your accomplishments!
[21:43] Emul
    That's rather perverse thinking!
[21:45] Sunraku
    Sorry, but I take that as a compliment!
[23:24] Kids
    SLF Theater!
SIGN    SLF Mini
SIGN    Records of Battles With Lycagon
[23:28] Emul
    Mini!
SIGN    Equip
SIGN    SLF Theater
[23:32] sign
    Cannot equip.
[23:33] sign
    Cannot equip.
[23:34] sign
    Cannot equip.
[23:35] sign
    Cannot equip.
[23:36] sign
    Cannot equip.
[23:36] sign
    Cannot equip.
[23:37] Sunraku
    Curse you, Lycagon!
[23:40] Pencilgon
    What now? Still wasting your time on that?
[23:43] Sunraku
    There could be a glitch that gives a
[23:46] Sunraku
    fraction-of-a-percent chance of breaking
    through Lycagon's curse to put on armor.
[23:50] Pencilgon
    Well, dreaming is free.
[23:52] Pencilgon
    Everything past that will cost you.
[23:54] Sunraku
    So stingy!
[23:56] Sunraku
    Speaking of, quite a few people
    have fought Lycagon, right?
[24:00] Sunraku
    It's just that no one's beaten it.
[24:05] Pencilgon
    Yeah, that's true.
[24:07] Pencilgon
    Momo-cha—
[24:08] Pencilgon
    Someone I know is pretty passionate about it.
[24:11] Sunraku
    But they haven't beaten it?
[24:13] Pencilgon
    Just don't mention that her.
[24:15] Pencilgon
    I have, of course.
[24:17] Sunraku
    You...
[24:20] Sunraku
    So, just for my edification,
    how did this person fight it?
[24:25] Pencilgon
    Well, from what I've heard,
[24:28] Pencilgon
    they came at it with a V formation,
[24:31] Pencilgon
    but it got behind them and blew
    them away like bowling pins.
[24:38] Pencilgon
    Then they tried the Dynamite
    Bone-in Muscle Burst.
[24:43] Pencilgon
    Momo-chan said that one
    went pretty well, I think.
[24:48] Sunraku
    The what?
[24:49] Pencilgon
    Oh, would you look at the time?
[24:52] Pencilgon
    Sorry, I've got an early
    morning. Better log out.
[24:55] Sunraku
    Hey! Wait a minute!
[24:56] Sunraku
    You can't just not explain that one!
[24:59] Sunraku
    Dynamite Bone-in Muscle Burst?
[25:04] Sunraku
    Dynamite Bone-in Muscle Burst?
[25:09] Sunraku
    Dynamite Bone-in Muscle Burst?
[25:16] Emul
    S-Sunraku-san, what are you doing?
[25:26] Sunraku
    Bone-in meat and a muscle burst!
[25:29] Emul
    Bone-in meat and a muscle burst?!
[25:33] Sunraku
    So I just need the dynamite.
[25:36] Sunraku
    An explosion.
[25:38] Sunraku
    That's where you come in, Emul.
[25:41] Emul
    Wh-What are you going to get me to do?
[25:45] Emul
    Explosion? Are you going to explode me?!
[25:48] Sunraku
    You're going to become the dynamite!
[25:52] Emul
    No!