# E24 - Rare Items, Worth More Than Life Itself
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQW32W/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!