Golden Experience

Episode 228 "Lady Praeteritum"

Ahead through the dim underground, the artifact room was unlikely to be underground. I was worried about being able to accommodate more than a hundred people who were outside. I was worried while other HR, but it doesn't seem to be a problem at all.

In the center of the room sits an artifact shaped like a giant compass.

It seemed to be made of rainbow-coloured crystal or something, slowly spinning with sparkling light.

Before the artifact there is also a cylindrical container made of something as transparent as a crystal, which seems to be able to be converted into energy by putting an item in it.

It seems like a size people can't go in, but what do you do when you want to convert a big item, etc.

Or what happens if you put an organism about the size of that inside?

"Ha... Wow. There's a super tall globe floating around. But the main unit is transparent, so you have no idea where it says anything."

"First of all, this world is not Earth, and then this is probably not a global object. I wouldn't have written anything in the first place. It looks like a compass, but it doesn't even look like a stylish day clock."

"In the meantime, let's fill it with artifact energy. If we don't hurry, they may come from outside. If it's a clean heart, why don't we just have ten?

"Ah, yes, yes, I'll let you out! The Azareas gave it to me to pick it up, but I still don't know how to use it!

Well then, shall I be sweet to your words? But is that okay? Maybe you won't get this anymore. Angel attacks will never happen again. "

"Angels are disgusting, to be honest, so I'm feeling better."

Well, if Blanche is good enough. Besides, I probably have a lot of Rare, too. "

When the artifact was activated, the surrounding view distorted for a moment, and when it was clear, it was in a place like a building hall somewhere.

It's a very large room. You'll be able to afford it no matter how many players have stormed around here.

High ceilings, too. but just not tall enough for the Rares to giant and fight.

"... what are you guys. No, where am I in the first place... I... what am I? I... what's this look like? Why are you looking like this?

Rare has a familiar archangel standing in the center of the room.

It seems true that he has just woken up.

Memories seem to be cloudy. You wouldn't have heard me if I hadn't had the most 'audible enhancement' though. Murmuring.

"... did the Count say that the Archangel was born when the Spirit King died? So by now, Mr. Spirit King, is he dying somewhere?

"No, I'm pretty sure it was the Spirit King who created that artifact. If the operation is as explained, it should go back in the artifact until after the Spirit King dies, so now he's dead."

The archangel in front of him shook his head for a while and looked around, but eventually returned to me and stared at this one and shouted.

"... well. You did this! I will never forgive you! It'll tear you apart! No, it's raw just to kill! You will feed me as a livestock until the eternity of the future, until your children!

Somehow he got angry suddenly.

If the Archangel had been reincarnated from Homuncrus, there would have been someone who produced it. In order to do this, it is necessary to make the most of "great business" in "smelting".

Speaking of the continent, the most likely parent of Homunkurus would be the Spirit King.

In the meantime, I will assume his parents are spiritual kings and consider the reasons for his anger.

If the Count's story is true, it seems that it was his men who defeated the Spirit King. He is the ancestor of the heads of modern human states.

And if he now assumes that he remembers his wrath by being killed by his parents, where is the spearhead of that wrath directed?

If you know that he was betrayed and killed, it will naturally be under the Spirit King.

Even if the mastermind is unknown, he will resent the mastermind and the executor, even if he doesn't know his face.

It's unclear where this place is, but if the archangel was homunculus until this time, then maybe the Spirit King was on his feet here too.

And if those who don't know that place suddenly show up shortly after that Spirit King dies, it's no surprise that you considered them executors.

So the time shift is set at this timing? This means that hostility begins with Max against the players who show up. The Devil or the Operation? "

"To put it more simply, this is a hypothesis.

You're not sure why Archangel could have reincarnated into Archangel in the first place, are you? Leaving aside the conditions that make it key, I should have needed at least 3000 EXP or something like that. Where did that spring from?

I'll put my thoughts around Lila's words.

When it comes to the most efficient means of gaining experience, it's about winning in combat. I don't necessarily need to kill him, but I'd rather kill him.

And at this hour, when it comes to being who is dying most recently and is likely to gain such immense experience.

"... no way, Spirit King?

"... thinking about it, Tsuji fits for now, doesn't it?

The mastermind, the ancestors of the kings, "ruled" by magic or something, and he killed the Spirit King with his hand. Maybe he used an artifact or something made for combat, but I think he did it directly. So I met the regeneration conditions, gained experience points, and regenerated into an archangel.

Is that the light wheel with the archangel's head? If that effect is the same as our horn, then maybe he escaped the 'domination' of the mastermind the moment he was reincarnated.

And the timing is probably "now."

For, I can also understand this harsh anger of his.

His appearance in front of him is imminent and compelling to appeal to his heart.

But it can't be that this is really the world of the past. It's got to be some kind of quarantine space built on another server or something.

The absence of the body of the Spirit King or the royal ancestors who wouldn't be strange to be here is also because this is just another space reproduced.

It doesn't mean, therefore, that that archangel is also really him in the past.

But there is no doubt that time has passed and history has been made in the game world.

Then maybe he really is a copy of the Archangel, its AI and avatar, some hundred years ago, just after sinning.

"─ ─ A copy of the AI saved just to be defeated by the player....."

And every time a player visits here, they play it over and over again from where they wake up. Just a little, no sympathy.

"... that poor archangel, Rae, was buried away."

"No offense."

"Hmm, well, if the Spirit King were alive, I think he would have stopped talking about the archangel in this state, and I guess he couldn't help it..."

"Yes, Bran was right, I stopped the poor Archangel."

I didn't know what to do if I watched this event first.

But in the end, I also feel like it was the same result.

At that time, I didn't feel like talking to the archangel I met at Modern Sky Castle. Sometimes it's because of Rae's incitement, but also considering it was a livestock call from the first voice, he probably never meant to believe anything but himself again, from the beginning.

"─ The domestication of mankind begins with the destruction of you!

The archangel looked at us, and a shining bow and arrow appeared in his hand.

Connect the arrows to flow. Behavior I've seen many times.

The time for reflection seems to be over. It is the beginning of the battle.

"Oh, this is Genocide. When this comes, get out of the ray anyway. I'm gonna die."

The little finger of an archangel stands.

'Genocide Arrow' is certainly a threat, but it's also not inevitable if you get used to it.

That should be possible even if it is not rare, for example if a player has played a difficult VR action game of instant death without dodging it in so-called frame units in old rhetoric for a few seconds. Perhaps one day Deovoldraugl, such as Bumb, can also be avoided.

That's probably why the little finger stood up.

This alone is difficult to avoid after firing, so the motion is probably special for balancing.

Apparently, the aim of this attack was rare, and Rare, who had guessed it from the archangel's gaze and bow orientation, avoided the arrow with an almost reflective reaction.

But thanks, I feel that the speed is just a little sweeter than it is in modern times.

Perhaps the flying speed of this skill depends on your stat.

If so, there seems to be no doubt that this archangel of the past is weaker than the modern one.

The arrow went straight ahead and pierced the wall of the hall and disappeared.

"Eh... is that supposed to be avoided?

"That's right. It's the first time I've had the right to stand before an archangel."

"Suddenly they stripped me of my human rights!

In this state, Bran as well as Lyla are unlikely to be completely avoided until they get used to it.

Asking them how to get out, thinking that Rae would have to attract this somehow, the archangel has literally taken a series of 'Genocide Arrows' early in the arrow. Towards Rare.

It still looks like that skill can be fired in a row.

A little bit too far, for example, a giant like Uluru can't avoid this, but if Uluru is hit by all of this attack, he will probably die somewhere in a few seconds.

I also have a lot of broken skills.

I thought, "Penetrate Arrow."

Even though you can't hit Genoside, you can't hit Penetrate even later.

This was also released continuously by Rae for some reason, but avoided all of it.

Why aren't you shooting 'Genocide' in a row? Is there any reason why you can't shoot?

And "Penetrate" was also interrupted. Suppose this changes your shooting skills again.

"Maybe next time we'll be exploring. That's troublesome, so let me interrupt you a little." Liberation: Wings "" Liberation: Deva Steel "" Liberation: Sword "

Black wings emerged from Rare's waist and jumped the bottom of the robe.

The robe does not close the front, but the arm is through. As a result, it rolled up from the back and became like a peacock with a tail.

"'Explored Arrows!

Arrows are released with the declaration. It was really 'Explode Arrow'. Does it make any sense and do this kind of skill turning?

Whatever the reason, even if this attack is avoided, if it lands nearby, it will take extra damage. I'm sorry about that.

"'Gatling'"

One beat behind the proclamation of the Archangel, Rae also activated his skills.

The aim is to shoot. Defeat the "Explode Arrow".

It's unclear if you can shoot down arrows released with disastrous active skills with 'feather gating', but if you come into contact and explode, the result is the same.

I didn't even try because I couldn't afford that yesterday at the Archangel Battle, but now I have no problem.

The large number of daggers that were released blew up the flying "Explode Arrow", where an explosion occurred and several daggers scattered around.

"Wow!"

Apparently one of them flew towards Blanc.

Looking in the direction of his voice, at some point there was Bran and Lyla who were circling behind the archangel.

Bran's voice was almost heard on this side between the archangels, and certainly the archangels. But even though I was concerned about you, I immediately fixed my gaze on Rare again.

"What the hell. Do you like me so much? Well, it's better than being attacked over there."

After all, it was "Cloud Burst Arrow."

This has also been decided to deal with. but I'll try something else here.

"'Liberation: Thread' 'Slashed Thread'"

I stretched the thread of Adamas out of my fingers on both hands and tore the arrow apart.

Each Cloud Burst arrow does not have the power of an active skill. That's why I knew last time we could intercept them depending on our stats and weapon performance.

I wondered if this Adamus yarn, which would be a biological weapon, could be cut off by a rare high stat.

Then the arrows were cleaved as they were aimed, and the remains of light scattered around the rare. It also disappears to melt quickly.

Because this skill does not reduce the maximum MP or consume LP, it is more cost-effective than the Devil's Sword for interception purposes only.

Rare, this guy's skill, maybe he has a certain number of shots he can shoot in a certain amount of time. For example, if it's the first genoside, you can only shoot up to five shots in 30 seconds.

(... I mean, when you shoot five, the cool-time count starts, and when the cool-time is over, it loads another five?

Oh, that's easier to understand. Probably not. I don't know much about bow skills.

Currently, each bow active skill acquired by players should have had a Cool Time set. It was also a specification that a very short cool time would occur for each shot.

Rae himself doesn't know because he doesn't acquire bow skills, but if he had a special specification of cool-time every few shots, he would have been talking about it in SNS.

But if you have a skill as powerful as Genocide Arrow, for example, you should have a good amount of cool-time, albeit a bow-and-arrow skill.

Does the price of being able to fire that in no-time mean cool-time coming together later?

When I fought the Archangel the other day, it was difficult to know exactly who fired which attack, so I didn't see it that far.

Even with normal specifications, even if cool-time was 10 seconds, it's a calculation that if there were 50 of them, they would fly five shots a second. There's no way I can watch it all.

Even when I was fighting the first one again, I didn't get the impression that I was shooting the same attack so continuously.

Oh, could this be it? 'Continuous Strike' is a skill. I guess I'm using this to fire in a row. Sounds like we're starting to get some cool time together. "

"... how do you know?

I'm just looking at the "appraisal" right now. I don't care about Archangel or Rare. I'm free.

If you're free, do something!

Rae seems to be busy, so I'm giving her an appraisal instead.

Speaking of which, it was originally meant to be.

The Archangel was somehow the enemy of Rare, so he forgot to get into the fight.

"By the way, when I say why you're after Rae all the time, it's probably because of 'True Eyes'. I know because I have one too, but when I look through it, Rae's LP is super flashy in color."

The mystery has been solved.

Same as the miscellaneous fish angels who have been after Rare all the time in King Werth Capital.

This archangel still lacks combat experience.

Like those angels back then, they're targeting the most threatening Rare for now.

I am aware that I have a lot of LP, but I have never even cared about the color, so I was losing my mind.

Then I can't help it. Lyla and Blanc are attackers because I'm going to do the tank like this. I don't think it's necessary, but if I'm going to get shot, give my best to Healer.

Yes, yes, yes.

Ra!

Whether the cool time of the "serial shooting" has broken out, the archangel who was trying to shoot the "Genoside Arrow" again suddenly became stiff.

Probably the effect of Lila's "evil eye".

I don't know what state anomaly I hit, but the archangel makes a few seconds of movement and the brilliance visible in "True Eyes" begins to shake slightly. Paralysis and slip damage, is it around ferocious poison?

"'The Book of Darkness'!" The Fog of Demons "!

With Blanc's voice, the hall is engulfed in mist and dim darkness, and his vision gets worse all at once.

The "Dark Book" is magic that takes away the surrounding light, so it has no effect on the "Magic Eye", but the "Magic Fog" itself carries with it a lot of magic. For this reason, even the vision of "Magic Eye" seems to be covered with fog.

However, it is not enough to get in the way of the battle immediately. Since "True Eye" is also used, at least the positional relationship of the characters around it can be clearly seen.

It's a little tough to deal with 'Genocide Arrow', but if it's this dark, it's fine to open your eyes. Combined use of all eyes: naked eye, 'demonic eye' and 'true eye' can avoid the same until now.

It's inevitable since he was shot anyway, and you could come a little closer.

"'Shadowlance'!

Bran used attack magic when he was finished preparing below.

It is a single magic that has the highest attack power in Dark Magic.

The scary thing about this magic is that you can't see the orbit until you've landed a bullet in the subject.

As the name suggests, the shadow spear is the magic of attacking the enemy, so it is the shadow that flies through the ground. For this reason, it is virtually impossible to intercept with the aim of offsetting.

"Shit! All of you!

The archangel looked back and stared at Bran and Lyla alternately.

They took unexpected damage when they were distracted by Rare LPs, and finally recognized the two behind them as enemies.

However, it is not okay to lose sight of the person who was supposed to have been on alert until recently.

If you're going to stand around as a tank, you don't have to do it from a distance.

It's quicker to get close to close range and get inside the bow range.

Rae rushed for him to the gap where the archangel gave him a good look.

"You!? Stay back, Explorer Arrow!

The unleashed arrow twists itself and dodges.

I found an explosion far behind, but the blast won't reach Rare.

"Genocai ─ ─"

Hmm!

Gafu

Reaching the archangel, Rae suppressed her hand with the archangel's bow, which she tried to unleash her skill, with her right hand, and kachi up her ragged jaw with her left palm bottom.

Closer to this distance, it is no longer a bow.

"Ugh, you, all of you...!

The archangel erased the glowing bow, gripping his fist and beating him.

Fighting range. The archangel seems to have 'bare hands', a beautiful poke.

In rare and archangels there is a difference in height and reach, which is a disadvantage in normal terms.

It is the school of parenting that assumes such a case, but I decided to try something different from usual because it is difficult.

"Paris."

And he stretched out the thread of Adams from his fingers, and parched the fist of the Archangel.

I don't know how I can recirculate a biological fist with steel wire that I can cut off if I touch it, but the effect of my skills knocked out the damage anyway.

If you look at it, the archangel's fist has not been particularly scratched either. They don't cause back damage even if they start biological attacks in 'Parry'.

Destroying the opponent's weapon in "Paris" or something would have required a dedicated skill, so that might be the decision.

"I'm glad it worked. After all, I wonder if yarn is bioweapon handling"

"You're in a mess ─ ─"

"'Shadow Lance'!

"'Yville Smite'"

Blanc's attack again and then Lyla's "Dark Magic". Lyla seems to be getting this for granted too.

"Me! Abominable!

"'Thread Slashing'"

Slash and tear the body of the archangel wanting to look back with yarn and do Hate control.

If this is the case, I should have gotten it on "Taunt," but I can't die the most in my own forces. Even if Rare gets it, I don't have as many opportunities to use it in the future.

"You're distracted."

"Ugaaaaaaa!

The archangel is beaten to pieces by Rare again. 'Parry', of course.

There. Also, Bran flies magic from behind.

"'Shadowlance'! Rae, you're recovering!?

"I don't need it. I didn't get a single attack, and I won't get one anymore."

"Lick me up!

No matter how you look at it, there's no damage in Rare's LP, so I guess I told Rare to stir that up now.

Thanks to this, the Archangel is intensely aggressive and focuses on rare attacks. I can say it's not a bad assist.

"'Shadowlance'!

"Shit!" Great Heal "!

"Ah! It's healed again!

"It's okay. I don't have any more MPs left, so maybe that's the last one."

"I heard good things about that." Yville Smite ""

Healing, Lyla's dark spear pierces her freshly returned wing.

"This......!

"Oops, yarn slashing."

I'll lighten the nose tip of the archangel who cares about the back with Adamus yarn.

This alone increases my hostility towards Rae and immediately resumes the attack.

They're more afraid of rare attacks that are almost invisible than the main source of damage. Even if Bran attacked me in the back, it would be easier for me to do it as a tank because I don't like it if Rare tries to cut the thread.

Possession of more LPs than their original counterparts, or sometimes verbal incitement, may also be working.

It is also significant that by approaching close range, the 'genocide arrow', which is most concerned with avoidance, was sealed.

If the opponent is a large army, it is very impossible, but if there is only one person, this is the most efficient.

If you were an archangel, everything would be different, and frustration would have reached its peak.

"'Shadowlance'!

Blanc is not as INT or magical offensive as Rare, but he is still a player who has originally built on magical subjects.

Shooting the magic of the weakness attribute on an unprotected back can be a fine source of damage.

"Damn it. Oh!

The MP is depleted, the bottom of the LP begins to be visible, and the archangel, who made him even more anxious, waves his fist around the groan, attacking Rare.

I remembered the skill spray when I fought the first archangel.

It seems from this time onwards that attacks become cluttered with haste and anger.

That archangel wasn't a "body," and I'm sure that means he's different from this individual, but the pattern of action looks just like it.

Rare 'Paris' it all.

"─ ─ It's almost over."

From the outward image, it was surprising that the archangel had 'bare hands'.

No, the Archangel has "healing magic," and if you think about it, it may be natural to have "bare hands."

But it wasn't exactly as good as a bow.

If you even pack the distance, you can fight a lot easier than you thought.

This may also make the players succeed in the Archangel crusade quicker than they think.

"It's time for the enemy LP to be in the red zone. Blanc, you can ignore Rica and slap her."

"Roger that! Shadow Lance! Blaze Lance!" Icicle Lance "! ─ ─

"Let me shoot you too." Yville Smite, "right," Shadowlance, "uh," Isicle Lance. "

Under a series of two magical attacks from behind, the remaining LPs of the Archangel are lost.

"Gwaaaaaaaaaaaa!

It's cleverly overlaid with the idea that magic doesn't interfere with each other extra, but I guess that's a lila fit. Maybe Bran's just doing everything he can without thinking about it.

"─ ─ Ahhh... me... me... my father..."

And the archangel fell, and vanished, leaving the jewel behind.

Leave behind the last words that could not be heard because they were defeated in modernity with 'dominance'.

"... is my father the Spirit King?"

"... Um, isn't this a little bad aftertaste? It's like we're villains!

"It probably ends the same way no matter who the players fought. And regardless of that, we're the villains from the beginning, Bran."

Pick up the jewels left behind in a wide hall.

It's Zagreus' heart.

Again, even if you defeat the archangels of the past, the drops seem to be this resurrection item as well.

"─ Ah! There's a magic formation at the end of the room! Can I go home if I ride that one?

"Stop, Bran! If you ride that, you'll probably be in front of the artifact you just saw. If anyone happens to be in trouble."

"Oh well. What am I gonna do? If we wait hundreds of years or so like this, can we go back to the old days?

Innocence.

"... no, it doesn't mean I've really come to the past, and this is probably just an isolated field, so I can't wait and go home.

It would be easier if we could move from here to Summon. I knew I couldn't do it. All the skills in the "Summoning" system are locked. "

"Castling" is possible, but all the family members you can choose are gray.

I guess I can use it if I bring my family to this space, but I can't use it as it stands.

"At this point, even if you had metastatic skills and magic, you wouldn't be able to use it."

Well then, I guess I'll just have to go home with the magic team?

"Right. Let's do this, then. Once you get on the magic team and the return process is activated, maybe at some point 'summons' and other skills should also be unlocked. If you fly somewhere at that moment, it's only minimal to be seen even if someone was out there"

"Isn't it much worse to just be seen for a moment? I have no excuse."

After all, I decided to let the knight of Lyla's family come around and make the transfer at a time when there was no one outside.

This was made possible by the fact that friendly chat was also possible in this quarantine field.

This can be said to be an indispensable specification because even a friend chat can be sealed and interfere with players' communication.

"Mr. Lyla, you had other friends!

"Unsoudane"

Speaking of which, Bran didn't tell us about the specifications of the NPC inventory.