Chapter 58: [EDen] The end of the human era has arrived [Yuki/Rin] (2)

Wheeeeee~~!!!!!

/Warning, Class 3 prisoner facility door has been opened./

/Activating security robots to prevent escape./

As soon as the escape began, the sirens started wailing.

In an instant, the prison corridor was bathed in the red light of the sirens, and the sound of security robots moving in the distance could be heard.

“Damn it! With our current equipment, the security robots will be tough…”

“Th-then what do we do?”

“We’ll have to run for now! Follow me!”

We quickly dashed out through the opened door.

Fortunately, our weapons and drone were lying nearby.

As soon as I reacquired the drone, a holographic map of the prison appeared on the screen, and the path to the exit was marked with a red dotted line.

Tat-tat-tat─

How long did we run like that?

Security robots, having somehow found our location, blocked the corridor.

At that, Rin seemed to click her tongue and scowl.

Though it wasn’t visible due to her avatar.

“…It seems a battle is unavoidable.”

“Can’t we just go around another way?”

“This one would like to, but the path is blocked.”

-Those security robots are f*cking strong, though

-Yabe

-YABE

-Is this game over?

-You Died Lady, is she here?

(TL: “You Died Lady” is a common Korean gaming meme referring to the “You Died” screen in difficult games like Dark Souls.)

-It was about time to die

-Die already, Yuki!!!

Contrary to the negative chat, I didn’t lose hope and immediately pressed and held the right mouse button.

Then, the pistols interlocked and combined, and energy began to gather at the cross-shaped muzzle.

“Take this!! Yuki s*x Beam!!!!”

[Ultimate Skill ─ Longinus]

Kwaaaaaang!!!!

The security robots’ HP rapidly melted away from the destructive beam fired straight down the linear corridor.

As it was an ultimate skill usually reserved for boss fights, it could inflict significant damage even on enemies with a large level difference.

“What are you doing using your ultimate here… No, come to think of it, it should be fine.”

“Really? I just kind of fired it off without thinking…”

“There’s a high chance there won’t be a boss fight in this part. There are only two bosses left in the game, after all.”

-?

-What does that mean?

-Professor, the pace is too fast

-Someone translate, please

-Why are you always talking about things only you know!!

Viewers expressed their confusion due to Rin once again mentioning settings only she knew.

Fortunately, a donation from a Yukidan that arrived just in time provided supporting information for her statement.

[[SpeedWagon] donated 30,000 won!]

(TL: SpeedWagon is a JoJo reference, known for explaining things.)

-According to the setting book, Gluttony is sealed, and Pride is dead. Sloth is right next to Deus Ex Machina.

“Correct. Right now, Wrath and Greed are dead, and Lize has become one of the Seven Deadly Sins, so the boss for this chapter can only be that nun b*stard.”

“No… How on earth do you nerds know all this…”

-Aha

-What, those people scare me

-Korean specialty) Doesn’t care about the story

-Yuki is a native, huh

-Ah lol, just bring out the boss fight already

-Native Yuki?

-The nuance…

Anyway, while Rin and the mysterious viewer were busy showing off their knowledge to each other, we quickly cleared out the remaining security robots.

Kang, Pagagak!!

The security robots, perhaps critically damaged by the previous ultimate, fell without being able to land a single proper attack.

A significant number of security robots had already been taken down by the ultimate, and the remaining ones had their HP shredded to rags.

As soon as we finished off all the remaining security robots.

We immediately followed the escape route and calmly exited the prison.

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[Third Floor. Sky Plaza]

A scene I had seen on the main screen when I started the game sometime ago.

The sky above was filled with massive floating sky islands, and the light seeping from between the buildings was like stars in the night sky.

And the first thing we did on that third floor was.

To find the Resistance on the third floor.

[Urgent Quest]

[You have successfully escaped the prison, but you have not yet shaken off the numerous pursuers on your tail. Avoid the surveillance of the security robots and reach the Resistance base.]

Fortunately, the location of the base was saved on the drone.

Did Greed, who gave me the drone earlier, also swipe it from the Resistance?

Still, thanks to that, we were able to find the base more quickly.

Greed… he was a good octopus…

No, if I say octopus, I’ll get censored again.

Let’s compromise with something like cuttlefish.

“Once we reach the base, we must buy weapons first. Originally, we should have bought them in Neo City before the Greed boss fight, but…”

“We had a boss fight as soon as the quest ended. And we haven’t died since, so we haven’t had a chance to return to a save point.”

-Rin being too good is the problem

-FR lol

-Forced veteran play

-God-Rin-sama

-Rin, stop being so good!!!

-RMT! RMT!

(TL: Real Money Trading, though here it’s likely a chant of praise similar to “MVP”)

“It doesn’t seem like something to be particularly praised for…”

“Just be quiet and accept the headpats.”

While Rin was receiving mindless headpats, we arrived at a dark alley.

Walking a bit further and opening a door inside the alley revealed a space where several people were gathered.

It was the Resistance base.

[???: Hey, stop right there.]

And just as we were entering the base.

A red-haired woman stopped us.

[???: Haven’t seen your faces around. What’s your business here?]

She stared at us with her un-patched eye, aiming a long shotgun-like weapon at us.

At that, Rin’s and my characters raised both hands to show we had no intention of attacking.

[???: …You don’t seem to be enemies.]

[???: Those tin cans aren’t capable of conversation, after all.]

As she slightly lowered her guard, the atmosphere of the entire base seemed to lighten a bit.

The other people who had been silently staring at us also started conversing among themselves and resumed their own tasks.

We were the ones to continue the conversation.

[Me: New recruit. Joined on the 1st floor a few days ago.]

[Me: And as soon as I got to Neo City…]

[???: …Sorry to hear about the attack.]

[???: We didn’t expect them to react like that either.]

[???: Oh, right. We haven’t introduced ourselves yet, have we?]

[Esili: My name is Esili.]

[Esili: I’m the one in charge of the Resistance Sky Plaza base.]

[Esili: We don’t really have any missions to assign you here. There aren’t many easy missions on the 3rd floor suitable for new recruits.]

[Esili: Just… try not to get caught.]

With those last words, Esili sat back down on a supply crate.

As she averted her gaze from us, the story scene ended.

As expected of the 3rd floor, where security is tightest, the atmosphere was tense.

It feels like the atmosphere gets darker as the game progresses.

Is it because the genre is cyberpunk?

“Yuki. Let’s go buy weapons right away.”

“Okay, got it.”

Following Rin immediately to the weapon shop, I found an NPC dressed similarly to the one on the 1st floor.

When I spoke to that NPC, a shop window immediately popped up.

Still, seeing that the 1st floor shop and this NPC’s appearance were different, I could imagine how much the designers and developers must have been crunched.

[Erikson: Welcome to the forge. …Just buy quickly and leave.]

[Excalibur-Prototype] ─ [2500G]

[EMP Pulse Cannon] ─ [1750G]

[Cyclone Ballista] ─ [2500G]

[Crimson Hammer] ─ [1350G]

[About High Noon] ─ [2100G]

[Magnetic Field Shield Module] ─ [2350G]

[Compressed Air Pack] ─ [1750G]

……

[Current Gold ─ 4820G]

The shop, which had combat-assisting accessories and armor added in addition to weapons.

And seeing the enormous amount of gold we had accumulated, I realized just how much of a self-imposed hardcore playthrough we had been doing.

…Of course, I did almost nothing, and Rin did most of it.

“Have you bought all your weapons?”

“Hang on. I’ll choose a little more.”

I bought one of the dual pistols, ‘About High Noon’, and also purchased the ‘Magnetic Field Shield Module’ which provides additional HP.

If I had my way, I would have also bought the ‘Compressed Air Pack’, which allows an extra dash like the sword Rin uses, but unfortunately, I didn’t have enough gold for that.

“All bought!”

“Good. Then let’s go immediately.”

“Huh? Where to?”

“Don’t we need to go catch the 3rd-floor boss and the final boss?”

“No, no, how do we find them without a quest?”

-???

-FR, how do we go?

-?

-Yuki-confused

-???

-Professor… this is a bit…

The quest had disappeared after we arrived at the Resistance base.

It seemed we needed to receive the next quest, but there were no NPCs with quest markers in the base.

So I was thinking we might have to go outside and look for it…

“Actually, it seemed like it would take too long to just proceed normally, so I looked up a guide for a bit.”

“Heeh~ Rin, you loser boy, no, loser girl.”

“Be quiet. It was unavoidable if we wanted to finish the EDen stream today.”

-Ah lol, even Rin-sama can’t resist a guide lololol

-Hahahahaha

-You… looked, didn’t you…?

-Ah, she looked at a guide for this

-Hahaha

-The EDen stream has been going on for a while

-FR lol

“Anyway. So you’re saying we should go catch the boss right now?”

“That’s right. We need to catch that nun b*tch, the boss of the 3rd floor, and then go catch the one who made Lize like that.”

“The person who made Lize like that? Who is that.”

“Deus Ex Machina.”

Deus Ex Machina.

The mechanical god that created this world.

“It’s time to go catch that godd*mn tin can god.”

And Rin declared that she would drag that god down from the heavens.