Chapter 37: [EDen] Wake the f*** up, SAMURAI. Let’s burn down the city together [Yuki/Rin/Lunaverse] (4)

[!!-BOSS ENCOUNTER-!!]

[Lv.27 Red Comet Bandit Leader, Flame]

The screen flashed red with a warning.

Flame, the boss of the bandits, stood before Rin and me.

She stepped off her bike, her mechanical legs clanking as she walked toward us.

[Flame: Who are you? Never seen you in this area before.]

[Flame: Are you new members of the Resistance?]

[Me: And you? Your whole body’s mechanical—are you like an android or something?]

[Flame: Hah… In this day and age, androids are everywhere.]

[Flame: Answer the question. Are you Resistance?]

[Me: And what if I am?]

[Flame: …Tch. This just got annoying.]

[Flame: I was hoping to avoid a fight…]

CLUNK!

Metal plates shifted rapidly, forming a massive hammer.

Flame aimed it at us.

Red flames erupted from the rocket engine mounted on the hammer’s back.

Her mechanical eyes glinted with artificial light as she spoke:

[Flame: Sorry, but I’m gonna have to kill you here.]

With that, the fight began.

BOOOOOOM!!

Flames roared from the engine.

The massive hammer swung horizontally with deadly momentum.

I instantly dashed back, creating distance with a backstep.

Rin, meanwhile, leapt into the air and used a forward blink while midair.

Two more dashes followed, trailing blue afterimages as she twisted around.

By the time I registered it, Rin had already circled behind the boss and unleashed her charged attack.

[Strong Attack ─ Excision]

BZZZZT!!!

[HP ■■■■□ 87%]

A triple slash with her blade.

Surrounded by blue sparks, Flame’s HP dropped sharply.

“Wahh!! W-Wait!!”

While Rin was fighting the boss—

I was getting my *ss handed to me by the minions Flame brought along.

Pew! Pew!

[HP ■■■□□ 66%]

Pink lasers fired from my revolvers.

They looked weak and cute, but apparently they packed a punch—one shot took off a third of an enemy’s health.

But there were just too many of them.

I got surrounded fast, and blunt weapons like bats and hammers were swinging at me from all sides.

“Yuki! Right click!! Use your right click!!”

“Right click? Oh—okay…!”

I clicked the right mouse button immediately.

Right click was… a skill, right?

I hadn’t used anything but basic attacks and charged strikes until now.

My question was soon answered by the skill animation.

CLACK!

My twin revolvers transformed midair.

The formerly blocky barrels reshaped into something that looked like stag beetle horns.

[Skill ─ Supernova]

With a spark-powered launch, my body shot upward.

As I spun midair, my revolvers unleashed a rapid-fire storm of lasers in every direction.

It was like a supernova exploding.

A laser storm engulfed the area, roasting all the minions around me.

[High noon has donated ₩3,000!]

– The sun’s… setting…

– lololol

– Can’t resist that sunset line

– The sun… is setting…

– The sun’s settin’ lmao

– lolol

– Seok-yang-i… jinda…

While I mowed down the small fry, Rin was handling the boss solo.

[HP ■■■□□ 49%]

The boss’s HP had already dropped past half.

Flame snarled and swung her hammer at Rin, who responded with another strong attack.

[Strong Attack ─ Excision]

CLANG!!

Her massive hammer flew backward.

But then its rocket engine reignited and it came roaring back at high speed.

This time, Rin didn’t dash.

She rolled downward.

The hammer whooshed just above her head, and while it passed, she charged her gauge for another strong attack.

In the brief moment the boss was stunned—

[Strong Attack ─ Excision]

BZZZZZZT!!!

Her third strong attack landed.

Blue slashes erupted in three arcs.

KAANG─!

But her blade didn’t connect.

It was blocked by a sudden red hemispherical shield, crackling with electricity.

[HP ■■□□□ 42%]

[＝＝＝＝＝ 100%]

A new red gauge appeared below Flame’s HP bar—most likely her shield.

“Rin! You okay?!”

“Not… really! I didn’t think there’d be a second phase…!”

“I’ll help! Pull back for a sec!”

I shouted while holding right click to charge up.

Rin dashed aside, and I fired my charged attack straight at the boss.

[Strong Attack ─ Photon Cannon]

“YUKI BEEEEEEEAAAAAM!!!!!!!”

– lolololol

– Yuki beam~~~

– lolol

– She’s actually firing a beam

– Yuki BEEEEEAAAM!!!!

With a dramatic shout, my revolver fired a massive beam.

The pink laser shot straight into the shield, rapidly draining its gauge like it had sprung a leak.

[HP ■■□□□ 42%]
[＝　　　 2%]

The shield collapsed in seconds, and the moment it vanished—

Rin activated her own skill.

[Skill ─ Overdrive]

Her right-click triggered the laser cutter’s skill.

The blade, once blue, now glowed red with sparks and doubled in size.

She slashed horizontally.

KRRRRRRRRRRACK!!!

[HP ■□□□□ 9%]

The boss’s HP plummeted.

And with that final blow, the fight ended.

The story scene resumed.

[Flame: Ngh… I didn’t think you’d be this strong…]

[Flame: Just who are you people…? Some kind of secret weapons the Resistance cooked up?]

[Me: You don’t need to know.]

[Me: Anyway, time to take you in.]

[Me: Capturing you was the mission, after all.]

Flame’s eyes widened. She panicked.

[Flame: W-Wait! Just a second!]

[Flame: I’ll give you information!]

[Flame: I’ll find whatever info you want, just don’t turn me in!]

[Flame: It’s not like it’s a bad deal for you… right?]

[Capture Flame.]

[Ask about Lize.]

Two choices appeared on screen.

Apparently, we could either stick to the quest and capture her, or ask her about Lize instead.

“Rin, what do you think?”

“Since we’re looking for Lize, probably the second option…”

“Right? Plus, it feels bad dragging off a cute girl.”

– ?

– We’re letting her go?

– That’s… questionable

– Asking about Lize makes more sense tho

– Cute??

– fr lol just bonk her already

“Let’s be real, everyone’s lowkey into android real dolls, right?”

“W-What in the world are you talking about?!”

– lol

– bruh what

– If it’s an android real doll, I get it tbh

– fr tho

– Is she insane

– Real stone? That’s fair tbh lmao

– She’s deranged… actually deranged…

Rin and I chose the second option.

The camera shifted again as the next story scene played.

[Me: Then… have you seen a girl with black hair around here?]

[Flame: Black hair? You know how many people that describes?]

[Flame: Give me something more specific.]

[Me: Hmm… something specific…]

[Me: She always wore a white ribbon.]

[Me: Plain, no patterns. Looked old and faded.]

[Flame: A white ribbon…?]

[Flame: You don’t mean this…?]

She pulled something out of her pocket.

In her hand was the very ribbon I’d just described.

[Me: You… Where did you get that…?!]

[Flame: I just picked it up by chance.]

[Me: Where did you find it?]

[Flame: Well… it’s kind of a long story…]

[Flame: Follow me.]

[Main Quest ─ Lize’s Trace]

[Objective: Flame of the Red Comet Bandits may have a lead on Lize’s whereabouts. Follow her and investigate Lize’s trail.]

A new quest popped up, and the story scene ended.

Finally, after holding it in the whole time, I turned to Rin and the viewers and said—

“Shall we stop here for today?”

– ?

– Finally…!

– Huh?

– ?

– ❓

– Was getting tired tbh

“Yeah, this stream did run pretty long.”

“Right? It’s been over three hours already.”

Between all the fights and quests, the session went longer than expected.

Any longer and the viewers would burn out too.

Judging from the chat, it was the perfect place to wrap up.

[OrangePeel has donated ₩100,000!]

– Yukigenyo~ I really enjoyed the stream!

“Thanks for the akasupa, OrangePeel! Alright, I’ll save here and we’ll continue tomorrow!”

(TL note: Akasupa: red superchat. Over 100,000 won donation.)

“Then—Yukigenyo~ Sleep well, everyone!”

“Otsuki~ Have a peaceful night, everyone!”

– Yukigenyo~

– Bye bye

– Yukigen~

– Sleep tight

– Yukigenyo~

– okgㅇ~

After saying our goodbyes, we saved and ended the stream.

That marked the end of Rin and my first Eden collab.