ShangriLa Frontier ~ Shitty Games Hunter Challenges Godly Game ~

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Then, there was a giant arm that popped out of the distorted space, firmly grasping Luukan’s torso and not letting go of it.

「Eh, what is that thing!?」

「…… This is the unique ability of that woman’s weapon, “Key of Hades”.
If I remember correctly, it holds the power to render any creature immobile for about thirty seconds with no ways of avoiding that effect once the spell captures you.」

「Any creature, huh……」

「It looks like SF-Zoo really has a chance at capturing Night Prowler Luukan……」

Oh, I wouldn’t worry too much about that.

If anything, even though I realize that I wouldn’t be able to best that monster at the current moment, I see that defeating it is not in the realm of impossible.

But despite being immobilized, the expression on Luukan’s face was not of an animal that was soon to be robbed of its freedom.

「Is, is that so? Look, at this rate, they will surely……」

「No, take a closer look…… Here it comes……」

「Eh?」

That’s right.
Now I remember.
I finally started to understand what exactly happened at that time.

In a moment, all of the information in my brain formed one single chain that finally started to make sense.

At that moment I was sure of it.
Night Prowler Luukan somehow managed to unite with the shadows and create an invisible copy of itself.

Or not.
It was not the shadows.
For me, it looks as though Luukan was united with the darkness itself, not only the shadow.

To be more specific, the darkness I was referring to was not the darkness on the ground or the air.
It was the darkness of space itself.

And now I can clearly see that at the exact moment of attack, Luukan’s body stayed the same, with not even a single move being made by it.

— Hypothesis.

That attack was not “Invisible Bite”.
Far from it, actually.

It was something along the lines of “Being attacked by an invisible alter ego”.

And the trigger to that attack is the disappearance of moonlight, and the light of the stars itself.
A state of perfect and impeccable darkness that no light could possibly hope to pierce.

An attack of an entity hidden in the darkness of the night, or even completely assimilated with it!

「Do you remember what kind of weather there was during all of your encounters with this thing……!?」

Night Prowler Luukan.
It seems that I was in the wrong about the meaning of that name.

It’s not “Night Prowler” because it attacks at night.
It’s a “Night Prowler” because it uses the night itself to attack you.

At the same time I arrived at that conclusion, the darkness mercilessly assaulted Animalia.