Ougon no Keikenchi - Vol. 4 Ch. 18

[MangaDex]

 

[hippomann]

Too late did she realize her hubris has cost her. If she retreated right away she could not have lost a siege of the city, but her desire to show off and put on a performance even after losing her armour has lead to her defeat. Honestly this is the better outcome I think narratively, the devs can put out an announcement that the players worked together to stop the calamity, however the evil is not dead, and is licking it's wounds in the insert name of forest here preparing for the next opportunity to strike at the kingdoms of light.

 

[UdenEmpati]

Honestly like the idea of Rare losing here. It's a huge narrative moment for the "good guy" PCs, and it is fitting, in that her own ego becomes the reason for her defeat.
She's not fully down and out - but this would represent a setback, and one that she will have to learn from to continue doing what she's been wanting to do.

Also - they still think she's an NPC. That alone might be a huge win in her favor, if through all of this the players all assume they just fought an absurdly potent AI and not another player-turned-BBEG. So I hope this is her defeat, the end of the event in favor of the defending players, gives her tons of new data and insight into how to not lose going forward, and allows the devs to work this event into future events where she can come back "stronger than ever".

Plus, this gives the Devs a reason to not nerf her or strip her of the powers she's gained. If she can be defeated her and now through coordinated effort - even if it was her own hubris that sealed her fate - then that means she's not a broken "cheat player" that needs to be reined in for the sake of play balance / enjoyment of others.
Which is good news for Rare in the long-term.

....I think the only thing that I wonder about, is what happens to all her minions, if she dies. Do they exist independently of her? Or are they only around, contingent on her being alive?That would be sad, if it's the latter.

Thanks for the TL work as always. Might be my favorite "Immersion Game" Manga out there right now.

 

[memphisdawg63]

She got half outplayed and the other half is just her stupidity and pride

 

[ciera]

Thanks for the scanlation

 

[Churkey]

Rare toughed it out, so you wouldn't feel bad!

 

[user_kentang]

Team Work & TRUST at it's finest, Holy!👏
Thanks for the translation!

 

[TheTrojan]

Nice to actually see a smart raid group win. Both will now strive to be better.

 

[Romisterie]

Meanwhile the Admin is doing "Just as Planned" pose.

Also - they still think she's an NPC. That alone might be a huge win in her favor, if through all of this the players all assume they just fought an absurdly potent AI and not another player-turned-BBEG. So I hope this is her defeat, the end of the event in favor of the defending players, gives her tons of new data and insight into how to not lose going forward, and allows the devs to work this event into future events where she can come back "stronger than ever".

Plus, this gives the Devs a reason to not nerf her or strip her of the powers she's gained. If she can be defeated her and now through coordinated effort - even if it was her own hubris that sealed her fate - then that means she's not a broken "cheat player" that needs to be reined in for the sake of play balance / enjoyment of others.
Which is good news for Rare in the long-term.

....I think the only thing that I wonder about, is what happens to all her minions, if she dies. Do they exist independently of her? Or are they only around, contingent on her being alive?That would be sad, if it's the latter.

Thanks for the TL work as always. Might be my favorite "Immersion Game" Manga out there right now.

Some might suspect she is an admin using the avatar.

 

[le3]

That nurse suit must have tremendous stat although it make the dude look so ridiculous in that epic scene .

Ggwp I guess?

 

[Romisterie]

That nurse suit must have tremendous stat although it make the dude look so ridiculous in that epic scene .

Ggwp I guess?

Reminds me of the meme where the player choose the embarrasing set of armour because they have the highest stat.

 

[Seetee]

...I think the only thing that I wonder about, is what happens to all her minions, if she dies. Do they exist independently of her? Or are they only around, contingent on her being alive?That would be sad, if it's the latter.

Spoiler: Short answer from the LN

The latter, sorry. This is why Rare dying is a much worse punishment for her than it is for any other player.

 

[AlaAlba]

Damn rare got humbled there

 

[lampworship]

Thanks for the update

 

[WhimsiCat]

....I think the only thing that I wonder about, is what happens to all her minions, if she dies. Do they exist independently of her? Or are they only around, contingent on her being alive?That would be sad, if it's the latter.

Spoiler

All her minions die with her, and should respawn 1 hour later (since they can't access menu to do instant respawn)

Ch 19RAW:

Spoiler: ch 19

Wayne wake up to hear from Gil of their victory.
Both them return to the battlefield where a few other survivors are waiting to discuss the event. Most of those who died didn't have their respawn point at the capital so they're unlikely to come back here.
Sadly in term of loot drops, the only thing they got was lump of metals from the minions.
But at least everyone, even those who died like Gil, got some hefty exp.

They then talk about the boss (Rare)
MENTAlist think it's an undead angel since the artifact they got from the country (ch 15) work on it when it shouldn't be effective on angels + his own mental magic that work on undead worked (on Yoroi)
The artifact was the thing they broke here: Spirit Lord's Heart.
For 1 hour, anyone in range except the 10 registered target suffer debuffs.
And if it's destroyed those debuffs get amp'd to max for 10 seconds.

Mentalist think that if the boss is undead type, there might be some sort of resurrection event in the future where the players will have to fight without that artifact now that it's been destroyed.

After everyone else left, Gil and Mentalist decide they want to form a party with Wayne as the leader.
Then Rare shows up, slightly disappointed only 3 people are still here.

 

[mysteana]

Spoiler: Short answer from the LN

The latter, sorry. This is why Rare dying is a much worse punishment for her than it is for any other player.

Spoiler

Only because of the nagging from Diaz. It's thankful that there's no exp penalty for deaths during this event because hot damn that would have been ultra painful.

Yeap, awesome. I can't say anything because what happens next is so critical to Leah's direction, motives, and all the emergent shenanigans that the poor mooks playing BHSC are going to have to experience.

 

[Al_Azif]

Curse you player collision!

 

[UdenEmpati]

Spoiler: Short answer from the LN

The latter, sorry. This is why Rare dying is a much worse punishment for her than it is for any other player.

Spoiler: ah.

yeah, I took a peek at the ch 19 raws, and I'm legit sad now for Rare. I will say that the last panel of ch19 (part 2, specifically) does make me hopeful that she's about to bring the wrath of god herself down upon everyone who cost her all her friends, followers, and whatnot. Dunno what'll happen after, but I am praying that she utterly demoralizes them all (given she got them pretty extra wings).

 

[Kanade0021]

new chapter!

 

[Ninoren]

Maybe it's just me, but isn't she kinda weak for the amount of ridiculous skill points she supposedly has in combination with her demon lord level like class change ?..
I mean she basically killed herself alongside the sun and the other players were supposed to be a much much lower level than herself