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Chapter 65
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Chapter 64 – With a Single Blow
After my conversation with Haruka-san, I dive through the portal to the Tengumine Shrine Dungeon.
“Come on, Hobijinkai!”
First, I summon the Hobbit Sumo Wrestler with Summon Secret Monster.
Hobijinkai dropped his hips and looked glorious.
“I’m going to let you play an active role today.”
I decided to make Hobijinkai my companion and let him lead me through the dungeon.
If I just want to go through the dungeon without any detours, the Mini Map of the dungeon is already completed.
The Red Oni, the Raven Tengu, and the Muddy Kappa quickly appear in formation,
“Go, Hobijinkai!”
Dosukoooiiii!
It’s a true beating with a single strike.
Literally tearing and throwing, the Hobijinkai wiped out the monster horde in a matter of seconds.
The highest level of the enemy monsters was Red Oni at 50.
In contrast, Hobijinkai’s level was 2941.
To put it bluntly, they are no match for him.
If I didn’t make him a member of my party, I wouldn’t get any of the experience and other benefits from his kills.
I had equipped myself with a Level Sealing Bracelet just in case, but it was probably an unnecessary precaution.
I knew the route, and the enemies were far inferior, so all I could think about was how to get to the boss’s room in the shortest amount of time and distance.
In the end, in less than two hours, I had broken through all seven floors of the Tengumine Shrine Dungeon and made it to the boss room.
“Well, that was an enjoyable experience.”
All the fighting was left to Hobijinkai.
He lifted a physically superior Red Oni onto his shoulders and turned it into a Saba-ori, pulled a Mud Kappa out of the mud and tore it apart, and smashed a Raven Tengu with his Harite.
It was a joyous and exciting performance by the Hobijinkai.
This kind of power play and fast progression is new to me, as I have always used Escape.
Well, I can’t always leave it to Hobijinkai because I can’t get SP or drop items, let alone experience.
I was about to enter the boss room with Hobijinkai in front of me, but,
“Oh no, I can’t do that. Come back, Hobijinkai!”
I deactivated Summon Secret Monster.
When I enter the boss room with Hobijinkai, the boss, Daidara, will be level-raised.
I think the two of us, me and Hobijinkai (?), would be able to defeat it, but today’s objective is to summon a Phantom Beast.
“But there is that way, isn’t there?”
The SP you receive from monsters increases with the level raised.
By summoning high-level monsters with Summon Secret Monster and raising the level of the dungeon boss, I can fight high-level monsters even in low-ranked dungeons.
And in my case, I even got a correction based on the level difference.
If the level difference is 2940, the SP that can be gained is 295 times.
This is definitely more than the base SP gain.
If I can consistently hunt level-raised bosses, I can earn SP much more efficiently than if I escape from the small fry on the road.
However, a level 2941 dungeon boss is not someone you can challenge casually.
Well, it seems unlikely that Hobijinkai (level 2941), a secret boss in a B-rank dungeon, would lose to Daidara (level 2941), a regular boss monster, but also in a B-rank dungeon.
Even though the size difference is terrifying, I’d still fight alongside him.
Should I earn some SP?
“…No, let’s not do that today.”
It would be dangerous to get greedy and do something that wasn’t in the plan.
If the Summoning of the Phantom Beast goes well, I should be able to use that Phantom Beast to smash it next time.
On the other hand, if I want to try to earn SP from level-raised dungeon bosses, I might as well start around the Thicket Dungeon.
With Huge Slime, I can check the wiki for details on the skills that are added with level-raised.
Daidara, which has an instant death attack called Fissure, has not been as well researched by explorers as the Huge Slime.
“Well, if it’s decided, let’s get it over with.”
I entered the boss’s room,
“Blaze Lance!”
I unleashed an Advanced Fire Magic with a special skill synergy.
The white glittering fire lance pierced the trunk-like neck.
It was truly a one-hit kill.
I don’t even know if the Instant Death effect of the Assassination Technique worked or not.
Whether it worked or not, it would certainly have killed the level 61 Daidara.
‘You defeated the dungeon boss!’
‘No experience gained from the dungeon boss.’
‘Gained 1764 SP.’
‘Earned 134,200 yen.’
‘You have obtained the famous sake “Oni’s Weep”!’
This is almost the same as last time.
Even though the Gain SP Up 2 effect increased the SP gained by 20%.
Looking back now, I realize that I only gained 1764 SP… It’s such a low result that I feel a little sad.
Of course, it’s just my senses that are off. Normally, if you could earn 1764 SP in one battle, you would be at the level of celebrating with your party.
Now that the obstacles are out of the way.
“With such a large room, I have nothing to complain about.”
This boss room where Daidara, who had a huge frame of more than 10 meters, was much bigger than the boss rooms in other dungeons.
It was large enough to accommodate several buildings.
The boss room in the Thicket Dungeon was not enough, but how about this one?
“Summon Phantom Beast!”
The moment I activated the skill――
A storm swept through the boss room.
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“Whoa…!”
I shield my face from the storm with my arms.
The wind speed is so fast that it seems to be blowing me away, and the thick magic power of the storm is chipping away at my mind like a file.
A storm of magic power that would blow my soul away if I were weak-willed.
At the center of the storm, swirling like a tornado, something terrifying appeared.
If it had only been its size, I would not have been surprised.
It was bigger than Daidara, but when a huge body exceeds 10 meters, one’s senses become numb to it.
Whether it is 15 meters or 18 meters, it is the same in the sense that it is much bigger than me.
However, the “it” that appeared with the storm exuded an overwhelming sense of intimidation that made it impossible to look at it directly.
If I carelessly tried to use the Presence Detection, my nerves would burn out from the tremendous strength of the Presence.
No, even if I didn’t try to “sense” the Presence, my skin would be flushed, and my core would tremble.
It’s not like it’s doing anything to me.
It’s just there.
The silhouette behind my vision, shimmering with dense magic, is a soaring, jagged tower――
No, this is a…
“Dragon…?”
As soon as I grunted, the storm of magic dissipated.
Hovering there was a jet black dragon.
Its body was covered with black scales, huge wings, and a long tail.
Its golden-white eyes had vertical black pupils.
The dragon roared.
――Guooooooooooooooo!!!
With that roar alone, my body and spirit will be crushed without a trace――
I freeze for a second or two or three, frozen by this sense of crisis.
The roaring dragon’s movements stopped, and its entire body turned into a light purple outline, losing its overwhelming presence.
I had experienced this phenomenon before.
“Has Escape from Reality been activated?”
Skill──────────────────
S.Lv2 Escape From Reality
Conditions for use:
Maintain a strong desire to escape reality for (5-S.Lv) seconds.
Special notes:
In the other space that can be entered by “Escape from Reality,” the relative speed of the flow of time between reality and the other space can be changed by one’s will. The range of change is from (0 to S.Lv) times.
If the user loses the will to return to the original reality, they will not be able to leave the other space.
The more you use it continuously, the less you want to return to your original reality.
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The last time I did it, I went back right away, but this time, it doesn’t matter if I take my time.
The flow of time on the reality side has stopped.
No matter how much time I spend in this state, the point of return should be the same time as when the escape from reality was triggered.
However, there is something that bothers me.
“…I feel a little, but not a lot, like I don’t want to come back to reality.”
Is that what the special note says: “The more you use it continuously, the less you want to return to your original reality”?
But it’s still not that strong.
It’s about the same as not wanting to go to school or work on Monday morning.
Since the last time I had this problem was last night, I guess it means that the side effects of continuous use are showing up a bit.
“I’m curious how long an interval it would take for the side effects to stop showing up…”
It would be a real shame if this experiment didn’t bring me back to reality.
It should be considered a means to an end in case of a real emergency.
“Between last time and this time, I think I have a better sense of what it feels like to trigger it.
I know now how much I have to want to escape reality.
Just thinking, “I want to escape from reality,” with my mouth still weak.
But it seems that it doesn’t have to be as strong as the feeling I had when I was bullied by Junko Tozaki or when I worked for that black company.
As in this case, a spontaneous “I’m scared, I can’t escape!” can trigger it.
“The key is to say,’ I can’t escape,’ but ‘I want to escape.'”
As for escape from reality, I think it is necessary to feel that there is no escape from reality.
“…So the problem is this phantom beast, huh?”
Once again, I look at the huge dragon towering before me.
The sharp scales covering its entire body like a coat of armor, the fangs protruding from its roaring mouth, the wings large enough to send its huge body into flight, the claws shining dully like a sword without a blade… That’s it.
It is the very embodiment of the concept of a dragon.
If you look at it without a sense of intimidation, it is a cool figure that tickles your Chuuni* heart. [T/n: Taken from chuunibyou, which is a Japanese colloquial term typically used to describe early teenagers who have grandiose delusions, are desperate to stand out, and have convinced themselves that they have hidden knowledge or secret powers. It translates as “middle-second syndrome” (i.e., middle school sophomore year). It is sometimes referred to as “eighth-grader syndrome” in the United States, usually in the context of localizations of anime that use the concept as a major plot device.]
“This guy is strong. No doubt about it.”
The question is, will he listen to me?
“According to Haruka-san, at least I won’t get killed, right?”
Still, it is difficult to stand still under the overwhelming pressure of this guy.
If I’m not careful, I’ll probably lose consciousness.
If that happens, it is hard to believe that this dragon will follow me, the summoner.
“Right. Is it possible to use Appraisal on this guy?”
I thought of an idea and used Appraisal on the dragon, which had turned into a light purple outline.
However, the Appraisal went through without a reaction.
“It’s not like it was nullified… Maybe it’s because of Escape from Reality.”
If this dragon rejects the Appraisal, it seems like it will bounce back by force.
The mere feeling I just got was that the examination did not find its target.
This dragon does not exist in this other dimension.
So, the Appraisal failed.
“If I could have seen its status, I could have thought of a way to deal with it.
Would I go back to reality for a moment, use the Appraisal on it, and then come back here again with Escape from Reality?
No, the side effects of continuous use are too frightening.
Even if I couldn’t use this guy in the worst case, it would be much better than not being able to return to reality.
“Yes, that’s true. Let’s try to change the flow of time.
In the other space that can be entered by escaping reality, it is possible to change the relative speed of the flow of time between reality and the other space by will.
The explanation says that the range of change is (0 to S.Lv) times.
“Since my current skill level for Escape is 2, I have three choices: 0x, 1x, or 2x?”
Since it doesn’t seem to make sense to go faster, is it 1x if I want to gain time?
“…No, wait? Maybe multiples aren’t limited to integers, right?”
If you mean 0 to 2x, then it could be 0.5x, 1.5x, or even finer increments.
“Could it even be 0.1x?”
But how can I manipulate the flow of time?
In answer to my question, in the lower right corner of my field of vision
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Appeared.