Chapter 135


Chapter 135 Strongest Sage, Perplexed


""Mathi-kun!""


Ruli and the others were panicking when they saw me falling down .


Thus I reply to them .


"I"m fine!"


"Eh, that"s--"


Ruli"s voice was drowned out by the roaring sound of the collapsing ground .


I kick the side of the created hole and leap . . . . Below .


Since the monster was simply falling, I reached the bottom of the hole faster with my acceleration .


Merely a second difference, but it was enough .


I moved to my destination during that time .


Arriving at a cavity that was only big enough for one person .


I went inside and held my sword upward .


Abdomen is one of the weakest point of a creature .


That doesn"t change with monsters .


It"s hard to directly attack the abdomen of a four-legged monster above ground--but I can do it as much as I want from here .


The monster"s defenseless abdomen falls to where I am .


There I stabbed my sword strengthened with physical reinforcement .


"GAAAAAA"


The monster attempts to crush me with its foot while screaming in agony and rage .


However, the monster"s attack never reaches me . I didn"t even need to evade .


This hole is big enough to make the monster fall, but too small to have it freely move around .


Thus, the monster couldn"t do anything but receive my attack and died in less than one minute .


"Alright, subjugation complete . "



"Mathi-kun!"


Ruli rushed to me when she saw me coming out of the hole .


It appears that they also joined the fight judging from the arrows stuck on the monster"s back .


"Are you alright!? I was surprised when the ground suddenly caved in . . . . "


"That was part of the plan . I was the one who made a hole on the ground after all . "


" . . . Eh? But didn"t the hole opened when the monster ran on it . . . . "


Ruli looked dumbfounded to hear my reply .


Looks like she didn"t notice .


"Besides the little there was on the surface, the ground was hollowed out . So it would collapse right when the monster rushed on it . "


" . . . A pitfall?"


"Yea . It"s a practical version of the magic I usually use to restore the schoolyard . Disqualified Crest can only open a hole this big, but other crests can make bigger ones and even install magic tools inside . "


"But how"d you make such a big hole that fast . . . . "


"You just have to get used to it . Since the forest soil is soft, you can easily do it if you just know the trick . Ruli too, you can make a hole this big if you practice . . . . Well, it"s hardly usable against monsters that fly in the sky though . "


By the way, putting magic tools inside a hole to make an instant death trap is an effective tactic for a solo Glory Crest .


I used it often too in my younger days in my past life .


I didn"t use that tactic and plunged myself into hole to do the attacking this time though .


"I . . . I"ll make sure to practice it next time!"


"Yeah . By the way, I recommend explosion-type magic for the installed magic . By locking the explosion inside that hole, you can concentrate the force on the monster and give way more damage than using it on level ground . "


I dismantled the monster while talking about that and put the usable-looking parts into the storage magic .


I"m reluctant to have my maximum mana reduced so I didn"t store the sell-able parts .


. . . We finally arrived at the dungeon city after that battle .


The time was roughly evening .


And this is the first thing I uttered when we arrived .


" . . . W-what"s with this city . . . . "

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