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Chapter 112: The Master of the Abyss is Indeed Powerful
The attack struck Sabnock’s back, and he was thrown off, landing on the ground after being deflected by his tough fur.
“Not deep enough…!”
Having caught up to Sabnock with his [Super Acceleration], Rest jumped onto his back and slammed [Star Eater] down. It was a dark star that could consume and annihilate everything, but unfortunately, it wasn’t a fatal blow against Sabnock’s massive body.
Sabnock was bleeding from his back, but he remained standing in front of Rest.
“GYAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!?”
Nevertheless, it seemed to cause him pain.
Sabnock stopped and turned to face Rest, his eerie, distorted compound eyes glaring down at him, exuding anger and killing intent.
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“At last, you noticed me…!”
Rest swallowed nervously but returned Sabnock’s glare with as much bravado as he could muster. Looking at him again like this, he realized what a monstrous creature Sabnock was. Not only was he huge, but the amount of magic power he had and exuded was staggering. Even for Rest, who possessed an infinite wellspring of mana, it would be impossible to contain such magic power within himself at once.
(That’s why he’s the master of the monster territory… There’s a reason why no one has been able to subdue him since the founding of our nation.)
Feeling the sweat trickling down his back, Rest pondered how to defeat the enemy before him. The most powerful card in Rest’s possession was [Star Eater], which could consume everything. However, as he had learned from the previous attack, even though it was [Star Eater], a couple of blows wouldn’t be enough to pierce Sabnock’s life force.
(Even if I could aim for his brain or heart… it’s not going to be easy.)
The recent attack had indeed intended to strike the dark star onto Sabnock’s head. However, Sabnock’s movements across the plain were too fast, and even after jumping onto his back, Rest couldn’t steady himself. He managed to hit his back, but targeting the head would be extremely difficult.
([Star Eater] is a powerful magic. That’s why it can’t be used in conjunction with other spells…)
That was the weakness of [Star Eater]. Due to its nature of constantly absorbing vast amounts of magic power, it couldn’t be used in combination with other magic. When the dark star was deployed, other body strengthening magic would be forcibly canceled, returning Rest to his ordinary state.
(It might take ten or twenty hits to bring him down… but that’s a joke, right?)
Until then, could Rest control this giant beast?
“GYAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!”
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“…!”
A scream louder than before erupted from Sabnock’s wide-open mouth, sounding like a missile. If Rest hadn’t defended with magic, his eardrums might have burst, or worse, he might have been blown away several dozen meters ahead.
“GYAO!”
“…”
Immediately after the scream, Sabnock slammed his foreleg down.
For a moment, Rest considered activating [Star Eater] as a countermeasure and stealing his foreleg. However, he quickly abandoned the reckless idea. He couldn’t suck in Sabnock’s enormous leg in an instant. Although he could gouge a part of his flesh, Rest’s body would undoubtedly be crushed.
“[Super Acceleration]!”
Boosting his speed significantly, Rest avoided Sabnock’s foreleg.
Immediately after, a thunderous explosion rang out, and a large dust cloud rose. A small crater formed where the foreleg struck the ground, leaving painful claw marks etched into the earth.
“[Fireball] [Amplification] [Compression] [Acceleration]!”
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Evading the foreleg attack… Rest cast a quartet of spells.
He compressed and accelerated a massive fireball before shooting it. The flying fireball hit Sabnock’s face, creating a bright red explosion.
“GYAO!”
“Mm…!”
However, the damage was minimal. Only the fur on Sabnock’s face was singed.
Once again, Sabnock unleashed his corrosive saliva like a water cannon.
Although it was an attack that other corrosion beasts had used, Sabnock’s was on a different level in terms of power. It was as if a dam had released a torrent of saliva.
“[Wind Wall] [Water Wall] [Earth Wall] [Fire Wall]!”
Constructing four elemental walls, Rest protected himself from the incoming saliva.
Sabnock’s saliva was scattered around the area.
“Gyishaaaaaa…”
By chance, a nearby monster was bathed in saliva.
The monster’s body dissolved under the corrosive saliva, decaying into bones.
“Don’t do scary things like that, you monster.”
Once again, Rest realized that he couldn’t let such a monster roam freely on the plain.
If it were to head to the royal capital… Rest shuddered at the thought, his face contorting in discomfort.
Visions of towns dissolved by saliva and residents turned into bones floated in his mind.
“I must stop it for sure. This is truly a life-or-death struggle.”
Rest resolved himself for the fight ahead and thought of every possible means to hunt down the monster before him.
(Its fur has strong magic resistance. Fire, water, wind, earth, ice, lightning… None of them seem effective. Poison… I haven’t tried it, but considering it spits out corrosive saliva, I doubt it would work.)
However, hitting with [Star Eater] in close combat would be difficult.
Even if it were a surprise attack, hitting in a situation where the enemy is fully vigilant would be challenging.
(During the use of [Star Eater], body strengthening is also canceled, and just being grazed by the opponent’s attack could be fatal. It seems better to think of another method.)
“In that case…”
A method came to mind.
It seemed troublesome. It would be impossible without infinite mana, a method that only Rest could perform.
“Alright, let’s do it.”
“Gyaooooooooooooooooooo!”
Ignoring Sabnock’s roar, Rest moved.
On the plain of the Monster region.
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The battle to determine the new ruler was rolling towards its climax in a straight line.