Episode 464 Jabberwock

Having perfected my new magic, I decided to try it out at a paid practice field. The paid practice area near the dungeon in the Sea of Trees was small.

　Rent the biggest driving range in the area.

Once the air shield is deployed, I want you to attack according to our agreed-upon protocol.

'Understood. If anything goes wrong, please deactivate the air shield immediately.'

　In front of the concrete block, I activated my new magic "Close Shield" and deployed an air shield. As I had expected, it was pitch black inside.

　I made a light with my "light" and then waited for something to happen. But then nothing happened, and after 20 seconds I deactivated it. When I looked outside, I saw Elmore.

How did it go?"

'First, Dr. Grimm disappeared, and the space of the air shield seemed distorted.'

　I then tried hitting it with a stick and attacking it with a 'push', but it seemed to just pass through the distorted space. It seemed to function perfectly as a shield.

The problem is you can't see anything from the inside."

I knew you couldn't see it."

'Yeah, that's what I expected. Let's try Haklo next time."

　I brought out my reconnaissance shadow puppet, Hakuro, from the shadows. Then, I synchronize my consciousness with Hakuro's sorcery eye. Then, I can see the scene that Hakuro is watching.

　After ordering Hakuro to watch from a short distance away, I activated my "Close Shield" and deployed the air shield. It was pitch black again, but fortunately I could still see the scene that Hakuro was looking at.

　I don't know what the principle is, but it seems that the information transfer path to Hakuro is connected regardless of space. Perhaps the communication channel is of a different dimension.

　Elmore slammed a two-meter stick into the air shield. The stick then appeared to go through the air shield.

　The bars did not appear inside the air shield, so it seems that they went through another space, but even I, who created the magic, do not know what kind of space it was.

　Maybe if we study the knowledge of spatial structure, we may be able to figure it out, but that may take some time.

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　I had Elmore use some magic to make sure, but he just passed by and destroyed the concrete block behind him.

Thanks to Hakuro, I now know what's out there, and I'll be able to use it in the field."

' But you still need to practice quickly activating it."

　I know that too. I'm going to practice while hunting shadow ogre.

　I tried "Close Shield" on the demons I encountered while hunting shadow ogres and picking tangerines on Tangerine Mountain. No demons were able to break the close shield.

　After obtaining nine Shadow Ogre shadow magic stones and three boxes of dungeon tangerines, I met with Branch Manager Nozaki for the first time in days and asked him what happened to the transfer gate key that Mahdal had failed to obtain.

The transfer gate key was obtained by the person who reported Makhdar's activation of the trap.

　The branch manager didn't tell me the guy's name. But next year it will be a race between him and me.

　I decided to challenge the Jabberwock on the fifteenth layer after a couple of days of rest. I would also prepare an escape ball. I have yet to see how good the Jabberwock is.

　On the day of the Jabberwock challenge, I got up early in the morning and headed for the Sea of Trees dungeon.

　After moving to the fifteenth layer by a one-layer transfer gate, I went out of the transfer room and checked outside. The world outside was completely white due to thick fog.

We'll just have to wait until the fog clears."

　I waited until the fog lifted, then flew in the combat wing to the domed building with the underground passage leading to the middle boss room.

　Once inside, there is a long underground passageway that goes downhill, and at the end of it is the Middle Boss Room. I peeked inside from the entrance, but could not see much from there.

Let's go inside.

　I entered the middle boss room with Elmore, Tamegoro, and Hakuro. I switch on my shock-absorbing clothes and fit some rings. Then I take out the light sword Clau Solas and tighten my grip on it.

　As we proceeded uphill near the entrance, we could see the entirety of the large space. A 30-meter-long named dragon, Jabberwock, was lying in the center.

　The Jabberwock wakes up after noticing our presence. The sheer size of the Jabberwock and the intense high energy emitted from its entire body make it difficult to breathe. He hurriedly begins warming up, and by circulating his magical power, he eliminates the suffocating feeling.

　We decided to fight together instead of spreading out. Tamegoro activated "Crash Ball II" and shot a high-speed vibrating ball at the Jabberwock's chest. The high-speed vibrating ball was then dispelled by a giant hand.

　The trajectory of the bounced high-speed vibration ball deviates and disappears after radiating a spatial vibration wave. The spatial vibration wave hits the Jabberwock's hand slightly and scrapes the skin, but the blood soon stops and the wound begins to close.

　The Jabberwock's self-healing ability is too high. The wounded Jabberwock started running right after glaring at us. We were surprised that he could run with such a huge body.

　The ground shakes every time the giant foot kicks the ground. Oh no, I thought, and I activated "Titan Push" and slammed the Titan Plate into the Jabberwock.

　The Titan plates absorb the thrusting force of the Jabberwock and send its kinetic energy back to the Jabberwock in the opposite direction. Amazingly, the giant body stopped and staggered backward.

　The Jabberwock makes a grinding sound, then opens its mouth wide.

Breath. Gather round."

　Elmore and Tamegoro run around me. At that moment, I activated "Close Shield" and deployed an air shield. The next moment, Jabberwock's lightning breath was spat out.

　A breath that looked like a bunch of lightning bolts slammed into the air shield. I was watching through Hakuro's eyes. Hakuro was watching the battle from a distance.

　The ground hit by the lightning breath starts to burn and melt like lava. I brought out my hover cannon and activated the "projection barrel. I connected the magnetic force generating barrel to the hover cannon.

　He brought Tamegoro back into the shadows and rode with Elmore to the hover cannon. The moment the lightning breath ceased, he released the air shield and let the hover cannon fly.

　The Jabberwock has a look on his face that says it doesn't add up that we're still alive. I took aim at the Jabberwock and fired a series of shots until I ran out of shells. However, only three shots hit the Jabberwock.

　The steel cannonball, which flew at supersonic speed, bit into the Jabberwock's body, crushed it, and scattered as if exploding. Three crater-like shapes formed on the surface of the Jabberwock's body, and the Jabberwock roared in pain. The roar had a sound and impact that made my heart tremble.