Chapter 31 - Soul Eater (2/2)

Though I say that— where the heck is it?

Is its body made out of spirits, since you can’t eat spirits if you can’t touch one.

Even after I looked around the place, I still can’t see a trace of that monster.

I put my head out a bit more so that I could see more of the place.

If that monster would appear somewhere, it’d be around that place.

It seems that there’s another area in the back.

From my hiding spot, I can’t even see a glimpse of that place.

I place down my glowing leather bag on the ground in the passage where I came from.

After placing it down, I went through the passage again and went back to my hiding spot.

I started slowly walking along the walls so that I wouldn’t be noticed by that monster.

I’m able to arrive on the next area by not carrying anything.

I would try peeking out towards that place without giving away my location.

It’s really quiet in here…

Slowly reaching out my head, I’m about to peek out of the wall I’m hiding in now.

Let’s see what on this area that—

[!]

What the heck is that?

Is that a face?

It’s like, that— the face of the Buddha or the Virgin Mary.

That was the first thing that came to my mind when I looked at that.

The face of a humongous stone statue is buried down in the dirt wall.

Something that looks like a golden jewel is inserted on the statue’s forehead…

I turned back and look at the door.

More specifically, in the center of the closed door at the end of the stairs.

The shape of that indention looks oddly similar to the jewel…

I once again looked towards the stone statue just so that I can make sure of it.

I see.

So, I would need to insert that stone from that stone statue’s forehead into the door so that I could open it?

[………..]

I breathe out a small sigh.

More like… didn’t I find it already?

No matter how I think about it, that thing— can only be the Soul Eater.

I bet that if I were to get that gem, it would then start moving.

It would absolutely move.

There is no reason for that thing to not move.

I pulled my body out of my hiding spot for a bit.

So that I could spread out my arms and target that thing.

I point my hand towards the stone face.

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stat would increase?

Returning in that area where I can’t see any sign of anyone other than me… Should I waste my time in search for monsters there all day long?

Or should I go back further down where the experience is lower?

If I were to go back down there— how far should I go?

[Or should I just—]

-become a permanent resident of this ruins?

[…there’s no way I’d do that.]

I don’t want to live the rest of my life in this ruins area.

I would get the power I would need so that I could oppose that f**king goddess and finally crush her with it.

I can’t possibly achieve anything without getting out of here first.

Hmm?

[What’s that?]

The earth is vibrating…?

Another part of the stone wall in this area have fallen down because of the vibrations.

Should I get out of this hiding spot?

Is it because I have not moved for quite some time?

It seems that thing have started moving away from the place it was first buried.

[…………]

The speed of its counterattack seems to be about the same as the speed of light.

If we’re talking about its status, is it that the <Speed> of this thing is on a different league?

It’s reflexive ability far surpasses the reflexes that I have personally cultivated down in the lower area.

At the moment that I was about to turn my arm, I would immediately get intercepted by his beam.

In other words, it’s a situation where I have been overpowered just because we have a gap in the speed of our consciousness.

In short, I have no gap for me to exploit to.

I look towards my aching fingertips.

The disposed people who have arrived here before me should have greater status than me.

And yet, they have also been killed by this thing.

That thing had even defeated the man who was called the strongest.

Soul Eater.

I fear that this thing is likely the reason why this ruins have been said to have zero-survival rate.

I have no doubt about it.

The strongest monster of this ruins is this thing.

So this must only mean—

[That the last fight for my survival in this disposal ruins, is against this monster.]