Chapter 50

Chapter 50 Strongest Sage, Picks a Fight With Floor Master

Before challenging the 『Floor Master』, I investigated the monsters and the terrain here with 【Pa.s.sive Detection】 .

It"s normally not possible to defeat a 『Floor Master』 alone .

If it was the past me, I could just shoot some random magic to evaporate the monster along with the dungeon from where I stand, but the current me has lower magic capability than even an average magician in my past life . I can"t use that kind of brute force method .

Even with all of my knowledge and experience, I still need to plan a way to defeat it .

I"m going to pick a place to fight based on the flow of mana and terrain .

The battlefield has to satisfy two conditions .

First of all, there should be as few pa.s.sages as possible that connect to that place .

One of the basic in challenging a 『Floor Master』 is to exterminate the whole monsters that dwell on that particular floor to prevent them from barging in during the fight .

However, I can"t use that method this time .

The need to exterminate other monsters on a floor is applicable when it"s a raid subjugation .

For me, doing that alone would waste too much mana and time . It"s impossible .

Therefore, I"m going to narrow down a place with few pa.s.sages that connect to it to decrease the possibility of monsters intruding in .

Even if other monsters barge in, I can just cope with it if I just antic.i.p.ate them with 【Pa.s.sive Detection】 .

Secondly, it has to be s.p.a.cious .

The Fourth Crest is normally better in a narrow s.p.a.ce, but when you"re fighting a 『Floor Master』, not having enough s.p.a.ce to dodge its attack is out of question .

After all, the current me would die if even one of the 『Floor Master』"s attacks. .h.i.t me .

--Fortunately, I immediately found a place that meets those conditions .

It"s a huge room 80 meters away from the place the 『Floor Master』 is lurking .

I went into that room while cutting down all monsters I met along the way to reduce the chance of them intruding in even a bit .

The ground is flat, the ceiling is high, there are only two pa.s.sages that connect to it . It"s perfect .

And since I"ve gotten closer to the 『Floor Master』, I"ve completely grasped the kind of monster it is .

It"s a huge venomous snake monster called 『Arch Serpent』 in my past life .

It"s hard to treat it as a source of material, but at least I"ve gotten ahold of its ident.i.ty .

--And so .

"Now come!"

I invoked 【Compulsion Detection】 at the 『Floor Master』 while shouting out loud .

In order to make the Arch Serpent separated by several layers of walls, dozens of meter away notice me .

Then I heard roaring sounds from the direction of the Arch Serpent .

Using 【Pa.s.sive Detection】, I see that it"s coming straight at me through the shortest route while ignoring walls .

And about two seconds later .

The wall in front of me suddenly dissolve as the Arch Serpent showed itself along with purple liquid .

The purple liquid is an Arch Serpent"s most peculiar characteristic, it"s a strong acidic venom .

The venom isn"t stopping at only dissolving the wall as it begins to gradually dissolve the floor which should have been far resistant to acid .

" . . . . Oy oy . There"s a pa.s.sage over there, use that instead of breaking things please . . . . "

Now a terrain I"ve especially prepared for the battle is ruined .

I can"t rely on the ground at least .

My shoes will melt if I step on the ground where the venom fell, and even if I have acid-proof shoes on me, those hollowed grounds are useless as footings . Even if the surface looks fine, it"s not unusual for the inside to be hollowed out .

I can fight by putting up barrier magic under my feet for an instant as my footings .

And since the venom is volatile, it will pollute the air if it takes too long .

The air will only be safe for battle for at most 10 minutes .

Now then . It"s the first tough-looking battle since I"ve obtained this Disqualified Crest .

Short it may be, let me enjoy this fight to the fullest .