Chapter 59
Take a Break
Translator : PolterGlast
It's possible that the
two rooms are directly connected to my room so that I can go to sleep
immediately after being exhausted.
Thinking about that, I
raise my body.
My shoulders feel a
little heavy, probably because I slept too much and got a stiff neck.
I stretch and extend
my body, then head to the sink.
"...(scrub scrub
scrub scrub)"
While brushing my
teeth and cleaning the sticky inside of my mouth, I think about the battle in
the simulation room.
Elder Liches... were
really incredibly strong monsters after all.
I knew they were
strong since my LV was still increasing, and I also knew they had a deep
understanding of magic since they could withstand a single blow from Gungnir
and Judgment Ray... but I never expected to be defeated in one hit without even
knowing what happened.
Moreover, the way I
was defeated was a perfect decapitation.
I never want to
experience that feeling of looking down at my own body again.
If I had fought the
Wind Bastard in reality, without using the simulation room... what would have
happened?
I think I could have
hit him with the first Judgment Ray.
But if I had been hit
with that attack before I could fire the second one... it might have been bad.
Even though I have
Last Heal, which can even heal missing limbs, I'd be finished if my head was
blown off.
No, maybe even if I
was just a head, if I used Last Heal quickly, my body would grow back from my
neck...?
I don't want to try
it... but if I fight that Wind Bastard again and lose, I might try it then.
But... hah.
This is the first time
I've lost a battle since coming to this world.
Since losing = death,
it's only natural.
"No, no,
no."
I brush my teeth, wash
my face, and pull myself together.
I slap my cheeks and
look at my face in the mirror.
"Okay, no more
depression!"
If I have time to be
depressed about losing, I should think about what to do next.
In Alistella, losing
once means the end, but in the simulation room, I can try again. It doesn't
matter how many mistakes I make.
As long as I reach the
correct answer in the end, that's all that matters.
I thought my mood
might be down because I was hungry, so I headed to the kitchen.
I didn't feel like
cooking anything complicated, so I decided to eat instant noodles for the first
time in a while.
I put water in the
electric kettle and turned it on.
My mother had just
bought a new model a while ago, so the water boiled quickly.
I poured the hot water
into the instant noodles, which I had already opened, and added the seasoning.
The waiting time this
time is three minutes.
Sometimes it's five
minutes, but personally, I think that's too long.
Instant noodles should
be three minutes. Is this what people call imprinting?
The liquid soup is the
type that you heat up on top before pouring it in, so I put it on top of the
lid to use as a lid.
Using the buggy clock
as a timer, I decided to reflect on the previous battle again.
I try to recall the
Wind Bastard's movements in my mind.
Come to think of it,
he didn't try to move from where he was.
I thought the Wind
Elder Lich would fight by moving around and keeping a mid-range distance, so it
was a bit unexpected.
Like when I use
Gungnir and Judgment Ray, does it take a lot of charge time until he uses his
ultimate attack?
Also, now that I think
about it, it seemed to take a lot of time before he used the magic that
defeated me.
Quick, Accelerate,
Lightning Bolt, Recovery Magic, and Railgun.
I had enough time to
cast about five spells, so if I had tried to interrupt his magic activation during
that time, I might have been able to avoid the instant death attack.
But he used the magic
even when I used Railgun before... so maybe attacks don't mean much?
Then, should I aim for
his staff or jewel?
What's the most
effective way to hinder his magic activation?
While thinking about
that, two minutes had passed.
I switch my focus from
the battle to the meal.
I add the liquid soup,
struggling with the tear line that says it can be torn from anywhere, at
exactly two and a half minutes.
I then bring the
noodles, which are not yet fully softened, to my mouth.
"This junk food
is the best... delicious..."
Eating three-minute
instant noodles slightly undercooked at two and a half minutes is my justice.
The rich soy sauce
flavor lingers.
Before I knew it, I
was slurping the noodles mindlessly.
Eating instant noodles
for the first time in a while, even the thin slices of char siu tasted
strangely delicious.
I was hungry, so I
finished eating in no time.
"This is
delicious in its own way."
Ramen eaten outside is
of course delicious, but instant noodles and bagged noodles have a different
charm, right?
Well, I can't eat
outside right now, so this is my only ramen... I use Refresh to regenerate the
instant noodles and exhale a long breath.
After my stomach is
full, I think about countermeasures again.
If I'm going to fight
anyway, I'd like to consider methods other than just brute-forcing with LV 10
magic.
However, in the
simulation room, it seems that all my MP is taken away when I lose once... so
for now, I'll try again after hunting Elder Liches on the tenth floor.
I leave home and focus
on hunting Elder Liches, thinking about how I can give the Wind Bastard a good
beating--.
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