Chapter 353 CH 338: JABBERWOCKY



On a clearing, a rather comical scene was taking place— something that was out of the weirdest dreams or perhaps a nightmare that any human can imagine if one were to consider the contents of this scene.

Running with all the strength that he was able to muster in this soul body of his, Adam did not have to take a look behind him to know that he was still being chased by those cute monstrosities.

It was very frustrating for him, all things considered.VIsit n0(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

After all, if this were to happen in the real world, then one simple thought from him would have been enough to completely, without even a shadow of a doubt, incinerate all those imbeciles like nothing.

But in this place, he was far weaker than he was in the real world. Not only was the quantity of Dream Force he had inside of his soul body simply incomparable to the quantity of his Prana, but the fact that he was unable to use 'The World'— his most useful and used skill to date, also weakened him far more than he could have ever imagined.

'I guess I cannot just brute force my way out this time.'

Adam thought for a split second before gritting his teeth hard. His mind moved furiously as he rolled on the ground and avoided another bullet coming from those mafia teddy bears. Sadly, even with his quick reaction and the speed of his dodge, he was still slightly grazed by the bullet and was now bleeding.

'Sigh...'

Adam sighed out loud at the severity of his current situation. A part of him was furious at the circumstances that he found himself in. After all the big and small fights he went through, this was the first time he was being humiliated by beings that were far too weaker than him.

But at the same time, another part of him was cold and calculative of his current circumstance, simply analyzing and observing the environment to search for the best way to escape from this hellish and humiliating chase.

'Very well. I want the heaviest and brittlest armor possible.'

A huge headache assaulted his mind and he could feel his reserves of Dream Force drain fast but he completely ignored that feeling.

Soon, Adam was covered in what looked like a futuristic power armor, very similar to what Cecilia had worn on the day she had destroyed the Vampire near instantaneously.

This was perhaps the image of the strongest armor Adam was able to conjure in his mind and while this could not compare to what he had seen because of how weak he currently was, this was more than enough to deal with these weaklings.

'Let's test it out.'

Bang~!

Clang~!

Adam groaned ever so slightly as he felt the rebound hit him square in the guts. It was uncanny how close this world was to the real world. However, that didn't matter to him. Nothing mattered other than crushing those monstrosities.

While he had not been able to mitigate the shockwave entirely, he had at least succeeded in stopping the bullet.

'I will need to think of a counter attack later on'

He took out one of his cards from the deck of tarot cards and imagined the slowest transportation engine possible In the air, a streamlined black and red-themed motorcycle that seemed to have been specially designed for races appeared.

It was an idea worth exploring.

'In the first place, why I am in so much of a hurry?'

Adam remembered his first Soulsborne game and how he spent over 40 hours just exploring the world and strengthening himself before even facing the first mini-boss.

He knew that comparing his situation to a game was utterly stupid of him but this analogy helped him become a bit calmer.

'First I need to level up.'

The mafia teddy bears and tentacle flowers were not dangerous. Adam was sure that he could easily beat them.

"I only lack the necessary Dream Force right now."

Once he had enough Dream Force, he would be able to create more constructs and fight more smoothly without worrying about wasting too much energy.

Slowly, the sun completely disappeared beyond the horizon and night descended on these lands.

'Okay. Enough with wasting time here. Better go out and train.'

Rising up, Adam went back into a lotus position and started to focus, breathing the energy in and out.

Every moment was a good time for him to train and he needed to review his memories of up until now.

What did he do wrong during his encounter this morning?

What he could have done better during that perilous scenario? How he could have been more efficient in dealing with that situation?

And lastly, what path should he take in the future to become better and stronger at handling the threats that this land possessed?

Introspection may be a waste of time to many out there in the world but things took a drastic turn when you were equipped with a perfect memory and were thus able to analyze everything with razor precision.

'Let's go.'

At least— that was the plan...

Sadly for Adam, just as he was about to focus on his mental training— a blood red moon rose high above in the night sky...

All the sounds in the forest vanished instantly with the advent of that ominous moon. It was as if all the creatures were holding their breaths so as to not be noticed by whatever the reason was behind the appearance of that ominous celestial body.

Then, like a lie— the silence was broken by an earth shattering reverberation of a growl.

ROOOOAAR~!!!!!