CH.272 Weakening Dimensional Barrier Detection Device

CH.272 Weakening Dimensional Barrier Detection Device

“Are you sure we aren’t getting too familiar with each other? This is the second night in the row we’ve had a talk.” I questioned the Goddess. She had once again stolen me while I was sleeping, so we could talk.

“This might be the last one for a while, so it is fine.” The rainbow haired lady answered. “Thank you for running the test, as well as the detailed report. It has been extremely helpful.”

“Sure, no problem. Sorry Exodia couldn’t fix the barrier without breaking it.”

“That is fine. Being able to fix a dimensional fissure without involving us is already unprecedented, so we are more than happy with this result.”

“That’s good to hear. ... so, going forward... What should I be doing? Will you just keep sending me missions to go to places where the barrier is deteriorating? Then I break it open and have Exodia fix it?”

“That is an option, but not a great one. First, it keeps us involved on a large scale. It isn’t bad, per se, but it does take us away from our other duties.”

“... us?” I questioned. I’ve noticed that the Goddess does often use ‘we’ or ‘us’ and so forth when referring to herself, but she does also sometimes use I, so that bothers me a bit.

“Myself, and the System Agents.” The Goddess specified. “What I’d like you to do is this. First, make a device that can detect differences in the dimensional barrier. You should be able to do that using the Chaos God Dungeon. Then, spread them around the continent you live on to make a warning system that doesn’t rely on us to work. I believe you should work with the Adventurer’s Guild for that. Third, I’d like Holder Alice Mana Watchman to look into a spell that can imitate Exodia’s barrier technique. With her Unique-Racial skill, she should be able to do it. I will send her a mission regarding that. The final spell will likely fall under Dimensional magic, so you should also work on your Space magic, so that you may one day learn how to use Dimensional magic. Learning Time magic might not be a bad idea either, as it works well with Space magic. Ideally, we want people to learn how to fix the barrier, without having to rely on us, or your cards. That will be the best for the world. That will free us to focus more on the other continents.”

“... no pressure, huh.”

“We didn’t mean to put you under any. At the end of the day, we cannot force you to do this. You do not have to. We are simply asking you to do it.”

“... I guess I can try...”

“Thank you. That is all that we ask for. If you have no questions at this time, we shall send you back.”

“Wait! I do have one.” I quickly interrupted. “The Chaos God Dungeon. I noticed it can be moved, so am I allowed to move it, or is the place it is in somehow critical?”

“You may move it, if you’d like. Just keep a certain distance from the other three Chaos God Dungeons on the continent. Their locations are sadly secret information, so I cannot tell you where they are, but your dungeon will know if you try to move too close to one and will tell you it cannot move there.”

“Alright. Thanks. Now I just have to figure out where to move it...”

“Perhaps to the skies. If you can make your ‘mana factory’ work, you can use large scale levitation magic to keep the dungeon floating in the sky.”

“A floating island dungeon..? I do like the sound of that.” I admitted. “Also ... you said that you cannot use your full power without a physical body, right?”

“Yes, I did state that, and that is true.”

“... what does it take for you to get a physical body? I mean, you appeared in the world when the Hero was active, right? So you could in that situation do it. ... So can you do that again? If, for example, I summon a God monster, and you take it over to use as your body? Would that work?”

“I do like your idea.” The Goddess answered and I felt myself smiling as she did. “But it won’t work.”

“... why not?”

“I cannot tell you that at this time. All I will say is this. The Hero and his companions were special in a way that you simply are not. At least not as of this moment. Until you are able to reach that special level, summoning me will not be possible.”

“... alright...” I accepted what she said, even if I didn’t like it.

“Just do your best for now. If you do, you will eventually be rewarded with the truth. That is what I can tell you now. Please rest well.”

“...” I didn’t say another word, before the world went back to black, as I went back to sleep.

“No pressure, huh. How in the world am I supposed to make a weakening dimensional barrier detection device? WDBDD... that is not a good name... Well, I’ll come up with a better one later.”

I honestly had no idea where to even start. I browsed the catalog of stuff the Chaos God Dungeon could make, focusing on detection devices, but nothing was even remotely close to what I needed. Sure I could make anything from heat detectors to magic detectors. Earthquake detectors to solar radiation detectors. I could even make things like radar and sonar detectors, but nothing that could detect the dimensional barrier.

My first idea was to just throw every detector that detects any form of magic together into one ... but that didn’t work at all. All I had was a huge mess of readings, and it didn’t even detect the dimensional barrier.

Next I tried to work with miasma detectors, but again, it couldn’t do it. Even mixing a magic and miasma detector together didn’t work. ... I did accidentally make a dungeon detector with that though... But we won’t talk about that. I don’t want to be that guy that goes around eliminating and founding all the dungeons.

Well, whatever.

“Agunan, how about some practice? I need a break.”

“How is practice a break?” The dragon questioned.

“... it just is, okay. It will make me focus on some other stuff, so I won’t have to think about all this complicated BS.”

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SOI 5

Hero Kid, Miracle Kids, Saber Beetle, Elemental HERO Neo Bubbleman, End of the World, Silent Insect, Generation Shift, Parasitic Ticky, Option Hunter

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Oh, look. It is the E-Hero you can’t actually summon, because Metamorphosis is banned. Not that anyone would summon Neo Bubbleman, even if Metamorphosis wasn’t banned.

Silent Insect is actually surprisingly nice, I think. It could honestly see some use. Saber Beetle is just a nice beater, and Option Hunter isn’t useless. Not so sure about Generation Shift though. I guess I could use it to swap a monster that is out of time for a new one, so that is a decent use for it.

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SOI 6

Full Salvo, Ancient Gear Factory, End of the World, D.3.S. Frog, Symbol of Heritage, Parasitic Ticky, Hero Kid, Silent Insect, Princess Curran

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Princess Curran would be good for Alice, but I’m just afraid she will make Alice into a sadist. Full Salvo is dumb, because I don’t have a hand-size-limit, so I can just absolutely blast someone with it. And D.3.S. Frog makes me want frog legs.

Let’s just open the next pack, before I cook up my brand new frog.

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SOI 7

Super Junior Confrontation, Generation Shift, Tenkabito Shien, End of the World, Chain Thrasher, Ancient Gear Drill, Hero Kid, Sand Moth, Doom Dozer

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Well, Doom Dozer is an alright beater. Chain Thrasher is... trash. But Sand Moth and Generation Shift do make for an interesting combo. I mean, you can destroy Sand Moth yourself, it doesn’t have to be your opponent, and Generation Shift does destroy, so you could do it. Wait, you actually can't. Generation Shift only works on face-up monsters, and Sand Moth has to be face-down for its effect. So no combo here, just mediocre cards.

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SOI 8

Ancient Gear, Success Probability 0%, Machine King Prototype, Ancient Gear Factory, Miracle Kids, Anteatereatingant, Elemental HERO Neo Bubbleman, Tenkabito Shien, Goblin Out of the Frying Pan

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... well, Goblin Out of the Frying Pan can probably negate magic, but it does seem like it will just return the mana to the caster, or something. Honestly, who designed a card that counters cards that can just be activated from the hand, by returning them to the hand.

Machine King Prototype is alright and Anteatereatingant is a joke. Well, I guess if I want to eat insect meat.

... why can I only think of food? I guess maybe next pack can answer that.

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SOI 9

Malice Ascendant, Anteatereatingant, Magnet Circle LV2, Tenkabito Shien, Saber Beetle, D.D. Guide, Photon Generator Unit, Phantasmal Martyrs, Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder

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I GOT ONE. I got a Sacred Beast. And it is Hamon. ... admittedly I do like Uria more, but Hamon is number two. Sorry Raviel. You just are the worst of the three. And just like my Wicked Gods, Hamon has the effect where [If this card is in a Divine sleeve, it is always also treated as a Divine/Divine-Beast monster.] so that is nice.

Let’s go one more. Maybe I can get another Sacred Beast.

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SOI 10

End of the World, Photon Generator Unit, Ancient Gear Factory, Attack Reflector Unit, Generation Shift, Elemental HERO Neo Bubbleman, Disciple of the Forbidden Spell, Treeborn Frog, Cyber Barrier Dragon

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I mean, Cyber Barrier Dragon is no Sacred Beast, but I’ll gladly take it. And Treeborn Frog is just fine as well. More frog legs for me to...

Okay, I’m jumping out of the factory for a snack. I clearly need one, before I talk about the custom duel disks with Alice and Lua. It must be because of all of that designing work I put in on the WDBDD. I should have had some snacks while I worked on it. Well, better late than never. Snacks, the let's customize some duel disks.