He Became A Monstrous Genius After Obtaining A Time Dilation Artifact-Chapter 34. Exploring the pocket world of the time dilation artifact 2

The ginormous hobgoblin snarled at the puny human before it, letting out a roar so ferocious that the air seemed to ripple.

In that split second, Kailen summoned all his shadow creatures, as they turned into a whirlwind of shadows that surrounded his entire being, further enhancing his obsidian figure with strength.

He seemed more confident in duking it out with this hobgoblin now.

As his battle intent surged, a shadow katana weaved into existence, about 1.7 meters long, its obsidian blade gleamed, then with Kailen, they blurred, shooting towards the ginormous goblin, leaving a trail of winds behind.

The figure’s ginormous club swirled above it’s head in a time one would assume to be less than that of a breath of air, then plummeted down like a comet towards the figure that dared to challenge it.

Shadow manipulation operated at full throttle, causing Kailen to determine the trajectory of the attack by sensing the shadow the motion the creature’s attack mimicked. However, the attack was extremely fast, and would have blown him to smithereens, had he not activated the seven phantoms movement technique.

Seven phantoms of him appeared at the same time, further increasing his movements, aiding him to evade the attack. He quickly followed with an attempted slash through the creature’s ginormous legs. However, it was as though the shadow katana had hit an insurmountable wall.

"The hell?. Even with the addition of the two A ranked guys I turned from the black market, I still don’t hold a candle against it?’’ He bellowed at the creature’s physical defense. In that same time, the comet like strike of the opponent’s hammer he had just evaded caused cracks and crevices to appear at the place of impact, further widening into an extremely large crater.

Kailen felt his scalp tingle as he stared into the crater ’’This hobgoblin is extremely strong. Not only that, unlike most large creatures that are lacking in the speed department, it’s extremely fast. I can’t beat it with speed, and it also has extremely high physical defense. I’ll have to focus on its eye ’’

’’Maybe I’m not a battle maniac like I thought I was, not when I feel fear after clashing with this bastard. Still, it’s quite exhilarating, gotta admit’’

Kailen shot towards the creature again, propelled by a tenebrous whirlwind of shadows beneath his feet. His focus was to this time, do damage to the creature’s eye in the air. Since, he was at a disadvantage in terms of height, he’d have to be at least at a considerable height to do that.

However, what met him at that height was a spray of greenish liquid with an acrid smell that shot out of the creature’s mouth.

Despite his use of shadow manipulation and the employment of his movement technique, the acrid substance having scratched his obsidian skin, caused cracks to spread in his shadow armor. Reinforcing himself with a couple of shadows that had stirred to life from his surroundings, he cursed.

’’Damnation. How can this creature be so troublesome’’

What followed next was a swing of the large bat in the hobgoblin’s hands towards Kailen.

A part of his shadow armor, Vengeful, stirred into motion like a stream of moving snakes, reinforcing his katana with durability.

Then, a clash.

The air grew still.

A silence, then a shockwave. The hobgoblin staggered and moved back a few distances from its previous location.

However, Kailen was hurtled through the air like a ragdoll, barely managing to regain his motion in the air with the help of the whirlwind of shadows beneath his feet, before he almost slammed into a ginormous tree a few distances away from him.

’’How do I defeat this bastard, when it beats me in every department. Damn it. This is risky but it’s my only shot at wounding this bastard.’’

The shadow armor around Kailen wobbled, shifting into a long obsidian arrow that floated before him.

The hobgoblin roared maniacally, then it leaped, an extremely high one at that.

It shot towards Its target in a few seconds like a projectile, the puny human that had managed to push it a few walks back and survive its attack.

’’Shit’’ Darkhaven cursed, turning into seven phantoms, managing to escape the wrath of the maniacal bastard after crossing some distance. However, oblivious to the hobgoblin’s perception, a trail of black light had evaded its senses.

In the split second where the creature managed to turn towards the human vermin a few distances away from it, a streak of black light tore through its right eye, causing a cacophony of screams to resound, a rain of green blood spraying from its right eye unto the environs.

In the time it took to hold its right eye to wail in pain, the shadow arrow tore deeply into its ginormous head, turning into a rotating blade that slashed and impaled the innards of its head, its brain included, into a mess.

’’Your body might be tough, but your innards are not as tough, bastard’’ Darkhaven scoffed, panting heavily.

The creature’s scream dimmed, then its ginormous body fell flat on its face, brain matter and blood oozing out of its right eye, it’s fall causing loud vibrations to spread in the environs.

[Ho, you managed to defeat it, interesting.

Here’s a reward. Can’t say I’m impressed but, I’m pretty charitable after all]

A golden ring that could fit the index finger hovered before Kailen for a while, then fell on the ground.

Kailen picked it up, wondering of what use a ring could be.

’’ A ring?’’

[Its a space ring, bumpkin. This one is highly advanced. Able to store items such as weapons, plants and dead creatures, food, clothes, amongst others]

’’Thank you, errm system’’

[I said I’m not a system- ah forget it.]

Kailen laughed at the time dilation artifact’s dramatic nature, then asked, as his gaze lingered on the space ring ’’However, how does something like this exist?’’

[The universe is vaster than you think . You earthlings are always acting high and mighty, thinking you are at the peak of the food chain. It’s funny. Ah, I said too much. Tsk]

’’Looks like earthlings are not the only race in the universe, and we are definitely not as strong as we think. From the system’s words, even a fool can deduce this’’

[Did I say that?. Tsk]

’’You can’t fool me you know. Besides, now that I think of it, even your existence is enough to prove this possibility’’

[Alright. I planned to reveal the power system of the universe to you when you attain at least the S rank, but I suppose I could do so now. At least it will humble you and let you broaden your perspective. Listen and listen well, I will not repeat this again. Tsk]