He Who Fights with Monsters 11 (He Who Fights with Monsters, #11)

by Shirtaloon

“And this is not truly the avatar,” Shade said. “This is a creation of Mr Asano.” “Why would he make the avatar in here?” Taika asked. “So we have something to hit,” Sophie said. “Isn’t that what you were talking about with frameworks and will and whatever? The evil power is all over, rotting this place from the inside out. Running around punching trees and dirt won’t get us far, but this place is all imaginary. Jason imagined up something we can stick the boot into. If we can visualise something to hit, we can hit it.” Everyone turned to look at Sophie. “What?” she asked. “I think,” Belinda said, “that they just realised that you find magic theory a lot more comprehensible when the end result is punching something.” “We’re adventurers. If the end result isn’t punching something, what’s the point?” “Miss Wexler is correct,” Shade said. “She is?” Neil asked. “About Mr Asano’s purpose, not about punching things.” “I’m completely correct about punching things.”