Published: July 4, 2025
Time passed since the decisive battle with the one-eyed beast and the encounter with Ruin...
In Ryo's perception, about twenty years had gone by.
And then, a crisis arrived in Ryo's slow life.
That day, Ryo was heading toward the sea.
He wanted to procure some salt and had a craving to eat grilled fish from the sea for the first time in a while.
Since he had almost been killed by a kraken while diving into the sea before, he hadn't encountered a kraken since.
Well, to be honest, he only ventured to the sea two or three times a year...
Perhaps that memory of nearly dying in the sea subconsciously affected Ryo.
Despite being a water attribute magician, he wasn't good with the sea...
“No, it’s not that I’m bad with the sea. I’m just bad with krakens! I actually defeated that shrimp and ate it!”
Yes, during his first dive into the sea, he had knocked out that shrimp, which had released the bubbles that caused him to faint, and he had made sure to eat it.
He thoroughly examined the structure of its large claw.
What surprised him the most was that despite releasing such powerful bubbles, it was not a monster but a normal shrimp.
He realized it was a giant version of the mantis shrimp, which could also be found near Japan, when he remembered watching videos of mantis shrimps.
By snapping its large, grown claw together, bubbles were generated, and when those bubbles burst, shockwaves were created.
This phenomenon is called cavitation collapse or cavitation, during which plasma is generated, creating incredibly high temperatures of 4400°C.
The mantis shrimp found near Japan is about five centimeters long, yet it can generate plasma at that size.
The three states of matter—solid, liquid, gas... and above those, the fourth state is called plasma.
To generate plasma using only the shape of its claw is a testament to the terrifying power of nature...
By consuming that shrimp, he overcame his fear!
However... he couldn't say he had overcome his fear of the kraken yet.
Now, what Ryo saw when he reached the sea was... a mess.
Usually, there was a beautiful white sandy beach, contrasting with the blue horizon, creating a coastline that seemed otherworldly... but now, it was scattered...
It looked as if a ship had wrecked and its debris was washed up on the shore.
Among the debris, there were also people lying about.
Three of them?
It had been twenty years since he was transferred from Earth to this 'Fai'.
Ryo approached cautiously and placed his hand on the neck of one to check for a pulse.
It seemed that two of them were already dead.
Only one person, in his mid-twenties, with dull red hair and a sturdy build, was holding a sword in one hand and a sword that exuded a certain presence in his left hand.
It was clear he was a man who lived by the sword.
"Leaving them like this would be quite a bad dream."
Ryo thought some rather cruel thoughts.
"[Cart]"
A two-meter-long cart made of ice was generated.
Essentially, it was a self-propelled cart that only followed Ryo's movements.
Originally, he had created it to generate an ice path and pull supplies over it, but it became tedious, and when hunting a lot of prey in one trip, transporting them became difficult, so he came up with this idea.
In truth, he wanted to create something like a golem that could walk on two legs and traverse any rough terrain.
However, he had never succeeded in making a golem, and even after twenty years, he still hadn't.
For now, he had made a cobbled road from this beach to his home to travel back and forth a few times a year. Therefore, this [cart] was sufficient for moving.
He loaded the likely alive swordsman and other usable items that were lying around onto the cart.
"As for the salt... I can come back for it later."
However, as he packed, Ryo noticed.
The swordsman's left arm had a deep cut, and blood was gushing out.
"Bright red blood... This is an arterial injury, isn't it? If this continues, he will bleed out... Hmm..."
He looked around to see if there was anything useful.
The basic principle of stopping bleeding is compression.