When Hiiro landed on the coast, Mikazuki collapsed on the ground in exhaustion. Apparently, it was caused by the fact that she just flew across such a long distance for the first time. Not sure what could happen next, Hiiro wrote the word 『全快』on her body, restoring its stamina.
Hiiro, still having a high tension due to arriving on a new continent, began running around the beach shouting. After doing so to his heart’s content, Hiiro used the word to look for the nearest village.
The moment he activated the word, an arrow appeared before him, pointing in the direction of the nearest village.
“There should be a village up ahead, huh.” (Hiiro)
The arrow that had appeared was pointing towards the mountains up ahead.
“Is the village hidden in the hill, or is it beyond the mountains? Either way, I need to be as careful as possible.” (Hiiro)
“Kui!” (Mikazuki)
Mikazuki nodded and shook her back, telling Hiiro to get on. Hiiro ran beside Mikazuki for a moment before hopping onto her back and heading in the direction of the arrow.
After leaving the beach, Hiiro saw a vast grassland spread before him. Beyond the grassland was the hill and mountain range that he witnessed before.
(It feels calm right now but, I’ll never know when something might happen.”
From what he read about the [Evlia] Continent, the monsters in this area were numerous and more formidable when compared to the other Continents. He didn’t feel that monsters would openly come out and attack, however, as he could be attacked anytime, he decided to prepare some words in anticipation.
Using , he was now able to set up five words at a time. He wrote the words and on himself and Mikazuki. He also wrote the word on his sword. The words faded into the objects. With his preparations complete, he would now be able to activate any of these words at will.
And yet, if he used a Two-Word spell, all the One-Word spells he had set up at that moment would disappear. Thus, he need to be careful to avoid using Two-Word spells.
“If I level up, I might be able to do more than this. However, I better watch myself for now.” (Hiiro)
The idea of being able to use Two-Words with his current abilities made him excited. He was determined to continue hunting monsters to raise his level.
While he was casually riding Mikazuki, he saw something move at the edge of his vision.
“Stop!” (Hiiro)
“Kui!?” (Mikazuki)
Mikazuki skidded to a halt.
“Kui?” (Mikazuki)
“Look over there” (Hiiro)
Hiiro pointed at a monster before him.
It was a slime that was 10 times larger than normal slimes. As it moved around on the ground, it kept making a puni-puni sound. Its body was green, however, it was transparent, to the extent of being able to see the other side of its body. Near the center of the body, there was red mass.
“Could that red, heart-like thing in the center be its weak point? My first opponent is a monster that isn’t in the illustrated book huh…” (Hiiro)
Hiiro was surprised because this was a demon that he didn’t know anything about. He thought it was a unique monster, but he had also seen something similar a while back. Unlike the unique monsters, who generally wandered around alone, these monster looked as if they were working together.
“Just as I heard, the demons of the Evila continent weren’t listed in the encyclopedia.” (Hiiro)
The encyclopaedia that he had read, only listed the monsters in the Humas Continent and the Gabranth Continent. It didn’t look like it listed any monsters on the Evila Continent.
“I want to find a reference book for this area as soon as possible.” (Hiiro)
If he didn’t do something like that, he would be significantly disadvantaged when fighting the monsters in the Evila continent. He would definitely be more prepared if he knew about the monsters he was facing beforehand. Of course, he could use word magic to find out about the monsters, however, doing so would not be an efficient use of MP.