“Who are you?”
“It’s me GG! This is my 2nd body and also the caretaker of this house temporarily.”
“Eh?! You have a 2nd body?! You didn’t mention this to me!”
“Hehe, it’s a surprise, me and my brothers and sister have a 2nd body.”
“Not gonna lie, I thought that you are the only survivor of your master’s creation. Also you have siblings!”
“No, I did mention this to you but I didn’t mention how many of us and the answer to that is we are 5. The older one lives here and he likes the atmosphere here and he can chill as much as he likes and he also collects some species of rare plants and animals.”
“Ooooh.. I think I forgot the word creations.. My bad ehe :P, so your brother, where is he now?”
“He goes to the library in the desert, my sister requests him to come and help her to reorganize the books.”
“Desert place?”
“Yeah, eventually you will meet my sister there in the future. Anyway, welcome to the island of comfiness!”
“Thank you! By the way, why is it called Island of Comfiness?”
“Because it's comfy here, I bet you felt it once you entered the island.”
“So, why is there an island here and I didn’t detect it? The moving island is the one I detect.”
“I guess your mastery is not fully max? Your Masters can detect it after they fully mastered their art. But yeah this island is an odd one if you look the other way. My older brother and sister created this one without the help of my Master. Their very first creation, also to answer your other question, the temperature here is the ideal to propagate and produce offspring both animals and plants.”
“ I see! So you don’t regulate the temperature right?”
“This one is a custom one, tweaking the energy to be ideal. Also the sun here is made from pure energy of the sun, which they acquire when they explore the outside of this planet.”
“How?! I know that you and your siblings are incredible but you guys harness the power of the sun?”
“They dive into the core of the sun and fetch the energy of it. Apparently they just adjust their body to the intense heat of the sun. To withstand the power of nature you must also be with nature, simple problems require simple solutions.”
“Then how come this world is still alive? The intense heat of the sun can kill living beings here if they bring the energy of the sun.”
“The answer is that they tame it by absorbing the energy. Something a martial artist can do~ But doing that will take a full week of battling the energy.”
“Only a week?”
‘Yeah , if you are strong, I think for you it is only a day but anybody else will die without a special help or great body. Just remember raw energy is equal to death if one tries to absorb it. But if you are smart enough, you can absorb it little by little, so that you can control it and fully utilize the power of it. Just make sure you do it in other places and not on your home planet.”
“Aaaah! Thank you for the information! I thought you guys were doing absurd things.”
“We can do that but it was a pain in the ass aftermath. That’s why we pledge to not mess around.”
“Now my horizon has been broadened!”
“Nah, you just forgot and it's just common sense to do that.”
“Hey!”
“Hahahaha! Anyway, after they fully absorb the energy of the sun, they mold it and adjust the temperature of it. The barrier you see consists of multiple magic spells that can help to thrive the living beings here to their maximum potential.”
“So.. if I plant a low quality plant here, it can reach its full potential?”
“That’s right! Like the worm you see, my brother is lucky to find those worms, they’re basically on extinction because they couldn’t adapt to the world. Also trial and error, play the role here. The good thing is that plants here can reproduce their own.”
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“Really?! My book of animals and plants doesn’t mention that”
“I think your book only contains the common facts, wait let me fix that.”
As I handed my books to GG, he cast some magic and around 3 minutes he handed me the books.
“Wow! Now I can see their other facts! It’s fascinating!”
“Truly is! My sister has a theory that all of the plants and animals in the past are asexual. But the temperature changes and many of those either evolve to adapt and lose some ability or straight up to their extinction! But that is just a theory though.”
“Interesting! How come you guys didn’t go to the past?”
“Not interested, after all we don’t mess the world. We might get them angry, you know who they are.”
“Yeah! ([Huh? They? I only know one though?])
“Ayaka, would you like to explore more here? You might also see useful and interesting things here.”
“Sure! Fortis, will you come?”
“Eek.”
“Because it’s comfy here? I mean the name itself speaks itself.”
“Eek!”
“All right, can you accompany him, GG?”
“Sure, I will look and toast some nuts here and feed him. I bet he will like some of these!”
“Ok! I will see you guys later~”
“Eek!’
“See you later, Ayaka!”
When I go outside, I head to the forest because I know that forests are the best way to see amazing things! I don't use my sensing abilities now because I want to be surprised. At the entrance of the forest, I see mushrooms here and all of it is colorful.
“Wow, all of them are toxic as fuck..”
Then the book of plants corrected me that all of these are edible, their colors indicate that they’re ready to harvest. The best way to cook them for a hungry traveler is to roast them and add only salt. It said that depending on the color, the range of flavor will range from chicken up to dragon. Which is absurd but then again I was transported here so.. Then another way to cook this mushroom is to pair them with low quality ingredients. When put together it will enhance their flavor in a different way. This way you can save more money but the book of plants indicates that you can cook it however you like but highly recommend to put it to the low quality ones.
“Hmmm.. is it the brother who comes up with these facts right? Interesting!”
I advance deeper to the woods and the more I go the more it gets strange. I see some animals and insects here but all of them are larger than me. Whenever I come closer to them they don’t get aggressive and they let me touch them. I think they can’t gauge my level? or just plain sociable. The area gets denser as if no light can pass through but when I get to this area, no animals or insects I detect. I activate my powers and I see some magic circles here. I still proceeded and after a few more minutes, I see myself climbing the mountain now to see the view of this place. But another reason I climbed this was because of a strange energy coming from the middle of the mountain.
There are some wild herbs here in the mountains and those herbs are so potent that they can kill you if you can’t control their effect. The book of plants suggests that if you want to kill someone, use the wild herbs here and plant them nearby. But if you want to heal someone then only plant 1 species of these wild herbs. Upon successfully doing their job, the plants will become normal for the rest of their life.
“What if I want to heal someone and kill the other one in the same room? Also how will they know if they’re successful or not?”
Then the book of plants said, both of them will die if in the same room without protection for the sick one. For my other questions, if the user channels their thoughts to the person whom the user hates or loves, they will recognize their energy.
“So, I just need to put a hidden barrier eh? seems good to me. Also! why the heck the herbs have these kinds of characteristics!”
Another fact about these wild herbs is that if you boil them for 3 hrs, their potency will reduce and can be made as toppings on dessert.
“Huh? This is a useful fact to hear! I know that in the back of my head these herbs are meant for foods!”
No animals present in the mountain and I don’t know why but I guess something related to this energy. After I walk along the path, I see the entrance of a cave.
“If you are brave then reduce your power up to 75%, You will get a good essence after completing the trial! Only brave ones can go.”
“Heh.. So who made these kinds of rules? pretty much a suicide though.”
[From Distant Land]
“Achooo!”
“Someone talking to you?”
“Seems so.. anyway, is this book here?”
“Yeah, can you also put this one?”
[End of conversation]
“Should I try? But then again I must finish this before my body is back to normal.”
Because my curiosity is much stronger, I entered the cave. There are no doors here except the torches. I descend and I don’t use any of my scanning abilities, because it will not reveal anything. But after my first descent inside of the cave. A giant fish which is walking but more like sliding on the ground. It has razor-like teeth, a shiny scale that seems to be hard, eyes that are red. The color of its body is between silver and a hint of yellowish to green fins. There is no water in this zone but the way this fish slides is cool!
“Defeat the King of the River by knocking it and putting it to sleep. Hmm.. so I just need to defeat it and not killing it.. I think I can do that, even at 25% power I can manage to put up a fight.”
The King of the River spotted me while I’m descending and it stare me and I felt the curses and other debuffs. I feel nothing which surprise me, even at my 25% I think I’m still strong! So is not cheating because I obey the rules. After I successfully went down the KoR suddenly jumped and its scales were shining and it was towards me obviously.
Mix Murim Style: Iron Palm of the Unrestrained Realm!
My palm technique and the body of the KoR collide with each other and it makes a light and a strong force has been made. KoR plunged on the wall because of the force while I was still standing. The monster is still moving and it changes the color from shiny silver thing to black shiny scale. The fins also change color to gold then an electric aura or more like an electric is surrounding the KoR. After the transformation the KoR is rushing towards me and it uses the tail with large energy concentrated on it.
Electric Magic: Electric Shield!
Bow Ki!
I shoot many arrow ki to the KoR while I cast myself an electric shield which can reduce the damage I take. Then the monster takes aback and tries to resist the attack but every shot of arrow ki is wreaking its black scale. After that it transforms again and this time the KoR becomes transparent and transforms into a humanoid form. The book of animals then proceeds to give me information now. It said that monsters here in the forest can achieve their final form but they’re a few species who are exempt from it. These creatures are hailed as Kings of their race and because they can transform to resemble their opponent closely. It responds to the will of surviving and overcoming the challenge of life. The only exemptions are the Kapi-Kapi because their first ancestor refuses to have these changes.
“Oooooh! I see! I guess I will respond to your power now KoR!”
Then we exchanged attacks with each other. I was amazed that this creature can become a humanoid just to survive.
*Bang!* *Bang!*
*Woosh!* *Woosh!*
*Bam! Bam!*
I haven't dodge any of its attacks and tanked all of them, each of those are devastating enough to kill strong people. We continued attacking each other until KoR collapsed, I read its energy and I saw that it exhausted its energy. The humanoid KoR became a huge fish again and slept soundly.
“Ding! Ding! Ding! You completed the first trial! Go to the next trial!”
“On the next trial! But honestly, the fight is short but I enjoy it. So, what kind of trial will await me next?”
Chapter 17 End