'Alright, let's think that over. Is it a good thing that I walked into its trap? Well maybe. Falling for something like that is a pretty common trope, so it should help me get stronger.'

Emcy jumped out of the way of the monster. It was slow because of its short legs, but even one bite of its enormous jaw would easily kill Emcy.

'But that only applies if I manage to survive. So that's a downside.'

Emcy almost stumbled when he evaded the fish-crocodiles next attack. 'Another problem is this body. It's not as bad as the one I left back on earth, but it's not that far off, especially because I am not used to such skinny legs. I guess I will have to start working out when I want to become the main character of this world. What was it again? One hundred pushups, one hundred situps, one hundred squats and a ten-kilometre run?

Anyways, I should probably focus on something else...'

*ROOOAAAAHHHHHH*

'Yes, please go on. If you are loud, maybe someone will come to help me. That's basically my only hope since I don't really know how I am supposed to fight against something twice as big as an alligator.

Thankfully, I have mastered a secret technic, that will bring every strong man in a radius of a few kilometres to me. The only problem is that it's not very main character like, so I can only use it when I am out of options. Since I can't run, I think this is the right time to use my secret power... Behold: crying like a girl!'

"IIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!" Emcy shrieked.

The fish-crocodile, which had been about to jump at him, suddenly stopped and tilted its head.

"Come on dude, don't look at me like that. We all do what we got to do to survive, right?" Emcy asked.

The crocodile snorted and then continued attacking Emcy.

[Fifteen minutes later]

Emcy was breathing heavily.

'Sh*t, this body is soooo bad. I did nothing but evade, but I will just collapse if this goes on any longer. I can't die here! That's not possible for a protagonist!'

He had just jumped out of the crocodile's way again when he finally heard voices.

"Don't fear, young lady! We are coming to save you!"

'You idiots, if I actually was a young lady, I would have been dead a long time ago. What took you so long? Did you first need to oil your beard?'

"I am here!" Emcy cried in the most woman like voice he could muster.

When he looked back at the crocodile-fish, he thought that he could see the disappointment in his eyes.

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'Dude, stop judging me!'

The crocodile ran towards him again, and he jumped. He landed, and just as he was turning around, two muscular men around their forties broke through the bushes, their beards shining in the light of the moon.

'Ah f*ck, why do I always have to be right?'

When they saw Emcy, they suddenly stopped and started looking around in confusion.

"Ah, thank you for coming. Without you, I would have died. Can you take care of this monster for me?" Emcy asked. When the men heard his high pitched voice, they finally understood.

They looked at each other, turned around, and started walking away as if they had seen nothing.

'Damn, those horny motherf*ckers!'

"You, come back here!" Emcy shouted.

...no answer. The crocodiles gloating was clearly visible.

"COME BACK HERE, or I am going to tell your wives that you ran into the woods, expecting to woo a maiden in distress."

Two heads popped out of the bushes: "You wouldn't dare to..."

The other guy must have hit him because the first suddenly became silent.

The second man cleared his throat. "How would you know that we even have wives? I have never seen you here before..."

While evading the crocodile, Emcy answered. "Your friend just told me... NOW GET YOUR ASSES OVER HERE AND KILL THAT DUMB THING!!!"

With newfound enthusiasm, the two men attacked the crocodile.

Finally, Emcy could sit back.

'Man, I love dumb people...' Emcy chuckled to himself, 'They didn't even realise that I wouldn't be able to tell their wives anything if I was just killed here. Thanks to that, I saved a lot of explaining, which would have been necessary if they weren't so dull... Hey, wait, what are they doing? I didn't like that crocodile either, but you don't have to take out your frustration on it so much. This is not supposed to be a gore story. Whatever, let's just get out of here before the scene gets described.'

Emcy started walking back towards plot village.

'I think that I will have to start training a little before continuing with my search of the yellow dragon apple. And while I'm at it, I can buy some equipment too. But for equipment, I have to earn money somehow... Maybe something like inventing random shit that was common on earth and selling it? Hmm, but is this really what I want to become? What if everybody suddenly turns to stone? I think I will pass for now.

Maybe I can train while also raising money... work as a backer? Or as a farmer? I think smithing would be a good idea. That's what I have studied the most, and almost every smith becomes overpowered...

Ok, So it's decided. Tomorrow I will become a smith apprentice.'

Still calculating the next day, Emcy lay down with the pigs and eventually fell asleep.