Chapter 4: Day of Battle

Chapter 4: Day of Battle The 13th day after coming to 『Phi』. It was finally the day of the decisive battle. He started a fire with experienced hands and ate meat. He slowly ruminated the preparations he made in his head ... After finishing his meal, he confirmed the items he would bring. The Wound Grass had already been ground and frozen into packs using water magic. They were ready to use by just melting them and applying them to any wound. A bamboo spear with a knife as the tip. He had strengthened the part where the knife and spear connect with created ice. That was all. In fact, the items he took to leave the barrier were very limited. His goal was to secure flint and Detoxifying grass. And to fight a weak monster ... if possible, he hoped for a slime! He didn’t plan to stray too far. If anything happened, it would be troubling if he was too far and couldn’t escape into the barrier quickly.Cheêck out latest novels at novelhall.com He closed his eyes a little and adjusted his breathing. “All right, let’s depart.” He headed in the direction of southwest. The direction where Michael (pseudonym) told him that there was a beach 500 meters away. There were a couple of kinds of rocks that can be used as flint but Ryo was not well versed in it. The only stone that Ryo could identify as an amateur was ‘Quartz’, a stone with a proven track record used as a flint. There were colorless transparent quartz called crystals but the more common opaque white quartz could be found quite easily. A good place to find such stones was at river banks. If there was a sea, there should be rivers connected to it. In that case, he wondered if he could encounter a river along the way to the sea. “Well if this fails, I can set off in the opposite direction next time. This is an adventure in a sense. There’s no telling what can happen so it is an adventure.” Ryo felt a slight sense of resistance as he left the barrier. “I guess that sensation was the outer edge of the barrier.” As he was within a forest, visibility was poor. He listened carefully and walked slowly while relying on sound. He could hear the sound of birds flapping their wings in the distance. After proceeding about 100 meters outside the barrier, the forest suddenly ended. In front of him was a river that spanned hundreds of meters to the opposite side. “Bingo!” However, Ryo appeared on the top of a cliff. It was a difficult spot to go down to the river to look for flint. (I guess I’ll continue walking upstream.) The river ran from east to west so Ryo carefully walked upstream on the cliff. “Such a wide river is only a hundred meters away from home ... This scenery is a little touching ...” However, the current Ryo couldn’t afford to take a leisurely look at the scenery. After a short walk, he was able to get down to the riverbank. And quickly found quartz. He decided to give it a quick try to generate sparks. He tried to hit the back of the knife attached to the bamboo spear to the quartz. Spark spark “Ooo, I see sparks. With this, I can make fire even when there is no sun.” “<Icicle Lance 16>” Even though the Icicle lance couldn’t fly yet, he could grow them from the Ice Bahn. It was like a line of spears in front of Ryo. The 16 spears grew from the ice floor at a 30-degree angle. Without any means to stop, the Lesser Boar rammed into the mountain of Icicle Lance head-on. “Gyooooooo” The skewered Lesser Boar screamed from the severe pain. But it had not died. But the fear of death that bound Ryo was released. He could finally move his body. He held his bamboo spear affixed with a knife. Ryo did kendo but of course, he didn’t know how to use a spear. However, there was no need to think about it so much. He just needed to stab. Face, neck, groin. He stabbed over and over again. He could move his body now but that didn’t mean that he was calm. He stabbed with the bamboo spear with all his might. Again and again and again ... He probably stabbed a couple of dozen times. Ryo finally realized that the Lesser Boar was no longer moving. “I won ...” That day, Ryo defeated a monster for the first time. “I have to quickly leave this place.” There was no telling what might be attracted by the scent of blood. Ryo summoned his energy and stood up. The problem was the Lesser Boar’s corpse. It looked heavy. “So how should I carry this?” Of course, leaving it there was not an option. It was his first hunt. Ryo decided that he would eat Lesser Boar meat tonight. The barrier shouldn’t be far. It was at most a hundred meters. That was when he suddenly saw the Ice Bahn that the Lesser Boar slid on. “Could I pull the Lesser Boar if I spread ice below it?” If he laid down Ice Bahn until the barrier, it shouldn’t be difficult for him to pull on his own. With just a little adjustment, he created a path of ice below the Lesser Boar and pulled. “Ooo, it’s super~ easy this way.” He could easily pull the Lesser Boar that seemed close to 200 kilograms with a single hand. Then, he passed through the barrier and arrived in front of his house. “I’m finally ... home.” There stood a young man who had exhausted all his energy and willpower. Although he didn’t get any Detoxifying grass, he obtained flint, won his fight battle, and net a Lesser Boar. Those were sufficient results.