"Huh?!"

What is going on?!

After flushing the toilet and exiting the bathroom, I suddenly received a falling sensation.

It's like those dreams that you started falling and suddenly wake you up with a flinch.

Only that, it's taking so long this time.

I writhe from the feeling like my soul repeatedly keeps jumping off, as if being stretched out of my body.

"Argh! grugb!"

I feel like throwing up.

My eyes are open the whole time but it can't detect a speck of light.

My mind slowly fell hazy as I keep falling.

This can't be real.

It's just pitch-black. I struggled while trying to reach my hands towards my eyes to check if something is blocking it, but there's not.

I blink and rub it a few times but the effort came to naught.

It's still pitch-black.

Ultimately, I slowly realize the strange and uncomfortable feeling of the lack of receiving sensations from most of my sense organs.

I can't hear anything.

It feels like my ears are sealed tight that only my thoughts and the faint ringing in my head are echoing.

There's also nothing like a wind pressure or even an air that can be felt hitting me while the falling sensation yet continues.

It's very weird considering that I already experienced falling before and I can tell that there were such sensations like that even if it was just for a brief moment.

I can still feel my body when I move and rub them with each other but there's absolutely no external substance that I get in contact with.

There's only the gravity that keeps accelerating me down with an incredible speed and momentum.

There's no air resistance so the feeling is turning ten times worse than riding the tallest rollercoaster that I've ever ridden before.

When will I even land?

Wait. Even if I land, my bones would get crushed and die!

I can still somehow determine where is up and down so I struggled to twist my body to try looking down if I'm able to detect anything down there.

It's equally pitch black.

It seems like nothing exists at all.

How did I end up here?

Did the world end?

Did I get taken by some extraterrestrial beings?

Or did I... Die?

What will happen to me now?

The accelerating falling sensation just keeps on.

I'm already at the point that I can't even tell if I still have my body intact.

It's better to be dead at this point!

Then the impression that I would keep falling like this forever occurs.

My heart started thumping loudly that it reached my ears.

This is getting very scary. I'm conscious that this might be a dream but I'm not waking up!

I shut my eyes and hold my breath tightly and scream in my mind.

Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!

[Transporting successful]

While doing so, I suddenly heard a computer-like voice of a woman.

[Space time researching]

As I hear it again, I feel that the dark surroundings smoothly clear when I got conscious of the dim light that is slowly forming on my tightly closed eyelids that my retina somehow perceived.

"...?!"

As sudden as it began, the falling sensation stopped.

It did not even feel like I landed.

Those strange sensations suddenly kept happening for nothing but an instant but it felt relatively long.

It made me feel nauseous even after it ended.

"Urgh..."

I feel like crying but I pulled some courage and start slowly opening my eyes.

"..."

The blurry scenery that was caused by my half-opened eyes and long eyelashes blocking it looks dark, but it's better than that one just now as I can finally see a bit of light.

Did I finally wake up?

What was that just now?

I rub my eyes and blink a couple of times to adjust my sight.

Altho it is still a bit blurry, but I'm sure that the scenery in front of me is not the public restroom I just went into.

"What exactly happened?"

I was already standing up even before I came to, so I just look around and realize I somehow, suddenly got inside a dimly lit room.

The room is practically empty, with only one lamp in the upper center of a wall beside me.

looking in front, there's a door that's filled with yellow papers that have red writings on them.

I look below my feet and see lots of strange writings and various circles on the floor.

These things remind me of the practices of dark magic and witchcraft in fictional films.

"Seems like someone was practicing some creepy kinds of stuff here- waaaaa?!"

I jump on my toes and my spine tingled in shiver when I finally noticed a figure that's slowly crawling in my direction.

"F-finally, I have successfully summoned you, my Lord! All these years, all these years! I have not once stopped looking for you. I dedicated my life just to bring you back!"

An old woman in an article of dark clothing looks up to me while her hair is messily flowing on her back and shoulders.

She talked in a hoarse voice while creating a wheezing sound whenever she breathed like she's having a hard time by just taking in some air.

Nevertheless, her eyes are filled with passion and longing while looking at me.

I can't suddenly conduct myself nicely and treat this elderly accordingly while seeing her suddenly keep calling out, saying things I don't understand.

From the abrupt moment, I panicked and try to deny her.

"I-It seems like you got the wrong person gran-"

"My lord! I offer you the last bit of my life! I would be pleased to die and be a part of you from now on! I am so glad now that you're here, everything will be alright! "They" will all finally be saved..."

She did not even let me finish my words trying to explain that she must have gotten the wrong person, but then keep saying strange things.

I can't do anything except crouch down on the ground and somehow try to understand what she's on about.

"Grandma. It's okay, would you please stand up? Why are you on the ground? It's so dark here. We don't know what's down there..."

I try to grab her hands and help her get up when suddenly, her eyes glint in purple color.

My eyes widened but I couldn't react so suddenly since she might fall while I'm still trying to make her stand up.

She shakily reaches out her skin and bone hands and touched my chest.

Then, a green smoke seep out of her hand and entered inside where my heart is located.

I saw all of these but my sense of reality has already been dulled, and I just watch her as her skin is getting more and more wrinkly until it turned stiff and dry.

"Ah..."

My body turned stiff and my mouth started shaking when I felt her becoming lifeless on my arms.

"Aaaarrrgh"

Suddenly, I felt a loud throb in my chest.

I fell on my butt and the old woman rolled on the floor.

I breathe heavily while squirming as I try to somehow contain the sensation that felt like causing chaos inside my very soul.

"Haaah, haaaaah, haaaaah"

Sweat keeps falling on my forehead and back.

It was brief and painful, my breathing turned hard and faster.

Now that I notice it, the air is very thin and dry adding to all the things that happened, makes it very uncomfortable and suffocating.

[Sacrificial life force successfully absorbed.

29 additional years of lifespan gained.

"Life drain" magic researching...]

I hear it again. The voice from earlier. But I can't understand what it's talking about because of the chaos that is running inside my head.

Confusion, fear, questions of "how did I get here?" to "what happened to the old lady?" And mostly, "am I safe here?"

These things keep echoing inside my head.

It took a while for me to tone it down and can finally think for myself.

"Just...what in the world is going on?..."

For now, I decided to escape this place.

I don't know if there are any people outside and if there are, are they some allies that can help me get through this dilemma?

What if I was kidnapped to get sacrificed in some dark practices? If there are more people outside this room, they probably can't be someone with good intentions.

So am I going to face them? Oh! That's right! My handphone!

I could contact someone for help! Where is it?

I searched all of my pockets but can't seem to feel the rectangular shape of my phone.

"N-no way..."

I lost hope when I felt and took out an unrecognizable thing from my pocket.

A ball of plastic and glass that have some visible circuits here and there, seem to have been swirled and compressed by a black hole, is currently on my hands after picking it up from the pocket where I surely put my phone earlier.

"Is this my handphone? But I just got it! Wait, that's not the problem here... Does it mean I can't contact any help?!"

Realizing that, my hope of being saved completely sunk to the bottom of the pacific ocean.

Am I supposed to go and escape by myself? What if I meet some bad guys? Am I going to fight them?

I will surely die! Or might even get tortured before that!

I'm very scared to go out but staying here might just be equally as dangerous since the bad guys might come in later on.

There are still a lot of unsure questions too but it's better than staying here.

The suffocating feeling just keeps piling up while I'm in here after all.

I slowly stand up back on my feet while holding my chest.

I just can't think of anything that makes sense. From the begging and now, everything is weird.

I shakily try to reach my way towards the door while carefully making sure not to look at the motionless old woman on the floor.

I carefully put my ear against the door and try to listen to any sounds coming from outside.

"..."

It's awfully quiet.

The sounds that I can only ever hear are the faint ringing inside my head, my nose breathing, and my heart beating.

I can't seem to figure out what or if there even any things that are lurking outside but if they are out there, they must be out somewhere else or might even be sleeping.

So this must be my chance to escape!

I carefully pull the crude door open.

"Gasp!?"

I immediately stopped when I heard another sound.

A sharp sound creepily vibrated out of the silence when the door's old hinges created a squeak.

My heart skipped a beat thinking that it might have alerted the bad guys.

I crouch on the ground, covered my head, and stayed like that for a while.

"..."

It seems like there is no one coming...

I gingerly poke my face out of the room and look around.

I can see a dark hallway outside.

It also seems like there's no one else out there.

I slowly make my way out of the room while sticking closely to the wall.

I made some turns in the dark hallway while making sure I'm not making any noises.

"..."

The good thing is, there might be no one else out there but the bad thing is, I can't seem to find the way outside even after carefully exploring this place for a while.

As the uncomfortable feeling inside me keeps welling, my eyes slowly moisten.

"...hick..."

But before I started crying, my eyes picked up light from a bit of a distance.

"T-that must be the way out..."

I slowly walk towards it but then my feet bumped with what seems to be a stair.

I did not let it dare stop me and I hastily stump on them while looking straight up at the little line of light up there.

As I get closer and closer, I realize what's waiting for me is a double door, and the source of the light is from the line of the gap in the center of it.

The light seeping from it resembles the morning light from my window softly hitting my face every time I wake up.

My eyes suddenly burst in tears as the welling feeling inside me somehow got relaxed.

I did not dare keep thinking about just what exactly is going on to me or what might be the surprise lurking behind this door.

The only thing that keeps ringing in my head is to get out of this creepy place.

I feel very glad while reaching my hands on the doorknobs.

A slight breeze of fresh air entered my nostrils, and the light slowly lit my vision as I open it.

The heavy and suffocating feeling is slowly subsiding and my eyebrows are naturally loosening their wrinkles.

I crawled my way out and stumble upon green scenery.

Seeing this scene, I can feel a different but equally uncomfortable feeling compared to earlier.

Dense trees and tall grass surrounded my vision.

I take a second glance at the direction I just came out of and saw a small hill covered in grass with a square opening.

From each side of the opening, I see open doors that are colored in green that might have been done to camouflage with the surrounding grass.

Looking inside, I can see the stairs that I just took.

It then came clear to me that I was underground in the middle of the woods.

This should be impossible since I was inside the mall in the middle of the city just some minutes ago.

Well, if I think of it, everything that happened from the beginning should be impossible.

"Am I in some fantasy novel right now?"

I made a dry laugh. My sense of reality is slowly returning to numbness.

I pinch my cheeks to check if I can feel pain and this is not just a silly dream.

"Oooww"

Rubbing my cheeks from the slight pain, my dull sense of reality is slowly regaining its normal rational senses.

My thinking then slowly shifted to the novels, mangas, and animes I'm always addicted to.

My eyes slowly knit while my mind keeps pointing at "that" one thing that might explain the whole strange and impossible occurrence that I just experienced.

"It can't be right?... Well, it can be... But... It really can't be, it's all fiction after all..."

I keep murmuring and nodding while my inner egos are arguing from lots of possibilities.

I can't seem to get to a conclusion so I try to relax my mind.

That's when I stumbled upon the thing that concluded everything.

"Humn, what's that?"

While looking in front, I can see a wiggling silhouette from a distance behind the trees.

"Is it a wild boar?"

It might be, but then my sight shifted and sighted a shiny horn on its forehead.

"It can't be.... And shouldn't be but....Are you for real?! Is this happening to me right now?! I've only been reading about situations like this since this morning! I can't believe that I'm possibly in an "isekai!"

Is this real? "That" isekai happened to me?

"Isekai" a Japanese word that means a different world or another world.

It is also the one they call to a genre of light novel, manga, anime, and video games that I'm very much addicted to.

The stories of this genre revolve around a person from Earth who is transported or reincarnated to and has to survive in a parallel universe, fantasy world, or virtual reality.

I pinch my cheeks again. A lot harder this time.

There's an incredible pain that's throbbing in them but the look on my face is staying blank and my mouth hangs on agape.

This isn't a dream.

Based on this pain it can't be a dream.

Everything from the beginning, I kept feeling different sensations so it can't be a dream.

Then, everything that happened to me so far resembled the "isekai transportation" situations.

Because of that thought, I found myself slowly laughing till practically shouting my lungs out.

"Who's laughing now?! I ask, who's laughing now?! I admit I'm a big nerd but who's laughing now huh?!

I have been transported in an isekai!

All the knowledge that I obtained from being a total fanatic that's deemed useless in the reality can finally get the spotlight!

"Yahooooo!"

I shout the excitement that is exploding inside my heart and made a victory pose.

I clench my fist and make a wide grin while reminiscing the isekai stories I've read before.

Ah, I feel the ecstasy.

I wipe the small tear that's leaking on the side of my face.

Even though I still can't explain what exactly is going on, I have my iskai knowledge after all.

I'm not even sure that those isekai "rules" can be applied here, but there's almost nothing left to argue now that I'm transported somewhere I don't know.

I bet I will lose nothing even if I start trying out that knowledge right now.

As my heart also is now filled with excitement, I can't even stop my own vast and wild imaginations.

"Okay, okay. For starters. Based on isekai, I should probably say- Status Open!"

[Status screen. Researching...]

I shouted and pointed at the sky but I did not get the result I was hoping for.

"Researching? What's that? I did not hear anything like that before. I was expecting a floating screen to appear and show my status, skills, and titles you know?!"

[Creation Successful. "Status Screen" obtained]

That monotonous voice again. Is that the "skill obtain and level up announcement"?

But researching successful huh?

"Status open!"

I said. I a little expectant this time. To my surprise, it works!

A blueish screen that is about as big as an android tablet blocked a portion of my vision.

[Otherworldly

Name: Artemis(new)

Age: 20

Sex: Male

Status: Healthy

Skills: Research and creation, Status Screen

Magic: (Spacetime. researching... Time left 299 dys and 57mins) (Lifeforce drain. researching... Time left: 3hrs and 18mins)

Title: Deemed foreign by the gods, Returnee]

I slowly read each word that is written on the transparent floating screen and try analyzing their meaning.

I settle my thoughts after reading it through the third time.

"Wait. Who the hell gave me a freaking new name?! It sounds cool tho. And that "Research and Creation" skill looks totally sick and sounds like a cheat! I can understand being seen as someone foreign but it did not even show my race, only "otherworldly" is solely written on the space where, based on my isekai knowledge, my race "human" should be there on top of the screen. plus, I was seen by the gods huh? Scary... They are probably watching me right now!? But, but what does it mean by the "returnee" title?!"

Seeing these pieces of information created another set of questions.

A lot of theories are then born inside my imagination.

"Based on the title "returnee", have I been here before?"

"..."

Is that possible? If not, why else would I get that title?

"..."

Nay, pondering about it won't change anything. I better live my isekai life free from worries.

All this time, I keep getting addicted to the feeling isekai stories were giving me.

The feeling of freedom!

Free from exams, work, rules!

It's always my dream to be like the isekai heroines!

A dream that only until now, I was thinking that should only stay as a dream as it is unattainable.

The very concept of "isekai" is out of fiction after all.

That's why, now that I'm "here", I won't ruin everything by thinking deep and disturbing thoughts. I'll try to make my life free from worries as much as possible!

"Byugyaa?!?"

As I was lost in the dreamland, I forgot that I was still in my victorious pose.

That's when I suddenly got hit by something fast and flew directly into the staircase behind me.

"Ubuh,gyuuu!"

I rolled over two times and finally landed on my stomach in the dim corridor.

"Bleeergh!"

I spit some vomit and saliva.

It hurts like hell! My left arm bends slightly off. It might have been dislocated!

What the hell happened just now?

"Ooooiiink"

As I'm crying and rolling in pain, I heard the sound of pigs running wild outside.

Of course, I got attacked by a beast! I was just running wild and screaming just now!

Now that I think about it, that was pretty dangerous.

And stupid!

What should I do with this? The pain is unbearable! I've never been this hurt before. I was seldom outside after all.

Please stop everything! I hate this pain! I don't want to feel this pain!

[Creation failed. Insufficient mana. "Pain nullity" researching...]

"Gyyrraaa!"

I try moving a bit but the pain just got worse.

I press the dislocated arm but the pain is not going anywhere.

"Arrrgh. A-am I gonna die just like this? No, I don't want to die! I just got to an isekai world! I absolutely can't die!"

I feel like going crazy. Honestly, I have no pain tolerance at all.

[Creation failed. Insufficient mana. Immortality researching]

After hearing that announcement I fainted.

"......."

[Research successful. "Pain nullity" obtained]

"Ahhh?"

I woke up from the sudden monotonous voice's announcement with a stupid sound coming out of my mouth.

"An unfamiliar celling"

I murmured the famous "isekai" line and fell in a daze for a while, before fully waking up.

I look around and see that I was lying down in the corridor on the bottom of the staircase.

"So it was not a dream... Right!"

Then I remember the pain I received earlier.

I touched my left shoulder, but there's no pain anymore.

But I can feel the bone bulging.

Then while thinking about what happened, I realized the existence of the "status screen" that might explain everything.

"Open status"

The Status screen pop out and I skim to the bottom.

A bit different than I remember earlier, it seems like it somehow added some new words in the "skill:" section.

"I obtained pain nullity huh? When did that happen? And why the hell "Immortality" is researching?"

It must have something to do while I was screaming and crying, and then heard an "announcement" earlier.

I touch my arm and there's no pain.

But I can't leave this weird feeling of the bulging bone as it is.

I slowly close my eyes and grit my teeth.

"Three, two, one!"

I heard a snap and feel that my arm is back to where it should be.

There was no pain at all. Amazing!

I then check my body and found several bumps and bruises. But again, no pain at all!

"That freaking hurt. I will surely get my revenge"

My brows naturally knitted while thinking about the humiliation I received earlier.

I slowly ascend the stairs and peek my head outside.

Two big boars are casually eating on the grass some distance away from the door.

Good. They did not leave.

"Aarrgh! My left arm is shaking in anger! It will not calm down unless I take my revenge!"

I said dramatically.

I take a second look at my Status Screen.

"I don't have any attack skills. The only one that might do something is the "Life drain" but it's still researching"

I look fiercely at the boars that are happily chewing on the grass.

I feel the hope of getting my revenge is sinking while my anger is slowly boiling.

"Aarrrgh! I just hope you get strangled by those grass, you ugly pigs!"

[Creation failed. Insufficient mana. Plant manipulation researching...]

"Oh?"

While hearing the announcement, the Status screen briefly shook and some new words appeared.

[Plant manipulation researching. Time left: 3mins 2secs]- is now written on the bottom part of the "Magic:" column.

"Oh my god, Research and creation is such a cheat! My mana's insufficient for "creating" new magic so it started "researching" one! And oh! it seems like it will be done sooner too. Humm, is it because "Plant manipulation" doesn't sound to be that complicated?"

I sit by idly for 3 minutes while praying the boars not to go away.

[Research successful. Plant manipulation obtained]

I was busy imagining wild things when the announcement suddenly came.

Information on how to manipulate plants forced its way to my brain.

I hold my head and stagger from my sit before finally calming down.

I open my eyes and lock my vision at the enemies.

One boar is busy eating while the other one is calmly resting near it.

My pupils gleam in light-green color, then the grasses near them wiggle and then suddenly grow a few feet tall.

"Oooonggaak!?"

This startled the boar that's eating the grass.

The other one gets alerted as well and stood up, but the tall grass already surrounded them.

They look around quite angrily while making aggressive noises.

The tall grasses then wiggle and slowly wrapped themselves into the boar's body.

"Ooogyaaa!"

"Pigggyaaa!"

The two boars fiercely resisted and tried to run but all the grasses surrounding them are persistently, slowly creeping up on their bodies.

Some grasses came snapping but new ones are wrapping them again.

This scene keeps up for a while until finally, the boars got cornered near a big tree.

Their eyes widened when thick tree roots twirled and wrapped around their necks.

"Haaah"

I took a deep breath and put both my hands in front.

I slowly closed a finger from the pinky to the thumb one at a time, twisting my whole arms outwards.

The tree roots wrap tighter and tighter at the same time my closing palm is slowly facing upwards, and when my thumb closed, I heard a pop.

"Bugggeeeek!"

"Bugyaaaaak!"

Two boars left the world.

I breathe a big relief and wipe the sweat on my forehead.

"Whiew, that took a while. Isekai heroines shouldn't have struggled like this over a horned boar"

I place my palm on each other and bow. Praying my first prey in this isekai world my thanks and farewell.

I look around carefully, scanning the surroundings for any more possible threats.

It seems like it's clear. I can see some squirrels but they're just doing their business climbing trees or eating nuts.

Well, altho I said squirrels. It's not quite true. Just that, the squirrels I know certainly don't have horns growing on their foreheads.

At least that bird looks normal- not!

The guy's the same size as a dragonfly!

So cute!

Woah, it flew past by my face just now.

"..."

Seeing these creature makes me think again "ah, this really is an isekai"

Now that I'm sure that the coast is clear, I slowly make my way out of the underground base and take a gingerly walk to get closer to the fallen boars.

"Now let's take a closer look... Holy cow! It's huge???!!!"

Upon closer look, I was taken back by the fact that looking at it wholely requires me to look up and down.

That's why it was so hard to strangle them!

"Thank god I did not get squashed by their feet but went flying instead"

Getting thrown and rolling a few times on the suspicious underground base actually saved me from being eaten.

"Gryarya..."

Thinking about the worst thing that could have happened gave me shivers down my spine.

"Humm. What kind of monster is this? If this were in an "isekai", an appraisal would appear right?"

[Appraisal researching. Time left: 1hr and 59secs]

"Holy- so convenient! But... Researching for two hours huh? I wonder why it did not just get "created" just like it did to the "Status screen" earlier... Is it because of the insufficient mana thing? Tho, If it was in isekai, most of the heroines already have the appraisal skill and their target's basic information such as race, skills, and status would naturally pop out"

I keep saying things "like in an isekai" for the whimsical thought that I might get the skills using the unfamiliar properties of "Research and Creation".

[Creating successful. Appraisal obtained]

[Boul boar- Status: Deceased. Skills: bash, rapid food absorption, sharp smelling sense]

"Aaaaaaaah"

A stupid sound came out of my mouth while opening and closing halfway.

So... I finally obtained the "appraisal" that I was expecting to take a while to "research".

I was just blabbing about just now but did not expect it to work out this easily.

I don't fully understand the "Research and Creation's" triggering rules.

After thinking for a while, it then occurred to me that the same thing exactly happened while I was "explaining" the functions of the "Status screen" earlier.

"Now I think I get it! Explaining the skill's function will activate "Creation" but if I'm not clear what it is and its function, it will be obtained later on by "research"! The combination of "Creation and Research" just got broken! No wonder they were in a semicolon as one skill despite sounding so different!"

I then opened my "Status screen" and started explaining my theories based on the words, "Spacetime" "Life drain" and "immortality", but the announcement still kept saying- [Creation failed. Insufficient mana. Researching...]

"Not enough mana huh? But It seems like insufficient mana doesn't mean I won't be able to get the skill at all! After waiting some time for it to "research", I will get the skills eventually!"

A grin naturally pulled my cheeks.

My eyes are blissful while looking at the distance.

"With this, I could probably become the strongest in the future!"

I cheer and made a victory pose.

"Hyah!..."

But then. I remember the pain that I received earlier while doing the exact same pose.

"De ja vu?"

"Growl"

As I was spacing out, a growling sound came from nearby and startled me.

I instinctively run towards the underground facility thing and closed the door.

I take a peek at the small gap on the door while sweating.

"Shit! I still clearly remember the pain from earlier"

"Growl"

"Waaaa?! What?! Oh, it was just my stomach..."

I remember going in the loo earlier so my stomach must be empty right now.

I keep thinking for a while about what should I eat when I finally get conscious of the Boul boar that is just in the center of my vision.

Then, a mischievous and meaningful look formed on my lips, and a spark of idea lighted up my lightbulb!

"How should I cook it? I mean, it's a "boar" right? I heard some people eat boars. It must taste like pork!"

[Research successful. Life drain obtained]

"Huh? Oh! Now that I think of it, a lot of time has passed since "life drain" started researching! Life drain! from the sound of it, seems very powerful! Like, I could probably suck out the very life of my opponent right?!"

If I remember correctly, I heard the "researching announcement" after receiving the old lady's life force earlier.

Well, thank god it never "restarted" researching after failing the attempt to trigger the "Create" skill that I kept trying just now.

I mean, it said "creation failed" it could have caused some errors and bugs you know!

I have a lot of bad memories about game bugs just like this!

"Gggrooooowl"

My tummy violently vibrates while making a long growl.

I then reverted my focus to eating.

"The problem is, I don't have any necessary tools to cook it with"

I take a glance inside the creepy underground facility.

As I was exploring while sticking to the walls, I think I went past some doors on the hall earlier.

Maybe I could find some useful tools to prepare that boar.

Also, I'm a bit curious as to who, how, and why I was summoned you know?

"..."

A while later, I came out of the underground suspicious base, carrying a knife and some cooking utensils.

After looking around it thoroughly, I realized there's no one else except the old lady.

I also checked the rooms and found out that it's pretty cozy.

Seems like it was used for a long time for it to have all the necessities.

Of course, I also took a look at the old woman.

I used appraisal and found out a shocking truth.

[Race: Human (Demonized)

Name: Scarlet Dripping

Sex: Female

Age: 61

Status: Deceased

Skills: photographic memory, mana manipulation, mana absorption, supreme magic knowledge, all elements compatibility, eye of truth (appraisal), synthesis.

Magic: Summoning magic, Death fog, posses evil, hypnosis, ghost contract, corpse control, poison touch, Fire magic, Earth magic, Wind magic, Water magic.

Titles: The witch of death and despair, Betrayer of humanity, The one who loved a demon, Slaughter, Death mage, Great mage of the demon race, The peak of black magic, Apothecary of death]

I was summoned by an amazing person!

Based on her status, she must have been very strong and seriously scary when she was alive.

She has a lot of skills that would surely add a magnificent help when mastering magical crafts and to my surprise, she has an "eye of truth" which seems like the same as my "appraisal"

What took my attention the most, was that her race has a word (demonized) beside it.

Her titles also include scary-sounding ones like "betrayer of humanity" and "slaughterer".

I think she went into the dark side after practicing creepy kinds of stuff.

As I was reading, I keep hearing the announcement of [....researching]

Looking at my status, all her skills and magics are being researched.

This "isekai" is amazing! I'm like a sponge that keeps getting more and more skills just by reading someone's appraisal.

There isn't even any need for a level-up system?!

Also, after explaining briefly about my theories on her skills, my "creation" skill got triggered!

Because of that, I easily got "photographic memory", "mana manipulation", "mana absorption" and the four major elements, "Fire magic", "Earth magic", "Wind magic" and "Water magic".

Unfortunately, the other strong-sounding ones failed to get "Created", because it seems like my mana is not enough.

Only the basic ones got through, but it's already plenty enough now that I can use the basic and, as they say, "template" isekai magics!

I then used "plant manipulation" and "earth magic" to create a tall wall surrounding me and the hill to block any threats while I'm preparing the boar.

I hanged the boars on a big tree using my "plant manipulation" to drain their blood and had a hard time slashing their throats.

I also buried their blood so it would not attract other monsters.

Later on, I started eating while crying, thinking where the hell are the salts and peppers?

I kept searching but found nothing in the underground base!

After eating, I found the surroundings getting darker.

I then started a fire using "fire magic" and started creating a small shelter using "earth magic"

Altho, this is weird to say after audaciously using some utensils from the underground base, but I won't sleep there! Someone just died there!

Plus, the atmosphere there is very creepy with all the hanging bones and black candles and some other witchy stuff!

I will never be able to sleep close to that at all!

So I sealed the hill with earth magic and prayed farewell and thanks to Scarlet Dripping. The one who summoned me in this isekai.

The sky is already pretty dark after successfully creating a house made out of the earth and a soft cotton bed that came out after using "plant manipulation".

"Wait, I never paid attention to it, but I kept using magic and never felt anything weird, like my mana getting empty or something despite keep getting "insufficient mana" response while trying "creation" earlier... Well, not that it's a bad thing"

I took a warm bath using "water magic" and heated it with "fire magic"

It was so fun when I entered a floating ball of water and swum around fully naked.

I kept thinking "ah, this is freedom!..."

I then slept while looking forward to my future adventures.

I created a satisfied smile on my bruised and bumped face. But I forgot about that already because I never felt anything because of "pain nullity"

Thus, ended the first day I got summoned in an isekai.

"..."

In a faraway distance from our sleeping beauty in a cotton bed, chaos is currently unfolding under the night sky.

"How is it possible that humans found our location?!"

I woman shouted her anger and clench her fist while looking at a bare man fending off against an army of armored men from the distance.

The lone man resembles a beast while slaying an armored man with his "claws" one by one.

His speed could almost not be seen and keeps pushing back the other party.

The woman just now keeps watching this happening while a pair of catlike black ears on top of her head squirms whenever she sees the man somehow getting hit by the armored men.

But the man just continued to slaughter despite his body getting some cuts little by little.

"Ma let's go. As pa said we need to take the other tribe people to safety..."

A young man leaped to the same tree the woman was on and said those words in a cold and almost monotonous voice.

The young one's face looks indifferent while watching the chaos below, but his eyes are somehow filled with worries and his black "tail" flinch from its normal flow whenever he spots the fast figure of the "beast" getting hit or halted.

Hearing that, the woman thinks briefly and then nodded.

"You're right. The kids, the elderly, and all the others are waiting. It would also fail your father's sacrifice if we stop here now and get discovered by the "humans"..."

She then turned her head in the opposite direction while leaving some blinking tears that were glittered by the moonlight.

"Pa..."

The young man said and briefly took a last look towards the chaos below and then suddenly, his figure disappeared.

"I promise I will come back for you soon"

The woman disappeared right after leaving those words with a sorrowful expression on her face.

This occurrence will lead to a fateful meeting with our main character and a "race" that he will live together with later on.

But the said main character won't know of this as he's far away and sleeping comfortably with a satisfied but bruised face.

- end-