"This doesn't look good at all.." I muttered, looking at the state of the city.

I followed the path suggested by Cristal to avoid getting ambushed by monsters, and the fact that I could move without making any noises or touching the ground, which helped to keep a low profile while observing the monsters' movements and gathering intel, was extremely convenient.

Cristal turned into a helmet that kept me informed of what was happening around in real-time, so I could manage to sneak past the monsters who were roaming around the area.

'I don't know if it's like this all around the planet, but there are too many monsters here..'

Groowh! Grrrr!

From what I could see, there was no sign of humans anywhere and the monsters were bored. 'They are not fighting among themselves though.. Does that mean that there's already a boss around? Well, that thing is huge but I don't think it cares about the low-level monster, so there must be a high-level monster who acts as a boss in this area..'

I tried to move stealthily around the city, trying to find a place where I could probably find a spaceship. 'This will be hard, but for now, I just need to locate a potential ship that could be repaired.. However, the resident of the city must have gone with their ships after seeing the monsters, so the chance to find one is low. Nevertheless, even if we wait, it's not guaranteed that help will come, considering the fact there is that huge thing that would make things difficult. Moreover, if that thing came out of a portal, then I can't even imagine the number of monsters that followed it and currently wandering somewhere around the planet..'

At least, we should move to a location where they could retrieve us more easily. 'Because we need to eat, and Zax is still in a poor condition, I think that going back to the main continent is almost impossible. And as of now, I don't t see any wild animals around, so the only way to find something to eat is to find some canned food that is still edible, and apart from that, fishing.'

As I was thinking about all of that, I began to get worried about my parents. 'I am sure that they had evacuated.. They aren't stupid enough to wait for me, are they?' Yet, such a thing was not even stupidity even if they did, so it made me more concerned.

'I should really think about all of the possibilities before making a decision.. Still, is it even possible to predict all this.. I can't even imagine what would happen from here. I need to think beyond every possible outcome because, from everything that had happened, nothing goes the way I thought it will go..'

I stayed still inside the tall building somewhere near the border of the city and peeked from the window as I thought about all of these things. From there, I looked at two locations where I should look first. The building was one of the noble dwelled and the airfield. 'The Noble's house is a real fortress so there must be food stock somewhere inside.. There is also the chance that some people are hiding there, and that might be a good thing but could also be a bad thing, considering that in a situation like this, humans tend to act desperately for their survival..'

I needed to proceed with caution from there because, in some ways, twisted humans were more dangerous than monsters, and more importantly, I needed to think about Liu and Zax.historical

Thud!

'Mm? A monster?'

Grrrr!

Swoosh!

Kuh!

The black plasma sword pierced the wall and then the head of the monster on the other side of it. The attack was a one-hit kill, and then the black plasma sword reverted to a helmet and covered my face. I didn't even need to move, I just controlled it with my thoughts as if it was part of my body. 'Same with my artificial fingers..'

I couldn't take the risk of attracting the monster's attention so I moved to another building while concealing my presence.

[Master, how are you doing?]

'It's been already 30 minutes?' I thought.

"Things are not looking good, but there's a chance, so I will go investigate now, call me back in another thirty minutes," I said, but because of my helmet, my voice wasn't projected outside.

Moving stealthily was very tricky and I needed to be extremely careful, so that was why it consumed time. 'Nevertheless, fighting a horde of monsters in my condition was a bad idea..'

Even if my plasma sword, my body was in a very bad condition, and it was thanks to my ability to control my spiritual form that I could manage to generate a little bit of antimatter.

'Still, these people must be those who didn't manage to evacuate.. Hope they rest in peace.' I said, thinking back about the remains and bones that I saw while moving.

I couldn't even imagine my father's state of mind, because as the Lord, he cared about his citizens. 'The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I was more immature than I thought..'

I searched the buildings, in the hope to find some food, but the seawater washed almost everything away, and everything left had already rotted.

There was also no sign of a spaceship, but there were one or two floating vehicles around. 'At least, we could use these floating vehicles to move to another location.. Well, I was just being optimistic and believed that we could repair one of them, even the spaceship.. The problem was the power source, after all..'

I looked at the sky, and there were only a few flying monsters around, and most of them were gathered around the highest building of the city, which was the noble house. 'Tch, this makes it even difficult.. I should check the airfield first.'

The city was extremely huge, and it would take time to thoughtfully investigate the entirety of it. Fortunately, I could move at a very quick pace when there was no monster around, and I could deal with two or three monsters as long as there were many of them around. Still, I needed to do it in a very stealthy way, as I was an assassin.

The most important thing was the speed of my attack, and also, they needed to be a one-hit kill. I needed to do all of that with just my thoughts, so it was some kind of mental training for me.

I took advantage of the fact that the plasma blade could appear from both sides of the sword handle, so I only attacked linearly, by switching where the blade appeared. That way I didn't need to switch the sword's position, which would waste time, allowing the monsters to react, and instead, as soon as the blade penetrated one monster's head, it retracted and rushed to another monster.

Shoosh!

Still, I could feel that it drained my strength so I didn't use it unless it was unavoidable.

I inspected the monster's body, and I had also taken a closer look at the other monsters around, and I could deduce that some were level 5 dire wolves, and there were also goblins which were around level 5 too, and lesser minotaurs which were around level 6, similar to the one who attacked during my coming to age ceremony. Of course, I didn't attack the miniature because the impact of their huge body while falling on the ground will cause a commotion.

'At least there were no wyverns or dragons around, but it was probable that such a monster is the boss of this area. I need to act with caution.'

Still, even if I manage to find a spaceship or a floating vehicle, getting it out of the city was a tough thing to do. 'Well, I need to recover first before thinking about that.. My goal, for now, is to find out more about the situation, and find foods.'

[Adam? We received a message from the ship that retrieving us from here would be difficult, so they asked if we could move to another location.]

I was surprised to hear Liu's voice, and I didn't know why she decided to talk to me instead of letting Cristal do it. 'Was she worried? I guess she is, and that's not a bad thing.. It doesn't feel bad. I guess my parents feel like this too now.. Tch, I need to reflect seriously on my action, and at least not cause a problem for the others..'

Then again, I remembered that guy's word. 'However, I won't end up like him.. I will become someone that can make good decisions and is also capable of making my imagination a reality. However, I know that the more I grow stronger the more I need to contemplate every decision that I will make.. And in the end, it will be inevitable that I will need to choose.'

For some reason, I couldn't stop thinking, but somehow I managed to avoid thinking about things that might affect my emotions. However, as a human, I couldn't help but feel like there was something heavy weighing on my heart and I couldn't get rid of this feeling, that was why I continued to think.

"Okay, I am already investigating some location where I could find a floating vehicle or a spaceship. It might take some time though, so contact me regularly. I will bring some food when I come back."

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