"Ha!"
With a low shout, Sherwin gripped his Longsword tightly. In an instant, his skin flushed with a faint red hue, and the veins on his forehead, the back of his hands, and several other spots swelled up.
After maintaining that state for about ten seconds, the redness on Sherwin body faded rapidly, and the bulging veins settled down.
"Huff... My body is still too young. I can’t maintain Demonization for long. And that was just activating it without even moving. If I were actually fighting, lasting five seconds would probably be my limit."
Sherwin let out a long breath of white mist and shook his head helplessly.
While in the Demonized state, he could unleash the sa amount of attacks in five seconds that would normally take him more than ten to perform, but his current priority wasn’t taking down monsters—it was to finish exploring the entire island as soon as possible.
He and Sanji ow had already been living on this island for over a month, and their exploration rate had barely reached 7%.
The reason the rate was so low was mainly because the areas Sanji ow explored on his own didn’t count toward the hunter manual map.
In reality, Sanji ow had already gained knowledge of at least one-third of the island.
But many of those areas were territories of one or even groups of ferocious beasts.
Sanji ow, being skilled in stealth, could pass through without issue, but bringing Sherwin along was another story.
If Sherwin wanted to complete the island map quickly, he had to raise his strength to the point where he could escape unscathed from the strongest beasts on the island.
So for the past month or so, he had mostly stayed near the cave where they lived, spending most of his ti training his body and refining his combat skills. Tasks like foraging for ingredients were completely left to Sanji ow.
In short, Sherwin was currently living off what his Felyne provided.
But being raised by a cat wasn’t all that bad either. Sherwin shook his head to clear away the distracting thoughts, then began a new round of training.
He had more or less already mastered the basic longsword techniques. After all, without any real combat experience, practicing sword forms could only take him so far. A daily review was enough.
Now, the focus of his training was on improving his physical capabilities and adapting techniques from other weapons to enhance his longsword style.
Thanks to the Felyne als prepared by Sanji ow, Sherwin didn’t need to worry about energy depletion during his workouts.
Plus, before he ca to this world, he had saved a bunch of fitness videos—he still rembered so of the scientifically designed workouts. So over the past month, his training had actually been quite efficient.
Honestly, Sherwin himself hadn’t expected that soone like him—a shut-in used to being lazy—could adapt so quickly to such a dull training routine.
He had once hoarded a mountain of workout videos, but barely ever stuck to them for more than two or three days. Eventually, those videos just sat in his collection, collecting dust.
Now, for him to get into the groove so quickly, aside from the lack of a sense of security, the bigger reason was probably...
This godforsaken place had no internet, no electricity, and no phone. Other than training and petting his cat, he didn’t have any other entertainnt options.
In the end, people only change when they’re forced to.
"Sherwin, look ow! I found another new ingredient ow!"
Just as Sherwin was halfway through what felt like his umpteenth set of burpees, Sanji ow ca trotting back from hunting, holding up a wild beast at least half his own size with visible pride.
"Thanks for the hard work."
Sherwin stopped training, walked over, and patted Sanji ow little head, then scratched his chin. Only after the Felyne let out a satisfied purr did Sherwin turn his gaze toward the "ingredient" Sanji ow had brought back.
Next, he took out his "high-tech" Hunter Manual from his waist pouch and flipped to the last page of the weapons section.
This page had already been unlocked, and at the very top, it clearly stated: Small Monster Guidebook.
Sherwin wasn’t sure exactly when this page had been unlocked. It was sothing he’d stumbled upon by accident one day after training, when he pulled out the manual to kill ti and noticed the page had appeared. There were even detailed entries for two "ingredients" already listed.
After so testing, he discovered that as long as he had seen the creature full appearance and made direct contact with it, the Small Monster Guidebook would automatically generate an entry. Each one ca with a colored illustration and a short description—pretty similar to the Hunter Notes in Monster Hunter Rise.
By that logic, the unlock conditions for the Large Monster Guidebook were probably the sa.
Of course, there were still so differences compared to the ga.
So of the animals Sherwin had never seen before needed to be nad by him, and the guidebook would automatically append a "(temporary na)" note afterward...
Most likely, once he found a village or t other knowledgeable hunters in the future, the nas would be updated with official ones.
So Sherwin didn’t bother naming them seriously—for example, calling one "black-backed white-bellied pig-nosed wolf" without a second thought.
As for the beast Sanji ow had brought back this ti, it looked sowhat like a wild boar overall, but it had a head resembling that of a rat.
Yet, it also sported wild boar tusks. Its front limbs weren’t hooves but long, sharp claws like a mole, and the hind legs weren’t the usual pointed pig hooves either—they were more like horse or cow hooves.
After casually naming it "mole boar," Sherwin rubbed his chin and fell into thought.
He’d already had so suspicions before—among the animals Sanji ow had brought back, weird creatures like the mole boar occasionally appeared.
Sure, strange creatures weren’t uncommon in the Monster Hunter ga. But in those cases, their appearances and ecologies all followed a traceable logic—Capcom had consulted professional biologists to design them based on carefully constructed ecosystems.
Simply put, the monsters in Monster Hunter were grounded in science—or at least, they looked like they were.
But so of the creatures on this island completely ignored that kind of coherence. It was like the designer got drunk and mashed together random animal parts without rhy or reason.
To put it more simply... the visual style of these creatures just felt off.
So... was it possible that I didn’t actually get transported into the Monster Hunter world, but to so other unknown isekai instead?
Or did Monster Hunter release a new title after I crossed over—and totally botched it?
But then again, even in my original world—the one without any special powers—there were still plenty of animals that looked bizarre. So maybe having weird-looking creatures in the real Monster Hunter world was totally normal?
With no clear answer in mind, Sherwin thought it over and decided to ask Sanji ow. After all, from a certain perspective, he was the true "local."
"Sanji, have you ever heard of a creature like this before?" Sherwin pointed at the mole boar.
"Nope, nya," Sanji ow shook his head, then placed his paws on his hips and said proudly,
"But don’t worry. As a chef, I know exactly what edible and what not, nya. I’d never cook sothing that’d upset your stomach, nya."
"That not what I ant." Sherwin waved his hand with a helpless laugh, then shared his theory with Sanji ow.
"...You an, we might’ve drifted to so other continent, nya?" Sanji ow blinked for a long mont before asking nervously.
"Sothing like that."
Sanji ow seed to have trouble grasping the idea of another world, so Sherwin decided not to press the concept and just went along with what he said.
"No way, nya!"
But to Sherwin surprise, Sanji ow imdiately flopped onto the ground and started throwing a tantrum.
"Granny Cat said there are so continents that don’t even have Felynes! That ans I won’t get to see any pretty Felyne ladies anymore, nya! I don’t want that, nya!!!"
Sherwin: "..."
That what you’re worried about?!
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