Chapter 15: Fish Sauce and Presence

Chapter 15: Fish Sauce and Presence

For the time being, he placed the fish sauce barrel underneath a large tree.

“On Earth, it is common to line up jars for fermentation outdoors ... yup, I’m sure it will be fine.”

Ryo forcibly convinced himself.

First, he spread plenty of salt at the bottom of the barrel.

And then above that, he spread the minced up meat from four thawed piranhas.

Then, he added more salt to cover all the piranhas.

Above that, he arranged wide leaves similar to banana leaves to prevent them from dying out.

And then, for a lid, he covered the barrel with wood from the same tree used to make the barrel.

That was the end.

He completed his fish sauce barrel.

If it goes well, he would be able to collect fish sauce in a few months ... probably.

Finally, he would be able to eat salt-grilled fish and white rice.

At first, he expected sweetfish or rainbow trout but due to various circumstances, it had now become grilled piranhas.

Nevertheless, it was shockingly delicious.

Although Ryo generally loves meat, he occasionally wants to eat fish.

He decided that he would go to the south river if he ever wanted to eat again.

After all, he knew that if he threw an animal in, the piranhas would gather.

It was a laid-back life with a satisfying dinner, a leisurely dip in the bathtub, and finally some magic practice.

Generally, he would focus on creating ice until he fell asleep.Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

By creating ice, even if he suddenly fell asleep, the ice would not melt and soak the surrounding items.

Ryo believed that the magical power lines were still connected even while he was asleep.

Many living organisms, monsters and animals included, have better hearing than humans.

Furthermore, there are living organisms such as snakes and bats and the likes that can obtain information using organs that humans do not possess.

In the darkness of the night with such organisms present ... Ryo felt that it was not a place for humans to enter.

At least for now.

“Now that I think about it, there are people who can perceive 『Presence』 ... but what exactly is it?”

He could somewhat understand the concept of a sixth sense.

A subconscious decision based on past experiences and memorized information which is then processed by the brain.

Ryo had that understanding.

Intuition, or some kind of discomfort.

However, presence ... sensing the gaze from something you can’t see ... he couldn’t understand that.

“If I could use Wind Attribute Magic, I might be able to create a spell to sense presence or hidden enemies.”

The principle of passive sonar.

Unlike 『Active Sonar』 that fires a pinger from yourself and searches for the position and surrounding situation from the information that is reflected, 『Passive Sonar』 acquires information from the changes in the surrounding born from the movements of the opponent without actively releasing anything.

Because nothing is fired off, the opponent can’t detect your presence.

That mentioned above is used by submarines underwater but it may be possible to know the opponent’s information by using airflow in place of seawater.

It felt possible with Wind Attribute Magic!

Of course, Ryou was a Water Attribute Mage!

“Like performing a breakdown rush, I’m a little envious of Wind Attribute Mages.”

Breakdown rush ... something like 『Releasing sonic blades from three body clones and assault techniques that can pursue the foe』 ...

Of course, ordinarily, Wind Attribute Mages are incapable of performing such feats.