When he came to his senses, Shane found himself standing on the ground.
"Is this the otherworld...?"
Opening his eyes and looking at the scene before him, Shane was bewildered.
At this moment, he was in a lush, verdant forest.
Trees surrounded him on all sides.
Gentle sunlight streamed down from above.
He was surrounded by plants he had never seen before.
There were no sounds of birds, beasts, or insects, but the air was oppressively heavy, as if to tell Shane that this place did not welcome him.
"...Could I have come to a really troublesome place?"
This was Shane's first impression of this world.
To be honest, Shane was still very confused right now.
Although he remembered what had happened to him, being suddenly thrown into a completely unfamiliar otherworld, with no knowledge beyond common sense, and having not a single clue about this place, it was impossible not to feel confused.
However, Shane had one advantage that no ordinary person could compare to.
That was, he could accept irrational situations as if they were unavoidable and quickly adapt.
That was why, even after learning about his situation, Shane could so readily accept the facts and agree to the Goddess's request to come to this otherworld.
"I wonder if this is because I was in my previous life or if it's a spiritual transformation brought about by having died once."
Shane muttered to himself with self-mockery.
At this point, Shane felt a weight in his hand, prompting him to instinctively look at his hand.
What he saw left him stunned.
In his hand, at some unknown point, a sword had appeared.
It was a sword that was brilliantly radiant, with the same brilliant light emanating from it.
The sword was designed as a greatsword, requiring both hands to wield. The hilt was golden, with a gold gemstone embedded at the top, and the blade was dazzlingly white, with a continuous flow of light, making it look exceptionally splendid.
Looking at this sword, Shane couldn't help but feel a sense of awe.
But alongside that awe, he also sensed something unusual from the sword.
It was a feeling as if he could merge with the sword, becoming one and indistinguishable.
This feeling even gave Shane an eerie sensation as if he were looking at himself.
What shocked Shane more was that as he stared at the sword, a message suddenly appeared in his mind.
· All Skill Levels +10.
· All Type Damage Reduction of 99%.
· All negative status immunity.
· Sharpness at Top Level.
· Durability of the Highest scale.
· Deals massive damage to objects with evil nature.
· Has purification and expelling effects on evil nature power.
· Limited to user, cannot be discarded, transferred, destroyed, or modified, and cannot be interfered with.
"...You've got to be kidding me."
Shane was dumbfounded.
His intuition told him that this sword was extraordinary.
Although it seemed, according to the Goddess, that he was supposed to be a Hero, and having one's own Holy Sword as a Hero seemed like a matter of course, even so, wasn't this a bit too much?
Even though Shane was unaware of what grade of performance and power this sword held in this world, simply seeing row after row of effects, Shane could confidently tell everyone that this was absolutely something that should not exist.
Specifically, if a weapon appeared in a game, it would instantly break the game's balance, and all players would scold the developers vehemently.
And this wasn't even the end of it.
Besides the Holy Sword before him, other information appeared in Shane's mind.
The information was divided into two parts—[Level] and [Skill].
This game-like operation made Shane's eyebrows rise.
Then, Shane discovered that he could freely examine these two parts of the status through his consciousness.
So, Shane examined the [Level] status.
It seemed to show Shane's current level—"Lv.1".
Hmm, very simple and clear, allowing Shane to know exactly that he was a bona fide novice.
Next, Shane examined the [Skill] status.
It seemed to display Shane's current skills and something called "Skill Points."
Among them, the skill points displayed as a value of "100," and Shane didn't know whether that was a lot or a little.
Then there were Shane's current skills.
Currently, Shane possessed only two skills.
· All capability types reach maximum upon leveling up.
· Skill points gained reach maximum upon leveling up.
· All skill acquisition conditions are reduced to the minimum.
· All skill upgrade conditions are reduced to the minimum.
· Permanently effective, cannot be cancelled by any means.
[Supreme God's Blessing]
· Receive protection from the world.
· Limited to Divine Race, all conditions can be met.
· Limited to Divine Race, all interference can be avoided.
· Limited to Divine Race, all duties can be effective.
· Limited to Divine Race, all effects can be augmented.
Again, there was a nagging feeling that these two skills were extraordinary.
Just how extraordinary, Shane, who didn't know a bit about this world, naturally couldn't know.
But, again simply looking at row after row of effects, it really seemed was going too far.
"That Goddess wants me to defeat the Demon King at level one?"
Shane was now seriously considering this.
After a period of rather troubling contemplation, Shane decided it would be best not to overthink it for now.
"Take one step at a time."
After all, even if defeating the Demon King was the goal, he had to find the Demon King first, right?
Besides, Shane didn't believe he could truly defeat the Demon King just like that.
To say nothing of anything else, Shane was not even clear on how to fight, even if he held the Legendary Grade Holy Sword, he might only be able to swing it clumsily.
Asking him to defeat the Demon King?
Shane could not even imagine such a scene.
It was more like he could only picture himself tremble before the Demon King.
"Rather than considering the unrealistic task of defeating the Demon King, it's better to first think about how to get out of this forest."
Glancing around, Shane immediately judged that this place was not fit to stay for long.
Taking another look at the sky, by the position of the sun, Shane roughly gauged the time and determined the direction. He climbed a taller tree to observe for a while, chose a direction, and then started cutting a path with the Holy Sword as he ventured into the forest.
Shane didn't notice at all that in the sky, a dark shadow swept down, its eyes gleaming with malice as it watched Shane weave through the forest.