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Book 1: Chapter 4 The Terrifying Storm

Ten years is enough time for an ordinary person to erase a lot of things.

Even Lyon, who came from another time, lost some things over the course of ten years, such as the arrogance of being a time traveler and the initial drive.

But that courage of being a citizen of the Celestial Empire cannot be erased.

This is one of the reasons why he would take risks.

The Bartofart family's territory is located on the border, but Lyon's adventures take him further beyond the border, into those chaotic regions filled with monsters, air pirates, and storms.

These regions are unsurprisingly fraught with danger, and along with the danger lies the treasure that Lyon desperately needs.

While venturing into known maze locations is relatively safe, the amount of money one can earn is extremely small.

After setting off, Leon did not encounter any living creatures for several days. During this time, he encountered several floating islands, but they were all in poor condition and had no supplies.

"Sigh. We've been eating dry rations for the past few days and haven't even encountered a single monster. I'm so bored."

Lyon lay on the simple wooden airship, clutching an old-fashioned wooden gun.

Perhaps the world's will heard Lyon's complaints, for a whale-like monster flew down from the clouds in the sky, though it was only about a meter long.

"This looks like a whale. I wonder if it's edible?"

Having read countless adventure books, Leon naturally knew it was a monster.

boom!

A crisp sound rang out as an ordinary bullet shot from Leon's gun, piercing the whale-like monster without any problems.

莎！

After Leon defeated the monster, it simply disappeared, extinguishing the last vestige of his gluttonous fantasies.

"It's not worth it."

Leon felt a pang of anguish as he watched the monsters appear again and again.

Although these monsters can be eliminated using the bullets in your hand, you get nothing in return.

However, he has a limited supply of bullets, and if he keeps encountering these monsters, he will undoubtedly be at a disadvantage.

and so……

"It seems we have no choice but to choose a new direction."

After Leon eliminated all the monsters, he picked up the map.

He was currently in a chaotic border region, and the surrounding area had probably been thoroughly explored, with nothing of value left.

The only way to find the floating islands is to go to more remote places.

"But there are more monsters in remote areas, and I don't know if the bullets will last."

After hesitating for a moment, Lyon made up his mind.

He's going to those remote places!

…………

Time passed, and a week had gone by since Lyon chose his direction.

boom!boom!

Boom!

After a fierce battle, Leon defeated all the monsters and leaned against the airship without any regard for his image.

"We're already dealing with swords and magic, why do we need something like recoil?"

Feeling the burning pain in his shoulder, Leon complained with an unhappy expression.

The world of swords and magic certainly has recoilless weapons, but Leon, as the third son of a border baron, has no access to them.

As the airship moved forward, Lyon saw a green landscape.

"Looks like we chose the right direction!"

Leon smiled as he looked at the emerald green floating island before him. He brought the wooden airship to a stop on it and then lowered the rope.

Sla!

The sound of rope rubbing against flesh made Leon, whose hands were calloused, frown.

Looking at the lush green scenery before him and breathing in the fresh air, Lyon felt a little less tired from the battle, and his spirits were lifted.

"Let's explore this place thoroughly next."

After checking his weapons, ammunition, and food, Leon began to carefully inspect the floating island.

About half a day later, Leon returned to the airship.

After replenishing the airship's fresh water supply, Leon hauled up some pieces of meat that had been charred by the bombs, and then piloted the airship forward.

The floating island I found is suitable for human habitation, and its area is quite large, enough to serve as my future territory.

But Lyon did not choose to return!

Firstly, only about a month has passed, and secondly, one floating island is not enough!

In order to have a way out in the future, Lyon needs at least two floating islands!

And so, after memorizing the location of the floating island, Leon began his adventure once again.

…………

A month later.

Leon, whose clothes were almost torn to shreds, encountered something that terrified him as he rode his battle-damaged airship, which was on the verge of falling apart at any moment!

For Lyon, who was adventuring in the chaotic border region, the threat of monsters was the least, followed by other adventurers and sky pirates, and then the storms.

At that moment, Lyon encountered a storm!

Even in its prime, the wooden airship Lyon was on could not withstand a storm, let alone a battle-damaged one.

"That's strange! The weather was fine all around, so how did we encounter a storm?"

Lyon was certain that he had encountered a storm because he felt a powerful suction force at that moment.

Look up!

Above the airship was an enormous cloud, a cloud that left Lyon completely bewildered!

"A storm of this magnitude would destroy even the kingdom's most powerful warships."

Leon knew the power of the storm, and with his damaged airship, he had no chance of resistance.

So all he can do now is cling to the airship, hold onto his weapons, ammunition, and food, and pray.

Prior to this, Lyon had set the airship's power to maximum in hopes of breaking through!

Boom!

The clouds above seemed to roar, and then Leon felt his whole body trembling.

The tiny airship was powerless against the immense suction from the clouds, and reluctantly flew upwards with a tearing sound.

pat!

Raindrops lashed Lyon's face, sending a sharp, cutting pain through him.

Lyon could only curl up as much as possible in response.

Boom!

An explosion rang out, and Leon struggled to open his eyes only to witness a scene that made matters worse.

The airship's engine exploded!

The exploding engine burst into flames, which spread to the deck and continued to approach Lyon.

"Damn it, I can't just die like this, so miserable."

Lyon's voice was swallowed up by the raging flames.

Just as Leon was in despair, he felt the pattering raindrops disappear, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw a patch of emerald green!

Volume 1: Chapter 5 The Floating Island Crisis!

A sharp pain shot through him, causing Leon to open his eyes.

A huge forest came into view, and in the distance, an airship was still burning.

Seeing this, Leon immediately endured the excruciating pain to get up, salvaged all the remaining supplies from the airship, and then collapsed to the ground.

"Phew! That really hurt! But thankfully I'm still alive."

Instead of dwelling on the grief of losing the airship and being unable to return, Lyon rested for a while and then briefly checked the surroundings. After confirming that there were no wild beasts around that could harm him, he settled down on the spot.

It's already dark, so there's no need to go and inspect this enormous floating island.

The unfamiliar forest at night was still too dangerous for Lyon at the moment.

After setting up a campfire, Leon began eating his dry rations beside it, his eyes fixed on the campfire that was providing him with warmth.

"I wonder how things are at home?"

With a sigh, Leon swallowed the last bite of his dry rations, climbed onto the book, tied himself up with a rope to keep from falling, and then closed his eyes.

Tick ​​tock!

As dawn broke, a ray of sunlight shone in and woke Lyon.

"Ugh. Sleeping in a tree is really not comfortable at all."

They went to the now-extinguished campfire and checked the weapons, ammunition, and rations again.

He currently has 108 regular bullets, 23 lightning bullets, 17 fire bullets, 2 lightning bombs, and 7 regular bombs remaining.

"My father also suffered a significant financial loss."

Looking at the bullets left, Leon couldn't help but feel grateful to his father for preparing so many bullets for him.

A regular bullet costs about 30 tiers, while a special bullet costs 100 tiers or more.

After confirming the bullets, Leon loaded them in the following order: two regular bullets, one lightning bullet, one fire bullet, and one regular bullet.

After loading the bullets, Leon began to explore, using his longsword to cut through the branches and bushes in front of him and advancing little by little.

The journey was tedious, and aside from confirming that there were no large creatures on the floating island, there was no other trace of them.

Lyon didn't make a discovery until around noon.

A round robot, about half a meter tall, was entangled in vines and its metal surface was severely corroded.

Using his longsword, Leon cut the vines off the robot, carefully removed it, and after examining it, made some guesses.

The robots that are now completely broken and unable to function are probably used for security patrols. The reason there are no large creatures on the floating island is likely because of them.

In a world of swords and magic, the presence of patrol robots and similar devices indicates the existence of something.

The book refers to it as a 'lost item'.

Leon didn't know the specific meaning, but he knew he needed to replace the regular bullets with special bullets.

Ordinary bullets with low power are ineffective against security patrol robots with metal shells.

After all, Leon was using an old-fashioned rifle, which was useless against heavily armored patrol robots without special bullets.

Leon then changed the loading order to alternate between fire and lightning.

"We need to be careful from now on."

After a short rest, Leon carefully moved forward.

hum~

A slightly deep voice came from behind him, and Leon immediately crouched down warily, loaded his gun, and looked toward the source of the voice.

A fully functional security patrol robot approached, its appearance resembling full-body armor. It floated shakily in the air, moving about, and had a pair of long arms and a pointed hat on its head.

It looked much better than the robot that Leon had encountered before, which was completely destroyed, but there was still some rust on its surface.