Defiance of the Fall

Zac tried everything he could think of to activate the bracers , and by the end they were completely drenched in his blood . Still , there simply was no response from the items . They might just as well have been normal iron hoops .

Struck with realization Zac had an odd expression as he turned his eyes toward the almost comically large sword . Then he summoned the furniture out of the pouch . They had an elaborate ostentatious design , and the two chairs almost felt like thrones .

The bracers were fake . That was the most likely answer he could come up with . The demon had wanted to look impressive , bringing luxurious furniture and foods , a heroic great sword and a dashing breast plate . Perhaps he had wanted to give an even more extravagant impression , so he equipped himself with these fake bracers .

The female archer was a beauty…’ Zac reflected wryly . Had this demon tried to turn the scouting mission into a courtship outing?

That would explain why he never used the bracers during the battle , even when they were in a bloody dogfight .

It seemed crazy to Zac that the demon would be so indifferent to the dangers of invading an unknown world , but he also knew he himself was an anomaly . He both had the highest level in the world and a bunch of titles , making him extremely strong for only one month having passed since the integration into the multi-verse .

Had a normal human , or even a group of humans , met the demon they’d likely have been easily butchered . The demon leader hadn’t expected that his life was in jeopardy on this seemingly deserted island .

Zac didn’t expect that the demons would underestimate him for long though . Killing Vul could be explained with him tricking it into killing itself on the poles . But now 7 demons had died in a short while , a few of which were pretty strong .

He left the furniture where it was , as they were pretty good-looking after all . He also needed to free up some space in his new pouch in any case .

As half the day had already passed , he hurriedly set out . He was mostly decked in the demon leader’s gear now , not including the great sword of course .

He was starting to get quite hungry , and needed to find some prey . Luckily for him it seemed that the thick energy in the atmosphere was great for the animal population .

The native animals grew much faster , and bigger , compared to before . From what he had seen in his hunts some were already stronger than the barghest , and used them as prey . Most didn’t seem to be quite there yet though .

It was a bit troubling though for the world in general . The animals seemed to grow strong faster than humans did . Either they were more suited for absorbing cosmic energy , or the System helped them somehow .

Not long ago he killed a human-sized rabbit . Would he have to fight a train-sized snake in the future?

He soon found a small critter while walking , and tried throwing it into his pouch after catching it . He was surprised to see that it didn’t work , nothing happened as he tried to put the struggling squirrel inside .

Zac could only surmise that putting living beings inside didn’t work . He was a bit confused why the critter didn’t get zapped like the tip of his finger , but it didn’t feel like an important distinction .

There was no need to kill the critter , as the demon had stored both beverage and food inside the pouch with no problems .

When he was a good distance away from the camp he found a hole created from a fallen tree . He threw in all the food and drink the demon had stored , and also the two bracers . He was pretty sure they were fake , but he didn’t want to keep them in the camp on the off-chance their function was tracking their location . Like a revenge-killing tool .

He wasn’t worried about running out of food on the island , as it was teeming with wildlife , and many trees were bearing fruit as well . He filled the pit quickly after throwing it all in , and with his strength he was as efficient as an excavator .

With the unnecessary things in the pouch thrown away , he continued on his journey . He was still hurting from both the fight and the conversion , so he simply killed barghest at the outskirts of the island .

He also managed to find a supersized boar that would last him a good while , even with his enhanced appetite . He was surprised to see that the animal actually gave some nexus coins and experience now . However , he only gained a miniscule amount of energy , and only 21 Nexus coins .

It also gave progress on his Axe Mastery class . It seemed that something had changed lately with the beasts . The boar was quite a bit stronger than a normal human , but it wasn’t quite at the level of a barghest . It also didn’t seem too much stronger compared to the snake he had killed a month ago , yet the snake had given no currency for the kill . Neither had any other animal he had killed for leather or food .