The Ability to Shift Anything is Convenient, Even in Another World!

From afar, Geruldo watched in disbelief as the mysterious young man stood unwavering before the Lord of Variance, Adeptus. There was no fear in his stance, no hesitation in his movements.

It wasn't just him—every orc and goblin around him shared the same stunned reaction. How could a single human, so young, stand face-to-face with such an overwhelming monster?

"He's Mister Soru," Gobuchiki declared. "He's buying us time to escape!"

Geruldo turned to the goblin, meeting his gaze.

What he saw wasn't fear, nor doubt—but trust.

He believes in that human completely… Geruldo thought. But isn't he afraid? What if that boy fails to stall that insane monster?

Before he could question further, the battle between Soru and Adeptus erupted before their eyes. The force of their clashes sent shockwaves through the area, shaking the very ground beneath them.

Geruldo snapped out of his daze. Now wasn't the time to stand around. He immediately rushed to help those still trapped beneath the rubble. Once they had freed the last of their injured, the group wasted no time fleeing the battlefield, doing their best to avoid getting caught in the fight.

As they ran, Geruldo couldn’t help but glance back at Soru.

Despite the monstrous strength of Adeptus, he hadn't suffered a single injury since the battle between them began...

"Sir Geruldo, you don't have to worry about Mister Soru!" Gobuchiki reassured him, running beside him. "He's insanely strong!"

"With him protecting our backs, we can rest easy!"

Geruldo's mind reeled. A goblin—one of the so-called "weaker races"—was placing his survival in the hands of a human.

In his experience, dominant races had little reason to help the lesser ones. There was no merit in doing so. Yet, this moment before him challenged everything he believed. 

A new understanding took root within him.

Geruldo looked forward and kept running with all his strength.

I don’t know what that young human is thinking, nor do I have the right to criticize his actions…

Gripping his club tightly, he ran without looking back.

Please be safe, young man Soru!

Meanwhile, Soru noticed that Gobuchiki had successfully led everyone to safety. With that matter settled, he turned his focus back to the real threat.

During their fight earlier, he hadn’t paid much attention to Adeptus’s appearance. But now that he had a clear look, he realized just how unnatural the monster was.

It was massive, its body packed with thick muscle beneath pale gray skin. Its face was strange—horns jutted out from its eye sockets, and its gaping mouth bore a resemblance to an orc’s. Extending from the back of its head was an unnervingly long tail, swaying as if it had a mind of its own. Its grotesque appearance wasn’t random.

The monster's current appearance was due to the amalgamation of the monsters it has fought before.

Soru glanced around, confirming that everyone had successfully evacuated. Now, only he and Adeptus remained.

My work here is done…

Without another thought, he turned and began walking away.

Adeptus, however, took this as an insult. To the monster, the young human’s casual departure was an act of mockery—an outright dismissal of its existence.

Its rage exploded.

With a furious roar, Adeptus charged at Soru, clenching its fists. Power surged through its body as it prepared a devastating strike, stacking its strength for a single, overwhelming blow.

Using its ability Reactive Selection, Adeptus had absorbed the physical power of the strongest monster it had fought earlier—a troll known for its superior strength. Through continuous adaptation, it had not only mimicked but surpassed the troll’s raw power, leaving it in the dust.

As its fists neared their target, Adeptus accelerated the strike even further. The sheer force caused the air to rupture, breaking the sound barrier and creating a shockwave just before impact.

BOOM!!

The expected result never came.

Instead of Soru being obliterated, Adeptus itself was sent flying. The monster shot through the air like a missile, crashing into the ground and rolling uncontrollably before slamming into a massive boulder.

"GRAAAAAAHHHH!!"

The distant sound of splintering trees echoed through the air. Soru exhaled, already sensing that Adeptus wouldn’t let this go.

It looks like I’ll have to deal with it properly…

As the noise in the background faded, he teleported high into the sky, scanning the area below.

In the distance, he spotted Adeptus lying on the ground.

But it wasn’t rising immediately.

Instead, the monster remained motionless, as if struck by an unsettling realization.

Adeptus came to a realization—the human before it, Soru, had an unusual ability to reflect attacks.

The monster confirmed this by analyzing the force it had exerted. The damage it received upon striking its target was identical to what it had delivered. What intrigued it even more was the absence of aeon in the process.

Understanding the nature of this power, Adeptus couldn't help but feel elated.

If the damage it received was merely its own power reflected back, then this was an opportunity. By continuously attacking, it could gradually adapt and develop a higher resistance to its own strength.

Its endurance would reach even greater heights.

Looking up, Adeptus spotted Soru hovering in the sky. Wasting no time, it gathered power into its legs and launched itself upward.

"GRAHHH!!"

In an instant, it ascended thousands of meters into the air.

But just as it was about to reach him—Soru vanished.

Adeptus blinked in confusion as it began to descend. It scanned its surroundings, searching for any trace of its opponent, but the human was nowhere to be seen.

As the monster landed, the earth trembled, and the trees swayed violently from the impact. Then, just ahead, Adeptus finally spotted him.

Soru stood motionless, gazing at the monster with a cold stare.

Realizing that the human had never left the ground to begin with, Adeptus’s fury erupted once more.

Without hesitation, it stepped forward and vanished—moving at an extreme speed that left only a blur in its wake.

Reappearing behind Soru, the monster threw a punch, stronger and faster than any before.

Soru remained still, his thoughts calm despite the relentless attacks.

"This monster won’t stop no matter what I do..."

While Soru was deep in thought, searching for a way to deal with Adeptus, he failed to notice that their battle had carried them all the way to the shoreline—situated at the northernmost edge of the Great Forest of Drys.

The scent of salt in the air suddenly caught his attention.

"Hm?"

His gaze shifted to the vast sea stretching endlessly toward the horizon. For a brief moment, he was captivated by its sheer expanse.

Adeptus, too, halted its attacks, sensing its opponent’s distraction.

Seizing the opportunity, the monster launched a sudden assault, rushing toward Soru at full speed.

But Soru already knew it was coming.

Without even turning, he reflected the attack, sending Adeptus hurtling backward. The monster crashed into the ground, kicking up a cloud of sand.

As it lay on the shore, Adeptus tried to process what had just happened. No matter how fast the monster moves, its opponent can predict its attacks with ease.

Just then, a voice echoed within Adeptus’s mind.

It was unlike anything it had ever heard. Uncanny, resonant—reaching deep into its very being. It didn’t just speak to Adeptus. It spoke directly into its soul.

<Individual "Adeptus" will be granted an Ultimate-class ability.>

Adeptus didn’t know how, but it understood the message carried by the voice. To its mind, the mysterious presence was offering a solution—a way to overcome its predicament.

Without hesitation, the monster accepted the gift.

 <Exile.>

As Soru kept his eyes on Adeptus, the monster had mysteriously vanished on where it was standing.

Unbeknownst to him, Adeptus had activated the newly acquired ability granted by the mysterious voice.

Exile—a spatial-type ability that allowed the user to slip into the back of the world, a realm beyond physical space. Its rarity placed it among the Ultimate-class abilities, with only a handful of individuals on the continent known to possess such a power.

With that in mind, the monster had already devised a plan.

Outside the physical space, Adeptus swiftly waved its hand, infusing the wind it generated with aeon. This motion created a powerful, aeon-enhanced gale. By comprehending the principles behind the technique, the monster successfully acquired Gale Cleave.

The moment the technique was formed, Adeptus manipulated it—slipping the attack from the external space back into the physical world. The slash tore through the air, heading straight for Soru.

Soru immediately noticed the sudden appearance of the attack and teleported to evade it. In his eyes, the attack came out of nowhere.

Seeing that its opponent was now on guard, Adeptus repeated the process. Each time, the monster kept adapting its method using Reactive Selection—its ability to improve at an exponential rate.

Within moments, multiple Gale Cleaves began materializing out of thin air, converging on Soru from seemingly random directions.

Soru had no choice but to keep transferring the incoming attacks, barely given a moment to rest. With Adeptus continuously adapting, the monster had become nearly unstoppable.

Unable to see his opponent, Soru resorted to redirecting the damage he received to the objects around him.

I want to use these attacks against Adeptus, but I can’t see or sense its movements anymore…

"This is quite an inconvenience…" he muttered.

His mind drifted back to his encounters with Veylir’s soul body and the glowing orb that spoke to him.

Back then, his normal sight alone wasn’t enough to perceive them fully. The situation with Adeptus now was strikingly similar. Just relying on his naked eyes alone wouldn’t be sufficient to track it.

Just then, a thought surfaced.

...Maybe I'll use "it" again.

He had already considered this option earlier. Yet, something within him hesitated—an unspoken resistance to using it.

But now, he no longer had the luxury of doubt.

"Second Limiter: Release."

Several long, thin lines suddenly appeared in his vision, fluctuating in number as seconds passed, stretching endlessly into the distance.

"Figures."

What Soru was seeing now was what he called lines—extremely long, straight paths that intertwined between himself and everyone around him. The more something interacted with him, the thicker the lines became. It was passive, functioning primarily as a self-defense mechanism, shielding him from external threats.

Since he found these lines quite an inconvenience, he had placed limits on how he perceived them—what he called the First and Second Limiters. By default, only the First Limiter was activated.

At this level, the lines only appeared when something was directed at him, whether it posed harm or not.

Although Soru could use his power on anything within his sight, there were situations where threats were too fast for his naked eyes to react to or attacks that were invisible, or any abstract effects beyond normal perception. In those cases, the First Limiter's lines became invaluable. With the lines present, no harm could reach him.

However, these lines had a drawback—they didn’t reveal the origin of an attack, only alerting him when something was aimed directly at him.

Adeptus shifting its tactics to launch projectile attacks while remaining outside physical space made it seem "undetectable," unlike when it used its fists and exposed its location. Unbeknownst to the monster, its plan to indirectly damage Soru had given it a massive advantage.

But that advantage no longer mattered,because Soru had released his Second Limiter.

The moment he did, Adeptus—driven by its relentless pursuit—was instantly tethered to him.

The nature of this limiter was simple: when released, a specific line would appear the moment an individual subconsciously thought about Soru. No matter how well-hidden they were, their existence would be revealed instantly.

Now that it’s released, I can see that monster without any problems.

With the help of this specific line, Adeptus was fully revealed, darting outside the physical space at extreme speeds. Everything was chaotic—several flickering lines traced the paths of the countless Gale Cleaves it was releasing, filling the space with slashing winds.

"This..."

Despite the overwhelming scene, Soru remained unaffected. His fight with Adeptus continued without disruption. Since his powers were entirely passive, his transferral ability activated instantly. However, in rare cases, he deliberately delayed it—to catch his opponent off guard.

Adeptus, unaware of this, increased the volume of Gale Cleaves tenfold, unleashing hundreds in a single second.

But Soru, now fully aware of the monster’s exact location, redirected every single attack straight at it.

Adeptus, still concealed outside physical space, was caught completely off guard. The monster roared in frustration as its own attacks vanished without reaching their target.

"GRAAHHHH!!"

Beyond the physical world, Adeptus writhed in pain as dozens of Gale Cleaves tore into its body. Fortunately, its Ultimate-class ability, High-End Regeneration, activated immediately, healing its injuries within seconds.

But the damage wasn’t what shocked Adeptus the most.

As it shifted its gaze, it saw the human standing below, staring directly at the monster's eyes.

At that moment, Adeptus realized—Soru could now see its location.

Adeptus had no choice but to repeat the same process over and over again. The monster knew exactly what it was doing—using Gale Cleaves not as an attack, but as a means to adapt, refining its body to the point where the technique would no longer harm it.

Soru caught on immediately.

He watched as the deep cuts on Adeptus’s skin grew shallower with each strike, until eventually, not a single wound remained. The monster grinned, continuing its relentless assault without hesitation.

Soru paused for a moment.

For the second time, he had encountered an opponent with unshakable tenacity. At this rate, none of the attacks would damage Adeptus once transferred back. If things continued like this, there was no clear way to defeat it. He needed a way to end the fight in one decisive blow.

And there was only one method he could use—the same one that had defeated the Wildfire Dragon.

Although reluctant, he knew he had no other choice.

For a moment, Soru took in his surroundings, engraving the shoreline—the shifting waves, the endless horizon, the way the wind carried the scent of salt—to his mind.

Then, he raised his palm and tilted his head back, glancing at the sun as he shielded his eyes from its glare.

Adeptus, still locked in its attack pattern, suddenly took notice. The human’s movements were unusual.

Fearing that his opponent was preparing something big, Adeptus decided to unleash a giant Gale Cleave to stop him. However, just as the monster began to release the attack, Adeptus suddenly exploded.

It happened in an instant, covering an immense area in the blink of an eye. Even though Soru had only transferred the total energy output of the sun for just a single second, the force was great enough to vaporize everything it touched.

Soru wasn’t able to see how large the explosion was beyond the physical space, but the beach remained untouched—himself included. Realizing that the blast wouldn’t affect anything outside its hidden realm, he let it grow unchecked.

Then, suddenly—the line connecting him to Adeptus vanished.

To Soru, this meant only one thing: The monster’s brain activity had stopped.

With that, he concluded the fight was over.

"I guess it's finally over..."

He looked around, taking in the peaceful, undisturbed beach. Even after using such a large-scale attack, not a single trace of destruction was left behind. He turned away from the shore, and started walking back toward the forest.

"And here I thought the beach would be destroyed the moment I used it."

I'll just assume the monster had some peculiar ability to contain the energy without affecting the surroundings.

As he walked in silence, he found himself lost in thought.

In a world filled with magic and wonders, abilities like that most likely existed. He still didn’t know the full extent of how absurd some powers could be, but one thing was clear—there were others like him. Individuals whose abilities could bend nature, and perhaps even fate itself.

Soru continued walking, using the lines in his vision as his guide. With the Second Limiter still released, several lines stretched out in different directions. Though he couldn't see their endpoints, he knew they connected him to the people who knew him in this world. By following the correct one, he would reach the settlement in no time.

As he took another step forward, he suddenly stopped. He felt a wave of bloodlust crashing over him.

It was overwhelming—so intense that even he couldn’t ignore it.

His head snapped to the side, eyes locking onto a thick line in his vision. His expression remained unchanged, yet deep inside, something felt off. Instinctively, he stepped back.

This line…

He couldn't see the other end. It stretched endlessly, beyond the limits of his sight. There was no way to tell how far away the source was.

Yet, despite the uncertainty, his mind was screaming—urging him toward one conclusion.

"Adeptus…"