-Growl

Thunder rumbled inside his stomach. And not just that, his mouth was as dry as a raisin, and a splitting headache was running rampant inside his skull. It felt like the skin on his body was shriveling up. It terrible sense of hunger that he had never felt while growing up in the orphanage.

This is Why is this doing this? Manager, a little explanation please

Kang Shin-Hyuk threw himself in an empty cubicle, then huddled on top of the toilet, muttering like a madman. Fortunately, the manager answered right away.

-This is due to the exhaustion of both stamina and spirit power in a short period of time. There is a need to consume nutritious food full of rich spirit power to recover your stamina and spirit power.

I-I see

-Hero Universes trading board sells a large quantity of energy-rich emergency food. The 20,000 HP other world sign-in bonus can be used without worry, so I recommend that you use it to make a purchase.

Again, the Hero Universe. Kang Shin-hyuk, who wanted to avoid the unfamiliar world for the time being, instinctively made a frown.

I can just eat Earth food, cant I?

-Earths food of course contains some spirit power, but they only contain a small amount, and theyre also not very pure. You will reach your physical limits before absorbing enough spiritual power. Also, if you eat foods with ample spirit power, your spiritual power will grow faster.

The manager was probably talking about the permanent growth of spirit power. However, there was no time to discuss calmly about the efficiency of such method. He was going crazy with hunger, so it didnt take long to make his decision.

Kang Shin-hyuk couldnt die from hunger just to save his HP, which he didnt even know how to use. So he hurriedly connected to the Hero Universe. No one wouldve expected his decisions yesterday would lead to this situation.

-A recommended item is Item #141,787, Eiren Jelly on the trading board. It has the highest spirit power to nutrient ratio and its pure spirit enables quicker spirit power regeneration, as well as its growth. However, the seller is notified of the buyers ID.

Okay, please just buy it

Sooner or later, the Hero Universe had to be challenged again. And if he were to operate there, then he wouldnt be able to ignore those who had been his friends in his past life.

This wasnt the time to nitpick over the temperature of the water. After all, this is was the first time in his life where death by starvation was a serious possibility.

-VIP benefits! Commission fees are exempt! 10% discount due to bulk purchase. Would you like to buy 200 Eiren Jellies for 18,000HP?

Just do it!

Kang Shin-hyuk could not use the HP originally possessed by Anvils ID, but he was able to purchase the goods with the another world bonus obtained from accessing the Hero Universe on Earth. Of course, most of the HP he had gotten had just been blown away!

-Completed the purchase of 200 Eiren Jellies. You will receive one Eiren Jelly directly. The remaining 199 Eiren Jelly were sent to the shop inventory. Shop Inventory is an spatial inventory that allows you to keep items purchased from the Hero Universes trading board, and you can take goods out from it whenever you want.

The messages appeared one after another in succession, however, his blurred vision from severe hunger meant that he couldnt spare the attention to read them. However, the sudden appearance of a small stick-shaped object in his hands made him wake up from surprise.

Heuk.

Even unwrapping the packaging was painful. He hastily ripped up the packaging, then took a huge bite of out of the purple jelly that revealed itself.

But as soon as the purple jelly entered his mouth, the fresh aroma of grapes spilled into his mouth, and the pain mysteriously evaporated away. Kang Shin-hyuk widened his eyes to the limit as he returned to the land of the living. He could see a faint plume of smoke rising from the cross-section of the mysterious jelly.

This, what

-Eiren Jelly is a great emergency food that contains an abundance of compressed spirit and nutrients. Not only does it contain all the calories you need per day, but also completely refills your spirit power and stores the excess amount in your body for later use. In addition, the taste is excellent.

Whoa, crazy. Thanks for the recommendation!

-10HP bonus for a wonderful member who never forgets to express his gratitude even in a hurry!

Kang Shin-hyuk originally didnt like jelly very much. But this was an exception. He felt as if he was biting into a freshly-picked plum.

He then devoured the remaining amount in a flash and savoured the aftertaste. He was still not as full as his well-trained body required more energy than the average person, but at least his hunger was completely sated.

The crisis of his life was over. He sincerely thought so.

The Hero Universe really is amazing

-Of course. If you also actively push your synchronisation, you can acquire top-tier items incomparable to this jelly. A more direct approach can be taken once you unlock your My Room function as well.

It was only one jelly, but it contained an absurd miracle within its small form. A single portion could replenish an enormous amount of calories, restore spirit power, and also be very filling. If there had been a mana version of this, the entire world wouldve been turned upside down.

By the way.

Kang Shin-hyuk, finally relaxing after the crisis, looked through the logs and realised that he had purchased 200 Eiren Jellies instead of one. Thanks to that, 10% discount was applied, but

Why did you recommend mass purchases?

-Of course. Your current spirit power is very small. In the future, youll be in a similar situation whenever you use your spiritual power, so its essential to have lots of Eiren Jelly at hand.

Kng.

He couldnt refute that reasoning. This didnt mean that he wouldnt use this power in the future, but rather, if he were to train intensely with spirit power, then Eiren Jelly was essential in the words of the manager.

-Furthermore, as I mentioned earlier, the more you consume quality food, the faster your spirit power can grow. By the time youve consumed all 200 jellies, youll be able to gain a D ranks power without any difficulty

D rank!

He didnt know exactly how powerful D rank spirit power was. This was because in the 1st Grade Knights Department, there werent many who had reached D rank in mana. It was a rank which even a top institute like Shinyoung couldnt dismiss easily.

And just as he experienced before, Kang Shin-hyuk had instantly overpowered Do-Woo-jin, who possessed a C+ rank mana, with his pitiful F+ rank spirit power. He couldnt even begin to imagine how powerful he would become if his spirit power was raised to D rank.

-Only.

But the moment Kang Shin-hyuk was about to burst into excited fanfare, the manager emphasised another point with an overly bright message.

-Continuous exhaustion of spirit power will have a negative effect on your growth. Your current weak body will be in danger after more than 10 spirit power exhaustions per day. And there should also be an ample gap between them.

Then youre telling me to eat these jellies over the course of 20 days.

-You will reach a point where just one jelly wont be enough to fully replenish your spirit. I estimate that itll take around a fortnight for you to consume all the jellies.

The excited Kang Shin-hyuk calmed down at the managers words after realising that the growth rate of spirit power would slow down the higher its rank was. But after thinking about it calmly, the fact that he could grow his spirit power to D rank in 2 weeks was still plenty amazing.

Its an opportunity. No rushing, lets take it nice and slow.

It took some time to completely calm down. However, when he imagined sharpening the blade of the Godslayer Sword, his mind wondrously started to calm down little by little. His budding blacksmithing skills were supporting his adolescent mind little by little.

-Excellent. Youve completely calmed down.

Thank you.

-Now are you ready to talk to your friends in the Hero Universe?

.

Thats right. He had fully consolidated his abilities, planned his growth, and made up his mind to explore the Hero Universe more.

Then the next step would be, of course, a response to his past friends who were beautifully ignored yesterday. However, Anvils friendslist that the manager had so kindly brought over was so large that his will deflated at the sight of it. Frankly, he was afraid.

-First of all, it would be better to send a reply to the friends who contacted you yesterday.

Yes, that would be better, right?

Halo, Eun Ah, Janus, Tsukuyo, Mirang, Super Ultra Galactic Fist, and so on. It looked like a spy was possibly mixed among them, but it was definite that that they were his past friends.

Especially, this person named Eun Ah Um, I think she had a deep relationship with my past life.

-Probably.

The manager casually affirmed. Also, in the 100+ messages he recceived yeasterday in that short time, more than half were from Eun Ah. Moreover, she had also appeared in Anvils memories.

Once they find out that Im not Anvil they would be very disappointed.

-You are right. It was just a reincarnation.

But its still different

-Yes.

The manager answered honestly.

-If we judged based on the feelings communicated with Eun Ah-nim, it wouldnt be exactly the same.

Exactly.

-Nevertheless, you are Anvil. Surely Eunah-nim will be very happy. Moreover.

Moreover?

-I think its better to realise this for yourself.

It was only a day since he met him, but the manager who always coolly answered his questions evaded the answer. Kang Shin-hyuk was worried about the managers words, but he believed he would find out soon as he was about to talk to Eunah anyway.

Please release the message function

-Unblocking messages.

Was it because he had blocked all message for the day, an overflow of notifications like yesterday didnt happen this time.

But if he would just repeat yesterdays incidents if he dilly dallied here . Kang Shin-hyuk firmly prepared himself and wrote a messager to send to the person named Eun Ah.

-Anvil: This is Anvil. It may sound very outlandish, but I was reborn in another world. The memories of my past life arent complete, so I only have hazy memories of you. Im really sorry.

Even for him, it looked like such a cheap message, but he couldnt think of a good message in a short amount of time. He could imagine the managers pitiful gaze towards him, but he still tightly shut his eyes and sent the message anyway.

The reply came quickly.

-Eun Ah: Grandpa!

-Anvil: So Im not grandpa. The person you know is my past life. Im now a 17-year-old man, and I only acquired my past lifes memories after connecting to the Hero Universe.

-Eun Ah: Then youll completely remember one day!?

-Anvil: Thats.

Instead of writing a reply, he checked with the manager, who affirmed without hesitation. Kang Shin-hyuk replied again.

-Anvil: Yes, but I dont know how long it will take. Whats more, even if I recover all my memories, Im still a different person from my past life..

-Eunah: The soul is the same, right? Youre getting your memories back, right? Then youre grandpa!

-Anvil: Excuse-no, thats not what I mean-

-Eunah: Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa!Grandpa! I missed you! I missed you so much!

Kang Shin-Hyuk fearfully raised his head.

Hey, I think this person is a bit

-I agree. 10HP bonus will be given to you who are in the same mind as your manager.

The manager, who he thought would defend Eunah, surprising agreed with him and gave him 10 HP.

Kang Shin-hyuk wanted to block the messages from Eun Ah at that point, but at the same time, he couldnt ignore someone who regarded his past self as someone so important in their life.

And more than anything, if this crazy girl was also a member of the Hero Universe, it meant that she wielded an ability comparable to his spirit power. He couldnt treat her lightly. He replied carefully.f

Only

-Anvil: Im very sorry anyway. My memory is still very messy and unclear, so I dont know how to talk with Eun Ah-nim. Can you understand what I mean?

-Eun Ah: I understand! Then when will you call me Eun Ah again?

I dont think she understands what I mean Kang Shin-hyuk pondered for a long time on how to answer her, but eventually decided to reply.

-Anvil: Can we start as friends first?

On that day, Kang Shin-hyuk missed the entire afternoon classes greeting his past friends of Hero Universe while squatting on a toilet.

It was the moment when the inexperienced veteran returned to the Hero Universe.

Authors Notes:

The Shop Inventory cannot store anything that wasnt bought from the Shop. Im telling you in advance in case someone is curious.

This is the end of the first chapter! From the next chapter, well explore more about his friends in the Hero Universe, the properties of spirit power, alchemy etc. So the next chapters themes will be meeting and growth.

From tomorrow onwards, Ill see you at 9:20pm!