Ayano sat at the table and happily ate lunch with his family, finding it incomparable to the dishes of his old world.
In this new world, Mana had spurred the evolution of various animals and plants, increasing their nutritional and energy value and greatly improving their flavors.
The most important element of this meal was none other than the meat of the Stonehorn rabbit.
The mana had also caused the emergence of entirely new and different types of animals, no longer easily tamed. Now ! They all fell under the category of beasts due to their inherent ferocity.
With the difficulty of taming them and the other problems associated with it, the only way to obtain meat was by hunting beasts.
Because this process was very risky for hunting parties, the price of meat within the cities had become high, even from beasts that hadn't yet reached the first level.
Plants, however, remained cheaper. Despite the small area controlled by humans, they still found alternative solutions and suitable locations to cultivate plants in large quantities.
The family finished their meal, then sat on the sofa and talked.
With great enthusiasm, Ayano recounted the events of his high school's Awakening ceremony, adding numerous exaggerated dramatic expressions that made both Sakemi and Rumi laugh.
An hour later, Sakemi left the house, and half an hour after that, Rumi left to meet her friends.
With nothing to do after they left, Ayano went to the living room, sat on the sofa, turned on the television, and decided to watch the news for a while.
He selected the main government channel and watched intently as the news anchor presented.
" Welcome, dear viewers "
" We bring you the most important news from around the world "
" First ! The siege imposed by the Golden Goblin Tribe on the Mammoth of Ruin ( the capital of the new India ) and the Heavenly Qilin ( the second capital of the new China ) has been lifted, and they have failed to breach the two great cities "
" Meanwhile, the three great cities of Europe—Primitive Lion ( the capital of the new Britain ), the Holy City ( the capital of the new Rome), and Star Bull ( the capital of the new Spain )—have joined forces and launch a large-scale raid on the Winged Goblin Tribe "
" The campaign's results were extremely encouraging; they inflicted heavy losses to the Winged Goblin Tribe and gained a great deal of booty, with losses not exceeding 10% "
Ayano observed and listened to several Evolvers discussing the situation and analyzing the two events in great detail, and he had only one comment in his mind about the whole situation: ' Terrifying ! '
' To conduct a campaign against one of the large goblin tribes, at least 100,000 Evolvers must participate, and most of whom should be above level two, so a loss of less than 10% means that those who died are estimated to be in the thousands ! '
After watching this news and confirming once again the extent of the terror and danger this world represents, Ayano changed the channel and stopped at one broadcasting an analysis of this year's Awakening Ceremonies results in the Land of the Mythical Fox.
" Welcome, everyone ! "
" Today marks the 25th Awakening ceremony in the Land of the Mythical Fox and in all the world "
They call it the 25th ceremony because before, the Awakening and the process of awakening abilities occurred randomly, and only after the Holy City initiated a collective Awakening ceremony did the other great cities follow suit the following year.
" For the Land of the Mythical Fox, the statistics are divided into statistics for the capital and statistics for the seven sub-cities "
" The capital has a population exceeding two million and contains 50 high schools with over 6,000 students awaken their Abilities this year "
" The Abilities of the capital of the Mythical Fox country:
F 3134
E 1698
D 630
C 346
B 98
A 73
S 3
SS 0
SSS 0
"
" For the seven sub-cities, the population varies, and they contain between 10 and 15 high schools depending on the population "
" Fire Fox City: Population exceeds 700,000, with 13 high schools and over 1,560 students "
" Abilities :
f 920
e 394
d 142
c 65
b 33
a 16
s 0
ss 0
sss 0
"
" Water Fox City: Population exceeds 400,000, with 10 high schools and over 1,200 students "
" Abilities:
f 707
e 270
d 123
c 42
b 55
a 2
s 0
ss 0
sss 1
"
" Ground Fox City: Population exceeds 500,000, with 11 high schools and over 1,320 students "
" Abilities:
f 752
e 302
d 155
c 67
b 32
a 12
s 0
ss 0
sss 0
"
" Wind Fox City: Population exceeds 600,000, with 12 high schools and over 1,440 students "
" Abilities:
f 901
e 305
d 120
c 76
b 34
a 16
s 0
ss 0
sss 0
"
" Light Fox City: Population exceeds 500,000, with 11 high schools and over 1,320 students "
" Abilities:
f 867
e 267
d 94
c 54
b 28
a 11
s 1
ss 0
sss 0
"
" Dark Fox City: Its population exceeds 800,000, and it has 15 high schools and more than 1,320 students "
" Abilities:
f 1019
e 430
d 203
c 82
b 45
a 21
s 0
ss 0
sss 0
"
" Thunder Fox City: Its population exceeds 500,000, and it has 11 high schools and more than 1,320 students "
" Abilities:
f 850
e 254
d 115
c 51
b 33
a 16
s 3
ss 0
sss 0
"
" As for the rest of the world, we only have approximate statistics for the major governments "
" Kingdom ... : ... "
" Country ... : ... "
" Kingdom ... : ... "
" Country : ... "
" Holy Empire ... : ... "
/ All 15 Kingdoms and Capitals /
" To summarize the number of superior abilities this year, one X-Grade ability, five SSS-Grade abilities, and dozens of SS-Grade and S-Grade abilities have appeared across the globe "
" The leaders of these great cities personally received these students, praised them, and considered them the new hope for humanity and its future "
Ayano pondered the matter for a while and concluded that the awakening of an X-Class ability and the SSS-Class abilities this time might be the last attempt by the Will of this world to muster a final fight before the planet is destroyed.
With every minute he spent analyzing the situation, Ayano became more convinced of his analysis, especially after discovering that the highest known ability obtained before this year's Awakening ceremony was SSS-Grade, and the number of known users of it did not exceed five.
As for X-grade abilities, their existence was only rumored, and no one was confirmed to possess them.
[ Author's Note: The analysis in this chapter may be modified to reflect what should and will be included in the novel in the future ]
After the presentation ended, Ayano scratched his head and squealed with a sour expression.
" Ugh ! "
" What kind of strange world am I incarnated into ? "
" Damn it ! A weird hentai world ! "
Ayano recognized some of the characters on the TV and immediately realized they were also characters from hentai movies he'd seen in his previous world.
" It doesn't matter ! I'll start with what I have here first "
" This situation might seem dangerous, but at the same time, it's an opportunity I won't get again "
" While the world focuses on the development of the six with peak abilities and others with abilities beyond A-grade, I'll develop smoothly and build my own empire without anyone touching me once I do "
" Perhaps an S-grade ability is nothing compared to all those, but if I use this one properly, I'll be the greatest Jack of all Careers ! "
" Hehehe ! Hahahaha ! "
Ayano's eyes flashed with a dangerous light, and he muttered in a sharp voice,
" This is my chance to finally achieve everything I've ever dreamed of, and I won't let any bastard try to ruin it "
" Even if I have to kill or plunder, I will inevitably rise to the top of this world and live with those around me in the best way possible "
Ayano knew the true nature of the villains in this world very well, so their deaths wouldn't mean anything to him, and he wasn't as good a man as he seemed, especially to his enemies, and he certainly wouldn't give up the chance to evolve, live forever in this world, and have the women of his dreams.