Chapter 88 Preparations Complete
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
”Alright. Done… preparations complete,” Ayumu muttered, stepping away from the alchemy table. He carefully transferred the newly brewed potion into a rugged first-aid kit container. Then, sliding it into the backpack he had bought down in the underground market, he decided to check over the rest of his gear one last time.
Two climbing pickaxes. Climbing wires and carabiners, along with fixed ropes. Base layers, thermal tights, and a sleeping bag packed tight in a compression sack. Maps, a compass, and a few bags that could double as stuff sacks. Even a simple shelter—something resembling a small emergency tent he’d picked up on a whim.
”Good. Now, next…” he murmured.
He pulled out a flask of his own making—one that produced water when infused with mana. The core of it was a rare magical stone, said to be obtainable only in the Lukurusa Theocracy. He had managed to buy one in Yugan, though the price had been absurd.
”Work for what you cost. You’re my lifeline,” he said under his breath, half complaint, half prayer.
Next came a compact magical lantern retooled into a headlamp, followed by a collapsible baton hidden discreetly inside his right sleeve—a self-made weapon, just in case.
”If it comes to it, there’s always the Valend-made mechanical crossbow… but better safe than sorry,” he said. His tone was cautious. A sidearm was never wasted weight.
He checked the compass next. A standard magnetic type, the kind most people would recognize: a needle of iron oxide balanced within oil to prevent unwanted swing, the north and south poles marked to guide the way.
For those unfamiliar, the oil-filled chamber suppressed excess vibration of the needle, ensuring accuracy. The fewer bubbles inside, the better the performance.
”Still, the geomagnetism inside Birene Mine Tunnel might throw it off. Without landmarks, I could easily get lost,” Ayumu thought grimly.
Another worry: the planet’s magnetic axis might not align with its rotation axis at all. On Earth, it happened to line up closely—but on another world? Not guaranteed.
He reminded himself of other distortions too. Magnetic declination—the difference between the compass north and the true north—could create dangerous errors. A mere seven-degree deviation meant a kilometer-long mistake after just ten kilometers traveled. In the wild, that distance could mean death.
Then there was magnetic dip—the angle at which the needle sank under the planet’s curved field. The farther north one traveled, the more the north pole would be dragged downward; the farther south, the more the south pole sank.
The solution was simple: weight the opposite end of the needle. Since Yugan and Valend both lay in colder regions of the north, he had adjusted the south end of his compass accordingly.
Before reaching Yugan, he had relied on the sun’s path—east for sunrise, west for sunset, north inferred at midday. It had worked so far. Probably.
”Unless this is like that world in Tensai Bakabono where the sun rises in the west… then I’m screwed,” he muttered, wincing.
T/N: pun on Tensai Bakabon—a gag manga about absurd backward logic.
The thought alone unsettled him. His gut tightened.
Clutching his gear tighter, Ayumu whispered a silent hope—that this world’s sky and compass points weren’t too different from Earth’s. Then he began packing the last of his arsenal: magic stones, scrolls, a simple magic circle, spellbooks, and traps. His preparations were finally complete.
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