Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure Chapter 2033: Facing the facts

"So it is the power of creation." I whispered to myself while gazing at the divine energy that had collected in my palm.

Gazing intently at it, thoughts of various applications for this newfound ability filled my mind.

Ever since returning from the Merman Empire, a shift had occurred in my mindset.

By now, it hardly mattered if others discovered this secret, as some already had. Hiding something of this magnitude was futile, so I realized it was just a question of time before the truth spread further.

That made it crucial to master control over this power before the news broke wide.

No one could predict what demands others might place on me with such an ability at my disposal.

Meanwhile, the risk of the God of Creation becoming aware...

Yet during this period, they remained powerless to act against me.

In truth, they still relied on me to confront the forces of Destruction. Though the mortal world's races had united against those destructive powers, I alone held every relic.

Regardless of whether they intended to exploit me as their instrument...

"It’s the power of creation, but what can I do with this?" I murmured, pushing aside those distracting worries.

Eventually, I resolved to begin with the fundamentals.

Without knowing the limits of what could be achieved, starting from the ground up seemed the wisest approach for any experiments.

Soon enough, a chunk of wood materialized in my grasp.

I hadn't envisioned anything particular when forming it, merely intending to produce a simple, everyday substance.

Ultimately, that intent resulted in the ordinary-looking wood now clutched in my hand.

Holding the wood piece, I raised it higher for a better inspection.

Yet from every angle, it appeared utterly unremarkable, just like any commonplace timber.

Thus, I casually flung it aside in the end.

"Crack."

I spun toward the noise, only to be stunned that it wasn't the wood that had split. Instead, the nearby training dummy had fractured right down the middle.

The discarded wood simply rested on the floor, unscratched and intact.

Given its landing position, it was evident that my offhand toss had cleaved the dummy in two.

But how could a haphazardly created wood fragment accomplish such a feat?

The dummy, though wooden, wasn't fragile by any means. Crafted from reinforced timber designed to endure strikes, it should have withstood far more.

It ought not to have shattered so readily...

A moment passed before I regained my composure, then I approached the fallen wood and retrieved it once more.

This time around, I applied pressure to the wood to test its durability. Yet as I squeezed, a firm resistance pushed back against my grip.

This was far from the give of ordinary timber.

Considering my enhanced strength now surpassed my former limits, even steel would have warped under such force.

Still, this wood showed no sign of yielding.

Clearly, it consisted of some novel substance, or it couldn't have withstood my compression unscathed.

Figuring out its exact nature proved beyond me, though.

"Experts should handle these analyses, but one sample won't suffice for proper examination. Creating additional ones would help."

With that in mind, I set the wood down and proceeded to generate more specimens.

Naturally, these couldn't involve anything extravagant, or the tests wouldn't yield reliable results.

Therefore, I produced an assortment of everyday materials in the end.

Various cubes formed from what I deemed fundamental substances emerged.

Metals, woods, plastics, and the like—all shaped through the divine energy of creation.

Once finished, I carried these items to the research facility.

Built initially for the sea witches, it served a broader purpose beyond them alone. Welcoming any devoted to scholarly pursuits, the sea witches hosted researchers from diverse races.

After all, racial origins didn't dictate one's curiosities.

Plenty of exceptions existed worldwide, and these scholars exemplified such anomalies.

"What are these things?" Puffer, who oversaw the facility as the inaugural sea witch and one of the Five Great Witches, received the samples from me first.

She had promptly run preliminary tests on the cubes I'd delivered, leaving her visibly stunned.

The data from those tests displayed unprecedented values, as far as I could tell.

Her astonishment was understandable, given that these substances represented entirely novel discoveries.

As for how I would explain it...