[Escape the world. Time remaining: 2 seconds.]0

Despite countless failures, I finally glimpsed a flicker of hope after my tenth respawn. In my Lightning Transformation, I propelled myself vertically into the sky. Clouds streaked by, torn open by my ascent.0

This was my first time flying straight upward for more than a moment. I had never had a reason to, and even if I had remained in the air for extended periods of time, it had been during combat where I would hurl myself toward enemies, not the heavens themselves.0

As I breathed, I sensed the ambient oxygen dropping. A question struck me mid-ascent.0

Wait, I won’t die once I enter space, will I?0

I had never cared much for my science classes, so my memory was hazy, but I recalled that the atmosphere was divided into layers. First, the stratosphere, then the mesosphere—although perhaps I had mixed them up.0

I didn’t know how high I could climb before it grew inhospitable.0

Maybe I won’t be able to endure it.0

One thing was certain, however. An ordinary human would never survive in space. That just made me all the more curious about how far I could go. Considering that gods traveled freely between worlds, perhaps my mana and...0