“Who is it?”

Someone was on the island. He didn’t look too familiar. I couldn’t recall his name, but I think he was a high-intermediate rank hero who often appeared on variety shows.

“Wait…”

Could it be that all players on the highest difficulty shared the same sea? I never thought about that when I created my setting.

— O-Oi! Oiii!

The man also spotted me and waved as I sailed past. I had no intentions of letting him on board, but I didn’t mind giving him some food.

“Must be a green ticket.”

The man didn’t have anything, not even the basic weapon and food supply. Honestly, choosing the hardest difficulty with a green ticket was suicide. The system should’ve warned him, but he probably didn’t listen.

— Here! Here! Uhaha! Over here!

The man jumped excitedly as I took out a glossy seafish from my inventory. Then a dark shadow appeared underneath the island. I didn’t have time to think at all.

Puaaaa—

The giant fish’s mouth suddenly shot up from the water. It had 2 sharp fangs on each side of its jaws and promptly swallowed the entire island.

[You have spotted an island devourer.] Monster Encyclopedia [Island Devourer] [Tutorial-only Monster] — This monster hates those who only stay on one island. However, who it seeks depends solely on luck.

A system alert popped up.

“Whoa, whoa.”

I broke out into cold sweat. However, I didn’t have time to sit still. The shadow that swallowed an entire island crept up on me. I quickly began to paddle away. However, it only grew closer. I couldn’t...