Ryu regained his composure and decided to continue the experiment.
As his mother Cecile had said, there was no way out of the Dimension Corridor even if he entered it.
First, he needed to create an exit.
“Creating Dimension Corridor entrance and exit…!”
As Ryu chanted, a dimensional rift appeared in space.
However, it seemed invisible to his mother Cecile, Leanne, and Hanna, who complained, “Nothing’s happening!”
Ryu took a little distance.
“Dimension Corridor…!”
He chanted and stepped into it.
Immediately, an exit appeared a little further into the tunnel-like interior.
“With this exit, if I just…”
Ryu leaped out of the exit, and Cecile, Leanne, and Hanna cheered.
“Ryu really moved in an instant!”
“Amazing, Ryu! It worked!”
“Onii-chan is amazing!”
For them to perceive it as if Ryu had moved instantly meant that time didn’t progress inside the Dimension Corridor.
Literally, it was proven that one could move in an instant.
They then moved on to more detailed experiments.
First, he tried to see if others could also move together.
Since the entrance and exit of the Dimension Corridor were invisible to the three of them, they couldn’t enter or exit.
He tried holding hands and seeing if he could pull Leanne inside.
“I feel like my lower body is caught on something and I can’t move forward!”
From Ryu’s perspective, Leanne’s upper body seemed to enter the Dimension Corridor, but as Leanne said, there was a sensation of being caught, preventing her from being pulled in.
“It seems only the upper body enters… What could this mean?”
Ryu pondered, then tried pulling Hanna’s hand into the Dimension Corridor.
Hanna entered smoothly.
The two emerged from the exit while holding hands, just in an instant.
“Hanna can enter, but Leanne only with her upper body?”
Cecile tilted her head.
“Perhaps there’s a weight limit.”
Ryu thought of something, went to the kitchen, and returned holding a large bag of Rigo fruit.
Entering the Dimension Corridor with the bag, several Rigo fruits fell to the ground, and Ryu emerged from another exit in an instant.
“I see. So, the weight of the Rigo fruit Ryu is holding right now is the weight limit.”
Cecile understood.
Hanna was probably just within the weight limit to enter the Dimension Corridor.
This meant that, except for Ryu, hardly anyone else could move within the Dimension Corridor.
Next, Ryu tried to see if he could create multiple exits.
The answer became clear immediately.
If an exit was created elsewhere, the initial exit disappeared.
In other words, there was only one place where one could travel back and forth, so it was necessary to set up exits only in places they had been to before. While convenient, it wasn’t very practical for Ryu, who often traveled with Leanne and Hanna.
Carrying items was not an issue as they could be stored in magical storage and brought into the Dimension Corridor. However, Ryu realized that while he initially thought of the Dimension Corridor as a cheat ability, it had too many restrictions for him now.
Ryu pondered on what to do.
“Hmm… In the legends, it’s said that a group of heroes instantly traveled from their homeland to the distant capital, but it seems odd…”
Cecile voiced her doubts.
“…If that’s true… there might be a level of mastery to this ability!”
Although he initially thought the ability was inconvenient, Ryu could now see a glimmer of hope.
From then on, Ryu actively used the Dimension Corridor within its limits.
While Ryu, Leanne, and Hanna continued to operate within the basic territory, when it was time to venture into the Demon Forest, they used the Dimension Corridor to first send Hanna home.
Since they had set the entrance and exit at the mansion, they could send her off in an instant and then proceed directly to the Demon Forest without having to turn back.
This alone significantly reduced the loss of time.
Even sending a message from Kamiza in the Demon Forest to Farza at the mansion became quick.
Although limited to when Ryu was present, in case something happened in the Demon Forest, Ryu could immediately contact Farza for emergencies.
Since powerful monsters occasionally appeared, contacting Farza to request an emergency quest from the guild and having him come to the scene also halved the time.
The Dimension Corridor was limited, but Ryu gradually devised ways to utilize it effectively.
