I Am Now a Punch Wizard

It wasn't even a battle anymore. It was a way of life.

The second she had landed in this never-ending ocean world, she had been attacked by everything that had gills, fins, or too many teeth.

Giant prehistoric sharks? Check.
Tentacle monsters? Check.
Whatever the hell that glowing abyssal thing was? Double check.

And through all of it, she had been getting stronger.

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[Updated Status Window]

Name: Rin Asakura
Race: Human (??? - Your stats are becoming non-human.)
Class: Survivor
Level: 72 (EXP: 9,102/9,500)
Title: [Naked Ocean Menace] [The First Swimmer] [Godhand of the Deep]

HP: 1,250/1,250
MP: 0/0 (Magic? What's that?)

Skills:

[Heat Immunity - MAX] (Fire can no longer harm you. Ever.)

[Water Resistance - Lv 9] (You basically live in water now.)

[Pressure Resistance - Lv 6] (You don't get crushed by the deep anymore! Yay!)

[Shock Resistance - Lv 7] (Electric fish are annoying, but you don't die instantly anymore!)

[Brute Strength - Lv 99] (You can now punch with the force of a speeding truck.)

[Endless Stamina - Lv 5] (You barely get tired anymore.)

[Combat Readiness - Lv 14] (You're always prepared to throw hands.)

Stats:

Strength: 587 (You can break bones with a flick.)

Agility: 523 (You outswim sharks for fun now.)

Endurance: 601 (You basically don't feel pain anymore.)

Speed: 456 (Fast. Just fast.)

Intelligence: 19 (...Listen, you've been PUNCHING everything.)

Luck: 1 (Still cursed.)

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Rin sat on the floating corpse of some eldritch sea creature, catching her breath.

"Alright. Status check," she muttered, stretching her arms. "Still can't use magic. Still haven't gotten a weapon. Still... literally punching my way through life."

She glanced at her absurd stats and let out a deep sigh.

"This is not how an isekai power-up is supposed to go."

She was ridiculously strong now. She could punch through solid coral, break the bones of ancient sea monsters, and swim faster than most predators. But...

She still had no real skills to fight properly.

No sword techniques.
No magic.
No ranged attacks.
Just pure, ridiculous brute force.

She looked down at her fist. It was calloused, powerful, and responsible for way too many one-sided beatdowns.

"...Am I just a punch wizard at this point?"

Before she could question her existence further, a new notification popped up.

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DING!

New Quest: Find the Next Portal!
Objective: Travel 3,200 km across the ocean to the next magic circle.
Reward: Time Skip to the Next Era.
Failure: Stay here forever. Good luck with that. :)