@kaminomikan I don't think Toru is thinking about the world as just some game world right now. Yes Toru is using his own knowledge of the game world he designed as a basis for stuff like monster and skill stats, but he also can see status screens, can "pause" the world and the game knowledge so far has been correct (the villages in the current area even know his Earth self to be their creator (most likely anyways, coincidences are always possible, though it's doubtful at best that their creator they worship isn't him.) Knowledge is power, and with the fact that these races keep losing many lives to monsters like the Manticore, any advantage that Toru can provide with the any amount of meta knowledge she has can literally save lives.