PS: You don't always need to hit the save button before you reload but it does help so that you will keep all your found items. Otherwise you will need to find the items again but the order will have changed so you might not find some items until the end of the game.
Try reloading the game after buying a new melee weapon: club, big axe, magic sword...to name a few. After reloading you will be able to kill monsters without running up to them. If more than one monster is within your area you only need to hit one and they will all be hit (I have hit up to 7 at once). If you check your equipment (equip button) or look in any shop you will lose this ability and need to reload to get it back. The other thing that will happen is that the monsters will run away from you and die after you kill the first monster after a reload. It looks cool when you have the reveals monster quest item, you can see the monsters dieing as you walk around the islands. You will still have to fight an occasional monster. The best weapon for this is the magic sword, it hits at a high of 40.
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