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After seeing my new equipment, I went to have a meal with Kireina, while Cuco and the other tamed monsters began to guard the perimeter alongside Vudia's Gold Golems.
As we ate the delicious Karaage, I wondered what the heck should I do with the house.
Should I bring it with me? Leave it here to be destroyed eventually?
I mean the whole commotion made it so the water was all cut down, so I guess I shouldn't have any regrets taking it out of the ground… I think I have enough Strength that such a task might not be too hard to do.
So I guess the fear I had over it not having water won't matter because there isn't any at this moment, seeing how all the pipelines are all destroyed by the tremors.
I guess I shall abuse the power of the Inventory, which seems to not be available to all people, and save the whole house there.
"Ah, Master, your new set of clothes seems radiant! I can see your strength soaring with it," said Kireina.
"Yeah it is great to work… (Though I don't really like overly dark clothes)" I said.
"I do wonder, do we really need to eat?" asked Vudia.
"Not really, but if we eat we can store our own small reserve of energy," said Kireina, who had eaten a giant flesh spider a few minutes ago.
"Oh! I see… I just feel like I didn't want to waste this delicious food that could go to Master…" sighed Vudia.
"Don't think about that, Vudia, eat and enjoy the food that your mother prepared for you," I said, petting her silky hair.
"Okay then~!" said Vudia.
As we ate, I discussed my next course of action, exploring the Purple Forest, as I call it, and possibly entering the dungeon there.
"I suppose we need t hurry then, we can't waste any other second! These 24 hours are precious to grind as many high-quality items as possible," said Anna.
"I agree, what we need to do the most is concentrating on strengthening Master. The stronger he grows the stronger we will grow as well," said Ervas.
"Yeah, we have to hurry up~!" said Vudia.
"Though… Master, I wonder, do you care about the people in the cities? I wonder how they are faring… Perhaps some of these humans had awakened some interesting power through the Soul Records… And what about other Players? Are there more on this planet? Or maybe the Players were distributed across all Dimensions?" asked Kireina.
"I don't really know, but if there is any major danger, Danger Perception should kick in. If Players were given tickets like me, their own Systems must be just as powerful and balance-breaking as my ability to summon… They would be strong enemies, I would prefer to not fight them if possible, at least not until I grow very strong… S-Rank is the goal at the moment," I said.
"I would also think the same… I suppose Master doesn't care about other people, nor you need to interact with anyone anyways, right?" asked Kireina.
"Well… I don't know… But for now, no, I don't really need to interact with anyone. Maybe if one day we are thrown into another parallel world… Perhaps, but for now, growing stronger and survive is the goal. I have a bad feeling the Earth will not last much longer. The big tentacle guy up there is draining this world's energy as if it were a smoothie… Perhaps its days are counted," I said, revealing what I've had in mind for some time now.
"Now that I think about it… it might be true. Whatever is that entity… we should not approach it, Master. At least until we truly know what it really is… But according to the Ranking System you gave us…" muttered Kireina.
"It most likely way above it, right?" asked Anna.
"Indeed… it is the same for those other guys," I said.
"The ones you call Celestials? Indeed, the shiny guys that wielded weapons that seemed like Legendary Weapons… Their presences and auras… it was probably above SSS-Rank as well," said Ervas.
"To think that there would be already final bosses way above my current level roaming casually everywhere… The difficult level of this Apocalypse is most likely Hell Mode," I sighed.
"Indeed, beings that could obliterate us in an instant roaming everywhere leisurely… Thankfully, we are so insignificant to them that they pay no mind to our presences, like flies or ants to them, or even worse, just bacteria that their eyes can't even perceive," said Kireina.
"T-That's quite the way to put it, mama…" said Vudia.
"But isn't that good? Without them monitoring us or trying to kill us, we can safely grow stronger below their noses," said Ervas.
"Indeed… Even that big army of Demons could have completely defeated us… Well, we might have been able to escape by flying. It seems that not all these monsters can fly, we need to use such ability to our greatest advantage… It was a good thing that we all trained how to use Flight," said Anna.
"Yeah, but if they are already stronger, could you imagine how fast would they grow too? It could be even faster than me," I said.
"Hmm… This is why we need to hurry up, I suppose," said Kireina, quickly standing up and taking all the empty plates to the kitchen, washing them in a flash, and getting ready.
After the conversations we had, we quickly packed things up and decided to continue.
I walked outside of the house with everyone else and then, I grabbed the house with my hands with the help of Anna and Kireina, and deposited it inside my Inventory through a gate in space that emerged when I willed it… With this, I can more or less store anything I can carry with their help, but it has to not be a living being, of course.
"So onwards to the Purple Forest, right?" asked Kireina.
"Wait a bit, before that, I will pick up some Skills, and maybe summon another of you, my Mana has increased a lot," I said.
"Oh, there is the possibility of a new companion? I wonder who it could be this time around~" said Kireina.
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