Chapter 64: Chapter 63: Like Fish in a Barrel

Not long after Ryone left, Irena appeared in the room. On her face was a small smile, her wings pulled back slightly. “Good evening, Dale.” She gave a polite nod to me as she appeared. “Has everything been prepared on your end?”

I nodded my head in return. “Hey, Irena. Yeah, everything’s ready. Your room is just down the hall. It should look just like the one you had in your castle. How did everything go on your end?”

When I asked that, Irena’s smile grew a bit wider. “It went very well. I have to thank you for sending your Host to the Underworld. Without Dalin, it would have been far more difficult to choose an intermediate ruler to replace me.”

“Pardon me?” I asked, surprised by the sudden thanks. Sent the Host? I’ve only ever used it once, so it could only mean the one I sent down to the centaurs.

Irena blinked in surprise as well, tilting her head slightly. “The World Host. That was the system you created, and an entity you sent down to the world just before fast forwarding, right? I assumed you had sent it to help me take care of matters, as it arrived with the highest Spirit Hunter level any new spirit has had so far. It made it considerably easier for him to climb the rankings.”

“Ahh…” I wanted to pretend that I had sent it on purpose, to help her as she had guessed. “Tryval’s people were on the verge of a civil war that could wipe out the population, so I had to send a Host down to handle that. Though, I am glad that he was of help to you after he died.” As much as I wanted to look good for the people under me, that didn’t mean I wanted to lie and pass of an accident as intentional.

However, Irena seemed unphased by the admission. “Is that so? Still, it was much appreciated. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to visit the other gods. Due to my past circumstances, I have not received some of the same education as they have, which is now necessary.”

After she said that, Irena bowed deeply, giving me one last smile before leaving. Once she left, I went ahead and turned to the map, taking a look at the situation in the Underworld. To my surprise, there were already hundreds of small cities scattered around, though they gradually became bigger as they neared the center where the capital was. And at the capital, there seemed to be a great many people singing and dancing, with representatives from all the different races.

There were even a few people who began flying up into the sky, heading towards the castle that Irena had constructed above. Of course, there was an invisible barrier to stop anyone from approaching. It wouldn’t be too good for people to enter the flying castle and find that she wasn’t even there, would it?

Thinking back to what Ryone had explained to me, I decided that it was time to pay another visit to the world below. Though, there was no pressing matter that would require my intervention, and no plot that needed to be set in motion. Rather, I wanted to enhance my ki. If it were possible to do this in the Admin Room, I would happily do so. Sadly, according to her explanation, it required you to expel your entire ki pool into the surroundings. How was that even possible in a situation where all of the energies came in an unlimited amount?

Grabbing the piece of paper that Terra had sent me to communicate with the others, I wrote a simply message saying that I was going to descend for a little while. I wasn’t sure how long it would take, but I would probably need to stay down there the entire time until the process was complete. After all, if I came back up to the Admin Room, the unlimited raw ki might wash away the partially refined energy. It would only be stable once my body began to naturally produce elemental ki on its own.

Considering my last experience releasing large amounts of energy down in the mortal world, I decided to set myself somewhere far away from civilization. I did not want there to be another incident where I accidentally created a holy site. As such, I chose one of the uninhabited continents, the one directly west of the centaur continent.

For my race, I left it as a default human. Humans were well suited for training as a monk, and it took less effort for me to simply select my normal body to descend in, rather than create a new one. Once I was ready, I received the normal messages prior to descent.

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