Chapter 342: Information about the Enemy World (1/2)

”Then I don't need to ask Irja. You seem to be always stuck with Ember. It's safe to assume that you agree. Am I correct?”

Being the last one she needed to ask, Monady's asked the girl silently sitting beside the 'unconscious' me.

”Of course, I will be infinitely mad if you didn't give him due credit.” Irja's answer came quickly.

This girl is still this considerate. If I don't know any better, I will think she likes me. However, as long as she believes what she believes, this is her way of repaying her gratitude for being the reason they got released from the prison.

”I remembered he arrived in this space with Udann but what is his relationship with you?”

Huh? Is this the time to gossip?

”We're from the same Irreverent Dungeon.”

”I see. I thought you're a couple. You even insisted on carrying him on your back.”

Just by the tone of her voice, I don't really get what Monady is trying to do.

”There's no meaning to it. I'm one of the most uninjured among all of us so it's natural that I do.”

”Is that so? Alright, I guess.”

Even without seeing any of the two, Irja's expression was probably blank while Monady was shrugging after not getting an answer that would interest her.

After that, Monady concluded the discussion about the storage rings we got. She gave the one ring allocated for me to Irja while she kept the other four.

Time passed and around two hours later, when most of them already found that we already had sufficient rest, I faked waking up while and with an exhausted voice, I asked them about what happened.

Irja was about to answer but Monady, being the leader, beat her to it. She told me everything I already heard.

During the two hours, the gathered energy from the golden statue has already been completely absorbed by me, springing the progress of my Mortal Pathway to more than 54%. If I want to make another breakthrough, I need at least four golden statue kills. Fighting along them to kill the Transcendents also gave me a small boost in progress. Even though I only swooped in the end, using my skills, spells and exercising my Energy Manipulation was what gave me some progress.

As soon as Monady finished, Irja asked for my hand, I acted confused at first before giving it to her. With a slight irritation because I stretched my hand while curled into a fist, she held onto my arm before forcefully opening it and dropping the ring in there.

After that, she stood up and went outside. When my eyes scanned the others, they all had an interesting expression plastered on their faces as if what they saw was amusing.

Udann, being the one who's on speaking terms with me, approached me and said, ”Irja carried you all the way here when you fainted and she didn't leave your side. I think she's concerned about you.”

As if I don't know about that. But these guys… they probably thought that there's something going on between us, which is not wrong, to say the least. She's trying to befriend, right? Because of that notion that I'm special. I already added her to my allies so I already considered her as one.

Through their urgings, I ran out to chase after her and thanked her which she just brushed off before pulling the topic away from that.

”Everyone knows your prowess now. The ring I gave you was from an enemy Transcendent we killed. Being the one with the highest contribution, we decided to give you one.”

And I clearly heard how you will be mad if they don't give me due credit…

Although I don't really need the ring, I'm interested in its contents.

That's why when she said that, I took out the ring and injected my Energy into it, binding it to me. That's the only way to open its space after all.

Scanning through its contents, there's not much in it. Apart from energy stones, herbs and fruits filled with energy which reminds me of the plants in the World of Barbarian, there's one book that interests me.

Upon reading the written title on its cover, it's called the Gigant Pathway.

Their world recorded their Pathway, huh? And it's a complete Pathway detailing every realm. Unlike the recorded Augmented Skills from the World of Barbarians, the book talked about their world's whole Mortal Pathway and how to reach Transcendence by following it. It can be likened to a guidebook.

If a Mortal follows it, as long as he strives for it, he will eventually become a Transcendent.

The Dark World is an Invasive World who often plundered Mortal Worlds had amassed different kinds of Spirit-type Pathway. But this Gigant World, let's call it by that name, this Gigant Pathway that is clearly a Physique-type Pathway much like the World of Barbarians' Physique Cultivation is probably the only Pathway every denizen of that world can tread on.