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Today after having breakfast, I gathered with the people residing inside my Inner World, it has been truly a while since I spoke with them, and I wanted to reintroduce myself and also speak a few other things.

I spoke to them about what could be done now, and I tried to inspire them a bit. The thing is, I suck at talking with crowds, but I guess I did my best.

I also spoke about the dungeons, and those new systems such as items shops, markets, and more were going to soon be made. (Mostly Annabelle and her thousands of clones will do it)

It was going to give more stability to the whole place and the economy that was being slowly made, while I also planned on letting the people make their own farms as well, although it would take some time.

Aside from that, I had spoken about the possibility of going out, which was pretty much not possible for most of these people. They were too weak to go out, it would literally be a suicide for them to get out of here…However, those that were to grow as strong as Javier had the possibility of coming out alongside me in groups, so some of the people that wanted to give me a hand felt motivated to train and kill monsters to level up quicker.

And lastly, I promised everyone that I would do everything I possibly could to ultimately save Earth from its disasters, some way should be made, although not yet… But soon.

The plan was simple, I was going to start a cleanse of monsters and possibly of dungeons all around the world while trying to close the rifts.

However, the end game would be to ultimately grow strong enough that my Inner World space can fit the entire planet earth inside. That way there wouldn't be any more rifts in space occurring and the people could be finally safe…

But how long would that take me?!

I asked Gaia after the meeting.

"Approximately, and calculating accordingly to all the info I've gathered and whatever I can get from your System, you would need to reach the next Realm… As of now, you've become Pseudo Demi Deity of high Rank, but you require to reach Demi Deity… Or perhaps even higher, it would depend on the measures of the entire Inner World, but if it has increased to this point, it means that it might get big enough at that Realm," said Gaia.

"I see… At this point, is there anything that could give me some EXP?" I asked.

"Certainly, killing tens of thousands of these monsters roaming the world should at least give you a few levels… Although things such as the Celestial King might be rare… However, there seem to be stronger variants of entities amongst the Demons, a group of Invaders which you have not fought yet," said Gaia.

"The Demons… Are there any other invaders?""Demons are the most varied invader group, they have two large Dungeon-like structures across the entire world, these are cataloged as their spawn points, named Demon Towers, or Crimson Towers… Aside from these two towers at each side of the world, there is the Demon Gate Rift, which showers a certain area of the planet with Demonic Energy coming from that plane… Perhaps you could try to absorb it similarly to the Beast Ki and gain new power, although I am not too sure if it could work now that you've grown so strong," said Gaia.

"Two towers and that rift… I suppose those can be good places to grab a few powerups and levels… Anything else?" I asked.

"Hmm… The rest of the world seems to have just begun the awakening of small dungeons, stronger ones might arrive shortly, but there are mostly varied monsters from other worlds spread through the world and nature. Similar to the Poison Forest where you fought those Flesh Bugs before, there are over a hundred areas like those, but due to the low level of these monsters, they don't seem like a good incentive for your growth, isn't it? That's why I would recommend you send your troops towards these areas, while you concentrate on the areas that can offer some EXP… Without the Slarkobs and Celestials here, the world had become relatively better, and the Demons are inhabiting areas that are yet to be discovered by people, so there's still time," said Gaia.

"I see… I have wondered if I could get into their worlds at some point… Are their rifts still open? Maybe I could take a peek there…" I said.

"Ah… W-Well… I-I apologize for this, but I have closed them, guardian!" sighed Gaia.

"Eh?! You closed them?!" I asked.

"Yes, with a lot of energy and effort… but it might only be temporary until they open them again forcefully… It had to be done so this would delay their comeback… Sorry, but these rifts put a heavyweight over my entire being… After closing them, I felt way better," she said.

"So that's how it is… Well, you did it because you had to, right? I guess there's nothing wrong with that. I will have to just find another way to get there on its due time, but doing what I can, for now, is better. Maybe I can break through into Demi Deity through these Demons- Ah, but what about the giant tentacle?" I asked.magic

"Oh… That… The entity extending its tentacle into the planet's surface is incredibly strong, it seems to be a being of similar power to a Supreme Deity if not higher. It seems that it is trying to slowly absorb my energy and then… ultimately devour my core, but I do have a plan for it," said Gaia.

"You do?! That thing seems way out of my reach yet…" I said.

"Don't worry, guardian, you won't even need to fight it! After I regain enough energy by you defeating the monsters and demons, we can combine our strength and forcefully close the rift that leads to this entity, cutting off the tentacle in the process… maybe," said Gaia.

"I see… Well, we are still far from that," I said.

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