Let's start walking

You rise to your feet with your realization that you can't really begin to conquer the world or defeat the heroes without first getting an idea of where you are and that means finding signs of civilization. As you walk you take the time to go over what you are aware of that you can do and what you will need to try soon. One of the first things you think of is the domain you had apparently been given as one of your angel blessings. It should be a customizable realm for you and a safe place to rest if it got dark before you found anything. You wondered if it would come pre designed to your own fantasy preferences or if you would decide everything when you first visited it. Probably something to check sooner than later but for now you wanted to continue your travel through the grasslands of the new world.

The second thing you think of is the divine miracle that you had taken. The key to Apollyon. According to the angel named after a Disney princess it would allow you access to the realm that defeated monsters were put into. The question was where it would place you once you decided to enter the realm. Would it place you in an area close to whatever your current strength could handle or would it drop you in front of a final boss character and lead to an early game over. The angel had seemed to want to convince you to be a good person and hell maybe you would be if you felt so inclined and killing you with the divine miracle you chose would be counterproductive to that. But then again maybe he was a divine asshole and would want to kill you before you had a chance to screw over the light. You gave each option about fifty fifty odds which led to another question.

Where was the key?

You felt around your pants and checked the shirt you were wearing. You were somewhat surprised to have been given clothes considering you were being reborn as a monster, human shaped or not, but they weren't anything special either just a plain gray shirt and pants. Neither of which had any pockets to hold anything in, which meant no key to a realm of the damned in easy access. Maybe you had to summon it. Raising up your hand you pictured the key appearing there and to your shock the malevolent key appeared instantly. You imagined the key disappearing and it did before you resummoned it again. You did it a few more times and smiled at the disappearing and reappearing key before stopping and simply holding it in your hand. It was good to know it seemed like you couldn't lose it with your ability to summon and unsummon it at will and you would definitely admit to being tempted to open the gates and explore Apollyon.

But were you strong enough to enter? You were already a tier two sorcerer and assassin by virtue of the classes that the two goddesses had given you but that didn't tell you where your actual stat line was right now. Still remembering your classes and the advantage of being able to cloak yourself in shadows to hide yourself made you tempted to risk a trip to see if you could start you level grinding early.

Decisions, decisions.