Chapter 7, The Current State of the Tower

1) Capture the other remaining Towers.

2) Increase the number of existing summoned beasts to expand their habitat.

3) Summon more Monsters.

4) Place Treasure Chests for Adventurers who have begun to conquer the 50th to 60th floor of the Dungeon Area.

5) Other (Development of divine tools, monitoring of already occupied Towers, etc.)

Kousuke pondered over the tasks he could currently envision.

Although there are only two left for the first task, it will probably take a few days to complete.

As for the second and third tasks, there are plenty of empty floors, so they can be worked on at any time.

As for the fourth task, it would be difficult to find the right ratio, since adventurers would stay solely in the dungeon if the floors were positioned badly.

Furthermore, the 70th floor is difficult for adventurers to conquer because of the higher ranking monsters that appear after the 60th floor.

If it were so easy to defeat the high-ranked monsters, it would be strange that the surrounding six Towers had not been conquered yet, let alone the Tower of Amamiya.

That’s how tough it is to defeat a high-ranked monster.

Even if Kouhi and Mitsuki are exceptions, Nana and Wanli are more than a threat to the adventurers.

In the meantime, there’s no reason to rush. The Towers that have already been captured are entrusted to the other members, so Kousuke basically has no intention of meddling in them.

Kousuke doesn’t want to be an overbearing boss.

That’s why he chose to start gathering information for the fourth task.

He had asked Gisele, the Chief of the Defrayer Clan, to gather information from the adventurers who were in charge of the attack.

To meet with Gisele, Kousuke and Mitsuki headed to the 79th floor.

Despite the sudden visit, Gisele greeted Kousuke with a smile.

In Comparison to their previous life as fugitives, life in this Tower had certainly enriched the Defrayer clan.

Not only in the material sense, but also in the sense that they can train peacefully.

There is no denying that the tough life on the run has made the clan stronger, but that can be made up for by defeating the various monsters that appear in the area.

In addition, the summoning of monsters for training can be freely used, so there is no better environment than this.

In this sense, Kousuke has become the savior of the Defrayer clan.

He doesn’t want to be treated that way, though, so he doesn’t do anything excessive.

Until now, with Peach around, Kousuke has not had to come directly to the village, but that will probably change in the near future.

Peach will be busy maintaining the northeast Tower.

The information from the Defrayer clan is very important for the management of the Tower.

The Defrayers are experts in espionage, but so far they haven’t been able to play an active role.

Rather, as long as they are related to the management of the Tower, they are unlikely to play an integral role.

But that doesn’t mean Gisele is going to neglect those skills.

“Hmm. I see. That’s very helpful.”

Kousuke said as he glanced at the report that Gisele had given him.

The report described the state of the adventurers who were operating in the Tower.

Before reaching the 50th floor, which is the dungeon floor, adventurers ranging from low-level to mid-level are active.

They seemed to be making a living mainly from gathering herbs and materials from monsters.

In fact, as the age-old saying goes, ‘use everything you can’. So, all the materials you can get from monsters should be put to good use.

There are cases where the value of the material is reduced due to overhunting, but there is no chance that the demand will go away.

That’s how integrated monster materials are into their daily lives.

In this sense, the problems start from the 50th floor where the dungeon floor starts.

Currently, the floors from the 50th floor to the 60th floor are being conquered by high-level adventurers.

The floors of the dungeon from the 50th level onward are filled with undead monsters, mainly skeletons.

The materials from these monsters are not that great.

You can make a lot more money by hunting on the 45th floor than by defeating undead monsters.

However, the reason why high-level adventurers still attack the dungeon is because of the existence of treasure chests.

There is already a lot of information circulating among adventurers about treasure chests.

For example, the location of a treasure chest never changes, and the contents of the chests are always restored after they have been left unattended for a certain amount of time.

In addition, it seems that the quality of the contents of a treasure chest increases depending on how long it has been left unattended.

Kousuke was unaware of this fact.

The Tower’s control menu only allowed for the placement and removal of treasure chests.

It didn’t say what changes would be made to the contents.

In addition, it is also possible to place specific items inside the placed treasure chests.

Kousuke was planning to use that feature to tweak the contents of the treasure chests, but after reading this report, he doesn’t think it was really needed.

[I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see, at least for the time being.]

As more and more parties attack the dungeon, there will probably be conflicts over treasure chests, but that’s their problem.

Kousuke believed that the assortment of loot would soon have an unspoken rule among adventurers.

The Tower would never dare to regulate it.

Incidentally, the Safe Zone has been widely noticed and is being utilized effectively by the adventurers.

At first, there seemed to be some hesitation, but now, however, they are pleased and it has become a very popular spot.

After reading these reports, Kousuke decided that for the time being, there was no need to do anything about it.

He also assumed that there would be no parties going beyond the 60th floor of the dungeon, which beyond included the 70th and 72nd floors.

Kousuke had no plans to place a Safe Zone beyond the 70th floor.

As a general rule, adventurers would only be allowed to operate up to the 72nd level.

If any party were to reach the 60th floor, the transfer gate leading to the 70th floor would be closed or rendered inoperable, skipping the floor.

Kousuke also had no intention of inviting adventurers to the level where the wolves were and have them killed.

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In the report that Gisele handed me, there was a statement that caught my attention.

It said that the monsters in the Central Continent may have started their active phase.

“What is this about monsters entering a period of activity?”

Giselle nodded in response to Kousuke’s question.

“We haven’t confirmed it yet, but it seems that the roads connecting the cities of the continent are being attacked more and more by monsters.”

“Are you sure about this?”

“Well, this has happened many times in history. In addition, there will be a transfer gate there now.”

Even so, it’s not necessarily connected to all the cities.

It wouldn’t be a good omen, no matter how you look at it, if the roads to and from the city are blocked.

“Hmmm… I don’t want to lose commerce if the roads are blocked…”

“Kousuke-sama. I understand your concern, but Crown can’t do much about it.Or are you going to mobilize all the adventurers to do something about it?”

Mitsuki intervened.

“I won’t go that far, but don’t you think it’s possible that the increase in monsters on the roads is due to the adventurers coming to the Tower?”

“I think it’s possible, but that’s for each town’s government to consider.”

“If the Crown does anything unnecessary at this stage, it will be interfered with in many ways.”

After all, it is a matter of politics.

For now, Crown does not belong to any organization, except for the Tower Administration.

If Crown moves without a request, it will reveal many opportunities to be taken advantage of.

This is why Schmidt and Gazeran are not currently acting.

“…Well, Politics is a pain after all.” Kousuke muttered