Volume 18 Chapter 3, Initial Objective

Although this new feature had been added, it was difficult to experiment with.

If it worked only inside the Towers, as was the case in the past, there would be no problem.

However, this time, the effects were completely outside the Towers.

Therefore, they decided to refrain from conducting the experiment because it might lead to problems if done carelessly.

It might be possible to at least see how strong the Barrier would be after being stretched around the Towers, but there was currently no need to do that.

It would only be usable in preventing ships from entering. Which would only be helpful if another continent declared war on them or something similar.

Or, if a Tower on another continent could do the same thing, there may be situations where it would be useful. Though, that would be unlikely as Floria had stress.

If such a function were available, it would have been used in the wars that took place in the past. But no one had heard of such a thing.

Of course, Floria did not know the history of every continent, but she had never heard anything similar, at least not on the continent where she lived as a princess.

She added that if such a thing did happen on another continent, it would definitely have been passed on as a folktale.

After all, this was something that could change the balance of power and alter the nature of a country.

For this reason, it was decided that the cheat function added this time would not be used except in case of an emergency.

“Speaking of which, Haku.”

“Yes?”

“I was wondering if anything has changed since the Towers got upgraded Level 4.”

Kousuke decided to check with Haku.

There had been many things that had happened until now, and he had been putting off the confirmation.

“Nah. Nothing has changed. Oh, there are a few individuals that have evolved a little?”

Haku was responsible for administration in the Northwest Tower. Because she just started recently, her Tower was the last to level up.

Kousuke was not particularly concerned about this, but there was an atmosphere of competition among the members.

However, since it was just at the stage where it became a topic of conversation, Kousuke left it alone.

If the atmosphere deteriorated because of that, he would stop it before anything else happened.

Regardless of the results, Kousueke wouldn’t interfere with the members unless something really strange happened and would let them compete on their own, which was either part of his personality or just him being considerate.

The Tower of Four Attributes and the Tower of the Holy Beasts and Magic Beasts developed in different ways because they had different circumstances in the first place.

There also existed an atmosphere in which it was useless to compare them with each other because of their differences.

“I see. What else has changed?”

“Hmmm. Nothing in particular?

“Okay. I understand. Thanks.”

All Towers had exceeded Level 4, allowing them to summon intermediate monsters.

Thanks to this, the way Divine Power entered the system had evolved.

Except for the Northwest Tower, which had recently reached Level 4, the Summoning Circles already in place were replaced with intermediate ones.

The Divine Power of the Holy Magic Tower, where the World Tree and Vermilion Castle were located, as well as the other three Towers were already in the black, supply wise, albeit only slightly.

The Northwest tower could also set up an intermediate Magic Circle, so it would only be a matter of time before all the Towers became profitable.

However, if there was a problem, it would be that there was currently no way to use the Divine Power.

This may sound like a luxurious problem since they started managing the Towers, however, there was nothing that could be done about it.

Kousuke considered that until now, he had devoted himself to encouraging the growth of the summoned beasts, and unless other goals were pursued, new developments would not take place.

That being said, there was no way he would be able to find a new goal so easily, and it was one of his worries.

Of course, it was not only Kousuke who was thinking about it. The other members pondered over it as well, but what are the chances they could come up with something good while Kousuke hadn’t?.

As a result, he was still focusing his research on summoned beasts while trying to find new goals.

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“Oh? What’s bothering you again?”

It was Collete who approached the distressed Kousuke.

“Oh, Collete. It seems that Nana and Wanri have finished evolving, so I haven’t found anything that I can do at Amamiya Tower.”

“What about the other dependents?”

“Of course, it would be better if they evolve, but I don’t think there is any need to rush them to evolve.”

Collete nodded in agreement with Kousuke’s statement.

“That’s true. It seems we don’t have to rush to earn Divine Power anymore.”

“I guess that’s true~.”

After saying this, Kousuke flopped down and lay down on the sofa.

Kousuke was now in a state where he had lost sight of his purpose and goal.

Kouhi, who couldn’t help but notice this, unusually interrupted him.

“Kousuke-sama. Have you lost sight of the purpose of capturing this Tower in the first place?”

Kousuke’s reason for capturing Amamiya Tower in the first place was to obtain a safe base.

In that sense, it could be said that the base had already been secured.

When he thought about it, Collete, Sylvia, and Floria also came to the Administration Floor under similar circumstances.

“I see. It’s true that we’ve done many things in the past, but we don’t have to try to force ourselves to do something.”

For Kousuke, the operation of the Towers was going too well because he had tried many things, and they had worked well.

He thought he had to continue in the same vein, but that was not the case.

“We have a goal to make the Tower Level 10, but what more is there?”

Collete’s words made Kousuke tilt his head.

The condition for Tower Level 10 was to become a God. How could anything more than that be possible?

“I suppose you’re right. Then why don’t we just take it easy and not think about anything else?”

Amamiya Tower became Level 10 because Kousuke was able to unintentionally become a living god.

He did not know if there was a higher Level, but he did not think he could meet the conditions for that.

“…at least not in the way that I would expect. That too, I guess. I’ll just take it easy from now on.”

“Well, I think Kousuke is the one who does many things when he says that.”

Collete teased Kousuke by saying such things.

“Wow, how awful of you to say that. But it’s hard to deny it.”

“Oh. You’re taking a step forward from what you’ve been doing, just by being more self-aware.”

Collete pushed Kousuke, who was depressed, even harder.

Of course, Kousuke wasn’t seriously depressed and he knew she was just having fun with the teasing.

“Ah. Yes, yes. It was my fault, sorry.”

While speaking with Collete, Kousuke started to feel somewhat sleepy, so he laid down on the sofa and closed his eyes.

Collete saw this and came up to Kousuke, looking a little flustered.

“Oh, sorry. Did I say too much?”

“Nuh-uh? No, nothing like that. I’m sorry, I really just feel a little sleepy.”

Collete let out a sigh of relief when Kousuke said this with his eyes closed.

“I see. Why don’t you go ahead and get some sleep? There’s still time before dinner.”

“Yeah… I guess I’ll do that.”

Kousuke said and went quiet.

When Collete saw this, she quietly sat down beside where Kousuke was sleeping.