Volume 17 Chapter (1-5)

Chapter 1, Checking the situation on the 5th Floor

Regular meeting.

Once a month, the primary members of the 5th Floor gather at the Administration Floor meeting hall to report on the status of the town.

Kousuke didn't think it was particularly necessary, but the town members insisted. So it was decided that they hold regular meetings.

The members representing the town were made up of different groups. Three department heads from Crown. One from the Six Marquises, Alec. His three subordinates from the executive branch, and five summoners.

Meanwhile, all Administrative members of the Tower were present.

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First, Alec explained the current situation of the town on the 5th floor.

He began by reporting that the population of the town, which had recently exceeded 10,000 people.

This was not the total number of people, but just the number of permanent residents.

The term 'permanent residents' referred to those who had taken up residence in the town of the 5th Floor.

Those who lived in rented accommodation were also included in the number.

However, guests of inns and hotels were not included.

In short, thus the total number of registered residents and non-registered residents far exceeded 10,000.

The majority of the government's income came from the use of the transfer gate from outside the Tower, and rent paid from leasing land.

As the number of permanent residents increased, so did government revenue.

At the moment, there was no tax levied on residents, but it had been announced that a tax per head would be imposed in the future.

If they registered as residents, they would be subjected to this tax. So, there were people who prefer not to register, but that was fine.

Registering as a resident would mean making one's affiliation clear, and it would also be a form of identification.

This was why the same method was used in towns apart from the 5th Floor.

Rather, Alec and the rest of the executive branch decided to use a similar method.

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For now, that was the only tax on the residents, but there was another tax on those who did business.

This was also the case for those who opened their own stores.

At the moment, the most common private stores were restaurants.

The town on the 5th Floor was mostly made up of adventurers. So, a lot of businesses target them as clientele.

The major commercial guilds took over as innkeepers and hotels, and bought and sold objects that adventurers gather.

With the increased number of permanent residents, the guild had established a formal security force that was previously left to the adventurers.

Most of the members were former adventurers, though.

As the population increased, so did the number of crimes.

Without a security force, the town would be in shambles, so this organization was of absolute necessity.

However, there was a huge difference between the security forces in each town.

One of the punishments was being exiled from the Tower.

If they received this punishment, they would never be able to return to the Amamiya Tower again.

They would be marked by an inrevoakable magic patter, which would last a lifetime.

Some had already been sentenced to this punishment.

In addition to the security forces, various other organizations seemed to be on the move, and the council was beginning to function as a full-fledged government.

Alec and the others expected that the current population growth to continue for a while, as those who had lost their jobs in other towns had heard rumors of the 5th Floor town and were moving there.

Since the town was still new, there were still plenty of jobs available.

Thus, migrants would come for these job opportunities.

—

He then reported on Crown's activities.

With the addition of the Six Marquises, a new produce division was created.

The department was responsible for the management of mainly agriculture, forestry and livestock.

The Produce Department was to be completely responsible for producing food for the growing population of the town.

The head of the Produce Department was to be rotated among the Six Marquises.

At the moment, most of the produce was being purchased from outside the Tower. However, some produce from the 5th Floor was being increased little by little, including those from the farmland that had already been developed.

It seemed that the Six Marquises were aiming to produce most food within the Tower, with the idea of trading it outside the Tower afterwards.

Rather, they hoped to achieve this goal once the farmland and pastures they were currently developing became fully functional.

The ever-increasing population of the town has also been factored into the plan, so the Six Marquises' skills are being put to full use.

The Produce Department is managing not only agricultural products but also livestock products, but it would be awhile before results were seen from that.

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In addition to the newly created Produce Department, a Development Department was created.

Naturally, Isnani was the head of the department. However, she had been the only member in that department until now. Now, she had to recruit other members.

Isnani had been doing research on the Administration Floor, but it was decided that they would set up a new development room on the 5th Floor, which they would pass on the technology from.

Schmidt, Alec, and the rest of the team insisted on this, so it was decided to build it.

The reason why it was suggested, was because they had witnessed the first golem.

When Schmidt heard about the materials used, he was puzzled. However, these golems still seemed to be extremely valuable. Thus, he wanted to sell it as a highlight of the Tower.

Considering the time and effort involved, Kousuke and his team couldn't go to the trouble of making and selling them. So, they decided to create a new department to handle it.

Even though golems did not use divine power, they function using very advanced technology. Thus, creating a processing plant with enough golems would be time consuming and difficult. Nonetheless, they expect to make a good profit out of it.

Schmidt was a master in this area of expertise, and he had done his calculations.

If all goes well, they would be able to export not only to the Central Continent but to other continents as well.

After all, some materials from the Tower were already being exported to other continents.

—

The Craft Department was still operating as usual, except that some work had been transferred to the Produce Department.

The demand for construction work was as high as ever, and there was always a shortage of workers for it.

This was probably a good thing for the town, since people were coming from other towns in search of such jobs.

The problem would be when these jobs disappeared. This issue had been discussed many times between the executive branch and Crown.

It was a long-term issue, and one that would not end with a single decision. Thus, it would be a topic that would be discussed as long as the town continued to exist.

—

The last two reports were from the merchant and adventurer divisions.

There was a good reason why the two were reported at the same time.

The main topic of discussion was the Crown Branches that had been established in the towns to the east, west, south, and north of the Central Continent.

As for these branches, he mentioned that they were up and running smoothly and that temporary Crown cards were being issued without issue.

Although the status wasn't displayed on the temporary cards, rumors of Crown had spread, and there are many adventurers in each town who wish to register.

He was told that there were demands from each of the towns to install transfer gates, but he flatly refused to do so.

The biggest concern was the distribution of goods from the four cities with transfer gates to the towns in the east, west, south, and north. The adventurers registered in Crown's adventurer department were used to solve this problem.

In addition to escorting them during transportation, Crown also requested them to investigate the roads used for transportation.

Even so, it was common for them to be attacked during transportation, so they hired guards to protect them.

At one point, there was talk of an increase in the number of monsters on the road, but it seemed like they had managed to keep it under control.

This meeting concluded with news that Crown was beginning to be recognized as an important part of the Central Continent through its activities.

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Chapter 2, Level up the Southeast Tower

While the North and South Towers were the Holy Beast Tower and Magical Beast Tower, the Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest Towers were distinguished as the Four Attribute Towers.

Considering the size of the Towers, there were no members who objected to the distinction.

In addition, now that the first Golem had been created, they didn't have to think about how long it would take to set up the summoning circle, so they were able to do even more things.

However, since they only had one golem currently, there was a fear that if they gave it too much work, it might not be able to handle it.

Since there was still time to spare, they decided to increase the number of dependents in the Four Attribute Towers.

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First, the Northwest Tower, which was untouched, started being managed by Haku.

As with the other three Towers of the Four, one of the Floors became a Mini-Dragon territory.

However, as with the other Towers, it was not possible to completely suppress the naturally spawning monsters.

The same was true for the other three Towers, which seemed to be unable to control them.

In the northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest, the main dependents were spirit wraiths, slimes, Mini-Dragon, kobolds, and goblins.

They did the experiment with only one floor for Kousuke's convenience, and the rest were left free for others to manage.

A little while ago, he received a report from Peach that the Tower in the northeast had reached Tower LV4.

Now that the Tower had reached LV4, it was possible to summon intermediate monsters in the summoning circle.

She said that if all the summoning circles were changed to intermediate, the current dependents might all get eliminated, so she was changing them little by little.

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"Kousuke-san, the Southeast Tower is now at LV4."

"Whoa. Are you certain? And the intermediate monsters?"

"I'm able to summon them now. I'm going to replace them bit by bit, just like Peach."

Since the entire Floor was set to slimes only, management took some time.

Just setting up a summoning circle for food was quite a task.

This was the golem's purpose, but it still had difficulties in completing detailed tasks like replacing the summoning circle.

As a side note, Kouhi and Mitsuki were aiming to create a golem that could fulfill those requirements.

"I see. It's going to be a lot of work, but if we can replace all the summoning circles, I think we'll be able to make a good deal of profit."

"I guess so."

It was the same with Amamiya Tower. After they were able to install intermediate monster summoning circles, they were making a lot more profits.

But even without the circles, Amamiya Tower would still be in the black because of the World Tree and the Vermilinia Jewel.

—

"Speaking of which, I was expecting to see Unique Items in Towers other than this one, but we haven't found any, have we?"

"Unique Items?"

"Over here, it's something like the World Tree and Vermilinia Jewel."

Sylvia tilts her head a little and thinks.

"No, I suppose not. Speaking of those, they're Unique Items?"

"Yes, they are. But I'm not certain how I managed to move the Floor with it. The generation of divine power is decent. It's not like it stopped functioning like a divine stone or something, so it's even more confusing."

In the description of Amamiya Tower's list of installations, the World Tree and Vermilion Castle were clearly marked as 'exclusive to this tower'.

However, even after exchanging the Floor to the North and South Towers, they were still generating divine power and working just as they did when they were in Amamiya Tower.

"That's certainly true."

"Well, aside from Vermilion Castle, it's hard to imagine that the World Tree would stop working."

If the World Tree stopped functioning, it would mean the same thing as Esena not working.

Since Esena was still doing well after the Floor exchange, he judged that there was no problems.

—

While he and Sylvia were talking, Floria joined them.

"Kousuke, the Southwest Tower is now LV4, you know?"

"… Did it catch up with the others?"

Floria's report caused Sylvia to look slightly dejected.

The Southwest Tower was the last to be conquered, so management of it had been delayed.

Despite this, there was a difference in the ease with which dependents could be raised, which was why they were catching up on Tower levels.

Floria mainly summoned kobolds, goblins and the like in the Southwest Tower.

On the other hand, Sylvia summoned slimes, which were known to be the weakest monsters.

The ease of raising them was different.

"Don't worry too much about it. Besides, it's fun to watch slimes develop."

Kousuke firmly followed up.

"The other Floor has summoned other dependents, hasn't it? I don't think we need to worry too much about that."

As Floria said, the Tower in the southeast had summoned all the dependents except for the slimes to another floor.

However, as it was a 'Water' Tower, the aquatic monsters could not operate in areas without water, so they were unable to increase their numbers by much.

"I'm just guessing, but I think you'll be able to use slime a lot more once you start defeating intermediate monsters and start evolving."

This was just Kousuke's hope.

The story of the weakest slime evolving into the strongest slime was one of Kousuke's favorites.

However, Sylvia, who didn't know of such a thing, had a bit of a suspicion in her expression.

"I'll be happy if they grow up with all the hard work, right? Right?"

Kousuke, in a bit of a hurry, added a word that wasn't really a follow-up.

Sylvia noticed and let out a sigh once.

"Well, fine. It certainly is easy for them to evolve, so… That's why they're so easy to defeat."

Sylvia was right, the slime she was summoning in the Southeast Tower had already evolved into several variants.

However, even after they had evolved, they would still be defeated, which was typical of slimes.

Now that intermediate monsters could be summoned, she would like to see them evolve significantly, including their combat power.

"Yes, yes. So, what about the goblins?"

"I don't see any evolution in globins, as expected. However, among the goblins, there are those who have started creating tools."

"Eh…? Seriously?"

"Mm. Seriously. I mean, is it really that surprising? Ordinary goblins do that sort of thing, too, right?"

When Floria said that, Kousuke thought of Fantasy Staple's goblin.

In that story, there were some dexterous goblins who made weapons and such. However, he didn't think it would apply to summoned monsters as well.

"Creating tools, huh… Well, there are Ygrite people (Loli/Shota Race) in our house. Are there still dwarves?"

Kousuke confirmed something he hadn't checked before.

It wasn't that he had been avoiding them, but he didn't need a particularly strong weapon, so he hadn't bothered to ask.

Sylvia and Floria looked at each other.

Looking at them, Kousuke somehow got the idea.

"Could it be that there's some kind of problem?"

"No… I mean, I don't think the dwarves are going to come to the Tower."

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

Prompted by Kousuke, Floria started to talk about the current situation of the Dwarves.

—

The Dwarves that existed in this world precisely as what Kousuke had imagined them to.

Naturally, they were dexterous with their hands, especially when it came to making weapons and armor, and no one else excelled in the same way.

However, the dwarves had taken advantage of their characteristics and completely blended into human society, making them the second most populous race after humans.

They'd been able to segregate themselves so well over their long history that it was rare for them to migrate all the way to the Tower.

"I see. Well, it's not like we need strong weapons, and if we wanted them, we could just buy them, so we don't need them right now."

Kousuke didn't feel the necessity of inviting the Dwarves all the way to the Tower, since he had no reason to do so. He doubted that would change even if he wanted to start mass-producing weapons.

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Chapter 3, Sacred Magic Towers

It was decided that the North and South Towers would be referred to as Sacred Magic Towers together, as opposed to the Four Attribute Towers.

The World Tree and Vermilion Castle were on special Floors transferred to those two Towers. As such, those two Towers were unique. Their production of divine power was vastly different. Therefore, it was fine to distinguish between them from the other Towers.

Most of the divine power used in the current management of the Towers came from the Sacred Magic Towers.

As for Amamiya Tower, it was able to produce its own divine power because of the quantity of advanced monsters from the 91st Floor that were killed.

The Sacred Magic Towers, which was rich in divine power, were managed by Collete and Shrein. They seemed to be installing various things by taking advantage of the abundance of divine power.

However, the random installations did not seem to have much effect on the evolution of the dependents.

There were also some objects that had no known purpose, so it is likely that there were some objects that were meaningless.

There also existed such objects in Amamiya Tower.

There were even very ordinary things called 'pebble stones' that existed.

The description of the stone only said that it is 'just a stone'.

At first, Kousuke thought it could turn into something, but when he used his left eye, he found that it was really just a pebble.

He installed one stone and checked it. However, he could not tell which one it was because it was mixed in with the other stones.

He had no choice but to place it in the base to check it out, but he was unable to make out the significance of the stone at all.

As such, the other members of the team understood that these installations were also prepared as a kind of trap.

Both Collete and Shrein tried placing things that did not seem to make much sense, and they were not producing any good results.

Nevertheless, they were taking advantage of their abundant divine power to set up a number of summoning circles for their dependents.

Kousuke was happy that Golem No. 1 was ready, as were the other members of the group.

Since the group of dependents was increased by taking advantage of the size of the Floor, they were on a different scale than the Four Attribute Towers. Thus, the Sacred Magic Towers grew more quickly than the others.

Shrein and Collete reported this at about the same time.

""The Tower is now Level 5″"

"Eh? Really? Isn't that too fast?"

The report surprised even Kousuke.

It was even faster than when Amamiya Tower became Level 5.

"Well, it's because of the amount of divine power. It's great that we can do whatever we want, isn't it?"

"Also, unlike Kousuke, we summon many dependents."

When Kousuke was summoning wolves and foxes, he set them up in a way that made as little sacrifices as possible.

For Kousuke, it was done so because they were like family members, but for the girls, they were a kind of monster, so they were not really conscious of them.

Since they were Kousuke's dependents, they still used some degree of care, but there was still a big difference in attitude between them and Kousuke, who came from another world.

"But if the Levels are going up this quick, wouldn't it be natural for the Towers on the other continents to also increase their Levels quite a bit?"

Collete and Shrein looked at each other.

There were, of course, Towers on other continents that had also been conquered.

Above all, the messages they were receiving indicated the presence of other administrators.

However, there was not a single piece of evidence that proved the other Towers had at least reached Level 10.

There was a feature that appeared when Amamiya Tower became Level 10. It was a list of Towers that were currently Level 10. However, on that list, there were no names other than Amamiya Tower.

"You know, Kousuke. I don't know what the Level up requirements are for the other Towers, but do you think they can meet the requirement of becoming a God normally?"

"If there was such a person in the first place, it would have been a rumor by now."

"Uugh…!"

To begin with, Kousuke was the first living god in history.

He had heard this directly from the Goddesses of the Divine Realm, so there was no doubt about it.

"No, no, look. Maybe it's not a requirement to become a God, right?"

It was becoming clear that the conditions for leveling up the Tower depended on the circumstances.

Amamiya Tower, Sacred Magic Towers, and the Four Attribute Towers all had different requirements.

"That may be so, but I think it's also pretty much the same thing as making divine beasts your dependents before the Tower Levels up, isn't it?"

"Besides, Wanri's existence is also impossible under normal circumstances, right?"

Not to mention Nana, Wanri ranked almost one step ahead as a divine beast.

The existence of a nine-tailed fox itself could be considered a myth rather than a legend.

Nana and Wanri were already far from ordinary and Kousuke had them as his dependents.

"Ah…. Yes. I'm sorry. I understand, so please don't blame me anymore."

Kousuke, who could no longer bear the stares from Shrein and Collete, suddenly averted his gaze.

"And, by the way, what were the requirements to become Level 5?"

It was a blatant deflection by Kousuke, but Shrein and Collete originally had no intention of criticizing him anymore, so they went along with it.

"For me, it was to evolve my dependents into intermediate level monsters."

"The South Tower was the same."

In both the North Tower managed by Shrein and the South Tower managed by Collete, some summoned dependents had already evolved to become intermediate level monsters.

Unlike Amamiya Tower that had <Divine Water>, there was no clear reason for their evolution, but they had already evolved.

On the contrary, as long as they were numerous, there was a possibility that they could evolve even without something like <Divine Water>.

This happened not only in the Sacred Magic Towers, but also in the Four Attribute Towers.

"Hmmm… Was it a hasty assumption that <Divine Water> is involved in evolution?"

"No, wait. Aren't you jumping to a conclusion too quickly? I'm sure <Divine Water> has something to do with it"

"I agree. It's possible that <Divine Water> is involved in <Manipulation of Divine Power>, isn't it? I can't see the status of the dependents, so I don't know for sure."

Neither Shrein nor Collete could see Statuses, so they don't know what skills or titles the dependents had.

"I see. I could go look at it myself, but… it's inconvenient if you can't see Statuses…"

Collete and Shrein chuckled at Kousuke's words.

In the first place, being able to see Statuses was not normal.

It was not that it was inconvenient not to be able to see it. Instead, it was too convenient to be able to see something like that.

"No, it's normal not to be able to see Statuses, right?"

"That's true, but… Oh, I see. Is that why?"

"What?"

"No. Because you can't see Statuses, you can't see the skill structure, so you don't know the conditions for evolution?"

What he was talking about was the people who controlled the other Towers.

If they could not see Statuses in the first place, they would not be able to tell whether the summoned beasts were their dependents or not.

Some may not even know what it means to have a summoning circle with many summoned monsters and a summoning circle with few summoned monsters.

"Are you certain that's not a quirk?"

"No. What are the chances of that happening?"

"Well, some places only think of Towers as a place where they can gather resources."

The reason for entering the Towers in the first place was for adventurers to kill monsters and obtain materials from them.

Like Kousuke, they had never heard of building a town inside or summoning a summoned beast.

Of course, there may be rulers who knew about such things and hid them from the public.

Kousuke was the same, so he could not speak for others.

Collete asked. "So, does that mean that if you make it public, in a strange way, summoned beasts could be used in wars or something?"

"Oh, it's definitely possible."

Kousuke's face turned sullen at Shrein's affirmation.

"Then I guess I can't tell anyone about it."

"Yes, that's right. I think it's better if we don't tell them."

Collete nodded in agreement.

He looked and saw Shrein nodding as well.

He had originally intended to tell the girls. However, considering the possibility of summoned beasts being used in wars, this has become something that he needed to keep secret.

In the face of conflict, even Kousuke would not ignore the option of using summoned beasts.

If push came to shove, he would definitely use them.

Though, as long as Kouhi and Mitsuki were around, it would be difficult to imagine a situation in which they would have to send their dependents into the fray.

Kousuke decided not to tell the other members about this, as he wanted to avoid sowing the seeds of disaster.

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Chapter 4, New Fairies

Sylph suddenly came to Kousuke, who was watching Golem No. 1.

"Big brother, why don't you call the others?"

"….Yes?"

Kousuke was taken aback by her abrupt words.

Sylph's sudden appearance was always a surprise, but her words were so out of context that they caught him by surprise.

"What 'others' are you talking about?"

"The others are the others!"

Sylph emphatically explained, but he didn't understand, so he asked again.

Unfortunately, Sylph could be a bit peculiar in her speech, so sometimes, the conversation remained unclear.

He tried to understand what Sylph was trying to say, but gave up soon enough.

"…Esena, help me."

"Yes, big brother."

As soon as Kousuke called out, Esena appeared.

"Did Sylph do something again?"

"Terrible. I didn't do anything."

Sylph puffed out her cheeks.

"Ha ha. No, she didn't do anything. I mean, I need you to please translate for me."

"Oh, that's what you mean… What did you say this time?"

"I didn't say anything strange! I just asked if he could call the others!"

Kousuke had no idea what she meant by 'the others' so he called Esena.

"And that's why… Do you understand?"

"Yes. We are talking about the other Fairy Stones."

"What about the other Fairy Stones? What do you mean?"

"I think she means summoning them, like what you did with Sylph."

"Eh? I can summon them now?"

He had rarely visited the place where the Fairy Stone was located these days.

In other words, it was because he had forgotten about them.

He has been engrossed in the golem project, at the same time, he also grew bored with the unchanging statuses of the Fairy Stones.

"Big brother, did you forget?"

"Eh? No, well, no, not really, okay? I was just busy with other things."

"Muuu."

Kousuke turned to the side to avoid Sylph's gaze.

"Sylph, are the others ready, then?"

"Yes. All they need to do now is to ask for big brother's permission."

Kousuke was left out of the conversation between the two fairies.

"Umm, what do you mean?"

"It looks like the Fairy Stones are ready, so please give it one last push."

Esena explained to Kousuke.

"In other words, all I have to do is touch the Fairy Stones?"

"Yes!"

Sylph, who finally saw that Kousuke understood what she was saying, replied happily.

Kousuke headed for each floor where the Fairy Stones were set up, thinking that he would never have been able to communicate with them without Esena as his interpreter.

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Before heading to the Floors where the Fairy Stones were located, there was a bit of an incident.

Kouhi and Mitsuki, who were making the second golem, were working on something they couldn't let go of.

Kousuke said he would go without Kouhi and Mitsuki, but they declared, "Absolutely not!"

They insisted on coming along with him.

Kousuke thought they were being overprotective, but there was no way he could disobey them. Thus, he decided to wait until he could get Kouhi to let him go.

The wait was only about an hour, and Kouhi came to call him as soon as she was done.

So, accompanied by Kouhi, they headed for each floor where Fairy Stones were set up.

First, the 46th Floor, where the <Fairy Stone of Fire> was set up.

As before, he touched the <Fairy Stone> and sent divine power into it.

Then, just like the time with Sylph, a small fire fairy appeared.

At the urging of Esena and Sylph, who had come with him, he gave the fire fairy his divine power.

"Big brother, take care of me!"

A very manly fairy was born, and he was named Sala. Of course, it was after a Salamander.

Next was the 48th Floor, where the <Fairy Stone of Water> was located.

The process was the same as that of the 46th Floor.

First, he touched the <Fairy Stone>, poured divine power into it, and gave it one last push.

After that, Kousuke's divine power was passed directly to the water fairy that was born and grew.

"I look forward to working with you, oh big brother."

After being greeted, he named her Dinne and was pleased.

Next was the 81st Floor, where the <Fairy Stone of the Earth> was located.

Here, there was a brief struggle before heading to the <Fairy Stone of the Earth>.

Kousuke was hit by Nana's rush attack.

Kousuke praised Nana in his heart for her swift attack less than a minute after entering the gate.

Adding Nana into his group, he went to the <Fairy Stone of Earth> and used the same procedure as before to give birth to the Fairy of Earth.

"Big brother, I'm looking forward to working with you."

The earth fairy, whose appearance seemed to be the oldest of the four fairies, greeted him.

The name was changed slightly from Gnome to Noll.

Finally, there was the 80th Floor with the <Fairy Stone of Wind>.

He was wondering if a wind type fairy would be the same as Sylph, but like the previous fire fairies, it flew towards the flying dragons.

Kou was its target. Esena and the other four attribute fairies present were unsure whether it was just a coincidence or inevitable.

Kou combined with the wind fairy and an Evolution took place, just as when the phoenix pair was born.

Unique Name: Kou

Race Name: Divine Flying Dragon

Inherent Skills: Biting Level 8, Flying Level 8, Scouting Level 7, Wind Magic Level 6, Understanding Language (dependents) Level 6, Manipulation of Divine Power Level 6

Gifted Skill: Communication Level 5 Wind Benefit Level 1 Wind Attribute Level 3

Title: Kousuke's kin, Divine Beast of the Wind

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Compared to the other flying dragons, it was one size larger.

The flying dragons were large, and they were intimidating.

However, in front of Kousuke, their intimidation seemed cute.

Incidentally, even though they had grown bigger, they still made the same 'kyuo' call as before, which allowed Kousuke's group to still understand them.

After enjoying a short stroll in the sky for about an hour, they returned to the management floor.

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When Collete saw Kousuke, who had suddenly brought home fairies of all four attributes, materialized, she became dizzy and almost collapsed.

Sylvia, who was standing next to her, hurried to support her.

"Hey, Collete, are you all right?"

Sylvia was waving her hands left and right in front of Collete's eyes.

Shrein, who was looking at her, said while holding her temples.

"…I was surprised when you became a god, but this time, it's even more amazing."

"Eh? Eeh!"

Kousuke panicked at their combined reaction.

For Kousuke, he had not expected such a reaction from simply adding another Fairy to the mix, as he had done with Sylph.

It also appears that Kousuke was not the only one who thought so.

"Is it that big a deal~?"

Peach asked Shrein, tilting her head.

Sylvia had a similar expression on her face.

For Sylvia, a priestess, it was not as surprising as when he became a living god.

"For people like us who deal with spirits, fairies are the stuff of legends. And to be able to command all four attributes is an accomplishment on par with being a spirit god, you know?"

"I see."

Shrein could only remain calm like this because of Collete, who was more than distraught.

It could well be that Collete, who was the closest person to the spirits, was deeply shakened.

Shrein continued to explain to Sylvia, who was still puzzled.

"If he suddenly brought back four low-ranked gods in front of you, even you would be like this, wouldn't you?"

"….I see, that makes sense."

No matter how many Sylphs there were originally, the impact was different when you see fairies of all four attributes in front of them.

Even if they had the <Fairy Stone> and could have predicted this to happen, it was still a huge shock to see them in front of their own eyes.

Kousuke thought it was a bad idea to take them home without saying anything.

"Oh, um, I'm sorry. So, Collete, are you okay?"

"No, well, I'm fine! I was just a little startled!"

Collete managed to get up, but when she saw the four fairies again, she nearly tripped again but managed to hold her ground.

It seemed that her rationale had kicked in so that she wouldn't have to go through the same thing twice.

Shrein patted Collete on the shoulder in sympathy.

"Maybe you should be prepared for more than what you're currently experiencing."

"When you say more… what do you mean by that?"

"That, you know…"

Kousuke wondered for a while whether to butt in on the disturbing conversation between the two, and eventually decided not to.

Somehow, he felt that the way they were looking at him was telling him not to ask any more questions.

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Chapter 5, With Floria

Thanks to the construction of Golem No. 1, Kouske no longer had to think about feeding time.

For Amamiya Tower, which had many floors, there could be no better advantage than this.

So, he decided to summon more dependents on empty floors.

He chose the floor to summon from the nine floors that used to be the floors of the former South Tower.

The 11th Floor had already summoned Mini Dragons, so he increased the number to 50 for the time being.

On the 12th Floor, 13th Floor, and 14th Floor, he summoned Wraiths, Slimes, and Goblins, respectively.

He wanted to see if there was any difference in growth by summoning monsters the same as those in the Four Attribute Towers.

Incidentally, the 12th Floor, where Wraiths were summoned, had its design changed to a dungeon.

The function to change the environment of the Floor was originally provided as a function of the Tower, but in the early days, too much divine power was required for it to be practical.

Although it used a certain amount of divine power, the change was made at a necessary expense.

In the early days, however, there was neither the time nor the room to verify such things.

As for the other dependents, Kousuke summoned them, and they were registered in the menu, so they were used to increase the quantity of them.

He summoned 50 dependents on each floor.

He also set up the usual set of objects.

The 12th Floor, which was designed as a dungeon, also had a base of operations in a location with a reasonable size.

The naturally spawning monsters were automatically switched to those appearing on the 51st Floor when the dungeon specification was set, but this could also be something that needs to be verified in the future.

It made sense that the naturally spawning monsters would change depending on the environment.

Since there was no plan to invite adventurers, treasure chests were omitted.

Some monsters might collect the contents of the treasure chests, but it would be wasteful to set them up just for that purpose.

The addition of traps was omitted for the same reason.

The goal was to defeat the monsters and increase the level of dependents, but there was no point in using traps to reduce the number of the monsters.

As for the 11th Floor, 13th Floor, and 14th Floor, the environment remained the same.

However, the original environment was originally the floor in the South Tower, so it was not exactly the same as other floors.

When the floor with the World Tree was exchanged, the lower floor of the South Tower was exchanged, so the monsters that appeared were also low-level monsters.

As with the Slime, the Goblins were not as strong as a Template, so they were just as good as the Slime.

When evolved individuals appeared, the plan was to increase the number to a hundred at once.

After that, they decided to increase the number of them as they went, depending on how things progressed.

However, they would not summon their dependents to occupy the entire floor, unlike the Four Attribute Towers.

The reason for this was simply that the Floor was too large, and it would take too much time and effort to summon them.

Kousuke then considered how to make the most of the remaining Floor.

As for the number of dependents, he did not plan to increase the number of types because it would be too many to keep track of.

Since the first through the seventieth floors were to be used by adventurers, Kousuke would actually only have about seventy floors at his disposal, or sixty-seven floors to be exact.

Kousuke and his dependents only occupied less than 20 floors, so there was still plenty of room to spare.

It would not be interesting to simply increase the number.

That being said, there was nothing he could come up with immediately that would be useful at all.

Kousuke's thoughts were thus trapped in a loop, but the other members were doing what they always did and left it alone.

It was also true that there was nothing special to do on the four floors, which were practically newly set up, unless there was a major movement such as evolution.

Incidentally, Golem no. 1, which was created with a lot of effort, was useful for setting up food for Amamiya Tower, and it was well received by other Towers as well, especially those belonging to the Four Attributes.

Although they were a smaller floor area, it was still a burden for them to set up the summoning circles for food, since the whole floor was filled with their dependents.

"…So, Kousuke, what are you thinking about again, frowning like that?"

Floria spoke to Kousuke, who was relaxing on the sofa in the relaxation space.

"Hey, you know… Please don't make it sound like I'm always doing something wrong."

"You're not?"

She said, sounding genuinely surprised.

"No, I'm not. It's simply that I happened to accidentally strike something that, from everyone else's point of view, I'm doing…"

"I think that's what you call doing something wrong, isn't it?"

Even if it was a fluke, if it continued to happen, it became inevitable.

Floria gave him a glare, and Kousuke looked away.

He reminded himself that this was not a good excuse.

"Ah, yeah. Well, is that all you want to tell me?"

"I guess you could say that, yeah?"

Floria stared at Kousuke for a while, but then burst out laughing.

"Don't give me that look. I'm not accusing you of anything."

"…Really?"

"Yes. Kousuke, you are the reason we're here in the first place. Isn't it because of all the things you're doing? That we can be here like this?"

"Well, that's true."

With regard to the very first attack on Amamiya Tower, it was completely accomplished by Kouhi and Mitsuki, but after that, it was mostly Kousuke's doing.

Of course, he did not forget about Wahid and other summoned members.

Seeing Kousuke in such a state, Floria sat down on the sofa where Kousuke was lying down and forced him to sit up and linked her arms around him.

"…Floria?"

"Hmph. What? Isn't it nice to do this sometimes?"

"Hmph. Hey, isn't it nice sometimes?"

"No, it's not that I don't like it…"

It was rare for Floria to directly ask for physical contact like this.

He had a feeling of, 'I'm doing what I should be doing, so what's the point now?' but he was reminded of what he needed to do.

They sat together for a while, not talking about anything, until Kousuke suddenly remembered and asked her a question.

"Speaking of which, don't you have to go see Alec or something?"

"What, all of a sudden? No, it's because it's a time like this… If you ask me if I want to see him, of course I want to see him, but I don't want to push him to see me. If I wanted to, I could meet him here."

He and Floria had met in the meeting space on the Administration Floor on several occasions, as Alec had been there several times.

"No, well, yes. Alec isn't the only one coming over here, is he?"

"Yeah, my mother also comes here, but… What? Why are you talking so much about that side of things today?

"No, I don't mean anything in particular. I just thought you might be lonely. Especially after what happened when you came here."

Both Alec and Floria previously considered their situation to be one where they were pushed around by slavers.

It wasn't until they came to the Management Floor that they understood that it was a complete misunderstanding.

On the contrary, they now have a relationship that was unexpected at the time.

"Don't tell me about what happened back then… No, that's a good memory now."

Floria muttered, then giggled and wrapped her intertwined arms around him even tighter.

"Like that time, I had what you might call, made a calculated move when you first held me."

"…I've noticed that, well, yeah. Of course I would."

"…Yes. But now it's all over now, you know?"

Kousuke's expression of surprise at Floria's sudden confession was evident.

"What's with that face? I know what you want to say, but even I would be hurt by that, you know?"

"No, sorry. I didn't think you were going to say something like that."

"I'm sure you're right. I'm surprised, myself."

With a mischievous look on her face, Floria giggled for a moment.

In fact, Floria had never thought she had the personality to come out and say something like this.

She was definitely aware that Kousuke had changed her.

"Well, it's not a bad change, is it?"

"Well, I suppose. Or rather, I welcome it."

Kousuke and Floria both started laughing together.

"Aah! No flirting in everyone's presence!"

Their time together came to an end with Collete's voice.

The other members, noticing Collete's voice, came up to her and asked. "What's going on?"

So, unfortunately, the rare time for just the two of them to spend alone together had come to an end.