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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
About two months after Razequa Amamiya was founded, there was a bit of hustle and bustle in the city of the Fifth Floor.
The center of the commotion was the square in front of the city gate.
A group of nearly two hundred people had gathered there.
The group was uniformly armed.
It was obvious at a glance that their equipment was different from that of the guards protecting the town.
They were the first group of anti-monster warriors ever organized in the Central Continent.
In terms of affiliation, they were an army belonging to Razequa Amamiya.
However, since there were no other nations in the Central Continent, it was unlikely that there would ever be a war between humans.
Even if there were, it would be limited to sporadic skirmishes with unaffiliated villages and towns.
Moreover, few places would be willing to challenge the momentum of Razequa Amamiya.
Even if one looked to the other continents, there would be few nations that would be willing to attack Razequa Amamiya because of the geographical conditions that would require crossing by ship and the fact that the ships could be sunk by the tower’s offensive weapons.
Thus, Razequa Amamiya had little need for an anti-personnel force, but when it came to monsters, it was a different story.
The Central Continent was a monster-ridden continent.
A monster outbreak could occur at any time.
Considering this, it was not surprising that Razequa Amamiya, the first nation to be established in the Central Continent, would prepare an army against monsters.
Moreover, maintaining an army in the tower would solve the distance problem to some extent by using a transfer gate.
Although a destination agency was obviously necessary, it was only for monitoring purposes.
Of course, when dealing with monsters, such logic may not always apply.
Nevertheless, there was a possibility of preventing monster attacks in large outbreaks more than ever before.
If information from adventurers who normally work in the vicinity of a town indicated that there was an outbreak, they could rush to the scene immediately.
To do so, it was necessary to create a new organization that had never existed before, and it was they who gave form to this new organization in front of the castle gate.
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It had been two months since Razequa Amamiya was founded.
They… The subjugation army was hard at work in classrooms and training.
Unlike the guards, their opponents were monsters, not humans.
Because of this, naturally, many of them were formerly adventurers.
Some of them were new recruits, so this was their first battle.
The strike force was headed for the 40th Floor.
In order to prepare the gold mine, a transfer gate was set up so that the 40th Floor could be made independent of the existing traffic route, and the 40th Floor could be directly accessed from the 5th Floor.
The 39th Floor and the 46th Floor, which had been connected up to now, could be accessed by skipping the 40th Floor separately.
The connections would be 5th Floor⇔40th Floor, 39th Floor⇔46th Floor, and so on.
Of course, the 5th Floor was still linked to the 4th and 6th Floors.
The 40th Floor was originally a desert area, but for this project, it was transformed into a floor with a large mine.
Of course, the main focus was the gold mine.
The entire floor was completely reconstructed, so the cost was not a small expense, but considering what would happen in the future, it would hardly be a major burden.
Furthermore, the reason for sending in the strike force this time was to recover a portion of what they could acquire.
In conjunction with their training, the plan was to have the Summoned monsters join in clearing the monsters.
After moving to the 40th Floor, the team did not immediately head for the mountains, but instead created a base of operations.
This training also served as training for long-term warfare.
While all the units were preparing their bases, the scouting team was also surveying the surrounding area for any monsters that might be in the vicinity and on the mountain.
Of course, Kousuke did not inform them of the number and types of monsters he had prepared.
Reconnaissance became important because they did not know where the monsters were positioned and what kind of monsters might be there.
There was a suggestion that it would be better to have them do reconnaissance first, but again, that suggestion was rejected because the training was also for a long-term battle.
It was agreed that the training was to search for and conquer unknown territories.
Of course, the only thing they were informed of was that there was a gold mine in that place.
In some cases, the strike force may be tasked with surveying the environment of the Central Continent, so this training was also a practical exercise in that regard.
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“Hey! They’re coming up on your right!”
“Five new ones at two o’clock!”
Various shouts were exchanged across the battlefield.
The new recruits sent out to the battlefield this time had to do their best to avoid getting caught in the middle.
Former adventurers, who had now become experienced soldiers sent to kill monsters, were busy trying to kill the monsters that attacked them.
The reason for this state of affairs was the number of monsters that had appeared.
When the Upper Floor Department received the report from the reconnaissance unit, they wondered what kind of joke it was.
“Are you sure there is no mistake?”
“Yes. No matter how we estimate it, there are at least two hundred monsters of intermediate level in the area. At most, there are more than three hundred.”
The repeated reports created a heavy atmosphere in the tent.
Everyone’s inner thoughts were probably united in saying, “Was this some kind of joke?”
The reason why the number of reports from the reconnaissance was vague was that they had returned to the tent after deciding that it would be too dangerous to investigate further.
The upper floor department was reminded that they had been too complacent.
The battle was prepared on the Administration Floor of the tower.
If that was the case, they had assumed that it would be an easy one, that they would not have to prepare anything that was impossible to conquer.
The feeling that they could get through the battle without sacrificing anything was quickly blown away.
There were at most three hundred intermediate level monsters against a force of two hundred, including new recruits.
No matter how they thought about it, this was not an opponent that could be taken lightly.
If the 200 soldiers on their side were all veterans, they might manage to get by, but if they included new recruits, there was no telling how many they would be able to handle.
That said, they had no choice but to do their best.
They had been told by the Queen, to whom they owed allegiance, that it was a number they should be able to defeat.
As a result, the members of the Upper Floor Department decided to make a full-scale plan to attack the enemy.
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There were people watching the battlefield from above.
They were the management members, including Kousuke.
Of course, Floria was also included.
They were not magically levitating, but were watching the battlefield from aboard Kou and the other flying dragons.
Their conversations were conducted using Divine Power.
<They are putting up a good fight, but is it going to be difficult soon?>
<… Yes. If they continue like this, there will definitely be casualties.>
Despite this much fighting, there had been no casualties so far.
Because this was a training exercise, they were strictly ordered not to let any deaths occur.
This was one of the reasons why the attack was somewhat limited.
<But if a group of this size can’t push through, is there a problem?>
<Well, that will be an issue for the future.>
To Shrein’s concern, Floria calmly responded.
For Floria, the Upper Floor Department would benefit just from learning about the limitations of the current strike force because of this incident.
<So, do you want to intervene?>
<Mm. Let’s do so.>
If they continued any longer than this, there would likely be casualties.
Floria quickly decided that Kousuke should intervene.
After Kousuke and the others intervened, the matter was easily settled.
Nana, who had shown her true strength, howled, and with only that, the monsters abandoned the battle and dispersed.
Those who had been able to continue the battle watched in amazement as Nana ran happily after them.
Nana, in her true form, had the appearance of a divine beast, and was in no mood to be meddled with.
It was not a situation where they were able to keep up with the sudden change in the battlefield.
No one, including Kousuke, knew that those who saw Nana at that time would come to call her the <Guardian Beast of the Tower>.
