Book 5: Volume 1 Chapter 19, Conquering the Tower System

Translator: Kazumi

Editor: Silavin

 

The conquest battle had concluded, but certain obligations remained.

 

Since the conditions established by Crown and Razequa Amamiya were being met through their respective organizations, Kousuke and his group needed to capture one of the Towers in the Santo Emingo Kingdom.

 

Santo Emingo Kingdom, with its vast territory, possessed several unconquered Towers, and one had been designated during negotiations.

 

During negotiations, they hadn’t been obligated to accept this particular Tower, so they’d gratefully agreed to conquer it rather than create unnecessary friction.

 

The Tower was located near the border between Santo Emingo Kingdom and Flores Kingdom.

 

King Pedro had undoubtedly recommended this Tower with consideration for the relationship between Razequa Amamiya and Flores Kingdom.

 

That said, capturing a Tower nearest to Flores Kingdom did not guarantee any immediate benefits.

 

Still, it was natural for a nation to move with an optimistic goal in mind.

 

Whether Amamiya Tower would accommodate Santo Emingo Kingdom’s underlying plans remained another matter entirely.

 

Setting aside such hidden considerations, Kousuke and his group immediately departed to conquer the Tower.

 

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A week after the end of the Conquest Battle, Kousuke and his companions arrived at the base of the new Tower.

 

The team consisted of four people and two ‘animals’: Kousuke, Kouhi, Mitsuki, Mia, Nana, and Wanri.

 

Since Mia would be registered as Head Administrator after this conquest, her presence was essential.

 

Normally, Mikage would have accompanied them as bodyguard, and she had insisted on joining, but Kousuke had refused her request.

 

With Kouhi and Mitsuki present, they could undoubtedly conquer the Tower.

 

Mia was essential this time, and strictly speaking, only Kouhi and Mitsuki were necessary. However, since that would mean both would be separated from Kousuke simultaneously, which they would never allow for, Kousuke became the required ‘baggage’.

 

These considerations had determined the current team composition.

 

Mia appeared impressed upon seeing the Tower’s exterior, but once inside, it was nearly identical to Amamiya Tower’s floors.

 

The only differences were certain terrains and climates were not available in Amamiya Tower. Still, since these could be almost entirely recreated there, nothing was particularly novel in this new Tower.

 

More than that, Mia seemed intensely curious about how Tower conquest actually proceeded.

 

She had to adjust to reality quickly, though.

 

After all, Kousuke and his companions could use flying dragons to traverse the floors where there were skies, and since each floor was relatively small, they cleared multiple floors in less than half a day.

 

They cleared the first floor so effortlessly that Mia, traveling alongside Kousuke, looked bewildered.

 

“This… this is really anticlimactic.” Mia voiced her observation after they had passed through approximately ten teleportation portals.

 

“Hmm. I guess you can say that. I can’t exactly walk everywhere, right? Also, flying dragons is extremely efficient.”

 

By utilizing flying dragons, they only needed to concern themselves with airborne monsters.

 

Even when flying monsters approached, Kouhi or Mitsuki could simply eliminate them with magic.

 

“But, it’s only this straightforward up till the middle floors. Once you enter the upper floors, we won’t have such luxury.”

 

“Upper floors, then? So they exist here?”

 

“I believe so. It seems even the smallest Towers have them.”

 

Kousuke held the view that every Tower contained upper floors where high level monsters appeared.

 

The existence of these upper floors made Towers difficult to conquer. Which, in a sense, seemed intentional.

 

“Now’s the only time you can look around the floors with such leisure, so take your time. Don’t get careless though.”

 

After all, Kousuke and Mia were riding atop a flying dragon.

 

If they relaxed too much, they risked falling from the dragon’s back.

 

Even without monster attacks, they could not consider themselves entirely safe.

 

After completing the twentieth floor and heading toward the twenty-first, high level monsters appeared.

 

At this point, Kousuke predicted this Tower would be classified as a small one.

 

Floors one through ten constituted the lower levels, floors eleven through twenty the middle levels, and floors twenty-one through thirty the upper levels.

 

In terms of both floor dimensions and overall height, the Tower matched the scale of one Tower of Four Elements in the Central Continent.

 

Kousuke’s group had conquered Towers of this scale numerous times, yet they still could not afford to be careless when in the upper levels.

 

Movement via flying dragons got restricted as well, significantly reducing their pace.

 

Still, riding on a flying dragon remained far more efficient than carelessly flying on their own.

 

“With Kouhi and Mitsuki’s magic, it seems they could defeat even high level monsters in a single strike…” ia tilted her head questioningly as she spoke while walking, and Kousuke shook his head in response.

 

“On the upper levels, acting that way would place you in great danger. Unless you’re certain you can eliminate them in one strike, it’s best not to take any chances.”

 

Furthermore, the higher they ascended, the more difficult single-strike elimination became, even with Kouhi and Mitsuki attacking at full power.

 

Naturally, they would not be defeated, but they could not lower their guard as they could on the lower and middle levels.

 

“Ah… I now understand how difficult a Tower conquest can be.” Knowing Kouhi and Mitsuki’s strength, Mia sighed as she spoke.

 

“Well, if they could use a wide-area annihilation spell, it would be an entirely different matter, though.”

 

“Huh!?” For a moment, Mia did not comprehend what her Father had just said, then she responded with an odd sound.

 

Kousuke shrugged at Mia’s surprise and continued.

 

“Erm. If Kouhi and Mitsuki used such a spell, this entire area would be reduced to ash in moments.”

 

“Of course, that’s why they are both restraining their use of magic to their current level.” Kousuke added.

 

After a moment of stunned silence, Mia released a deep sigh.

 

“It seems… Father, I still underestimated what you all can do….”

 

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Though it required more time than the lower and middle levels, with Kouhi, Mitsuki, Nana, and Wanri accompanying them, they completed the upper levels reasonably smoothly.

 

Even Mia, predictably, showed visible signs of fatigue by the time they reached the final thirtieth floor.

 

“Are you holding up, Mia?”

 

“I’m fine… No, honestly, I’m just tired. Father, you seem perfectly fine though.”

 

“Well, when we conquered Amamiya Tower, there were a ton more enemies on the upper floors, and it was genuinely grueling.”

 

Kousuke laughed, and Mia simply replied, “I see.”

 

Kousuke frequently claimed that during Amamiya Tower’s conquest, he had merely run around while Kouhi and Mitsuki protected him, but Mia suspected this could not be entirely accurate.

 

After this conquest experience, however, Mia felt more convinced her suspicions were correct.

 

Yet if she voiced this observation aloud, she could envision Kousuke blushing and vehemently denying it, saying that he was truly just running around.

 

That was why she kept her response really short.

 

Kouhi and Mitsuki, observing the exchange between father and daughter, glanced at each other and shared knowing smiles.

 

In the end, Kousuke and Mia never noticed their silent communication.

 

After passing through the teleportation gate on the thirtieth floor and arriving at the Management Floor, Kousuke and the others entered the Control Room where three crystals awaited to complete the Tower conquest procedure.

 

After completing this process, routine for Kousuke but entirely new for Mia, the Tower officially became Mia’s.

 

Incidentally, when they were deciding the Tower’s name, Kousuke found himself at a loss when Mia proposed ‘Little Amamiya’

 

But that was another story entirely.