Tower LV 8: High-level Monster Summoning Circle Release, High-level Installation Release
Tower LV 9: High-level Monster Summoning Circle Addition, High-level Installation Addition, Specific Terrain Installation
These are the additional contents for Tower LV 8 and 9.
Finally, the high-level monster summoning circle has been released.
However, the variety is limited. Whether or not the number of summonable types can be increased will likely be a future challenge.
During the ＜Luan He Summoning Circle (10 monsters)＞, new summoning circles were added and increased, but high-level monster summoning circles were not registered in the system.
Even if Kousuke’s created summoning circle was successful in summoning, it did not result in becoming familiars like Nana or Kouhi; it only resulted in a mere monster summon.
In the end, the summoned monsters were simply dealt with by Kouhi and Mitsuki.
Therefore, summoning high-level monsters had not been going well, but now experiments might be able to progress further.
Kousuke is thinking that he might want to increase his familiars again after a long time.
Since he has the opportunity, he’s also considering it a good idea to try Kousuke’s created summoning circle after making the registered summonable monsters into familiars, and then compare them.
Furthermore, high-level installations have also been released.
Regarding installations, they come with a cost, but the available items seem to offer a commensurate return.
However, currently, he is saving Divine Power for the merging of the World Tree floors, so he doesn’t want to spend unnecessarily.
Well, there’s no need to rush to install them, so regarding the new installations, it’s a matter for further consideration.
And then there’s the ＜Specific Terrain Installation＞ added at Tower LV 9.
This allows for the addition of specific terrain to designated terrains.
For example, if there was a mountain on a certain floor, you could add a mineral vein there.
Naturally, as you can add any terrain you like, the cost is high.
From a quick glance, it seemed to be at least a million points.
However, considering it’s about adding terrain, the usefulness likely justifies the cost, so it’s not too expensive.
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Kousuke was tempted by the desire to immediately install the new summoning circles, but ultimately used his Divine Power according to his original plan.
The original plan was to merge floors to the 73rd Floor (World Tree).
Currently, three more floors have been added.
In addition to the 11th Floor, which he merged before, he has merged floors 12 through 14.
They are connected in a cross shape around the 73rd Floor, with floors in front, behind, left, and right.
By the way, when he tried to merge other floors adjacent to the newly merged floors, he couldn’t.
Kousuke believes that it’s probably possible to merge a maximum of eight surrounding floors.
Or perhaps, after merging eight floors, additional slots for surrounding areas will be added.
He won’t know for sure until he tries.
So, each time he merged floors, he went to the 11th Floor, but there were no significant changes.
Unfortunately, the World Tree itself did not show the same changes as before.
He asked for the reason, and the answer came back immediately.
It was because the Ley Line reorganization had not caught up.
Thinking about it, it was a reasonable explanation.
Expanding the land itself was not a problem, so he plans to merge the remaining four floors without waiting for the Ley Line reorganization.
After that, if he can expand further, he will consider it then.
There would be no point in rushing to expand if the World Tree’s Ley Line terrain adjustments couldn’t keep up.
Although merging floors didn’t cause changes in the World Tree, something else did.
It was Dolly, the original World Tree.
However, her form didn’t change.
“I can handle more power,” Dolly said to Kousuke, who had come directly to the base of her tree.
“Power?” Kousuke tilted his head. Dolly nodded.
“Originally, I was the World Tree, but now I am Dolly’s tree itself. Therefore, of course, I cannot use the World Tree’s power.”
“Yes.”
“The World Tree’s power, simply put, is the ability to absorb Ley Line power and convert it into Divine Power. Spirits gather at the source of power generated during this process.”
“Yes.”
“However, as I am now, not the World Tree, I draw power from the surrounding trees to call forth spirits.”
“Eh!? Is that so?” Kousuke was surprised by this entirely new information.
“Yes. Or rather, it should be said that it has become so.”
“What do you mean?”
“Initially, I was just an existence residing within this tree. Since you, Kousuke-sama, have bestowed power upon me, I seem to have gained the ability to draw power from surrounding trees.”
“Power? Did I give you power?” Kousuke couldn’t recall doing anything specific.
“…Didn’t you give me a name?”
“Eh!? Because of something like that?” Kousuke’s name-giving had indeed transformed Dolly from a translucent being to her current normal form. However, he never expected that a mere naming could achieve such a feat.
“Yes. The fact that my origin is the World Tree also plays a part. The World Tree uses Ley Line power, but I use the power of the surrounding trees, so to speak.”
“Wow. I see.”
“So, here’s the main point…”
“Yes?”
“Using the power of surrounding trees naturally means that as the number of nearby trees increases, so does my power…”
“Ah… could it be?”
“Yes. Similar to before, due to the floor merging… was it? The increase in forests thanks to that has also increased my power.”
“Ah. I see. So that’s what happened.”
The 11th through 14th floors, which underwent ＜Layer Synthesis＞, were forest areas. Kousuke, with his reasoning (or perhaps obsession) that there should be forests around the World Tree, had synthesized forest floors. It seemed to have yielded unexpected results.
“You don’t think so, but can you generate Divine Power like the World Tree?” Kousuke asked. Dolly shook her head.
“No. Even so…”
“Ah, no, I was just confirming. I don’t expect you to be able to do the same thing as the World Tree so easily.”
“I see…” Even with Kousuke’s follow-up, Dolly’s expression remained somewhat downcast. She probably felt a sense of disappointment, as she had vaguely heard about what Divine Power meant to a Tower from Colette before.
“Ah… So? What can you do now that your power has increased?”
“Yes. While it’s true that spirits gather more easily, the main thing is that I’ve gained the ability to manage the surrounding environment.”
“…Huh!?”
“I’ve gained the power to coordinate with trees and plants to manage the surrounding land.”
“Could that possibly affect the Ley Lines?”
“Of course.”
“Doesn’t that mean it plays an important role for the World Tree?”
“Yes, it does.” Dolly nodded easily, and Kousuke couldn’t help but groan.
“I mean, that’s a crucial ability for this floor where the World Tree exists, isn’t it?”
This would be enough to make any elf, who is desperately working on land adjustments, dizzy.
“It probably is. However, there are still aspects that require human hands, so the elves’ strength is also necessary.”
“Ah, I see.”
“Indeed.” Hearing this, Kousuke felt somewhat relieved. The slight tension on the faces of Colette and Sheryl, who were listening, was probably not just his imagination. Noticing this, Dolly smiled gently and looked at the two of them.
“We plants can’t move on our own… so we certainly need to deal with those who would harm the forest.” After all, monsters naturally appear on the Tower’s floors. It is the elves who deal with these monsters. This is inherently part of the elves’ role. Hearing Dolly’s words, the two elves present finally showed expressions of relief.
2014/7/2 Position expression method for layer synthesis changed.
