Kousuke received a grand welcome, but he immediately confirmed whether the fact that he had become an Avatar had spread elsewhere.
As expected, the members were sensible, and it had not spread beyond the management layer.
As for Yuri, she was already connected to Kousuke, so she had sensed it to some extent upon his return and was able to realize it due to Asura’s intervention.
By the way, Esena also realized it, but since she wouldn’t voluntarily go out in front of people, it’s safe to say it wouldn’t spread from her.
For the time being, Kousuke, who had confirmed the situation, was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, but the women who saw this began to tease Kousuke again.
In the end, Kousuke was teased as an Avatar for the rest of the day.
It’s another story that Floria, who was still not used to this atmosphere, was agonizing over whether it was okay to do such things to Kousuke, who had become a god.
The next morning.
Kousuke, as usual, started to check the management menu… and froze.
Upon checking the menu, he saw that the Tower LV had increased.
That was fine. He knew that eventually the LV would increase if the conditions were met, so it wasn’t something to freeze over.
The problem was the condition.
“The Management Chief belongs to the gods.”
This was apparently the condition for raising the Tower LV to 10.
Kousuke thought it was an impossible game, but since he had actually become a member of the gods, he couldn’t argue.
He couldn’t help but wonder where he had gone wrong, but it was too late now.
He had vaguely planned to live a leisurely life when he decided to reincarnate.
However, that plan had collapsed in an instant.
Well, he had given up on it easily the moment he made Kouhi and Mitsuki his companions, so he wasn’t that attached to it.
However, he had never imagined that he would become a member of the gods when he first came to this world.
No, he still couldn’t believe it.
He thought so, but since he had already been recognized by the gods, he knew that his denial would be meaningless.
Ultimately, it was a matter of Kousuke’s heart, so he decided to go with the flow, believing that time would solve it.
Putting that aside, he was now concerned about Tower LV 10.
Of course, the summoning circles and installations had also increased as usual.
However, there was an update that deserved more attention.
It was the two items: “Communication Function Release” and “Dominion Release.”
“Communication Function Release” was the release of communication functions with other towers.
Simply put, it was like adding an email function.
The recipients were all the towers in this world.
When he selected a location for the email recipient, all the towers currently in this world were listed, and it also indicated which towers were already under dominion.
There were a total of seven towers on the Central Continent. One of them was, of course, Amamiya Tower, and the remaining six were surrounding towers with no rulers.
Other continents also had about ten towers each, but only about two or three on each continent had rulers.
Should he consider this to be fewer than expected?
It seemed that only Amamiya Tower, which had reached Tower LV 10, could send messages to all towers, while other towers that had not reached Tower LV 10 could only send messages to Amamiya Tower.
He couldn’t check the status of other towers, but that’s what the explanation stated.
In fact, since there were no communication functions before, it was undoubtedly true that Amamiya Tower was the first to reach Tower LV 10.
By the way, this function was separate from the messages sent when a tower was conquered or its ruler changed.
The messages sent upon new conquest or change of ruler were automatically sent by the tower, so there was nothing for the managers to send freely.
Later, messages from other towers would be sent to Amamiya Tower.
Looking inside, he found various messages written in polite language, some were condescending, and others were entertaining, but what they all had in common was the inquiry on how to raise the Tower LV.
He thought they could find that out themselves, but there was no need to pick a fight.
He politely replied, “I don’t know why myself.”
He wasn’t lying. He just omitted the words “why I became an Avatar,” which should have been at the beginning.
He might add that even though they didn’t ask about the condition for Tower LV 10, he had specifically limited his reply to just that.
This was the rare (or perhaps not so rare) dark side of Kousuke activating, but he didn’t want them to think they could easily get the information.
More than that, he had no intention of telling them at all.
He even thought it was fine if they considered him stingy for that.
How the tower rulers would interpret Kousuke’s reply was up to them.
He decided that it wouldn’t be too late to decide his response after seeing their reactions.
Next was “Dominion Release.”
This was more important to Kousuke at the moment.
In short, it was a function that allowed him to dominate other towers.
Dominion seemed like a grand term, but it meant that divine power and floor compatibility would become possible.
For now, the only targets were the remaining six towers on the same continent.
He didn’t know if he would be able to conquer towers on other continents later, or if he wouldn’t be able to at all.
Well, since he hadn’t even conquered the towers on the Central Continent yet, he didn’t need to think that far ahead.
Putting that aside, until now he had only managed Amamiya Tower, but thanks to this function, he had an opportunity to consider conquering other towers.
He still had plenty of room in terms of floors, but considering the future, it would be better to acquire other towers as well.
Since he didn’t know the configuration of the other six towers, he didn’t know what kind of management he would have, but he would think about that after conquering them.
With that in mind, he decided to discuss it with the other members.
He decided to talk about it at dinner.
All the members were present, so it was a good opportunity.
There, he declared that they would begin conquering the other six towers.
“…Does that mean you will be away from here for a long time?” Shurein asked, voicing his doubt.
Kousuke had rarely been away from Amamiya Tower for extended periods since conquering it.
Even then, it was only for two to three days at most.
However, conquering towers would not allow for such short absences.
He still had management duties for Amamiya Tower.
“Yes. That’s right. I plan to bring Kouhi and Mitsuki, and Floria. During that time, Shurein will be the main person in charge of management.”
“Me!?” “Me?” Shurein exclaimed in surprise, and Floria tilted her head at Kousuke’s words.
“Floria, it’s also for the purpose of being a decoy for any pursuers. Besides, it’s better than staying cooped up here all the time, isn’t it?”
“I see. That’s true.”
Floria was basically a physically active person.
She was the type who preferred to be on the move rather than stay in a room doing something.
“Shurein, I don’t need you to do anything special. I’m just setting it up in case something happens.”
“…Even so, no matter.” Shurein was still hesitant, not knowing what might happen in the tower in Kousuke’s absence.
“Well, if anything happens, we can talk via Divine Power Telepathy, so I don’t think you need to worry too much?”
“Ah, that’s right.” Shurein had completely forgotten about Divine Power Telepathy.
Basically, when he had business, he could talk in the management layer, and there had been no emergencies so far, so he had hardly used it.
“…If that’s the case, I’m willing to accept, but is it alright with the others?” Shurein said, looking around at those who would remain.
In response, everyone in the remaining group nodded.
“Alright. Then it’s decided. We won’t be leaving tomorrow, of course, but we’ll depart within a few days.”
Kousuke was someone who acted as soon as he had an idea.
He quickly declared so and proceeded to decide on future plans.
The number of chapters is small, but Chapter 11 ends here.
After an interlude, Chapter 12 will begin.
Naturally, the main focus of Chapter 12 will be the conquest of other towers!
…Although it seems like the two top members will conquer them easily.
2014/6/29 Typos corrected
