1. Conquer the remaining towers.
2. Increase the number of summon beasts and expand their habitat.
3. Create new summon beasts.
4. Place treasure chests for adventurers who have started conquering the dungeon areas on floors 51–60.
5. Other (divine tool development, checking on conquered towers, etc.).
Kousuke thought about the tasks that came to mind for now.
For task 1, although there are two more remaining, the conquest itself will take time.
Tasks 2 and 3 can be done anytime as there are plenty of available floors.
For task 4, if placed carelessly, adventurers might only stay in the dungeons, so balancing it is difficult.
Furthermore, on the 71st floor, which lies beyond the 60th floor, higher-level monsters appear, making it difficult for adventurers to conquer.
In the first place, if higher-level monsters could be easily defeated, it would be strange that the six surrounding towers had not been conquered until now, let alone Amamiya Tower.
That’s how difficult it is to defeat higher-level monsters.
Apart from Kouhi and Mitsuki, Nana and Wanri are not even a threat when compared to adventurers.
There is no urgent need for task 5 at the moment. As for the conquered towers, Kousuke basically has no intention of interfering since he has left them to the members.
He doesn’t want to be a nagging boss.
Therefore, Kousuke decided to gather information for task 4 first.
He had previously asked Giselle, the leader of the Defreya Clan, to gather information from the adventurers who were conquering the towers.
To meet Giselle, Kousuke brought Mitsuki and headed to the 79th floor.
Giselle greeted Kousuke with a smile despite his sudden visit.
Compared to their previous life on the run, life in this tower had undoubtedly enriched the Defreya Clan.
This was true in a material sense, but also in the sense that they could train with peace of mind.
He couldn’t deny that the harsh life on the run had made the clan members stronger, but that could be compensated for by defeating the monsters that appeared in the surrounding areas.
What’s more, they could summon training monsters at will using summoning circles, so there couldn’t be a better environment.
In that sense, Kousuke was indeed a savior to the Defreya Clan.
Although Kousuke disliked being treated as such and didn’t do anything overly grand about it.
Until now, Kousuke himself rarely came to the village like this because Peach was around, but that wouldn’t be the case anymore.
This is because Peach would be fully occupied with managing the Northeast Tower.
The information obtained from the Defreya Clan was very important for managing the tower.
The Defreya Clan also possessed assassination techniques, but they had no use for them so far.
In fact, they would rarely be used as long as they were involved in the tower’s operations.
That being said, Giselle had no intention of abandoning those techniques.
“Hmm. I see. This is helpful,” Kousuke said, looking at the report Giselle had given him.
The report detailed the situation of the adventurers active in the tower.
Adventurers ranging from beginners to intermediate levels were active until they reached the 51st floor, a dungeon floor.
They primarily made a living by gathering vegetation and using materials obtained from monsters.
By the way, with old wisdom, materials obtained from monsters are basically utilized entirely.
Although the purchase price may decrease if too many are taken, demand will never disappear.
Monster materials are so integrated into daily life and utilized.
In that sense, the dungeon area starting from the 51st floor becomes a problem.
Currently, high-level adventurers are conquering the dungeon floors from the 51st to the 60th floor.
In the dungeon floors from the 51st floor onwards, undead monsters such as skeletons appear frequently.
The materials obtained from such monsters are actually not very tasty.
It’s more profitable to hunt on the 45th floor before tackling undead monsters.
Even so, high-level adventurers tackle the dungeon conquest because of the treasure chests.
Information about these treasure chests is already being exchanged among adventurers.
For example, the location of treasure chests does not change. Once the contents of a treasure chest are taken, they revive after a certain period.
It seems they have even figured out that the quality of the contents increases depending on the time they were left untouched.
Kousuke was unaware of this information.
The management menu of the tower only allows for placing and removing treasure chests.
It did not mention how the contents change.
Incidentally, it is also possible to put specified items into the placed treasure chests.
Kousuke had intended to adjust the contents of the treasure chests using that function, but after reading this report, he felt it was unnecessary.
At least for the time being, it would be fine to wait and see.
As more parties start dungeon conquest, disputes over treasure chests might occur, but that would be at their own risk.
Kousuke thought that unwritten rules would naturally emerge among adventurers.
He didn’t think it was something the tower administration should regulate.
By the way, the Safe Areas were recognized and have been effectively utilized by the adventurers.
Although there was some confusion at first, they are now popular and well-received.
Seeing such reports, Kousuke decided that he didn’t need to intervene for the time being.
He also predicts that parties will not emerge that can clear the dungeon floors beyond the 61st floor, past the 71st and 72nd floors.
Kousuke himself had no intention of placing Safe Areas beyond the 71st floor.
As a general policy, the area for adventurers’ activities is set up to the 70th floor.
If a party manages to reach the 61st floor, the teleport gates to floors beyond the 70th floor will either be removed or deactivated.
Kousuke has no intention of luring adventurers into the floors where the wolves are and having them defeated.
There was a line in the report Giselle handed over that caught Kousuke’s attention.
It was a statement about the possibility of monsters on the Central Continent entering an active period.
“You mentioned that the monsters have entered an active period, what does this mean?”
Giselle nodded at Kousuke’s question.
“Ah, it’s not confirmed yet, but it seems there have been more monster attacks on the roads connecting the cities of the continent.”
“Is that… alright?”
“Well, things like this have happened many times in history. Besides, there are all the teleport gates here now.”
Even so, not all towns in the tower are connected.
It’s hard to see any obstruction of travel on the roads as a good sign.
“…Hmm. If the roads are blocked and commercial activity declines, that would be a problem…”
“Kousuke-sama. I understand your concern, but Crown can’t possibly reach that far right now, can they? Or are you suggesting we mobilize all adventurers to do something about it?” Mitsuki interjected.
“I’m not saying that far, but couldn’t the increase in monsters on the roads be due to adventurers gathering in the towers?”
“It’s not impossible… but that’s something for the administrative bodies of each town to consider. If Crown officially receives a request, then we can think about it from there,” Giselle replied.
“To be blunt, if Crown does anything unnecessary at this stage, they’ll face a lot of interference.”
Ultimately, it becomes a political issue.
Currently, Crown is not affiliated with any organization except the tower’s administrative body.
If Crown were to act without any requests, they would reveal many vulnerabilities.
That’s why neither Schmidt nor Gazeran have acted so far.
“……Hmm. Politics are a pain after all.”
Kousuke muttered, and that was that.
