Since the announcement of the “Avatar” was decided, Kousuke decided to escape from Amamiya Tower for a while.
He was agonizing over what to do with the remaining two towers, but decided it was a good excuse.
If he quickly conquered the remaining towers, he wouldn’t have to worry about it anymore.
Compared to managing a tower with an uncertain future, conquering the remaining towers is easier because the end is in sight.
That being said, conquering them would increase the workload of management.
Kousuke expects the remaining two towers, the Northwest and Southwest Towers, to be the same scale as the Northeast and Southeast Towers.
For now, he decided to conquer the Northwest Tower, and the result was as expected.
Each floor is mostly a plain.
Also, there were many flying monsters.
“This is probably meant to represent ‘Wind’…”
That was Kousuke’s impression, and Kouhi and Mitsuki, who overheard his words, nodded in agreement.
With this in mind, it’s easy to predict what the Southwest Tower will be like, but for now, they are in the middle of conquering the Northwest Tower, so he decided to stop thinking about other towers.
The conquest of the Northwest Tower proceeded smoothly, and the size of the floors was found to be the same scale as the Northeast and Southeast Towers, as expected.
What remains is the number of floors, which can only be known after completing the conquest.
He had a vague idea, as high-level monsters had started appearing sporadically around the 25th floor.
Even with Kouhi and Mitsuki present, he couldn’t afford to be careless when high-level monsters appeared.
He braced himself and continued through the floors.
In the end, his prediction that the Northwest Tower was the same scale as the Northeast and Southeast Towers was not wrong.
The area of the floors was the same, and the highest floor in the tower was the 30th floor.
The group, having easily finished the conquest, carried out the registration process in the management layer as usual.
After all, it was their sixth time, so they were getting used to it.
Waiting until the control panel transfer was complete felt like a waste of time, but there was nothing they could do about it.
They just had to wait patiently.
After finishing the work in the management layer, Kousuke casually checked the summon menu.
As expected, there were no installations that generated divine power.
After confirming this, he returned to Amamiya Tower.
He wanted to try moving the “Holy Stone” installed in Amamiya Tower to another tower and see what would happen.
Peach and Silvia might have already tried it, but he wanted to test it himself since he thought of it.
The result was disappointing.
Although it was registered as a “Holy Stone” in the tower, its ability was displayed as “Unreleased,” and it could not be used as an installation that generated divine power.
“…It’s not that easy, huh.”
“Does ‘Unreleased’ mean there’s a condition to unlock it?”
Mitsuki reacted to Kousuke’s mumbling.
“I wonder? We won’t know without verification.”
He reported the result when he returned to Amamiya Tower.
As expected, the other members had apparently tried similar things.
Furthermore, Shurein had apparently tried exchanging the floor where the “Holy Stone” was installed, but the result was the same.
World Tree and Vermilia Castle were working, but there must be something special about other installations, though they couldn’t figure out what it was.
It might be the level of the tower where it’s installed, or some special condition might be required.
“So, it requires verification.”
Everyone nodded at Shurein’s words.
Now, “Holy Stones” are placed in all conquered towers, and they are hopeful that if their abilities are unlocked through leveling up or other means, the condition will be revealed.
However, Kousuke thought it might not be that easy.
After all, Amamiya Tower might have met special conditions, which is why installations generating divine power appeared.
It’s not a unique item, but it wouldn’t be strange for there to be installations unique to that tower.
“In that case, it might be interesting to try moving installations from other towers and experimenting.”
“That’s true, but I have a feeling it’s a bit questionable whether we’re allowed to do that much.”
“…What do you mean?”
“If the towers have their own individuality because of those installations…”
“And by bringing in items from other towers, their individuality would be lost?”
Shurein continued Kousuke’s speculation.
“Yeah. Well, considering we’re exchanging floors, it’s not like it makes sense to think about that anymore.”
“No, on the contrary, if they are properly recognized by the tower, couldn’t that be considered within the range of the tower’s individuality?”
At Peach’s opinion, several people pondered.
“…Well, it’s fine. I feel like thinking too much about it is pointless. I’ll leave it up to each tower how they want to proceed.”
As Colette said, it’s fine to bring various things and try them out, or to focus on the tower’s individuality and manage it with what can be summoned from the menu.
Kousuke had no intention of deciding on such a policy.
In Amamiya Tower, since they had exchanged floors, he intended to try various things on those exchanged floors.
However, before that, he decided to conquer the remaining Southwest Tower.
“Ah, you’re going after all.”
“It’s just one more. We should finish it quickly.”
Everyone nodded at Kousuke’s words.
If they conquer the Southwest Tower, all the towers on the Central Continent will have been conquered.
Kousuke had no intention of going to other continents to conquer towers, so this would be the end of tower conquests for him.
He didn’t want to purposely leave a single conquerable tower, so he decided to head for the conquest quickly.
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The Southwest Tower seemed to possess the element of fire, with terrain featuring volcanoes and exposed lava.
Interestingly, Amamiya Tower didn’t have such areas, which gave him a fresh impression.
Naturally, the monsters that appeared were mostly those with resistance to fire or skilled in using fire.
Kousuke had the leisure to observe carefully thanks to Kouhi and Mitsuki’s presence.
While appreciating their help and observing various things, the result was not unexpected.
The scale of the tower was the same as the Northeast, Southeast, and Northwest Towers, and the highest floor was the 30th.
The area was also the same as those three towers.
With Kouhi and Mitsuki’s power, they quickly finished conquering the Southwest Tower and, as always, went through the procedures in the management layer.
The same procedures as always, and the same waiting period.
However, realizing this was the last procedure for tower conquest, he felt a sense of profound emotion.
“…I never thought it would turn out like this when I conquered Amamiya Tower.”
He muttered casually while waiting, and Mitsuki, who overheard him, giggled.
“There were only three of us back then, weren’t there? Besides, weren’t you just aiming to get a base?”
“That’s right. …How did it come to this? …No matter how I think about it, it’s my own fault.”
He retorted to himself and felt a little dejected.
Back then, he had never once thought he would become part of a god.
He was aware of his own impulsiveness in many ways, so he couldn’t refute it.
While they were killing time talking about such things, the registration process for the Southwest Tower was completed.
He thought it would end with the usual closing message, but then a follow-up message came from the control panel.
“We have confirmed the conquest of all towers on the continent. We will now proceed with your registration as the Ruler of the Continent.”
It’s starting to feel like a conclusion at the end, but it’s not over yet lol.
