The next day.
After eating breakfast, Kousuke looked at the management screen and noticed that the Tower LV had increased to 2.
He tried to figure out why it had leveled up, and found a normal item called “Announcements,” so he decided to check it.
The “Announcements” only contained a message stating that the Tower LV had increased, but there was a link to details, so he decided to check them.
Announcement: Tower LV has increased to 2.
Details: Tower management experience points totaling 10 were obtained for fulfilling the following conditions.
– Install five Teleport Gates. Experience gained: 4
– Install ten Installations. Experience gained: 6
The Tower LV has become 2, as the required experience points for Tower LV 1 to 2, which is 8, have been obtained. The remaining Tower management experience points are 2.
It seems that the two conditions were met yesterday.
However, immediately after fulfilling these two conditions, there was no LV up.
Tower LV ups might occur at specific times, such as midnight.
Since this is the first LV up, it is not yet confirmed.
For now, regarding the LV up, since information is scarce, he decided to think about it later.
With the LV up, a few more things could be installed, and while checking, he found something that caught his attention.
Name: Grey Wolf Summoning Circle (10 bodies)
Rank: Monster Rank F
Installation Cost: 10pt (Divine Power) or 5000pt (Holy Power + Magic Power total)
Description: Can summon 10 Grey Wolves at will. Unlocked at Tower LV2. Can be used as guard dogs.
Name: Grey Wolf Summoning Circle
Rank: Monster Rank F
Installation Cost: 100pt (Divine Power) or 50,000pt (Holy Power + Magic Power total)
Description: Summons up to 1000 Grey Wolves at random. The point reward for defeating 1000 is approximately 110p Divine Power.
Compared to the
However, he had something in mind, so he installed the
The installation cost is also only 10pt of Divine Power, so it would not be a painful expenditure even if his idea was wrong.
Mitsuki had said she would return before noon, so he decided to go to the village with them, the three of them, to check it out.
As scheduled, Mitsuki returned before noon, so after the three of them had lunch, they headed to the Fifth Floor.
The objective was to check the summoning circle they had installed before noon.
The summoning circle was properly installed in front of the temple.
When he touched the summoning circle, he felt a slight flow of Divine Power.
At the same time, the summoning circle activated, and one wolf appeared.
“Master!!”
“Wait!”
Upon seeing the summoned wolf, Kouhi, who was nearby, immediately tried to cut it down, but Kousuke hastily stopped her.
Fortunately, Kousuke’s intervention was timely, and the summoned wolf was not cut down by Kouhi.
The wolf just stood silently on the summoning circle and looked at Kousuke.
Kousuke had a hunch about its state, so he gently called out to it.
“Come here.”
As if waiting for those words, the wolf lunged at Kousuke. Or rather, it pounced.
Kousuke, who had crouched down to touch the summoning circle, was involuntarily sent sprawling by the momentum.
“Whoa… wait a minute… it tickles!!”
Without minding his words, the wolf stayed on top of Kousuke and began to happily lick Kousuke’s face.
Kouhi and Mitsuki watched with slight surprise at its affection.
“…A summon…?”
“Probably… though it’s unexpected for it to be this affectionate.”
“Hey… wait a minute… *Sigh*. No… I think it’s different from a normal summon. I didn’t use any summons.”
He managed to calm the wolf down and joined the conversation.
“What do you mean?”
“I think this summoning circle is just one of the tower’s functions. For a normal summon, it’s using far too little Magic Power and Holy Power.”
He decided to check with his left eye just in case.
No specific name: None
Species name: Grey Wolf
Unique Skills: Howl LV2, Bite LV2, Pack Behavior LV1
Heavenly Blessing Skills: None
Title: Kousuke’s Familiar (Provisional)
A title that was, in a way, as expected.
He checked a Grey Wolf summoned from the
He decided not to worry about the “(Provisional)” for now.
He told Kouhi and Mitsuki about the title.
“I see. That means monsters summoned from the summoning circles installed through tower management become Kousuke’s familiars, right?”
“Not all summoning circles are like that, but some summoning circles are indeed like that.”
For now, since he knew that the Grey Wolf summoned by this summoning circle posed no particular danger, he summoned more.
As a result, he was able to summon exactly 10 Grey Wolves.
After the 10th Grey Wolf was summoned, the summoning circle disappeared.
He then decided to give names to the summoned wolves. It took too much time to think of each one individually, so he named them Hii, Fuu, Mii, You, Itsu, Muu, Nana, Yaa, Koko, and Tou in order. It was rather simple.
After naming them, he checked and saw that they had specific names and the “(Provisional)” in their titles was gone.
It seems that if individual names are given to each individual wolf, they become official familiars.
Next, he decided to test the extent of the instructions they could receive.
He had Kouhi and Mitsuki search for monster nests around the village, and then confirmed what they could do when they went to those locations.
As a result, he found that it was more effective to let them move with a degree of freedom.
Instead of Kousuke giving detailed instructions, if he gave a general command like “attack that monster group,” they would act collectively as instructed.
Since the LV of each of their skills was still low, there were some slightly dangerous moments, but in those cases, Kouhi and Mitsuki provided assistance, and no major accidents occurred.
Their proficiency in pack behavior was likely due to their skills.
By the time they returned to the village, the pack behavior skill of all individuals had risen to LV3.
This was a satisfactory result, as their coordination clearly increased as time went on.
After returning to the village and instructing them to remain vigilant around the village, Kousuke and the other two returned to the Management Layer.
Upon returning to the Management Layer, Kouhi and Mitsuki performed their summons for the day.
They were a male and a female summon, and they introduced themselves as Isunani and Doru, respectively.
As usual, they bowed to Kousuke, but since he had already given up on that, Kousuke didn’t comment and the greetings were completed without incident.
Today, Kouhi was supposed to take them to Ryusen, so they hurried through their greetings and headed towards the town.
And Kousuke…
“Hmmmm…”
He was growling in front of the management screen.
There was nothing more he could do regarding the village for now, and they were waiting for a response from Ryusen.
Even if he tried to find something else to do, he couldn’t afford to take risks.
If he had more Divine Power points, he could go on adventures, but that would be wishing for the impossible.
“Oh my. You seem to be worrying quite a lot. Shall we have dinner for now?”
“Huh!? Is it that time already?”
After growling in front of the screen for a while, Mitsuki spoke up as if she couldn’t bear to see him like that.
Time had somehow moved to dinner time.
“Thank you. Yes, let’s have dinner.”
As Kousuke stood up, Mitsuki happily linked arms with him.
The distance to the dining room and kitchen was short, but Mitsuki seemed happy nonetheless.
*(Come to think of it, this is the first time I’ve been alone with Mitsuki…)*
He had met Kouhi several times, but this was the first time he had been alone with Mitsuki.
It made sense that Mitsuki’s excitement seemed a bit high.
In the end, after the meal, he couldn’t come up with any good ideas and ended up spending time with Mitsuki from the bath to bed.
That was fine, and moreover, Kousuke was very welcoming…
*(Kouhi-san, please stop telling Mitsuki everything…)*
Kousuke somehow came to understand the nature of their relationship through an unexpected event.
Fuzzy creatures appear.
I’ll leave it to your imagination as to how much “everything” entails lol.
The next update is scheduled for 8 PM tomorrow.
