Kousuke and his party found a spring on the 52nd Floor, but there were no further developments after that.
They found a few similar springs, but they only shared the same characteristics as the first one they discovered; they couldn’t find any that had been altered by human hands.
Ultimately, after thoroughly investigating up to the 55th Floor and clearing the 56th Floor, they decided to return to the Guild for the time being.
The highest floor reached since the Gazenran Tower began to be conquered in a properly managed state is the 64th Floor.
However, this is merely a past record, and the highest floor reached by currently active parties is the 62nd Floor.
Currently, there are only a handful of parties operating above the 60th Floor, let alone those who have cleared the 55th Floor.
Kousuke and his party had easily reached that floor, but for them, it had become a trivial matter.
Of course, they still had the goal of aiming for the highest floor reached to increase the recognition of
However, it had become more important for them to uncover the secrets of Gazenran Tower.
Exiting the tower’s entrance, Kousuke handed over the wagon to Peach and Ririka and, accompanied by Mitsuki and Nana, visited the Tower Conquest Guild.
They were going to inform the Guild about the floors they had just conquered.
There was no obligation for each party to report which floors they had cleared, but being recognized for clearing higher floors could increase their notoriety.
Since they were already attracting attention from the Tower Conquest Guild, there was no need to hide their achievement of clearing the 55th Floor.
If they had reached the 66th Floor, the situation would be different.
Depending on the results of their future investigations, they might even surpass the 66th Floor, but they had not yet decided whether they would report it to the Tower Conquest Guild at that time.
Kousuke had no intention of reporting it for now.
The purpose of reporting floor conquests was solely to increase the recognition of
As Kousuke and his party entered the Tower Conquest Guild building, the receptionist they had spoken with several times was sitting at the counter.
Since there was a fair number of people in line, they quietly joined the queue and waited for their turn.
They were not bothered by any strange individuals along the way, and their turn eventually came.
“Huh? Kou-san. What brings you here?”
“Well, we cleared past the 55th floor, so we wanted to get proof of our achievement.”
As Kousuke said this, the receptionist’s face froze for a brief moment.
However, perhaps having gotten to know Kousuke and his party, she quickly recovered and smiled.
What impressive professionalism.
“F-fifty-fifth floor? Congratulations. May I see your card?”
Unfortunately, she couldn’t completely hide her shock.
Kousuke found the receptionist’s reaction amusing and, pulling out his card from his pocket, handed it over.
“Thank you.”
The receptionist took Kousuke’s card and began the procedure.
At this time, the Guild was crowded with a considerable number of adventurers.
It was just the right time for them to return after a day of subjugations.
Although neither Kousuke nor the receptionist were speaking very loudly, their conversation was overheard by the other adventurers.
They had already been drawing attention by bringing Mitsuki, but reaching the 56th Floor attracted even more gazes.
As some whispered amongst themselves, a commotion began to stir within the Guild.
Kousuke deliberately ignored these gazes and the growing murmur.
Drawing attention was precisely the reason they had come here this time.
Satisfied that their plan seemed to be working, Kousuke and his party returned to
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Since Peach and the others had already returned the wagon to the Guild, Kousuke and his party decided to walk back.
However, the building where
Kousuke and his party could have returned immediately if they wanted to, but instead, they decided to stop by the streets of Seichun’s Town first.
They decided to take a stroll through the open-air stalls.
The stalls in Seichun’s Town, some of which were run by adventurers trying to earn pocket money, changed their contents daily, making them fun to browse.
Kousuke and his party enjoyed their long-overdue return to Seichun’s Town, sharing food bought from the stalls with Nana and snacking themselves, before returning to the Guild just as the sun was setting.
After having a late dinner, Kousuke received a report from Peach in his private room.
Peach, who had returned the wagon to the Guild, had gone to gather information from the other Succubi who had been collecting intel.
“It seems
“Is that so? That’s good.”
“Kohhi’s exploits are the source of the rumors, and from there, information about their other activities is spreading.”
Kousuke let out a sigh of relief, pleased that things were progressing as he had envisioned.
“Besides Kohhi, how widely is it spreading?”
“Next, it would be about
The news of breaking the 55th floor, which they had only just reported, had already been caught by the Succubi’s information network.
This suggested that rumors about
“As you can tell from the visit of the Mineil Trading Company’s branch manager the other day, we are gaining attention not only from the Adventurer’s Guild but also from merchant guilds.”
“That’s excellent. What about the rumors Exu spread?”
“Those are also spreading without any problems~ In fact, small and medium-sized merchant guilds that heard about it seem to be actively spreading them.”
“I see.”
The fact that
Of course, entering into such a contract would not be straightforward, but it still offered far more potential than being exclusive to a major merchant guild.
If they could conduct business in some form with
These smaller guilds were spreading the word about the possibility.
This was also a development that Kousuke and his party had planned for.
However, it was not Kousuke who had devised this plan, but rather Schmidt and the members of the Merchant Division.
So far, Peach had been discussing the Guild as a whole, but now she shifted to individual members.
“Speaking of Kohhi, it seems there are recruitment offers being made to other party members as well.”
Kousuke was surprised by this.
If one gathered information properly, it was possible to understand that not only Kousuke’s party but also other parties were active.
However, Kousuke had believed that, like in the Tower Conquest Guild, Seichun’s Town generally did not place much importance on information.
But he realized that proper organizations conducted thorough investigations before making recruitment offers.
“I see. It’s true that in Seichun’s Town, the Adventurer’s Guild is said to have more power than public organizations.”
The top Adventurer’s Guilds in Seichun’s Town possessed not only the ability to subjugate monsters but also the capability to gather information beforehand.
In fact, it could be said that such talented individuals were going to the Adventurer’s Guild.
Thanks to the various information gathered by the Succubi,
However, what Kousuke and his party would do next remained unchanged.
They would simply continue their steady (?) activities to increase their influence in Seichun’s Town.
This story veered into discussing the Succubi’s efforts as I intended to write about their activities.
Hmm. Perhaps it was unnecessary.
And with that, we reach episode thirty. Thirty episodes.
When will this story end…orz
(It’s confirmed it won’t end within this month ><)
