Chapter 74: White Tower 27th Floor

Chapter 74: White Tower 27th Floor

For some reason, whenever I start my dungeon exploration, the king of thieves Wake will come and play and my exploration will proceed smoothly.

I took Wake and climbed the stairs up to the 20th floor of the white tower. It seems to be the current front line and Lyle-sensei is leading it.

Ah, Wake-dono. We are very grateful for your support.

As soon as Lyle-sensei saw Wakes face, he fixed his collar and bowed. Wake waved his hand as if saying Dont mention it..

Areh? What did Wake do?

Takeru-dono, during the war, he led the thieves guild to attack the territory of the empire. Their cover attack was quite helpful.

Heh, is that so? Thank you very much.

Dont do that! Its just a misunderstanding, hero. The thieves guild doesnt intervene in conflicts between countries. We did not help you during the war.

Fuhn

Im telling the truth. There were many stupid lords who emptied their territory during the war so it was convenient to attack them.

Wake waved his hands as if saying stop talking about it and went ahead to climb up the stairs.

Upon reaching the 21st floor, I saw Wake continuously shooting the head of a stone golem with his magic bullet of rebellion.

What a tsundere.

The thief guild aside, Im thankful of him.

On the front line, Oracle-chan is controlling the eerie goddess statue of Asama (I feel like Asama will be offended by calling this statue of female deva her statue though) to smash three golems.

A sweaty Oracle-chan came to me saying phew.

I know youre working hard but youre only using a remote control.

Takeru, are you done playing with that little knight girl?

It was a duel in form of training and not me playing.

You have come at the right time. Given our pace, well be able to reach the 27th floor in an hour.

Thats fast.

Speaking of which, when I was playing with the princess knight, they managed to conquer up to the 21st floor.

Compared to Oracles Great Cave, the size of each floor is small. Also, after getting and drawing the map I pulled out from the console on the lower floor, we are taking the shortest route possible from floor to floor.

It is all thanks to Oracle.

Is she being modest? Oracle shook her white twin tails.

No, the power of five thousand adventurers is great. They are totally unstoppable once they know the correct room!

They are divided into ten-person platoons. In short, there are 500 groups that will spearhead in turns. Compared to ordinary soldiers, adventurers are stronger individually.

Narrow places like a dungeon where small-scale battles are endless can be called the best battlefield for mercenaries.

My army is focused on logistics which made a large number of camps and relay points. They are well prepared and can deploy easily as backups so we can advance with little sacrifice.

Even so, this dungeon has a lot of golems.

It is as you said.

When Oracle-chan took the lead, an abnormal number of golem monsters had come out.

Flesh golem, bone golem, stone golem, iron golem.

If you want to run a dungeon for a super long time, golem is the best choice. You can easily make flesh golem and bone golems from the fallen adventurers and even if stones and irons are smashed, it is possible to turn them in to golems as long as theres magical power.

Ue, are you saying that those flesh golems are made of human flesh from adventurers?

I even thought of eating it earlier. I made a mistake. It is a good thing that it looks like rotten meat so we did not eat it.

I find using the corpse of adventurers to create monsters disgusting.

Thats normal. Even in my dungeon, my zombie carrier kills adventurers and turns them into zombies to make new monsters. It can be said that its the dungeons way to locally procure supply. However, I feel like the maker of this place is a golem maniac.

I guess the dungeon reflects the personality of the person who created it.

This white tower of trials, though a trial, has no traps.

Maa, is a dungeon master only someone who gives orders?

So, Oracle, what happened?

I logged in to the main account so I can do anything. For example, this.

When Oracle fiddled with the control panel, a large magic circle showed up in the central control room.

Given my experience with RPG, I can guess that this is a warp device that enables you to access each floor.

Can that take me to the 100th floor?

It can but Ill stop you. Even if Ive logged in to the main account, there are things that are independent of the control room, for example, a powerful guardian of a warehouse. I think it is better for you to not touch the upper floors.

That means we cant clear this white tower.

Takeru, think about it carefully. I feel bottomless eeriness from the queen that created this tower. According to the legend, the white tower of trials has been here for nearly a thousand years but it is suspicious that no one has ever cleared it. Thats simply impossible!

Maa, if you say so.

When I checked the other side of the system, I had a bad feeling. It is an implicit taboo for dungeon masters to create traps that are impossible to clear. If you do that, even the dungeon master wont be able to do something about it. However, I feel like the dungeon master of this place is crazy and will not hesitate to do something like that.

I see. The fact that there are fogs around the top floor of the tower is suspicious enough.

If you are a fanatic, youll say that it cant be touched by mere humans since it is already the realm of gods.

Not having traps until now doesnt necessarily mean that theres no trap at all.

F*uck! Making a game thats impossible to clear is simply the lowest thing one can do.

And then, someone actually created a dungeon like that as if saying this is the harsh reality.

Then, for the time being, do you want to go to the 54th floor?

Eh? Isnt that already cleared by the old emperor Conrad?

Thats the highest floor that was reached 50 years ago. Even if the treasure storage was cleared back then, there will be some items on it again. There might not be good treasures like orichalcum shield but there might still be other treasures.

I see. It cant be helped. We cant get anything without risking something.

We decided to go to the 54th floor.

Theres no way we can send out 5000 mercenaries at once so we send them one by one.

This kind of teleportation movement is something Ive already heard about before. It was the unique magic Space-time gate of the greater mage Jenny Walpurgis, one of Freeds entourage.

Jenny might be somewhat related to ancient magic civilization.

The enemy is a greater mage so shes destined to be killed by sensei even if she has such a complicated background.

What did you say about me?

Sensei heard my muttering and asked me about it with a smile.

No, I just thought that this teleportation magic is similar to that greater mage.

Certainly but Ill be watching behind you so you can rest assured.

What do you mean?

Well, since sensei said that I should rest assured, I guess its okay.

The grand gate of the 54th floor looks like it is made of gold.

Is it gold plated? Even if it is only gold plated, given its size, it is a valuable asset.

There is also Treasure Vault written in ancient language but whether it is true or not no longer matters.

I want to take this gold gate back with me!

Oracle, can I cut it down?

Well, upon checking the system, I found a scary self-destruct system of the whole tower. The queen who created this place is certainly crazy so it would be better to not upset her.

Damn it! Thats a perfect anti-theft measure!

This gold gate, I can touch it but I cant take it!

Lets give up cutting it down. I still have to see the ability of the boss thats guarding the treasure vault of the 54th floor.

I opened the golden gate and entered the treasure vault.