Chapter 5.8 - New Skill
Let's Manage the Tower
Recently, Kousuke has been working with Isunani to create a new divine tool but itâs not going well.
To put it bluntly, they donât even have any idea what to do.
What theyâre trying to make is something that has a chat function.
It all started when Isunani heard Kousuke murmurs it would be convenient if they can converse away from each other.
Originally, there is a magic called telepathy so they thought that if they devise it from there, they would manage to do something but itâs not useful to them at all.
They also tried to base it on the divine engraving machine but it was not helpful. They realized that they have to completely make it from scratch.
That time, the two of them concluded that creating a chat tool would be a long-term battle.
For this reason, they decided to stop creating the tool and slowly research about it first.
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Because of that, Kousuke decided to check the function of the tower on the management floor.
Since he established crown and put demi-humans on several floors, he decided to review the towerâs function.
He found some interesting things to install so he decided to install them.
There are three of them namely the fragment of the sun, fragment of the moon, and fragment of the star.
There were other fragments too but he chose those three first because they are related to divine power.
As for why, he thought it is probably because they are related to the three great gods.
If he asked them something about the tower, they wouldnât answer as he already tried to ask Sylvia to ask Eris.
The only answer Sylvia received was âDo as you pleaseâ.
Kousuke didnât mind since thereâs no problem in the first place.
Anyway, he installed those three.
There are various interesting things yet to be installed but considering the installation cost, he narrowed down the choices to those three.
The place he installed them is the foxâs floor which is the 8th floor.
He installed one for each base.
In addition, he also installed summoning circles at each base and decided to head to the 8th floor to start summoning.
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Kousuke went to the 8th floor with Kouhi and Collete.
However, it has already been a day after he installed those three fragments and summoning circles.
He decided to delay going there since he thought thereâs no way the effect will immediately come out right after the installation.
Well, he already expected that a day wonât be enough either.
He brought Collete to converse with Wanli of course.
He wondered if he was bothering her so much but since Collete seems to be looking forward to playing with Wanli, he stopped thinking too much.
They came to the 8th floor after a day of installation but whether there will be changes or not is unknown.
Wanli immediately greeted Kousukeâs party as soon as they arrived on the 8th floor via the teleportation gate. Thereâs a change in Wanli.
ãWhoah, oi, hey, waitâ¦.!ã
Wanli dashed and jumped to Kousuke in no time.
Kousuke, who wasnât able to stop her, fell on his back but Wanli began to lick his face regardless of it.
ãMmmm, heyâ¦it ticklesâ¦ã
Even though he said that, Kousuke doesnât want her to stop.
Kouhi and Collete, who looked at them while smiling, noticed Wanliâs change.
ãWaâ¦â¦waitâ¦â¦her tail has increasedâ¦.!?ã
Hearing Collete, Kousuke turns his gaze to Wanliâs tail.
ãAh, rightâ¦.Wanli, did you grow a little?ã
ãKuu?ã
Wanli tilted her neck as a reply.
As expected, given that reaction, Collete doesnât even need to interpret.
ãHer tail increased and her body got bigger, right?ã
ãThatâs right.ã
Kouhi agreed with Kousukeâs confirmation.
Then, Collete conveyed that to the clueless Wanli through spirits.
ãâ¦.Kuu!?ã
When Collete conveyed to her what happened, Wanli looked surprised.
ãâ¦.no, how can you not noticeâ¦..ã
ãFrom the time I woke up this morning, everyone was acting weird and I thought thatâs weird.ã
The everyone sheâs referring to are the foxes at the base.
ãAh, is that so? Do you feel anything different?ã
After hearing those from Collete, Kousuke checked Wanliâs status through his left eye.
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Personal Name: Wanli
Race Name: Multi-Tailed Fox
Inherent Skill: Fox Fire LV6, Bite LV5, Evasion LV6, Detection LV6, Language Comprehension(Familiar) LV4, Divine Power Control LV5 Fairy Language Yang Fire LV1
Blessing Skill: Transform LV3, Telepathy LV4
Title: Kousukeâs Familiar, Sun Godâs Blessed
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Her overall LV has risen but more than that, the skill and the title were added.
Apparently, it seems to be the effect of the sun fragment.
Or perhaps is a kind of thanks for installing the .
Either way, it is probably thanks to the fragment of the sun.
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While thinking about that, Collete, who had finished her conversation with Wanli, came to speak with him.
ãâ¦.it seems like her technique towards the power she used when she played with Nana before has become better.ã
ãPlayed beforeâ¦.? Ah, is she referring to the divine power ball?ã
ãI think so.ã
ãI see. Is leveling up the the prerequisite?ã
It may be good for the other foxes to do that too but unfortunately, thereâs only one multi-tailed fox.
After playing with Wanli, he checked the other foxes of the base. There are only a few foxes that have but they are increasing.
The foxes that were able to obtain it are the sky fox and earth fox but none of the spirit foxes were able to.
In any case, he told Wanli to teach those foxes that have to play the divine power ball game.
Now, if they attain the same skill level as Wanli, he can confirm that divine power control is one of the prerequisites to be a multi-tailed fox.
By the way, he also visited the two newly made bases.
He built them with much effort so it will be a waste to not go there.
He used the summoning circles to summon spirit foxes and returned to the management floor.
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ãWhat do you plan to do with Nana and Wanli?ã
As soon as they returned to the management floor, Collete asked him that.
ãâ¦..hnn? What are you talking about?ã
ãIf you only plan to dote on them, you donât need to make them strong, right?ã
ãAh, so thatâs what you mean.ã
If he only wants to dote on them, he can just keep them on the management floor.
ãThatâs rightâ¦.at first I only wanted them to be strong enough so they could surviveâ¦.now that I know their race can change as they grow stronger, I feel greedy.ã
ãGreedy?ã
ãYes. To put it simply, I want them to be able to defeat advanced monsters eventually.ã
Collete was surprised by Kousukeâs answer and thought about it once again.
In the first place, you canât find any sign of being a spirit fox while looking at the current Wanli.
Wanli, Nana, and the others change(evolution?) from wolves and foxes to this astonishing degree.
Thinking about it, she feels like she slightly understood Kousuke.
If they become able to defeat advanced monsters, that means they can live the way they want in the tower.
It is also true that it was not his original intention.
Even so, since they are growing, he has no choice but to support them.