The Tower Of Prophecy (3)

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Like the in the recently visited ‘Sword Heaven Eastern Mansion’, it is one of the Black Towers imbued with powerful forces and laws.

I once mentioned before that long ago, the succeeded in conquering this tower after countless sacrifices.

However, what I saw then was only the entrance area up to floors 1 to 5.

The Order that conquered the manipulated the tower’s internal system.

They divided the floors roughly between 5 to 10 floors, and planted them like beans in each of the 10 Order headquarters.

“The reason was that if the tower was unified as one, it might possibly resurrect, right?”

In response to the question, Natsu raised her hand and answered. She had stuffed the snacks that Choi Mari had stuffed the snacks.

“Mmm, mmm, m-m, mmm mmmm!”
“…Natsu Holy Saint, please finish eating first before you speak.”
“I-I’ll explain it. brother Se-Seha.”

The one who answered was Yuri Holy Saint. The young girl who had been glancing at me and blushing explained.

As I said, if all floors were connected in a straight line, the law might be re-established someday.

At the same time, the , the tower’s master and final boss, might resurrect, so they split it up.

“And among the tower’s structure, the most important is the very top floor.”
“Y-Yes. The unexplored floor that brother Seha and the party are going to enter this time is here.”
“Um, then how much purchased time do we have…”
“D-Don’t worry. We have many unnecessary relics, so we’ve charged over 100 days worth.”

Oh, this is very good news. I guessed that the time needed to achieve the goal was ample.

Anyway, you might wonder what this means. The very top of the . This place had a very peculiar concept of time. If you enter without doing anything, the flow of time is the same as reality, but…

‘You can buy additional time.’

If you offer a tribute imbued with a certain amount of holy power, you can buy time inside for up to one year.

Simply put, if you offer a tribute worth about 100 hours and enter, you can live inside the tower for 100 hours while only one second passes outside.

It is literally a system where the absolute concept of time can be traded.

I heard that this time system played a big role when conquering the .

This was something I had to know.

‘The is a place that checks and informs the conditions for a character’s star-grade test.’

At the same time, it calculates the penalty for failure and informs the retry time.

In other words, if the tower itself permits, you can take the test infinitely.

Well, the tower’s laws are a bit messy, so it took time to explain…

“Simply put, on the top floor, you can take promotion tests unlimitedly. There are also many practice opportunities.”

It costs no money, and you don’t have to wait months after failing.

It is literally a cheat-key level place for raising star grades.

The three who silently listened to the explanation looked at me as if they couldn’t believe it.

Especially Meowi stood up and exclaimed “Muaaa?!” in surprise.

‘It’s not unreasonable.’

She was someone who had painfully raised her star grade. Her reaction was that there was no way such a ridiculous childish place existed.

By the way, even I, who played ‘GAL’, had only seen this benefit twice.

The reason is simple. Because it was one of the rare hidden pieces even in ‘GAL’.

There are two main activation conditions.

You must have Yuri and Natsu. You must possess both of them. In the story, a great crisis struck the entire , and the ‘Instructor’ had to resolve it for it to open.

In my case, I didn’t intend it, but I happened to meet all the conditions.

‘So I asked when the two visited me in the hospital room.’

And three days ago, I was told to come as all preparations were complete.

Gulp-!

Natsu added, seemingly having finished all the snacks.

“Ding dong! Normally, only a very few can receive this precious opportunity.”
“Docking! But brother Seha is the Order’s benefactor, right? Not only the two of us but also the remaining bishops all permitted you to enter.”

Moon Bora raised her hand.

“Um, um… what about the types of tests? And the maximum number of ★? Surely there’s a limit?”
“The test types are common only at the start; the rest are random.”
“The maximum number of ★ is two!”

Moon Bora showed a bit of disappointment at the last statement.

“Ah, as expected… it would be too broken if you could raise it infinitely.”
“But! There is a special event that occurs if you raise more than two. Depending on that, you can raise up to three.”
“E-Event? W-What is that?!”

Natsu crossed her arms and chuckled “Huhu!” at Moon Bora’s question. She declared confidently.

“That is…! A secret!”
“Huh, whaaat?”

Natsu made an X sign with both hands. With her characteristic ding-dong expression, she spoke confidently.

“Huhu! It’s polite to block spoilers in advance. Go find out yourself!”
“…”

Yuri stared blankly at Natsu.

She quietly made an O sign and spoke to me.

“Brother Se-Seha will tell you if you ask.”
“Yu-Yuri!? You’ve been acting weird since earlier! And why do you only use honorifics with brother?!”
“I-I don’t know, don’t ask that!”

It was literally an unbearably cute farce.

I smiled softly. I waved my hand, saying it was okay. There was no need to hear the explanation.

‘Because I already experienced it in GAL.’

I already knew about the hidden elements, and I was entering with the intention to accomplish even that.

“Ahem, ahem! Anyway, you, the girl rubbing your cheek!”
“Huh?”
“Especially you, I won’t tell! Figure it out yourself!”

After finishing her words, Natsu sent a mysterious signal and stuck out her tongue playfully. Apparently, she was secretly bothered by being forcibly hugged and rubbed. But Natsu overlooked one thing.

“Huff!”
“…Ding dong?”

Even Natsu’s sulking was an incredibly cute scene to Moon Bora.

Moon Bora couldn’t hold back and approached Natsu. She hugged her tightly. Even Yuri, who was trying to escape, got caught.

“Di, ding dong ding dong!”
“Docking docking!”
“Oh my~ really? Our Holy Saint speaks well. Okay, I’ll find out myself~”
“Di, ding dong dong! L-let go! D-don’t rub my cheeks! Y-your chest is just ridiculously big… di, ding dong dong dong!”

The basic explanation and understanding of the goal and destination were complete.

“However, there is one problem.”

The party raised question marks above their heads at Yu Seha’s words.

“That is, there is no food inside the tower.”
“…Ah.”

Facilities for washing, sleeping, practicing, and basic supplies were pre-arranged inside, so no problem there.

The real problem was food.

You might wonder. If there are items, can’t food just be put in as well?

‘That’s what I mean can’t be done.’

The was uniquely a tower with restrictions on food. A remnant of laws meant to make challengers suffer. Even after clearing all floors and being split into pieces, this law could not be overcome.

“Food brought inside disappears after 12 hours.”
“M-Muaah? Even if it’s not processed food?”
“Yes, whether it’s crops or anything, it just disappears entirely.”

Therefore, someone needs to shuttle regularly between inside and outside the tower. Someone must continuously transport supplies.

“Meow. Then I’ll do it, Seha.”
“Hmm, our Meowi isn’t bad to do it either, but…”

Since the itself is a place built on holiness. It is better if the person has a high holiness value. More precisely, it was best if they were from the .

“If they get hated by the tower and are banned from entry… that would be troublesome.”
“Muaa. That’s…”

At the moment Yu Seha was wondering ‘Should I really do it…’

Crunch crunch.

“…?”
“Crunch crunch.”

Eyes naturally turned. And Choi Mari was eating popcorn while attentively listening.

I made eye contact with her. Choi Mari tilted her head at Yu Seha’s gaze.

“…Mauu?”
“…Ah, there’s a great talent here.”
“Ma, mau? Mauu!?”

A little later. A mauu-like scream echoed.

Choi Mari, cornered against the wall, swallowed dryly as she looked at the approaching people.

“Ma, mauu! I-I won’t enter the tower. J-Just guiding you here was my role-”
“-I heard, senior, you haven’t raised even one star from your original 4★?”
“D-Do I really have to raise it?”
“You have to. You’re our party member.”

Choi Mari rolled her eyes this way and that. A collection of mauu thoughts to find a way out somehow. But everything was thwarted by the watching Holy Saints.

“Um, Sister Mari! Go raise it and come back!”
“Go raise it and come back!”
“H-Holy Saint?! W-What! Are you abandoning me?!”
“If you had steadily raised your ★ from the start, this wouldn’t have happened.”
“Right. We also raised ours ourselves… You must set an example as a candidate for the next bishop.”

Natsu and Yuri looked at each other. They nodded and gave the order as Holy Saints.

“Go and come back! Raise your star grade as much as possible!”
“And also move the supplies!”
“Ma, mauu! Th-that’s!”

Chin.

Yu Seha placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled like an angel. Of course, that smile was like a devil itself to Choi Mari.

“Please take care of it, senior. Now, since there’s no time… let’s go in immediately.”
“Ma, mauu, w-wait… I need mental preparation… ma, mauu, mauu!!!”

Yu Seha dragged Choi Mari along like that. Waving his hand at the support of the two Holy Saints, he faced the white gate before him.

Entered inside the .

About four days have passed since entering the .

The tower’s interior space surrounded by vast space and meadows.

Specifically, one of the top floors, the 145th floor. Within a beautiful natural environment. A somewhat alien song sound was heard.

-Hey! Boogie woogie bang bang
-Let’s go! Buddy buddy boom boom

The source of the song was a large speaker prepared and brought in advance.

A woman was dancing to the lively music flowing from there.

This woman had flowing purple hair tied in a ponytail. She showed off impressive hip movements, radiating cuteness and beauty. She was literally a dancer through and through.

She was none other than Moon Bora.

Moon Bora, at the front, moved her index finger skillfully and danced perfectly to the beat.

She didn’t miss elements that would be highly rated in the test, mixing winks and aegyo.

A dance that anyone would give a perfect score of 100.

However, those following her couldn’t do the same.

“Yo, yowuek… Th-this is harder than I thought?”
“Meow, meoww…! W-why on earth do I have to do this?”
“Mua, muaa.”
“…”

Flailing here and there. The dance itself was easy enough to roughly follow, but the quality was not high.

Eventually, Moon Bora, watching, shouted loudly.

“Everyone, do it properly! Dancing is no joke.”

Finally, her fiery gaze fixed on Yu Seha.

“Seha! Your hip thrust is too weak!!! You won’t get a high rating like that!”
“…”

At Moon Bora’s sharp words, Yu Seha squeezed his eyes shut.

Though he knew it couldn’t be helped, he gritted his teeth.

He cursed the GM who made this inside his heart.

Finally, he flicked his hips in accordance with Moon Bora’s advice.