Chapter 72: Hacking

Chapter 72: Hacking

Hnn, hnnn..? Takeru, have we finally arrived?

What do you mean by have we finally arrived? Everyone has already started capturing the White Tower of Trials. Get up.

I went to a covered wagon to wake up Oracle-chan who was sleeping wrapped in a blanket.

Shes hugging a large pillow while rubbing her eyes wistfully. Shes still sleeping even though it is already afternoon.

Yesterday, my slave girls were a bit noisy until late at night so they also lacked sleep.

For Oracle, shes been living underground for a very long time so I cant help but wonder if this is normal for her.

Hnn, Takeru, give me more. Im still sleepy.

Get up already.

Oracle hugged me and tried to pull me into the blanket so I pushed her away.

Dont hug me, OFF!

If you give me a good morning kiss Ill get up.

Stop playing around. If you dont go, we cant start capturing the dungeon. Get dressed.

My main objective is speed. To capture the 100 story white tower, I wont mind using 5000 adventurers.

To cheat more, the power of Oracle, who used to be a dungeon master, is necessary.

In addition to the professionals in capturing a dungeon, using a professional in making a dungeon will surely speed up the capture speed.

Come here, dress me up.

Good grief

Oracle, whos only wearing underwear, raises her hands and asks me to dress her up. How spoiled can she get?

But, it cant be helped.

Oracle will only act this time if we provide her comfortable service.

I brought her usual clothes with one big shoulder sleeve.

Umu, dungeon master Oracle, how do you feel?

How do I feel.well, I feel refreshed.

When we left the covered wagon, the first place I took Oracle-chan to is the entrance of the White Tower of Trials.

5000 adventurers are going in and out of the towers entrance. Everyone seems to be busy carrying monster corpses, dismantling them, and cooking food.

Oracle, what can you say? I mean as a dungeon master.

Well, Im hungry.

I hurriedly brought the best piece of fat meat of an orc from the kitchen and threw it in Oracles mouth.

Chew and eat well. If you want another one, Ill get it for you. All for the sake of you starting to work as soon as possible.

Nmu, maa, ngu.cough. The guardian of this white tower, it is this thing.

After eating with satisfaction, Oracle-chan goes and hits the pedestal of the 3-meter statue of Asama in the entrance of the tower.

Yeah. According to sensei, this is a strong guardian.

When I heard that it can move, I figured out that the holy wand on the hand of Asamas statue is some sort of blunt weapon.

In short, this eerie looking goddess statue is really a golem.

This is just a stone statue, to be more specific, a gargoyle that can suddenly attack. This golem is made from that kind of technology. It is programmed to move based on certain conditions and attack those who will touch the bottom line rule of this place.

Oracle-chan fiddled up with the pedestal, spotted something, and opened it.

Who would have thought that there is a console there? It looks like its just a piece of marble.

I can also read the ancient language written on the console.

My language cheat became useful for the first time in a while. The console on the pedestal seems to serve as an input/output device for the white tower system.

There is a command limit on this floor.

Oracle-chan, who played with the console, freely manipulated the goddess statue.

With just a little touch, the goddess statue/golem fell to her control. As expected of a dungeon master.

Youre amazing.

By the way, if you want to control the whole tower system, we have to get in the main command. The closest place we can get into it is the 27th floor.

Since Oracle-chan says so, our present target is the 27th floor.

For an experiment, Oracle-chan remotely controlled the goddess statue and had it fight against a group of ogre lords. A raging Princess Knight Eleonora yells at her.

Eleonora, were currently busy so go away.

The three-meter eerie goddess statue is quite strong.

The goddess statue waved down the holy wand several times to the group led by an ogre lord. The ogre lords group made a sound similar to tomatoes being squished with each swing until they turn into nothing but stains on the floor.

The guardian is a scary enemy but as an ally, its reliable.

If there is no need to consider the Lanct Duchy, and if the noisy princess knight is not here, I would have used the power of this statue to capture this dungeon.

You bastards, what are you doing to the sacred White Tower of Trials?

What do you mean what? We are obviously trying to capture it, right Oracle?

Oracle and I both nod.

Oracle even makes the goddess statue nod.

How can you try to capture it with such a cowardly strategy! This White Tower of Trials has a long history and tradition. It has an important role of making a hero grow by overcoming the trials given by the goddess. You cant clear it by cheating!

When she said that, I must admit that I felt a little guilty.

Having a cheat is cheating, shes wrong.

Oi, lass, just now, you said were cheating. Whats wrong with our strategy?

Attacking using 5000 mercenaries and rewriting the guardians program without permission, everything you do is messed up in the first place!

Well, Im not sure what the princess knight is trying to say but we are trying to capture this place seriously.

However, Oracle-chan wont sweet talk a lass with too much idealism.

Those are not prohibited if you want to talk about the rules of this dungeon. We are not cheating at all.

Even if you say that, you certainly are if you use common sense.

Does she even know who shes speaking with? Shes the proved and tested great teacher Oracle-chan.

Even if she looks like a little demon girl, shes a dungeon master maestro with three hundred years of experience.

Okay, lass, I am having a serious match as a dungeon master against the old queen Liliella who already died. The lord of this White Tower of Trials tried to protect the tower with only rigid rules and inorganic objects without leaving a living master like me who can respond to any situation flexibly.

What are you saying?

I mean thats her weakness. The lord of this tower already lost when she was not able to assume that someone like me would come. Dungeon creation is a high-level intellectual game where youll commit all of your intelligence, physical strength, and imagination to the limit. It is a comprehensive art. It can be said that not using everything you have in hand to capture a dungeon is blasphemy. Lass who doesnt understand anything, stop being presumptuous and get out of the way!

u-ugh..

The princess knight, who was completely defeated, said incomprehensible words.

If you understand, get back, Princess Eleonora.

Silesies Herooo!

Yes?

Eleonora unsheathed a straight sword and charged at me.

Why me? Just because you were beaten in an argument you would suddenly use force against me!

B-bastard, I cant stop!

What are you even doing?

If I use the sword of light, her sword will be cut smoothly and it will go straight at her which might kill her so I took out the neutral sword from my left hand.

The neutral sword is shining in dull silver and it is more delicate compared to the sword of light or sword of darkness.

Maa, I can also adjust the power to some extent. It only cut the Princess Knight Eleonora slowly and it is also shallow.

But the other party is the princess knight. It will be possible to fatally wound her even if I sloppily match her.

You, are you crying.

Dish ish four da wyte tower of trial!

What the. Shes really crying. Is that enough for someone to cry?

Eleonora still looks young but in this world, a fifteen year old person is already an adult so shes expected to act like one.

Even if she walks another hundred steps, shes still a smelly brat.

Shes trained as a female knight and her body was able to catch up to that. However, her mentality is still of a child.

What? You dont like it? Then talk first and dont just go slashing someone!

However, Eleonora, if you use that technique like that, the sword emperor will cry.

Hokushin Itto ryuu, two step thrust!

I lightly dodge the first thrust of the princess knight and block the other two.

If youll ever use a thrusting technique, you should use a feint first in order to break the opponents stance or it will be pointless.

Thats the reason why I easily blocked her other two strikes.

Uuaaaa, three step thrust! Three step thrust!

Jikishin kare ryuu, eight phase blast!

Eleonora finally went berserk so rained her with attacks using both of my hands.

She was not able to defend against my eight phase blast so I struck her fiery armor with all my might.

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa

Eleonora was blown away when she was hit three times by me on her belly.

As she was flying in the air right now, I smiled a little.

Oi, are you okay?

I can.not overrrrrr!

Shes good at taking a beating.

All right, lets see how far you can endure.

Hokushin Itto ryuu, meteor!

I stepped with my right foot, bent down my left leg, pretended to target my opponents hand with an attack from below, jumped up, and slashed my opponent from above.

Though Eleonora reacted and defended herself in a moment, I can still easily target her head.

Bashin, the sound of being hit on the shoulder with a big move was heard.

Anyway, Im here to train so no splitting of head will happen.

Coward!

Feints arent cowardly. If this is a battlefield, how many times have you already died if youre not wearing your armor?

On the battlefield, surprise attacks are the best method of attacking. Eleonora is someone with no common sense.

Both as a female knight and as a vice general, she already experienced it.

Even if she doesnt, she should have been educated in her knights training, right?

Did she use the backdoor by throwing money?

I will never lose to a cowardly hero like you!

Shes so irritating that shes already stimulating my sadistic mind.

Alright, Ill do what I can to tolerate her.

Hokushin Itto ryuu, star king sword!

Due to extreme concentration, Eleonoras already slow movement seems to have stopped.

I put enough energy to my two swords and hammered them to Eleonoras body with all my might.

Eleonora could not even scream. She was blown away to the edge of the arena, sunk into the wall, and got buried a little by the ruined wall.

Even though it is not bladed, black cedar is harder than iron. It can kill an ordinary person with a simple slash but if it is a tough one, that person should be fine.

How is it? Still want to continue?

I can still.I will not lose!

Even if I already showed the difference in power, her blue eyes are still burning with fighting spirit. Even though shes tattered, she still managed to stand up.

She picked up her straight sword that fell earlier.

Heeeerrrrrrooooooo!

Its sad that your skill doesnt match your fighting spirit.

When Eleonora continued her semicircular attack, I just deflected it using the strength of my upper body to trim all the power behind it.

Eleonora falls face down and crawls on the ground.

You should train a little more before challenging someone to a duel.

I can stillllllll!

The princess knights heart is not broken yet. While covered with dirt, she picks up her straight sword again and rises like a zombie.

She moves forward like that and slashes like an evil spirit. Shes just wasting energy. I wonder if I can use her to generate power instead. Princess knight electric generatorimpossible.

It cant be helped, star king sword! Star king sword! Star king sword!

I casually parried the princess knights straight sword and continuously slash her accurately on her shoulder, torso, gauntlet.

This is a training to improve the accuracy of my technique using a moving target in order to kill my opponent.

Gyaaaa, my sword!

I forgot how many clashes it has met with my sword but finally, it could no longer stand it. The princess knights sword broke.

Her flame armor is a durable magic item but her straight sword is a normal steel sword. It will eventually break after clashing continuously with my black cedar sword.

Your sword broke before your heart, youre a stubborn one.

I can stilllll!

Even though I recognized it as a good battle and it made my mood good in the end. It would have gone longer if the sword did not break.

Unyielding will, you are like Charles de Gaulle. If you can learn a little more, youll probably become a good general.

After the blade broke into pieces, she threw the handle at me.

Uwa, now, how should I deal with her?

Stay put. Dont mess with me.

Uwaaaaaaa!

As expected, I cant swing a sword against an unarmed woman so I threw my sword and fought her with my fist.

This girls punches are heavy and strong. I never thought she could hit me. It would have been dangerous if Im not wearing my mithril armor.

That was an amazing discovery. Perhaps the gauntlets of her flame armor are better than her sword.

It would be better if youve been a boxer.

But this is just an annoyance because it will not be training if Im not using a sword.

Take thisssss

This is no longer a knights duel but a boxing match.

Damn it, it cant be helped.

Uuaaaaaaa!

Even if it is now a fist fight, theres no difference. Her attack is monotonous so I used feint and foot work.

I take her arm and twist it up. I dont know much about grappling techniques but I have enough knowledge to know where the joints are.

Eleonora, if you dont give up, Ill break your arm!

Break it!

Is that so? She probably thought that I wouldnt do it so I did it.

I put more strength into it and a heavy sound resounded. Her arm is now bent in an impossible direction.

Gyaaaaaa, it hurrrrttttsssssss, its broookkkkeeeennnn!

I broke it.

I showed her Im serious.

Im not sure whether her bone broke or is it just her joint but Im sure it hurts like hell.

It huuurrrtttsssss

Of course, since it hurts enough to make you cry, give up now!

No, Im not hurt at all.

Ah, please.

Even with her swords broken, her arms broken, her hearts still not broken.

After thinking about what to do, I pressed down Princess Knight Eleonoras body and stripped off her magical cloak and also began removing the metal fittings of her flame armor.

What am I doing?

Im stripping her!

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