CH 15

“Course – clear, engine – On, take off”

I start the wind magic engine and take off the wind magic glider from the runway.

If there is no runway, I should make it. So, I made the runway by carving out the inner sections of the forest in the northeastern part of Lurden.

It’s a bit of a hassle to go back and forth. Anyway, it’s impossible to take off and land in town. I should have done this from the beginning.

The glider on which I was riding was steadily increasing in altitude, at this momentum, it will soon reach the height of the stratus.

By the way, the Tower of the Sages is located in a rather inaccessible place. It takes about 10 days from Lurden to reach the town, and then to the forest for another 4 days on foot.

This tower is said to be built by an ancient sage, which has 300 floors above ground and looks like a deep blue skyscraper modelled over Burj Khalifa.

The 300th floor is maybe 1,000 or 1,500 meters high.

By the way, in the game, you can come to this tower free-spirited to study for the school festival during the second grade. Nonetheless, if I don’t go now, I can still clear it later, which is unnecessary.

Well, the Tower of the Sages is quite far away. Thus, thanks to the introduction of the wind magic engine, rather than gliding, it is proceeding at a considerably higher speed than the first time. Expected At this pace I’m expecting to reach in a few hours.

The wind magic glider has also been improved compared to the first time and is designed exclusively for capturing the Tower of the Sage.

First of all, the biggest improvement is the function to remove the core of the wind magic engine that powers the glider.

Last time, the core disintegrated because it was fused all together with the materials. It became useless after getting damaged once. But this time even if an accident occurs, I will not lose this core part. I can reuse the old Wyvern magic stone every time.

And it is my hair that transmits the power. It was painful to pluck it out, but it can’t be helped, as if I can gain something without sacrificing anything. (TL: The idiom on the last is 背に腹は変えられない, I tried my best to convey the meaning.)

It’s not perfect and considering its short term usage makes me feel depressed. It would be better to upgrade it later.

Thanks to this cost reduction, the magic stones required to alchemise the core has changed to Orc magic stones instead of Wyvern magic stones.

This is a rather large upgrade.

Orc magic stones can be bought from the guild for around 100,000 cents. Although Orc is a monster that is hated for different reasons, it is very popular for its meat. As a result, it is also the main source of income for intermediate adventurers. So, Orc magic stones are always in stock.

In this way, the wind magic glider that achieves both cost reduction and performance improvement keep on travelling smoothly in the air.

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While chewing on the sandwich I made in flight, I saw a tower of tremendous height in front of me.

No doubt about it, that is the Tower of the Sages.

Now, as planned, let’s get ready to start the operation.

I control the elevator with my left hand to raise the altitude of the aircraft while flying around the tower.

As the altitude rises steadily, the glider breaks through the stratus and rises above the clouds. Stratus exists at a height of about 2,000 meters above the sky, so the current altitude is about that.

A sea of white clouds spread under my eyes. The upper part of the tower protrudes as if it penetrates the cloud. And the rooftop of the tower is visible now.

I approach it operating the glider, particularly there is no intervention.

Just as expected.

I move the glider up to make some distance, then turn around facing down toward the tower.

“Direction okay! altitude okay! goal, the top floor of the Tower of the Sages. Glider missiles, assault!”

I fuel the wind magic engine at maximum output.

The aircraft speed up and rush towards the top of the tower while making a rattling noise.

“Now! eject!”

I remove the core used for the wind magic engine and activate the emergency escape device.

The device activates correctly and I got ejected straight up high.

“Oh! mana, the source of all things, gather in my hands and become the wind.”

I open the prepared parachute while decelerating by driving the wind diagonally downward.

And start the small wind magic engine that I had prepared and adjust the posture in the air. It’s as simple as adjusting the place of fall while not gaining momentum.

With this gear, it may be closer to a motor paraglider than a parachute.

While the glider I ejected from became a missile and crashed into the top of the Tower of the Sages with a loud noise.

Since it is light in weight, it will not offer much impact, but because of the iron attached to the tip, it should be able to do some damage.

When I landed on the roof of the Tower of the Sage, I checked the condition of the tower. The part where the glider collides had collapsed making a hole, yet it seems that there is no particular effect on other places.

I hurriedly fold the parachute and used a rope to enter the top floor.

“As planned!”

I evaded the Sage Tower’s traps, monsters, bosses, all of them and reached the top floor.

In the meantime, the self-repairing function of the Tower of the Sage worked, and the outer wall was gradually repaired. It soon returned to its original state as if there had been no collision.

By the way, the reason why I know that the outer wall of the Tower of the Sage can be destroyed from the outside is, of course, because there was such a description in the game.

There was an event in which Amy and her friends were celebrating their achievement of reaching the top floor of the Tower of the Sage when suddenly a black sky dragon attacked them by destroying the outer wall of the Tower of the Sage.

The character design was cool, but suddenly getting attacked by an enemy character without any conversation event was a messed up scenario. At that time I cursed the Devs while playing without understanding anything.

Well then, I who invaded the top floor in this way headed for the treasure chest placed in the center of this floor.

When the treasure chest opens with a squeaking noise, a scroll was there inside it.

There is no doubt that it is 『Scroll of multiple chanting』.

I immediately use the scroll to get the 【Multiple Chant】 skill.

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Name: Allen

Rank: E

Age: 12

Blessings:〖Wind God〗

Skills:【Concealment】【Appraisal】【Alchemy】【Wind Magic】【Multiple Chant】

Place of residence: Lurden

Cash on hand: 3,308,751

Level: 1

Strength: E

Magic Power: D

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Now, only one skill is left that I need. Let’s start preparing for that.