11th, Ashadha, 1965,
It's 5 pm employees are still at work in HRD.
The team member of HRD mainly does desk job. Ortson is in charge of calculating the total expenditure on raw resources.
Due to gaining mana, Ortson's ability to mentally calculate increased exponentially.
'Mana has increased my calculation speed.'
Looking around the office Ortson saw many employees were using abacus to calculate.
Ortson takes out a book from his drawer titled- ABC about alchemy.
'Alchemy started with the quest of turning base metals like lead into gold, another goal of alchemy is the study of immortality. The most important law of Alchemy is the Law of Equivalent Exchange.
The Seven Stages of Alchemical Process; Calcination, Dissolution, Separation, Conjunction, Fermentation, Distillation, and Coagulation.'
'Alchemy inside the tower mainly centered around potion and its uses.'
Ortson started to get immersed himself in reading that book.
Office time is almost over, the employee started to clean up their desk.
"Ortson, are you done?"
Oswal is a team player, he communicates with everyone in the department, if there is a disagreement between coworkers or some issue with another department on the 1st-floor branch inside Association Oswal talks with them.
Lumine who is the head of HRD, and his relationship with his subordinate and coworkers is not good.
During that seven days Ortson came to understand the dynamics of office politics inside Alchemy Association 1st floor branch.
"Yes, Mr. Oswal."
"Let's go, I will buy you drinks tonight."
Inside a bar named TANANZULA, It is frequented by office workers.
It has dim lighting inside giving the bar a nice atmosphere.
A gramophone is playing soft music inside the bar.
Oswal and Ortson are sitting at the counter and having drinks together.
"So, Ortson are you having any difficulty?"
"No, It's just that everything is new to me."
Only Ortson knows how everything is new to him not only in this tower but also in this world, the new culture sometimes overwhelms him.
In this world times personal might takes precedence over group thoughts.
People tend to worship a hero, to a fanatical degree, just because he is stronger than the rest of them, and mana made it possible.
"If there is no problem then it is a good thing."
"So, is there something else you want to say to me?"
"Yes, there is, why don't you raid a dungeon."
Dungeons are subspaces inside a gate.
Ortson has heard of Dungeon. But he never thought of raiding a dungeon, even in his past life he had never punched someone, here they are asking him to fight for his life.
"Why?"
"By raiding dungeons and defeating boss, raiders can receive Tower Points, which can be used to increase one stats, or can be used in trading."
"Trading?"
"Yes Tower Points can be traded."
"So, can one person raid one dungeon many times."
"Yes"
"Then.."
"I know what you are thinking, raiders can raid the dungeon many times, but they can only gain defeat from the boss one time, and only by defeating the boss, one can gain Tower Points. There is a total of 2 dungeons on every floor, which means there are a total of 200 dungeons. And every boss gives 5 points, which means in one floor 10 points, and 100 floors equals 1000 Tower points."
"But be careful though, there are many points looters, who coerce the newbies into hunting boss and looting their points on higher floors."
"Ok, Mr. Oswal, Thank you for the advice."
"Advising young people is one of my leisure."
"You are talking as if you are old."
"I have been in this tower over for 40 years you know."
After finishing their drink Both Oswal and Ortson, left the bar.
"Ortson, see you too at work tomorrow."
"Good night Mr. Oswal."
People partway and meet daily, this is one of the many circles of life.