It has been a week since Zaine set up his automated experience stone farm on the outskirts of town.
"I'll be back soon."
Zaine goes alone to collect the stone, leaving Albus and Amy at the house and having dinner.
Reaching the port of Avalon, he rents a cart to get to the cave where the elementals delve.
He went inside and spawned some goblins to scout the way.
Reaching the spot where he set up the farm, he could sense the presence of his summons still there.
A mountain pile of experience stones is stored neatly in the corner of the passage.
Zaine's summon notices that their master's return after almost a week of absence. Their body is full of bruises and cuts from all the fighting, but their stamina seems to be doing alright.
Zaine picks up the experience stones and puts them in his magic bag. Clearing up all the experience stones, not leaving a single piece left.
After collecting the hoard of experience stones, Zaine returned to his home, where he counted and consumed them to increase his levels.
He de-summons his summons and summons a new group, consisting of mostly Ents to root the Elemental and a few giants for the finishing blow.
"Welcome back, Papa!" Albus greeted Zaine at the front door, awaiting his return.
Amy and Albus had waited for Zaine to return before having breakfast together.
Arriving at the dining room, Zaine can smell the delectable aroma from the kitchen.
"Today's breakfast is pancakes with extra butter. I hope it's to your liking!" Amy went out carrying plates with a mountain of pancakes stacked on each other.
They all sit down and have breakfast while they discuss today's activities.
After back and forth of ideas and suggestions from Zaine and Amy, they decided to explore more on the tower.
They finish breakfast, and Zaine goes to his room with his magic bag and counts all the stones he acquired.
"One, two, three, ..., ..., nope. It's too much to count. I'll consume it."
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"Holy wha-?!" Zaine stops himself from yelling out loud. "Two thousand stones... Hahaha." He laughs while realizing the potential of the experience stones.
"Status check!"
Name: Zaine
Age: 21
Job: Summoner
Level 84
(Skill Points Available: 100)
Attack: 20
Mana: 280 +200
Defence: 30 + 50
Agility: 15
Endurance: 35
Equipment
Giant Staff (+200 Mana)
Chainmail Armor (+50 Defence)
Magic Bag {Rare}
'Uhmm, I think using the skill points for Mana is the wisest choice right now.' Zaine mumbles.
'Hard to think I could gain 20 levels in just three days.'
After leveling up, he prepares for the next adventure at the tower. He prepares the potions they bought the other day and other miscellaneous items for extra safety measures, like the teleport stone, which is very expensive but allows them to teleport outside the tower whenever possible.
Knock knock...
"Zaine, what's taking you so long?" Amy's voice can be heard from the living room while knocking on to his room.
"Just a bit more. I'm almost done."
They met up outside of their house and headed straight to the tower.
The tower's early floors are as crowded as ever, but the people have started to explore the higher floors, hoping to find new places that other adventurers haven't explored before.
Zaine and his group climbed the tower numerous times, so he swiftly went up to the 15th floor.
Reaching the 15th floor, he could see that the adventurers guild had set up a camp there, and it seemed that both parties had a discussion and had an agreement.
Zaine met up with the old lady from before, the only one with the memories of her relatives.
"Hello, mam, how have you been?" Said Zaine to the aged woman, sitting on a chair on the porch of her house.
"Oh, young one, you came back," The old lady pauses.
"Yesterday, the so-called Adventurers Guild came here and agreed with the leader."
"He allowed them to build a transportation portal for easier access for the people from outside to teleport here. In return, they will trade with us and provide resources we can't get from here."
Zaine thanked her for the information, and he decided to go on with his adventures of exploring more of the tower.
On the way out, he meets with the leader of the Adventurer's Guild. He expresses his thanks to Zaine for finding this village and making it accessible for other adventurers in the future.
"As for the plans, we are preparing to build a transportation portal, just like the port and the main island of Avalon."
"We also would like to help the civilians here by importing resources from the island and creating a settlement for the adventurers. Pretty neat, right?" Explains the Adventurer's Guild leader.
Zaine continues on his journey with Amy and Albus, climbing the tower. He finally reached the edge of the space, and a narrow pathway can be seen going up, indicating the 16th floor ahead.
The pathway slowly gets bigger and bigger, and they can hear the sound of people screaming for help coming from the place.
Zaine makes a run toward the place. There, he saw a horde of giants taunting and provoking a group of adventurers while one of their members was captured and crushed in one of their hands.
Zaine could sense the tension there and summoned a Minotaur to deal with the Giants.
{-100 Mana}
{Used 1 Minotaur soul}
{Summoned a Minotaur}
The Minotaur slashes through the Giants with ease, making the walls tainted with the color of blood.
Seeing a monster like the Minotaur appear, the adventurers ran, leaving one of their members to die.