Pick Me Up!

Several days later.

[The airship ‘Capitalism’ has completed its maintenance!]

[You can now deploy the airship for missions. However, it can only be deployed within permitted areas.]

Vroom.

Capitalism, having finished its assembly, was now undergoing a test run.

Its exposed interior was now covered with sturdy iron plates, and the fuel system expansion and other facility renovations were also completed.

‘This is something.’

Watching the airship spinning around the rift of space-time, I clicked my tongue.

After clearing the 32nd floor, we hadn’t progressed in climbing for almost a week.

Though we had acquired the airship, there were hardly any sections where it could be used effectively.

Then, just in time, we received permission to use it on the 33rd floor. It’s natural to want to drive a new car. There was no way he wouldn’t be excited.

“Buoyancy is good. Fuel efficiency is good. No damage seen.”

Radi, wearing a mechanic’s suit, filled out the airship’s inspection form with checks.

“With this, it should be ready for missions.”

“We still don’t have any facilities on board, and the weapons aren’t installed. We haven’t even done a flight check, have we?”

Katiio emerged from the cockpit and said.

The airship had stopped at its original position.

“This place is the ocean, right? It’s not like we can fly anyway.”

“That may be so, but…”

“If you want to do more maintenance, I don’t mind.”

“Enough! I feel like dying day by day.”

Katiio spoke as if he was fed up and then descended the stairs.

Dark circles were etched under his eyes, a result of nearly a week of working through dawn.

“I was fooled. I was totally fooled. This is even tougher than Harla! Damn it.”

Katiio covered his eyes.

[‘Katiio(★★★★)’ expresses his dissatisfaction!]

Anytng, noticing Katiio’s dissatisfaction, moved the operation window.

The screen changed to the gift shop.

[‘Gifting a Horse Statue’ to ‘Katiio(★★★★)’.]

“How many times are you going to do this? I told you I don’t need this kind of thing!”

Katiio threw away the horse statue that appeared out of thin air with disgust.

[‘Katiio(★★★★)’ is disappointed with the ‘Horse Statue’.]

[Affection decreased!]

I picked up the horse statue that was thrown on the floor.

An ownerless object.

I decided to place it in the display cabinet.

“What are you doing here anyway?”

“Am I not allowed to be here?”

I put the statue in my pocket and said.

“I came to see since it seemed like the airship’s repairs were finished.”

“As you can see. For now, its operational capability is fine. It’s navigable. But…”

“There are no facilities or weapons on board, right?”

“It will take some more time. It’s not something we two can handle.”

I nodded.

Just repairing the exterior wasn’t enough.

Currently, the inside of Capitalism was eerily empty. To function properly, it needed various facilities and weapons to be installed.

“But why does that female mage keep fussing around? The party’s supposed to be five members only.”

Katiio tilted his head.

“Try to understand.”

I laughed and said.

When Katiio was included in the training Eloka was also there beside him.

She ran around the field, did physical training, and practiced fire and wind magic in the newly established magic training ground. She couldn’t participate in the formation training, though.

A week later.

‘No progress, huh.’

The formation with Katiio was roughly organized, and the members’ roles were established, but Eloka’s wind training didn’t progress much. She went from a breeze to a draft.

Elemental mages fundamentally control only one attribute.

Mages who handle more than two attributes are rare, with a probability of less than 10%. The likelihood that Eloka was among them was slim.

‘She’s spinning her wheels.’

What Eloka needed wasn’t wind magic.

It was firepower worth taking risks for.

Currently, Eloka was high risk, low return.

Anyway, she was used from the beginning with risks in mind. To return, she had to realize that. I wanted to intervene, watching her struggle in vain, but I kept silent, thinking she should realize it on her own.

‘Well, she’ll learn eventually.’

The climb had slowed due to the airship maintenance.

Now was the time to prepare for the 35th floor. I listened to Katiio and Radi talking about the airship’s overall conditions for a while and then returned to my quarters.

The next evening.

[1st party, gather!]

Anytng called the 1st party.

Though it had been a while since we were called, everyone entered the rift in time and space with calm expressions.

As expected.

[Main Dungeon, current challenge floor is the 33rd.]

[The door will open in 10 seconds. Get ready!]

[Mission recording in progress. Play records will be preserved.]

[The airship can be used.]

The usual messages announcing the mission floor appeared.

And one more notification.

“33rd floor, huh.”

“It’ll continue on the ship, I guess.”

We exchanged trivial chatter as we were summoned to the mission field.

Splash.

The sound of waves hitting the ear.

The distinctive smell of the sea brushed against the nose.

“…We’re here.”

Priasis, who was sitting at the bow, turned to look at us.

[Floor 33.]

[Mission Type – Exploration]

[Objective – Search the designated area!]

The mission window popped up.

A continuation of the exploration from the 32nd floor.

[Ding!]

[A branch occurs!]

[The sub-quest is updated!]

‘…?’

[A sub-quest (branch type)]

[Objective – Summon the airship!]

[Reward – Opening of a hidden stage]

Suddenly a sub-quest popped up.

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