The advance of the Libation Fiesta was swift and quiet. With each team having an extraordinary strength, they could kill a group of lower tier beasts without letting them call other beasts around the area.
In addition, Reolf helped them with confirming their location, while Melody guided the entire group. Melody was so pumped up that she was faster than what she had shown so far. It felt like the burden on her heart had been lifted up, allowing her to completely focus on the matter at hand.
Fortunately, they didn't encounter a single Tier 6 beast during the first trip. They ultimately reached a small mansion located near the city center.
From the looks of the mansion, it was clear that the one who owned it was quite wealthy. However, this person wasn't one of the top people in this city. Instead, he was similar to someone in the upper class that was trying to join the top rank.
It was apparent after seeing other mansions in the area. They even compared it with Jay and Kanaria's families, considering their families were at the top of their particular city.
Clovis picked it because they didn't want to clean up a lot of space but still wanted a certain amount of space to do things like practice.
Once they brought everything to this new place, they split up.
Most people stayed inside the mansion, cleaning up the place and making the mansion a proper place to live. It had been abandoned for at least twenty years after all. It required a lot of effort to clean them.
"Hmm?" Jay furrowed his eyebrows, looking at Ragna, who was wiping the floor. "Ragna? Where is Clovis? Isn't he with you?"
Ragna smiled wryly. "Captain told me he wanted to check the tower. Christina went with him."
"Kanaria?" Jay looked around, finding Melody, who was fully absorbed with her screen.
"Kanaria should be changing the sheet for everyone," explained Melody.
"Oh. What are you doing then? If you are not doing anything, how about helping us? This is going to take forever."
"Sorry. I'm mapping the city right now and searching for the potential spots where Tier 6 beasts would most likely reside."
While she said those words, Reolf suddenly slid with a wet towel on his front paws. In fact, he was pushing the towel as if he was playing around with the slide.
"…" Jay facepalmed while saying, "These people… Even the animal is actually much more helpful than them."
"Ahahaha." Ragna laughed wryly.
Inside the abandoned Explorer Management Bureau, the place where they managed the explorers before going to the underworld, Clovis and Christina swiftly cut their way toward the tower.
With Melody's help, they didn't encounter any problematic beast, allowing them to reach the tower in less than thirty minutes.
Normally, the tower would have a platform that would carry them up and down, but the only thing that was left behind were broken pillars and snapped cables that were used to carry the platform in the past.
"Hmm… This is probably going to be the main problem, right?" Clovis squinted his eyes.
"Yes. Still, the tower is not straight up. It's like a tunnel that allows for both humans and beasts to cross even without the tower."
"I know. The sky lift is only there to allow humans to have an easier time crossing the tower." Clovis squinted his eyes. "Still, that is necessary if we want to develop the underground city."
"Yes. Still, it's going to take some time even if we employ a lot of people." Christina shrugged. "I think even Kanaria knows this, but how many people can actually work in this city?
"Even my grandfather didn't dare to take a fallen city. He only took a very desperate city where he could gain the most after regaining its strength."
Clovis crossed his arms. "I know this is not an easy project. In the end, I will be providing the funds."
"Fair enough. Just be careful that people are not saying you are Hana's kept man." Christina grinned, teasing him.
"What kept man? I feel like I'm dealing with a vampire." Clovis sighed. "Anyway, how long is this tower?"
"I'm not very sure. You should ask Kanaria or Melody. However, most towers have a height of 2 kilometers. And because the tunnel is at an angle, it's about ten times that number."
"Now that we're thinking about rebuilding this, it's quite amazing that there's no magma whatsoever to destroy this tower." Clovis chuckled.
"I know, right?" Christina shrugged. "According to my grandfather, nothing happened when the tower suddenly appeared.
"It felt like the rock formation was removed and this new underworld appeared out of the blue. There was no tectonic shift whatsoever.
"The only thing that happened was the sudden disappearance of resources. Petroleum was gone, mines disappeared, and even geothermal energy completely vanished. There are no active volcanoes on the surface. Some even thought these towers were volcanoes that collapsed.
"In the end, we could only speculate. There's no telling what's actually going on with our world. The absurdity or more like the lack of realism, feels like…"
"A game." Clovis nodded in understanding.
"Yeah. Our people have created games and things like that without much thought, but after this incident, people definitely understand how unpleasant it is to be seen as a character in that game and some people are watching us like gods." She nodded.
"That's why I want to find it… the answer." Clovis smiled. "Anyway, we have scouted the area. The tower itself seems to be working just fine. Once we take care of the beasts outside, we will start delving into the tunnel."
"Yeah. Though, there's someone who is close to the answer." Hana looked at Clovis. "He is your grandfather."
"I know. Even though I wasn't really bothered with my family's circumstances, I at least know that it's because of that very reason that the Hacfield family is in this condition."
"Yes. Just like there are people who are curious like your grandfather, there are people who don't want to discover the truth. The unknown is too scary after all. It can be anything. It can break our hope and it will be too late to do anything about it."