383 - Mercenaries of the Tower 3
TL/Editor: raei
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The Tower was a monster that devoured people.
For ordinary citizens of the kingdom, not adventurers blinded by greed, this perception was deeply ingrained. The notion that the Tower was a monster that ate people and grew in size was like a ghost story.
And why wouldn't it be? When village youths who found farming and hunting trivial left for the city with dreams of success... they'd simply vanish, swallowed by the Tower. It was a terrifying space that spewed out endless monsters from deep underground, against the Goddess's will.
Monsters more vicious than those in the outside world were born every hour, and without the strange tools made by mages, you couldn't even find your way. As a result, even when comrades died, their bodies often couldn't be retrieved. Only markers were brought back. Even the hastily formed mercenary group I met last time could only grab the intact adventurer gear and flee, unable to collect the bodies crushed by ogres.
That's why the Tower was a monster that devoured people.