Prelude to Despair (8)

Although I'd set the sleep cycle at twenty-floor intervals, that was merely a safety rule.

The true limit of fatigue enforced by the Tower's system still had about five more floors of leeway.

“Should I extend the limit a little?”

Now was the time to pick up the pace.

Because an intruder was climbing.

There was one more reason I wanted to break the standard I'd set.

A post left by the registered necromancer said that the monster on the 184th floor was well-suited to being turned into an undead.

The moment I confirmed that post, I wanted to turn the monster on the 184th floor into an undead during this cycle.

I wasn't going to station it as a lookout like the Beholder, but bring it along as a combatant alongside Varang.

Since it wouldn't be used as a CCTV camera, there was no reason to station it on a lower floor...