TL: Hanguk
4th floor of the Black Tower.
“Hello. By the orders of Theo~nim…”
When the slaves sent by Theo arrived at the grape farm,
“Welcome, newbies! I am Koto, the instructor! Down with the bone caste system!”
Senior slave Koto greeted the new slaves.
After a brief training to help the slaves adapt to the grape farm, they would be sent out to fight against the Flesh Eaters.
“What?”
The new slaves were confused by Koto’s final shout. What was that about?
But,
“Down with the bone caste system!!!”
Koto shouted again without backing down.
“Do… down with the bone caste system!!!”
Ah, whatever. The slaves, who were watching the situation, quickly echoed Koto’s words.
Their lives were already messed up, and they felt it would be a real hassle if things got even worse here.
As the new slaves chanted ‘Down with the bone caste system’,
“Welcome, newbies. Congratulations on joining the Crying Skeleton Gang. Down with the bone caste system!”
“Down with the bone caste system!”
The new slaves, without knowing why, found themselves joining the Crying Skeleton Gang and chanting against the bone caste system.
And then,
Keeeek!
“The enemies are coming! Attack!”
“Down with the bone caste system!!”
“Enemies are coming from the left too!”
“Down with the bone caste system!!”
That became their slogan.
With the continuous influx of Theo’s slaves, the front lines of the grape farm were maintained stably today as well, and Sejun’s contributions were steadily accumulating.
***
Black Tower, 99th floor.
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. I’ll get another five-star stamp after this!]
Thud. Thud.
While Cuengi was infusing magic into the Unending Staff, extending and breaking it to put firewood into the hearth,
“Puhuhut. Pet me here too, meow!”
“Sure.”
Sejun, with one hand, was petting Theo’s belly while inspecting the items Theo had snatched from Battler with the other hand.
[Warrior’s Potion]
→ When consumed, all stats increase by 30% for 30 seconds.
→ Remaining amount: 10 drops
→ Usage restriction: None
→ Creator: God of Battle, Battler
→ Grade: S
What is this? Theo said he got this from a god?
Sejun was puzzled by the Warrior’s Potion’s options.
Its effect is worse than my beans?
His beans required eating four at once but increased all stats by 300%.
But this one only increased all stats by 30% for a mere 30 seconds…
Thinking it might not be made by a god, he checked the contents again, and it clearly said Creator: God of Battle, Battler.
A god who makes items worse than his crops…
“That god called Battler must be really weak.”
Sejun thought Battler was a weak god.
If Battler knew he was not only robbed by Theo but also considered weak, he would be furious.
Sejun then inspected a Skill Stone.
[Combat Skill Stone – Warrior’s Roar]
→ When magic is infused into the Skill Stone, you can learn the skill: Warrior’s Roar.
→ Usage restriction: Warrior-related jobs
→ Grade: A+
“Infuse magic?”
Excited at the thought of learning a combat skill, Sejun immediately infused magic into the Skill Stone.
But,
[You cannot learn the skill because you do not have a warrior-related job.]
He was blocked by the usage restriction. As expected, it didn’t work. So unfair. So unfair.
Sejun put the Skill Stones into his pocket and
“Meow?”
Picked up Theo by the scruff and placed him on his knee.
Then, after stirring the soup once more, he headed to the brewery.
“Fermentation.”
He used the Fermentation skill on the grape wine and sealed the Iyangju well after adding the supplementary ingredients. In about two days, the Samyangju would be ready.
After finishing the work in the brewery, it was already dinner time.
While Sejun was grilling fish and corn over the fire used to boil the soup,
[The Tower’s Administrator says she have found the location of power of destruction on the 60th floor of the Black Tower.]
“Really? Then I should secure the land deed for the 60th floor of the tower first. Thanks, Aileen. Try this.”
Sejun sent the corn cheese he was making for dinner to Aileen.
[The Tower’s Administrator says the corn and the stretching cheese are really delicious.]
“Yes. From now on, I’ll keep making delicious things, so you don’t have to cook, Aileen.”
Sejun spoke carefully, hoping to convey his feelings.
[……]
“Aileen?”
After that, Aileen didn’t respond.
“What’s this? Is she mad because I told her not to cook?”
The poor guy misunderstood again today.
At that moment,
“Meow?”
Theo, sensing something, raised his head and looked outside.
[Multiple Fragments of Fenrir’s Core have been detected 20 km northeast.]
A message suddenly appeared in front of Sejun.
“Everyone, gather up!”
Upon seeing the message, Sejun hurriedly called Cuengi and the four Tower Farmers who were preparing ingredients.
It was definitely an enemy attack, considering there were multiple fragments, not just one.
[Multiple Fragments of Fenrir’s Core have been detected 10 km northeast.]
While the group was gathering, the distance to the enemy had halved.
“Now it’s 9.5 km left.”
As Sejun informed the group of the distance to the enemy,
“Chairman Park, it’s not the enemy, meow! It’s Iona, meow!”
Theo said to Sejun.
“Iona? You mean Iona is coming right now?”
“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow!”
“Really? …Actually, I called you all for dinner.”
Embarrassed, Sejun entered the kitchen, and the group followed him into the kitchen.
A few minutes later.
“Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Hello, Sejun~nim!”
“Yeah. Come on in.”
Iona, who had arrived in no time, greeted Sejun while wrapping Theo’s tail around herself.
“Theo~nim, here. I brought this because I saw you gathering them last time.”
After greeting Sejun, Iona handed Theo ten Fenrir’s Core Fragments.
“Puhuhut. Iona, thank you, meow! Chairman Park, look at this, meow!”
As soon as Theo received the Fenrir’s Core Fragments from Iona, he offered them to Sejun. Puhuhut. Praise me, meow!
“Vice Chairman Theo, excellent.”
“Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo, am always excellent, meow!”
While Theo proudly responded to Sejun’s praise,
Thank you.
It’s nothing.
Sejun and Iona exchanged words with their eyes.
After petting Theo’s head, Sejun ate corn cheese while inspecting the Fenrir’s Core Fragments.
Kihihi. Kking!
‘Heehee. It’s so delicious!’
Fenrir, the real owner of the core fragments, was so engrossed in the corn cheese that he didn’t even notice his core fragments nearby.
“Most of them are less than 0.01%.”
After checking the power contained in the core fragments, Sejun carefully hid them in the Void Storage.
Then, he had a pleasant meal while chatting with his group.
After dinner,
Thud.
Kking…
‘Butler, I’m so full…’
Fenrir, who had eaten a lot of corn cheese and had a bulging belly, lay down in front of Sejun and asked for help.
“Got it.”
Sejun helped Fenrir digest by rubbing his belly.
A little while later,
Kkororong.
Fenrir, who was being petted by Sejun, fell asleep.
“Hehehe. I made him sleep.”
Sejun laid Fenrir on the bed and went out, burying the Fenrir’s Core Fragments that Iona had brought in the field.
And then,
Gulp.
[You have consumed Medicinal Mugwort.]
[All stats increase by 20.]
[Your lifespan increases by 3 months.]
[You have consumed a bitter medicinal herb.]
[The Talent: A Medicine That’s Bitter is Good for Stamina is activated.]
[Stamina increases by 9.]
“Ugh. I still can’t get used to this…”
He passed out after eating the Medicinal Mugwort.
On the 395th day of Sejun’s stay in the tower, which could have been a big problem because of Battler, he safely passed the day thanks to Theo.
***
Austin, the capital of Texas, USA.
– Citizens are advised to follow the soldiers’ instructions to evacuate the city.
The roads were completely jammed with vehicles fleeing Austin to escape the approaching Flesh Eaters.
While Austin’s roads were paralyzed with refugees,
“Check if there are any gaps!”
“Yes, sir!”
Three hundred hunters urgently dispatched from nearby cities prepared to fight the Flesh Eaters at Austin’s perimeter.
They created sturdy barricades by lying cars down and stacking them several layers thick where there were solid walls.
Their plan was to hold the line for about three days to give the refugees time to escape the city.
As they were checking their positions and waiting for the enemy,
Keeeek.
The Flesh Eaters began to appear.
Crunch, crunch.
After about 10 minutes, the Flesh Eaters reached the hunters’ barricades.
The Flesh Eaters were naturally blocked by the barricades and couldn’t advance.
“Attack! Those things have high resistance to fire magic, so magicians, use wind magic!”
“Yes, sir!”
“Do not overexert yourselves! We just need to buy time!”
Hunters armed with swords and spears climbed onto the barricades to lure the Flesh Eaters away from other areas.
Hunters using bows or magic attacked from tall buildings, occasionally dealing with those that tried to bypass the barricades.
Two hours later.
The ground in front of the barricades was stained red with the fluids from the slain Flesh Eaters.
Ping.
“Soren, at this rate, we could hold out for a week!”
A hunter, who had precisely shot a stalk connecting a Flesh Eater’s head to its body, separating them, spoke to his colleague.
“Right. Maybe evacuating the people was unnece…”
As Soren responded,
Gooo.
The fluids from the dead Flesh Eaters in front of the barricades suddenly started to gather.
With the accumulation of the Flesh Eaters’ corpses, Halphas had sent additional calamities.
The mass soon transformed into a giant leech.
“What?! A leech! Ret…”
Boom!
Before Soren could warn the hunters guarding the barricades, the giant leech attacked the barricade.
Hunters were swallowed by the giant leech, drained of their blood, and turned into mummies in an instant.
“Without grapes… Retreat.”
The hunters hurriedly got into the cars they had prepared and abandoned their position.
However,
Rumble.
The ground shook,
Boom!
A giant leech emerged from beneath the ground, swallowing the car. There wasn’t just one giant leech.
Keeeek!
Thus, the Flesh Eaters and giant leeches entered Austin together.
And there were still 2 million citizens in Austin who hadn’t evacuated.
***
Black Tower, 99th Floor.
As the night deepened,
(Pip-pip! Good evening, everyone!)
The golden bat, Paespaes, started its activities.
As soon as Paespaes woke up,
Flap, flap.
It went to the kitchen and began eating the fruit Sejun had prepared.
Nom, nom.
(Pip-pip! The grapes are so delicious!)
After finishing its meal, Paespaes stirred the still-cooking soup on behalf of Sejun,
“Hello, I’m Paespaes. Nice to meet you.”
and greeted the sausage tree that hadn’t even sprouted yet.
Then, it headed to the eastern cave for training. As usual, it was to practice the skills of its seniors.
But,
(Pip-pip!)
(Pip-pip!)
Today, it was having quite a tough time.
(Pip-pip… Brother Cuengi’s new technique is difficult…)
It was due to Cuengi’s new technique, Cuengi’s Step Punch. No matter how much it practiced, accurately hitting a distant target was challenging.
(Pip-pip! But I won’t give up!)
With a determined shout, Paespaes started its training from step one.
And then,
(Pip-pip. I succeeded up to 1,200 steps!)
Paespaes, who had completed the Paespaes One Thousand Two Hundred Step Punch, flew home with a satisfied face.
At that moment,
[Paespaes, are you fully charged?]
Flamie had come looking for Paespaes as the situation on Earth had become urgent. Although Flamie could go herself, the enemy was too small in size.
(No. But how far is the distance?)
[Distance? Roughly 12,000 km?]
(Pip-pip. Then I think I can do it.)
[How?]
(Pip-pip. I just practiced a new technique!)
Paespaes’ step was quite different from Cuengi’s.
(Pip-pip. Flamie, see you on Earth then!)
With that, Paespaes moved to Earth.
[It’s that way!]
(Pip-pip! Yes! Paespaes’s One Thousand Two Hundred Step Punch!)
Paespaes used its new technique towards Austin.