TL: Hanguk
The 75th floor of the tower, in the chairman’s office of the Wandering Merchant Association.
Mason of the Wandering Merchant Association was taking care of the usual association business.
At that moment,
Knock. Knock.
“Chairman, Theo Park is here.”
A subordinate informed him of Theo’s visit.
“Alright. Let him in.”
Upon hearing the report, Mason quickly responded and got up from his seat.
Theo, who had brought the Great Destructive Wizard Iona, the Legendary Merchant Uren, and the Kingdom of Kov’s diplomat Piyot, but refused to take the first level promotion test for Legendary Merchant.
He wondered what kind of amazing individuals Theo had brought this time instead.
A moment later,
“Puhuhut. Mason, I’ve come to take the Legendary Merchant test, meow!”
Theo entered, bringing three renowned individuals for the first level Legendary Merchant promotion test.
However,
“Hm…”
Except for Iona, the other two were unfamiliar even to him.
I guess I have to use that.
There was no way he wouldn’t know these individuals, but to be sure, Mason picked up a blue rectangular panel from his desk.
It was a fame detector, an item that evaluates and informs about the fame of everyone existing in the Black Tower.
“Detect Fame.”
Mason brought Sejun, Cuengi, and Iona within the rectangular panel, and activated the fame detector.
Then,
[Fame Points]
Park Sejun: 3 points
Cuengi Park: 13 points
Iona: 91 points
The names and fame of the three appeared. It wasn’t a mistake. The fame of the two, except for Iona, was indeed poor.
Cuengi at least had a double-digit fame, probably due to his win in the food fight competition.
The cutoff for the promotion test was 70 points.
What is this?
Mason couldn’t understand why Theo had brought the two of them.
It seemed that urgent matters had come up for the Legendary Merchant Uren and the Kingdom of Kov’s diplomat Piyot, leaving Theo no choice but to bring just anyone.
If only he had passed taken the test last time, this wouldn’t have happened.
Unfortunately, a test is a test. The chairman should not be swayed by emotions.
After looking at Theo with pity,
“Fail.”
He failed Theo in the first level Legendary Merchant promotion test.
After failing Theo, a few words were exchanged, and the atmosphere in the chairman’s office turned chaotic.
Chairman Park is my, Vice Chairman Theo’s chairman, meow, and Cuengi is my little brother, meow!
“There’s no way they have no fame, meow! Mason, you’re a fraud, meow!”
Angered by Mason’s remarks about Sejun and Cuengi having no fame, Theo began to argue.
“Iona-nim, could you please do something about Theo Park…”
Mason tried to ask Theo’s girlfriend, Iona, for help but,
“Kyoo-Kyoo-Kyoo-Kyoo-Kyoo-”
You disrespected Sejun-nim and made Theo angry!!!
Instead of calming things down, Iona was even more furious.
“Iona-nim, please calm down!”
Mason, who never imagined he would see the fifth level of anger in person, screamed in fright.
At that moment,
“Guys, calm down.”
Sejun stepped forward and calmed the two down.
“Alright, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes!”
At Sejun’s words, the two immediately quieted down.
What is this?!
Mason was astonished to see Sejun, who was at the bottom in both fame and strength, calming down the currently hottest figures in the Black Tower, the Golden Cat Theo Park and the Great Destructive Wizard Iona, with just a word.
The thought of looking down on Sejun, who had the lowest fame and strength here, completely vanished.
The person before him was no ordinary being.
As Mason greatly revised his evaluation of Sejun,
“Why did Theo fail?”
Sejun, who didn’t yet know the content of the first level promotion test, asked Mason.
“Well…”
Mason, glad to have someone reasonable to talk to, hurriedly began explaining to Sejun.
If he couldn’t persuade Sejun here, the Wandering Merchants Association might disappear today.
“So, you’re saying that he need to bring three people with a fame score of 70 or higher for the test to pass?”
“Yes!”
It wasn’t his fault. He was just delivering the test results based on the fame scores shown by the fame detector.
Mason vigorously nodded his head in response to Sejun’s words.
“Then can you show me the fame detector?”
“Of course!”
Mason hurriedly showed the fame detector to Sejun.
“Hm…”
Sejun’s expression hardened as he confirmed the scores displayed on the fame detector.
They’re too low, way too low!
Aileen, the administrator of the Black Tower, Kaiser-nim, Kellion-nim, Ramter-nim, and Tier-nim all love my cooking so much!
Moreover, my name is known among the dragons of other towers, and even the gods are asking me to build temples for them!
And yet, my fame is just 3 points?!
And why is Cuengi’s fame higher than mine? By 10 points, no less.
Something is seriously wrong here.
At that moment,
Kuhehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Cuengi’s fame is higher than Dad’s!]
Cuengi, who had climbed up onto Sejun’s shoulder, looked at the fame detector and laughed.
Sejun’s expression grew even more rigid.
“Chairman Park, your face looks ugly, meow!”
Theo quickly pressed Sejun’s face with his paws.
Thanks to that, Sejun’s mood improved slightly.
“Aileen, take a look at this.”
He sent the fame detector to Aileen. No matter how he thought about it, the item seemed broken.
Kueng! Kueng!
[Cuengi won the food fighter competition! Cuengi is famous!]
Meanwhile, Cuengi, realizing that his fame was too low, grabbed Mason by the collar and shook him.
“Uh… calm down! Shaking me won’t increase your fame!”
‘Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Chairman Mason, how can the you representing the Wandering Merchants have such a poor judgment?’
Iona looked at Mason with pity. It was all his own doing.
***
Black Tower Administrator Area.
“Krhing? What is this?”
Aileen tilted her head as she examined the fame detector Sejun had given her.
But,
“How dare you give my Sejun only 3 points?!!!”
Soon, she looked at the panel of the fame detector and fumed with rage.
“But why is my Sejun’s fame so low?”
Aileen spoke with a puzzled expression.
Sejun was almost as famous as an idol among the dragons these days.
More than half of the great dragons, who don’t interact with each other much, knew or had heard of Sejun’s name, indicating how famous he was.
And yet, his fame score was 3 points?
“Is it broken?”
Aileen, like Sejun, thought the fame detector was broken and inspected it thoroughly, but there was no error.
At that moment,
-Kahahaha. Aileen, Grandpa’s back!
Kaiser, who had returned from the Red Tower, manipulated the black dragon statue to announce his return to Aileen.
“Ah! Grandpa!”
-Yes! Did my granddaughter, missed Grandpa…
As Kaiser spoke emotionally, seeing Aileen welcoming him,
“Grandpa, why is my Sejun’s fame like this?!”
Aileen showed the fame detector to Kaiser.
And then,
-Huh? Sejun’s fame? What the?! Why is our Sejun’s fame just 3 points?!
Seeing Sejun’s fame, Kaiser sobered up from the alcohol instantly.
“Right? It’s strange, isn’t it?”
-Indeed. There’s no way it could be like this…
Even if our Sejun is insignificant, he has gained the recognition of us Great Dragons. 3 points is too much.
Kaiser fell into deep thought.
At that moment,
-Ah!
Kaiser realized that he had blocked external information flowing into the Black Tower in the past to hide Aileen’s identity.
-Aileen, check the external information link.
“External information link?”
At Kaiser’s words, Aileen hurriedly picked up the crystal orb to find the external information link.
[External Information Link: Blocked]
“Grandfather, the external information link is blocked.”
-I knew it… Change that to connected.
“Okay!”
Aileen infused magic power into the crystal orb, changing the external information link to ‘connected’.
Then,
Woong.
[External information is being updated in the Black Tower.]
[The amount of information to update is large due to the external link being closed for a long time.]
[It will take 30 days to complete the update.]
Notifications appeared on the crystal orb.
“Prioritize updating information about Sejun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower.”
[Prioritizing the update of information about Park Sejun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower.]
[Update will take 3 minutes and 30 seconds to complete.]
A short while later,
[Update of information related to Park Sejun, the Black Tower’s tower farmer, is complete.]
A notification appeared on the crystal orb
“Oh, it’s done!”
Aileen hurriedly checked the fame detector.
“Kehihi. Now Sejun’s fame is the highest. Sejun, there seemed to be an issue with the administrator settings. Check it again!”
Having resolved the issue, Aileen sent the fame detector back to Sejun.
***
Seed Shop Headquarters.
[Six tenant farmer Mushroom Ants of Park Sejun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower, have passed by your temple.]
[Divine Power increases by 0.0006.]
“The Mushroom Ants are diligent today as well.”
Leah, the God of Abundance, smiled contentedly as she felt the divine power entering her body and infused a portion of the accumulated divine power into a golden box.
Leah was creating a new relic to give to Sejun.
‘Heh. If I give this to Sejun later, he’ll make my temple even bigger, right?’ 𝚏rewe𝚘vel.𝚌𝚘m
Leah smiled happily as she thought about meeting Sejun and headed outside.
She needed to take care of the gods who were feeling uncomfortable due to the lack of divine power.
As Leah stepped out of her dwelling,
“Wow!”
She heard the cheers of the gods.
“What is it?”
When Leah followed the sound, she found almost all the non-combat gods gathered together.
“Oh! Four Mushroom Ants just passed by my temple!”
“Woahhh!”
The gods cheered at the words of Pebblos, the God of Pebbles, who was glowing with the divine power he had received.
“Guys, take this.”
Pebblos handed out some of the divine power he had received to the gods who didn’t look well.
“Thank you.”
The gods who received the divine power looked a little better.
“Oh! Mushroom Ants just passed by my temple too!”
In the meantime, Sants, the God of Sand, began to glow.
“Wow!”
The gods cheered again.
And,
“Take this.”
Sants also shared some of the divine power he had received with the gods who didn’t look well.
Until now, Leah had almost single-handedly taken care of the gods without divine power, but now other gods who had received temples from Sejun were helping out.
“As expected of Park Sejun. Park Sejun! Park Sejun!”
As Leah walked towards where the gods were gathered and chanted Sejun’s name,
“Park Sejun!”
“Park Sejun!”
The gathered gods also began to chant Sejun’s name.
While the non-combat gods were uniting by chanting Sejun’s name,
“Why is it so noisy!”
A combat god from the neighboring building shouted loudly.
Normally, they would have shut up immediately, but
Now we can also be self-sufficient in divine power!
They were no longer their past selves.
“Park Sejun…”
“Park Sejun…”
In voices barely audible, the non-combat gods continued to chant Sejun’s name.
***
Kueng! Kueng!
[Cuengi’s dad is Park Sejun, and mom is Pink-fur! Cuengi’s teacher is the Minotaur King, so why isn’t Cuengi famous!]
“Ugh…”
Mason, who had been grabbed by the collar and shaken by Cuengi for several minutes, groaned in distress.
[The tower’s administrator says there was an issue with the Black Tower administrator settings.]
[The tower’s administrator says to check the fame detector again.]
“Okay. Thanks, Aileen.”
In the meantime, Sejun rechecked the fame detector that Aileen had sent.
“Hehehe. As expected, it was wrong.”
Sejun smiled contentedly as he looked at his updated fame score.
“Cuengi,wait a minute. Here. Look. Now we pass the test, right?”
Sejun stopped Cuengi from shaking Mason and showed the fame detector to Mason.
[Fame Scores]
Park Sejun: 553 points
Cuengi Park: 113 points
Iona: 131 points
Cuengi and Iona’s fame scores had also increased due to their connection with Sejun.
“What?! Triple digits?!”
Mason was shocked to see the triple-digit fame scores for the first time.
The highest fame score possible in the Black Tower was 100 points. However, he had never seen anyone reach 100 points before.
But now… three people had fame scores exceeding 100 points.
And the highest score was 553 points?!
While Mason was in shock,
Park Sejun: 554 points
Sejun’s fame increased by 1 point.
Thanks to the gods chanting Sejun’s name. Sejun’s fame was continually rising.
Heh. Am I a social star now?
Sejun looked at Mason with a smug expression.
*****
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