TL: Hanguk
“This is your daily wage for today. And Intern Magin, come forward.”
Assistant Manager Jeff handed out the daily wages to the employees and called for Magin.
“Yes.”
At Jeff’s words, Magin stepped forward.
“This time, Intern Magin successfully sealed a deal with the Electric Hippo Tribe. And here’s your incentive.”
Jeff announced Magin’s achievement to everyone and handed him 3 Tower Coins.
It was a 3% incentive based on the 100 Tower Coins of revenue Magin had generated from the deal with the Electric Hippo Tribe.
“Thank you!”
Magin bowed his head deeply and accepted the money.
‘Mwhihih. This is fun.’
As Magin bowed, he was grinning widely.
At first, he was quite dissatisfied with being assigned such trivial tasks, considering he was a member of the Daemon family.
It was only natural. Magin was a direct descendant of the Daemon family, used to handling at least billions of coins. He was a golden spoon through and through.
However
This isn’t bad!
Since starting work here, he was experiencing a sense of accomplishment he had never felt before.
Personally developing new trade routes, conducting deals, and building relationships.
Unlike the times when he simply ordered his subordinates to develop trade routes and always red-faced trying to squeeze every last bit of his trading partners, this was enjoyable.
“Alright. We’ll disperse for today and reconvene tomorrow. Dismissed.”
With Jeff’s words, the wandering merchants scattered.
‘Mwhihih. I’ll use this to buy some snacks from the street vendors.’
Magin headed toward the market street. There, they sold snacks like fruits coated with sugar on skewers, which were absolutely delicious.
“How much is this…?”
Just as Magin arrived at the vendor to buy some candied fruit
Tap.
“Puhuhut. You shall become my legendary merchant, meow!”
Magin flinched at the familiar voice and the hand placed on his shoulder.
It’s that guy!
The evil yellow demon who carries around a seal and turns people into slaves (employees).
“Meow?”
This back of the head looks familiar, meow!
Meanwhile, Theo also felt something familiar and quickly moved to the front to check Magin’s face, only to be disappointed.
Phew. Am I safe?
Magin sighed in relief at Theo’s reaction. It seemed like it wasn’t him this time.
Magin was rejoicing at having escaped from the demon’s clutches.
But
“Magin, wait here, meow!”
The demon didn’t let him go.
And so, with Magin standing by his side, Theo continued searching for merchants to become his legendary merchant.
Thanks to this, Magin couldn’t buy and eat the fruit candy that was right in front of him, and could only swallow his saliva while waiting.
A little while later
“Oh?! Hyung?!”
“Magin?”
Magin’s older brother, Machun, who had also been about to buy candied fruits from the street vendor, was caught by Theo and brought over.
Indeed, it wasn’t just a saying that half the wealth in the Golden Tower belonged to the Daemon family. Both brothers had the potential to become legendary merchants.
And so, Theo found two merchants who could become legendary merchants.
“Meow… These are fish I’ve already caught, meow!”
Theo wasn’t satisfied.
Then
“Meow?!”
It’s a new face, meow!
Theo’s eyes caught sight of a sheep with red fur approaching the candied fruit vendor.
And
“Puhuhut. You shall become my legendary merchant, meow!”
Theo hurriedly approached and spoke to it.
In response
“Really?! You’ll make me a legendary merchant?!”
A very abnormal reply came back.
“Of course, meow! If you receive this seal, I’ll make you a legendary merchant, meow!”
Of course, Theo’s wasn’t normal either.
“Yes! I’ll do it! I’d even sell my soul to the demon if it means I can become a legendary merchant!”
The red sheep boldly answered.
Run away! He’s the real demon!
The demon only takes your soul! He takes everything!
Magin and Machun desperately shook their heads towards the young sheep caught in the evil yellow demon’s clutches, but
But
Stamp.
[You have stamped the Nine Dragons’ Employee Contract Seal.]
[The Eternal Contract has been activated.]
[Your contract with the other party will be maintained eternally.]
The young lamb, captivated by the demon’s words, ultimately allowed the demon to stamp him.
“Welcome, meow! By the way, what’s your name, meow?!”
“You sure took your time asking. My name’s Ninir! Since the stamp’s done, hurry up and make me a legendary merchant!”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow! Everyone, gather around, meow!”
“Yes!”
“Yes!”
At Theo’s call, Machun and Magin hurried over.
“Hello! I’m Ninir, the sheep who’s about to become a legendary merchant!”
“I’m Machun, and this here is my younger brother, Magin.”
“Hi.”
While the three exchanged greetings
“Hel~nim, make these guys legendary merchants, meow!”
Theo requested that Hel turn the three of them into legendary merchants.
[Hel, the God of Merchants, says she will temporarily make all three into elite merchants who can take the legendary merchant test.]
[Hel, the God of Merchants, uses her authority to pass all three for the first stage of the legendary merchant promotion test, which examines connections.]
[Hel, the God of Merchants, says she cannot use her authority to bypass the second stage of the promotion test, but if you lend each of them 1,000 of your employment contracts, they can easily pass.]
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
Surprisingly, Hel cooperated without much resistance…
[Hel, the God of Merchants, says it would be nice if you could put in a good word with Park Sejun so he can place some followers in her temple.]
It was all to gain followers from Sejun.
Theo already had 10 votes out of a total of 20. If three legendary merchants from the Black Tower were added here, he would have 16 votes out of 26, which is more than half.
Because legendary merchants from the Black Tower had the power to cast two votes.
And even if Hel refused Theo’s request, Theo would just keep capturing legendary merchants and gathering more votes, so it was only a matter of time before he gained the authority to impeach Hel.
So she decided to cooperate with Theo, trusting Park Sejun. Because ‘Trust-in-Park’ is always right.
Next, the three passed the third stage of the legendary merchant promotion test, which involved testing their strength. Their physical power was more than enough to make it through.
As for the fourth stage, which required bringing in 11 trillion Tower Coins, Theo simply demanded it be done on credit, skipping that step.
[Hel, the God of Merchants, says the final test will now begin.]
With Hel’s words, five scrolls appeared in front of Machun, Magin, and Ninir, each marked with the numbers 1 to 5.
[Hel, the God of Merchants, says you must open them in order, and anyone else opening them for you will result in immediate disqualification.]
“Meow… That’s a shame, meow! Hurry and open scroll number 1, meow!”
Theo, who was itching to open the scrolls himself, urged the three with disappointment.
***
99th Floor of the Black Tower.
Kueng!
[Dad, Cuengi brought back some medicinal herbs!]
By late afternoon, Cuengi returned from the herb field and handed Sejun a blue kudzu root.
“Yeah. Thank you.”
Sejun immediately put the kudzu root he received from Cuengi into his mouth.
Crunch. Crunch.
Since Cuengi had already cleaned the medicinal herbs thoroughly in the herb field, there was no soil on them.
Gulp.
[You have consumed the Blue Kudzu Root of Potential.]
[The potential of all your stats has increased by 7.]
A message appeared as soon as Sejun swallowed the root.
“Huh?”
It’s not 5 but 7?
Surprised by the unusual message, Sejun checked the option of the Blue Kudzu Root of Potential.
Cultivator: Intermediate Herbalist Cuengi Park
The word ‘intermediate’ was now attached in front of herbalist.
As Cuengi’s herbalist rank rose to intermediate, the ability of the harvested kudzu root increased.
“Oh! Our Cuengi has become an intermediate herbalist!”
Kuhehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. That’s right!]
Feeling proud, Cuengi struck a pose, placing his front paws on his waist like his older brother Theo, preparing to receive praise from Sejun.
“Congratulations! Since Cuengi has become an intermediate herbalist, let’s celebrate by going to the 75th floor of the tower and eating something delicious!”
Sejun decided to take Cuengi to the 75th floor for a special meal.
Kueng!
[Sounds good!]
Hehehe. Now I’ll eat something tasty with Dad!
Cuengi, excited by Sejun’s words, checked to make sure his pocket money pouch was still there.
And then
They’re going to eat something delicious?!
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As the atmosphere between Sejun and Cuengi seemed unusual, Karurur, who had been eavesdropping on their conversation.
Caw!
(Great Blackie~nim, Sejun~nim and Cuengi~nim are going to eat something delicious!)
Karurur quickly reported what he had heard to Blackie, and
Kking?! Kking!
[What? They’re going to eat something delicious?! Butler! Take us too!]
Blackie came running hurriedly with his subordinates, afraid that Sejun might leave without them.
And so, Sejun descended the tower with Cuengi and the Blackie family in tow.
He didn’t worry about the possibility of Theo not finding him. Because Theo always finds him well on his own.
A little while later
[You have arrived on the 75th floor of the Black Tower.]
[You have moved from the 99th floor to the 75th floor.]
[You descended 24 floors.]
[Due to the effects of your <Title: Retrogressor> and <Title: The One Who Reached the Summit of Five Towers>, all your stats increase by 120.]
[Due to the effects of the <Title: The One Who Reached the Summit of Five Towers>, you gain invincibility for 1 second.]
Sejun arrived at the 75th floor of the tower via waypoint.
“Huh. He’s here.”
About 10km away?
Sejun said, calculating the distance between him and Theo, who he could sense from afar.
At that moment
Whoosh.
“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, did you come to see me, meow?! I actually needed you, meow!”
Sensing Sejun’s presence, Theo quickly moved over using Meow-step and latched onto Sejun’s face.
“Puhuhut.”
Rub rub.
Having unexpectedly run into Sejun, Theo couldn’t contain his joy and rubbed his body against Sejun’s face.
“You needed me?”
“Meow! That’s right, meow! Let’s quickly go over there, meow! That way, meow!”
Clinging to Sejun’s knee, Theo pointed his front paw towards the merchant’s area.
Kueng!
[Hurry, let’s go and get something delicious to eat!]
Kking!
[Butler! Something delicious!]
Cuengi and Blackie, who had belatedly come out of the void storage, also urged Sejun.
“Alright, I got it.”
Sejun picked up Cuengi and Blackie.
Dadadada.
And swiftly ran toward the merchant area.
Ten minutes later
“Here it is, meow! To make these guys into legendary merchants, we need the items from Chairman Park’s Void Storage, meow!”
Guided by Theo, Sejun arrived at the spot where Machun, Magin, and Ninir were waiting.
Clank.
Theo retrieved the items from Sejun’s Void Storage, matching the ones listed on the scrolls the three had unrolled.
“I’ll help too.”
Sejun joined Theo in assisting with the process.
Kuhehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. That looks tasty!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. The food looks delicious!]
In the meantime, Cuengi and Blackie were wandering around the nearby food stalls, eyeing the snacks.
Kueng?
[How much is that one?]
Cuengi pointed to a skewer with five pieces of candied fruit and asked the vendor.
“It’s 10 Tower Coins each.”
Kueng!
[Then give me 1000!]
Cuengi boldly made his order.
Even though he didn’t have more than 5,000 Tower Coins in his pocket money pouch, he didn’t care. freēwēbnovel.com
Cuengi had his dad’s 3 times bargaining.
With three rounds of haggling, he was sure to get a discount.
Kueng!
[Give me a discount!]
“Alright, how about 8 Tower Coins per skewer…?”
Kueng!
[No! More discount!]
“Okay… 5 Tower Coins then…?”
Kueng!
[No! Even more!]
“Well… since you’re buying 1,000… How about 3,000 Tower Coins total?”
The street vendor owner decided to sell with just a little profit, as he was planning to go home early because it was the day that ruffian was going to come.
Thus, Cuengi managed to buy the candied fruit skewers for 3 Tower Coins with his 3 times bargaining.
“It’ll take some time to make all 1,000, so just have a few first while you wait.”
Kuhehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Sounds good!]
Cuengi picked up a strawberry candy skewer.
Kking! Kking! Kking!
[Hyung! Hyung! Let me have one too!]
Blackie quickly barked, asking for one as well.
Kueng!
[Alright!]
A cool older brother always shares food with his younger siblings!
As Cuengi pulled off one strawberry candy from the skewer to give to Blackie
Swoosh.
“Hey. Buy me one too. And give me some money. Don’t even think about hiding it. If you get caught, it’ll be 1 hit per Tower Coin. Hehe.”
A Tiger Tribe warrior put his arm around Cuengi’s shoulder, trying to extort money from him.
Hehe. This is going to be fun.
Blackie, with an excited expression, watched Cuengi intently, curious to see how things would unfold.
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