TL: Hanguk
Kueng?! Kueng!
[Why are you not answering?! Hurry up, wake up Dad!]
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Cuengi was still relentlessly slamming Mobius down, unaware that Sejun and others had regained their senses.
“Cuengi! I’m awake!”
Sejun called out to Cuengi from very far away. If he got too close, he might get hurt by the shockwaves Cuengi was creating while swinging Mobius around.
When Sejun shouted loudly,
Kueng?
It’s Dad’s voice!
Cuengi’s ears perked up in Sejun’s direction, and his head quickly turned to where Sejun was.
Kueng!
[Dad’s awake!]
Thud.
Spotting Sejun, who had regained consciousness, Cuengi dropped Mobius’s lifeless body to the ground and hurriedly shrank his size, flying into Sejun’s arms for a hug.
Then,
Kueng? Kueng?
[Dad, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?]
Cuengi began diligently checking every part of Sejun’s body.
“Yeah. Your Dad’s strong, you know.”
Sejun showed off his firm biceps as he spoke, but…
What’s strong about that?
There was no way Cuengi would be convinced by Sejun’s feeble biceps.
Of course, being the dutiful son he was, Cuengi refrained from voicing his thoughts out loud to avoid making Dad sad.
But his expression said it all. Cuengi, still young, was not good at hiding his expressions yet.
Fortunately, since the rest of the party also made unimpressed faces at Sejun’s biceps, Cuengi’s expression didn’t stand out too much.
A moment later,
Kueng!
[Dad is fine!]
Cuengi, having finished his inspection, clung to Sejun’s side.
“But why is this guy’s body still here even after dying?”
Sejun approached Mobius’s corpse. He intended to use it to make a giant grilled fish dish for Theo.
At that moment,
Rumble.
As Mobius’s mouth opened, things that Mobius hadn’t yet digested spilled out.
Most of it was dirt, trees, and rocks, but,
“Oh!”
There were gems, money, and items scattered among them.
Seeing those, it was impossible to resist!
“Animal for treasure hunting?!
Sejun shouted.
“Puhuhut. The number one treasure hunter, I, Hybrid Vice Chairman Theo, will claim first place, meow!”
Kueng! Kueng!
[Cuengi is also good at treasure hunting! Cuengi will find everything with my nose!]
Kihihit. Kking?! Kking!
[Hehe. Is this a game? I want to play too!]
Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie family all announced their participation and started searching for treasures.
“Land Moving!”
Of course, Sejun, being a social animal, also joined the treasure hunt.
And then,
“Kyoot… Dev~nim, I need to find the items for you… kyoot Kyoot kyoot. I’ll have to participate too! Detect!”
I can’t resist a treasure hunt!
Iona, who had been hesitating while watching, finally cast a spell and enthusiastically began searching for treasures too.
One hour later.
“Whew. That was exhausting.”
Haha, but I found quite a lot.
Sejun proudly looked at the small pile of treasures he had gathered.
I wonder how much the others found?
He glanced at the treasure piles the rest of the party had gathered.
“Meow!”
Papapapat.
First off, Theo found something every time he put his front paws into the ground, creating 10 mountains of treasures around him.
“Wow.”
As expected, Theo was overwhelmingly in first place.
Sejun had no intention of competing with the lucky golden paws of Theo, so he turned his attention comfortably to the others.
Sniff sniff.
Kueng!
104.28.193.250
Cuengi, after roughly identifying the location of the treasures by scent, used telekinesis to lift and scatter the dirt, finding treasures. Around Cuengi, there were seven treasure mounds.
Cuengi was in second place.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot.”
Iona, who used magic to create three treasure mounds, was in third place.
Then I must be fourth?
There was no need to even look at Blackie family. Obviously, they couldn’t have found more treasures than him.
But,
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Guys, we’re beating the Butler! Let’s keep going!]
“Yes!”
Kkiruk!
Shararang!
“Yes! Eomdol-nim! I sense gems over there!”
Caw!
Ppiyak!
Mumu!
Contrary to Sejun’s expectations, Blackie family was showing incredible performance.
When Eomdol, who grew larger from eating stones, would lift the ground onto a net made of Ggomi’s spider web
Shararang!
Kkabi would use the power of decay to make the soil crumble and break down. Then the broken soil would fall through the net
Among what remained after the soil fell through, Eomdol would eat the stones, and Mubalchil would burn the wood.
The final filtered items were collected by Jaki, Karurur, and Shari, who brought them to Blackie.
And then,
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe, good job! Go find more!]
Blackie cheered on his subordinates while guarding one treasure mound.
Am I really losing to the Super Sunfish Gang?!
Sejun, sensing a crisis.
If this goes on, I’ll lose.
He decided to make a bold move.
Chuk.
Sejun hurriedly pulled out two Power Stones he had picked up after destroying Mobius’s soul earlier.
I’ll absorb them.
As Sejun focused on absorbing the Power Stones in his mind,
[Absorbing the <Power: Absolute Smell> contained in the Power Stone of the Silent Plunderer, White Whale Mobius.]
[Absorbing the <Power: Plunder> contained in the Power Stone of the Silent Plunderer, White Whale Mobius.]
The powers within the Power Stones began to be absorbed into Sejun.
[Your strength is significantly lacking to properly absorb these powers.]
[You cannot properly absorb <Power: Absolute Smell>.]
[You cannot properly absorb <Power: Plunder>.]
[The powers are being adjusted to match your strength.]
[Powers are greatly weakened.]
······
Though the messages made his stomach churn, Sejun wasn’t too disappointed as it was an expected result.
But then,
[<Power: Absolute Smell> has been greatly downgraded, and you have awakened the Talent: Scent Tracking (Plants Only).]
[You have received the downgraded <Power: Insignificant and Cowardly Plunder>.]
Seriously, this is too much!
Sejun, who hadn’t anticipated the powers being downgraded into mere talents, was eventually furious.
“And why does it have to be called ‘Insignificant and Cowardly’…?”
This is really too much.
Grumbling, Sejun checked out his new talent and power.
[Talent: Scent Tracking (Plants Only)]
→ You can detect the location of plants within a 500m radius with an accuracy of approximately 1m, using only scent.
<Power: Insignificant and Cowardly Plunder>
→ You can stealthily take one object within a 100-meter radius without being noticed.
Though Talent: Scent Tracking was limited to plants, from Sejun’s perspective as a farmer, it wasn’t a bad ability.
I could use the power to grab things from afar, I guess.
Even the downgraded power seemed somewhat useful.
At that moment,
Sniff sniff.
Sejun suddenly caught a scent he hadn’t noticed before-the smell of moss growing around the lake.
“Oh!”
I can sense it!
At the same time, the location of the moss was clearly mapped in Sejun’s mind.
If Mobius had only possessed the <Power: Plunder>, he would’ve been destroyed by Blackie long ago.
It was because Mobius had used the <Power: Absolute Smell> to locate food before using his powers, allowing him to find his prey without major failures.
Sniff sniff.
This is actually pretty fun.
Sejun got hooked on the fun of using his sense of smell to locate plants.
Ah. This isn’t the time for this.
The treasure hunting competition was still ongoing.
Hehe. Shall I turn the rankings around?
When Sejun used his power while looking at the gold coins in Blackie’s treasure mountain
[<Power: Insignificant and Cowardly Plunder> has been activated.]
[You have plundered a gold coin of the Kingdom of Kov, not yet engraved with a name.]
With that message, a gold coin appeared in Sejun’s hand, bearing the image of Queen Prana of the Kingdom of Kov on the front and King Loui of the Kingdom of Kov on the back.
A gold coin of the Kingdom of Kov that hasn’t been engraved with a name?
Sejun examined the coin.
[Unnamed Royal Gold Coin of the Kingdom of Kov]
→ This is a gold coin the royal family of the Kingdom of Kov gives as a gift when they are indebted to someone. The name of the recipient is engraved on it.
→ If you return the gold coin engraved with your name to the Kingdom of Kov, you can make one wish to Kov Kingdom.
The explanation appeared.
So the Kingdom of Kov was robbed too, huh?
Having heard from Iona about Mobius’s actions, Sejun immediately realized that one of the Kingdom of Kov’s vaults must have been robbed.
“But why didn’t they give me one of these?”
Sejun had given life to the most important Mother Tree of the Kingdom of Kov and was also the most influential figure in the Black Tower. If Sejun asked, Prana and Loui would simply comply, so they hadn’t felt the need to gift him a gold coin separately.
Having inspected the gold coin, Sejun grinned.
Hehe, Blackie has no idea.
Watching Blackie cheer on his subordinates, completely oblivious to the missing gold coin from his treasure pile, Sejun gained confidence.
[<Power: Insignificant and Cowardly Plunder> has been activated.]
…
..
.
Sejun began plundering Blackie’s treasure pile in earnest.
At first, he was cautious, taking only small items. But gradually, he became more daring, taking larger and larger things.
However,
Kking?! Kking?!
[Huh?! Where did it go?!]
As the saying goes, ‘the longer the tail, the more likely it is to be stepped on’. Finally, Blackie noticed because he took something too distinctive.
Where did the painting of the great Blackie in action go?!
Of all things, Sejun had taken a large golden plate that depicted the battle between Fenrir and the great dragon race from the past.
Half of the golden plate was occupied by a massive wolf fighting with twelve leader-level dragons and all nine remaining dragon clan members, depicted in such detail and dynamism as if witnessed firsthand.
Of course, even without the detailed picture, the sheer size of the golden plate made it inevitable that he would get caught.
Kking?!
[Butler! Why are you stealing my stuff?!]
Blackie barked, running over to Sejun, who was holding the golden plate.
Kking? Kking?!
[Wait? This smells like me too? Isn’t this ours too?!]
Once caught, it all unraveled. Blackie, who had been sitting there seemingly unaware, had marked every treasure with his scent one by one.
A moment later.
“I even lost to the kids…”
Sejun ended up being the last-place finisher in the treasure hunt competition.
“Puhuhut. The great Hybrid Park Chairman came in last, meow! That’s why you need me, Hybrid Vice Chairman Theo, meow!”
Kueng!
[Cuengi will find lots of treasures for you next time, so cheer up, Dad!]
Theo and Cuengi comforted Sejun.
Kkirorong.
Eomrorong.
…
..
.
Blackie family, satisfied with beating Sejun, slept soundly in victory.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. I’ll return everything to their rightful owners.”
Iona began sorting out the items whose owners were clearly identifiable.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. I’ll take this too. If I ask the creator, Amur Lange, I’ll be able to find out who bought it.”
Among the items was the large golden plate with Blackie’s painting on it.
At that moment,
“Meow!”
Theo, who hadn’t stopped treasure hunting until the very end, found a box in the dirt pile.
And then,
“Puhuhut. Park Chairman, take this, meow!”
Theo handed the box to Sejun.
“Oh! Thanks!”
Click.
Sejun, looking pleased, opened the box that Theo had given him.
Inside were three Land Deeds.
[Black Tower 4th Floor Land Deed]
[White Tower 67th Floor Land Deed]
[Golden Tower 89th Floor Land Deed]
“I needed these land deeds, so this worked out perfectly. Well done, Vice Chairman Theo.”
“Puhuhut. I, Hybrid Vice Chairman Theo, always do a great job, meow!”
“Yeah.”
Sejun patted Theo on the head as he gathered up the land deeds.
The land deed for the 4th floor of the Black Tower was needed to erect a monument for Leah’s achievement, who had granted him a 5-star divine relic, and to assign Ssibal the 18th as a follower.
The land deed for the 67th floor of the White Tower was essential for finding the sealed sun of the White Tower.
“If only it were one floor higher.”
If he had received the land deed for the 90th floor instead of the 89th floor of the Golden Tower, it would have been perfect…
Patrick, the God of Earth’s divine relic, the Earth Armor, was on the 90th floor of the Golden Tower.
Sejun, feeling slightly regretful, stood up from his seat.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Sejun-nim, I’ve packed everything!”
Iona, who had gathered all the items with owners, said as she carried the remaining items and Mobius’s corpse into Sejun’s void storage.
“Iona, thank you for your hard work. Let’s head back now.”
Kueng!
[Dad, Hold on tightly to Cuengi!]
“Yeah.”
As Sejun held Cuengi in his arms,
Shwoosh!
Cuengi used telekinesis to quickly lift them into the air, and in the blink of an eye, they had returned to the surface.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot… Well, I have things to do, so I’ll be off…”
Iona bid farewell with a voice filled with reluctance.
However,
Hug.
Contrary to her words, she couldn’t easily let go of Theo’s warm and fluffy tail, which she hadn’t touched in a while. Her hands still clung to it with lingering attachment.
“Puhuhut. Iona, take this, meow! From now on, when you miss me, Hybrid Vice Chairman Theo, just hug this, meow!”
Theo handed Iona a heart-shaped fur ball made from his own fur.
“Kyoot?! Theo-nim! I love it so much!”
Iona, deeply moved, embraced Theo with a beaming expression, holding the heart-shaped fur ball.
Then,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Theo-nim, I’ll do my best! Sejun-nim, take care!”
With a heart full of Theo’s warmth, Iona cheerfully bid farewell and left.
Aileen must have been this happy, right?
Sejun smiled, imagining how happy Aileen must have been when she received the heart-shaped rice ball from him, even though he hadn’t seen her reaction firsthand.
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