TL: Hanguk
Golden Tower, 86th Floor, Daemon Family Mansion.
“Machun, you worthless brat! How dare you still call yourself my son?!”
Marin Daemon shouted at his eldest son, Machun.
Initially, Marin was overjoyed to see Machun return home as a legendary merchant.
However,
“What?! You became an underling to the Black Tower’s legendary merchant?!”
“Yes. I went after Uren, but…”
Machun had fallen to the status of another merchant’s subordinate.
On top of that,
“Still, Theo~nim made both me and Magin into legendary merchants, and he treats us well, so…”
He had forgotten his duty to rule the Golden Tower and was instead grateful for the kindness of another tower’s Legendary merchant.
“Uren will be coming back soon. He has recovered almost all the money he was scammed out of.”
With a carefree expression, Machun delivered the news of Uren’s return.
If Uren came back, he would undoubtedly be confirmed as the next head of the Daemon family.
But,
“Eek!”
No way!
Marin couldn’t accept it.
Though he himself never became head, he was determined to make his son the head and give him a happy life!
That was Marin’s goal.
A goal filled with Marin’s own ambitions, ignoring the wishes of Machun and Magin.
I will make my son the head of the Daemon family, no matter what!
Bang!
Leaving Machun behind, Marin hurriedly went outside and…
“Summon the troops.”
He ordered his subordinate to bring in the secret forces he had raised on another floor.
Wouldn’t it work if Uren doesn’t return?
Marin intended to deal with Uren before he could enter the Daemon family estate.
“Father, please let go of your obsession with becoming the family head.”
Machun watched his father through the window, still unable to let go of his obsession as he busily gave orders to his subordinates. With a pitying expression.
There’s a demon over there.
An evil demon that will stamp his seal no matter what trick you try.
“You’ll understand if you experience it.”
Remembering Theo, who held a seal in hand and grinning wickedly, Machun shuddered involuntarily.
***
99th Floor of the Black Tower.
As dawn began to break,
(Pip-pip. Sejun~nim, then I’ll go to sleep now.)
“Alright. Sleep well.”
“Puhuhut. Sleep tight, Paespaes, meow!”
Baerorong.
Paespaes, who had been up all night playing with Sejun and Theo, clung to Sejun’s back and fell asleep.
And,
Kurorong.
Cuengi, who had fallen asleep halfway through, was hanging off Sejun’s side.
Step, step.
With a few hours left before breakfast, Sejun wandered around the farm, raising up his potential.
“Puhuhut. Staying up all night and playing with Chairman Park is nice, meow!”
Theo said, looking both drowsy and content.
“But you’re always by my side anyway. What’s the difference?”
“Puhuhut. It’s different, meow!”
“So what’s different?”
“Puhuhut. Well…”
Just as Theo was about to answer,
Flap, flap.
The black dragon statue flew towards Sejun.
And,
-Ahem. Sejun, I’m not rushing you or anything… but I was curious about what dish you’d prepare for the upcoming Dragon Council meeting.
He asked Sejun what dish he planned to make for the upcoming third Dragon Council meeting.
“Dishes?”
There were still more than twenty days until the meeting…
-Ahem. I’m not forcing you, but it would be wonderful if you could make dishes that other dragons haven’t seen before, that are both delicious and beautiful enough to make them gasp in amazement.
Kaiser’s face showed desperate eagerness as he explained the kind of dishes he wanted to the bewildered Sejun.
“Puhuhut. Don’t worry, Kaiser~nim! The great hybrid Chairman Park can do anything , meow!”
Theo responded confidently to Kaiser.
Hey! Don’t just answer on my behalf!
“Kaiser~nim, you haven’t already gone around telling the other dragons that I’d make the dish you just mentioned, have you?”
Sejun asked while covering Theo’s mouth.
-Oh?! Well, yes, I did mention it.
Caught red-handed, Kaiser hesitated momentarily before replying with conviction.
I believe in our Sejun!
Sending a gaze full of unwavering trust.
Kaiser had already bragged extensively to the other dragons that their Sejun would make an absolutely extraordinary dish for the upcoming Dragon Council meeting.
“You mean dishes they’ve never seen before that are both delicious and exquisite?”
-Kuhahaha. That’s right. Just let me know if you need any ingredients.
Kaiser nodded enthusiastically in response to Sejun’s question.
“Ugh.”
What was I thinking?
Watching Kaiser, Sejun reconsidered his plan to prepare the same dishes as the second Dragon Council meeting.
Even though he was hosting the council, it was only natural to want to serve better food than at the previous meeting.
Besides, Kaiser was Aileen’s grandfather.
Park Sejun, you fool! You almost threw away this perfect opportunity to score points?
He had been too complacent.
“Kaiser~nim, leave it to me! I’ll make sure to prepare amazing dishes!”
-Kuhahaha. Thank you.
With a hearty laugh, Kaiser left to have another drink by the fountain, his spirits lifted by Sejun’s enthusiastic reply. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
What should I make?
Sejun began pondering what kind of dish to prepare.
Step, step.
As he wandered around the farm, lost in thought about what dishes to make…
Growl.
Kueng…
Cuengi, who had woken up from hunger, rubbed his eyes and greeted Sejun with a sleepy good morning.
Well, there’s still plenty of time.
For now, Sejun decided to think about the dishes later and focus on breakfast.
“Cuengi, let’s go eat.”
Kueng!
With Cuengi in tow, Sejun headed to the kitchen.
When they arrived, Sejun No. 1 was already there, waiting with breakfast prepared as usual.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, grill some fish for me, meow!”
“Sure.”
Of course, he still had to do some cooking.
A short while later.
As Theo’s grilled fish was ready, everyone began to eat breakfast together.
“Puhuhut. As expected, Chairman Park’s grilled fish is the best, meow!”
Kueng!
[It’s delicious!]
Kihihit, kking!
[Hehe! Butler! Give me more egg rolls!]
It was a noisy yet peaceful breakfast as usual.
How nice.
Just watching them filled Sejun with a wave of happiness, and he found himself staring at them with a foolish smile.
Kihihit, kking! kking!
[Hehe. Guys, the butler’s zoning out right now! Let’s grab some more!]
At least until the Blackie family started eyeing his egg rolls.
“Not a chance!”
Thunk!
Sejun quickly stabbed his chopsticks into his egg rolls to protect it.
Kking! kking!
[Butler, that’s not fair! I’m still hungry!]
Blackie whined, trying to tug at Sejun’s heartstrings.
But,
“Blackie, look at your belly before you speak. You’ll get a stomachache again at this rate.”
Sejun pointed to Blackie’s already bulging stomach.
Kking…
[I can still eat more…]
“Alright, but only half.”
Kking! kking!
[Okay! Got it!]
Once the lively breakfast finally came to an end,
Kueng!
[Dad, here’s your coffee!]
Cuengi brought over a freshly brewed cup of coffee.
“Thanks.”
Slurp.
“Ahh.”
Sejun took a sip of the coffee, savoring it with an appreciative smile and gave a thumbs-up.
Then
Kuehehehe.
Dad gave Cuengi a thumbs-up!
Cuengi laughed with a proud expression.
Next, he made chocolate milk.
Kking!
[Big Bro! Me too!]
Kueng!
[Blackie wants some too!]
He shared the chocolate milk with Blackie, who was wagging his tail eagerly right in front of him.
As they enjoyed the leisurely moments after breakfast,
Piyo!
[We’re back!]
“Is there any food left?”
Piyot and Uren, who had gone out the day before, had returned.
They had left to retrieve the land deed for the 86th floor of the Golden Tower, which Uren had hidden away.
Knowing all too well how gullible he was, Uren had made sure to hide the land deed so securely that no one could steal it from him.
Which is why it had taken them quite a while to retrieve it.
Of course, the biggest reason it took so long was the frequent encounters with monsters along the way.
“Alright, then, let’s get going.”
As Sejun prepared to depart via the waypoint,
“But I… I haven’t eaten yet…”
Uren, who was about to take a bite of the meal prepared by Sejun No. 1, looked on the verge of tears with his spoon in hand.
“Alright, let’s wait until you’re done eating.”
“Thank you!”
Sejun waited for Uren to finish his meal.
Piyo?
[Theo~nim, do you need anything?]
“Puhuhut. Nothing, meow!”
“But Piyot, aren’t you eating?”
Sejun asked Piyot, who was attending to Theo.
Piyo!
[I ate with Uren~nim an hour ago!]
Piyot patted his stomach as he answered.
“Uren, let’s go.”
Sejun stopped Uren, who had just finished one bowl of rice and was about to refill his bowl.
Then,
“Everyone, into the Void Storage.”
After directing his companions into the Void Storage,
Swish.
Sejun unfolded the land deed.
[The summoning function for the initial engraving of the land deed for the 86th floor farm of Golden Tower has been activated.]
With this message, Sejun disappeared.
***
Outskirts of Destruction.
Hundreds of millions of calamities were gathered there.
Most of them were weak Locusts, and only about 10% of the calamities had strong combat power.
“Kraken, is this all the remaining forces?”
“Yes, J?rmungandr~nim. This is everyone except the scattered forces that couldn’t respond to the summons.”
“Too few.”
Melpheus, just what did you do to reduce our forces this much?!
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J?rmungandr, who had gathered all remaining forces to reorganize them, sighed in frustration.
Even if they had fought among themselves, there should have been more left than this…
“With this amount of force, spreading them out won’t be effective.”
“Yes. At most, we can attack only about three places simultaneously.”
“Then let’s divide the forces into two groups and completely destroy this place and that one first.”
J?rmungandr pointed to two worlds.
These were <Recia>, protected by the Blue Tower, and <Kanos>, guarded by the Red Tower.
Crack.
As J?rmungandr infused the power of destruction towards the two worlds,
Crack.
Small fissures appeared, and…
“Calamities, go forth. Go and bring destruction to these worlds!”
The calamities, following J?rmungandr’s command, began to pour through the fissures and began destroying the two worlds.
***
[You have arrived at the 86th Floor of the Golden Tower.]
[You have moved from the 99th floor, the top of the tower, to the 86th floor.]
…
..
.
[Due to the effects of the <Title: The One Who Reached the Summit of Five Towers>, you gain invincibility for 1 second.]
There doesn’t seem to be any danger.
As Sejun quickly scanned his surroundings,
Boom!
A streak of golden lightning shot down towards Sejun.
At that moment,
Clang.
“Meow! Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!”
With a bright smile, Theo leaped out of the Void Storage and launched himself toward Sejun’s face.
Crackle.
The lightning narrowly missed Theo, who was clinging to Sejun’s face, and,
Crash!
It struck the ground right next to Sejun.
“Whoa!”
Startled by the thunderous noise, Sejun cried out as he tried to pull Theo off his face, completely unaware that the lightning had originally been aimed directly at him.
Kueng!
[Time to recharge the Thunderbolt Staff!]
Cuengi, who had followed Theo out of the Void Storage, held the Thunderbolt Staff up towards the sky, absorbing the surrounding lightning and preventing any further strikes from hitting nearby.
Piyot and Uren also emerged and began wandering around.
Kihihit, kking! kking!
[Hehe! Hey, Butler! I found something cool! Peel this for me!]
At some point, Blackie had started darting around. Now, he came running towards Sejun, proudly carrying a fallen fruit in his mouth.
“Huh?! This is?”
Sejun recognized the fruit Blackie had brought.
An oval-shaped, green fruit with fine fuzz on its skin.
It was a kiwi.
“Does that mean… this is a kiwi farm?”
As Sejun looked around, he noticed that someone had carefully set up wooden stakes around the kiwi plants to help them grow well.
Kking!
[Butler! Hurry up and open it!]
“Alright.”
The kiwi was fully ripened, so Sejun sliced it open and scooped out small portions with a spoon, sharing it with Blackie and his underlings.
And then,
Pop.
[You have harvested a kiwi.]
…
..
.
Sejun picked three kiwis and shared one each with Cuengi and Uren.
At that moment,
“Young Master Uren?”
A green pig, dressed like a farmer, recognized Uren and approached him.
“Meow!”
Kueng!
Theo and Cuengi immediately tensed up, watching the approaching pig warily.
“It’s alright. He’s part of my family. Hello, Uncle Neg.”
Uren recognized Neg and greeted him as he walked closer.
Then,
[A quest has appeared.]
[Quest: Defeat or negotiate with the Green Pig Family’s assassination squad, who recently took over the kiwi farm, and reclaim the ownership of the land.]
Reward: Recognition as the rightful owner of the 86th floor kiwi farm in the Golden Tower.
A message appeared in front of Sejun.
Just now?
Assassination squad?!
As Sejun sensed something was wrong,
Swish.
Neg suddenly swung a sword at Uren.
Clang!
“Meow!”
Fortunately, Theo had already positioned himself in front of Uren and intercepted Neg’s sword with his dragon claws.
Thud.
Theo then struck Neg on the back of the head, knocking him out.
And then,
“Puhuhut. Since you dared to go after my subordinate Uren’s life, you must join Sejun Company! A 10-year contract as a temporary employee, meow!”
Stamp. Stamp. Stamp.
Theo pulled out his seal and stamped it on the back of Neg’s head ten times with enthusiasm.
…What is this?!
The other members of the assassination squad, shocked by their leader Neg’s failed surprise attack, were completely thrown off.
“Attack!”
At the order of the vice-leader, the hidden Green Pig Family assassins charged at Sejun and his companions.
“Puhuhut.”
They lost consciousness, their last memory being the sound of a demon’s laughter.
*****
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