TL: Hanguk
99th floor of the Black Tower.
“From this day forward, we will form the Hybrid Protection Association to protect hybrids.”
Sejun declared the founding of HPA, short for Hybrid Protection Association, to counter the dragons’ teasing. In a very solemn voice.
Then,
“Puhuhut. Good, meow! Since the great hybrid Chairman Park is the chairman of the HPA, of course, I, Hybrid Vice-Chairman Theo, will naturally be the Vice-Chairman of the HPA, meow!”
Theo, who had dragon claws and dragon skin, exclaimed excitedly at Sejun’s words.
(Bahehet. I’m a hybrid too…)
Paespaes, who also had dragon claws, mumbled with a still sleepy voice, laughing.
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Me too! Me too!]
Blackie, who had dragon tooth, wagged his tail and barked excitedly.
“I also have dragon bones in my body, so I am a hybrid as well!”
Kkiruk!
Shalarang!
…
..
.
Following their leader Blackie, Blackie’s subordinates also proved themselves to be hybrids.
They had already long enhanced their bodies by using dragon tooth, scales, and skins stored in the Void Storage.
Thus, as everyone united under the HPA banner,
Kueng…
[Cuengi is not a hybrid though…]
Cuengi, who was a pureblood, felt sad all by himself.
[Misfortune, the God of Misfortune, says they can sense another divine relic of theirs within the Black Tower and has asked you to find it.]
Uren and Piyot, who were also purebloods like Cuengi, had set off to search for Misfortune’s other divine relic right after breakfast.
“Cuengi, it’s okay. You’re an honorary member of our HPA.”
To comfort Cuengi, Sejun quickly established an honorary member system. Everything was at the Chairman’s discretion.
Kueng!?
[So Cuengi is now part of the same Hybrid Protection Association as Dad?!]
“That’s right.”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Cuengi is so happy!]
At Sejun’s words, Cuengi’s expression brightened immediately.
“Alright then, let’s take a break!”
After calling out to his companions, Sejun took a sip.
Slurp.
He drank the coffee Cuengi had brewed for him. Morning coffee was essential.
“Puhuhut.”
Kuehehehe.
Kihihit.
Sejun’s companions settled around him and began relaxing together.
Even though they had formed the HPA, nothing had really changed. And that was just how it was meant to be.
Slurp.
Anyway, would he finally be able to raise his stats again?
As Sejun sipped his coffee, he checked his stats.
Thanks to the <Power: Sunfish Core>, all his stat potentials had increased by 3000, so there should now be some leeway in his potentials.
And,
Stats: Strength (8498/10,113) Stamina (9372/9982) Agility (7697/8633) Magic Power (10,177/10,177) Mental Strength (1934/3000) Divinity (35.7124/100)
As Sejun had predicted, with the increased potential, he was able to raise his stats,except for Magic Power.
“Wow. My stats are incredibly high now.”
Total stats of 35,744.
Sejun’s chest swelled with pride as he looked at his stats.
Moreover,
“Hehehe. With these stats, I’m probably the third strongest among the Tower Farmers, after Ophelia and Ajax, right?”
The total stats of other Tower Farmers he had calculated when borrowing stats before was around 25,000.
Now, Sejun had surpassed them.
“Summon, Veronica.”
They’ll be surprised by my power?
With that thought, Sejun let his energy flow freely and summoned Veronica.
After about 30 seconds,
[Summoning Veronica, Purple Tower’s Honorary Full-time Employee.]
Veronica appeared with her 3m tall body packed with muscles and snow-white skin.
“Did you call for me, Sejun-nim?”
Contrary to Sejun’s expectations, Veronica looked at him without the slightest hint of intimidation and asked calmly.
Kooooo.
“Huh?! Uh…”
On the other hand, Sejun was overwhelmed by Veronica’s aura.
Veronica’s total stats were around 50,000. While Sejun had been growing, Veronica had also been leveling up,a lot more than he had.
“Veronica, return.”
Feeling disheartened, Sejun sent Veronica back.
“Summon, Zelga.”
“Summon, Kwin.”
“Summon, Udon.”
Hoping there would be at least one Tower Farmer weaker than him, Sejun summoned all the other Tower Farmers. However, none of them were weaker than Sejun.
“Why is everyone’s stats higher than mine?!”
When Sejun voiced his frustration,
“Kelkelkel. Sejun-nim just doesn’t have any talent.”
“What?! You! You can go back too!”
Orik, the last one he had summoned, sneered slyly next to him, getting on Sejun’s nerves.
But, in a way, Orik was right.
The other Tower Farmers each possessed talents like ‘Efficient Absorption’, ‘Perfect Digestion’, and ‘Drug Boost’, which enhanced the effects of the items they consumed.
Thus, Sejun spent the entire morning confirming that he was indeed the weakest Tower Farmer.
“Today, since I’m feeling down, it’s going to be a meat feast!”
He filled his belly with a hearty meat lunch and then,
Clink.
He entered the Void Storage, planted Destruction Pioneers and Destruction Devourer seeds, and harvested the crops he had planted in Alice’s body.
During the harvesting process,
[You have harvested a Scorching Cherry.]
[The skill You’re a Field Lv. 8 has activated, dealing additional damage.]
[The skill You’re a Field Lv. 8 has activated, allowing you to harvest the stats of Alice, the Mesmerizing Spider and 9th seat of the Apostles of Destruction.]
[Strength +20, Stamina +20, Agility +25, Magic Power +30.]
[Magic Power stat potential has reached its limit.]
[You can no longer absorb Magic Power stat.]
[The acquired Magic Power stat returns to nature.]
Each time the stat-harvesting skill activated, his stats increased, and the excess Magic Power he couldn’t absorb was returned to strengthen his battle aura.
“Nice!”
I’ll get stronger!
Thanks to the meat, Sejun had completely shaken off his depressed mood and worked enthusiastically
[Your proficiency of You’re a Field Lv. 8 has filled, and the level has increased.]
He upgraded the You’re a Field skill to level 9.
As a result, the amount of stats he gained from each activation of stat-harvesting increased to a maximum of 150.
While Sejun continued working hard in the Void Storage,
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. This will be good for Dad to eat!]
Cuengi went to the herb garden and dug up herbs to feed to Sejun.
“Puhuhut. Greetings, meow! I am the right-hand of the Great Hybrid Chairman Park and the legendary merchant of the Black Tower, the deadly dragon-clawed Golden Hybrid Cat Theo Park, meow! Come and check out these goods, meow!”
Theo had started a new business on the 4th floor of the Golden Tower, as the exit point of his bag of the legendary merchant wandering the Nine Towers had changed.
Usually, it would take some time for business to pick up, but this time,
“Oh! It’s the Sturdy Blade Green Onions!”
“And this smell?! The Vitality-Infused Fragrant Grapes?!”
That wasn’t the case.
Thanks to the great Golden Dragon Artemis distributing the green onions and grapes he had bought from Aileen to the hunters of the Golden Tower, the hunters of <Olga> were already familiar with Sejun’s crops.
“Puhuhut. Then let the auction begin, meow!”
As a result, Theo was able to auction off Sejun’s crops immediately and,
“Sold out, meow!”
He was able to finish up and clock out early.
104.28.193.250
And then,
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I’m back, meow!”
“Yeah. Good work.”
Theo snuggled up on Sejun’s lap, where Sejun was wrapping up his day by making Samyangju with Kkabi and the Level 1 Golden Rice.
Just like that, next ten uneventful days quickly passed by.
***
Morning of Day 477.
“Alright.”
Sejun got up energetically as usual.
[Due to the effect of <Power: Sunfish Core>, all stat potentials have increased by 30.] freeweɓnvel.com
After checking the message,
“Meow…”
Kking…
He took care of Theo and Blackie, went outside to raise potential while walking around the farm, and ate breakfast.
And then,
“Now shall we start work?!”
Just as he was about to start his morning tasks,
[The world <Recia>, governed by the Blue Tower, is being devastated by a calamity.]
[You, a Mid-level Administrator of the Black Tower, are offered a final chance to save <Recia>.]
[A Mid-level Administrator Quest has appeared.]
[Mid-level Administrator Quest: Go to <Recia>, protect the remaining five Blue Towers, and eliminate the calamity.]
Reward: Peace for <Recia>, All Stats +100, 10 billion Tower Coins
Failure: You will automatically return to the Black Tower.
[Do you accept the quest?]
A message appeared before Sejun, asking for his choice.
The calamity that had invaded <Recia>, governed by the Blue Tower, was pushing the world to the brink of destruction.
“Huh?”
You’re telling me to go fight in a place managed by the Blue Tower?!
Sejun was taken aback as he read the message. This was the first time he’d received such a message.
And up until now, no one had ever received a message like this before.
Because the last chance to save a dying world was only given to towers that had grown into Tower status.
Typically, the dragon administrators of a tower were granted an opportunity to descend into a dying world for about an hour when only one tower remained standing.
But their descent wasn’t to save the world. It was a last resort to reduce the power of destruction.
Since the worlds they descended into were already considered doomed, the dragons could descend without worry, slay calamities during the allotted time, and return.
“I’ll accept.”
After a moment of consideration, Sejun accepted the quest.
He didn’t have any grand intentions of heroically saving the world.
Since he could safely return even if he failed, he just wanted to do whatever he could to help the residents of <Recia>.
Once Sejun accepted the quest,
[You will be transported to <Recia> in 30 seconds.]
[You may bring your subordinates with you.]
[Please designate the subordinates you wish to bring.]
“Guys, get into the Void Storage!”
“Puhuhut. Understood, meow!”
Kueng!
Kking!
Sejun quickly opened the Void Storage and had his companions enter. Just in case his magic power wasn’t enough to bring them all.
And this was a very wise decision.
With his magic power, he could only bring along Mushroom Ants and Poisonous Bees.
Not only the other Tower Farmers, but even the residents of the 99th floor of the Black Tower had grown stronger by consuming Sejun’s crops.
This was why Sejun, despite his growth, was still comparatively weak like an sunfish.
After 30 seconds passed,
[Within the limits of your available magic power, subordinates are designating automatically.]
[Transporting to <Recia>.]
With 700 Mushroom Ants and 100 Poisonous Bees, Sejun disappeared from the 99th floor of the Black Tower.
***
Combat Shop Headquarters.
“Lately, it’s been dull without any action from Park Sejun.”
Bev, the God of Courage, was bored as he awaited news of Sejun’s recent courageous deeds.
But since pushing him would only result in being blocked, Bev had no choice but to stay quiet.
Just then,
“Cuengi! You need to embrace the path of a warri… Aaack! Blocked again!”
In the distance, Thunder, the God of Storms, cried out in frustration after being blocked for the 35th time while trying to convince Cuengi to follow the path of a warrior.
“Hehehe.”
Well, at least I’m doing better than that guy.
Bev chuckled to himself as he looked at Thunder.
A moment later,
“Hello, Bev-nim.”
Thunder noticed Bev and greeted him.
“Still no luck?”
“Yes. The moment I even mention the ‘war’ in warrior, Cuengi blocks me.”
“You have to befriend him first, then bring it up subtly. It works sometimes.”
“Really?!”
“Yeah.”
Bev proceeded to teach Thunder the art of coaxing someone onto the path of a warrior.
“By the way, Thunder, have you seen Battler recently? Or heard anything about him?”
Bev asked about the recent whereabouts of Battler, the God of Battle.
“No, now that you mention it, it’s been a while since I last saw Battler-nim. I heard he hasn’t been coming out of his house lately.”
“Really?”
Battler wasn’t the type to stay cooped up at home…
Bev sensed something unusual.
“Let’s go visit Battler’s place.”
“Alright.”
Bev led Thunder to Battler’s house.
And then,
Bang! Bang!
“Battler, are you in there?!”
Bev knocked loudly on Battler’s door.
“What is it?”
Battler with his huge frame opened the door with sunken eyes.
In his hands was an exceptionally thick book titled 1000 Ways to Completely Win a Cat’s Heart.
Battler, the God of Battle, still hadn’t given up.
*****
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