TL: Hanguk
Jǫrmungandr’s Stomach.
Shhhk.
Shhhk.
The white snakes, which were digestive cells, had completely surrounded the <Earthworm> without leaving any gaps.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
With their sharp teeth and pointed horns protruding from their foreheads, they attacked, trying to break through <Earthworm>’s defensive barrier.
After a prolonged assault,
Crack.
Clang.
As the barrier shattered, white snakes began to fall from the sky of <Earthworm>.
And then,
“Puhuhut. It’s work time, meow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Cuengi can now get VIP treatment!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Go, hyungs!]
The white snakes were annihilated by Theo and Cuengi, who had been eagerly waiting for work to receive Sejun’s VIP treatment.
It was the Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie family, fully immersed in the VIP treatment game.
Swoosh.
While Theo and Cuengi were taking care of the white snakes, the energy of creation seeped into the damaged defensive barrier, reinforcing it to become thicker and sturdier.
After the brief battle that didn’t even last a minute
“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park. we finished working, meow! Give us the VIP treatment, meow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Give Cuengi the VIP treatment!]
Theo and Cuengi clung to Sejun, who was farming, demanding their VIP treatment.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! Great Blackie also needs VIP treatment!]
Even Blackie, who came running hard to catch up, joined in.
“But Blackie didn’t work, did you? You have to work to get the VIP treatment.”
Sejun, with his right hand, fed Theo a Churu as Theo lay flat on his lap, while his left hand petted Cuengi, who was dipping garaetteok into kudzu honey and eating. Sejun teased Blackie.
At that,
Kking! Kking! Kking!
[Great Blackie cheered for his hyungs! Very hard!! So he deserves the VIP treatment!]
Blackie, the self-proclaimed cheerleading captain, confidently barked, claiming that cheering was also work.
“All right.”
Sejun lifted Blackie into the sling bag and put a piece of roasted and dried sweet potato into his mouth.
“Puhuhut.”
Kuehehehe.
Kihihit.
Such adorable little ones.
While Sejun was playing with his companions under the pretense of VIP treatment,
“Huh?”
Why does the world look blue?
The surroundings started to appear blue. No, they had been like this for a while, but the color became more intense, allowing Sejun to clearly perceive the blue.
It was because the energy of creation produced by the Destruction Devourers was being trapped inside <Earthworm>, surrounded by the white snakes, and couldn’t escape, causing its concentration to increase.
Is it too much?
“Guys, let’s-”
As Sejun was about to store the Destruction Devourers into the Void Storage,
[Quest: <Earthworm> has reached a stage that no world has ever achieved. Produce more energy of creation and evolve <Earthworm> into a Level 11 world.]
Reward: All Stats +1000, 500 billion Tower Coins, Primordial Spark.
A quest message appeared.
Oh! The rewards are great!
All stats +1000 and 500 billion Tower Coins.
104.28.193.250
He wasn’t sure what the Primordial Spark was, but it must be something good.
Completely captivated by the rewards, Sejun exclaimed,
“Guys, let’s eat more!”
Kiki!
Encouraging the Destruction Devourers, he made them absorb the energy of destruction.
The energy of destruction was being emitted in massive amounts from Delia’s body and the corpses of the white snakes, so there was no shortage of food.
Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.
While the Destruction Devourers diligently absorbed the energy of destruction as instructed by Sejun,
Ptoo ptoo ptoo.
Sejun planted the seeds spat out by the Destruction Devourers to increase their numbers.
After about three hours had passed,
The atmosphere within <Earthworm> became an even deeper shade of blue.
The white snakes began to tie their bodies together to constrict <Earthworm>, trying to contain its growing size.
This was because <Earthworm>’s expansion was worsening Jǫrmungandr’s indigestion.
Thanks to the pressure exerted by the white snakes, <Earthworm> was unable to expand and began to slowly heat up, setting all the conditions perfectly.
Just as carbon requires high heat and pressure to transform into diamonds,
<Earthworm> also needed intense pressure and heat to become an unprecedented Level 11 world.
The temperature and pressure began to rise rapidly.
Kueng?!
Dad is in danger!
Sensing the crisis, Cuengi hurriedly enlarged his body and wrapped it around Sejun and his companions to shield them.
One second later,
Flash!
An intensely bright blue light exploded, sweeping across the surroundings.
While the Earth Dragon remained unaffected by the light, the crops planted by Sejun turned to dust and crumbled, as did the Destruction Devourers.
<Earthworm>, in its effort to be reborn as a new world, burned away all impurities and absorbed them as its nourishment.
Fortunately, the light dared not touch Cuengi and Sejun’s companions, who were surrounded by a crimson-black energy emitted by Cuengi for protection.
Thus, <Earthworm> eliminated most of its impurities.
As the light faded, Cuengi reduced his body size once again.
“Cuengi, thank you.”
Sejun didn’t know exactly what had happened, but he understood that Cuengi had tried to protect him, so he patted Cuengi’s head with gratitude.
“Huh?”
But where did everything go?
Realizing that the crops he had planted and the Destruction Devourers had disappeared, Sejun grew puzzled.
At that moment,
Rumble.
<Earthworm> began its full-fledged evolution, causing the entire land to rise. Its size explosively increased, growing to ten times its previous size in an instant.
As a result, the white snakes, which had tried to stop <Earthworm>’s expansion by entangling their bodies around it, were all torn apart and killed.
…
..
.
A massive amount of experience points poured into Sejun.
…
..
.
Hehe. I leveled up seven times in one go.
While Sejun, now Level 157, celebrated with joy,
“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, I, Vice Chairman Theo leveled up and I am now level 100, meow! I got a Job Quest, meow! Let’s complete it together, meow!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng! Kueng!
[Hehehe. Dad, Cuengi also leveled up to 100 and got a Job Quest! Cuengi wants to do the quest with you too!]
Theo and Cuengi, having leveled up to 100, received their Job Quests.
And then,
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! We also became level 2!]
Blackie family had leveled up to Level 2.
It seemed everyone in the group had received their fair share of experience points, not just Sejun.
Hehe. Such low-levels.
Sejun smirked, mocking his companions with an air of superiority.
But thinking about it carefully, it wasn’t something to be smug about.
Everyone had received the same amount of experience, yet Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie family had only gained one level, while Sejun had gained seven.
And this was despite them being in lower-level ranges where leveling up should have been easier.
The fact that Sejun leveled up quickly wasn’t necessarily a good thing.
As the saying goes, “The deeper the valley, the higher the mountain”. His companions gained far more stats per level-up compared to Sejun,
And unlike Sejun, who received a Job Quest every 10 levels, his companions received Job Quests far less frequently.
For instance, Theo and Cuengi received their first Job Quest at Level 100,
And as former Apostles of Destruction, Blackie family might receive their Job Quests at much higher levels, or perhaps not at all.
“Hehehe.”
While Sejun was rejoicing without knowing this
[Quest completed.]
[As a reward for completing the quest, all your stats have increased by 1000.]
[As a reward for completing the quest, you have received 500 billion Tower Coins.]
[As a reward for completing the quest, you have obtained the Primordial Spark.]
[The Primordial Spark has attached itself to the <Title: One Who Glimpsed the Beginning> and is now burning brightly.]
[<Title: One Who Glimpsed the Beginning> has been transformed by the Primordial Spark and has been reborn as <Title: One Who Glimpsed Long Into the Beginning>.]
Along with the quest completion message, Sejun received his rewards.
“What the…?”
“One Who Glimpsed Long Into the Beginning”?
Sejun felt strangely insulted, as if he had been labeled sneaky, and it left a bad taste in his mouth.
“Can’t I just look?”
I’m supposed to be a bold person.
Sejun grumbled as he checked his title.
→ By glimpsing deeply into a fragment of the Beginning, which exists beyond the realm of cognition, you have gained insight. Within the limits allowed, you can perceive and reconstruct the essence of things.
→ You can combine similar titles into one.
→ You can merge multiple powers into one, strengthening them.
→ If you receive a reward that is excessive and beyond your capacity, you can subtly twist causality to receive the best possible reward.
……
Except for the first sentence, the rest of the description was merely an explanation of what had happened in the past.
Moreover, there were still contents that remained unrevealed.
Still, one thing was certain.
This title was far more remarkable than Sejun had initially thought.
Merging powers and titles and twisting causality to alter rewards were not tasks easily accomplished without directly interfering with the system.
Perhaps, the key to the system’s impeachment that Theo had been longing for might lie with Sejun.
While Sejun was checking his title,
“Huh?! What’s this?!”
“I feel overflowing with strength!”
The Earth Dragons, checking their own conditions, were elated with joy.
With <Earthworm> evolving into a Level 11 world, the Earth Dragons had also evolved to match the new world, becoming beings fit for a Level 11 world.
[You will evolve into a demigod.]
[Once a month, for one hour, your soul can visit the realm where the gods reside.]
“I’ve become a demigod?!”
Moreover, Toryong, upon ascending to the rank of a demigod, gained the ability to visit the realm of the gods for a short time.
Now, I can directly deliver Sejun-nim’s words to the gods!
Toryong, who had always felt regretful for not being much help to Sejun, was delighted with his newfound ability.
At that moment,
[Seed Shop Headquarters]
[Combat Shop Headquarters]
[Hel’s Pawnshop]
…
[For the next five months, you will be forced to visit these five places in order.]
The ability was being used as a guided tour to determine where the demigod Toryong would belong in the future.
Demigod Toryong’s soul arrived at the Seed Shop Headquarters.
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Seed Shop Headquarters.
“Trust-in-Park’s Guardian?!”
Then that means… a subordinate of Trust-in-Park?!
While the non-combat gods were stunned by the message, a small earthworm appeared in the central plaza of the Seed Shop Headquarters.
“Uh? Hello. My name is Park Toryong.”
It was Toryong’s soul.
When Toryong greeted them,
“Welcome, Park Toryong-nim! Please, come in!”
““Welcome!””
The non-combat gods enthusiastically welcomed Toryong.
“Park Toryong-nim, I will guide you.”
Among the non-combat gods, Uncle, the God of Grapevines, stepped forward as the representative, carefully lifting Toryong with both hands and escorting him to the finest building in the Seed Shop Headquarters.
Once inside the building,
“Ahem. Then, I shall explain the Seed Shop Headquarters.”
Leah began introducing the Seed Shop Headquarters to Toryong in a nervous voice.
Toryong was one of Sejun’s closest companions.
Whatever was discussed today would likely be relayed to Sejun, so it was natural for Leah to feel tense.
Fifty minutes later,
“That concludes the explanation.”
Good. Perfect.
As Leah finished her introduction to the Seed Shop Headquarters,
Clatter clatter clatter.
The non-combat gods, who had been waiting for Leah to finish, swarmed around Toryong.
“I am Plum, the God of Plums. Please, tell Trust-in-Park my name!”
“Hehe. I’m Pierre, the God of Pears. Please make sure to tell Trust-in-Park my na….”
They wanted their names to be known to Sejun.
At that moment,
“How could you make Toryong feel so uncomfortable?!”
Order, the God of Order, strode over and lifted Toryong, who was surrounded by non-combat gods, onto his shoulder.
“Toryong, I’m sorry. Our folks aren’t usually like this….”
Order apologized to Toryong and quickly exited the building.
And then,
Good. No one else is around.
After confirming there were no other non-combat gods nearby,
“Ahem. Order….”
“Yes?”
“My name is Order, the God of Order.”
Order quietly revealed his name to Toryong.
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