TL: Hanguk
Silver Tower Administrator’s Area.
[You have achieved all eight growth conditions for Silver Tower.]
[The Silver Tower is beginning its transformation into the Great Silver Tower.]
The Silver Tower began its transformation into the Great Silver Tower.
And then,
“It’s done!”
Our tower has finally become a Great Tower!
Crisella cheered as she looked at the notifications in the crystal orb.
“Mother, what’s going on?”
Stella, who had just woken up from a long sleep, came looking for Crisella and asked. Stella had taken a month-long vacation and was spending her days lounging around.
104.28.193.250
“Stella, our Silver Tower has finally become the Great Silver Tower.”
“Really?! Mother, congratulations!”
“Hohoho. It’s all thanks to Sejun. Stella, if you ever meet Sejun, be nice to him, okay?”
“Yes. But I wonder when I’ll get to meet Sejun…”
“Well… Sejun is still quite weak…”
“Yes.”
The atmosphere suddenly grew somber.
“Mother, on a day as great as today, we should have a party!”
Stella brightened the mood by suggesting they hold a party to celebrate the growth of the Great Silver Tower.
“Hohoho. You’re right. Stella, go to the Dragon Market and buy some drinks and snacks!”
“Yes! I’ll be back quickly!”
A smile returned to Crisella’s face.
Thus, a celebration party for the growth of the Great Silver Tower was held at the Silver Dragon’s domain, leading to increased sales at the Dragon Market, and Sejun earned more money once again.
***
82nd Floor of the Great Silver Tower.
“Guys, wake up.”
Sejun, who had woken up in the morning, woke up his companions.
Today was the day they would return home. Now that the Great Silver Tower’s transformation was complete, it was time to go back.
Of course, before leaving, he planned to hire the residents who had arrived late on the 82nd floor after hearing about Sejun Company’s recruitment.
Since his stat potential was still abundant, there was no reason to be selective like before.
After finishing breakfast,
“Puhuhut. Receive my stamp, meow!”
While Theo was stamping the residents of the Great Silver Tower who wanted to become employees of Sejun Company,
Sejun received a success bonus three times the amount of the advance payment he had received from Crisella.
With that, Sejun received 3.6 trillion Tower Coins, 36 liters of Great Silver Dragon’s blood, 18,000 scales, and 3.6 kg of claws.
Hehehe. Quite the hefty reward.
Sejun beamed as he stored the rewards from Crisella in his Void Storage.
But it’s still not enough.
“Crisella~nim, since Charlie attacked us and got stamped, please let another Legendary Merchant get stamped instead.”
Sejun requested another Legendary Merchant from Crisella.
When did I ever attack you? I just protested that you called me by the wrong name!
Charlie, who had been quietly listening, once again felt wronged.
[The Great Silver Tower’s Administrator says she cannot forgive a Legendary Merchant who was rude to Sejun.]
[The Great Silver Tower’s Administrator says if Sejun wishes, she will erase that Legendary Merchant.]
Charlie was now even facing the threat of annihilation.
“What?! Annihilation?”
Not just death, but annihilation ?
“No! Absolutely not!”
Sejun was startled by Crisella’s words and quickly responded.
Though the great dragons usually seemed like kind old men and women in the neighborhood, moments like these reminded him of how terrifyingly arrogant and formidable they truly were.
‘I’m just glad I haven’t earned their contempt.’
Sejun sighed in relief.
However, he was unaware that he was actually the subject of their sympathy and one of the great dragons’ greatest concerns.
‘Oh! Two of them?!’
Theo will be thrilled!
“Hehehe. Thank you, Crisella~nim!”
Sejun expressed his gratitude to Crisella, and she ordered two Legendary Merchants from the Great Silver Tower to go to the 82nd floor and receive Theo’s stamp.
As a result, Sejun and his group’s return to the Great Black Tower was delayed a bit longer.
***
99th Floor of the Great Black Tower.
“This is the place? Where Sejun Company’s Chairman Park, the richest man in the Great Black Tower, lives?”
“What’s this? Why does the building look so shabby?”
“Are you stupid?! That building is obviously just a decoy. There must be a ridiculously lavish facility underground!”
“Hehehe. I’m hungry.”
“Shut up! We need to loot the place and get out quickly!”
Five sugar gliders were gliding through the air with their four limbs fully spread, flying over Sejun’s farm to scout the area.
(TL: ↑ This guy)
They were a group of five professional burglars who had recently been released from prison and had snuck onto the 99th floor of the tower to make some money.
But why would they target the extremely dangerous 99th floor when there were plenty of other places to earn a living?
If we succeed with this one job, we can live the rest of our lives without working!
It was because they were die-hard one-shot opportunists.
“We just need to be careful of that guy swinging a sword, the poisonous bees, and the mushroom ants.”
“Alright, let’s split up.”
“Got it.”
Sha sha shak.
The sugar gliders landed on the ground and swiftly, stealthily began inspecting Sejun’s house, the cooking area, and the storage room.
However,
“What the hell? There’s no way down to an underground area.”
“That can’t be… So, this is it?”
“No way. They said Chairman Park has an insane amount of money…”
No matter how hard they searched, they couldn’t find the treasure they were looking for.
Which made sense. Sejun actually didn’t have as much money saved up as one might think.
Every time he managed to accumulate wealth, an incident would occur, or Theo would burn through it, using the money for his abilities.
The thieves, flustered by the lack of anything valuable, began to panic.
“It’s fine. Since Shurik, who went to check the storage, hasn’t returned yet, there must be something valuable over there.”
“Yeah, that makes sense.”
“Then let’s head to the storage too.”
Just as the thieves were about to move toward the storage,
“Guys, look at this. This stuff is really delicious.”
Shurik, who had been searching the storage, appeared with his arms full of corn kernels.
His belly was also stuffed, having eaten a lot of corn before coming back.
Got delayed because he was busy stuffing his face.
Seeing Shurik’s bloated stomach, the other thieves realized that their last hope, the storage, had also yielded nothing.
At that moment,
“Ah!”
Shurik tripped over a small rock and fell flat on his face.
And then,
[Amplifying Greatsword]
He found a sword lying right in front of him.
What the? There’s an item just discarded on the ground?
Plop.
Shurik placed his hand on the greatsword to check its options.
“Huh?! Guys, this is S+ grade!”
He urgently called his teammates over.
“What?! That thing? It looks like trash no matter how you look at it.”
“Yeah. At best, it’s probably C-grade.”
“I’m serious! This is an S+ grade weapon!”
The other sugar gliders, doubting Shurik’s ridiculous claim, checked the greatsword themselves.
“Huh?! It really is S+ grade…”
“They just left an S+ grade greatsword lying around?!”
“Then what about the other stuff?!”
Realizing this, they quickly scattered and searched through Sejun’s house again.
“What the hell?! Everything is S-grade!”
The seemingly cheap-looking tools scattered around Sejun’s house and farm all turned out to be S-grade or higher items, leaving them in shock.
Since the dragons had been crafting and giving Sejun whatever he needed, most of his everyday items ended up being S-grade or better.
There were items worth at least tens of millions of Tower Coins just lying around on the ground.
[Eomdol’s Sturdy Dolsot]
“T-This… This is a Mythcal-grade Divine Relic!”
“They say real rich people use money as firewood, but…”
“Do all true wealthy people live like this?”
Excited, the thieves hurriedly gathered up the valuable items scattered on the ground.
And then,
“Let’s get out of here now!”
“If we sell just this, we’ll each get at least 10 billion Tower Coins!”
“10 billion?! We can easily make 100 billion Tower Coins!”
“Should we just buy an entire floor of the tower?”
“Hehehe. Should we?”
Chattering excitedly about their soon-to-be extravagant future, the thieves left the farm and took to the skies once more.
However, because they had gathered too much loot, they couldn’t fly high.
…?!
What awaited them was not an adventurous future but the dark shadow of Pink-fur.
Kuoooong!
Pink-fur blocked their path with a roar.
The poisonous bees had discovered the intruding glider gang and reported it to Aileen, who had immediately dispatched Pink-fur to capture the thieves.
And just like that, the thieves disappeared from the 99th floor of the tower without a trace.
Kkwek!
The mushroom ants restored all the stolen items to their original places, leaving no evidence that a theft had ever occurred.
***
95th Floor of the Great Silver Tower.
“What?! Buren, you have to receive a stamp from that guy Theo and become his subordinate?!”
“Yes. That’s how it turned out. It’s an order from the Great Silver Dragon.”
“I can’t accept this! Theo, that bastard! How dare he claim my wife?!”
Hojin, Buren’s husband and the leader of the Silver Lightning Mercenary Corps, exploded in rage and stormed off.
And then
“Sigh. He can’t be stopped.”
Buren sighed as she watched Hojin, but a faint smile lingered on her lips.
She had married him because she liked his fiery personality, so she couldn’t really blame him.
“Looks like we’ll be joining the company as a couple…”
Buren wasn’t particularly worried about Hojin running off to confront Theo.
Theo, the infamous slave hunter whose name was well-known across the Nine Towers.
He knocked out those who challenged him and made them his subordinates, but he never took their lives.
“I should hurry and get going too.”
Buren quickly packed her things and followed her husband to the 82nd floor of the Great Silver Tower.
***
82nd Floor of the Great Silver Tower.
“Puhuhut. Receive my stamp, meow!”
Theo was stamping employees while sitting on Sejun’s lap as Sejun rested with his legs crossed.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, give me a Churu treat, meow!”
“Sure.”
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, rub my belly, meow!”
“Alright.”
At the same time, he made demands of Sejun, who complied without hesitation.
Since Theo was working hard, Sejun was more than willing to grant his requests.
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Dad, I brought you coffee!]
Cuengi came over with a cup of coffee, having prepared it just for Sejun.
“As expected, my son is the best. Ahh.”
After complimenting Cuengi, Sejun took a sip of the coffee.
Kuehehehe.
Cuengi then quietly clung to Sejun’s side, concentrating deeply.
He had sensed something yesterday while absorbing Windron’s power.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe! Butler! Bring me some roasted and dried sweet potato!]
Following Theo’s example, Blackie also started making demands of Sejun.
“Alright.”
Kihihit.
Chomp, chomp…
Ptoo!
Kking!
[Butler! This isn’t roasted sweet potato, it’s green onion!]
What Sejun had put in Blackie’s mouth was a Detoxifying Green Onion.
“Hehehe. Consider it revenge for my sword.”
Kking!
[That was because it was weak!]
Just as Sejun was teasing Blackie,
“Greetings. I am Kadan, a Legendary Merchant of the Great Silver Tower.”
A giant hawk descended from the sky and greeted Sejun and Theo.
“Yes, Kadan, nice to meet you.”
“Puhuhut. Kadan, welcome, meow!”
Stamp.
After exchanging greetings, Sejun and Theo accepted Kadan as a full-time employee of Sejun Company.
“This isn’t much, but please accept it as a token of my sincerity.”
Kadan handed Theo a hefty pouch of money and then departed.
“Now, just one more, and we can go home.”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
As Sejun and Theo quietly chatted while recruiting more employees,
“Who is this Theo guy?! Come out right now!”
From afar, a towering three-meter-tall, muscular tiger warrior, Hojin appeared, shouting furiously.
Behind him stood 10,000 subordinates.
Silver Lightning, the largest mercenary corps in the Great Silver Tower, was an immensely influential force.
“Puhuhut. I am the great Hybrid Chairman Park’s right-hand man, the Deadly Dragon Clawed, the Hybrid Golden Cat, the Lucky Legendary Merchant, Park Theo, meow!”
Of course, the moment they picked a fight with Theo, that influence effectively became Sejun Company’s.
A short while later,
Stamp, stamp, stamp.
[Sejun Company’s influence in the Great Silver Tower has significantly increased.]
[The full-time employee communication network has expanded.]
[From now on, direct communication between full-time employees in the Great Black Tower and the Great Silver Tower is possible.]
The Great Silver Tower’s employee communication network merged with that of the Great Black Tower.
“Hello. I’m Buren, a Legendary Merchant of the Great Silver Tower. My husband is kind-hearted but a bit hot-tempered. Thank you for sparing him. Please accept this as a token of my gratitude.”
Arriving late, Buren approached Theo to introduce herself and checked on her husband.
The unconscious Hojin had a deeply satisfied expression on his face. Losing to a strong opponent was not a disgrace but an honor.
“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow! Hojin seems like a good guy, meow! Hojin gave a lot of money, meow!”
“What?! My husband had money?!”
“Puhuhut. He had 10 billion Tower Coins, meow!”
“Hohoho. Is that so?”
Buren smiled, but only with her lips. Her eyes, however, were glaring fiercely at the unconscious Hojin.
There was no way Hojin, who lived off an allowance, could have such a large sum. He had definitely taken on requests in secret and saved up money behind her back.
Buren approached Hojin with a cold expression.
‘Was it a secret stash?’
From Buren’s reaction, Sejun realized that the money Hojin had was indeed a hidden stash.
If your wife is a Legendary Merchant, why not just ask her for money instead of secretly saving up?!
‘Why would he even make a secret stash?’
Sejun thought about the reason Hojin would go to such lengths.
‘In cases like this, it’s always the same.’
Obviously, it was to buy a limited-edition collection (?) that his wife wouldn’t approve of!
I have to help him!
“Oh? Now that I think about it, maybe it wasn’t Hojin’s money. Right, Vice Chairman Theo?”
“Meow?! That’s right, meow! It doesn’t seem like Hojin’s money, meow!”
Feeling a strange sense of camaraderie with Hojin, Sejun signaled to Theo and quickly stepped in to help him.
However,
“Hmph. Secretly saving 10 billion Tower Coins behind my back?”
Buren had already made up her mind and stood before Hojin.
Rustle.
She slipped 10 billion Tower Coins into Hojin’s arms. It was obvious why he had been trying to save up.
“Our wedding anniversary is coming up soon. Keep it a secret from my husband.”
Buren gave a faint smile before returning to her usual expressionless face, and
“Huh?!”
Sejun, who had slightly expected something else, suddenly felt an odd sense of betrayal.
*****
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