TL: Hanguk
Inside Jǫrmungandr’s stomach.
Kiki!
“Guys, don’t worry. I’ll stay with you until the rescue team arrives.”
Sejun reassured the Destruction Devourers, who were anxiously watching him.
Sejun and his group could leave whenever they wanted, but the Destruction Devourers had to remain here, making them uneasy about whether Sejun and his group would return.
It should take about three days, right?
So, they decided to wait together until Paespaes could create another dimensional gate here.
Earlier, amidst all the commotion, Sejun hadn’t thought about it, but with Paespaes’ skills, it wouldn’t take long to open a portal connecting this place to the Black Tower.
[Hehe. Guys, don’t worry! The great boss Blackie will never abandon you!]
Blackie also stepped in to soothe the Destruction Devourers.
Then,
Kiki!
Kiki!
Kking?
[You want to hear about the great boss Blackie’s heroic tales?]
The Destruction Devourers eagerly begged Blackie to tell them his stories.
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe. Alright! Then, let me tell you the fresh and glorious tale of how the great boss Blackie triumphed over butler today!]
Proudly, Blackie began boasting about how he had defeated Sejun on the 10th floor of the Tower earlier that day.
While the Destruction Devourers were engrossed in Blackie’s story,
“Since we’re camping out tonight…”
Sejun pondered the evening menu, considering the environment.
“Let’s start with some meat.”
To create a proper camping atmosphere, he lit three fires, one for cooking rice, another for grilling fish for Theo, and a third to heat a frying pan.
As he flipped the fish, ensuring it cooked evenly, the frying pan reached the right temperature.
Sizzle.
He placed some slime meat on the pan to grill.
It would be a little lacking if he only grilled meat.
Sizzle.
So, he added sausages, sweet potatoes, potatoes, onions, and other vegetables to grill alongside.
Sejun moved back and forth, flipping the fish and meat to prevent them from burning. Eventually, the meal was ready.
“Guys, let’s eat.”
Sejun called his companions.
“Puhuhut.”
“Kuehehehe.”
“Kihihit.”
A delightful and delicious dinner.
After the meal,
“Crop Gigantification.”
Sejun enlarged king oyster mushrooms to use as mattresses and took out blankets, preparing for sleep.
A little distance away, Theo, Cuengi, and the Blackie Family watched over Sejun.
Then,
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Brothers, I beat butler earlier!]
Excited, Blackie once again boasted to Theo and Cuengi about defeating Sejun, just as he had with the Destruction Devourers. Today’s victory was just too thrilling for him to keep to himself.
“Meow?! How did Blackie defeat our great hybrid Chairman Park, meow?!”
Kueng?
Curious, Theo and Cuengi asked.
Then,
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. If you want to know how the great Blackie won…]
Proudly confessing his own crime, Blackie began explaining.
“Haaak! Blackie follow me, meow!”
Kueng!
Kking…
In the end, Blackie was dragged away by his brothers and given a long-overdue lesson.
A little later,
“Let’s sleep now.”
Sejun lay down with his companions, and a second round of battle began inside Blackie’s mental world.
“This honey is delicious! After eating this, I forgive little brother!”
Tonight, Cuengi also joined in.
Since the Pink-fur incident, Cuengi had almost completely separated himself from the Beast of Apocalypse, allowing him to create an independent mental form.
And so, another familiar day came to a close in this unfamiliar place.
***
The next morning.
“Alright.”
As Sejun got up,
(Pip-pip! Sejun~nim, you’re awake?!)
Paespaes excitedly greeted him.
“Huh?! Paespaes, how did you…?”
Just as Sejun was about to ask Paespaes,
Baehem.
Looking smug, Paespaes lifted a wing and pointed to the side.
And there it was,
A dimensional gate!
A newly created dimensional gate stood before them, made by Paespaes.
Sejun had assumed it would take at least three days for Paespaes to connect this place with the Black Tower, but he had overlooked one crucial factor.
The moment Sejun was in trouble, his family members displayed several times their usual abilities.
“Paespaes, well done!”
As Sejun placed Paespaes on his hand and stroked its head,
(Bahehe. I did it for you, Sejun~nim.)
Paespaes enjoyed Sejun’s touch And then,
Baerorong.
It fell into a deep sleep.
Sejun placed the sleeping Paespaes on his shoulder.
104.28.193.250
Swoosh.
Paespaes camouflaged itself and disappeared from view.
“Aileen, I’m back.”
Sejun stepped through the dimensional gate and returned to the Black Tower.
“Yeah. But what happened?”
Sejun asked Aileen since the great dragons outside would have a better grasp of the situation.
Aileen’s explanation was as follows:
Suddenly, <Earthworm> had burst out of Jǫrmungandr’s mouth, releasing an enormous amount of blue energy, which the great dragons witnessed.
The dragons excitedly hunted down the Tears of Destruction that had been touched by the Energy of Creation.
And with the Tower Coins they earned from the hunt, the dragons spent lavishly at the Dragon Market, causing its sales to skyrocket.
So, Aileen had been waiting, planning to boast about it to Sejun.
However, before she could do so, she had learned from Paespaes, who had returned alone, that Sejun and his companions were stranded inside Jǫrmungandr’s body.
After that, Aileen had anxiously watched over Paespaes all night as it worked on creating the dimensional gate.
Apart from the previous events, Aileen had mainly been worried about Sejun, and that fact made him even happier.
The idea that someone was sincerely worrying and waiting for him.
He had vaguely thought it might feel overwhelming, but the more he listened to Aileen’s words, the more oddly comforted and happy he felt.
Of course, he felt guilty for making Aileen worry.
But rather than feeling indebted, he simply wanted to repay her kindness.
More than anything, knowing that Aileen had been concerned about him made him incredibly happy. So much so that he even entertained the mischievous thought of making her worry from time to time.
Of course, if Kaiser, the doting grandfather, ever found out about Sejun’s foolish idea, Sejun would be sent straight to hell.
No matter how much Kaiser cherished Sejun, Aileen was always his top priority.
“Aileen, I’m sorry for making you worry.”
[The Tower’s Administrator says that instead, she is grateful that you returned safely.]
“Hehehe. Thanks for worrying about me.”
As Sejun and Aileen exchanged heartfelt words,
Kuaaaang!
Thud. Thud.
A slightly exhausted Pink-fur came running. Pink-fur had also stayed up all night, unable to sleep, worrying about Cuengi.
Kueng!
[Mom!]
Cuengi jumped off Sejun’s side and ran toward Pink-fur.
Kuaaaang.
Kuehehehe.
Mother and child rubbed their faces against each other, relishing their reunion.
I miss my mom too.
As Sejun watched Cuengi and Pink-fur reunite, his own mother came to mind.
-Brother-in-law~! I was so worried!
Ace, who had fallen asleep while worrying about Sejun, had just heard the news of his return and hurriedly flew over.
“Yeah. Thanks for worrying about me too, baby brother-in-law.”
Sejun comforted Ace, who clung to him.
“Aileen, what happened to the <Earthworm>?”
While waiting for Ace to calm down in his embrace, Sejun asked Aileen about <Earthworm>’s situation.
He was worried about the Earth Dragons left in <Earthworm>, especially Toryong.
[The Tower’s Administrator says that the other adults safely returned <Earthworm> to its original place.]
“Really? That’s a relief.”
Feeling reassured by Aileen’s words, Sejun began his day on the 99th floor of the Tower.
“Guys, let’s eat!”
Of course, the first task of the day was preparing breakfast.
After finishing breakfast,
“Is it time for the Golden Tower now? Artemis~nim, here.”
Sejun handed Artemis 12 Divine Relics and 101 pieces of the World’s Energy, achieving two additional achievements and fulfilling four growth conditions for the Golden Tower in one go.
Thanks to this, the full-time employee gods also completed their quests with excess Divine Relics and earned welfare points.
“Alright, I’ll be back!”
After bidding farewell to the 99th-floor residents of the Tower,
Step. Step.
Sejun stepped towards the waypoint, which had now been moved right next to his home, and traveled to the Golden Tower to complete the remaining growth conditions.
A short while later,
…
..
.
“Arrived!”
Passing through the 99th floor of the Golden Tower, Sejun arrived at the 86th floor, where Daemon family was located.
I’ll relax and work here for a few days.
While gathering information, Sejun planned to enjoy a comfortable stay in Daemon family.
At the Silver Tower, he had unknowingly worked too hard, and even yesterday, he had ended up overworking again.
“Park Sejun, 100 hours a week is too much.”
That’s right. I deserve to rest. Hehehe.
With that thought in mind, Sejun arrived at Daemon family, ready to take it easy.
However,
“Huh?!”
His plans fell apart before they could even begin.
Piyo!
[Sejun~nim! Theo~nim! Hello!]
“Uhehehe. Hello!”
“Mohehe. Hello!”
He encountered Piyot, Uren, and Poyo in Daemon family.
This feels ominous?
As a bad feeling crept over Sejun,
“Meow?! Chairman Park, I sense an attraction, meow!”
Theo pointed his paw at Uren.
Crash!
A massive lightning bolt struck toward Uren.
And then,
“I am Raton, the fleeting spark that illuminates the world, a great force of destruction, an unfortunate coincidence. Since misfortune has led me here, so today, you all shall perish.”
A bolt of lightning had possessed Uren’s body.
Sadly, Sejun’s bad premonition was right on target.
It was clearly someone who would weaken the lightning energy of the Golden Tower.
With Theo and Uren’s synergy, things were spiraling out of control.
“I never get to rest…”
Grumbling, Sejun slowly approached Uren, holding Cuengi in front of him.
“Cuengi, hit him with the Thunderbolt Staff first.”
Kueng!
[Got it!]
Cuengi pulled out the Thunderbolt Staff,
Thud!
“You brat! Guhhh!”
Thump, thump, thump!
“How dare you strike me…”
And began beating Uren.
More precisely, he was hitting Raton, the entity possessing Uren’s body.
A little while later,
Kwuik!
As Uren’s occasional screams of consciousness began to echo,
Zap.
Unable to withstand Cuengi’s “exorcism”, Raton emerged from Uren’s body in the form of a yellow orb.
Slurp.
And just like last time, Cuengi devoured it.
“Cuengi, are you okay?”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. It tastes like a slightly tangy lemon.]
“I… I see.”
I wasn’t asking about the taste, but so it was lemon-flavored…
And with that single-line flavor review, Raton was completely erased.
[You have gained 150 billion experience points, 50% of the experience points Advanced Herbalist Park Cuengi acquired.]
Sejun received his share of the experience points.
“Mohehe. Delicious!”
Lick, lick, lick.
Meanwhile, Poyo, the sand fairy that devours misfortune, licked away the well-aged misfortune from Uren.
“But there’s still one condition left before the Golden Tower can evolve…”
Sejun had not yet given up on his plan to rest in Daemon family.
At that moment,
[Sejun~nim did it! Now’s the time! Eat this and become the World Tree!]
[Yes!]
Flamie No 101, which possessed 0.499% of Flamie’s power, provided nutrients to the lemon tree World Tree candidate on the 67th floor of the Golden Tower, allowing it to become a World Tree.
Unaware of this, Sejun,
“Sejun~nim, it’s time for lunch now.”
“Hehehe. Alright.”
As he was getting up to eat lunch after lounging in the room provided by Yuto, the head of the Daemon family
“Huh?”
For what…?
‘Wait, why the Golden Tower?’
Sejun belatedly realized that the Golden Tower had evolved into a Great Tower.
“Uh… thank you.”
Of course, he wasn’t unhappy about receiving a reward.
But what just happened?
It just felt a bit unsettling.
‘Now I have to go to the Brown Tower right away.’
He was a bit disappointed that his rest time had disappeared.
Just openly resting didn’t suit Sejun’s personality.
Thus, after having lunch, he returned to the Black Tower in just three hours.
-Sejun is truly a powerhouse! A Great Tower in three hours!
-What?! Three hours?!
Once again, the great dragons acknowledged his abilities.
And then,
“Kelkekel! Sejun~nim will be here soon! Hurry and prepare the food!”
Orik, the Tower Farmer of the Brown Tower, was preparing a traditional dish of the Red Goblin Tribe while eagerly awaiting Sejun.
“Something feels off…”
Once again, it seemed like his bad premonition would prove accurate.
*****
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