TL: Hanguk
Early morning on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.
“Alright.”
As Sejun stretched energetically and got up,
Flap. Flap.
(Pip-pip. Sejun~nim, did you sleep well?)
Paespaes hurriedly flew over.
“Yeah. What were you up to, Paespaes?”
(Pip-pip. I soaked the seaweed!)
Sejun exaggerated his reaction and praised Paespaes.
(Paehehe.)
At Sejun’s compliment, Paespaes beamed and perched on Sejun’s palm. Sejun stroked Paespaes’ head.
Baerorong.
Paespaes quickly fell asleep under Sejun’s touch.
“Thanks to my Paespaes, I’ve gained some time. I should check on the pull.”
“Meow…”
Sejun took Theo and moved to Jǫrmungandr’s stomach to check with his own eyes that the Giant Tear of Destruction was still there.
And then,
“Vice Chairman Theo, how is it?”
He grabbed Theo’s front paw and stretched it toward the Giant Tear of Destruction as he asked.
“Puhuhut. The pull feels strong, meow!”
Once Theo’s cross-check was complete, Sejun returned to the Black Tower, prepared seaweed soup, and started getting breakfast ready.
A little later,
“Aileen, here’s the seaweed soup.”
Sejun sent the seaweed soup to Aileen.
“Choco Pie? Aren’t there still plenty left?”
With 10,000 chocolate bricks, he had made millions of Choco Pies.
Since cooking replication only required ingredients and magic power, Sejun practically had factory-level manufacturing capabilities.
“What?!”
They already ate that much?!
According to Aileen, Choco Pies were incredibly popular.
So much so that dragons were donating blood and scales multiple times a day just to eat more, to the point that many of them were weak and groaning.
No way. You reckless dragons! How much blood and how many scales did you donate to end up groaning like that?!
Sejun was shocked by Aileen’s words.
“Aileen, from now on, limit blood and scale donations to once per day, no exceptions. Also, send some seaweed soup to the dragons that are groaning.”
After hurriedly instructing Aileen,
“Vice Chairman Theo, I need 10,000 chocolate bricks.”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
Hel-nim, please get me 10,000 chocolate bricks, meow!
At Sejun’s request, Theo asked Hel, and Hel quickly found Mud and purchased 10,000 chocolate bricks.
“Hehe. Vice Chairman Theo, thanks!”
Having earned 4 welfare points with minimal effort, Hel expressed gratitude to Theo.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, here you go, meow!”
“Thanks.”
“Puhuhut. If you’re grateful, hurry and rub my belly, meow!”
As soon as Sejun spoke, Theo flopped over, exposing his belly.
“Alright.”
Sejun set the chocolate bricks to melt in a double boiler and began rubbing Theo’s belly.
And then,
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe! Butler! Do me next!]
Blackie also flopped over in front of Sejun, waiting for his turn.
But,
“Wow. Blackie, look at your belly. You need to go on a diet. From now on, let’s cut back on the roasted and dried sweet potatoes.”
That gave Sejun the perfect excuse to reduce Blackie’s supply of roasted and dried sweet potatoes.
Kking?! Kking?! Kking!
[What are you saying?! A diet?! The great Blackie~nim does not need a diet!]
“Nope. Your belly fat is this thick when I grab it.”
As Sejun grabbed Blackie’s belly fat, which was as thick as two fingers,
Kking! Kking!
[That’s not belly fat! It’s the great Blackie’s dignity!]
“Uh-huh. Not dignity, just fat. Blackie, starting today, you’re on a diet.”
Kking!
[Nooo!]
At Sejun’s words, Blackie clutched his face with his tiny front paws and let out a wail.
Kheok. Too cute.
Seeing Blackie like that, Sejun’s resolve wavered.
“Ahem. Let’s try adjusting things with exercise first, rather than changing the diet.”
He decided not to reduce the amount of roasted and dried sweet potatoes.
And then,
Kihihit. Kking?! Kking!
[Hehe! Did you see that?! The great Blackie has swayed the butler’s heart!]
“As expected of the great Blackie~nim!”
Kkiruk!
Sharalang!
…
..
.
Once again, Blackie received the praise of his subordinates for yet another trivial achievement.
“Puhuhut.”
Kihihit.
As Sejun relaxed, stroking both Theo and Blackie’s bellies, the chocolate melted. He then baked bread and made Choco Pies.
And then,
“Cook.”
While Sejun was producing Choco Pies,
Thud. Thud.
Kuoong.
[Sejun~nim, good morning.]
“Good morning to you too, Pink-fur.”
Pink-fur appeared, holding Cuengi in his mouth.
Kuoong.
[Please take care of Cuengi.]
Pink-fur handed Cuengi over to Sejun.
“Sure.”
Sejun took Cuengi and held him at his side, and
Kueng…
Cuengi clung to Sejun’s side.
Gulp.
Meanwhile, Pink-fur, staring at Sejun, swallowed her saliva, more precisely, she couldn’t take her eyes off the pile of Choco Pies beside Sejun.
“Ah. Would you like some?”
Kueong!
At Sejun’s question, Pink-fur eagerly nodded and held out her massive snack pouch.
“Here you go.”
Sejun filled Pink-fur’s snack pouch with Choco Pies and handed it back.
Kuoong. Kueong.
[Sejun~nim, thank you. I’ll enjoy these.]
Pink-fur cradled her snack pouch like a treasure, her face glowing with joy.
At that moment,
Kueng.
[That looks delicious!]
Cuengi, now awake, stared at Pink-fur’s snack pouch, drooling.
“Cuengi, here, eat this.”
Sejun placed a Choco Pie in Cuengi’s mouth, ensuring that Pink-fur’s snack pouch remained safe.
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. It’s delicious!]
Cuengi happily munched on the Choco Pie.
Meanwhile, Pink-fur quietly disappeared without a word.
A little while later,
After breakfast,
“Alright, let’s head out.”
Sejun prepared to leave.
His destination: <Avian>, a level 3 world connected to the White Tower.
The White Tower was first on the list because Sejun only had saved waypoint locations for the first floors of the White Tower and the Green Tower.
Additionally, Sejun owed a lot to Kellion, so he decided to visit the White Tower first.
Next was <Migros>, a level 6 world connected to the Green Tower.
The other towers would be visited based on the order in which he obtained the first-floor land deeds.
Upon arriving on the first floor of the White Tower, Sejun used the exclusive passage.
For reference, the great dragons had agreed to cover his travel allowance and accommodation costs, so all Sejun had to do was take care of the calamities and return.
“Hehehe. This feels just like I’m going on a vacation at the company’s expense.”
It was as if he had planned a trip, and his company sent him on a business trip to the same place.
Tap.
With a joyful heart, Sejun placed his hand on the exclusive passage.
A moment later,
Sejun arrived in <Avian>.
“Huh? This place…?”
It’s a desert!
The surroundings were covered in sand.
Whoosh.
At that moment, the wind carried sand into Sejun’s mouth.
“Ptui! Ptui! Ptui!”
Sejun hurriedly spat out the sand that had entered his mouth.
Not a good start.
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Sejun had a bad feeling.
Then,
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Cuengi will protect dad from eating sand!]
Whoosh.
Cuengi created a downward-blowing wind, like an air curtain, to block the sandstorm.
“Huh? Cuengi, you can control wind too?!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Cuengi ate Windron and can use wind now!]
“What?!”
He could use the wind attribute after eating Windron?! Then, did that mean he could also use Necma’s poison and Raton’s lightning attributes?
“As expected, my son is a genius!”
Sejun praised Cuengi.
A slight sense of jealousy arose, but as the saying goes, if a crow-tit walks like a stork, it will break its legs. [TL NOTE: Its a korean proverb meaning something like if you overdo something or try to imitate someone better than you to make yourself look more/better than you are, you will just bring more hardship upon yourself.]
So, he simply accepted it.
If he had eaten them himself, he wouldn’t even be here right now.
“Alright, time to get to work!”
Thanks to Cuengi’s wind, Sejun no longer had to eat sand as he and his party moved forward in search of the calamities.
At that moment,
“Stop right there!”
“Hand over everything you have!”
From afar, a group of mounted bandits charged toward Sejun and his party.
Whether it was Sejun’s bad luck or Theo’s good fortune, these bandits had chosen to block their path.
[Badin, Hero of <Avian>, the Brilliant Star of the Desert]
“Huh?”
A hero?!
Leading these bandits was none other than <Avian>’s hero.
And then,
[Quest: Badin, Hero of <Avian>, the Brilliant Star of the Desert, has yet to come to his senses and continues to cause havoc as a bandit. Teach Badin a lesson.]
Reward: All stats +100
[If you complete the quest within 10 minutes, your reward will be doubled.]
[As usual, you can quickly complete this quest with the help of Park Theo, the Black Tower’s Lucky Legendary Merchant, and advanced herbalist Park Cuengi.]
A quest notification appeared before Sejun.
[System 371] had added a time limit to increase the quest reward by twofold, all in an effort to impress Sejun.
It even suggested he seek help from Theo and Cuengi.
However,
“Are you seriously looking down on me?!”
Constantly saying he doesn’t lift a finger, telling him to get help… Sejun felt unnecessarily offended and,
“I can handle a level 3 world hero on my own!”
After all, he was the disciple of Master Bo, the hero of the level 7 world <Hamk>.
Sejun’s rebellious spirit flared up, and he decided to take matters into his own hands.
At worst, he had dragon scales, <Power: Strong Body>, and <Power: Extra Life>, so he wasn’t worried about dying.
“Guys, I’ll take care of the boss!”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
Kueng!
[Understood!]
His companions weren’t particularly worried either.
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe! Butler! Just say the word if it gets tough! Great Blackie will help!]
Only Blackie seemed to be eagerly anticipating Sejun getting beaten up.
“Here I go!”
With a battle cry, Sejun charged straight at Badin.
Boom!
“Guhk!”
Badin took a punch straight to the face and was thrown off his horse, tumbling across the ground.
But,
“You bastard!”
The impact didn’t seem too severe, as Badin immediately got up and charged at Sejun.
Boom! Kaboom!
Sejun and Badin relentlessly swung their fists at each other, exchanging blows.
Sejun had far superior physical abilities, but Badin made up for it with his combat skills.
Neither side was gaining the upper hand.
However,
Thud!
“Ugh!”
Badin started to recognize Sejun’s simple attack patterns, gradually putting Sejun at a disadvantage.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I’m back, meow!”
Kueng!
[Cuengi is back too!]
Fortunately, Theo and Cuengi, having defeated the other bandits, returned just in time, turning the tide.
Thud! Thud!
As attacks came toward Sejun, Theo and Cuengi moved along his body, taking the hits for him.
“Krgh!”
Each time Badin struck them, he ended up in pain instead.
A moment later,
Wham!
Sejun landed a punch to Badin’s stomach, bringing the fight to an end.
“Guh… You cowardly…”
Badin wore a frustrated expression, clearly feeling wronged.
But,
“Puhuhut. This isn’t cowardly, meow! We are one, meow!”
Kueng! Kueng!
[That’s right! We are one!]
For Theo and Cuengi, who had been well (?) educated by Sejun, fighting this way was only natural.
“Hehehe. The loser sure talks a lot.”
Thwack!
Sejun landed another punch on the back of Badin’s head, knocking him out.
“Heh. I won.”
Feeling proud of himself for winning (mostly) on his own, Sejun wore a smug expression.
“Puhuhut.”
Stamp.
Meanwhile, Theo stamped Badin, officially making him a full-time employee.
[As a reward, all stats have increased by 100.]
[You exceeded the time limit and did not receive the doubled reward.]
The quest completion message appeared.
If things had ended there, Sejun would have been in a good mood and let it slide, but…
[System 371] just had to add an extra remark, ruining Sejun’s mood.
Why did it even add an exclamation mark to “make sure”?!
Once again, Sejun’s likability of the system worsened.
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