TL: Hanguk
→ Whenever a talent steeped in evil karma is killed by <Title: Talent Slayer>, all stats increase by 10, and if there are talents related to the killed talent, those talents are enhanced.
→ If the talent is reformed, even more stats increase.
Evil karma?
Reformation?
“Is that even possible?”
How?
You can’t see or touch talent, so how do you kill it? And how do you reform it?
Of course, this wasn’t something Sejun needed to worry about.
Because Theo would handle it.
“Yeah. Good job.”
“Puhuhut. I, Vice Chairman Theo, always do a good, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. That’s right! Theo~nim is good at everything!”
“Puhuhut.”
Theo, puffed up with pride from Sejun’s praise, swelled even more at Iona’s compliment.
“Vice Chairman Theo, what’s the effect of the title you got?”
“Puhuhut. Every time I eliminate a talent, all stats increase by 1,000, and talents are enhanced, meow!”
Wow. This system bastard. And you called me an accomplice?!
‘Then why do I only get 10…’
[System 371] had forcibly involved Sejun, who had nothing to do with this killing incident, just to give him some benefit, but Sejun had no way of knowing that.
After cursing at the system, Sejun wondered,
But what about Uren?
“Uhehehe. That was tough.”
Sejun looked at Uren, who was flopped on the ground resting, with pity.
Originally, Uren’s position was ‘an unfortunate yet filthy rich pushover pig’, but with both misfortune and money gone, he was now just a pushover pig.
Was it lucky that money and pushover parts didn’t disappear? Otherwise, he would’ve just been an unfortunate pig. Hehehe.
As Sejun was pondering, unsure whether he was worried or just mocking him,
“Huh?!”
Sejun spotted a pickpocket aiming for Uren’s pocket amid the chaos.
Even without the talent Midas Hand, Uren was still unlucky.
At that moment, Sejun realized,
‘Was misfortune just his default state?’
He had thought Uren was unlucky because of Midas Hand, but it turned out the talent was just an accessory.
Uren had been born an unfortunate pig from the start.
Thinking back, even before his talent awakened, no matter how gullible he was, he had fallen for way too many scams.
“He was just unlucky from the start.”
Now, he couldn’t even blame his talent, truly confirming him as the king of misfortune.
“Mohehehe. Delicious.”
As if proving Sejun’s thoughts, Poyo was happily licking Uren.
So nothing changed, huh?
Still unlucky, still set to inherit the Daemon family’s fortune, still a pushover.
“Uren, congratulations.”
When Sejun praised Uren for keeping his position,
“Uhehehe. Thank you. But for what?”
Uren grinned brightly before tilting his head in confusion, wondering why he was being congratulated.
It seemed he hadn’t realized his talent was gone yet. Not that it mattered whether he knew or not.
“It’s just something.”
“Uhehehe. Okay.”
While Sejun and Uren were chatting,
Ppip!
[Let me go!]
“Puhuhut. Just stay still and accept the stamp, meow!”
Theo had caught the pickpocket rabbit and was stamping it.
Ppyak?!
[Big brother, where did you catch that guy?!]
Heuk Wol-bok, startled at the sight of the pickpocket, asked Theo.
“Puhuhut. I caught it just now while it was picking Uren’s pocket, meow!”
104.28.193.250
Ppyak! Ppyak.
[Big brother, hand that guy over to me! Lately, this punk has been causing trouble all over the Red Ribbon Kingdom.]
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow! But now that it’s an employee of Sejun Company, you can’t kill it, meow!”
Ppyak! Ppyak!
[Understood! Also, if you take this to any of the Three Great Associations, you can claim the bounty!]
Heuk Wol-bok handed over a certificate that could be exchanged for a 10-billion Tower Coin bounty.
Theo and Uren made a great team.
Everything was returning to its natural order.
“Huh?!”
Wait.
Everything except one thing.
Sejun, noticing the strange atmosphere between Master Bo and Lara, looked on with discomfort.
Our Bochi is the number one member of the solo squad! He must protect the solo squad!
To Sejun, this was going against the natural order.
Ppip.
[Bochi~nim, thank you for saving me.]
A moment ago, Lara, her heart shaken by Bochi’s overwhelming swordsmanship, blushed and expressed her gratitude to him.
And then,
Ppyak!
[Lady Lara, if you’re that grateful, why don’t you marry me?!]
Bochi seized the opportunity and proposed on the spot.
Ppip!
[You crazy…!]
Soon, the atmosphere shifted exactly as Sejun had hoped.
Bochi, with his 300-year-long solo life.
It seemed he was still not ready for a warm spring breeze to blow into his life.
A little while later.
“Well, we’re busy, so we’ll be going now.”
Sejun and his party headed to the 99th floor of the Tower.
“Uhehehe. Then I’ll go eat again.”
Uren was about to look for another restaurant, But,
Piyo!
[Uren~nim, if you have any sense of shame, hurry up and let’s leave now!]
“Mohehehehe. Uren~nim, even I think this isn’t right.”
Dragged away by Piyot and Poyo, Uren was forcibly deported.
On the way to the waypoint.
Next time I should send Uren to places that don’t listen.
Sejun, realizing that Uren could be used as a strategic weapon, smirked wickedly.
And then,
“Meow! Chairman Park, your face is seriously rotting, meow!”
Seeing Sejun’s expression, Theo quickly pressed his paws on Sejun’s face.
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Cuengi will also keep Dad’s face from rotting!]
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Receive great Blackie’s paws!]
Now, Cuengi and Blackie, having come to see massaging Sejun’s face as a game, also rushed in.
“……”
Sejun quietly entrusted his face to his companions.
His face was filled with the scent of their paws.
***
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Clang.
As soon as they arrived on the first floor of the Green Tower, Sejun hurriedly opened his Void Storage.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!”
Theo sprang out and clung to Sejun’s lap, activating his talent: Energy Absorber at full power.
Kueng!
Kking!
Sejun caught Cuengi and the Blackie Family as they emerged.
“Since it’s been a while, let’s check how the shop is doing before we go.”
“Puhuhut. Sounds good, meow!”
Sejun and his group headed toward the store operated by the Ururuk tribe.
And,
“Wow.”
They discovered an enormous shopping district.
Dozens of buildings had been expanded on both sides of Sejun’s original store, where the Ururuk tribe was selling Sejun’s crops.
The crops had been sent as a bonus whenever Sejun shipped snacks to Ophelia via cash-on-delivery, and Ophelia had delivered them to the first floor of the Tower.
The bosses of the Tower’s 99th, 98th, and 97th floors, Agni, Cerberus, and Egel, were still working there.
Wait, are those guys getting paid?
Come to think of it, Sejun had never mentioned paying those three.
“Vice Chairman Theo, do they get paid?”
“Puhuhut. Nope, meow! They didn’t get stamped, so they’re not official employees of Sejun Company, meow!”
“Really?”
Still, they should get a salary. I’ll have to tell Ophelia to pay them something.
“Oh…”
Just as Sejun was about to call Ophelia,
“Dad, Chairman Park is here!”
“Vice Chairman Theo is here too!”
Children of the Ururuk tribe, who had been playing around the shopping district, spotted Sejun and his group and quickly ran to inform their parents.
“Chairman Park, welcome!”
“Vice Chairman Theo, welcome!”
The Ururuk tribe members came rushing out to greet Sejun and his group.
And then,
“Sejun~nim, I want to officially join Sejun Company as a full-time employee!”
“Please hire me!”
“I want to join too!”
Agni, Cerberus, and Egel hurriedly ran over and begged to be hired by Sejun Company.
These days, all the hottest news in the Green Tower spread through the full-time employee network.
So, they wanted to become full-time employees and access the network conveniently.
“Kids, can you tell me what’s going on on the 78th floor of the Tower?”
“That’s a hassle…”
“Come on. You know that if you do good deeds, Santa Sejun~nim will bring you presents later, right?”
“We’ve already done a lot of good deeds, though.”
“Aww, but the more good deeds you do, the better. I’ll give you a roasted corn in exchange.”
They no longer wanted to be scolded by the Ururuk tribe children while trying to gather information.
“Puhuhut. Good, meow! Talented individuals like you are always welcome, meow!”
Stamp. Stamp. Stamp.
And just like that, the three bosses received Theo’s stamp and officially became full-time employees of Sejun Company.
Oh! So this is the full-time employee communication network?!
Hahaha. Fellow full-time employees of the Green Tower, nice to meet you all!
Hohoho. With this, I can get all the Tower’s information without lifting a finger!
Now, they could freely use the full-time employee communication network and even receive a salary.
A little while later.
“Well then, take care.”
After checking the store, Sejun moved to the designated passageway and placed his hand on the Green Hole.
[Please select your destination.]
<Neta (Lv. 4)>
<Migros (Lv. 6)>
Two options appeared.
“Migros.”
When Sejun selected Migros, the system began calculating the stay cost.
“31 trillion?”
It had increased a bit.
The cost had gone up slightly from the expected 30 trillion, likely due to the growth of Sejun and his companions.
Of course, Sejun wasn’t worried about the cost since Brachio Iorg, the administrator of the Green Tower and the leader of the great green dragons, had agreed to cover it.
Sejun and his group used the designated passageway to leave the Tower.
***
Temple of the Creator God.
“My second apostle, Amur.”
“Yes, Creator God.”
“When will Sejun be arriving?”
The Creator God asked Amur. Amur had certainly given Sejun a portal scroll to travel here, but he still showed no signs of coming.
Should I visit him again?
Appearing in Sejun’s dreams required a lot of energy, but there was no choice. This matter was far more urgent.
“I’m not sure. He should have arrived long ago…”
“You didn’t put any weird conditions on the portal scroll, did you?”
“No way! I made it super easy, he only needs to have pure magic power over 50,000 to use it.”
Amur proudly declared in response to the Creator God’s question.
What?! You told Sejun to surpass 50,000 purely in magic power stat?! No wonder he’s not coming!
Realizing why Sejun hadn’t arrived, the Creator God’s expression darkened.
“…Amur, you need to get moving now.”
“Huh? I didn’t hear that properly.”
“What do you mean you didn’t hear?! You heard me! Go to the Land of Destruction immediately!”
“But I just went there yesterday…”
“Go. Now.”
“Yes…”
As a result, Amur crossed over to the Land of Destruction, receiving glares from Emila.
Two hours later.
“Huff… Huff…”
“Hah… Hah…”
Covered in blood, the two of them staggered back, completely exhausted.
***
As soon as Sejun arrived at <Migros>, he looked around,
“Huh?!”
There’s no ground?!
Sejun suddenly realized he was falling.
Kueng!
Of course, Cuengi quickly used psychokinesis to stop his fall.
“What is… this place?”
Sejun looked around and saw massive whales swimming through the sky.
This was a world with no land, only sky.
“Guys, let’s find the calamities first.”
At Sejun’s words, the group focused and began searching for the calamities.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. I found it!”
Iona located the calamity’s position.
And then,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Power of gravity… Meteor!”
She immediately dropped meteors, annihilating the calamities. Over and over again.
A short while later.
“All done?”
With Iona’s meteor bombardment, the calamities of <Migros> were eradicated.
“Let’s go now.”
Sejun was ready to leave right away.
But,
“Meow?! Chairman Park, I really want to try eating a super-gigantic grilled fish, meow!”
Theo, drooling, stared at the innocent sky whales.
Well, considering their massive size, it was understandable why he was drooling.
Sejun, understanding Theo’s thoughts, still knew this wasn’t right.
Those creatures could talk, after all.
“Vice Chairman Theo, do you want a super-gigantic grilled fish? Or do you want exclusive rights to my lap for a whole day?”
Sejun made him choose between the grilled fish and having exclusive lap privileges.
“Puhuhut. Of course, I’ll take the exclusive lap rights of great hybrid Chairman Park, meow!”
Theo gave up on the sky whale in exchange for a full day of exclusive lap privileges.
“Fufut.”
Sejun couldn’t help but feel a little proud of Theo’s choice.
