TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
99th Floor of the Black Tower.
(Pip-pip. Good evening, everyone.)
Paespaes woke up and began his activities while everyone else was sleeping in the bedroom.
Gororong.
Kyurorong.
104.28.193.250
Ppyarorong.
…
..
.
(Pip-pip?)
Among those sounds, a strange noise reached Paespaes’ ears.
Ppyarorong.
(Pip-pip? Brother Heuk Wol-bok?)
Did he run away here again?
Black Rabbit, the king of the Red Ribbon Kingdom on the 55th floor of the Black Tower, was sleeping sprawled out on Sejun’s belly.
Sejun had asked Black Rabbit through Aileen in the evening if he wanted to go to Earth and
Ppyak!
[Honey, my uncle suddenly called me, so I’m going for a quick visit!]
Thinking he could leave the kingdom for a while, Heuk Wol-bok had sprinted through the night. Or rather, he fled. Heuk Wol-bok was still afraid of the dark.
And then,
Kking…
So that he wouldn’t be pushed off by Heuk Wol-bok’s foot, Blackie was clinging tightly to Sejun’s chest, desperately hanging on.
Fortunately, even in an unconscious state, Blackie did not pull out his dragon claws.
(Ppahehe.)
Our Blackie is so cute.
Paespaes giggled at the sight, then turned Black Rabbit’s sleeping position so Blackie wouldn’t be pushed away.
Then, as usual, he went to the kitchen to fill his stomach with the sweet fruit lunchbox Sejun had prepared.
(Pip-pip? What is that?)
Next to Paespaes’ fruit lunchbox was a note left by Sejun.
Paespaes checked the note.
-Paespaes, I’m going to Earth tomorrow for a friend’s wedding. So don’t wander too far.
Going to Earth?
‘Ah. So that’s why Heuk Wol-bok is sleeping here.’
He could now understand why Black Rabbit was sleeping on the 99th floor of the tower.
Slurp. Slurp. Slurp.
After reading the note, Paespaes eagerly sucked the juice from the fruit, filling his belly.
(Pip-pip. For a wedding, you need a congratulatory song, right?)
He started composing a wedding song.
(Our love~ cannot be stopped by dimensions~)
(Even from afar, we can know and find each other~)
Composed and written by Park Paespaes.
It showed signs of becoming an eternal wedding song beloved across all dimensions.
However,
(Ppahehe. I should ask Sejun~nim to name the song!)
Because I’m terrible at naming.
It seemed the song’s impact would be greatly reduced due to the title.
Thus, in just two hours, the genius Paespaes finished both lyrics and composition.
Flap. Flap.
It had been a while since he did a patrol around the area.
-Kuhahaha. Paespaes, you’re up?
-Come here and have some of this.
The dragons of the Nine Dragons Council, who were drinking, called Paespaes over and offered him some fruit snacks.
(Ppahehe. Thank you!)
Paespaes picked up a slice of watermelon and sat next to the dragon statues.
And then,
Slurp. Slurp. Slurp.
He quietly eavesdropped on the great dragons’ conversation while sucking the juice from the watermelon, which was as big as him.
Most of it was just prideful arguments, but
Ah. A legendary merchant has been born in the White Tower.
‘Ppahehe. Big brother will be happy to hear this.’
A new world called <Toras> has connected to the Purple Tower.
Occasionally, there was useful information too.
Thus, Paespaes, having gathered plenty of intel while eating watermelon comfortably beside the dragons,
(Pip-pip. Thank you for the food!)
Gave his thanks to the dragons,
Flap. Flap.
And moved elsewhere.
This time, he went to where the Minotaur King was.
Moo!
During the day, the Minotaur King helped train Pink-fur and the other Black Minotaurs. Now, he was training alone at night.
(Pip-pip. Minotaur King~nim, have some of this before you continue.)
Paespaes brought over some of the grass piled up in the field for the Minotaur King.
Crunch.
Moo. Moo?
[Thank you. Let’s see your skills.]
(Pip-pip! Yes! Fusion skill of Paes-rush and Paes-spin, Paes-spinrush!)
Chomp.
Moo. Moo.
[With the skills combined, it became a half-baked move with weak spin and propulsion. Try again while minimizing wing resistance.]
(Pip-pip!)
The Minotaur King munched on the grass given by Paespaes as he gave feedback on Paespaes’ skill.
Moo.
[Then, I suppose you need to train again.]
(Pip-pip. Thank you.)
While the Minotaur King finished eating the grass, Paespaes received a personal training session from him.
Flap. Flap.
This time, Paespaes stopped by the mushroom ants’ nest to check if everything was in order.
Everything’s fine here.
After confirming that the Mushroom Ants were sleeping soundly piled on top of each other,
Next, Paespaes checked the place where Pink-fur and Cuengi were sleeping.
Kururung.
Kuehehehe.
(Ppahehe. Looks like Brother Cuengi is having a good dream.)
Cuengi smiled happily in his sleep, nestled in Pink-fur’s arms.
Once the patrol within a 5 km radius centered around Sejun’s house was completed,
(Pip-pip. About two hours left until morning. Paes-rush!)
Paespaes sped up to quickly check more distant places.
Starting from the Wizard Tower with the fire ant nest in the south, Paespaes moved clockwise to Cuengi’s herb field in the west, to the place Black Minotaurs lived in the north, and the hive of the honeybees in the east.
(Pip-pip! All clear!)
With the patrol of the 99th floor of the Black Tower completed, Paespaes, with a satisfied expression, took his place on Sejun’s shoulder.
Gororong.
Kyurorong.
Ppyarorong.
Baerorong.
Kkirorong.
…
..
.
Soon, Paespaes’ snoring mixed with the rest of the group’s snoring.
A short while later.
“Alright!”
Sejun, who had been apologizing earnestly in Blackie’s mental world, opened his eyes energetically.
***
Dimensional Sea, 375th Area.
Piyo!
[Messenger Bird Secret Technique! Breaking through the enemy lines!]
“Uhehehe. I, the great strategic weapon Uren, am here!”
“Mohehehe. The stinging sandstorm!”
Piyot, Uren, and Poyo freely moved around the enemy ships, subduing the pirates and sinking their ships.
The ship they were on was already sinking, but the three weren’t worried. They still had the final remaining ship to use.
While they were fighting the enemies,
“You interesting bunch. I, Keska, shall face you.”
Keska, the king who brings misfortune and lowest ranked among the Ten Kings under Kamous, appeared.
“Feel the misfortune!”
Keska cast misfortune on Piyot, Uren, and Poyo.
Piyo…
[I suddenly feel weak…]
Piyot struggled under Keska’s misfortune, but
“Uhehehe. I suddenly feel overflowing with strength!”
Uren, who possessed the divine relic Misfortune-Swallowing Amulet, became even stronger.
“Mohehehehe. What is this?! I feel like I’m getting drunk!”
Poyo was delighted by the misfortune that seemed to seep into his entire body rather than just through his mouth.
And then,
“Uhehehe. That level of misfortune only makes me stronger!”
Boom!
“Gah!”
Keska, the King of Misfortune, was easily taken down by Uren’s body slam.
“Not bad. Then I, the Ninth King, King of Fire Pire, will…”
Piyo!
[Messenger Bird’s Ultimate Technique! Full Sky Feathers!]
Following that, the Ninth King fell to Piyot’s attack.
“Mohehehe. Sandstorm!”
The Eighth King fell to Poyo’s attack.
Then, as the Seventh, Sixth, and Fifth Kings appeared, they were also defeated as soon as they showed up.
“You’re good. But this is where it ends.”
Fifth King, Heath, the slayer, blocked their path.
***
99th Floor of the Black Tower.
“Then I’ll be going now.”
As Sejun announced his departure to Earth, the great dragons and others saw him off.
-Use this to buy something delicious when you get there.
The great dragons pulled off a few of their own scales and gave them to Sejun.
-If anyone bothers you, just say the word. I’ll descend personally.
-Even if it gets dangerous, tell us. We’ll come immediately.
They didn’t forget to leave him with words of caution.
Although Sejun had already surpassed the level 1 world Earth by several levels, in the dragons’ eyes, he still looked weak and insignificant.
“Yes, I understand.”
If you come, I’m the first one who’ll die.
Sejun, despite what he was thinking in his head, spoke differently and simply accepted the sincere gifts from the great dragons.
And then,
“Aileen, I’ll be back.”
When Sejun spoke to Aileen,
Aileen was sad that she couldn’t go along.
Sejun considered giving Aileen the divine relic of Nachu, the God of Nature to let her use the transcendental power: Natural State.
-It probably won’t work.
-Yeah. That level of power can’t forcibly override a great dragon’s ability.
-Besides, even if it did work, bloodline is a natural thing, so it wouldn’t help much.
After hearing the answers from the dragons of the Nine Dragons Council, he gave up on the idea.
For reference, Aileen’s one-hour stay fee, which had been 1000 quadrillion, was now unmeasurable.
Aileen had grown much stronger in the meantime by eating Sejun’s crops and dishes.
“It’s okay. We can go to another wedding together later. I have lots of friends. Kyung-chul and…”
Sejun comforted the saddened Aileen.
Kyung-chul and… Kyung-chul and…
‘There’s no one else?’
Why don’t I have any friends?
Instead, Sejun found himself getting hurt.
He, who had been a complete outsider, was only now realizing that he didn’t have any friends. Maybe that’s why he was able to survive so well even when stranded alone on the 99th floor of the Tower…
“Puhuhut. Don’t be too sad, Great Hybrid Chairman Park, meow! You have me, Vice Chairman Theo, right, meow?!”
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Dad has Cuengi!]
Grrr. Kking?!
[Grrrr. Butler! You have great Blackie! What’s the problem?!]
Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie comforted Sejun in their own ways.
Thanks to that, Sejun recovered mentally.
“Guys, go in.”
After putting his companions into the Void Storage and stepping onto the waypoint,
Aileen informed him that she had already let Sejun’s mother know he’d be coming home.
“Yeah. Thanks, Aileen. I’m heading off now.”
Expressing his gratitude to Aileen, Sejun moved to the 1st floor of the Tower.
Clack.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!”
Wearing Theo on his knee as he exited the Void Storage and suppressing his aura, Sejun crossed the Tower’s shopping street on the 1st floor to head toward the exclusive passage.
“I heard Oh Kyung-chul, Earth’s strongest, is getting married today?!”
“I wonder what the bride of the Earth’s strongest looks like?”
“I heard she’s the eldest daughter of a chaebol family. Not only is she pretty and capable, but even at only 25 years old, she’s running a startup valued at 10 trillion won.”
Those were the words about Kyung-chul’s wife that reached Sejun’s ears.
Hehehe. That rascal Kyung-chul, he’s become the son-in-law of a chaebol family. He’s totally going to be under their thumb…
Sejun mocked Kyung-chul.
He himself was a much more extreme case of a son-in-law, but he didn’t realize it. After all, people rarely perceive their own situations objectively.
Unaware that it was the pot calling the kettle black,
‘Hehe. I’m going to tease him.’
Sejun, excited at the thought of teasing Kyung-chul, hurried toward the exclusive passage.
Time was tight if he wanted to eat at home and stop by a store to buy some clothes.
Sejun arrived at the exclusive passage.
Click.
He placed his hand on the black hole, and
[Please choose your destination.]
<Earth (Lv. 1)>
<Hamk (Lv. 7)>
<Bix (Lv. 8)>
“Earth.”
[Would you like to pay the stay fee for all eighteen and move to the 0th floor of the Black Tower <Earth>?]
“Yes.”
Sejun began calculating the stay fees for himself and his companions.
…
..
.
Theo: 5000 quadrillion Tower Coins.
[Calculating the stay fee of Iona, the Great Destructive Wizard of the Black Tower…]
Iona: 2000 quadrillion Tower Coins.
[Calculating the stay fee of Heuk Wol-bok, King of the Red Ribbon Kingdom of the Black Tower…]
Heuk Wol-bok: 5000 trillion Tower Coins.
[Calculating the stay fee of Park Cuengi, Advanced Herbalist of the Black Tower…]
Cuengi: 7000 quadrillion Tower Coins.
[Considering the stats and rank of Park Blackie…]
Blackie Family: 1000 quadrillion Tower Coins. Though their strength was low, the stay fee was high due to their bloodline.
[Calculating the stay fee based on the stats and rank of Park Sejun, Tower Farmer of the Black Tower.]
…
..
.
[The stay fee is 30 billion Tower Coins per hour.]
Finally, the calculation of Sejun’s stay fee was completed. Though Sejun had grown considerably stronger, he was still the cheapest among the group.
After applying the reduction, the final stay fee came to about 4750 quadrillion Tower Coins.
Thus, the time Sejun and his companions could stay on Earth was determined.
Sejun and his companions moved to Earth.