TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
99th floor of the Black Tower.
Kueng!
[Dad, pull yourself together]
Squeeze. Squeeze.
Cuengi was diligently massaging Sejun’s body with physical magic power massage.
However,
“Uuuuugh.”
And then,
Kkirorong.
Eumrorong.
Kkirurung.
…
..
.
The Blackie Family was asleep during this emergency.
They were actually making efforts in their own way in Sejun’s mental world. While supporting Sejun’s mental state.
What would big brother do at a time like this?!
To save Sejun, Cuengi tried to recall what Theo had done.
And then,
This might work
Cuengi awakened a new talent.
Flaaash.
Unlike Theo who burned money, Cuengi’s front paw lit up as he burned something else of Sejun’s.
What exactly was burned?
No one knew yet.
In any case, thanks to Cuengi’s treatment, Sejun’s pain began to ease.
Kuuuh.
Phew.
Sejun’s breathing became noticeably more relaxed.
At least on the outside.
***
Sejun’s mental world.
Krooooo!
A massive black dragon trapped in Sejun’s mental world roared in frustration. It was too cramped for its presence.
And then,
-Is it you?! The one trying to trap me in such a small place?!
It glared at Sejun in rage.
“No. Just calm down and let’s talk…”
What kind of situation was this?
Sejun tried to resolve things through conversation, but
-No talking! I’ll kill you and escape from here!
The ferocious black dragon, bearing the exact temperament of the Great Black Dragon Kaiser Pritani, swung its tail and tried to kill Sejun without hesitation.
At that moment.
Boom!
“Grrr. How dare you touch great Blackie’s butler?!”
A giant dark-blue wolf, Blackie, appeared, blocking the tail.
“You bastard! You dare try to kill Sejun~nim?! I won’t let this slide!”
“To strike great Blackie~nim, you’re dead today!”
The subordinates followed in behind, sending killing intent toward the black dragon.
-Wha…what?! Who are you guys?!
The black dragon shrank back under the overwhelming pressure of the former 12 Apostles of Destruction.
Moments later.
Boom! Boom!
-Aaack! It hurts!
“Hey! Even if you have to squeeze yourself, make your body smaller!”
“If it’s cramped, then shrink yourself!”
Surrounded and beaten by the Blackie Family, the black dragon’s size began to shrink.
The body follows the mind.
Thanks to this, the burden on Sejun’s body greatly decreased.
Then, the black dragon settled down in Sejun’s mental world, creating a black-colored hill.
“Hehehe. I thought I was going to die.”
After escaping the threat to his life,
“Hum hum hum.”
Sejun peacefully farmed in the field.
At that moment.
[Your soul has become greatly fulfilled after receiving high praise from numerous prestigious beings.]
[Your Mental Strength has increased by 100,000.]
[Your Mental Strength has reached the cap of 50,000.]
[Your Mental Strength can no longer increase.]
[You have achieved 50,000 Mental Strength.]
[Park Sejun~nim’s weak will has begun to slightly influence the world.]
[From afar, the great golden dragons highly praised Park Sejun~nim’s food.]
…
..
.
[Your Mental Strength overload is too severe.]
[If this state continues for too long, your soul may collapse.]
As the great dragons ate Sejun’s food, an overwhelming amount of mental strength surged into him beyond what he could bear.
Since Sejun had received the title of Honorary Great Dragon, he was treated as one of the dragons and received a matching increase in mental strength.
“Great Blackie~nim, this is serious! A hole has formed in Sejun~nim’s mental world!”
“Get it together! At this rate, the butler will die! Bupal! Plug the hole!”
“Yes! Eight Ink Shadow Clones!”
Eight Ink Shadow Clones of Mukbupal blocked the holes in Sejun’s mental world with its eight ink-made clones and eight legs, working diligently.
The Blackie Family dispersed the surging mental strength and hurriedly repaired Sejun’s mental world.
However,
“Hum hum hum.”
Unaware of the danger he was in, Sejun was peacefully farming as if the world was perfect.
Hehe. Butler, keep living like that! Great Blackie will protect you forever!
Seeing Sejun like that, Blackie worked even harder to reinforce Sejun’s mental world.
Thus, under Blackie’s protection, Sejun harvested sweet potatoes.
***
75th floor of the Black Tower.
“Meheheh. Ninir, should we go over there this time?”
“Niheheh. Shall we?”
The golden sheep Mimyr and the red sheep Ninir sisters’ eyes gleamed as they looked at a clothing store.
It was a recently opened shop that had become popular lately, known for making bold yet stylish designs.
Since a month ago, the two had started spending time together, shopping and visiting delicious restaurants.
After becoming a Legendary Merchant, Ninir realized her own abilities. The sense of inferiority she had long harbored toward Mimyr disappeared, but the resentment she held still did not go away easily.
That was because the wounds she had received were too deep.
So Ninir continued to avoid meeting Mimyr.
Then one day.
“Ninir…”
“Unnie.”
They happened to run into each other while walking down the street.
And just like that, the door to Ninir’s heart suddenly opened.
Thanks to that, the two returned to being the friendly sisters they once were, spending joyful time together in the shopping district once a week.
At that moment.
“Mimyr unnie, look, there’s a crowd over there. Must be something interesting going on.”
Ninir spotted a gathering of many merchants.
“Really? Then let’s go take a look too.”
“Yeah!”
The two turned and walked over to the scene.
And.
“They say they’ll be selling invitations to Chairman Park of Sejun Company’s B-day party soon?”
“B-day party? What’s that?”
“It’s short for ‘Birthday party’, you don’t even know that?”
“So what if I don’t! Why are you acting like you’re some know-it-all genius and looking down on me?”
“I can look down on you a hundred times! Remember when you got scammed five years ago…”
“What?! I was scammed 3 years ago! Stupid!”
“Did you just call me stupid?! You’re the stupid one who got scammed!”
“You can’t even remember when I was scammed, you stupid idiot! How dare you?!”
From the merchants’ conversation, they realized that Sejun’s birthday party invitations were being sold.
Could it be?!
No way?!
A sense of dread overcame Mimyr and Ninir.
At that moment.
“Puhuhut. Merchants! Greetings, meow! I, the right hand of the great Hybrid Chairman Park… Park Theo~nim, will sell invitations to the great Hybrid Chairman Park’s birthday party for just 1 million Tower Coins, meow!”
Their sense of dread materialized.
The two instinctively felt fear from Theo.
Like the primal fear a prey feels when facing a predator.
Because every time they met, he swindled money out of them.
However.
“I’ll take one!”
“Me too!”
The trap was that they voluntarily got fleeced.
“Get out of the way!”
Bzzzt.
“Move~!”
Whoooosh.
Mimyr and Ninir pushed aside the merchants with electricity and flames as they rushed toward Theo.
Then.
“Puhuhut. Mimyr and Ninir, how many will you buy, meow? For reference, Uren bought 300,000, meow!”
Predator Theo fanned himself with a wad of invitations and asked the two with a beaming smile.
“Then I’ll take 350,000!”
“Me too!”
Today too, two innocent sheep voluntarily getting fleeced.
“Uhehehehe. Then I’ll buy 200,000 more too!”
A pink pig joined them.
“Puhuhut. Excellent, meow! Here, take them all, meow!”
Theo handed out the huge pile of invitations and took their money.
And so, Sejun’s balance grew rapidly.
***
“Ugh.”
Why am I lying down?
Sejun came to his senses and sat up.
Kurorong.
Kkirorong.
Eomrorong.
…
..
.
Next to Sejun were Cuengi and the Blackie Family, sound asleep, exhausted from treating him.
You guys sleep well.
Pat. Pat.
While Sejun gently patted Cuengi and Blackie,
Aileen spoke to him.
“Yeah. But why did I faint?”
I’ve become much stronger lately.
Sejun, who mistakenly believed he had become stronger, wondered.
[The Tower’s Administrator, in a tearful voice, says she was greedy and almost got you killed.]
Aileen tearfully explained the reason Sejun had collapsed.
“It’s okay. You just did it for my sake too. I’m fine. And I survived. Hehehe. Believe it or not, I’m immortal.”
Perhaps a sunfish constantly exposed to life-threatening situations is the easiest being to become immortal.
As Sejun was chatting with Aileen,
Kueng?!
[Dad, are you okay now?!]
Cuengi woke up and examined Sejun’s body all over to make sure he was fine.
And then.
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Cuengi healed Dad really well!]
Cuengi wore a very proud expression.
“Our Cuengi healed Dad?! Cuengi, thank you!”
Kueng! Kueng!
[That’s right! But Cuengi burned two of Dad’s skills in return!]
“Huh?!”
Burned a skill?! Two of them?! Is that even possible?!
At Cuengi’s words, Sejun quickly checked his skills.
Skill: Mastery of Farming Tools Lv. 6, Magic Seed Sowing (Master), Harvesting (Master), Seed Shop Lv. 5, Seed Harvesting Lv. 9, Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 9, Crop Gigantification Lv. 9, Fire Field Lv. 7, You Are a Field (Master), Greenhouse Lv. 6, Grass Laying Lv. 5, Crop Miniaturization Lv. 3, Transplanting Lv. 7, Beekeeping (Master), Rain Thunder Lv. 9, Delicious Cooking (Master), Vitality Lv. 9, Fermentation Lv. 8, Maintain Cleanliness Lv. 5, Weed Pulling Lv. 7, Advanced Aura Swordsmanship (Master), Unity of Sword and Body (Master), Bunker Lv. 5
They’re gone!
Just as Cuengi said, two skills were really missing.
Intermediate Spear Technique Lv. 2 and Intermediate Shield Technique Lv. 2
“Phew.”
That’s a relief.
Sejun sighed in relief that none of his farming skills had been lost.
“Cuengi, but how did you burn my skills?”
Kuehehehe. Kueng…
[Hehehe. Cuengi was thinking about what big brother would do…]
Kueng!
[So Cuengi awakened the talent called ‘Healing by Burning Dad’s Skills’!]
Cuengi excitedly explained how his skill had evolved in response to Sejun’s question.
These Park brothers… Do you guys just awaken talents by willing it?
Sejun looked enviously at Cuengi, who freely awakened talents at will.
Right. I got a title, didn’t I?
To feel better, he checked his title.
→ An honorable title granted by the Great Dragons, bestowed for the second time in the history of the Great Dragons. Also, it is the first title ever unanimously agreed upon by the Nine Leaders of the Great Dragons.
→ The recipient of this title is treated as kin by the Great Dragons.
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→ Contains a part of the heart of the Great Black Dragon Kaiser Pritani and grants the dignity of the Great Dragons.
→ Creator: The Nine Leaders of the Great Dragons
→ Usage Restriction: Black Tower’s Tower Farmer Park Sejun
→ Grade: Cannot be measured.
→ Skill: <Energy of the Great Black Dragon (Master)>
<Energy of the Great Black Dragon (Master)>
→ For 1 second, you can emit a weak energy of the Great Black Dragon Kaiser Pritani.
“A weak energy of Kaiser~nim?”
Curiosity sparked in Sejun.
“Energy of the Great Black Dragon.”
He used the title’s skill.
Gooooooo.
At the moment a tremendous dragon’s energy radiated from Sejun’s body,
……
The world held its breath for 1 second. The sky, the earth, even Sejun’s crops. The Blackie Family too.
And then.
“……”
Sejun himself.
Shocked by the energy he emitted, Sejun fainted again.
Kueng?!
[Dad, what are you doing?!]
Cuengi, the only one unaffected by Sejun’s energy, hurriedly treated Sejun and the Blackie Family. With his glowing front paws.
Thanks to that, Sejun’s skill Vitality Lv. 9 was also burned.