TL: Hanguk
PR: MiniPixelZ
99th floor of the Black Tower.
“Then let’s begin.”
Sejun, having erected memorial monuments, prepared food today again with the farm members.
Today, they had to make cookies and marshmallows and procure chocolate bricks. These were the ingredients for making Choco Pies.
While Sejun and the farm members were diligently preparing the ingredients,
“Hel~nim, are the chocolate bricks not ready yet, meow?! Our great hybrid Chairman Park is waiting, meow!”
Theo urged Hel,
Next to Theo, Pink-fur was looking at him with an expression full of anticipation, holding a giant bowl with her left front paw while vigorously and quickly whisking egg whites from the Egg Fruit with a stick to make meringue.
And then,
“Vice Chairman Theo, just wait a little. I’m on my way to get them right now.”
Hel hastily responded to Theo and then,
Bang! Bang! Bang!
“Mud! I know you’re in there! Open the door quickly!”
Knocked on the door of Mud, the God of Mud. For the record, Mud had no debts to Hel.
However,
“Mud, hurry and give me the chocolate bricks!”
Hel spoke confidently as if she came to collect a debt.
A moment later.
“He… Hel… I’m sleepy…”
Mud opened the door and answered in an almost tearful voice. He had good reason.
Since Sejun started making Choco Pies, Mud had not taken a break from making chocolate bricks. No, he hadn’t even slept.
“Mud, you’re the God of Mud. Are you going to lose to something like sleep? And when God-Sejun wants it, are you not going to do it?”
“No. If God-Sejun wants it, I have to…”
“That’s right! Mud, you can do it! From now on, for every 10,000 chocolate bricks, I’ll give you 2 Sejun Company welfare points, so let’s do our best!”
“Yes! I’ll try my best!”
Hel, with excellent motivation, cared for Mud’s mental state and sent 100,000 chocolate bricks to Theo.
“Mud, here you go. Let’s keep working hard!”
Thanks to that, Hel gave 20 points to Mud but pocketed a net profit of 30 points.
With that, adding to the existing 10 points, she now had 40 points.
“Great. Now that I’ve got points, shall I send some transcendence-grade seeds?!”
With energetic steps, Hel went to visit Mirna, the God of Dragons. Because among the transcendence-grade seeds, Sejun wanted dragon fruit the most.
Knock. Knock.
“Mirna.”
When Hel knocked on the door,
Clatter.
“Hel, why did you come so late?!”
Mirna hurriedly opened the door, looking angry, and then,
“Here. Take them.”
She handed over two dragon fruits.
A vastly different reaction from Mud’s.
Our God-Sejun can do whatever he wants!
Mirna was showing obsessive dedication to Sejun, who was the only dragon that followed her, and was working hard making dragon fruits.
Thanks to that, with Sejun germinating several dragon fruits, Mirna had earned great divine power and increased her divinity, enabling her to produce even better dragon fruits.
“Mirna, this one… its size is…”
Just as Hel was about to ask about the dragon fruit that was 1.5 times larger than the others,
“Hel, hurry and send the dragon fruit to God-Sejun. Ehehe. He’ll be happy to get this.”
Mirna urged Hel.
“Got it.”
Hel quickly sent the dragon fruits.
[Sent the Transcendence-grade seed, Dragon Fruit Seed, to Vice Chairman Park Theo of Sejun Company.]
[Hel, the God of Merchants, received 5 Welfare Points as a reward for completing the quest.]
…
..
.
Thus, two dragon fruit seeds were delivered to Sejun.
***
Slurp.
“Mmm. That’s good.”
After dinner, Sejun drank warm kudzu tea made from kudzu juice squeezed by Cuengi.
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. It’s delicious!]
Cuengi also happily drank warm honey water, following Sejun.
Then.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, Hel~nim sent us dragon fruit seeds, meow!”
Theo reached into the bag with his front paw and pulled out the items.
“Huh? Why is this one so big?”
Sejun examined the larger of the two dragon fruits, which was 1.5 times bigger than a regular one.
→ This dragon fruit seed is an evolved version of the original made by Mirna, the God of Dragons.
→ When it absorbs a part of a dragon’s body and the Energy of Creation, it germinates into a dragon fruit that replicates 3 to 5 skills from the dragon that provided the body part.
→ Creator: Mirna, the God of Dragons
→ Grade: Transcendence
It replicates three to five skills?
“Oh!”
That means the probability of replicating cooking skills is higher than before!
Plus, if it’s five skills…
With a bit of luck, there might be an all-around Sejun No. 23 capable of both farming and cooking. For reference, 23 is a famous basketball player’s jersey number.
“Hehehe. I have to germinate it.”
Sejun quickly grabbed the regular dragon fruit seed and the gifted dragon fruit seed and headed to Kamyeoldaeseong.
Kiki!
Kya-kya!
“Yeah. Nice to see you.”
He greeted the Destruction Pioneers and Destruction Devourers who welcomed him, and planted the seeds.
Then.
“Vice Chairman Theo, cut this onion?”
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
Slice.
“Here you go, meow!”
“Thanks.”
Sejun received two onion halves from Theo and placed them over his eyes.
“Ugh. It stings.”
He forced himself to cry.
Drip. Drip.
Sejun’s tears dropped onto the soil where the dragon fruit seeds were planted.
A moment later.
Creak.
Creak.
The two dragon fruit seeds rapidly germinated, absorbing Sejun’s tears and the Energy of Creation that had spread around.
Once the dragon fruits had grown, Sejun began by checking the regular one.
“Hehehe. Not bad.”
The regular dragon fruit had replicated the Mastery of Farming Tools and Harvesting skills.
“Go and harvest.”
Sejun immediately sent the dragon fruit to the farm to harvest crops.
Then he checked the gifted dragon fruit.
“There it is!”
Sejun smiled brightly as he saw the skills the fruit had replicated.
Although it had only replicated the minimum of three skills, it had copied Crop Gigantification, Delicious Cooking, and Fermentation.
“Hehehe. Welcome.”
Sejun put his arm around Sejun No. 12’s shoulder and walked into the kitchen.
“Let’s get started, Sejun No. 12.”
Now with an ally, Sejun began full-scale cooking.
Whenever Sejun No. 12 cooked a dish,
“Cooking.”
Sejun would use the prepared ingredients to replicate the dish with maximum efficiency. From time to time, he’d go to the brewery to brew liquor using the Fermentation skill.
Thanks to the help of Sejun No. 12 and the farm members, food preparation went smoothly, and three days passed.
D-1 until the birthday party. One day left.
***
Dawn on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.
“This is bad, meow…”
Kueng…
[What should we do…]
(Pip-pip… Only one day left now…)
Kking…
[Great Blackie is good at treasure hunts though…]
Theo, Cuengi, Paespaes, and Blackie wore gloomy expressions.
It had been four days since they started looking for Sejun’s birthday present. Contrary to their expectations of finding it quickly, there had been no success.
Theo’s front paws weren’t drawn to anything, and Cuengi’s sense of smell hadn’t picked up any unusual scent.
Once tonight passes, the birthday party will begin.
“We have to find something tonight, meow!”
Kueng!
[That’s right!]
(Pip-pip. Yes!)
Kking!
[Brothers, Great Blackie will do his best too!]
The four renewed their resolve and went back to sleep.
When morning came,
Moo.
[Pass.]
Those with invitations began entering the 99th floor of the tower one by one.
***
“Hmhmmhm.”
Sejun, having finished lunch, hummed a tune while leisurely sipping coffee.
This was because he had completed cooking for 150 million people in the morning.
He had prepared about 15 million more portions than the invitations Theo had sold, so there was no risk of running out of food.
With this much, there shouldn’t be a problem.
That’s what he thought.
Chuchu!
[We’ve arrived at where the HamGod lives!]
Chuyu!
[Let’s pay our respects first!]
Chikchik?
[But which direction do we face?]
Ppuch?! Ppu!ch!
[Why are you just standing there in front?! Move! We’re being pushed from the back!]
Until the hamsters of <Hamk>, holding the wedding invitations of Bochi and Lara, began flooding in endlessly.
“What?! Vice Chairman Theo, did you sell these?!”
Squeeze.
Sejun grabbed Theo’s cheek fat and interrogated him.
“Chehmuhn Pahhk, I’b innochen, nyaow!”
“You didn’t?”
“I heally didn’t, meow!”
“Ahem.”
Feeling awkward, Sejun let go while squishing Theo’s soft cheeks a few more times.
It wasn’t me this time. I’m so wrongly accused, meow!
Theo looked at Sejun with a sullen expression.
“Sorry.”
Reading Theo’s mood, Sejun gently laid him down and put some Churu into his mouth.
“Puhuhut.”
Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.
Theo quickly cheered up and happily ate the Churu.
Kueng!
Kking!
Seeing Theo like that, Cuengi and Blackie also flopped down in front of Sejun, and he gave them snacks as well.
While Theo, Cuengi, and Blackie were lying on their backs enjoying their treats,
“Guys, can you go find out what’s going on?”
Whirr!
[Yes!]
Sejun sent the Poisonous Bees to investigate the situation.
A short while later.
“What?! All these are guests for Master Bo’s wedding?!”
Come on. You’ve got to invite in moderation!
Hearing what the Poisonous Bees said, Sejun became furious.
“Haak!”
Because of Master Bo, I got scolded by Chairman Park, meow!
Theo was also angry beside him.
“Kyoo-kyoo-kyoo-”
Because of Bochi~nim, Theo~nim was misunderstood by Sejun~nim!
Iona was angry too.
Bochi had earned the wrath of Sejun, Theo, and Iona. Things would not go well for him once he arrived.
“First, I better roast some peanuts. You guys go harvest them!”
Kkwek!
Shaken, Sejun collected himself, quickly sent the Mushroom Ants to harvest peanuts, and went to the kitchen to start roasting them.
Then.
“Crop Gigantification.”
He used the skill together with Sejun No. 12 to increase the size of the peanuts.
No matter how he looked at it, the existing peanuts weren’t enough to satisfy the wave of incoming hamsters.
Normally, anyone would lose morale and give up at the overwhelming number of hamsters, but Sejun gave it his all, determined to make it work.
The more hopeless the situation, the more he focused on the task at hand.
This trait of Sejun’s had been the key to his survival all along.
Thankfully, Sejun No. 12 had replicated the Crop Gigantification skill.
Sejun watched Sejun No. 12 diligently using the skill while drinking a potion of Mugwort Juice of Magic Power and felt relieved.
Luckily, Sejun No. 12 had only the necessary skills.
While the giant roasted peanuts were being prepared,
Kueng!
Bang!
Cuengi crushed the giant peanuts into bite-sized pieces suitable for the hamsters to eat.
Sejun kept making roasted giant peanuts late into the evening to feed the hamsters.
‘I gave it my all.’
Snoreee.
Exhausted, he began dozing off while eating dinner. The fatigue he had accumulated was catching up to him.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park is asleep, meow!”
Kueng!
[Let’s hurry and find the present!]
(Pip-pip… I’m up now…)
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. Brothers, Great Blackie is ready too!]
Feeling rushed, the group left Sejun behind and quickly went outside.
Whoosh.
Paespaes opened a dimensional gate and,
“There’s no pull, meow!”
Kueng!
[No scent either!]
They worked hard to find the present.
Scurry.
Kihihit. Kking!
[Hehe. From now on, this land belongs to Great Blackie!]
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Blackie also tried hard in his own way. It wasn’t helpful, though.
Just then.
Whoosh.
As a dimensional gate opened,
Whooosh.
A powerful cold wave swept through.
“Meow! I feel a pull, meow!”
Kueng!
[I smell good herbs too!]
Theo and Cuengi had found something.
Thus, while the four Theo, Cuengi, Paespaes, and Blackie brothers crossed the dimensional gate in search of Sejun’s gift,
Sejun was left behind all alone and pitifully.
Shiver-shiver.
He trembled from the intense cold blowing in from the dimensional gate.
Already worn out and haggard from fatigue, now asleep while eating due to it, he looked no better than a beggar.