Chapter 337: Heh, Did I Unknowingly Do Something Incredible?

At the 99th floor of the Blue Tower.

Thud

"Greetings to the Great Blue Dragon!"

A doll cloaked in a blue robe kneeled on one knee in front of a giant ice sculpture in the shape of a dragon, paying respects.

Then,

-Zelga, what's the situation?

The voice of Kin Aster, the leader of the Blue Dragons, emanated from the ice sculpture.

"The tower up to the 62nd floor is submerged in water, and signs of an Ice Age are apparent from the 20th floor."

-Hmm. That's serious.

Kin's voice deepened in response to the Blue Tower Farmer, Zelga's report.

While the Red Tower was accumulating the Red Dragon's fire energy, causing drought and desertification, the Blue Tower was accumulating the Blue Dragon's water energy, leading to heavy rains and Ice Age.

-How many Elixir of Fire are left?

"About a million."

- Not enough. At best, that will last about a year.

"I apologize. The production of Elixir of Fire has decreased as the land for cultivating Fireblossom, the most crucial ingredient, has reduced."

Elixir of Fire, which Zelga produced through alchemy, played a role in creating intense heat that temporarily weakened the surrounding water energy when used. However, the duration of the heat was short, and its range was limited, only slightly delaying the approach of heavy rains and Ice Age.

As the two continued their conversation,

-Understood. Try a little harder for now.

"Yes, I will take my leave!"

The conversation ended without any significant outcomes.

***

"Me, a Godslayer?"

Sejun was unable to comprehend how he could have possibly slain a god.

"Was there a god in this corn named Caiman?"

Sejun briefly inspected the corn he had just harvested but soon concluded,

"Nah, that can't be it."

Then...

"Is it Vice Chairman Theo again?"

When inexplicable events occurred, it usually involved Theo, so Sejun attributed it to Theo's doing.

Crunch crunch

[You have harvested Stamina Corn.]

[Your job experience has slightly increased.]

[Your proficiency in Harvesting Lv. 8 has slightly increased.]

[Due to the Cold energy imbued in the Sickle of Freshness, the expiration date of the harvested crops has increased by 5 days.]

[You have gained 70 experience points.]

Sejun continued harvesting corn.

Moments later,

"Hehe, I harvested quite a lot."

Sejun felt pleased looking at the corn he had harvested.

[Your soul feels fulfilled.]

[Your Mental Strength has increased by 1.]

Along with the message, his Mental Strength increased.

"Alright, time to harvest some cherry tomatoes."

Sejun then proceeded to harvest cherry tomatoes.

And once the harvesting was complete,

"Phew, that feels rewarding."

[Your soul feels fulfilled.]

[Your Mental Strength has increased by 1.]

His Mental Strength increased again.

Once the harvesting of both corn and cherry tomatoes was finished,

"Hyung! I caught a tuna!"

Thud!

Ajax laid a gigantic tuna in front of Sejun with a proud expression. I caught such a big tuna, so praise me!

"Ajax, well done."

Pat. Pat.

Sejun stroked Ajax's head in praise.

"Hyung! Make something delicious with this!"

"Alright, let's have tuna sashimi today!"

"Okay! Hyung!"

Sejun began to prepare the tuna sashimi.

'Theo likes tuna too; I wonder when he'll show up?'

Sejun set aside some of Theo's favorite parts while waiting for him.

***

84th floor.

"Meow..."

Theo, regaining consciousness, lay sprawled on the floor with a gloomy expression.

"Kyoot... Theo-nim, what's wrong?"

Iona called out to him, worried. She was sure that the ominous energy had been extinguished, but Theo's condition was unusual.

"Iona, I had a dream, meow..."

"Was it a nightmare?"

Iona, thinking it must have been a nightmare since Theo had been struggling against an enemy trying to escape.

"No, meow... It was a happy dream, meow..."

"Kyoot? Then why are you sad?"

"Because it's a dream that can't come true, meow... I woke up before I could hug the giant Chairman Park's knees, meow!"

Theo considered the incident in his mind realm as a dream.

"Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot! Stop talking nonsense and let's hurry back! Sejun-nim is waiting for us!"

"That's right, meow! I, Vice Chairman Theo, still have the real Chairman Park, meow!"

Enlightened by Iona's words, Theo chuckled. Now that he thought about it, all he needed to do was to make Chairman Park grow huge, meow!

"This is all thanks to the inspiration I got from Iona, meow!"

"Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Really?!"

"Phuhuhut. Yes, meow!"

Thus, Theo started the 'Gigantification Project for Sejun'. Chairman Park is great, so he can be enlarged, meow!

"Phuhuhut. First, I'll take this, meow!"

Grab.

The fully motivated Theo picked up the green gem from the statue of the Crocodile God, Caiman.

"Iona, collect the items from the first room, meow!"

"Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Yes!"

Following Theo's instructions, Iona gathered the golden statues from the first room,

"Phuhuhut. Wait for me, Chairman Park, meow! I, Vice Chairman Theo, am bringing good stuff, meow!"

Theo also packed items from the second room into his bundle.

"Phuhuhut. Done, meow!"

"Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. I'm done too!"

Thus, Theo and Iona completely cleared out the treasury.

"Phuhuhut. Let's go quickly, meow!"

"Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Yes!"

Theo and Iona headed to the 99th floor of the tower.

And...

The Caiman Kingdom, which lost its racel god, royalty, capital, and treasures, quietly vanished from the 84th floor of the Black Tower.

***

"Brachio-nim, I apologize. Tier-nim is currently asleep..."

"Tier too? Understood."

After visiting the White and Red Towers, Brachio dropped by the Purple Tower.

"There's definitely something suspicious..."

Unable to shake her suspicion that something was off, Brachio.

"I'll have to visit the Black Tower as a last resort."

Brachio flew to the Black Tower, not giving up. This time, she planned to meet Aileen, the administrator of the Black Tower, instead of Kaiser.

She thought it would be easier to deal with the younger Aileen.

And so, upon arriving at the Black Tower's administrator area, Brachio was greeted by Aileen.

"Grandma Brachio, hello. Are you here to trade?"

Aileen received her warmly. Kikiki. Our Sejun's customer base has grown!

"Trade?"

"Yes. If you want to trade with our Sejun, first, the contract and..."

Aileen explained the detailed method for trading with Sejun to Brachio.

'These guys! Were they buying Samyangju and black beans among themselves?!'

Thanks to that, Brachio understood why the other dragons were so diligent in cleaning the red mist.

"But what is this? I feel the power of destruction here?"

"Ah, that's..."

When Aileen started explaining about the fragment of Fenrir's core,

"I see. So we just need to split the dropped Tower Coins 50-50, right?"

"Yes. All the grandpas did that too."

"Understood."

As Brachio was about to infuse magic into Fenrir's core fragment,

-Kahaha. Shall we make some money?

-Huh?! Brachio?

-Why are you here...?

-Don't tell me...

Kaiser, Kellion, Ramter, and Tier entered the administrator area and found Brachio with her hand on Fenrir's core piece.

"Hohoho. These traitors..."

Brachio laughed as she looked at them, then became serious.

And...

Woong.

Brachio infused magic into Fenrir's core fragment, instantly annihilating the destruction contained within.

For the original form of Brachio, it was an all-too-easy task.

Clatter

-No!

-Hey! That's not fair!

-My tower coins!

-This is cheating!

The four dragons despaired as tower coins poured into the administrator area.

***

Slurp.

While Sejun was enjoying his coffee time after lunch,

[The tower's administrator says that the power of destruction within Fenrir's core fragment has been completely annihilated.]

Aileen returned the item she had appraised.

"Really? Thanks."

Sejun expressed his gratitude to Aileen and checked the options of the black orb that appeared in his hand.

[Purified Fenrir's Core Fragment]

Although the name changed as the power of destruction was removed, the color of the orb remained the same.

[Purified Fenrir's Core Fragment]

→ This is a fragment Fenrir's core, the god-hunting wolf and 1st seat among Apostle of destruction.

→ This fragment contains 0.01% of the complete core's power.

→ With the power of destruction completely removed, the power contained within the core has significantly diminished.

→ Upon consumption, all stats increase by 1000.

→ If there are other fragments of Fenrir's core nearby, they will be attracted to each other.

→ Usage restriction: All stats must be over 5000.

→ Grade: Unmeasurable

Despite the reduced power, it still increases all stats by 1000.

"Wow."

It's great... but it's too great... that I can't use it. The usage restriction requires all stats to be over 5000, which was too high a condition for Sejun.

As Sejun was feeling disappointed,

[A quest has been generated.]

[10th Tower Quest: Use the Purified Fenrir's Core Fragment to find other fragments of Fenrir's Core and secure the other four pieces of the gate that leads to the 10th Tower to restore the gate.]

Reward: All stats +300, 1 job combat skill

A quest message appeared.

The reward was an increase in all stats by +300 and another chance to gain a job combat skill.

"But... where do I start looking?"

Sejun said, holding the black orb in his hand.

...

No attraction was felt from Fenrir's core fragment, perhaps because there were no other core fragments nearby.

"Do I just have to wander around?"

As Sejun pondered how to complete the 10th Tower quest...

[Do you wish to support Tower Farmer Park Sejun in completing the 10th Tower quest?]

An alarm appeared in the crystal orb managing the Black Tower's administrator area.

"Kikiki? Of course! If not me, who else will support our Sejun?!"

Aileen readily agreed.

[For the completion of the 10th Tower quest, the use of the Destruction Detector is temporarily transferred to Black Tower Administrator Aileen Pritani.]

[You have acquired the usage rights to the Destruction Detector.]

Along with the message, a new function was added to the crystal orb.

"Kikiki. Sejun, just wait a little, I'll find everything for you!"

Aileen hurriedly started using the crystal orb to locate the power of destruction.

And...

[Black Tower's Administrator Aileen Pritani, accepts to supports you in the 10th Tower's quest.]

A message appeared in front of Sejun.

"Huh? Aileen?"

Thanks to this, Sejun also learned that Aileen was participating in the quest.

[The tower's administrator is pleased to join you in the quest.]

[The tower's administrator confidently says she will find all other locations of Fenrir's cores for you.]

"Okay. Thanks."

With Aileen's help, Sejun didn't have to wander through all the floors.

"Aileen, is there any snack you want to eat?"

He decided to support Aileen with snacks.

[The tower's administrator says she would like to eat the pancakes you make.]

"Got it. Just a moment."

Sejun went to the kitchen to fetch flour and butter and started making pancake batter.

Sizzle.

He began cooking the pancakes.

At that moment,

Stealthily.

"Vice Chairman Theo, you're here?"

Sejun greeted Theo without even turning around as Theo approached him from behind.

"Meow! That's no fun, meow!"

Slap.

Theo grumbled as he clung to Sejun's leg.

And then,

Swoosh. Swoosh.

He vigorously rubbed his face against Sejun's knee. Phuhuhut. Chairman Park's knee, I missed you, meow!

"Right. Vice Chairman Theo, did something happen when you went down there? Suddenly, there was a message saying that I killed a god named Caiman."

"Phuhuhut. That's because, meow! Chairman Park saved me in my dream, meow!"

Theo still believed that his encounter with Caiman and the gigantic Sejun was a dream.

He excitedly explained to Sejun what had happened in his mind realm,

"So it happened. Heh, did I unknowingly do something great?"

"Phuhuhut. Yes, meow! Chairman Park is amazing, meow!"

The two readily accepted the absurd idea that dreams and reality could be connected.

"Chairman Park, will you save me again next time, meow?"

"Of course! Just trust me! No matter where, I'll save Vice Chairman Theo."

"Phuhuhut. Got it, meow! Vice Chairman Theo trusts only Chairman Park, meow!"

Theo's faith in Sejun grew even stronger.

"Vice Chairman Theo, are you hungry? Eat this. I made it today."

Sejun spooned out some churu made from the tuna he had set aside and brought it to Theo's mouth.

"Phuhuhut. Thanks, meow!"

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

Indeed, the churu made by Chairman Park is the best, meow! Theo became an even more devout follower as he ate the churu Sejun had prepared.

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Update from Hanguk: I'll be back by Monday, so regular releases will resume on Tuesday.