Chapter 113 – Taking Items Out of the Treasure Warehouse

“Mmm. Where is this?”

Se-jun regained consciousness while looking at the ceiling of his bedroom.

‘Ah. I fainted.’

“Ugh.”

A shudder ran through him as he recalled the terrible pain before fainting. It was an experience he never wanted to go through again.

At that moment,

(Se-jun! You are awake?!)

Flap. Flap.

The Golden Bat, who had been monitoring Se-jun from the ceiling, threw himself from the ceiling as Se-jun opened his eyes and leisurely landed next to Se-jun’s face.

(I am glad you are awake!)

Squeak. Squeak.

Making a pleasant sound, the Golden Bat rubbed his face against Se-jun’s cheek.

“Thank you for worrying about me.”

When Se-jun tried to move his arm to stroke the Golden Bat,

“Huh?”

His arm did not move. In fact, he could not budge his entire body.

“What is this?”

Could it be a side effect of receiving a high-level talent?! Suddenly, he felt scared.

“Ugh.”

Se-jun lifted his head with difficulty and looked down at his body.

“What in the world is this?!”

Se-jun was flustered to see his body tightly bound with ropes like a caterpillar. It was Cuengi’s work to prevent Se-jun from going outside and collapsing again.

“Ugh! Ugh! Hah!”

Se-jun made an effort to break the ropes, but because they were wrapped around him with ropes made by weaving green onion leaves in multiple layers, it was beyond Se-jun’s strength.

“Golden Bat, untie this for me.”

In the end, giving up on untying it himself, Se-jun requested help from the Golden Bat.

However,

(Huh?! But brother Cuengi said I must never untie it?)

The Golden Bat was troubled by Se-jun’s words. If it was Cuengi’s threat, it was understandable. Because Cuengi’s fist was big and close.

He could have troubled the Golden Bat with a childish question about whose word was first, but he held back.

‘Because I am an adult.’

It was definitely not because he felt he would lose to Cuengi.

“I should just buy seeds.”

Se-jun gave up on untying the ropes and checked the Seed Shop window that had appeared while he was unconscious.

[200 Radish Seeds – 3 Tower Coins]

[100 Cabbage Seeds – 1 Tower Coin]

[100 Cheongyang Chili Pepper Seeds – 0.7 Tower Coins]

[100 Cucumber Seeds – 0.5 Tower Coins]

“The total is 5.2.”

It slightly exceeded the purchase limit of 5 Tower Coins.

“Let’s exclude the Cheongyang Chili Peppers.”

The Cheongyang Chili Peppers had already been harvested and seeds replanted. Since the seeds contained in a single chili pepper were about 200, he did not feel much regret.

Se-jun purchased all the remaining seeds except for the Cheongyang Chili Peppers.

[You have purchased 200 Radish Seeds.]

[You have purchased 100 Cabbage Seeds.]

[You have purchased 100 Cucumber Seeds.]

[A total of 4.5 Tower Coins was withdrawn from Seed Banker Park Se-jun’s account.]

[45 Seed Shop mileage points were accumulated.]

[A total of 151 Seed Shop mileage points was accumulated.]

Clink.

Three small leather pouches containing seeds fell onto Se-jun’s bound hands.

[Thank you for using the Seed Shop.]

[Seed Shop Lv. 2 could be used again after 30 days.]

“By the way, what time is it now?”

(It is dawn.)

“Really? Then should I sleep more?”

Se-jun closed his eyes to sleep again.

However,

Squeak. Squeak.

The Golden Bat lay flat on Se-jun’s chest and stared at Se-jun’s face with satisfaction. Se-jun could not sleep under such an overwhelming gaze.

‘I should check my talent.’

Avoiding the Golden Bat’s gaze, Se-jun looked at the ceiling and checked the talent that had knocked him out: Magic Circuit.

[Talent: Magic Circuit]

-A talent that constructs a circuit for mana to circulate throughout the body, allowing efficient use of mana.

-Retained Mana stat +5%

-Mana recovery speed +100%

-Effect when consuming mana-increasing items +50%

“Wow…”

It was a tremendous talent, so much so that Se-jun’s mouth was left wide open.

Retained Mana stat +5%. It meant that if his current mana stat was 100, it would increase by an additional 5.

And with a 100% increase in mana recovery speed and a 50% increase in effect when consuming mana-increasing items, every single option was amazing.

“Hehehe. To think this is my talent? Am I really becoming strong now?”

Checking his talent, his confidence surged.

‘With just this…’

While he was thinking about how to use his newly obtained talent in the future,

Snore.

Se-jun fell asleep.

Squeak-ro-rong.

The Golden Bat did too, together.

***

“The condition of the secret passage is very good.”

Iona said as she looked around the secret passage using light magic.

“But where does this secret passage connect to?”

Elka asked Pyupyu.

Pyupyu. (This secret passage was connected to the treasure warehouse of the Red Ribbon Kingdom.)

Squeak?! (Treasure warehouse?!)

At Pyupyu’s words, the black rabbit asked with an excited expression.

However,

Pyupyu. (There were no treasures in the treasure warehouse. They were all moved long ago.)

Pyupyu spoke, shaking her head. Since that was before Pyupyu was even born, even Pyupyu did not know where those treasures had gone.

“If it is connected to the treasure warehouse, we should be able to go right under Grid’s mansion. Let’s go up from there.”

At Iona’s words, the animals moved along the secret passage. Although there were traps here and there,

“Power of wind! Storm according to my command! Wind Blow!”

All the traps were triggered by Iona’s magic.

Thus, they arrived at the treasure warehouse.

“Who are you?! How dare you raise your heads in my presence?!”

A white dragon statue in the center of the treasure warehouse roared as it looked at them.

***

“What is it? Suddenly, my right front paw is aching.”

Kaiser said, stroking the scar on his right arm that extended to his elbow. It was a wound of glory obtained while fighting the whitey Kellion 8,000 years ago.

Although he suffered a major injury with his arm bone breaking while hitting Kellion’s jaw with a powerful punch, Kellion had all of his front teeth pulled out. It was a one-punch, twenty-tooth situation.

“Khehehe. That guy was forced to eat only soft things for the rest of his life.”

Kaiser smiled with satisfaction, thinking about that time. He had heard that afterward, Kellion, perhaps feeling his teeth were a waste, made Dragon Tooth Soldiers out of his lost teeth.

“When a wound aches like this, strong liquor and sweet snacks are the best. Khehehe. I should ask that rascal Se-jun for roasted sweet potatoes.”

Kaiser took out Fire Carrot Liquor and moved the black dragon statue to search for Se-jun.

***

Squeak!

The Golden Bat, who was sleeping on Se-jun’s chest, hurriedly woke up. He heard the sound of someone approaching.

‘It is brother Cuengi.’

Flap. Flap.

Simultaneously with the Golden Bat quickly hanging from the ceiling, Cuengi entered.

(No abnormalities during duty!)

The Golden Bat saluted with his right wing.

Kkueng.

Cuengi nodded and checked Se-jun’s condition. Fortunately, he was not caught sleeping.

“Cuengi! Untie me quickly!”

Woken by the commotion, Se-jun spoke to Cuengi. Having woken up, he wanted to go to the bathroom.

Kkueng!

Rip.

When Cuengi applied force, the ropes broke easily, almost as if they were flimsy.

Pitter-patter.

When Se-jun returned after quickly taking care of business,

Kkueng!

[I’m hungry!]

Cuengi rubbed his face against Se-jun’s chest while patting his belly.

“Cuengi, don’t tie Dad up like this next time, okay? This is bad.”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[I didn’t know it was bad! I won’t tie you up from now on!]

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi nodded in reply.

“Let’s eat.”

Se-jun washed the empty pot and boiled fresh soup. Since he had rested all of yesterday, the pots in the kitchen area were completely empty.

“Who will cut this meat?”

Se-jun said, pulling out the frozen Purple Locust meat. Since Theo went down to trade, there was no animal to slice the meat thinly.

While Se-jun was contemplating,

(I will help you!)

The Golden Bat volunteered to help.

“Will it be alright?”

(Just leave it to me!)

At first, he worried about the Golden Bat due to his frail appearance, but…

Slide.

Watching the meat being cut lightly by the Golden Bat’s wings as if slicing pudding, Se-jun realized once again that there was absolutely nothing more useless here than worrying about others.

‘That was true. I only needed to do well…’

“From now on, the Golden Bat will be the kitchen assistant.”

Se-jun assigned the kitchen assistant role to the Golden Bat. The reason was that it was hygienic, unlike Theo, who shed fur all over.

(Thank you!)

Squeak. Squeak.

The Golden Bat was deeply moved as if it were the honor of his family. In that way, the Golden Bat obtained the class of assistant chef.

At that moment,

“I have returned, meow!”

While he was away, Theo, who had just lost one job, returned.

And,

Slap.

As soon as he returned, Theo clung to his spot on Se-jun’s lap and began to rub his head diligently. All other scents, begone, meow!

While Theo was hard at work leaving his scent on Se-jun’s lap,

“Good job.”

Se-jun spoke, stroking Theo’s head.

“This is a gift, meow! I bought it with my own money, meow!”

A moment later, having finished leaving his scent, Theo held the sculpture he bought from the street wandering merchant in his soft front paws and presented it to Se-jun.

“What kind of sculpture is this?”

“I don’t know, meow! My hand was just drawn to it, meow!”

Theo spoke proudly at Se-jun’s question. Although he did not know what it was, since he selected it, it was natural that it was grand.

Inspect.

Se-jun received the small sculpture Theo gave and examined it this way and that.

“Ah?! This is a rabbit sculpture.”

Although it was heavily worn, looking closely, a faint outline of a rabbit shape remained. Having identified what kind of sculpture it was, Se-jun checked the sculpture’s options.

[Sculpture]

???

Creator: Private

Grade: F

“Aileen, appraise this.”

[The tower administrator told you to leave it to her.]

The rabbit sculpture that was in Se-jun’s hand disappeared.

And,

[The tower administrator said it was a high-grade item.]

[The tower administrator boasted that her aunt made this.]

“Aunt?”

Aileen, who finished the appraisal, sent the rabbit sculpture back to Se-jun. As the seal was released, the sculpture regained its original cute rabbit appearance.

“It is not dangerous, right?”

Since he heard a dragon made it, doubt arose first.

[The tower administrator said it was not dangerous at all.]

“Really?”

[The tower administrator told you to believe her.]

Se-jun checked the rabbit sculpture’s options again.

[Guardian Rabbit Sculpture of the Treasure Warehouse]

It was a sculpture gifted to the royal family by the Great Black Dragon, Tara Pritani, who ordered it from dwarves and cast magic on it when she was the guardian dragon of the Red Ribbon Kingdom.

It controlled the entry and exit of the royal treasure warehouse, allowing items to be put in and taken out at will.

Creator: Black Dragon Tara

Grade: S

Skill: [Storage Lv. Max], [Release Lv. Max]

“The treasure warehouse of the Red Ribbon Kingdom?”

A kingdom’s treasure warehouse?

“Should we just see what is inside?”

Se-jun smiled slyly while looking at the animals. Since they could put it back, no trace would be left at all.

“Sounds good, meow! Let’s raid the treasure warehouse, meow!”

Kkueng!

[I hope food comes out!]

(I want to look at the treasures!)

Although the animals’ intentions differed, they all agreed on taking items out of the treasure warehouse.

“Good. Release!”

When Se-jun spoke while holding the sculpture,

[List of items currently releasable from the Red Ribbon Kingdom treasure warehouse (Total: 1)]

Unregistered Sculpture x 1

The list of items that could be retrieved from the treasure warehouse appeared.

“Aw. There is only one?”

It seemed someone had raided it all, leaving only a heavy sculpture.

“I should at least release this.”

Se-jun selected the unregistered sculpture.

[Releasing 1 unregistered sculpture from the Red Ribbon Kingdom treasure warehouse.]

Thud.

A portal formed in the sky, and a white dragon sculpture dropped down.

An ominous energy surged from the sculpture.

“You said this was not dangerous?”

[The tower administrator made an excuse, saying that only the items she appraised were not dangerous.]

At that moment,

“You whitey! How dare you snoop around here!”

Kaiser, who was flying over excitedly with the thought of having Se-jun make roasted sweet potatoes to go with his alcohol, roared as he saw the white dragon sculpture.