Chapter 114 – Gaining a Cheat Key

The 55th floor of the tower.

-I asked who you are.

‘Kyu. Why is there a dragon’s energy in the treasure warehouse?!’

Iona was flustered by the mighty energy emanating from the white dragon statue, which she did not dare approach.

At that moment,

Squeak! (I am the great black rabbit warrior, Black Rabbit!)

The black rabbit shouted as he lifted his hammer.

-How dare a creature with black fur speak in my presence?!!!

Kellion flew into a rage at the black rabbit’s words. Seeing the black color made his gums throb, reminding him of his past fight with that black guy.

“Everyone, run! Power of fire, grant unquenchable hellfire to the enemy according to my command! Hellfire!”

At the intense hostility felt from the white dragon statue, Iona cast magic to buy time for the animals to escape. She completely abandoned any thought of surviving.

Iona’s goal was to save even one more animal. It was solely that.

However,

-Stop.

“…?!”

At the white dragon statue’s single word, both Iona’s magic and the movements of Iona and the animals stopped.

-Just making me recall a bad memory is a capital offense… yet you dare attack me, the Great White Dragon Kellion? Abandon any thought of a peaceful death! Grid!

Kellion, who detested black, let out a roar and called Grid.

A moment later,

Thud. Thud.

Grid, summoned by Kellion, rushed over, making the ground shake.

Thud.

“Great White Dragon, did you call?”

Grid spoke as he bowed his head and knelt in front of the white dragon statue.

-Grid, how did you handle the security that you make me handle even such trivial things?!

“Pardon?!”

Grid gently lifted his head and looked around. Besides the statue, he saw the animals that were unable to move.

‘Is that the Archmage of Destruction, Iona?!’

Grin.

Grid smiled wickedly upon seeing Iona and the other animals. Even without this, an intruder had appeared outside and he had instructed his subordinates to search, but to think they were here.

‘Today is the day of your funeral, Iona.’

Grid’s eyes, looking at Iona, were filled with anger and madness. Iona had interfered with his work at every turn, causing him trouble more than once or twice.

“I am sorry! I will handle it immediately.”

Grid stood up to deal with Iona and the animals.

And just as Grid turned his back on the white dragon statue to deal with Iona,

Slide.

A black hole formed on the floor and swallowed the white dragon statue.

‘Huh?! The white dragon statue disappeared!’

The animals witnessed the white dragon statue disappear. And their bodies began to move slightly. As the white dragon statue vanished, the magic was released.

However,

“To think you entered here so fearlessly without even knowing who was here. Keh-keh-keh. I will not kill you easily, Iona. I will flay your skin first.”

Unaware that the white dragon statue had disappeared, Grid bared his hideous molars and spat out abusive words.

At that moment,

Achoo!

The black rabbit, whose nose was tickled by the wolves’ fur, sneezed.

“Huh?! You moved?”

Grid was flustered to see the black rabbit sneeze heartily.

And,

Creek. Creek.

He struggled to turn his head, which wouldn’t turn easily, and looked at Iona.

‘Se-jun, thank you for saving us.’

Iona knew intuitively that Se-jun had resolved this situation. And she thought this might be the effect of Se-jun’s lap that Theo had talked about.

Shrug. Shrug.

Iona wiggled her shoulders and loosened up her body, thanking Se-jun in her heart.

‘How?!’

“Lord Kellion…?”

Grid hurriedly turned back. However, the white dragon statue had disappeared as if it had evaporated.

“Hey, you dragon bastard Kellion!!! How could you leave me behind?!”

Grid called out to Kellion desperately, but Grid’s sorrowful cry only echoed inside the treasure warehouse.

Grind. Grind.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu-kyu-kyu- Grid, I will not kill you easily.”

Returning Grid’s words, Iona clenched her fists tightly and glared at Grid. As her anger crossed the limit and reached Phase 5 of Kyu, Iona actually became calm.

“Everyone, wait outside.”

Squeak.

Pyupyu.

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

The animals, who dared not disobey Iona’s words, quietly left the treasure warehouse.

Thud.

They even kindly closed the door of the treasure warehouse as they went out.

An hour later, Iona came out of the treasure warehouse with a refreshed expression. And boar leather, meat, and bones were added to the list of items to be released from the treasure warehouse.

***

-You… could you be? Blacky Kaiser?!

The white dragon statue, which discovered the black dragon statue, was flustered. In order to spy on the Black Tower, he had deliberately created a barrier to avoid the tower’s system… but by suddenly being summoned here, all his efforts went down the drain.

-No wonder my arm was aching… Whitey Kellion, where do you think you’ve crawled into?!

-What?! Aching?! Because of you, Kaiser, I cannot even eat meat!

-Then who told you to steal and eat my snacks?!

-Kaiser, your temper is just dirty! Who punches someone in the jaw just because they ate one snack?!

-That was something I saved especially to eat on my 40,000th birthday!

To think they fought in that manner when their combined age was nearly 100,000 years… It was a sight unbelievable even when seen.

Rumble.

Crumble.

While the two fought verbally, their mana collided, and the crops and buildings caught in it began to turn to dust.

‘These dragons!’

Se-jun stepped forward to stop the fight, seeing his house break and his crops die.

“Lord Kaiser! And the other dragon! Calm down!”

Since he could not approach closely, he climbed onto a fragment of the Mysterious Obelisk and shouted. Strangely, only that spot remained quiet, unaffected by the mana of the two dragons.

Kkueng!

Cuengi stood next to Se-jun and tightly grabbed Se-jun’s leg. The moment they stepped off the obelisk now, they could be caught in the mana collision of the two dragons and die.

“Meow, meow, meow.”

Conversely, Theo was resting on Se-jun’s lap, humming whether the mana collided nearby or not.

-You rascal Park Se-jun! Where do you think you are interfering when adults are speaking?!

-You! Your hair is black?! Extremely ominous! Unlucky! Die!

-How dare you! Dare to touch our Se-jun!

Kaiser blocked the power of Kellion, who tried to kill Se-jun out of nowhere just because his hair was black. Se-jun’s life had almost ended in an instant.

-Oh?! So you blocked my attack?

Rumble.

The white dragon statue began to raise its power even more.

-You dare use power inside the Black Tower when you are just a whitey?!

Rumble.

The black dragon statue also raised its power.

Crack.

Snap.

Cracks formed in the ground, the pillars of the waterway buckled, and the water of the waterway began to leak.

“Sigh…”

It was a complete mess.

“I should call Aileen.”

Fearing that the farm would be completely destroyed if left like this, Se-jun decided to ask Aileen for help. Aileen, the ultimate cheat key who could stop Kaiser of the two dragons.

At that moment,

[An illegally intruding dragon soul was detected in the Black Tower.]

[The analysis showed that it contained 30% of the soul of the White Tower Administrator, Kellion.]

[With the authority of a middle manager, you could expel 30% of the soul of the White Tower Administrator, Kellion.]

[The expelled 30% of the White Tower Administrator Kellion’s soul would not be able to return to the main body and would be destroyed.]

[Expel 30% of the White Tower Administrator Kellion’s soul?]

A cheat key that could stop Kellion came to Se-jun.

“Aileen, please stop Lord Kaiser.”

[The tower administrator told you that she would quiet her grandfather down.]

Leaving Kaiser to Aileen like that,

“Lord Kellion, please withdraw your power. Unless you want to be expelled from the tower and have your soul destroyed.”

Se-jun spoke firmly to Kellion.

-What?!

Kellion was infuriated, seeing Se-jun speak confidently before the Great White Dragon.

“How dare a trivial creature! Die.”

Thud!

Along with Kellion’s words, an irresistible force swept over Se-jun’s body.

[You were under threat of death.]

[Dragon skill – Dragon Skin was activated.]

[The scale of the Great Black Dragon Kaiser was destroyed.]

Roar.

The black dragon tattoo on Se-jun’s left arm roared and vanished. It was an attack that originally could not be blocked, but it was thanks to Kellion being in confrontation with Kaiser and not being able to use his full power.

“Huh?! Did you just try to kill me?! Prepare to expel.”

With Se-jun’s words, a black hole emerged beneath the white dragon statue.

-This?! Why?!

As a hole to expel him appeared, Kellion was flustered. As far as Kellion knew, the administrator of the Black Tower was Aileen. And since Aileen could not leave the administrator area, there should be no existence that could expel him.

While Kellion was flustered,

“President Theo, take out the contract.”

“Meow!”

At Se-jun’s instruction, Theo pulled out a contract, approached the white dragon, spread the blank contract, and…

“Stamp it quickly, meow!”

Shouted at the white dragon statue.

‘I, who am close to Park Se-jun’s knees, am invincible, meow!’

Even in front of a dragon, Theo, who received Se-jun’s lap buff, was in a state of courage +1,000.

“Swear that you will never kill me.”

“Do not forget the value of President Park’s life, meow!”

Theo hurriedly shouted.

“Of course I did not forget. And as compensation for targeting my life, give me 100 million Tower Coins. Otherwise, you will be expelled from the Black Tower.”

Se-jun spoke, showing the middle manager token with a black dragon drawn on his right hand.

-Could it be?! Are you a middle manager?!

Kellion asked in disbelief. Among the towers managed by dragons, there was not a single one that appointed a middle manager. It was due to the arrogant nature of dragons.

Yet Kaiser allowed the appointment of a middle manager?! Moreover, not to a trivial yet strong monster nearby, but to a trivial and weak human… It was truly a surprising matter.

“What will you do?”

The answer to Se-jun’s question was already set. If he lost 30% of his soul, he would lose that much power and memory as well, damaging his soul. In severe cases, the main body could be destroyed. There was nothing good about it.

-Understood. Park Se-jun, I swear that I will not kill you. I will also give you the compensation of 100 million Tower Coins.

Along with Kellion’s oath, what Kellion said began to be written in the contract.

And,

Thud.

When the contract was completed, the white dragon’s seal was stamped. Dragons were supreme beings. The words containing their weight became a contract by themselves.

“Here it is, meow!”

Theo ran over with the contract and handed it to Se-jun.

“President Theo, well done. Please withdraw your power first.”

-Understood.

As Kellion began to withdraw his power,

-Hmph! Whitey! Consider yourself lucky!

In response, Kaiser also withdrew his power.

And while an awkward atmosphere was flowing,

[You have finished the Purple Sweet Potato Soup.]

[The proficiency of Cooking Lv. 4 increased slightly.]

The breakfast Se-jun prepared was ready.

“I was preparing breakfast, so let’s eat together.”

Se-jun offered food to the two dragons to break the awkward atmosphere.

-Do you also have roasted sweet potatoes?!

Kaiser, recalling the original purpose of coming here, asked.

“No. Instead, I made sweet potato soup.”

-You rascal Park Se-jun! You should have made roasted sweet potatoes! Hmph! Since you offer, I will taste it anyway.

Kaiser grumbled for nothing and followed Se-jun into the kitchen area. Fortunately, only the roof of the kitchen area had disappeared due to the mana collision, and the interior was intact.

“Here it is.”

Se-jun ladled the soup from the large pot into a bowl and handed it to Kaiser.

-Hmph! I will eat well.

Gulp. Gulp.

The black dragon statue poured the soup into its mouth. The moment it passed the black dragon statue’s throat, the soup would teleport in front of Kaiser.

Se-jun scooped a bowl of soup and placed it in front of the white dragon statue too, then quickly transferred some soup to a small pot and gave the large pot to Cuengi.

Slurp!

Kkueng!

As soon as Cuengi received it, he drank about a third of the soup in the large pot and put it down, finding it delicious.

Tear.

“Here.”

“Thank you for the food, meow!”

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

Se-jun tore open a Churu pouch, gave it to Theo on his lap, and began to eat the soup.

‘Is it delicious?’

Watching the animals only eating diligently, Kellion felt curious.

Gulp. Gulp.

The white dragon statue swallowed the soup. Since it was the same format as the black dragon statue, the soup swallowed by the white dragon statue teleported in front of Kellion’s main body.

“Is there no more of this?!”

Belatedly, Kellion searched for more soup, but…

Snore.

Inside the kitchen area, there was only Cuengi, who fell asleep holding the large pot while eating soup after not resting properly while monitoring Se-jun for several days. Having a weak dad was quite tiring.

And silently, the two dragon statues…

“Huh?!”

“You too?!”

The two dragons targeted the soup left by Cuengi.