Chapter 126 – Being Worshipped

“Bat-bat.”

(I’m in a hurry, I’m in a hurry!)

The golden bat grew anxious at the thought of quickly returning to the tower to save Se-jun. What item it brought from Earth right now was not important at all.

(I should just take anything!)

So, the golden bat instinctively grabbed whatever caught its eye and returned to the tower.

And although the golden bat, returning to the 77th floor of the tower again, hurriedly looked around,

(Huh?! Se-jun-nim, where are you?!)

Se-jun, who had been dragged away by the monkeys, was nowhere to be seen.

****

The deep eastern part of the mana stone mine on the 77th floor of the tower.

“Is it here?”

Iona, who arrived at the excavation site under the guidance of Vice Tower Master Gonoba, asked.

“Yes, Iona-nim. But detecting the Sacred Stone is not easy from this point onwards.”

“Is that so?”

At Gonoba’s words, Iona closed her eyes and used mana detection. It was to grasp the exact location of the Sacred Stone and assist in its excavation.

However, this was a mana stone mine. Because too many mana wave patterns overlapped, time was needed to grasp the exact location of the Sacred Stone.

While Iona was concentrated, analyzing the mana wave patterns one by one to find the mana wave of the Sacred Stone,

‘Well, farewell then.’

Put.

Gonoba, who smirked while looking at Iona, carefully put down a fist-sized blue bead and left the spot.

After a moment,

Boom! Boom!

Thud!

Along with a huge explosion, a vibration occurred, and the mine where Iona was collapsed miserably.

“Now, the Tower Master of the Magic Tower of Gravity is me, Gonoba! Kuhahaha.”

Gonoba laughed loudly as he watched the eastern mine collapse completely. Despite entering the Magic Tower of Gravity late, Iona bypassed him—who was the head disciple of the Tower Master at the time—and became the Tower Master.

He hated Iona, but in front of Iona’s talent, his own talent was like a firefly in front of sunlight. It was a level he dared not rival.

Furthermore, after becoming the Tower Master, she participated in external activities and became so famous that she earned the moniker “Mage of Great Destruction,” and as she rose to the position of the president of the Mage Association, Iona’s position became even more solid.

Just as Gonoba was about to completely give up on becoming the Tower Master while watching Iona succeed in that way,

“Gonoba-nim, do you have any thoughts of becoming the Tower Master?”

Among the other 7 Great Magic Towers, the Tower Masters of the Magic Tower of Flames, the Magic Tower of Destruction, and the Magic Tower of Meteors secretly contacted him.

They said that even if Gonoba killed Iona, they would support Gonoba in becoming the Tower Master and the president of the Mage Association.

Gaining confidence from that, Gonoba chose the mana stone mine he managed as the way to deal with Iona.

The place Gonoba took Iona to was a site where unstable mana stones were buried in large quantities. It was a place where work had been stopped because even a small mana explosion would cause the mana stones to explode in a chain reaction.

“Hehehe. Now I should go back and prepare.”

Gonoba laughed happily and returned to the Magic Tower to prepare Iona’s funeral. He had already thought of the tombstone inscription.

-Died while using magic in a place where unstable mana stones were buried. Foolishly.

Boom!

Rumble.

Even after Gonoba returned to the Magic Tower of Gravity using magic, chain explosions occurred in the deep eastern part of the mine for a long time, continuing to create earthquakes. There was no such thing as a Sacred Stone from the beginning.

***

“What, meow?!”

Theo, who was running hard toward the 99th floor of the tower, stopped at the entrance leading to the 77th floor of the tower and grew confused.

“Why is Chairman Park’s lap felt here, meow?”

Although Se-jun’s lap was felt close by, when Se-jun’s lap, which should be on the 99th floor of the tower, was felt on the 77th floor of the tower, Theo wore a momentarily confused expression.

However,

“I am going to the 77th floor of the tower, meow!”

Now was not the time to hesitate. He decided to trust his intuition.

“Park Se-jun’s lap is in danger, meow!”

The signal that Se-jun’s lap was in danger was gradually growing stronger.

After entering the 77th floor of the tower and moving for about ten minutes in that way,

“Nyang?”

Theo wore a confused expression again.

“Chairman Park’s lap is not in danger anymore, meow!”

Suddenly, Se-jun’s lap had become safe.

“I am excited, meow!”

When his lap became safe, Theo rejoiced and hurriedly ran toward Se-jun.

***

Flutter, flutter.

(Se-jun-nim!)

The golden bat flew around diligently, looking for Se-jun.

And,

(Se-jun-nim!)

It was able to find Se-jun imprisoned in a wooden cage in the middle of a village with hundreds of huts made of branches and grass.

“Ukki…”

Fortunately, the monkey standing guard was dozing off.

“Golden Bat, you came.”

Looking at the golden bat that had come to find him, Se-jun was quietly moved.

“Untie this quickly!”

Se-jun, who did not want to marry a gorilla, hurriedly said. Since they said they would depart for the gorilla village tomorrow morning, he had to escape no matter what.

(Yes. Please hold this.)

The golden bat handed Se-jun what it had brought from Earth.

“Huh? This is a banana?”

Se-jun received the banana handed to him by the golden bat.

(Is its name banana? I brought it from Earth because it smelled sweet.)

Slice.

The golden bat replied while cutting through the wood of the wooden cage.

Just as Se-jun carefully laid the wood cut by the golden bat on the ground and came out of the cage,

“Ukki?”

“Uh?!”

Se-jun made eye contact with the monkey that woke up after smelling the sweet scent.

“Ukki!”

“Ukki-ki!”

At the guard’s shout, the other monkeys hurriedly came out of their huts.

Se-jun was surrounded by the monkeys in an instant.

“Golden Bat, as soon as I attack, clear a path.”

(Yes!)

Just as Se-jun was plotting to escape with the golden bat,

“Ukki!”

An old monkey among the monkeys, who walked out leaning on a staff, suddenly bowed toward Se-jun.

“Huh?!”

And,

“Ukki!”

“Ukki!”

Following the old monkey, the other monkeys bowed to Se-jun.

“Why are they suddenly doing this?”

Se-jun was bewildered by the monkeys suddenly bowing to him.

(I’m not sure.)

The golden bat was equally bewildered.

“Is it because of this?”

Se-jun said, moving the banana in his hand left and right.

At that,

“Ukki!”

The monkeys grew excited.

Theo’s intuition was correct. It was the exact moment Theo felt Se-jun’s lap was safe.

At that moment,

[The monkeys illegally occupying the farm submit to you.]

“Submit?”

[An amicable agreement has been reached with the monkeys.]

[You have completed the quest.]

[As a reward for quest completion, you are recognized as the rightful owner of the land deed.]

[The land deed’s skill: Farm Information Lv. Max is activated.]

“Farm Information?”

As Se-jun checked the land deed again,

[Farm Land Deed for the 77th Floor of the Tower]

It was a land deed proving ownership of the farm on the 77th floor of the tower.

Once the engraving process was completed, you could be recognized as the owner of the land deed.

It has been over 100 years since the land deed information was last updated.

Owner: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Grade: A

Skill: [Farm Information Lv. Max]

The skill was visible.

[Farm Information Lv. Max]

Size: 20,000 pyeong

Crops: 5,381 Banana Trees

Workers: 1 (Owner of the land)

Special Notes: The banana trees are dying of disease. (Remaining lifespan: 30 days) There are 749 monkeys available to be used as workers.

“What I saw back then were banana trees?!”

Se-jun recalled the trees he saw when he arrived on the 77th floor of the tower yesterday. To think those were banana trees.

‘I must save them!’

To eat delicious bananas, Se-jun resolved that he must save the banana trees no matter what.

And,

“Ukki…”

“Ukki-ki…”

He approached the monkeys who were still lying prostrate.

***

“Moo!”

“Cueng!”

Cuengi and the Minotaurs arrived on the 77th floor of the tower.

“Cueng!”

[It’s that direction-da-yo!]

Cuengi said, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow of the compass Kaiser had given him.

“Moo-ooo!”

“Moo!”

The Black Minotaurs lined up in a single file and charged in the direction Cuengi pointed.

Thump!

“Kki-ak!”

Monsters on the 77th floor of the tower were run over and killed by the sudden charge of the Black Minotaurs.

At that moment,

Cueng?

Cuengi looked closely at the compass. Are there two needles on the compass-da-yo?

One was white, and one was black. However, the direction Cuengi had told the Black Minotaurs was the direction pointed by the white needle.

However, considering that the creator was the Great Black Dragon, there was no way the white arrow could be the direction Se-jun was in.

“Cueng!”

[Uncles, you must come back-da-yo!]

Cuengi hurriedly called the Black Minotaurs, but they had already gone too far.

“Cueng! Cueng!”

[It can’t be helped-da-yo! Cuengi will go to save Dad alone-da-yo!]

Just as Cuengi gripped his bag straps tightly and was about to depart toward the place pointed by the black needle,

Rumble.

A sound came from his stomach.

“Cueng!”

[First, I will eat a lunch box and then depart-da-yo!]

Cuengi began to eat one of the three-parted tuna chunks from his bag.

Munch, munch.

“Cueng.”

[It’s lonely-da-yo.]

Eating something delicious alone made him feel lonely. There was no dad to praise him for eating well, and no Theo hyung to scold him for eating his grilled fish.

Gulp.

Still, the grilled tuna went down his throat quite easily.

“Cueng!”

[I must find Dad quickly-da-yo!]

Just as Cuengi, feeling lonely in that way, resolved to find his dad quickly,

“Gu-ooo!” (Stop!)

“Gu-o!” (Stop stuffing your face!)

Two 3-meter-tall gorillas, who had been hiding because of the Black Minotaurs, appeared in a hurry.

Originally, they planned to watch the situation and steal the grilled tuna Cuengi was eating, but seeing the grilled tuna disappear quickly into Cuengi’s stomach, the gorillas grew urgent.

However,

Cueng?

[Are you targeting my food right now-da-yo?]

They had picked the wrong opponent by a long shot.

“Cueng!”

[I cannot forgive you for targeting my food-da-yo!]

They had touched the baby beast, who was most ferocious when eating.

And the result was grabbing them by the collars. Since Se-jun said tying others up was bad, he gently grabbed them by their collars.

“Cueng?”

[Are you going to target my food again-da-yo?]

Cuengi grabbed the collars of the two gorillas with both front paws and shook them violently.

“Gu-ooo!”

“Gu-o!”

The gorillas shook their heads left and right violently. They did not want to experience Cuengi’s fist again. They had almost gone to the next world by a hair’s breadth.

“Cueng?!”

[But have you guys seen my dad?!]

“Gu-o?” (Cuengi-nim’s father?)

“Gu-o! O!!” (What does he look like?)

“Cueng.”

[He has only a little hair on his head and looks extremely weak-da-yo.]

Upon Cuengi’s explanation, the gorillas imagined someone tall and thin like Cuengi but with hair only on his head, and said they would let him know if they saw him later.

“Cueng!”

[Understood-da-yo!]

Cuengi let the gorillas go and ate the tuna again.

And,

“Cueng!”

[Now, I am going to find Dad-da-yo!]

Thud!

Having finished his meal, Cuengi ran rapidly toward the direction Se-jun was in.

***

Just as Cuengi departed to find Se-jun in that way,

“I feel Park Se-jun’s lap from here, meow!”

Theo had already arrived at the monkeys’ village, following the place where he felt Se-jun’s lap.

And,

Stealthily.

“Chairman Park, where are you, meow?”

While he climbed onto a roof and looked around to find Se-jun,

“I’m hungry, isn’t there anything to eat?”

Se-jun’s voice was heard.

“Found you, meow!”

Theo hurriedly ran toward Se-jun, who was surrounded by the monkeys.

However,

“Ukki!”

“Ukki-ki!”

The monkeys tried to block Theo, who dared to run toward their god.

The monkeys were worshipping Se-jun as a god. It was because of the banana the golden bat had brought. In the monkeys’ legend, was it said that the existence appearing with a banana would save them?

“Wait!”

Se-jun hurriedly stopped the monkeys who were trying to attack Theo.

“This is Theo, my subordinate.”

“Ukki…”

At Se-jun’s words, the monkeys hurriedly bowed toward Theo. A god’s subordinate was a god’s messenger. In other words, one who executed the god’s will.

“Puhahat. That’s right, meow! I am President Theo, Park Se-jun’s subordinate, meow!”

Theo, who liked being served, walked majestically and climbed onto Se-jun’s lap.

And,

“Open it, meow!”

He took out a Churu from his bundle and held it out to Se-jun.

Slurp, slurp, slurp.

‘As expected, it’s this taste, meow!’

Unless it was Se-jun’s lap, this taste did not come out.

Purr.

Theo finished his tiring day of searching for Se-jun by sleeping soundly on Se-jun’s lap.