Chapter 132 – I Won’t Leave Unless We Are Together

One hour before Iona appeared in front of Gonoba.

“Kyu-”

Iona arrived at the entrance of the Gravity Magic Tower.

“Huh?! It’s Tower Master Iona!”

When the guards of the magic tower discovered Iona and called the wizards of the Elder Council, the wizards of the Elder Council ran out and welcomed Iona.

“I knew you were alive!”

“As expected, there is no way the Tower Master would die!”

“Where is Gonoba?”

“Well…”

“What is it?”

“He is meeting with the other Tower Masters in the Tower Master’s office.”

“Other Tower Masters?”

“Yes. It seems the Tower Masters of the Flame Magic Tower, the Destruction Magic Tower, and the Meteor Magic Tower instigated Gonoba.”

“Kyu-kyu- Is that so? Good. Everyone, empty the magic tower within an hour.”

“Yes?!”

“Kyu-kyu-kyu- Don’t make me say it twice! We are going to build a new magic tower on the 99th floor of the tower! Everyone, get out!”

“Gasp! Yes! Everyone, empty the magic tower! Pack only the important things!”

Today, the Gravity Magic Tower would disappear!

The wizards of the Elder Council, who saw stage 3 of the angry Kyu, hurriedly made the wizards prepare to leave the magic tower.

And one hour later, when the magic tower was emptied, Iona appeared in front of Gonoba.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu-kyu-”

“H-How? Th… This shouldn’t be…”

Looking at Iona, Gonoba stuttered as if he could not believe it.

“Ahem. Since the atmosphere isn’t good, we will be leaving now.”

As soon as Iona appeared, the three Tower Masters took flight immediately.

However,

“Kyu-kyu-kyu-kyu- Where do you think you are going when you are on the same side?”

Iona did not allow them to escape.

“O power of gravity. Strengthen the power in accordance with my command! Gravity Control.”

Rumble.

Iona adjusted the gravity and applied ten times gravity toward the Tower Masters who were trying to escape.

“Ugh! Tower Master Gonoba! What is the meaning of this?!”

“Eek! Incompetent bastard! You said you disposed of her for sure?!”

“Tower Master Iona, we only found out later.”

The Tower Masters shouted while enduring the tenfold gravity.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu-kyu- It doesn’t matter. I didn’t like you guys either anyway. I will deal with you all at once. O power of gravity…”

They were Tower Masters who always interfered with Iona’s work in the Wizards’ Association. Raising her mana, Iona prepared her magic.

‘We are dead!’

As Iona resolved to use magic,

“T… Tower Master Iona! No matter how angry you are, this is the Gravity Magic Tower! Stop unless you intend to kill all the other wizards too!”

He quickly tried to calm her down.

However,

“It’s fine. Because there is no one but us in the magic tower. Black Hole!”

Iona had already decided to eliminate them along with the magic tower.

Goooo.

“No!!!”

A huge hole opened, and the black hole began to pull in Gonoba and the three Tower Masters.

And,

Crunch.

It began to suck in the Gravity Magic Tower.

“Nightmare, cast the curse on them too.”

-Kekeke. Looking at you sometimes, you suit being a Demon King better than I do.

“Kyu- Shut up!”

-All right. I will do as you wish.

The red mist entered the black hole and permeated the bodies of the three Tower Masters. Dying after receiving the curse was not the end. From then on, it was the beginning of an endless nightmare.

They would either endure or submit. And if they submitted, they would become Nightmare’s slaves, fighting and suffering eternally for Nightmare’s amusement, unable to rest or die.

And Iona’s revenge started now. Once they died and became Nightmare’s slaves, she intended to inflict pain by killing them over and over again within the nightmare.

-But aren’t you sleeping too little these days?

Nightmare said with a disappointed tone. Since Iona did not enter the nightmare, he naturally thought she was holding back her sleep.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu!”

Without answering Nightmare’s question, Iona only smiled as she watched the Gravity Magic Tower disappear.

***

The 99th floor of the tower, Se-jun’s farm.

-Move that over here!

-Harvest the carrots now!

The black dragon statue and the white dragon statue were busily commanding, directing the rabbits, poison honeybees, mushroom ants, and Black Minotaurs, who were the members of Se-jun’s farm.

However,

-No! This is the place where the mushroom ants should be deployed!

-What do you mean?! The poison honeybees should be deployed here!

A difference of opinion arose between Kaiser and Kellion, and they began to fight with each other, claiming they were right. Since Se-jun was not there, there was no one to stop their fight,

and the two fought like that for a long time.

The conclusion they reached: there could not be two leaders under one sky.

Let’s choose a leader!

The two dragons chose farming as the method to elect the leader. They decided to divide the fields and monsters into two, plant seeds, and compete to see who would harvest more.

-You dare challenge me, the Great Black Dragon?!

-Hmph! I will make you pay the price for challenging the Great White Dragon!

Thus began the competition.

-This is boring. Kellion, let’s have a drink.

-Shall we?

It would take several months until harvest, and the monsters did the farming. There was nothing much for the dragons to do other than watch the monsters farm.

-Since we are drinking my alcohol, you bring the snacks.

-All right.

Kellion flew to the storage room and selected sweet potatoes, carrots, cherry tomatoes, and the like.

And,

-Here is 1,000 tower coins.

As he left the storage room, he gave the money to the rabbit guarding the entrance. If he asked for it, the rabbit would gladly (?) offer the crops to him, but he wanted to set an example as a farm administrator in his own way.

Pyah!

The rabbit who received the money bowed to Kellion and expressed gratitude.

Just as Kellion was about to fly off with the snacks,

Pyapya!

A newly born baby rabbit came out of Se-jun’s house holding something larger than its own body. It was an object made of a thin, interesting material shaped like a rectangle.

-What is that?

Pyapya! (I don’t know either! I found it!)

The baby rabbit replied to Kellion’s words.

-Let’s trade that for this.

Pyapya! (Okay!)

When Kellion handed over a carrot, the baby rabbit handed over what it was holding without any hesitation.

And,

Flap. Flap.

Carrying the snacks and the object received from the baby rabbit, he flew to Kaiser and began to drink.

-Mmm. This mango wine is quite good.

-Indeed. It’s really delicious.

-By the way, what is that?

Kaiser, who was drinking, showed interest in the object Kellion had brought.

-I don’t know. I plan to look at it later.

-Give it to me for a moment.

Kaiser began to examine the object.

A moment later,

-It was a tool powered by the lightning attribute. Lightning.

When Kaiser, who grasped the principle with scanning magic, generated a weak electric current,

Vrrr.

the surface of the object lit up. It was Se-jun’s smartphone.

-Oh. It is locked. Unlock.

Magic had logic and algorithms. Since it was similar to a smartphone program, Kaiser had no difficulty understanding the structure. And by infusing mana and will, he simply unlocked the locking pattern.

And as Se-jun’s smartphone was unlocked, a photo of Sera, a member of the girl group Moonlight Fairy, appeared on the wallpaper.

-Who is this?

-What are you doing when there is delicious alcohol in front of you? Just drink.

-Right. Now is not the time to look at this.

Without even knowing what he had done, Kaiser joyfully drank mango wine again.

***

The administrator area of the Black Dragon.

“Kehing. Se-jun, when are you coming?”

Since she could not see Se-jun, Aileen was sad. The farm on the 99th floor of the tower without Se-jun was not interesting at all.

“It’s not fun… I miss Se-jun. Eating meals, farming…”

But since she had nothing to do, she was soothing her boredom by looking at the crystal ball…

Tremble. Tremble.

Aileen, who was looking at the crystal ball, trembled with anger. It was because she saw the woman who appeared on the smartphone wallpaper when Kaiser unlocked the screen.

And Aileen knew that the owner of that smartphone was Se-jun. She felt extremely bad.

“Krooooo! I cannot forgive you! Park! Se! Jun-!”

Aileen roared and called Se-jun’s name.

***

Flinch!

Se-jun woke up in the morning while trembling.

“Chairman Park, are you okay, meow?”

“Pyak?”

“Kkueng?”

The animals asked how he was.

“No. Ugh. What is this? Why is it so cold?”

As Se-jun rubbed his body with his hands at the chilly sensation,

“Kkueng!”

[That’s because Dad is weak!]

Cuengi grew to about 2m in size and wrapped Se-jun with his body. Although Se-jun did not think it was because of that, he liked Cuengi’s soft and warm fur, so he did not refuse.

“Hehehe. It’s fluffy.”

Just before Se-jun fell asleep again, drunk on the peace,

Mooo!

“Se-jun-nim has woken up!”

Ukki!

The Black Minotaurs, wolves, and monkeys who were waiting for Se-jun to wake up approached.

“Why? Is there something you want to say?”

“Se-jun-nim! We want to do a treasure hunt too!”

Elka spoke as the representative.

“What?! A treasure hunt?”

He wondered what was going on all of a sudden. A treasure hunt? While Se-jun was unconscious, Cuengi had bragged here and there about winning the treasure hunt, and the other animals, stimulated by that, also wanted to do a treasure hunt.

Especially the wolves, who were canines, were particularly eager. Was not finding things their specialty, after all?

Thus, a treasure hunt competition was suddenly held.

“Here. You just need to find silver ingots with numbers written on them like this.”

Se-jun spoke while showing a silver ingot engraved with 100 along with his name. The remaining silver ingots with numbers from 1 to 99 had already been thrown around in advance by the golden bat.

“The time limit is until lunch! Now, start!”

Se-jun threw the silver ingot as far as he could, declaring the start of the treasure hunt.

Mooo!

“Yes!”

Ukki!

The animals hurriedly scattered to find the treasure.

“Pyak!”

The black rabbit also ran out following the other animals, determined to take first place today.

And when the surroundings became quiet,

[You have used a Low-grade Skill Stone.]

[The proficiency of Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 4 increases by 10.]

Se-jun raised his skill proficiency using the Skill Stones he had been unable to use yesterday due to losing consciousness.

Originally, he wanted to raise the level of the Seed Shop skill, which could increase the types and amounts of seeds available for purchase, by raising its proficiency, but he could not use the Skill Stones on the Seed Shop skill.

Although he used all 45 Skill Stones that Theo, the black rabbit, and Cuengi had found yesterday to raise his proficiency by as much as 740, unfortunately, the level did not rise.

At that moment,

Bat-bat.

The singing voice of the golden bat, who had started working first in the distance, was heard.

“I should work too.”

Se-jun began healing the banana tree.

[Farmer’s Warm Touch Lv. 4 is activated.]

[While the touch lasts, the banana tree’s illness is healed little by little.]

“By the way, Representative Theo.”

“Meow?!”

“Do they sell land deeds in the shopping street too?”

“Meow? I have never seen one, meow! I will find out when I go next time, meow!”

It was natural that Theo did not know. Land deeds could only be traded by top-tier wandering merchants due to the price, which was unaffordable for average wandering merchants.

“If you see other land deeds, make sure to buy them. Especially, if you see the land deed for the 1st floor of the tower, make sure to buy it.”

If he only had the land deed for the 1st floor of the tower, he could go to the 1st floor of the tower.

“Understood, meow. But does Chairman Park want to leave the tower, meow?”

Theo looked at Se-jun with sad eyes, as if asking if he was going to abandon them.

“Huh?!”

Se-jun was flustered by Theo’s words.

“Kkueng!”

[Dad, take Cuengi along too!]

Hearing Theo’s words, Cuengi clung to Se-jun’s leg.

“Don’t worry. We are one, aren’t we? I won’t leave unless it’s ‘together’ with you guys.”

He vaguely wanted to leave the tower, but it did not mean he would abandon them. He had a home to return to here. And other family members too.

“Okay! Shall we shout our slogan after a long time? We are one!”

“We are one, meow!”

“Kkueng!”

[We are one!]

On the 287th day of being stranded, Se-jun, Theo, and Cuengi shouted their slogan after a long time.