Chapter 140 – Give Me the Token, Meow!

A battle of 1 vs 12,000. No matter how much Theo was an existence of the 75th floor, he could not handle over 10,000 enemies alone. However, Theo had something to believe in.

“My slave Garon, come out, meow!”

Theo shouted while holding the rainbow-colored necklace around his neck. Because he had a great slave named Garon the bug hunter, who had even been a tribal god in the past.

Croak!

The ground beneath Theo’s feet turned into a black swamp, and the 30m-sized giant frog Garon appeared.

“Garon, punish the enemies, meow!”

Theo shouted while looking down at Urchi and the other Giant Black Orcs from on top of Garon’s head.

-Yes! Master Theo!

At that moment,

“How dare you! Did you claim to be the subordinate of the great Black Dragon in front of me?!”

Urchi, the king of the Giant Black Orcs, shouted in anger.

He was the king of millions of Black Orcs and a follower of the great Black Dragon who earnestly wanted to become the subordinate of the great Black Dragon. But that trivial cat merchant dared to impersonate a subordinate of the great Black Dragon?!

“You bastard! To insult me! Kill him!”

Toot.

At Urchi’s command, his subordinates next to him began to blow the horn.

Then,

Thump. Thump. Thump.

Footsteps resounded from all directions. Millions of Black Orc soldiers who followed the Giant Black Orcs, who were conquering the 40th floor of the tower, gathered and began to surround Theo.

“Meow?! What is it, meow?”

The enemy’s leader suddenly got excited, claiming to have been insulted, and called their subordinates. As the number of enemies swelled to 5 million,

“I am indeed Representative Theo Park, the Great Black Dragon’s Subordinate and Deadly Yellow Cat, meow! It is also written here on my golden plaque that proves I am a top-tier wandering merchant, meow!”

The flustered Theo pulled out his proud golden plaque and tried to resolve the misunderstanding with the enemy.

However,

“Hmph! Who do you take for a fool?! Isn’t that something you can write as you please?! Fine! If you are truly the subordinate of the great Black Dragon, show me the token!”

“What token are you talking about, meow?!”

“If you are the subordinate of the great Black Dragon, there must be a great token!”

“Meow? There is no such thing, meow. Chairman Park didn’t give me one, meow…”

Theo, who felt sorrowful for no reason, replied gloomily. Chairman Park didn’t even prepare a token… I am sad, meow…

“If you don’t have a token, just die!!! Attack!”

Toot!

Along with Urchi’s command, the horn resounded again.

“Waaaaah! Kill the enemy!”

In response to the sound of the horn, 5 million Black Orcs rushed to kill the single Theo.

Thus began the battle of 2 vs 5 million.

“Garon, can you win, meow?!”

-Master Theo, I am a bug hunter, though…

Garon was strong at bug extermination, but he was vulnerable in this kind of battle. Moreover, because there was no water nearby, it was difficult to show his real ability.

“Then it can’t be helped, meow! Iona, wake up, meow!”

Although he did not want to receive help, this was an emergency. It was not the time to be picky. Theo hurriedly woke up Iona, who was hanging onto his tail. It was Iona who had been dragged along with him because he came down in a hurry.

“Kyu- Vice President Theo, what is the matter?”

Iona woke up in irritation because of Theo waking her up. In a state of stage 1 of the angry Kyu, which meant she would not stand idle if she were woken up for something trivial.

“Iona! Now is not the time to sleep, meow!”

“Kyu-? Not the time to sleep… Huh?! Black Orcs?”

At Theo’s words, Iona looked around and discovered 5 million Black Orcs rushing toward the direction where she was.

“Kyu-kyu- What are these?”

Iona’s anger gauge went up. How dare they disturb her sleep! As Iona was about to prepare magic to punish the Black Orcs who had woken her up,

“Huh?! Stop! Black Orcs, stop the attack!!!!”

Urchi, who discovered Iona from afar, hurriedly screamed toward the Black Orcs. A shout that was close to a scream.

“Everyone stop! The king has spoken to stop the attack!”

The Black Orcs who heard the command from behind forcibly grabbed and stopped the Black Orcs who were running forward. Fortunately, there was no Black Orc that had attacked yet.

“Whew.”

Urchi, who had just prevented the extermination of the Black Orc tribe, broke out in a cold sweat and sighed a sigh of relief. Although it was only one enemy added, because of that one person, Urchi gave up the battle. No, it was practically a surrender.

‘Why was Iona, the Wizard of Great Destruction, coming out of that cat merchant’s tail?!’

Urchi looked at Theo and Iona with an incomprehensible expression.

“Meow?! They stopped the attack suddenly, meow?! As expected, they must have recognized me, Representative Theo Park, the Great Black Dragon’s Subordinate and Deadly Yellow Cat, meow! Iona, I’m sorry for waking you up for nothing, meow!”

Although they had stopped upon seeing Iona, Theo thought it was thanks to Se-jun’s lap that protected him. And he thought that he, who received the protection of such a lap, was deadly, meow!

“Puhuhut. Out of the way, meow!”

Theo, who unsummoned Garon, approached Urchi with a majestic stride, cutting across the Black Orcs.

And,

“Urchi! Release the pushovers… no, humans quickly, meow! They are my precious clients, meow!”

Theo spoke confidently while looking at Urchi. Behind such a Theo, Iona was glaring at Urchi. If you don’t listen to him, you will all be exterminated! Iona was only thinking of resolving the matter quickly and sleeping.

“Whew. Understood.”

“What, meow?! ‘Understood?’ How dare you speak informally to Representative Theo Park, the Great Black Dragon’s Subordinate and Deadly Yellow Cat, meow?!”

Looking at Urchi, who was intimidated because of that, Theo’s bragging symptom worsened further.

“…I understand. Release the humans.”

A moment later.

“I have brought them here.”

The Black Orcs brought the captured hunters.

“Release them quickly, meow!”

“Yes!”

The Black Orcs, who received Theo’s instructions, released the hunters.

“Theo, thank you.”

“Thank you so much.”

The hunters expressed their gratitude to Theo and tried to leave the place in a hurry. Although they were released thanks to Theo for now, they could still see hostility toward them in the eyes of the orcs. They did not know when the orcs might attack again.

At that moment,

“Where are you going, meow? If you are thankful, show your sincerity, meow! Stamp here, meow!”

Theo was not one who saved people for free. Theo spoke while presenting a contract to the hunters.

“Huh?! Uh…”

“Yeah…”

An atmosphere suggested that if they refused, they would be captured by the Black Orcs again. The hunters reluctantly stamped the contract.

“Welcome, meow! From now on, you are the members of the 2nd generation Earth Defense Force, meow!”

In the contract, the content that they would active as the Earth Defense Force in the future was written. Of course, the content that the 2nd generation members would donate 50 tower coins every month for Earth’s peace was additionally written.

“You guys can go find Han Tae-jun and tell him that I sent you, meow!”

“Yes.”

After sending off the hunters who became the Earth Defense Force in that way,

“Urchi, you stamp here too, meow!”

Theo presented a contract to Urchi as well. Since Urchi had aimed for his life, he had to pay the price of his life. For the price, he wrote 5 million tower coins. Since he was Vice President Theo, the price of his life was expensive, meow!

“Very well.”

Stamp.

Urchi read the contract carefully and stamped it.

‘Puhuhut. I will be praised by Chairman Park again, meow!’

Theo smiled as he looked at Urchi. Theo, who had obtained 100 members of the Earth Defense Force and 5 million Black Orc workers in an instant, swelled with anticipation of being praised by Se-jun.

But,

“Here it is.”

Thud!

Urchi placed a box containing 5 million tower coins in front of Theo.

“Meow?!”

Crash.

His imagination of being praised by Se-jun shattered into pieces. To think he would give 5 million tower coins so easily. Urchi was the king of the 49th floor. To him, this amount of money was not a large sum.

“We are withdrawing!”

Urchi, who gave Theo the money in that way, withdrew to the 41st floor of the tower with the Black Orcs.

“My workers are leaving, meow…”

While Theo was looking at the departing Black Orcs with a blank expression,

“But Vice President Theo, why did you suddenly come down to the 40th floor of the tower?”

Iona, who had decided to subjugate the fire ants in the south of the 99th floor of the tower tomorrow and build the magic tower, asked. She thought they could only arrive at dawn if they returned right now.

“Meow?! I forgot, meow!”

Theo, who recalled the reason he came here at Iona’s words. He had completely forgotten about the golden bat because he was thinking of making workers.

“Wait, meow!”

Theo hurriedly chased the 2nd generation Earth Defense Force members who were going down to the 39th floor of the tower and made them convey his words to Han Tae-jun.

-Find and protect the golden bat! Without fail!

And,

“Since the Black Orcs have gone up to the 41st floor of the tower, the 40th floor is safe, meow!”

He also conveyed the news that they could use the 40th floor of the tower again. They had to earn money diligently so they could buy Se-jun’s crops.

Theo, who finished his work in that way.

“Run, Vice President Theo!”

“Understood, meow!”

Theo hurriedly returned to the 99th floor of the tower, hanging Iona on his tail.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu.”

Iona caught Theo’s shaking tail and fell asleep again pleasantly.

***

“Hmm…?”

When Se-jun opened his eyes in the morning, he felt warmth along with a moderate weight on his lap.

And,

Purr.

Purr-purr.

The snoring sounds of Theo and Iona. Theo and Iona were sleeping on Se-jun’s lap.

“They must have returned at dawn. Shall I get up a bit later?”

For the sake of Theo and Iona, who had suffered traveling down to the 40th floor of the tower, Se-jun closed his eyes again.

But,

Kkueng!

[Dad, Cuengi is hungry!]

When he slept for about 30 minutes, Cuengi came to wake Se-jun.

“Understood. Let’s eat.”

When Se-jun got up,

“Meow… Chairman Park, let’s sleep more, meow…”

Theo, who was grumbling in his sleep.

“Yes. Vice President Theo, sleep more.”

Se-jun patted Theo’s buttocks, wore Theo on his lap, went to the kitchen, and made breakfast.

[Relic: Rice Dough that Swallows Wealth swallows 10 tower coins and produces 5kg of highest-grade rice dough.]

Breakfast was baekseolgi, which had been pushed aside by the stir-fried squid when he tried to eat it yesterday.

“Guys, let’s eat breakfast!”

Kkueng!

Peep!

At Se-jun’s call, Cuengi and the rabbits came and began to eat the baekseolgi.

At that moment,

“Chairman Park, I am so disappointed, meow!”

Theo, who woke up from sleep, looked at Se-jun with an expression as if he were the most aggrieved being in the world.

“Vice President Theo, what’s wrong?”

He had been acting arrogantly earlier, but today, his ears were suddenly drooping.

“I am Chairman Park’s subordinate… why is there no token, meow?”

“A token? Did something happen?”

Theo talked about what happened with Urchi.

“So give me a token too, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Dad, Cuengi wants to have a token too!]

Cuengi, who wanted to have whatever his big brother had first of all, also began to pester Se-jun.

‘A token all of a sudden?’

Se-jun wore a troubled expression.

At that moment,

“Ah! Kaiser-nim’s scale!”

A good idea occurred to Se-jun. If they had a scale engraved with Kaiser’s magic, a tattoo would be etched so it would look like a token, and it would also protect them when a life-threatening situation arose.

-What?! You want my scales?

“Yes! Me and the others will use them. In exchange, I will give you 100 bottles of makgeolli per scale.”

-How many sheets do you need?

“Hmm… about 5 sheets?”

Se-jun replied while reading Kaiser’s reaction. If he prepared one for himself to use, and ones for Theo, the black rabbit, Cuengi, and the golden bat, he needed 5 sheets.

-What?! 5 sheets?!

Kaiser’s voice rose. Was it too many?

“Then…”

Just as Se-jun thought he should exclude his and the golden bat’s for now,

-A fellow who doesn’t know the value of life! You should have at least 10 of my scales!

On the 293rd day of being stranded. Kaiser, who got greedy for makgeolli, forcibly sold 20 scales engraved with the Dragon Clan Skill – Dragon Skin to Se-jun. For Se-jun, it was an extremely grateful transaction.