Chapter 144 – It’s Okay to Beat Bad Guys

Cueng! Cueng!

[If you keep lying until the end, I can’t help it! Cuengi cannot let Dad become a bad guy!]

When a parent is about to go down a bad path, stopping them is a child’s duty. Having made a firm resolution, Cuengi pulled out his club. Dad, I’m sorry! You need to be beaten to snap out of it!

Since he had Kaiser’s scale, Cuengi held the club without any worries.

“Alright. Dad ate it alone. So, our Cuengi, put down that club.”

At the sight of Cuengi approaching with a solemn expression while holding the club, Se-jun hurriedly confessed. It was absolutely not because he was afraid of Cuengi’s true education.

He only wanted to show an example as a parent… really. Although the timing was a bit off…

Cueng!

[Phew! What a relief!]

Cuengi, who had stopped his dad from becoming a bad guy, sighed in relief and put the club back on his back.

At that moment,

Growl.

Cuengi’s stomach sent a signal to put food in quickly.

“You’re hungry, right? Let’s eat quickly.”

Se-jun hurriedly began to cook. Fortunately, he was not caught eating the elixir.

***

“Now! Line up!”

The wizards began to control the monsters that arrived on the 99th floor of the tower. They were workers recruited for the construction of the new magic tower.

“Is it here?”

Among the workers, a being with a crocodile head was diligently inspecting the surroundings. It was Leken, who had disappeared from the 75th floor of the tower. Through days of investigation, Leken had found out that Theo’s final destination was always the 99th floor of the tower.

‘Myler’s Hoe is definitely there!’

Thus, while worrying about how to enter the 99th floor without raising suspicion, he saw an advertisement seeking construction workers for the Gravity Magic Tower and mingled with the workers to enter the 99th floor of the tower.

When Leken, who was moving along with the wizards, arrived near Se-jun’s farm,

“We will rest here briefly before moving again! Never leave your spots!”

The wizards gave the workers rest time and hurriedly headed toward Se-jun’s farm. To be precise, the crop storage.

Pya!

The rabbit guarding the storage welcomed the wizards.

And,

“Rabbit, give me two bottles of cherry tomatoes and three bottles of dried pumpkin sweet potato slices.”

“For me, three bottles of cherry tomatoes and thirty carrots.”

The wizards began ordering food from the rabbit guarding the storage. Buying snacks here lately was a great pleasure for the wizards.

Although low-level wizards were supposed to eat only green pills, a little bit of snack was permitted. This was because senior wizards of the Magic Tower also knew how much of a chore eating green pills was.

Furthermore, because the Cherry Tomato of Mana temporarily raised magic power and helped them learn the sensation of handling magic power, it became a must-buy snack for wizards visiting Se-jun’s farm.

While the wizards were buying snacks,

Stealthily. Stealthily.

One of the workers moved cautiously. It was Leken, who had come to find Myler’s Hoe.

‘Where could it be?’

Leken bent down and carefully looked around Se-jun’s farm.

At that moment,

“Huh?!”

Leken discovered Myler’s Hoe, a strategic weapon-class legendary equipment and the legend of moving the earth, all too easily. It was just stuck casually next to the field.

‘This must be Myler’s Hoe, right?’

Myler’s Hoe was managed so carelessly that he wondered if what he saw was a fake. If an ignorant being saw it, they would have viewed it as just a common farming tool on the street.

However, as Leken held the hoe in his hand, the power of the earth responding to his strength let him know that this hoe was indeed Myler’s Hoe, the legend of moving the earth he was looking for.

‘Do these guys not know how great of an equipment this is?’

He knew. It was just that Se-jun, having felt the gap that could not be filled by relying on equipment, treated it as simply a slightly good tool.

‘Whatever.’

Having obtained Myler’s Hoe, Leken hurriedly fled toward the entrance of the 99th floor of the tower.

Buzz.

Buzz.

The poison honeybees pestered him along the way, but since they could not pierce Leken’s thick skin, Leken simply ignored them and ran.

And when he almost reached the entrance of the 99th floor of the tower,

Cueng!

[That’s my dad’s!]

Cuengi shouted as he ran from afar.

***

30 minutes ago.

Feeling sorry for eating the advanced elixir alone, Se-jun prepared a lot of food that Cuengi and the Golden Bat liked.

He made sweet potato soup and honey baekseolgi with honey, and pulled out bananas, watermelon, and mangoes, which were not in large quantities, from the sub-space warehouse.

Cueng!

[It’s delicious! My younger brother Golden Bat should eat a lot too!]

(Bat-bat. Yes, older brother Cuengi, please eat a lot too!)

Cuengi and the Golden Bat were treated luxuriously from the morning and ate their food deliciously.

After the hearty breakfast ended like that,

“Then I’ll be making makgeolli, so you two play.”

Se-jun let Cuengi and the Golden Bat play and went to the brewery. Since the amount of makgeolli to supply to the two dragons was not small, Se-jun had the Architect Rabbit build a brewery and was making makgeolli.

After Se-jun left like that,

Cueng!

[I’m full now!]

(Bat-bat. Me too!)

While Cuengi and the Golden Bat were laughing at each other’s bulging bellies,

Buzz!

The Seventh Poison Honeybee Queen flew over rapidly from afar.

Cueng?!

[What’s the matter?]

Cuengi asked the Seventh Poison Honeybee Queen.

Buzz! Buzz!

[Cuengi-nim, it’s a big trouble! It’s an intruder!]

Cueng?

[Did another poison honeybee come?]

Cuengi and the Seventh Poison Honeybee were connected by a sticky honey connection, so when poison honeybees from the east occasionally appeared, Cuengi would drive them away and receive more special honey as a reward.

Buzz! Buzz!

[No! An intruder stole Se-jun’s hoe and is running away!]

Cueng?

Cuengi thought he had misheard. Someone dared to steal his dad’s? That could not be.

But

(Bat-bat. If it’s Se-jun’s hoe, it’s a legendary-grade equipment!)

Buzz!

[Yes! That’s right! We must catch them before they leave the 99th floor of the tower!]

The conversation between the Golden Bat and the Seventh Poison Honeybee Queen told him that he had not misheard.

Cueng! Cueng?!

[What bad guy dared to steal Cuengi’s dad’s! Where is the bad guy?!]

Buzz!

[Under that way!]

(Older brother Cuengi! Let’s go together!)

After Cuengi and the Golden Bat moved for about twenty minutes following the Seventh Queen, they saw a being with a crocodile head running away holding Se-jun’s hoe in the distance.

***

Run. Run.

Cueng! Cueng!

[Put down that hoe quickly! That belongs to Cuengi’s dad!]

(That’s right! That belongs to Se-jun!)

Cuengi ran quickly and spread his arms wide to block Leken’s front, while the Golden Bat surrounded from behind.

“Kyakya! Little brat! Move if you don’t want to get hurt!”

Cueng! Cueng!

[My name is not little brat, it’s Cuengi! And taking other people’s things is bad!]

Unsheathe.

Cuengi pulled out the club slung on his back.

“Earth Move!”

Thump!

When Leken, who wanted to test Myler’s Hoe anyway, swung the hoe hard toward the ground,

Rumble. Rumble!

The ground began to shake violently. It was on a completely different level from Se-jun’s hoeing.

And,

Rumble.

Giant five-meter hands made of stone erupted from the ground. Dozens of such giant stone hands surrounded Cuengi, the Golden Bat, and the Seventh Poison Honeybee Queen.

Buzz!

[Cuengi-nim! What should we do?!]

The Seventh Poison Honeybee who had guided Cuengi spoke in a fearful voice upon seeing the giant stone hands.

Cueng!

[Golden Bat, protect Seventh!]

(What about you, older brother Cuengi?)

The Golden Bat asked Cuengi in a worried voice. It meant, ‘What if you cause an accident?’

However,

Cueng!

[Dad said that bad guys can be beaten!]

Cuengi, openly intending to use force.

Toddle. Toddle.

Cuengi stepped forward majestically.

“Kyakya. You are brave. You must not know how scary the world is yet. Take this!”

Excited by the spectacle he created, Leken moved the stone hands to clench their fists and attacked Cuengi.

Whoosh.

Stone fists attacked Cuengi at rapid speed, making the sound of the wind.

But

Cueng!

As Cuengi infused mana into the club and swung it,

Boom!

The enlarged club shattered five stone fists at once.

And,

Cueng!

[Punishing the bad guy!]

Cuengi ran toward Leken, smashing the stone fists blocking his path with the club.

“Eek! Earth Move!”

Fluster to see Cuengi running toward him, Leken moved the ground again.

Then,

Rumble. Rumble.

This time, the stone hands opened up and began to press down on Cuengi.

Cueng!

Cuengi stretched out his hands and withstood the pressing force.

But

“Earth Move!”

Thump! Thump!

Leken continuously summoned stone hands to cover Cuengi.

“Kyakya. This should be enough.”

As Leken looked contentedly at the small twenty-meter-high stone mountain he had created,

Crack.

The stone hands cracked.

And,

Cueng!

The enlarged Cuengi appeared, shattering the stone mountain.

“H-How?! Eek! Earth Move!”

As a giant bear, five meters larger than the stone mountain, appeared, Leken made a final struggle. He felt that if he was pushed back here, it would be the end.

Rumble.

Along with a vibration incomparable to anything before, a giant hand ten times larger than the enlarged Cuengi appeared.

Cueng……

Overwhelmed by the colossal stone hand, Cuengi was flustered.

At that moment,

Roar!

From afar, along with a massive amount of mana, a pink wave in the shape of a bear paw collided with the stone hand. It was the attack of the Pink Bear.

……

There was no sound. And the stone hand vanished too.

Cueng!

[It’s Mom!]

Emboldened by his mother’s appearance, Cuengi ran toward Leken again. However, Leken had already vanished from the previous attack. He had not run away, but was annihilated along with the stone hand.

On the ground, only Se-jun’s hoe, which had withstood the Pink Bear’s attack, was left lying.

Cueng! Cueng!

[The bad guy is cleaned up! I found Dad’s hoe!]

Having achieved his goal, Cuengi returned home with a proud expression.

“Huh?! What is it?”

Se-jun, who was making makgeolli, had come outside because the sky suddenly turned dark, but he was puzzled as he looked at the brightened sky again.

***

“From now on, you guys will make a farm on the 41st floor, meow!”

“Theo-nim, do you mean a farm for farming?!”

Urchi was flustered by Theo’s sudden instruction to build a farm. They were a battle race that knew how to do nothing but fight, but farming?

“Do you not want to become a subordinate of the great black dragon, meow?!”

“N-No!”

“To become a subordinate of the great black dragon, President Park, farming is essential, meow! I also went through this process, meow!”

Theo spoke in a firm voice. Despite having helped with farm work only when Se-jun ordered or praised him, he spoke as if he had farmed extremely diligently.

“Understood! Then we will build a farm on the 41st floor!”

Believing Theo’s words implicitly, Urchi began to build a farm on the 41st floor.

But

However, none among the millions of Black Orcs knew anything about farming. They were ones who had only taken by force or hunted, never having grown anything.

“Luken, the great sage and shaman, you step forward and construct the farm.”

“Yes! Farming is planting in the ground and growing it. Leave it to me!”

Thus, construction of the farm began under the leadership of Luken, who had learned farming from books. However, Luken was equally ignorant of farming.

“Plant the young Black Orcs in the ground!”

Luken thought that they just needed to plant them in the ground and grow them while giving them food. Thus, the seeds sown by Theo began to take root in a bizarre direction.

And,

“Meow-meow-meow!”

Without knowing what he had done, Theo went down to the 40th floor of the tower to meet Han Tae-jun.