Chapter 169 – The Black Tower Disappears

Southeast of Brasilia.

Kwang!

A huge explosion suddenly went off where Earth Defense Force members, who had been taking a break while the locust wave paused briefly, were gathered.

“Argh!”

“What?! Is it the locusts?”

While the members were flustered,

Stab.

“Keu-heok!”

hunters who had secretly infiltrated attacked the members.

“Waaah! Attack!”

At the same time, hunters poured out from all directions and attacked them.

“It’s hunters! Hunters attacked!”

“Everyone, form a formation! Power of ice…”

A chaotic situation. Luciola, the guild leader of the Wizard Guild, gave instructions to the members and prepared magic. It was to buy time for the members to form a formation.

However, Luciola’s specialty was fire magic. She could not use fire magic in the area where the Sturdy Blade Green Onions were planted, so she was forced to buy time using ice magic instead.

While Luciola bought time like that, the members formed a formation.

However,

“There are too many enemies!”

compared to the 50 Earth Defense Force members who survived and formed the formation, the number of enemies surrounding them was 3,000. To be exact, there were 1,000 hunters and 2,000 civilians.

“Block them!”

“Hold on!”

They desperately endured the enemy’s attacks, but unable to withstand the enemy’s onslaught, they were pushed back continuously, and before they knew it, they were in a place considerably far from where the Sturdy Blade Green Onions had been planted.

“Keugh!”

While about ten people, including Luciola and the members, were barely holding on like that,

“We secured the goods. Retreat!”

the masked hunters began to retreat.

And what Luciola saw upon returning to the place where the Sturdy Blade Green Onions had been was a plot of land with nothing left.

“Damn it!”

The masked men had pulled out all of the Sturdy Blade Green Onions.

***

“I ate five…”

Cueng?!!

[And you only gave Cuengi one?!!]

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi turned around and turned his back on Se-jun. He was expressing his disappointment to Se-jun. Hmph! I am sulking!

“No… that’s because Cuengi was sleeping. I was going to give you more if you ate it and said it was delicious.”

At Cuengi’s reaction, Se-jun hurriedly explained further and took out more elixir-grade cherry tomatoes from Theo’s bundle.

And

“Here, eat.”

Se-jun went in front of the turned-away Cuengi and put the cherry tomatoes into Cuengi’s mouth, easing his disappointment.

Cueng!

[It’s delicious!]

After Cuengi accepted and ate the ten elixir-grade cherry tomatoes Se-jun fed him like that,

Cueng!

[Cuengi is going to catch the thief who stole Dad’s crops!]

Sniff, sniff.

as the appeased Cuengi tracked the smell of the elixir-grade cherry tomatoes, the dream team for catching the elixir-grade cherry tomato thieves finally swung into action.

Cuengi in charge of strength and tracking.

Theo in charge of getting contract stamps.

Se-jun in charge of being the victim, the owner of the stolen cherry tomatoes.

Well, it felt like the last one wasn’t really necessary……

“By the way, Cuengi, don’t you want to go to the bathroom? Or do you feel uncomfortable?”

Se-jun asked Cuengi. The number of cherry tomatoes Cuengi had eaten just now was 11. His mana had increased by 110 in a short period of time.

Although he thought there was a high probability it would be fine, he asked out of concern that it might put a strain on his body.

Cueng! Cueng!

[Cuengi hasn’t eaten enough to go to the bathroom yet! And Cuengi’s body is not uncomfortable!]

As expected, Cuengi was Cuengi. Se-jun had worried in vain.

‘You fool. Worrying about others again. And of all things, worrying about Cuengi…’

While Se-jun was scolding himself for worrying needlessly,

Cueng!

[Dad, follow quickly! I found the scent!]

Cuengi called Se-jun with the smell of the elixir-grade cherry tomatoes.

“Already?! Got it!”

Se-jun hurriedly followed Cuengi, who was tracking the scent.

***

Mato Grosso in central Brazil.

Thud, thud.

Two men in black suits walked around a giant farm, leaving their entourage on standby.

“Mr. 3, isn’t the quantity of Sturdy Blade Green Onions smaller than what was promised?”

Michael McLaren, Vice President of Gagel, spoke in a dissatisfied voice while looking at the man wearing a mask written with ‘3’. The originally promised quantity was an amount that could perfectly cover the southeast of Mato Grosso.

“Please wait a moment. The required quantity will arrive soon.”

The masked man spoke while checking the time.

And

Vroooom.

when about five minutes had passed, dozens of trucks loaded with Sturdy Blade Green Onions in their cargo beds appeared.

“Oh! How did you get such a large quantity?”

“Just give me the promised amount.”

“Understood.”

Michael took out his smartphone and sent the promised commission fee.

“I sent it.”

“Thank you. Well then, we shall go.”

The man returned like that, and

“Vice President! We have a big problem!”

a secretary ran over in a hurry.

“What’s the matter? Tell the laborers to hurry and plant the Sturdy Blade Green Onions.”

“That’s not the problem! Look at this!”

The secretary showed his smartphone. On the screen, Brasilia was being occupied by the locusts.

“What of it?”

Michael spoke as if it were nothing. This was expected.

For the man named Mr. 3 to bring the Sturdy Blade Green Onions within the date promised to Michael, he naturally had no choice but to touch the Sturdy Blade Green Onions planted in front of Brasilia.

“The Black Tower disappeared.”

When Michael tried not to watch the video further, the secretary stated the conclusion in advance.

“What?! The Black Tower disappeared?”

At the secretary’s words, Michael began to continue watching the video.

Flutter.

The locusts that entered Brasilia flew toward one direction all at once. That place was the Black Tower.

And when the locusts enveloped the Black Tower in Brasilia,

Slowly,

the Black Tower disappeared completely.

“The… The Black Tower disappeared…”

Michael was flustered by the completely unexpected situation.

***

The monsters, who quickly regained their reason once the elixir-grade cherry tomatoes disappeared. They kept their mouths shut and pretended to be calm to hide that they had eaten the elixir-grade cherry tomatoes, but

……

“I smell it. I smell it. Right, Detective Cueng?”

Cueng! Cueng!

[That’s right! It smells like two were eaten here!]

Cuengi sniffed and smelled around Woo-chil’s mouth and answered. It was Detective Cueng’s sense of smell, which accurately detected even the number eaten.

“Hehehe. Vice President Theo, it’s two.”

“Understood, meow!”

Scribble, scribble.

Theo modified the content of the contract. The terms of working for free for 10 years were changed to 20 years.

“Puhuhu. Stamp your seal here, meow!”

Theo, laughing like a villain following Se-jun, held out the contract to Woo-chil. Clearly they were catching thieves and getting compensated, but somehow it painted a picture of a daily loan shark coming to collect a debt.

“Good job, Cuengi. Here, eat a sweet potato.”

While Theo received Woo-chil’s paw stamp, Se-jun inspired Cuengi with praise and sweet snacks to find the next culprit.

Cueng!

[Cuengi found the scent again!]

“Yeah. Wait a moment. Just until we get the stamp.”

Cuengi, burning with motivation from the praise and snacks, quickly found a culprit,

“The culprit is here!”

and Se-jun, who was playing a mystery game,

“Stamp it, meow!”

and thanks to Theo, who quickly received stamps on the contracts, the time it took to apprehend all the thieves and obtain over 1,000 contracts was about three hours. They were certainly like a dream team.

Of course, if one person had been excluded, the time would have been shortened to about two hours.

“Puhuhu.”

Looking at the many contracts held in his front paws, Theo watched with satisfaction and smiled.

“My employees have increased, meow!”

He was happy that the number of subordinates he could order around had increased.

When they had caught all the culprits who stole the elixir-grade cherry tomatoes like that,

(Se-jun-nim! I’m back!)

Fortunately, the Golden Bat, who had left to guide the Poison Honeybees to the chestnut farm on the 83rd floor of the tower, returned before the birthday party ended.

“Golden Bat, good work. And happy birthday! Eat some of this.”

Se-jun spoke, taking out an elixir-grade cherry tomato for the Golden Bat, who was late for the birthday party due to fulfilling his request.

(Thank you! Happy birthday to you too, Se-jun-nim!)

Slurp, slurp.

The Golden Bat replied and began to suck and eat the white cherry tomato hurriedly.

(Oh! It’s delicious!)

The Golden Bat sucked and ate the cherry tomato diligently.

Just then,

Rumble.

Cueng.

[Cuengi is hungry!]

Cuengi’s belly clock announced that it was dinner time.

“Hold on.”

Se-jun hurriedly prepared dinner. Since he only had to bring out the already prepared food, dinner could be set up quickly.

And while the animals ate dinner,

[You consumed a piece of Aileen’s Healthy Hand-Cut Meat.]

[You must eat all of the food for the effect to manifest.]

98 pieces remaining.]

Se-jun, who filled his stomach with the meat piece made by Aileen, prepared the finale of the birthday party.

“Create Dark Clouds!”

Se-jun spread dark clouds in the sky as widely as possible to block the light. At that, the sky darkened. The sky turned black.

And

“Iona.”

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Yes! Power of fire……”

“Power of light……”

At Se-jun’s signal, Iona chanted magic with the wizards she had brought and began the fireworks.

Bang! Bang!

Every time a firework exploded, starting with Se-jun, the other animals appeared one by one and then disappeared.

Cueng!

[Cuengi is in the sky!]

While they were enjoying the fireworks like that,

Kuaaaah!

a firework depicting Kaiser in the shape of a giant dragon roaring appeared. From now on was the climax of the fireworks.

‘Lord Kaiser will like it, right?’

Although he thought Kaiser would definitely be pleased and looked toward where the dragon statue was,

“Huh?!”

Kaiser and Kellion were not visible.

Kuaaaah!

In the meantime, the firework of Kellion, the giant white dragon, appeared and roared.

“Where did they both go? Aileen, watch carefully. Next is your firework.”

When Se-jun spoke to Aileen to not miss the next firework,

[The tower administrator says that an abnormality has occurred on Earth.]

“What?! What abnormality?”

[The tower administrator says that one of the 100 Black Towers on Earth has vanished.]

“What?! A tower disappeared?”

-I will tell you about that.

Kaiser, who had gone to the administrator’s area to help Aileen due to the sudden emergency situation, appeared and spoke.

-All towers automatically destroy their entrances when they face destruction. It is to protect the beings inside the tower.

“Then what about the hunters who entered through the tower that vanished?”

-Since the entrance has vanished, they naturally cannot leave. And now is not the time to worry about those hunters. If 9 more towers disappear in the future, making a total of 10 Black Towers gone, all Black Towers will disappear from Earth.

“What?!”

Se-jun was greatly shocked by Kaiser’s words. If the Black Towers disappeared, Earth would be destroyed. It ultimately meant they would abandon Earth and leave.

“Is there no way to prevent the towers from disappearing?”

-Regrettably, there is no such thing. This is a law set by the Creator God. What we can do is delay the time the towers disappear as much as possible, thereby delaying the time destruction approaches.

It was an extremely negative answer that was hard to believe came from the mouth of the strongest and most arrogant Kaiser.

Just then,

Bang!

Kuaaaah!

the largest firework exploded among those that had burst so far, and Aileen, in the shape of a giant black dragon, appeared in the sky, roared, and slowly disappeared.

While they were looking at the disappearing firework like that,

“President Park, cheer up, meow! I do not know what it is, but Vice President Theo will help you, meow!”

Cueng!

[Cuengi will also help Dad!]

Theo and Cuengi stepped forward to help when Se-jun became depressed, even without knowing what the situation was.

And

[The tower administrator says that she will also help you.]

Aileen also stepped forward to help Se-jun.

“Yeah! Thank you, everyone!”

‘It’s difficult alone, but if everyone is together, there will be a way!’

Se-jun stroked Theo’s and Cuengi’s fur and thought of ways to prevent Earth from being easily destroyed.