Chapter 171 – This is a Death Flag

[Farm Employment Contract]

– Party A shall pay 500 g of locust meat and 1 sweet potato to Party B, who worked at the farm from clock-in time to clock-out time.

– This contract is renewed every year, and if either Party A or Party B wishes, the contract can be terminated during the renewal period.

Party A: Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Party B: Du-il-i.

Since the moles had no separate names, Theo randomly gave them names.

“President Park, I got all the stamps, meow!”

Theo finished writing the moles’ contracts like that and ran up to Se-jun’s lap.

“Good job, Vice President Theo. I’ll treat today’s food as a hiring gift for joining our farm. Well then, please do a good job starting tomorrow.”

Se-jun spoke to the moles while stroking Theo’s head.

Dudu!

Dudu!

The moles were extremely grateful when he said today’s food would be a gift instead of taking money for the meat they had eaten today. One by one, they finished eating the meat and returned home to prepare for tomorrow’s work.

“Hehehe. Vice President Theo, did you see that? My trading skills?”

“As expected, President Park is amazing, meow!”

When Theo replied while looking at Se-jun with eyes of respect,

Cueng!

[Cuengi is sleepy!]

Meanwhile, Cuengi, who had finished eating lunch, hugged Se-jun’s back and lay down. He was trying to take a nap.

In contrast, however, Se-jun and Theo had not eaten lunch yet because they were busy receiving contracts from the moles.

Nom.

Se-jun swallowed one of the meat pieces Aileen had given him. With this, there were 97 pieces remaining. He gradually felt full.

Se-jun resolved his meal easily like that.

“Vice President Theo, you’re going to eat Churu, right?”

“Of course, meow! Hurry and give me the Churu, meow!”

“Sure.”

Se-jun tore open the Churu and gave it to Theo.

After some time passed,

Doze, doze.

Se-jun, whose stomach was full and whose lap and back felt warm, began to doze off.

Chwap, chwap, chwap.

“Puhuhu. Lord Theo Park, who does not neglect vigilance even in this situation, is cool, meow!”

Theo guarded the surroundings while eating the Churu.

However,

Zzz…

Gororong.

Kurorong.

Theo, who fell asleep quickly after eating all the Churu, joined the snoring sounds of Se-jun and Cuengi.

And

(Bat-bat. As expected, I’m the one who doesn’t let my guard down until the end.)

the Golden Bat hanging from the persimmon tree smiled and guarded the surroundings.

***

“From here, the enemies have split into two. Let’s also split our forces into two.”

Hegel, who had been chasing the scent from the Three-Headed Society’s hideout, spoke to Urchi.

“Understood. Split the forces into two!”

The forces, split into two like that, continued their tracking, and

“There is a passage here!”

they found two secret passages used by the Three-Headed Society. Although they did not know how to use them, they were passages leading to other floors, like the merchant passages. Upon confirming the enemy’s passages, the split forces gathered again.

And

“Hurry, check where it leads, and return!”

“Yes!”

Hegel instructed the wolves, and the wolves, who ran quickly through the passage, brought back information. The passages they found like that were connected to the 49th and 33rd floors of the tower. One was a passage heading up, and the other was heading down.

“The 49th floor of the tower is where I used to rule. I will take charge of that place. Please take care of the 33rd floor.”

“Understood. Then I will handle the 33rd floor of the tower.”

So Urchi and Hegel split up and down, leading forces mixed with Black Orcs and wolves.

***

Thirty minutes after taking a nap.

“Heave-ho!”

Se-jun, who woke up from sleep, stretched vigorously. After waking up from a short sleep, his body was overflowing with energy.

“Guys, wake up.”

Se-jun hurriedly woke up Theo and Cuengi.

“Nyang… I want to sleep more, meow…”

Cueng……

[Cuengi also wants to sleep more……]

The two whined as Se-jun woke them up.

“Then sleep a bit more.”

Since Se-jun was the only one working anyway, he placed Theo on Cuengi’s belly and stood up.

(Se-jun-nim, is it work time again?)

When Se-jun stood up, the Golden Bat, who had been keeping watch from the persimmon tree, flew over and sat on Se-jun’s shoulder.

“Yeah. Golden Bat, please sing a song in the center of the farm.”

(Yes!)

Se-jun sent the Golden Bat to the center of the farm so all the persimmon trees could hear. Then Se-jun placed his hand on the nearest persimmon tree and began the treatment.

***

Cueng.

Cuengi stood up from his spot alone. Theo had long since felt uncomfortable and sought out Se-jun’s lap.

Just then,

Rumble.

some giant vibration occurred from the ground.

Cueng?

[Is someone there?]

Kwang!

Cuengi, feeling something strange, tapped the place where the vibration occurred. It was a light knock.

Rumble.

At Cuengi’s knock, something began to rise to the surface. And a giant mole 3 meters in size poked its head out. It had a horn on its head, and a lump that seemed to have just formed was visible on the back of its head.

“Are you the one who dared to attack Lord Duku, the Horned Mole boss of the 49th floor of the tower?!”

As the boss of the 49th floor of the tower, Duku could only leave his post for one hour a month because he was guarding the waypoint. Because his precious time had been disturbed, Duku was quite angry.

Cueng! Cueng!

[No! Cuengi has never attacked!]

Cuengi answered, shaking his head. He had not attacked. He had just knocked lightly.

“Do not lie! Do you think I wouldn’t know that a shockwave was felt from your position?!”

Cueng?!

[Are you looking at Cuengi as a bad guy who lied right now?!]

Duku’s words made Cuengi excited. I am a good bear who listens to Dad well! I do not lie!

And

Grab.

In an instant, Cuengi, who grew to about 10 meters in size, grabbed Duku by the collar with his left hand and lifted him up.

Cueng! Cueng?!

[Say it again! Did Cuengi really lie?!]

Shake, shake.

Cuengi asked while shaking Duku’s collar violently.

But

‘What is this guy?!’

“Save me…”

Duku was already unconscious from Cuengi’s mana, which exploded along with the transformation.

Shake, shake.

Cueng!

[Wake up!]

Cuengi woke Duku up again. However, because Cuengi did not reduce his mana, Duku remained unconscious,

Shake, shake.

and Cuengi did not give up and kept shaking Duku to wake him.

Just then,

“Cuengi, what’s going on?”

Se-jun, who had stopped working and came over upon feeling the strong mana, asked.

Cueng! Cueng!

[He said Cuengi lied! So Cuengi was explaining that I do not lie!]

That is? Who explains while grabbing someone by the collar?!

“First, calm down while eating this. Dad will talk to him.”

Se-jun, who heard the whole situation from Cuengi, calmed Cuengi’s excitement by giving him snacks.

Cueng!

[Understood!]

Cuengi answered and returned to his original size.

And

Cueng!

[It’s delicious!]

Cuengi, whose mood quickly improved after eating the candied chestnut. Once his excitement settled, the exploded mana also weakened,

“Ugh…”

and Duku also regained consciousness.

“Is it you? The guy who said our Cuengi lied?”

“It wasn’t a lie! I was clearly hit while passing by, but he claims he didn’t hit me!”

Duku shouted, as if his sense of injustice exploded at Se-jun’s words. However, his tone had changed to polite speech.

“I… apologize for that. Our Cuengi is still lacking in controlling his strength…”

Se-jun, who heard the circumstances, apologized to Duku. This was clearly Cuengi’s fault.

And

“Cuengi, come and apologize to Duku.”

Se-jun decided to take this opportunity to teach Cuengi that even if unintended, one can cause harm to others.

Cueng?

[Cuengi didn’t hit him, so why should I apologize?]

Cuengi asked, tilting his head. It was because he had no intention of hitting. Since he had never harbored bad intentions but Se-jun was telling him to apologize, Cuengi could not understand.

“Cuengi, with great power comes…”

Se-jun, who was speaking naturally because it was a movie line that somehow suited this situation,

‘No!’

hurriedly cut himself off. The being who told this line to the protagonist dies. This is a death flag!

Cueng?

[Dad, why did you stop talking mid-sentence?]

“Cuengi, even if you didn’t strike with the intention of hitting, if the opponent feels pain, then it is hitting. So let’s apologize to Duku.”

Cueng……

[I’m sorry……]

Although he still seemed not to understand, Cuengi apologized to Duku since Se-jun instructed him to. He just had to learn slowly like that.

“No. I also had my own misunderstanding.”

When Cuengi apologized, Duku also coolly accepted the apology.

“Thank you. This is a gift of apology.”

Se-jun handed a whole chunk of locust meat to Duku.

“Oh! Thank you!”

Duku, who received the gift of meat, drooled and could not take his eyes off the meat.

“By the way, can you, a boss monster, stay here continuously?”

“Ah! It’s already time! I must go back!”

Duku, who came to his senses at Se-jun’s words, tried to return to the waypoint in a hurry.

“Let’s go together too!”

Se-jun intended to take this opportunity to grasp the way to the waypoint in advance and complete the waypoint registration.

Having gotten acquainted with the boss of the 49th floor of the tower and registered the waypoint smoothly like that, Se-jun returned and healed persimmon trees, spending his first night on the 49th floor of the tower.

***

The next morning.

“Ugh…”

Se-jun could not move his right arm at all, as if experiencing sleep paralysis.

Since Pink Fur was not here, Cuengi naturally slept with Se-jun, and Cuengi was sleeping while hugging Se-jun’s right arm. Looking at the posture, it was almost close to an armbar.

Cuengi, who unconsciously executed high-level techniques. He was indeed a scary fellow.

“Guys, let’s wake up.”

Se-jun hurriedly woke up the animals. Since the moles were clocking in starting today, he had to move busily to teach them farming while working.

Se-jun woke up the animals and came out of the brick house that looked similar to the one on the 99th floor of the tower. It was a brick house built yesterday using the Land Shift skill with Myler’s Hoe. Next to it was a kitchen built together.

“Let’s eat breakfast.”

Se-jun, who hurriedly prepared breakfast, called the animals.

While Se-jun and the animals ate breakfast like that,

Dudu!

the moles began to clock in while digging tunnels.

“First, I’ll have to organize the moles’ roads.”

Se-jun spoke, looking at the tunnels the moles had made haphazardly. If the moles clocked in this way every time, he could not make fields.

By the time Se-jun finished eating breakfast like that,

Dudu!

all 2,012 moles had clocked in.

“Today, Instructor Cuengi will teach you field making and planting.”

Cueng! Cueng!

[Follow Cuengi! Cuengi will teach you how to plant!]

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi took the moles and went to the soil that Toryong-i had mixed well.

“Our Cuengi has grown a lot.”

Se-jun watched Cuengi with satisfaction. In the past, Cuengi had planted a fish head in the ground. However, he had now grown to the point of teaching other novice farmers how to farm.

Se-jun, who watched such Cuengi,

“now let’s work too.”

(Yes!)

went to the persimmon tree field with the Golden Bat. Of course, Theo was attached to Se-jun’s lap as a default option.

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

[While touched, the roots of the persimmon tree were healed slightly.]

…

..

.

Since the initial work had already been done by the Golden Bat’s song, he could heal the persimmon trees at a faster speed than yesterday.

When Se-jun had healed about 20 persimmon trees like that,

“I see a suspicious fellow over there!”

the Black Orcs, who had arrived at the 49th floor of the tower and were tracking the Three-Headed Society, surrounded Se-jun.

“Nyang?! It’s Black Orcs, meow!”

“What?! Vice President Theo, do you know them?!”

Se-jun, who was preparing for battle wearing the bone helmet, asked Theo.

“Of course, meow! They are subordinates of my subordinate Urchi, meow! Where is Urchi, meow?!”

Theo spoke proudly and called Urchi, the king of the Black Orcs.