Chapter 173 – Meeting the Apostle of Destruction

The secret hideout of the Three-Headed Society on the 49th floor of the tower.

“Lord Akiro! It’s an emergency!”

“What is it……?”

A long-haired man dressed lightly in only trousers, with a sword on each side of his waist, asked in a bored voice while looking at his subordinate.

On the man’s left chest, a black tattoo of three snakes forming a circle was clearly visible. If there was a slight difference, it was that only one snake had golden-colored eyes.

“They say the secret hideout on the 33rd floor of the tower is under attack!”

“The 33rd floor of the tower……? Why is that an emergency? The hideout on the 33rd floor of the tower is a natural fortress. No one can enter.”

“It’s…… not such a light situation. The secret hideout has been surrounded by 2 million Black Orcs.”

“What?! 2 million? Kuhahaha! Then that guy Pablo will have to struggle a bit.”

As Akiro said, the hideout on the 33rd floor of the tower was located at the top of a high and narrow cliff, making it an impregnable fortress where even 100 people could easily face millions.

Especially near the summit, the slope of the cliff exceeded 90 degrees and was about 150 degrees, so unless the mana elevator was lowered from the hideout, climbing up was impossible. If they held out, the enemies would have no choice but to turn back.

However,

“The situation is not that optimistic.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Those crazy Black Orcs are trying to dig up and topple the bottom of the cliff as if chopping down a tree.”

The opponents were beings who exceeded their common sense.

“What?! Such a crazy thing?!”

“Yes.”

“Still, they can escape using parachutes.”

“That is also difficult.”

“Why is that too?!”

“The 200 Black Wolves who are with the Black Orcs are chasing and capturing the hunters who escape with parachutes.”

Perhaps they had found out the locations of other hideouts from the captured hunters.

“Ugh… prepare all forces in a hurry! We will reinforce the hideout on the 33rd floor of the tower.”

The 33rd floor of the tower was where the important facilities of the Three-Headed Society were located. If that place fell, all plans would be pushed back.

“Still, moving all forces is……”

“It’s fine. Did you forget what kind of place this is?”

“Ah!”

The subordinate was convinced by Akiro’s words. This hideout was practically plastered with tremendous traps. According to what he heard from the trap installer, they were traps that could inflict a fatal blow even to monsters in their 70s on the floors of the tower.

If the enemies came to this hideout, it would become hell for them.

“Then I will deliver Lord Akiro’s instructions!”

When the subordinate turned around to deliver Akiro’s instructions like that,

Kwang!

the ceiling collapsed with a massive explosion overhead, burying the secret hideout of the Three-Headed Society.

***

“Is this the entrance?”

Se-jun asked, arriving at the entrance of a pitch-black cave under the guidance of the Black Wolf.

“Yes. That is correct.”

“Hmm. I don’t want to go in…”

For some reason, places like this had many traps and might collapse.

“President Park, don’t go in, meow! I have a bad feeling!”

When even Theo dissuaded him like this,

“Hmm. Cuengi, Giant Superhero Landing Attack!”

Se-jun decided to just collapse the enemy’s hideout and search it. Although it was an incredibly inefficient method, it was the best for Se-jun, who was safety-first.

Moreover, since they had Cuengi and the wolves who had a great sense of smell, they would be able to reduce the search time by a lot!

Cueng!

[Understood!]

Kwang!

Hearing Se-jun’s words, Cuengi did a full jump in place with an excited voice and giant-sized himself in mid-air. This was because there were not many times when Se-jun told him to use his strength to his heart’s content.

Cuengi, who grew to a size of 27 meters while giant-sizing himself in an instant and rose to a height of 100 meters, landed with a cool superhero landing at a spot roughly 500 meters away from the entrance of the cave.

Boom!

With a massive roar, the area within a 100-meter radius around Cuengi sank by about 20 meters.

And

Crash!

the mana Cuengi infused upon landing exploded, causing a secondary collapse, and the area within a 500-meter radius around Cuengi caved in.

Cueng?

[Dad, was Cuengi cool?]

From the center of the caved-in earth, Cuengi cheered and shouted loudly toward Se-jun.

Thumbs up.

Se-jun gave a thumbs up, praising Cuengi. No words were needed. Our son is the best!

Kuhehehe!

While Cuengi was dancing in excitement at Se-jun’s praise like that,

Flash!

golden light began to burst out from underground.

And

Kwang!

a bloody golden snake crawled out, breaking through the ground.

“Cuengi, catch it!”

Se-jun, who felt for some reason that he must not let it escape, shouted.

Cueng!

[Understood!]

Stamp!

Cuengi stepped on the snake’s head with his foot, subduing the golden snake so it could not escape.

-Argh!!

The golden snake struggled to escape from Cuengi’s foot. However, Cuengi’s foot remained unmoved.

-Eek!

The golden snake changed its method and constricted Cuengi’s leg with its body, but there was no damage to Cuengi at all.

A moment later,

Thud.

the body of the struggling snake collapsed limply.

Cueng!

[It fainted!]

When Cuengi picked up the limp golden snake to bring it to Se-jun,

Flash.

golden light exploded, and the golden snake began to crumble into dust.

Cueng?

The golden snake had already been dying because its skull fractured when Cuengi first stepped on its head.

Clink.

When the golden snake completely disappeared, something fell to the floor.

And

[Sentinel Cuengi defeated the 7th head of Hydra, the nine-headed snake, the 10th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction who infiltrated the Black Tower.]

[You obtained 10 million experience points, which was 50% of the experience points obtained by Sentinel Cuengi.]

The message of obtaining experience points appeared.

“Apostles of Destruction? Hydra?”

While Se-jun was wondering at the words he was hearing for the first time,

[You leveled up.]

[You obtained 1 bonus stat.]

[You leveled up.]

[You obtained 1 bonus stat.]

[You leveled up.]

[You obtained 1 bonus stat.]

Se-jun leveled up three times and reached level 60. It was thanks to the immense experience points.

[A quest was generated.]

[Job Quest: Sprout 10 million seeds.]

Reward: Level 61 unlocked, 500,000 tower coins, job combat skill

Reaching level 60, a new job quest appeared. Sprouting 10 million seeds. An immense grind to complete the job quest was expected this time as well.

However, such things did not enter Se-jun’s eyes. It was due to the reward.

Job Combat Skill.

To think there was a combat skill even in the Tower Farmer job! Se-jun was thrilled that he too could now proudly possess a combat skill.

Just then,

[You achieved the accomplishment of being the first Tower Farmer to win a battle against an Apostle of Destruction.]

[You obtained .]

Although it was 100% defeated by Cuengi alone, because Cuengi was Se-jun’s sentinel, the credit for defeating the golden snake was recognized as Se-jun’s.

“Oh! Destruction Hunter?”

He strongly felt it was amazing even just hearing the name.

Cueng!

[Dad, Cuengi picked this up!]

Cuengi, who had picked up a bronze coin dropped by the golden snake, handed it to Se-jun. On the front of the coin, a snake with nine heads was drawn, and on the back, the number 7 was written.

“What is this?”

Se-jun examined the coin.

[Hydra’s 7th Bronze Coin]

???

Since it was not appraised, there was no content.

“Aileen, appraise this please.”

[The tower administrator says to leave it to her.]

Ten minutes later.

[The tower administrator says that since this is an item from outside the tower, appraisal is impossible with her abilities.]

[The tower administrator says she will ask her grandfather now and tells you to wait.]

“Got it.”

He thought that if it was an item even Kaiser had to look at, it would take a long time.

“Guys, first look around to see if there is anything suspicious.”

Se-jun, who could not just wait for Aileen, instructed the wolves to search the surroundings.

“Yes!”

The wolves ran to the ground that Cuengi had collapsed, put their noses down, and began to search for scents, and the Black Orcs followed behind them.

And

“I smell it here!”

“Dig here!”

When the Black Wolves found a scent, the Black Orcs dug the ground to check what was inside.

While the Black Wolves and Black Orcs searched the collapsed hideout of the Three-Headed Society,

“I should plant green onions here.”

Se-jun, who had nothing to do, decided to plant green onions here.

Cueng!

[Dad, I’m all done!]

Receiving Se-jun’s request, Cuengi diligently pushed the ground to make a field. Although Se-jun could also make a field by shifting the land with his skill, he asked Cuengi to save his mana as much as possible.

“Good job. Land Shift!”

Se-jun sowed 500 seeds of the Sturdy Blade Green Onions in the field and used the skill while swinging Myler’s Hoe.

Thud.

[You planted 500 seeds of Sturdy Blade Green Onions in the soil filled with mana.]

[The probability of the Sturdy Blade Green Onions taking root increased due to the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 6.]

[The growth rate of the Sturdy Blade Green Onions accelerated for 24 hours due to the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 6.]

[9,999,500 times remaining until the completion of the job quest.]

“Good.”

He planted 500 seeds with a single swing of the hoe. If he did this just 20,000 times, the job quest would be completed. Of course, before that, Se-jun would pass out from mana exhaustion.

Cueng!

[All done!]

“Yeah. Land Shift!”

As Cuengi made fields and Se-jun repeated planting seeds like that, planting about 20,000 seeds,

[The tower administrator says that the appraisal ended.]

[The tower administrator says that she appraised it together with her grandfather and grandfather Kellion, but it was not perfect.]

Along with Aileen’s message, the coin appeared in Se-jun’s hand.

[Hydra’s 7th Bronze Coin]

The energy of the world swallowed by the 7th head of Hydra, the nine-headed snake who occupies the 10th Seat of the 12 Apostles of Destruction, is faintly felt.

There is information that has not been disclosed yet due to insufficient information.

Restriction: ???

Creator: Hydra, the Nine-Headed Snake, the 10th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction

Grade: ???

“By the way, Aileen, what is an Apostle of Destruction?”

[The tower administrator says that the Apostles of Destruction are beings who received power directly from Destruction, and even her grandfathers do not seem to know in detail.]

“Is that so?”

Beings whose identities even the dragons did not know in detail… Se-jun got goosebumps all over his body. If Cuengi had not thrown the first punch earlier, he didn’t know what the situation would have been.

‘What would I have done without our Cuengi?!’

Suddenly, Cuengi looked so adorable.

“Let’s eat snacks, our Cuengi!”

When Se-jun took out honey, sweet potatoes, and other food from the warehouse,

Cueng! Cueng!

[It’s snacks! This is exciting!]

Cuengi, who was pushing the soil with his front paws, quickly ran over diligently on all fours.

And

Cueng!

[Cuengi is sitting down!]

Cuengi sitting politely in front of Se-jun, waiting for the snacks. Cute. So cute. Hehehe.

“Here. Eat a lot of this.”

Se-jun took out a glass jar containing honey and even a banana he had saved.

Cueng!

[I will eat well!]

Cuengi began to eat the honey and other food hurriedly.

While he was watching Cuengi eat with satisfaction like that,

“President Park, did you forget something, meow?”

Theo called Se-jun with an uncomfortable voice. It wasn’t mealtime yet, so he had given it to Cuengi first, and it seemed Theo was upset about that.

“Huh?! What? What did I forget?”

Se-jun answered as if he knew nothing. And with his right arm, secretly from Theo, he opened the lid of a glass jar he had prepared in advance. It was tuna fish porridge made as Theo’s health food. It could be called a handmade Churu made by Se-jun.

“I am disappointed, meow! How could you not know, meow! Nyang?!”

While Theo was speaking to Se-jun with a face full of disappointment,

Sniff, sniff.

he smelled something delicious.

“Puhuhu. President Park, what is it, meow? What did you hide, meow? Hurry and bring it out, meow!”

Theo, unable to hide his smile, rolled over and lay on Se-jun’s lap, acting cute and asking.

“Understood. Theo, let’s eat something delicious too.”

Se-jun scooped the hidden tuna fish porridge with a spoon, put it on a small plate, and gave it to Theo.

“Nyang! I believed in President Park, meow!”

Chwap, chwap, chwap.

Theo began to eat the tuna fish porridge diligently. A bit of moisture was visible around Theo’s eyes.

‘That guy, lying……’

Se-jun wiped the moisture from his eyes while pretending to stroke Theo’s head.

319th day of being stranded. He met an Apostle of Destruction, but it was a peaceful day.