Chapter 174 – My Paw is Being Strongly Pulled, Meow

The 99th floor of the Black Tower.

-How can an Apostle of Destruction enter the tower?

-I thought the Apostles of Destruction only appeared when the Black Moon opened completely……

Kaiser and Kellion were drinking and conversing in serious voices.

-More than that, Kellion, you also seemed to have felt something from the bronze coin?

-Yes. I felt the energy of a place called Elysien.

Elysien was the name of a world that the White Tower failed to protect about 1,000 years ago.

-Kellion, was what you felt Elysien?

-Kaiser, is it a different place for you?

-Yes. I felt the energy of Auten.

Auten was a world that the Black Tower failed to protect 1,500 years ago. He did not think that the Apostles of Destruction would be directly swallowing the energy of the destroyed world.

-If we defeat the Apostle of Destruction, we might be able to recreate the destroyed world by liberating the energy of the world it swallowed. Kellion, what do you think?

-There is certainly a possibility. But did the Apostles of Destruction infiltrate other towers as well?

Kellion was beginning to worry about the White Tower.

-Well. I do not know if only the 7th head of Hydra was lucky enough to enter, or if there is a way to enter without being caught by the tower’s detection.

-Just in case, I should inspect the tower.

-Stay a bit longer…

Before Kaiser could hold him back, the white dragon statue stopped.

-Tsk. Just when I was about to brag about Se-jun…… *Gulp*. It is good.

Kaiser drank alcohol alone, feeling regretful that he could not brag to Kellion about the contribution Se-jun had made.

***

Thud.

The Black Orcs brought items they had dug up from underground. Sword fragments, shield fragments, armor fragments, etc. Most were broken, so there were no usable items. It meant that Cuengi’s attack had been that immense.

The only thing worth salvage was pocket money of a few thousand tower coins. Since it was not much money, he gave it to the Black Wolves and Black Orcs to use.

Around the time the search of the Three-Headed Society’s secret hideout was nearing its end like that,

“President Park! Come over here quickly, meow!”

Theo, who was wandering around because he was bored, suddenly called Se-jun, who was planting Sturdy Blade Green Onions, in a triumphant voice.

“Vice President Theo, don’t tell me?!”

Se-jun, sensing that Theo’s momentum was unusual, ran over in a hurry and asked in a tense voice.

Pose.

“That’s right, meow! My paw is being strongly pulled, meow!”

Theo shouted, extending his front paw forward.

“Really?! As expected of Vice President Theo! Where is it?”

Theo was saying ‘strongly,’ not just pulled. This was an opportunity to find a jackpot item.

“Puhuhu. Over there, meow!”

Theo answered and clung to Se-jun’s lap. Now was the time to be high and mighty. Puhuhu. President Park, hurry and move me, meow!

When Se-jun went to the place Theo’s front paw was pointing to, they arrived in front of a cliff formed as the ground caved in.

“Dig there, meow!”

Theo pointed to one side of the cliff.

“There……?”

“That’s right, meow! President Park, are you doubting my front paw right now, meow?!”

“Huh? Of course not! Land Shift!”

Theo got angry immediately when Se-jun sent a doubtful gaze. Se-jun hurriedly began to make a hole in the cliff using Myler’s Hoe.

“Land Shift!”

“Land Shift!”

After making a hole about ten times,

Crumble.

“Huh?”

the wall collapsed, and a small room appeared beyond it. In the center of the room lay a small wooden box.

Click.

When Se-jun carefully opened the wooden box,

“Huh? Is this a bean?!”

inside were three giant beans about the size of a 500-won coin.

[Sky-Reaching Bean]

If planted, it grows high enough to reach the sky in 7 days.

As much as it grows quickly, its lifespan is short.

Upon consumption, height increases by 3 cm.

Grade: C-

“Why this?”

This was an item below B-grade. It was not an item that should be caught by Theo’s front paw detector.

‘As expected!’

Munch, munch.

Gulp.

Se-jun, convinced that Theo’s front paw must have been jinxed by receiving Kaiser’s claws, swallowed one Sky-Reaching Bean.

[You consumed a Sky-Reaching Bean.]

[Your height increased by 3 cm.]

Se-jun had wanted to reach a height of 180 cm since long ago.

“Let’s go.”

Comforting himself that reaching his lifelong wish of 180 cm was a somewhat satisfactory result, he went outside with Theo.

Although his top and bottom became slightly short as a result, it was fully bearable as the price for seeing the world 3 cm higher.

“Nyang……”

Since Se-jun’s reaction was not warm, Theo became dejected while looking at his front paw.

When they came outside like that,

Whoosh!

Theo suddenly felt an intense force pulling his front paw.

“Nyang?! President Park! The direction of the pull has changed, meow!”

Theo suddenly said, extending his front paw toward the sky.

“What do you mean, the direction changed suddenly?”

“I do not know either, meow! Suddenly my paw…… Nyang?”

Theo’s body floated slightly and then sank as he spoke. An immense pull. This was clearly a massive jackpot item. And he felt like he understood why Theo’s front paw pointed here first instead of directly to the sky.

‘It wasn’t that his paw was jinxed by Kaiser’s claws, but rather that the performance of Theo’s front paw had upgraded!’

It meant to plant the Sky-Reaching Bean and go to the sky. Letting them find the item that could lead to the pulled item first. A guidebook function was installed on Theo’s front paw.

“What is this? Why did the performance of Vice President Theo’s front paw become so good?!”

“Puhuhu. That is how it is, meow! Fitting for me, Vice President Theo, my front paw has also grown, meow!”

Thanks to that, Theo’s pride pierced the sky again.

“First, we should plant this, right?”

Se-jun planted one Sky-Reaching Bean in the center of the basin created by Cuengi.

[You planted a Sky-Reaching Bean in the soil filled with mana.]

[The probability of the Sky-Reaching Bean taking root increased due to the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 6.]

[The growth rate of the Sky-Reaching Bean accelerated for 24 hours due to the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 6.]

[9,984,499 times remaining until the completion of the job quest.]

Creak, creak.

The bean grew at a tremendous speed, enough to hear the sound of taking root.

“Create Dark Clouds. Make Rain.”

Se-jun hurriedly created a small dark cloud to make rain so the Sky-Reaching Bean would not wither and die.

And upon confirming that the roots were firmly settled,

“Let’s go back for now.”

Since it would take time for the beanstalk to grow, he decided to come back in a few days and returned to the persimmon tree field with his party.

When they returned to the persimmon tree farm like that, even though it was past clock-out time, the moles were seen diligently sowing seeds in the field with the Black Orcs.

“To work so hard, even forgetting to go home.”

Se-jun looked at the moles proudly.

However,

“Plant without resting for the great black dragon! If anyone straightens their back, I will fold their back in reverse!”

“Of course! Who would dare to straighten their back! If there is such a fellow, I will fold their limbs too!”

Dudu……

looking closely, at the Black Orcs’ chilling words, the moles were working for dear life out of fear, unable to even go home while watching their expressions. Indeed, no matter how fun it was, nothing could beat going home.

“Everyone, rest!”

Se-jun hurriedly made them stop working and let the moles leave from their hellish overtime. Out of apology for making them work overtime unintentionally, he added 100 g of meat to each.

“I should go to that secret passage place tomorrow.”

Since it was late, Se-jun decided to eat dinner and wrap up the day today.

“Golden Bat, tell Urchi that we will go to the secret passage tomorrow.”

(Yes!)

The Golden Bat, who had been quietly hiding on Cuengi’s back, quickly delivered Se-jun’s words to Urchi at Se-jun’s instruction.

A moment later,

Rumble, rumble.

The Black Orcs moved busily.

“Where are you guys going?”

When Se-jun asked Urchi, who was commanding the Black Orcs,

“We are going hunting.”

“Hunting?”

“Yes. Please wait a moment! The scout says they discovered a giant mole guarding the waypoint over there!”

A giant mole guarding the waypoint? That’s Duku!

“Wait! Everyone, stop!”

Se-jun hurriedly stopped the Black Orcs.

“Why is that? Did we do something wrong by any chance?”

Urchi asked while watching Se-jun’s expression.

“Urchi. Hunting is prohibited here.”

Thinking about it, for so many Black Orcs to fill their bellies, hunting was the only way.

And if they hunted on the 49th floor of the tower, the prey would inevitably be the moles, which meant the number of workers coming to Se-jun’s farm in the future would decrease. It was self-destructive. He had to stop them.

“Then… we……”

Since he could not just tell the Black Orcs to starve, there had to be a countermeasure, and Se-jun naturally had one.

“I will give you dinner.”

Clank.

Se-jun spoke, opening the subdimensional warehouse.

“You will directly, Se-jun-nim?!”

“Yeah. Crop Giantization.”

Se-jun answered and used the skill on the Solar Honey Sweet Potato of Strength, and the sweet potato grew to 3 meters in an instant.

“How can this be!”

Urchi was astonished as if witnessing a massive miracle.

‘Hehehe. As if this is a big deal.’

Se-jun bragged inwardly while pretending to be fine on the outside.

“Here.”

When Se-jun handed the giant sweet potato to Urchi and tried to giant-size another sweet potato,

Cueng!

[Cuengi is hungry!]

Cuengi extended his front paw to Urchi, demanding the giant sweet potato.

“Of… Of course! Lord Cuengi, please eat!”

Urchi politely handed the giant sweet potato to Cuengi. Urchi was convinced that Cuengi was a hatchling. Because the only being who could call Se-jun, the great black dragon, Dad, was his child, a hatchling.

And looking at Cuengi’s Giant Superhero Landing Attack which he saw when destroying the secret hideout of the Three-Headed Society earlier, Urchi came to look up to Se-jun even more. If the hatchling’s light jump attack was that much, then Se-jun……

Cueng!

[Thank you!]

While Cuengi, who received the giant sweet potato, ate it diligently, Se-jun giant-sized sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and other crops and gave them to the Black Orcs.

When he had giant-sized roughly 15,000 crops like that,

[You use Crop Giantization on the Corn of Stamina.]

[The mana possessed by the Corn of Stamina was forcibly focused on growth.]

[The proficiency of Crop Giantization Lv. 3 rose slightly.]

[The proficiency of Crop Giantization Lv. 3 was filled, and its level rose.]

The level of the Crop Giantization skill rose to level 4, and a new effect was added to the skill.

– There is a 10% probability that the giantization size of the crop increases by 3 times.

Thanks to that, he was able to finish the work more quickly.

Once he finished supplying food to the Black Orcs like that,

“President Park, I am hungry, meow! I want to eat Churu with President Park’s devotion in it, meow!”

Theo, who had only been waiting for Se-jun’s work to finish, demanded the tuna fish porridge.

“Got it.”

Se-jun, who felt needlessly proud when Theo looked for the tuna fish porridge he had made, hurriedly took out a glass jar containing the tuna fish porridge from the subdimensional warehouse,

“Here.”

and gave it to Theo on a small plate.

Chwap, chwap, chwap.

While Theo ate the tuna fish porridge, Se-jun also ate a late dinner.

And

Stealthily, stealthily.

Lick, lick.

Cuengi, who had approached secretly before anyone knew, stuck his face into the glass jar containing Theo’s tuna fish porridge and was diligently eating it up.

Kuhehehe. Cueng!

[Hehehe. Eating Big Brother’s stuff secretly is delicious!]

Cuengi, who had intended to eat all of Theo’s tuna fish porridge happily like that and disappear quietly.

He aimed for a perfect crime, but

Cueng? Cueng!

[Huh? Cuengi’s face won’t come out!]

when he tried to pull his face out after finishing eating, his face got stuck in the glass jar.

Cueng!

[Cuengi is in big trouble!]

“President Park! Cuengi is eating my Churu, meow!”

Thanks to that, Cuengi was caught too clumsily. As expected, Cuengi’s aptitude was Detective Cueng.