Chapter 175 – I Want to Go Home Quickly

The next morning.

When Se-jun woke up in the morning and came outside, the places where the fields had not been cultivated yet were severely dug up.

“Did Toryong-i do it?”

Se-jun thought it was Toryong-i’s doing and hurriedly prepared breakfast. Today was the day he had decided to find the secret passage. He wanted to check the secret passage quickly.

“It’s here!”

Se-jun, who ate breakfast like that, arrived in front of the secret passage they had used under Urchi’s guidance.

“Is this the secret passage?”

Se-jun looked at the entrance of the passage with a reluctant expression. Since it was called a secret passage, Se-jun had imagined something like a cave.

However,

[Red Lindgen]

what was in front of Se-jun was a giant red flower with its mouth wide open. The identity of the passage was a plant monster called Lindgen, which grew by piercing dimensions.

“Puhuhu. President Park, is this your first time seeing this, meow?! I will explain about the Lindgen, meow!”

Since it seemed Se-jun did not know, Theo stepped forward proudly.

And

“Ahem-nyang! Ahem-nyang! Listen carefully, meow! There are 5 types of Lindgen in total, meow! White, yellow, red, green… uh……”

Theo, who was confidently explaining with his hands on his waist. However, he could not remember the last color.

Just then,

“Lord Theo Park, it’s blue.”

Luken, who had followed along, spoke quietly from behind. However, because the basic voice of the Black Orcs was so loud, it was fully heard by Se-jun’s ears too.

“Ahem-nyang! It’s blue, meow! And Lindgens have completely different performances in terms of passage length, movement speed, transport capacity, etc., depending on the color, meow! And……”

Theo’s explanation continued. It seemed he was excited to tell Se-jun something he did not know for the first time. Of course, because the explanation was disorganized and often had parts omitted, Luken kept whispering from behind. So that everyone could hear.

According to Theo and Luken’s explanation, Lindgens were difficult to obtain because even if they were released in the market, they were sold at high prices in no time.

“Lindgens are usually used by criminal organizations like the Three-Headed Society or smuggling organizations. For your information, the Traveling Merchant Association’s merchant passages were also created by analyzing the structure and principles of the Lindgen.”

Luken added as an explanation.

“So that’s how it was, meow! And when a Lindgen sprouts, if you tear off a leaf and plant it at the location you want to connect, the stem will move to find the leaf and connect the passage, meow!”

Theo was now openly listening to Luken’s words along with Se-jun, and began speaking again when he thought of something he knew.

“Puhuhu. Lastly, the light-speed merchant passage used by me, Lord Theo Park, the best traveling merchant, has better performance than the white Lindgen, which has the highest performance, meow!”

Theo, wrapping up with self-praise in the end. For some reason, it felt like he had given all those explanations in the front just to say this last line.

“By the way, can Lindgen be used even if they are not beings born in the tower?”

“No, meow! That’s strange, meow! Humans cannot use the Lindgen, meow!”

“Is that so?”

Upon hearing Theo’s answer, Se-jun went in front of the secret passage. He would find out by experiencing it directly.

When Se-jun went forward,

The Lindgen shut its mouth so Se-jun could not enter.

The Lindgen shut its mouth to prevent Se-jun from entering. He was cut off at the entrance.

However,

“Cuengi. Open this please.”

Se-jun had the all-purpose opener Cuengi.

Cueng!

[Understood!]

Riiip.

Cuengi lightly forced open the entrance of the Lindgen with his two front paws.

Cueng!

[Dad, Cuengi opened it!]

“Yeah. Thanks.”

When Se-jun was about to enter the entrance of the Lindgen forced open by Cuengi,

[The tower administrator urgently says that you must not enter.]

Aileen stopped Se-jun.

“Aileen, why? I was just trying to take a look inside.”

[The tower administrator……]

At Se-jun’s question, Aileen explained the reason she stopped Se-jun.

“So, you are saying that it is only safe to use the passage if you are a being completely recognized as belonging to the tower?”

[The tower administrator says that is why there are separate waypoints only used by hunters.]

“Hmm.”

Se-jun fell into thought. According to Aileen’s explanation, utilizing Lindgens or passages results in going outside the tower during movement. Here, beings recognized as belonging to the tower can use the passage as is.

However, it was said that for beings who could return to Earth like humans, the moment they went outside the tower using the passage, they would end up going to the actual outside.

What followed was falling to death, and even if they survived by luck, it was not Earth but the outside of the tower’s main body, the front line of fighting against destruction. It was not an environment where Se-jun could survive.

“Then how did the Three-Headed Society use it?”

[The tower administrator says that she does not know the reason either, but it must be related to the Apostle of Destruction.]

“That’s too bad.”

Se-jun wore a regretful expression and examined the Lindgen flower closely.

“Are there no seeds anywhere?”

He intended to find Lindgen seeds and plant them. However, let alone seeds, no fruit was visible.

Chop, chop.

Se-jun had no choice but to cut a few petals.

‘Will it be delicious?’

He intended to check if it was edible. Cutting the Lindgen petals like that, Se-jun returned to the persimmon tree farm again.

***

The 33rd floor of the tower.

“It’s collapsing!”

“Evacuate!”

The Black Orcs, who had dug the cliff day and night without resting, hurriedly shouted and scattered.

And

Rumble!

the stone pillar began to tilt and fall. Simultaneously, several parachutes deployed from the Three-Headed Society’s hideout.

“Wolves, track the parachutes, and Black Orcs, surround the enemy’s hideout!”

“Yes!”

At the instruction of the Black Wolf chieftain Hegel, the Black Wolves and Black Orcs moved quickly.

When

Kwang!

with a loud explosion from the Three-Headed Society’s hideout, a fireball flew toward the entrance of the secret passage. And inside the fireball was a human silhouette. It was Pablo, the administrator of the secret hideout.

“Chase him!”

Hegel took five wolves and tracked the fireball.

Thud!

“You bastards! Just you wait!”

Pablo, who landed on the ground, entered the secret passage in a hurry out of anger, intentionally emitting a strong smell of flame.

“Come to the 49th floor of the tower.”

Pablo intended to lure the enemies to the secret hideout on the 49th floor of the tower managed by Akiro, which was full of deadly traps, and kill them all.

***

“Yawn…”

Se-jun, who had gone to the secret passage and returned to eat lunch and take a long nap, stretched and woke up.

Gororong.

Kurorong.

Baerorong.

“Guys, wake up.”

He woke up Theo, Cuengi, and the Golden Bat.

But

(Yes!)

the only one who woke up immediately at Se-jun’s call was the Golden Bat. Theo and Cuengi showed no response.

“It can’t be helped. Golden Bat, come here. I’ll give you a massage.”

Se-jun intended to give him a massage while the others woke up.

(Yes! I’d love to!)

The Golden Bat quickly climbed onto Se-jun’s palm at his words.

Stretch, stretch.

Se-jun held the Golden Bat’s wings and pulled them to the sides to stretch them,

Knead, knead.

and carefully massaged the Golden Bat’s legs as well.

(Bat-bat. It’s refreshing!)

As he massaged the Golden Bat like that,

Cueng……

Cuengi, who had been sticking his butt to Se-jun’s hip, rolled his body sideways in a half-asleep state and came in front of Se-jun.

And

Cueng!

[Dad, Cuengi also wants to receive a massage!]

Cuengi, who wanted to receive a massage, confidently lay down in a star shape in front of Se-jun.

“Got it. Dad will give you a height-growing massage.”

Stretch, stretch.

Se-jun stretched Cuengi’s legs and body by pulling them. Because Se-jun’s strength was lacking, it seemed to have no effect.

However,

Kuhehehe.

Cuengi just liked that his dad was playing with him.

When he massaged him like that for about another 10 minutes,

“What, meow?!

the last guest woke up. Theo was displeased that only Cuengi was being adored while excluding him.

Pose.

“President Park, massage me too, meow!”

Theo rolled over and lay on Se-jun’s lap, waiting for a massage.

“Got it.”

When Se-jun answered and grabbed and lifted Theo’s two front paws,

Streeeeeetch.

Theo’s body stretched out like glutinous rice cake.

And

Swing, swing.

Se-jun moved to the persimmon tree farm while swinging Theo back and forth.

“Nyang?! President Park, I do not think this is a massage, meow!”

“No. This is also a massage.”

“Is it, meow? Then do it more, meow!”

“Understood.”

Swing, swing.

Finding it fun as he continued, Theo completely surrendered himself to Se-jun’s touch.

Cueng!

[Cuengi is so envious of Big Brother!]

Cuengi looked at Theo with envy. Se-jun’s strength was too weak to swing him.

“Puhuhu. Do not worry, meow! I will find something that makes President Park’s strength stronger with my front paw, meow!”

Theo comforted Cuengi as a big brother.

Cueng?

[Really?]

“Puhuhu. Trust the big brother, meow!”

While Theo was talking big to Cuengi like that, Se-jun arrived at the persimmon tree farm.

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

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

..

..

.

Se-jun began the persimmon tree treatment. Theo clung to Se-jun’s lap again, and Cuengi searched the surroundings to see if there was anything to eat.

And

(Massage. Stretch, stretch. My wings are refreshed~)

the Golden Bat was singing to help the persimmon trees regain their energy.

While each was working hard on their own tasks like that,

[Sentinel Golden Bat awakened a new talent: Plant-Healing Singer.]

The message appeared in front of Se-jun.

“Huh?! Plant-Healing Singer?”

Se-jun, who saw the message, looked at the Golden Bat.

(I am the fifth Golden Bat, our youngest is 2,022-year-old Toryong-i~)

The Golden Bat was diligently singing the song he had worked hard to write and compose.

Just then,

“Huh?!”

Se-jun saw a yellow light swaying on the branches of the persimmon trees close to the Golden Bat.

And

Rustle.

green leaves sprouted from the branches where the yellow light swayed. Although there were only one or two, it was amazing in itself that leaves sprouted from the bare tree.

The Golden Bat’s song was more effective than Se-jun’s skill. Thanks to that, the work of healing Se-jun’s persimmon trees ended more quickly, and he could concentrate on creating a large-scale Sturdy Blade Green Onion farm in earnest.

However, as three days passed, he sowed all the seeds he had and could no longer plant Sturdy Blade Green Onions. This was because they sowed seeds on a large scale thanks to the Black Orcs.

“Once this grows completely, we will be able to harvest enough Sturdy Blade Green Onions to cover the entire Earth, right?”

Se-jun spoke, making rain fall on the field where the seeds were sown.

Just then,

Cueng?

[Dad, when are we going back home?]

Cuengi approached and asked. It seemed he missed his mother.

“We should return soon. Do you miss Mom?”

Cueng! Cueng!

[No! Cuengi can endure it!]

Cuengi nodded his head vigorously. However, it was visible that he was pretending to be bright on purpose out of consideration for Se-jun. Looking at Cuengi’s reaction, it seemed they had to return quickly.

“Guys, pack your things. Let’s go home.”

Anyway, it was quick if they used the waypoint.

“Urchi, I am going to the 99th floor of the tower for a bit, so please manage this place.”

“Yes! Leave it to me!”

“Right. Make sure the moles leave work on time.”

“Yes!”

Fearing that the moles might not be able to go home again, he urged several times to make sure they left work exactly on time.

Thus, on the way to the 99th floor of the tower toward the waypoint,

“Nyang-nyang-nyang.”

Cueng!

(Bat-bat.)

the animals were excited, humming as if they liked going home.

When

“Huh?! A human?”

A man with brown hair and a mustache approached from the opposite side.

“Hel…”

When Se-jun was about to greet his fellow human whom he hadn’t seen in a long time,

“Die!”

the man attacked Se-jun without warning.

Cueng! Cueng!

[Cuengi wants to go home quickly! If you interfere, I will be angry!]

Thump!

Cuengi, whose return home was interfered with, threw a punch at the man.

And

Fwhoosh.

-You bastard! Who do you think I am!

the man hit by Cuengi transformed into a giant red snake enveloped in flames. It was the 3rd head of Hydra, which had been hiding inside the body of Pablo, who had come up from the 33rd floor of the tower.