Chapter 180 – I Won’t Let It Slide!

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

Theo trembled. It was not because of the cold, but because of the strong aura of the blue snake. Although the aura emitted by the fragment of the Apostle of Destruction was laughable to Theo, who had even withstood the dragon’s aura,

‘Chairman Park’s lap isn’t here, meow…’

At that time, Se-jun’s lap was there, but now it was not. Theo’s confidence dropped sharply.

“It’s time to bring that out, meow!”

Theo, with a solemn expression, took out the secret weapon he had hidden in his bundle.

And,

Swish!

he pulled out the secret weapon, draped it like a cloak, and tied the ends in front of his neck to secure it. The trump card Theo had brought out was the blanket Se-jun had used when he was living in the cave.

To be precise, it was only the part of the blanket that covered Se-jun’s knees. When Se-jun climbed up to the surface and discarded the blanket, Theo had cut it out and kept it.

“Puhuhut. Now I’ve charged Chairman Park’s lap energy, meow!”

Theo shouted with a confident expression. His momentum was completely different from a moment ago.

“To try to steal Chairman Park’s crops! I will punish you, meow!”

Theo boldly shouted at the blue snake blocking his path.

-A trivial fellow has no fear! I will show you my terror! O freezing wind, freeze the enemy!

Whoosh.

Along with the blue snake’s words, a giant ice storm centered on the blue snake grew larger and larger and approached Theo.

However,

“Don’t mess around, meow!”

Theo, who was receiving energy from the blanket that had covered Se-jun’s lap for a long time, had nothing to fear.

Theo channeled all his mana into the Dragon Claw.

‘For some reason, my mana is overflowing, meow! As expected, I, who am with Chairman Park’s lap, am invincible, meow!’

Feeling the mana entering the Dragon Claw endlessly, Theo once again realized the greatness of Se-jun’s lap. Although it was thanks to the nourishing food Se-jun had made, all the credit went to Se-jun’s lap.

Hum.

As Theo kept infusing mana, the black Dragon Claw began to turn transparent.

And,

“Nya-nya-nyang! Nya-nya-nyang!”

Theo swung his completely transparent front paw as if hacking it to pieces.

……

Without any sound, everything around was sliced apart. Even the ice storm and the blue snake.

-Kuh. For me to fall to such a trivial fellow…

Thud.

The body of the blue snake split into several pieces and collapsed.

“Meow! I think I just did something amazing, meow!”

Theo fell into thought, recalling the feeling from just now.

“Puhuhut. It’s decided, meow! The name of this technique is Vice President Theo’s Secret Technique, Meow Meow Storm Fist, meow!”

Just as Theo completed the name of his technique like that,

Clink.

a bronze coin fell.

“Puhuhut. Now I can also give this coin to Chairman Park, meow!”

With a rewarding look, Theo put the bronze coin and his secret weapon, the blanket, into his bundle, and took out his sunglasses to wear.

And,

“Humans, I have arrived, meow!”

with majestic steps, he walked to the camp where the hunters gathered and announced his arrival.

Then,

“He’s here!”

“Lord Theo has arrived!”

The hunters with shiny heads in the camp quickly ran over.

“As expected, it was good to wear them, meow!”

Theo, receiving the intense welcome of the bald hunters, moved to the center of the camp and started the auction.

“Today I will sell the newly brought crops first, meow?”

“New crops?”

At Theo’s words, the hunters’ faces were filled with anticipation. Every time Theo brought new crops, Earth’s medical community was turned upside down. This was because problems that had been considered impossible for a long time were resolved.

Crops such as cherry tomatoes for healthy weight loss, corn that grows hair, green onions that treat liver cancer, and potatoes that treat stomach cancer. Furthermore, they were delicious and had no side effects.

Now, even in hospitals, they openly recommended patients who were unlikely to show improvement with their treatment to buy tower crops. Of course, there was the problem that the price was extremely high, but the effect was certain.

“The crops to be sold today are the Cucumber of Agility and the Radish of Stamina, meow!”

Theo took out a cucumber and a radish one by one, letting the hunters see the options.

“They say the cucumber makes kidney function active!”

“The radish is for lung function!”

As the hunters checked the crops’ options like that,

“Now, I will start the auction, meow! First, I will sell the Radish of Stamina, one by one, a total of 20, meow!”

Theo started the auction.

“Only 20?”

The quantity was too small.

“150 Tower Coins!”

“155 Tower Coins!”

“160 Tower Coins!”

Thanks to that, the asking price for the Radish of Stamina was formed at a high price from the beginning.

Since crops that could treat liver cancer or stomach cancer came out of the tower, wealthy people suffering from other diseases also frequently requested to buy crops if they came out to treat them, so the competition was fierce.

“200 Tower Coins!”

“Sold, meow!”

Thus, the first auction of the Radish of Stamina ended,

“The Radish of Stamina is now completely sold out, meow!”

The rest of the Radishes of Stamina were all sold out, and the transaction of the Radish of Stamina finished with an average price of 220 Tower Coins.

And,

“Next is the Cucumber of Agility, meow! I will sell a total of 100, five at a time, meow!”

“150 Tower Coins!”

“152 Tower Coins!”

“153 Tower Coins!”

In the case of the Cucumber of Agility, since complete recovery was possible through kidney transplantation, the price did not go up high. The average price was 25 Tower Coins.

After the transactions of the new crops ended like that, the auction of the previously sold crops began.

In the order of the Corn of Exploding Stamina which was a hair loss treatment, the Detoxifying Green Onion which treats liver cancer, the Potato of Strength which treats stomach cancer, and the Sweet Potato of Strength which increases absorption rate.

The other crops sold for similar prices, but in the case of the Sweet Potato of Strength, which was sold last, the price skyrocketed today in particular.

“350,000 Tower Coins for 1,000!”

“370,000 Tower Coins for 1,000!”

“400,000 Tower Coins for 1,000!”

It was because of the Radish of Stamina that Theo had sold. Five Radishes of Stamina were needed to treat lung cancer, but the quantity was too insufficient. The idea was to solve the shortage with the effect of the Sweet Potato of Strength.

Although one had to pay nearly 400 billion won to buy 1,000 Sweet Potatoes of Strength just to obtain one, there were plenty of wealthy people on Earth who wanted to buy even just one Sweet Potato of Strength.

Since there were many people who would buy even if they sold it at a slightly higher price than the purchase price, they could buy 1,000 Sweet Potatoes of Strength without burden.

After the transactions ended like that,

“Then see you next time, meow!”

Theo hurriedly left without even having a photo time.

“Pant, pant. Suddenly, my body feels so bad, meow! I need Chairman Park’s lap, meow!”

Although the aftereffects of not being able to control and use a large amount of mana while fighting the blue snake were only appearing now, Theo thought it was because he was separated from Se-jun’s lap and hurriedly headed to the 49th floor of the tower, dragging his tired body.

***

“Cuengi, let’s go now.”

Cueng!

[Got it! Dad, get on!]

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi, who had eaten his fill of lunch and was patting his belly, gigantified and lay down in front of Se-jun.

“Let’s go.”

Riding Cuengi like that, Se-jun moved to the waypoint to go back down to the 49th floor of the tower.

And,

Clank.

“Cuengi, go inside for a moment.”

Arriving at the waypoint, Se-jun spoke as he opened the subspace warehouse.

Cueng!

[Got it!]

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi tried to enter the subspace warehouse with an excited expression. Cuengi was planning to diligently eat the food stored in the subspace warehouse until Se-jun opened the door.

But

“Cuengi, you must not eat inside.”

Cueng?

[I can’t eat inside?]

“Yes.”

Cueng…

[Got it…]

Cuengi was greatly disappointed by Se-jun’s words.

Clank.

[You have arrived on the 49th floor of the tower.]

Closing the door like that, Se-jun arrived on the 49th floor of the tower using the waypoint.

“Lord Se-jun, you have arrived!”

As soon as Se-jun arrived, Duku hurriedly greeted Se-jun.

“Yes. Nothing happened, right?”

“Yes! Nothing happened!”

“Right. Good job then… Ah! Right. Wear this.”

Se-jun handed Duku a Dragon Tooth Soldier helmet.

“What is this?”

“It is made of dragon’s teeth.”

“Dragon’s teeth?! Giving this to a mole like me…”

At Se-jun’s words, Duku carefully put on the Dragon Tooth Soldier helmet with an deeply moved expression.

“The way to use it is…”

Se-jun briefly explained how to use the Dragon Tooth Soldier.

Se-jun was distributing Dragon Tooth Soldiers to the bosses of the floors where his farms were located.

This was because it was convenient for Se-jun to use the waypoints safely if they continued to guard their positions.

Thanks to this, Duku would later be called the Iron Wall Duku by the hunters.

Se-jun, who had taught Duku how to use the Dragon Tooth Soldier like that,

Clank.

“Cuengi, come out.”

Se-jun called Cuengi, who had been in the subspace warehouse for the waypoint travel.

Cueng! Cueng!

[Cuengi listened to Dad well! I didn’t eat and endured well!]

Cuengi said proudly as he came out wearing his leather pouch, which was stuffed so full of food that it was about to burst. Since I didn’t eat and endured well inside the subspace warehouse, I’m going to eat from now on!

“Yes. Good job.”

Se-jun smiled and stroked Cuengi’s head. It was commendable that he had made an effort to keep Se-jun’s words.

“Let’s go. Golden Bat, go to the farm first and sing some songs.”

(Yes!)

At Se-jun’s call, the Golden Bat, who had been sleeping attached to Se-jun’s back, quickly flew toward the persimmon farm,

Cueng!

[Dad, get on!]

and Se-jun moved to the persimmon tree farm riding the gigantified Cuengi.

At that moment,

“Huh?! I can feel Theo’s energy?”

Se-jun’s Theo detector activated.

Sniff, sniff.

Cueng!

[Cuengi doesn’t smell big brother!]

Although Cuengi sniffed the surrounding smell diligently with his nose, there was no smell of Theo at all. For some reason, Se-jun’s Theo detector seemed to have improved in performance.

“Really? But why am I so anxious? Cuengi, let’s head over there quickly first.”

Se-jun pointed to the place where Theo’s presence was felt.

Cueng!

[Got it!]

Thump. Thump.

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi began to run quickly.

When Cuengi had run at full speed for about 30 minutes like that,

Cueng!

[I smell big brother!]

Only then did Cuengi catch Theo’s scent.

“There he is!”

After Cuengi ran for about 10 more minutes, they could find Theo collapsed on the ground.

“Vice President Theo!”

Cueng!

[Big brother!]

Se-jun and Cuengi ran over, calling out to Theo.

And,

“Vice President Theo!”

Se-jun hurriedly and carefully picked up Theo.

“Chairman Park… the lap…”

Hearing Se-jun’s voice, Theo barely opened his eyes and said with difficulty.

“I know.”

When Se-jun hurriedly placed Theo on his lap,

“Puhu… hut. It’s… mine, meow…”

Theo grinned and clung to Se-jun’s lap with all his might.

“Why are you smiling like a fool as if something is good?”

Looking at Theo with pity, Se-jun pulled out a rope and tied Theo along with his lap. Since he had done it once before, he could wrap it proficiently. Theo, who touched Se-jun’s lap, had passed out, seemingly relieved before he knew it.

“But why is Theo suffering from mana exhaustion…?”

Se-jun, who had experienced mana exhaustion as if it were a daily routine, could tell that Theo was suffering from mana exhaustion as soon as he saw Theo’s state. It was clear that something had happened. He felt that Theo becoming like this was his own fault for sending Theo down.

‘I won’t let them get away with this!’

Se-jun swore that whatever made Theo like this, he would not forgive it.

“Cuengi, let’s head to the farm first.”

Cueng!

[Got it!]

Cuengi, carrying Se-jun and Theo, ran quickly to the persimmon tree farm.

Chew. Chew.

As they went, Se-jun chewed the elixir-grade cherry tomato and placed it in Theo’s mouth. Since it was an elixir that raised magic power, it allowed him to quickly recover from mana exhaustion.

Thanks to that, Theo recovered from the mana exhaustion and woke up.

“As expected, when I am with Chairman Park’s lap, I am invincible, meow! I am overflowing with strength, meow!”

This time too, all the credit went to Se-jun’s lap.

And,

“Why isn’t he pooping?”

Se-jun anxiously stared at Theo, who had eaten as many as 20 elixir-grade cherry tomatoes.