Chapter 184 – The Opportunity Has Come

Whoosh.

Kkuhehehe.

Catch.

Whoosh.

Kkuhehehe.

Catch.

Kkueng!

[It’s fun! I’m excited!]

After eating dinner, Se-jun was playing with Kkueng, repeatedly throwing and catching the lightened Kkueng.

At that moment,

Kuaaaang.

From afar, Pink Fur called Kkueng. It was time to sleep.

Kkueng…

[I want to play more…]

Kkueng felt regretful at his mother’s call.

“You can sleep with Mom and play again tomorrow.”

Se-jun coaxed Kkueng, who was feeling regretful.

Kkueng!

[Understood! Kkueng will sleep well too, so Dad sleep well too!]

After finishing his words, Kkueng ran toward Pink Fur.

Dadadada.

Even Kkueng’s footsteps were light now.

“Let’s sleep too.”

“Understood, meow!”

Se-jun also went to sleep with Theo.

Early the next morning.

Dadadada.

Kkueng!

[Dad, Kkueng wants to play!]

From early morning, Kkueng came to play.

And

Leap.

Kkueng threw his body toward Se-jun’s chest, who was still sleeping.

Thump.

“Umm…”

Se-jun groaned slightly from the impact, but he did not wake up from sleep.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng.

[Hehehe. Dad is fine.]

Kkueng was pleased to see that Se-jun’s life was not threatened even when he threw his body, and

Kuuu.

Purr.

Kkurorong.

Kkyurorong.

fell asleep together.

A moment later,

“Heup!”

Se-jun woke up from sleep and sat up.

At that,

Roll, roll.

Kkueng naturally rolled along the slope.

“Huh?”

Catch.

Se-jun hurriedly caught Kkueng.

“It’s really amazing. To think our Kkueng is this light.”

Se-jun said, looking at Kkueng sleeping soundly in his arms. Kkueng’s weight felt now was about 70kg. Compared to before, it was a weight like a bird’s feather.

While Se-jun was raising and lowering Kkueng with both hands, marveling at the fact that he could lift Kkueng,

Grin.

he saw the corners of Kkueng’s mouth curl up. It seemed Kkueng wanted to pretend to sleep even though he had woken up.

‘Hehehe. But I won’t be fooled!’

Pbbbbt.

Se-jun punished Kkueng for fooling him by blowing a raspberry on Kkueng’s belly.

Kkuuuu.

Kkueng strove to continue pretending to sleep,

however,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It’s fun!]

he soon surrendered and began to play with Se-jun.

“Here I go again! Pbbbbt.”

Kkuhehehe.

While they were playing like that,

Growl.

the stomach clock rang from Kkueng’s belly.

Kkueng!

[Dad, Kkueng is hungry!]

A different spirit was felt in Kkueng’s voice from a moment ago. No matter how fun it was, being hungry could not be tolerated!

“Right. Let’s eat.”

He set Kkueng down for a moment, who was trying to turn into a ferocious wild beast mode, and

“Meow…”

attached the still-sleeping Theo to his lap.

“Huh? Iona came?”

Se-jun belatedly discovered Iona clinging to Theo’s tail.

“Let’s go.”

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

Se-jun moved to the kitchen with Kkueng. The breakfast menu was naturally cabbage soup. Although he failed to awaken a talent yesterday, today might be different.

After breakfast,

Gently, gently.

Several of the animals that failed to awaken a talent yesterday awakened the wind attribute talent again. In contrast, Se-jun drank three bowls of cabbage soup on purpose, but only his stomach became full.

“Tch.”

“President Park, cheer up, meow!”

“Kyut! If you are hot, I will cool you down with magic.”

Kkueng! Kkuu! Kkuu!

[Kkueng can blow wind too! Hoo! Hoo!]

Although the animals comforted Se-jun like that,

“It’s fine even if you don’t comfort me.”

Se-jun refused the animals’ comfort.

‘Lunch today is also cabbage soup!’

Se-jun had not given up yet.

After eating breakfast like that,

Picking up.

Step, step.

Se-jun picked up Myler’s Hoe leaning in front of the house and went to the field where nothing had been planted yet.

And

Scatter.

He scattered carrot seeds on the ground and

Thwack.

“Earth Raising.”

He began to plant carrots with Myler’s Hoe.

[You have planted 500 Agility Carrot seeds in the mana-infused ground.]

[The Agility Carrot seeds are listening to the farmer’s footsteps, strengthening the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 6.]

[By the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 6, the growth rate of the Agility Carrot seeds doubles for 24 hours.]

[There are 7,702,173 repetitions left until the completion of the job quest.]

“Oh!”

Due to the synergy with the Farmer’s Footsteps Shoes, the effect of Mana Sowing was enhanced.

“Good!”

Step, step.

Thanks to that, Se-jun, whose motivation rose, began to plant carrots while making footsteps diligently.

When he had planted carrots for about an hour like that,

[The Agility Carrots thank the farmer’s footsteps and add their strength.]

[The potential of the Agility stat increases from 99 to 100.]

The potential of the Agility stat increased.

“Huh?”

As the potential rose faster than expected, Se-jun felt puzzled. Se-jun had figured out two things yesterday while testing the Gratitude of the Crops skill.

One was that to increase potential, he had to walk the field for about 2 hours. This would probably increase in time as potential rose, but currently, that was the case.

The other was that the energy given by the crops accumulated separately for each crop.

For example, if he walked the carrot field for 1 hour and the sweet potato field for 1 hour, to raise potential, he would later have to walk another hour in the carrot field and another hour in the sweet potato field to fill the 2 hours.

‘Is it because of the footstep effect?’

In Se-jun’s thought, the reason the time to increase potential became shorter was likely that as the growth rate of the seeds accelerated, the effect of the Gratitude of the Crops also doubled.

Like that, until lunchtime, Se-jun planted carrots and raised the potentials of Strength and Agility by 1 more each.

Lunchtime.

Squeak?

Ukki?

The animals were flustered when cabbage soup came out for three consecutive meals. Getting slightly tired of it, the animals’ eating speed slowed down.

Kkueng!

[It looks delicious!]

Of course, Kkueng ate it deliciously as if eating it for the first time, without minding at all.

A moment later,

Gently, gently.

All the rest of the animals who had failed to awaken a talent awakened the wind attribute talent.

“Ugh.”

Se-jun was also only full this time.

***

The Sea of Dimensions.

-How did this happen?

The giant octopus, Kraken, the Beast that Swallows the Sea, who occupied the 6th Seat among the 12 Apostles of Destruction, was confused as he looked around while diligently searching the surroundings.

It was because of the branches that surrounded his vicinity like a dense net at some point. At first, a few branches blocking the front were all.

Kraken believed in his own strength and tried to break the branches to go, but

Thump!

the branches were much sturdier than expected.

-How dare they withstand the strength of me, Kraken!

Although it was only a fragment of the main body, the strength was not light, so Kraken’s pride was hurt.

Therefore,

Thump! Thump!

he did not give up and used his strength to repeatedly destroy the branches, and while focusing on the branches in front, he was surrounded by them before he knew it.

Creak, creak.

The branches gradually narrowed the space and began to constrict Kraken.

-Eeeek!

Kraken tried to hold out against the branches constricting him, but it was only a matter of when he would die.

How much time had passed like that?

Clink.

Kraken was crushed to death, and three gray coins fell to the floor, and

Creak.

the branches moved quickly to catch and take the coins.

[How do I give them to master this time?]

It was Flamie, for whom delivering them to Se-jun without being noticed was harder than killing the Apostle of Destruction.

***

After eating lunch,

“I should let our Flamie hear footsteps too.”

Se-jun went down to the cave to take care of Flamie. Looking at Flamie not growing properly always weighed on Se-jun’s mind.

[Master! Welcome!]

As soon as Se-jun went down, Flamie greeted Se-jun warmly, shaking its four leaves.

‘Poor fellow. To think it’s an apple tree and still has only four leaves in total.’

It was Se-jun, who had forgotten again that there was no need to worry about others on the 99th floor of the tower.

“Flamie, have you been well?”

Se-jun asked, stroking Flamie’s leaves with a pitiful expression.

[Yes! But master’s footsteps have gotten so much better! I’m gaining energy! Ah! I mean it was good before, but it got even better!]

Flamie hurriedly added an explanation in case Se-jun misunderstood.

‘Cute fellow.’

When Se-jun, having stroked Flamie like that, was about to stand up,

Slink.

Theo stealthily shoved his head under Se-jun’s right hand. Stroke me too, meow!

At that moment,

Grab.

Following Theo, Kkueng grabbed Se-jun’s left hand and placed it on his own head.

‘I need to work now, though…’

The texture of the soft fur on his palms tempted Se-jun. However, if he started stroking them like this, dozens of minutes would fly by. Se-jun thought of a clever trick to overcome the temptation and separate the two.

“Guys, go catch some tuna.”

“Tuna, meow?!”

Kkueng!

[Tuna is delicious!]

At the mention of tuna, Theo and Kkueng got excited.

“Yeah. If you bring back tuna, I will make you Churu.”

“Puhuhut. Understood, meow! Kkueng, it’s a match to see who catches tuna first, meow! I will show you my water attribute ability, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Kkueng is good at swimming too!]

Theo and Kkueng rushed to the pond. Of course, including Iona who was sleeping on Theo’s tail.

“Now I can work.”

Se-jun began to work in the field in the cave.

[The opportunity has come.]

Flamie quietly began to drive two Apostles of Destruction, which it had caught in the Sea of Dimensions and intended to crush to death, toward the passage connected to the 99th floor of the tower.

***

“I will catch the tuna first, meow!”

Zoom!

As Theo swam quickly, parting the water using his water attribute ability,

Kkueng!

[Kkueng won’t lose!]

Kkueng restored his weight to its original state.

Thump.

The heavy Kkueng began to sink rapidly to the bottom of the pond.

Thus, the two arrived at the bottom of the pond at a similar timing.

At that moment,

-What fellows are you?

In front of them, a giant green sea snake poked its head out of the passage connected to the Sea of Dimensions. It was Leviathan, the Snake that Summons Tsunamis, who occupied the 12th Seat among the 12 Apostles of Destruction.

“What is it, meow?”

Kkueng?

[What is it?]

Theo and Kkueng, seeing Leviathan, thought about what the giant fish in front of them was. A long fish like a snake living in the sea.

“Meow! I know, meow! That is the giant eel that President Park likes, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Kkueng will catch what Dad likes!]

Convinced that the Leviathan in front of them was a giant eel, Theo and Kkueng pounced to catch Leviathan.

“Puhuhut. Kkueng, watch closely, meow! This is VP Theo’s secret technique, Meow Meow Storm Fist, meow! Meow-meow-meow! Meow-meow-meow!”

Theo took out the Dragon Claws, infused them fully with mana, and attacked Leviathan.

-Argh. How…

Thud.

At Theo’s attack, Leviathan collapsed, turned into water, and disappeared.

Clink.

One green coin fell.

“Meow? The eel disappeared, meow!”

Kkueng?

[Where did the eel go?]

While the two were flustered by the suddenly disappeared eel,

-Leviathan, why did that fellow block the path… Huh? Who are you?

This time, Kraken, who came in following Leviathan, blocked the passage again.

“Meow! It’s the octopus that President Park likes, meow!”

It was Theo, who pushed what he didn’t eat onto Se-jun.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Kkueng likes octopus too! This time, Kkueng will catch it!]

Boom!

Kkueng shouted, kicked the ground, and dashed toward Kraken.

And

Kkueng!

[Kkueng’s secret technique, Kkueng One-Blow Fist!]

Boom!

Following Theo, Kkueng also named his technique, infused mana into his fist, and struck Kraken’s head.

-Gah! What nonsense…

Boom!

Kraken failed to finish his words, collapsed, and turned into water.

And

Clink.

At the place where the coins fell, branches left seven coins and disappeared.

And

[Guardian Theo has defeated Leviathan, the Tsunami-Summoning Snake, the 12th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction who infiltrated the Black Tower.]

[You have acquired 10 million experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired by Guardian Kkueng.]

[Because you have not completed the job quest, you cannot acquire experience points.]

[Guardian Kkueng has defeated Kraken, the Beast that Swallows the Sea, the 6th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction who infiltrated the Black Tower.]

…

..

.

The message that appeared in front of Se-jun, who was working in the field.

“Huh?! My experience points…”

As Se-jun was frustrated,

[Hehe. It’s a success.]

From behind Se-jun, Flamie was pleased at having successfully handed over the coins it held.