Chapter 192 – I Don’t Know About the Quest, Let’s Start with Revenge First

“What is this? Why are only such useless things getting caught?”

Brachio grumbled, observing through the crystal ball the existences that had moved from the Black Tower to the Green Tower through the land deeds. The Black Tower’s Tower Farmer she wanted was not getting caught.

“Go and retrieve them.”

Brachio instructed the monsters she ordered as subordinates to retrieve the land deeds.

And,

“This time, I should cast a magic that activates one day after the appraisal is finished.”

She transmitted the land deeds cast with the new magic back to the Black Tower.

***

“Let’s eat dinner!”

Se-jun called the animals in front of the giant crayfish grilling in the kitchen yard. Because they were grilling the giant crayfish whole, it took a long time to cook it completely to the inside, so before they knew it, it was dinner time.

Of course, there were ways to eat it for lunch by using Flamie’s flame buff, the Flame of Affinity, or other methods, but since Aileen’s Healthy Fist Meat pieces were not digested yet, Se-jun intentionally did it slowly.

Because once they started eating, Se-jun’s share would not be left.

“Cuengi, please separate the crayfish.”

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

Receiving Se-jun’s request, Cuengi giantized and,

Crack.

Crack.

lightly tore off both pincers of the crayfish.

And,

Snap.

he bent the waist of the crayfish, neatly separating the body and tail. Sure enough, the one who knew how to eat was different.

“Now, cut off as much as you want to eat.”

At Se-jun’s words, the animals stood in line in front of the separated crayfish and cut off as much as they wanted to eat. Because the size of the crayfish was so huge, no matter how much they cut, it was difficult to eat even the size of a claw. Of course, this was excluding Cuengi.

Kkueng!

[It’s delicious!]

Cuengi was already holding one claw and had eaten more than half of it.

“VP Theo, claws.”

“I understand, meow!”

Shring.

Se-jun used Theo’s dragon claws to cut the crayfish meat into appropriate sizes so that it would be easy to eat later, and stored them in the subspace warehouse.

And only after sending grilled crayfish to Kaiser, Kellion, and Aileen did he finally sit down and begin to eat the food.

“VP Theo, let’s eat Churu.”

Of course, while taking care of Theo first. Clearly, he was the President and Theo was the Vice President, but why did it feel like he was assisting him?

“I was waiting, meow!”

Theo replied proudly, rolled over on Se-jun’s lap, and prepared to eat the Churu. Just by waiting like this, I assisted President Park, meow!

“Here.”

Se-jun scooped the tuna fish porridge with a spoon and brought it to Theo’s mouth.

Chwap, chwap, chwap.

“Puhuhut. It’s delicious because President Park’s sincerity went into it, meow!”

“Right.”

Confirming that Theo was eating deliciously, Se-jun also began to eat the crayfish.

“Crayfish tastes best when dipped in its innards.”

When Se-jun dipped the leg meat of the crayfish deeply into the bowl containing the crayfish innards and put it in his mouth,

“Mmm.”

First, the flavors of cheese and butter awakened Se-jun’s olfactory and gustatory cells.

Munch, munch.

As he chewed the crayfish in earnest, a salty taste carrying the flavor of the sea was felt along with a chewy texture.

However, the salty taste was washed away quickly as if washed away by waves, and the sweetness that rose the more he chewed the crayfish filled Se-jun’s mouth with joy.

While everyone was eating the crayfish deliciously like that,

“Se-jun-nim, we have arrived!”

Elka, who ran hard at Se-jun’s call, arrived with his subordinates.

“Elka, you arrived just in time. Let’s eat together.”

Se-jun cut the crayfish meat and offered it to the wolves.

“Se-jun-nim, we will eat well!”

“We will eat well!”

When Elka expressed his gratitude to Se-jun, the subordinate wolves also followed suit, expressing their gratitude, and

Chomp, chomp.

began to eat the crayfish hastily. They were wolves who had skipped their meal to rush over at Se-jun’s call.

“Elka, by the way, did you find the farm?”

When Elka’s meal ended, Se-jun asked.

“Yes. It was a place I originally knew.”

“A place you originally knew?”

“Yes. That place is…”

Elka began to explain about the farm on the 85th floor of the tower.

“So the kudzu grown in the farm spread to other places and killed all other plants on the 85th floor of the tower?”

“Yes. The kudzu absorbs the nutrients from the soil, so other plants cannot grow around the kudzu. That was why we suffered greater damage during the great famine.”

Since kudzu was famous for rooting deep into the ground and having strong vitality, he thought that could be the case.

“But you didn’t eat kudzu during the great famine?”

Se-jun, who knew kudzu as one of the relief crops, asked. If the floor was filled with kudzu, it was an amount sufficient to fill hungry bellies.

“We also filled our bellies with kudzu at first, but after seeing wolves who ate kudzu for a long time die for no reason, we did not eat kudzu since then.”

“Is that so?”

Se-jun fell into thought at Elka’s words. Was there poison in the kudzu? For now, he thought he should pack Detoxifying Green Onions just in case.

At that moment,

Kkueng!

[Dad, Cuengi found this!]

Patter, patter.

Cuengi, with crayfish innards covered all over his body, ran over holding a blue jade-colored bead.

Kkueng!

[Dad, eat this!]

Present.

Cuengi proudly presented the bead to Se-jun. It seemed to be the inner core of the crayfish. It would probably taste bitter.

“Thank you.”

Se-jun stroked Cuengi’s head and examined the inner core.

[Inner Core of Giant Deep-Sea Crayfish]

It was the inner core of a crayfish that lived for more than 2,000 years in the deep sea of dimensions.

Upon consumption, all stats increased by 20.

It tasted bitter.

Usage Restriction: Lv. 50 or higher, all stats 50 or higher

Grade: B+

As expected, it was an inner core that tasted bitter. Still, he was relieved that the word ‘strongly’ was missing this time.

Pop.

Se-jun boldly put the inner core into his mouth. Perhaps because he had eaten it a few times, he became accustomed to the bitter taste, so it was bearable. It was literally just ‘bearable’.

Gulp.

[You consumed the Inner Core of Giant Deep-Sea Crayfish.]

[All stats increased by 20.]

“Whew.”

To remove the remaining bitter taste in his mouth, Se-jun hurriedly put honey jelly into his mouth.

Melt.

As soon as he put it in his mouth, the honey jelly melted away, taking the bitter taste with it.

[You consumed the Poison Honeybee’s Cherry Tomato Honey Jelly.]

[The talent: Enhanced Magic Circuit was slightly strengthened.]

Pop.

Looking at the message that his talent was strengthened, Se-jun put a honey jelly into the mouth of Cuengi, who was staring at him.

Kkueng…

But Cuengi, as if one was not satisfying, did not close his mouth and kept looking at Se-jun, making pitiful sounds.

Pop. Pop. Pop. Pop.

Se-jun, whose heart softened, put ten honey jellies into Cuengi’s mouth.

Khehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It’s delicious!]

Only then did the pleased Cuengi, satisfied, run back to eat the crayfish. Cuengi’s meal was not over yet.

While Cuengi was having the rest of his meal like that,

[You harvested the Detoxifying Green Onion.]

[Your job experience increased slightly.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 7 increased slightly.]

[You obtained 50 experience points.]

Se-jun pulled out the Detoxifying Green Onions and stored them in the subspace warehouse.

And,

Patter, patter.

Kkueng!

[Cuengi is full now!]

Cuengi finished his meal and ran to Se-jun. With a lot of crayfish innards smeared on his fur.

“Wait. Let’s take a bath first, Cuengi.”

Kkueng?

Se-jun picked up Cuengi, who was trying to hang from his legs, moved him to the fountain, and bathed him.

A moment later,

Kkueng!

[It’s refreshing!]

“Guys, go into the subspace warehouse for a moment.”

Se-jun, who had bathed Cuengi, made Theo, Cuengi, and Elka enter the subspace warehouse. He intended to go down to the 85th floor of the tower and check the state of the farm.

Unfold.

Se-jun unfolded the land deed of the 85th floor,

[The summon function for engraving the initial owner of the land deed of the 85th floor farm of the Black Tower was activated.]

Se-jun vanished to the 85th floor of the tower.

***

[You arrived at the farm on the 85th floor of the Black Tower.]

[You moved from the 99th floor of the tower, the highest floor, to the 85th floor.]

[You descended 14 floors.]

[Due to the effect of , all stats increased by 14.]

“Wow.”

When he arrived at the 85th floor of the tower, green vines were completely covering the surroundings.

“Are those all kudzu?”

The kudzu vines whose end was not visible. Moreover, it was obvious that they were rooted deeply into the ground.

Clank.

“Guys, come out.”

Se-jun decided to think later for now and made the animals come out of the subspace warehouse.

“President Park, I feel a pull from the sky, meow!!”

Theo, who came out of the subspace warehouse, suddenly pointed to the sky with his front paw.

“The sky?”

Don’t tell me?! It seemed that Emila’s flower bed, which had vanished from the 49th floor of the tower, was here.

Thud.

“Earth Movement.”

Se-jun took out a Sky-Reaching Bean and planted it in the ground.

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

[Since the Sky-Reaching Bean was listening to the farmer’s footsteps, the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 6 was enhanced.]

[Due to the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 6, the growth rate of the Sky-Reaching Bean accelerated by two times for 24 hours.]

However,

[There were no nutrients in the soil.]

[The surrounding crops absorbed the magic power of the soil.]

[The surrounding crops began to steal the nutrients of the Sky-Reaching Bean.]

The kudzu was not easy.

“Huh?!”

When Se-jun saw the message and hurriedly dug the ground again,

Wiggle. Wiggle.

The kudzu roots were rooting into the Sky-Reaching Bean and absorbing nutrients. Thanks to the magic power Se-jun had supplied to the ground, the movement of the kudzu roots was even better.

The number of Sky-Reaching Beans he had obtained initially was three. Normally, this would be the last bean.

However,

“Fortunately, I increased the number in advance.”

Thanks to Se-jun having put them in the Golden Box of Abundance, there were five Sky-Reaching Beans in Se-jun’s pocket right now.

Just as Se-jun was relieved,

[A quest was generated.]

[Quest: Normalize the farm encroached by kudzu and reclaim the rights of the land.]

Reward: Recognition as the rightful owner of the land deed, one tangerine tree

The quest message appeared in front of Se-jun.

“Huh?! A tangerine tree?”

It seemed that before being encroached by kudzu, this place was a tangerine tree farm.

“Good! Cuengi, giantize and flip the ground over!”

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

Se-jun decided to try solving it with strength first. In any case, no matter how much the kudzu was rooted in the ground, it would not be able to withstand Cuengi’s strength.

Thud!

The giantized Cuengi drove his hands into the ground and,

Kkueng!

exerted force to lift the ground. The ground about 10 meters thick and 1,000 pyeong in size was lifted. However, the kudzu roots had descended deeper than 10 meters. Most of the kudzu roots in the ground flipped by Cuengi had their ends cut off.

“Earth Movement!”

Se-jun flipped the 10-meter-deep ground once again.

Thud.

Unlike Cuengi, about 50 pyeong of ground was flipped at a thickness of about 5 meters.

“To think the roots went down that deep?”

Se-jun was flustered looking at the kudzu roots whose ends were still not visible.

Kkueng!

[I will try again!]

Cuengi went down to the deeply dug ground and flipped the ground once again. This time, exerting more strength than before, he flipped ground 20 meters thick. Only then did kudzu roots whose ends were not cut off appear.

Still, about half of the roots were still severed.

“Earth Movement.”

When Se-jun moved the ground again, only then were the ends of all roots visible.

“This is going to be difficult…”

Facing a situation where they had to dig the entire 85th floor of the tower to a depth of 40 meters to completely remove the kudzu down to the roots, Se-jun shook his head.

Even if they somehow removed all the kudzu around the farm, it was impossible to remove all the kudzu on the 85th floor of the tower. It seemed that the rate of growing back would be faster than the rate of removal.

And even if they removed all the kudzu from the farm, the surrounding kudzu would quickly cross over, so there was no great meaning in removing it.

“What should I do?”

[You obtained 4 kudzu fruits.]

[Your job experience increased minutely.]

[The proficiency of Seed Harvesting Lv. 6 increased minutely.]

When no answer was in sight, Se-jun harvested the kudzu fruits first. Se-jun, harvesting kudzu fruits so naturally. He was indeed like a tower farmer.

At that moment,

“Huh?!”

A good idea occurred to Se-jun. What if he planted these kudzu fruits in the Green Tower? It seemed that a very interesting thing would happen.

“Hehehe. Guys, let’s pick the fruits first!”

He didn’t know about the quest, but let’s start with revenge first. Se-jun decided to take revenge first on the Green Tower, which had dared to try to kidnap him and Aileen.