Chapter 214 – What Is in the Sky

“Vice Chairman Theo, what is written here?”

Because the characters written on the tombstone were characters Se-jun could not read, Se-jun asked Theo.

“I do not know either, meow! Let’s ask Big Sister Aileen, meow!”

“Alright. Aileen, please read this.”

The two, who had suddenly become illiterate, asked Aileen.

And,

[The tower administrator tells you to wait for a moment.]

Aileen interpreted the characters on the tombstone and let them know.

“What?! Only a Tower Farmer can prevent destruction?!”

At Aileen’s words, Se-jun was startled.

“Don’t tell me I’m supposed to fight the Apostles of Destruction?!”

“No, they should at least give me a decent combat skill before telling me to fight! This is not it!”

“Yes. It said prevent destruction, it did not say win. It probably does not mean to fight directly.”

Se-jun, who was terrible at combat, naturally spun his head toward not fighting. Since his class was a Tower Farmer, he believed he could prevent destruction through a method other than combat.

At that moment,

Dadada.

Kkueng?! Kkueng?!

[What is the matter-da-yo?! Is Dad okay-da-yo?!]

Cuengi, who had rushed over after spotting the explosion of light from afar, arrived.

“It is nothing major. Did you come because you were worried about me?”

Kkueng!

[That is right-da-yo!]

Cuengi answered and hugged Se-jun’s leg tightly. Hehehe. Cute fellow. Se-jun stroked Cuengi, who had run over out of worry for him.

And,

“But what is this rock for such a thing to be written on it?”

Se-jun placed his hand on the rock with curiosity.

[Tombstone of the Creator God]

[It is 1 of the 10 tombstones left by the Creator God.]

[The divine power of the Creator God, which benefits the surroundings, flows out.]

[The more tombstones collected, the stronger the Creator God’s divine power becomes.]

???

Grade: Unmeasurable

“Huh?! Tombstone of the Creator God?”

Se-jun examined the tombstone and wondered. It was because the name had changed from ‘Fragment of the Sacred Tombstone’ to ‘Tombstone of the Creator God.’

“But who is the Creator God? Aileen, do you know who the Creator God is?”

Se-jun, having become curious, asked Aileen, and Aileen, showing off her knowledge, began to explain to Se-jun diligently.

3 hours later

[The tower administrator says that your eyes seem unfocused.]

[The tower administrator asks if you are listening properly.]

“Huh?! Oh! Of course I was listening properly! It means the Creator God created the tower 3,000 years ago and disappeared, right?”

Se-jun replied hurriedly.

[The tower administrator says that she is glad you are listening properly.]

[The tower administrator says that it is all useful information, so you should listen attentively.]

“Yes!”

‘Whew. That was close.’

Se-jun, who had barely passed the crisis, felt relieved inwardly.

It was not that Aileen’s story was uninteresting, but because the passionate Aileen started talking from the birth story of the Creator God, Se-jun gradually grew exhausted. The limit of his concentration was approaching.

While Se-jun was listening to the talk in a half-dazed state like that,

[The tower administrator says that at this rate, you will not be ignored for not knowing about the Creator God anywhere you go.]

Aileen’s explanation ended.

“Yes! Thank you!”

Life returned to Se-jun’s eyes at Aileen’s concluding words.

At that moment,

Growl.

Cuengi’s belly alarm, while he was hanging onto Se-jun’s leg, rang. Just when he thought he could rest, a hungry beast was waiting for Se-jun.

“Cuengi, eat this.”

He gave 10 giant peanuts made using a skill to Cuengi and headed to the kitchen.

And,

“Guys! Let’s eat dinner!”

Se-jun called the animals, ate dinner, and wrapped up the day.

***

The Administrator’s Area.

“Khehehe. Grandfather!”

Aileen, who had explained the Creator God to Se-jun, hurriedly called Kaiser. It was to boast to Kaiser that Se-jun was the being who would prevent destruction.

-Kuhahaha, did my granddaughter miss her grandfather?

At Aileen’s call, the black dragon statue began to move. Kaiser had not been using the black dragon statue until now because he was busy paying attention to external affairs.

“Grandfather, they say our Se-jun is the being who will prevent destruction!”

-What?! What on earth are you talking about? How can that weakling prevent destruction? I would rather believe it if Cuengi were to prevent it.

At Aileen’s words, Kaiser shook his head as if it were absurd.

“It is true! Look here!”

When Kaiser ignored Se-jun, Aileen, who got huffy, showed the Tombstone of the Creator God through the crystal ball.

-Huh?! This is?

Kaiser was surprised as he looked at the writing written on the tombstone.

“See?! Our Se-jun will prevent destruction!”

Aileen said with a proud expression.

‘It said a Tower Farmer, it did not say Se-jun…’

Kaiser kept the words he wanted to say quietly to his heart.

“Khehehe. Now is not the time! I must quickly finish the present to give to Se-jun!”

Aileen went to engrave magic on the fragment of Kai-la’s dragon heart that she would give to Se-jun.

And,

-How strange…

Kaiser, left alone, wondered as he looked at the Tombstone of the Creator God whose seal had been released without any damage. The moment the tombstone’s seal was released, the Creator God’s energy should have flowed out.

However, the 99th floor of the tower was perfectly fine and peaceful. There was something he did not know.

***

The next morning.

“Heave-ho!”

Se-jun woke up as he opened his eyes.

“Meow…”

Se-jun, who raised his body after temporarily lifting Theo, who was sleeping on his lap, placed Theo back on his lap.

And,

Scribble.

He marked the date on the bedroom wall, starting the morning of the 337th day of being stranded. When Se-jun went outside, a signpost that was not visible yesterday was standing in front of the tombstone.

Se-jun had ordered Theo last night to copy the text of the tombstone onto the signpost in a language everyone knew so that everyone could read it.

“I’m craving Baekseolgi today.”

Se-jun went to the kitchen, put money into the Wealth-Swallowing Rice Dough to receive rice flour, and put it in a steamer to make rice cake.

After placing the rice cake to steam and waiting a little,

Kkueng!

[Dad, good morning-da-yo!]

Cuengi came to the kitchen to greet Se-jun. Perhaps because Se-jun was already preparing breakfast, the baby beast was quite gentle today.

“Yeah. Did Cuengi sleep well?”

Kkueng!

[Cuengi slept soundly-da-yo!]

Cuengi answered and naturally climbed onto Se-jun’s lap.

Stroke. Stroke.

Se-jun waited for the rice cake to be finished while stroking Theo and Cuengi, who were lying on his knees.

After a while,

“Guys, let’s eat!”

As the rice cake was completed, Se-jun called the other animals and ate breakfast.

When the animals finished their breakfast and completed the dishes like that,

“Gather around for a second. Because there is a major announcement.”

Se-jun gathered all the workers of the 99th floor of the tower in front of the tombstone.

And,

“Now, read this.”

He had them read the letters written on the signpost in front of the tombstone.

“Hehehe. You saw, right? This body is the hero who will save the world from destruction.”

Se-jun, who had no intention of fighting directly but wanted to boast, folded his arms and spoke to the animals with an arrogant expression.

“Puhuhut. Did you see, meow? This body is the right arm of Chairman Park, who will save the world, meow!”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng? Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Did you see-da-yo? Cuengi is the bodyguard of Dad, who will save the world-da-yo!]

Theo and Cuengi also followed Se-jun, standing to his left and right, folding their arms, and arrogantly boasting of their own greatness.

“Let’s go down now.”

Se-jun, having finished boasting, prepared to go down the tower with Theo and Cuengi. It was to go down to the 85th floor of the tower and remove the kudzu that would have grown thickly again in the past few days.

Although the vines were burned with fire, since the roots were alive, the kudzu was not completely gone. He had to go down periodically to remove the kudzu.

Like that, Se-jun went down to the 85th floor of the tower to burn the kudzu.

However,

“Huh?!”

Moo?!

There was no need for that. It was because, on the 85th floor of the tower, the Black Minotaurs were not only eating the kudzu vines growing from the ground but were also digging up the ground and devouring the kudzu roots.

“We can return right away.”

Having checked the condition of the citrus trees, Se-jun, before returning to the 99th floor of the tower, asked the Bull Demon King to eat all of the kudzu on the 85th floor of the tower and was having miscellaneous conversations when

Moo! Moo!

[That’s right! We found this on the 98th floor of the tower!]

The Bull Demon King handed over a light green fruit found on the 98th floor of the tower. It was a fruit with a rough net pattern on the outside.

“Huh? Isn’t this a melon?!”

Se-jun recognized the fruit immediately.

Moo!

[This is incredibly delicious!]

When Se-jun recognized the melon, the excited Bull Demon King snorted and answered.

Like that, Se-jun quickly revised his plan to return to the 99th floor of the tower and changed his next destination to the 98th floor of the tower. He thought he could use this opportunity to check if the monsters living on the lower floor had any issues with inter-floor noise.

At that moment,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Cuengi found Dad’s! Eat it raw-da-yo!]

Cuengi, who had been out of sight for a moment, offered a golden kudzu root to Se-jun.

And,

“Keuh…”

Gulp.

He chewed and swallowed the kudzu root immediately.

[You have consumed a Kudzu Root of Life.]

[Your Stamina increases by 50.]

[You have consumed a bitter-tasting medicine.]

[Talent: Good Medicine for Stamina is Bitter is activated.]

[Your Stamina increases by 3.]

So this was a bitterness of 3. Looking at the message, Se-jun wore a bitter expression. Still, thanks to Cuengi’s enthusiasm, Se-jun’s Stamina approached nearly 300.

“Guys, go into the subspace.”

“Understood, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Understood-da-yo!]

Se-jun put Theo and Cuengi in the subspace warehouse and unfolded the land deed for the 98th floor of the tower.

***

Creak.

The white dragon statue on the roof of Se-jun’s house, which had been stationary, began to move.

-Ah. I want to drink alcohol.

Kellion, who was tired because there was so much to do to move the tower and establish it in the world, sought alcohol first.

At that moment,

-Huh?!

Kellion discovered the Tombstone of the Creator God in front of Se-jun.

-Only a Tower Farmer can prevent destruction?!

Reading the writing on the tombstone, Kellion was deeply moved. ‘As expected of my grandson!’ Those words meant that Ajax was the being who would prevent destruction.

But soon, one fact came to mind.

-But what happens if he becomes Se-jun’s slave for 100 years?

Kellion was flustered for a moment, but

-Ah, well. To prevent destruction anyway, it has to be at least our Ajax. Se-jun is… well…

He lightly erased Se-jun from the candidates to prevent destruction.

And,

-Kaiser! Let’s drink alcohol! Where are you?!

He began to call his drinking buddy, Kaiser.

***

[You have arrived at the farm on the 98th floor of the Black Tower.]

[You have moved from the highest floor, the 99th floor of the tower, to the 98th floor of the tower.]

[You have gone down 1 floor.]

[Due to the effect of , all stats increase by 1.]

“Oh!”

When he arrived at the 98th floor of the tower, appetizing melons were hanging in clusters all around. Since the Bull Demon King had said he had cleared the surroundings and there would be no lingering monsters, there was really no one.

“Guys, come out.”

Se-jun called Theo and Cuengi, who were in the subspace warehouse.

“Understood, meow!”

Whoosh.

As expected, this time too, only Theo ran at Se-jun’s call. Cuengi was diligently filling his snack pouch.

Cling.

Theo clung to Se-jun’s leg. Leaving the subspace warehouse open for Cuengi, who was filling his snack pouch like that, Se-jun harvested melons from the melon trees.

“Hehehe. Delicious.”

Of course, while tasting the melons in between.

At that moment,

Kkueng!

[It smells delicious-da-yo!]

Cuengi, who came out after filling his snack pouch, smelled the sweet scent of melons, hurriedly ran in front of Se-jun, and opened his mouth, asking Se-jun to put a melon in.

“Here. Delicious, right?”

Se-jun said as he put the melon into Cuengi’s mouth. It was definitely a taste that would make him shake his butt, saying it was delicious.

However, Cuengi’s mouth did not close.

Daze.

Cuengi was wearing a blank expression while looking at the sky.

“Cuengi, what is the matter? Is there something in the sky?”

Feeling something strange, Se-jun followed Cuengi’s lead and raised his head to look at the sky.

And,

“Huh?! What is that?”

He discovered a giant tree root floating in the sky.