Chapter 251 – Guys Who Need to Be Punished Have Appeared, Meow!

“So you are saying that the fellows from Gagel are attacking you to plant strange plants on the 4th floor of the tower, meow?!”

“Yes. That is right. They have already conquered the 2nd and 3rd floors of the tower, and they said they would keep climbing up after conquering the 4th floor of the tower.”

“Hiss! Hiss! Gagel! I cannot forgive you, meow! I will punish you, meow!”

Hearing the words of Black Skeleton Onyx, Theo hissed in anger. It was because the Gagel bastards were daring to attempt to conquer the tower.

‘The tower has already been conquered by Chairman Park, meow!’

The highest-ranking entity in the tower in Theo’s mind was Se-jun. Therefore, what Gagel was trying to do amounted to invading the tower that Se-jun had conquered.

‘And that is ignoring me, Chairman Park’s right arm, the golden cat Theo Park, meow!’

He could never tolerate them ignoring Se-jun and himself and trying to occupy the land as they pleased.

Hiss! Hiss!

When the enraged Theo was barely able to calm his emotions,

“Kyu-kyu-“

There was one more enraged entity. It was Iona, who had been quietly listening from Theo’s tail.

‘How dare they touch Se-jun-nim!’

The highest-ranking entity in the tower in Iona’s mind was the great Black Dragon Aileen.

She did not think of Se-jun as the highest-ranking entity of the Black Tower like Theo did, but touching Se-jun meant touching Theo, Se-jun’s right arm.

‘Also, touching Lord Theo is touching me!’

Thinking about it made her even angrier.

“Kyu-kyu-kyu-“

When Iona’s anger level was gradually rising like that,

“Kyu-kyu-kyu-“

“What is this sound?”

Paku asked another monster about the sound that had suddenly started to be heard.

“Th… this is… Stage 3 of Kyu of Anger! We are all dead!”

A terrified monster answered, pointing at the pure white hamster on Theo’s tail.

“Kyu of Anger? Hey. Why are you so scared of a single hamster…?”

Huh?! A pure white hamster making a ‘Kyu’ sound?! Belatedly, Paku recalled what the Kyu of Anger was.

The Kyu of Anger that Iona, the Wizard of Great Destruction, was said to make when she was enraged.

With Stage 3 of Kyu of Anger, at least a city would be destroyed. Since Rabbit City was a large city, it would not be completely destroyed.

But since they were right next to it, there was no chance of survival.

At that moment,

“Kyu-kyu-kyu-“

Gooooo.

The mana of the enraged Iona began to affect the surroundings, and small stones began to float.

Tremble, tremble.

“We are all going to die.”

As the monsters accepted their deaths as a fait accompli like that,

“Meow? Iona, calm down, meow!”

“Kyu-yes.”

Fortunately, Theo, who sensed something strange, calmed Iona down.

And,

“Onyx will go with me, and you guys wait here, meow!”

“Yes!”

The monsters rejoiced at the fact that they could get away from Iona.

Clatter. Clatter.

Onyx alone, while trembling in fear, followed behind Theo and Iona toward White Castle.

***

“Eat a lot, our Cuengi.”

As Se-jun took out carrot cake,

Cuengi!

[I will eat well!]

Float, float.

Pop.

The carrot cake floated in the air and entered Cuengi’s mouth.

Nyam nyam.

Kkuhehehe. Cuengi!

[Hehehe. It is delicious!]

Cuengi rejoiced after eating the carrot cake.

“It is really amazing. Cuengi, try eating one more.”

In order to see such an ability of Cuengi, Se-jun kept giving him food.

Cuengi, who had been in a light sleep to adapt to his new power, awakened and unlocked a new talent. That ability was telekinesis.

Float, float.

Thanks to that, Cuengi became able to float the carrot cake and put it in his mouth without touching it.

And,

“Vitality.”

[You have used Vitality Lv. 1.]

[Quickly digests food in the stomach.]

All stats increase by 1% for 60 minutes.]

Se-jun was digesting the meatball Aileen had given him while giving food to Cuengi.

There was an inconvenience of having to reuse it every hour because the maximum amount of food that could be digested was fixed.

However, thanks to the Vitality skill, he could now eat at least five of Aileen’s meatballs a day.

At that moment,

[The proficiency of Vitality Lv. 1 has been filled, and the level increases.]

The proficiency of the Vitality skill was filled, and the level rose.

[Skill: Vitality Lv. 2]

-Gains vitality by quickly digesting food remaining in the stomach.

-The digestion speed of food increases by twofold, and Strength, Stamina, Agility, and Magic Power increase by 2%.

-The duration is determined according to the amount of food remaining in the stomach. (Maximum 70 minutes)

Thanks to that, the amount of food that could be digested with the Vitality skill increased, and it seemed he could now eat at least ten of Aileen’s meatballs a day.

Se-jun did not even care about the 2% stat increase. Anyway, even if it rose slightly from a weak stat, it would only go from dust to slightly larger dust.

“Hehehe. I have eaten almost all of it now.”

Se-jun said while looking at the remaining meatballs of Aileen.

The remaining meatballs of Aileen were 19. If he ate all of these, he would escape from Aileen’s meatballs and at the same time, all stats would increase by 100.

“Hehehe.”

Kkuhehehe.

In that way, Se-jun and Cuengi smiled for different reasons.

When Cuengi ate a few more carrot cakes like that,

Float, float.

Cuengi.

[Cuengi is sleepy.]

Cuengi rubbed his eyes and hugged Se-jun. Cuengi felt fatigue quickly as he was not yet used to using telekinesis.

“Shall we sleep then?”

With a full stomach, Se-jun quickly hugged Cuengi, lay down on the bed, and gave Cuengi an arm pillow.

After a while.

Kueee.

Kkurorong.

The room where only the snoring sounds of Se-jun and Cuengi were heard.

Creak.

The door opened and someone entered.

“Meow? Chairman Park, were you sleeping, meow?”

It was Theo.

“Kyu kyu kyu, Vice Chairman Theo, let’s sleep too!”

Iona, whose original goal was to sleep, said,

“Puhuhut. Let’s do that, meow!”

Theo, whose life goal was to occupy Se-jun’s lap, quickly took up Se-jun’s lap at Iona’s words.

Kueee.

Gororong.

Kkurorong.

Kyurorong.

In that way, the room where everyone was asleep.

Clat… ter…

The remaining Black Skeleton Onyx lay down on the floor, moving as carefully as possible so as not to make a sound.

And,

Creepingly, creeping.

Se-jun’s shadow began to move.

***

“Eut-cha!”

Kkurorong.

Se-jun, who opened his eyes, carefully lifted the head of Cuengi, who was pillowing on his arm, pulled his arm out, and sat up.

Gororong.

Kyurorong.

“Huh? Theo and Iona?”

The snoring sounds of Theo and Iona heard by Se-jun.

As Se-jun’s gaze turned toward his knees, he saw Theo sleeping on his knees and Iona sleeping wrapped around Theo’s tail.

“Where did he get this stuff on him?”

Theo’s fur, which had been yellow before he slept, had turned black.

As Se-jun reached out to examine what was on Theo’s fur,

Seureuk.

“Huh?!”

The black parts that touched Se-jun’s hand began to be absorbed into Se-jun’s hand. No, to be precise, they merged into Se-jun’s shadow.

“What is this?!”

While Se-jun hesitated in embarrassment,

Creepingly,

Small shadow lumps of about 5 cm fell one by one from Se-jun’s shadow and were seen sticking back onto Theo’s fur one by one.

And the shadow lumps grooming Theo’s fur. It was cute to see them wiggling and moving in their own way.

“Aileen, what is this?”

As Se-jun asked Aileen while pointing at the shadow lump with his finger so that his shadow would not touch it,

[The Tower Administrator says they are shadow minions, and since they do not harm what the owner does not want, you can rest assured.]

Aileen revealed the identity of the shadow lumps.

“These are shadow minions?”

He was clearly told that they could not be summoned due to a lack of mana?

“Shadow minion.”

Se-jun summoned a shadow minion again.

But,

[You lack the mana to summon a shadow minion.]

Again, the summoning failed.

“Then what are these guys out here?”

When Se-jun harbored doubts,

[The Tower Administrator says grandfather mentioned that Dark, the God of Darkness, was a cat lover.]

[The Tower Administrator says it seems that the shadow minions, influenced by Dark, the God of Darkness, are acting after Dark.]

“Is it because he liked cats?”

Aileen resolved Se-jun’s doubt.

And,

“Then I can call shadow minions even if mana is insufficient? Hello, guys.”

Se-jun, who gained a way to handle shadow minions without mana, greeted the shadow minions in delight, but

……

The shadow minions ignored Se-jun’s words.

“Do they not understand speech?”

While looking at the shadow minions clinging to Theo like that,

“Meow? Chairman Park, are you awake, meow?”

Theo woke up and greeted Se-jun.

And,

“What is this, meow?! Get off me, meow!”

As Theo shouted at the shadow minions clinging to his body,

Seureuk.

The shadow minions distanced themselves from Theo.

“Huh?”

Se-jun discovered something strange there. Why does it seem like they understand words?

“Vice Chairman Theo, tell them to line up.”

“Meow?! Understood, meow! Line up, meow!”

Hurriedly.

With Theo’s words, the shadow minions lined up in an orderly fashion.

“Huh?!”

Look at these guys?

“Hmph! They do not listen to me, but they listen to Theo?”

Se-jun smiled and looked at the insolent shadow minions. ‘Then I will order Theo around to use them to my heart’s content!’

“Vice Chairman Theo, tell this one to bring the spoon over there.”

“Understood, meow! You, go and bring the spoon, meow!”

Hurriedly.

As expected, the shadow minions listened to Theo’s words well. Se-jun ordered Theo to test and figure out how capable the shadow minions were in various ways.

Since they were not summoned by mana, they could not exert strong power, but running minor errands was possible.

While testing what the shadow minions could do like that,

Clatter.

Black Skeleton Onyx, who was sleeping on the floor, hurriedly got up. Thinking that he had to show a prompt appearance since he had the lowest rank here.

And,

“Uwaah!”

Se-jun, who faced the suddenly appeared face of Onyx, screamed in fright.

Cuengi?! Cuengi?!

[Dad, what is the matter?! Did you scare my dad?!]

Hearing Se-jun’s scream, Cuengi hurriedly got up, looked around, and tried to kill Onyx, who looked the most hostile, using telekinesis.

“Meow?! Cuengi, stop, meow!”

Cuengi?

Fortunately, Theo, who felt Cuengi’s strength, stepped forward and stopped Cuengi.

“Hello! I am Onyx, a Black Skeleton from the 4th floor of the tower!”

Thanks to that, Onyx, unaware that an immense force had come right next to his shoulders just moments ago, could kneel and greet Se-jun.

Although he looked the weakest externally, he looked to have the highest rank judging by the attitude of the surroundings. Onyx was quick-witted.

“Ahem. Yes. Onyx, was it?”

“Yes!”

“But why in our room…”

“Chairman Park, I brought him, meow!”

Theo answered Se-jun, who was wondering.

“Vice Chairman Theo? Why?”

“Listen to Onyx’s words, meow! Guys who need to be punished have appeared, meow!”

“Guys who need to be punished?”

“That is right, meow! Onyx, tell Chairman Park quickly, meow!”

“Yes. I, by the humans belonging to a place called Gagel…”

Onyx explained the situation on the 4th floor of the tower.

“So you are saying that Gagel is trying to occupy the 4th floor of the tower, and that is why Onyx came to receive the Dragon Tooth Soldier helmet to have the power to resist them?”

“Yes!”

“That is correct, meow!”

“Hmm…”

Se-jun fell into thought.

At that moment,

[The Tower Administrator says a green alarm has appeared.]

Aileen spoke.

“A green alarm? By any chance, is it the 4th floor?”

[The Tower Administrator says yes.]

[The Tower Administrator appoints you as the middle manager of the tower to prevent the extinction of the Black Skeletons of the Black Graveyard on the 4th floor of the tower.]

You will move to the Black Graveyard on the 4th floor of the tower in 30 seconds.]

[You can bring your subordinates.]

[Please designate the subordinates to go with you.]

“Got it.”

Se-jun hurriedly selected the animals and Black Skeleton Onyx, and

[Moving to the Black Graveyard on the 4th floor of the tower.]

[You cannot move more than 100m away from the Black Graveyard.]

Se-jun and the animals disappeared.

(Baet-baet?)

Leaving only the Golden Bat behind. Se-jun did not see the Golden Bat because he was on his back.

Thanks to that, the Golden Bat could tell others where Se-jun had gone.