Chapter 253 – You Can Touch My Belly, Meow!

A time more than thousands of years ago.

A powerful necromancer appeared in the Titan Continent.

Immortal, the Undead King.

Immortal, the Undead King, marched south while raising the dead from the northern tip of the Titan Continent, and all the living on the continent fought to drive out Immortal.

Fortunately, the war ended in victory as the living sealed Immortal, the Undead King, and

“We are existences that received the curse of immortality; we will guard this place eternally so that the Undead King cannot come out.”

Tens of thousands of knights who died and were resurrected by Immortal.

The knights escaped from Immortal’s control as Immortal was sealed, and they swore to become existences that guarded Immortal’s seal.

However, there was not much that could endure the vast amount of time.

As time flowed, the weapons and armor they possessed could not withstand the years and crumbled, and their bodies and minds were also worn away.

“Do not let anyone approach the King’s graveyard!”

They forgot everything, including who was sealed in the graveyard, why they had to guard the graveyard, and even who they were, and guarded the King’s graveyard according to the knight’s oath.

One day, as they were guarding the graveyard as usual,

“Where is this?”

Clatter. Clatter.

They were moved to a strange place where they saw skeletons different from themselves in the surroundings.

And,

“This is the 4th floor of the Black Tower?”

“Yes. That is what they say.”

They came to know that they were in a place called the Black Tower.

However,

“It does not matter where this is! Our task is to guard the King’s graveyard!”

Just because the location changed, their oath was not erased. They only guarded the graveyard according to the oath.

***

“Where did everyone go?”

Zivik, the guild leader of the Crash Guild, said while looking around. Not a single Black Skeleton was visible.

Although it was because all the Black Skeletons were gathered at the place where Se-jun was,

“Did they perhaps go to the other guys?”

“It seems so.”

He thought that the Black Skeletons had been lured by the other teams, thanks to Zivik dividing the personnel into groups of five to find the King’s graveyard.

While continuing the search like that,

“Is it here?”

Zivik discovered a huge door engraved with strange characters.

“Open it.”

“Yes!”

When the guild members opened the door at Zivik’s instruction,

Creak.

The door opened while making a loud noise.

“Let’s see…”

As the door opened, Zivik entered inside first, anticipating the King’s splendid burial goods.

However,

“What?!”

Inside the room made of huge square bricks, there was only a sarcophagus tied with a single strand of golden chain.

“You guys check if there is a hidden place.”

“Yes!”

Zivik instructed his subordinates and,

“I should get at least this for now.”

Bang!

Zivik struck and cut the golden chain wrapping around the sarcophagus with an axe.

And,

“Could there perhaps be something inside too?”

Drrrk.

Zivik slid open the lid of the sarcophagus to open it, since he had cut the golden chain anyway.

“Huh?!”

There was no corpse in the coffin, and only pieces of cloth that had rotted and become tattered were scattered.

“Tsk. What kind of king’s graveyard is this?”

Zivik did not wonder why there was no corpse in the coffin. He was just disappointed that there were no expensive items inside the coffin.

“This looks a bit expensive.”

Zivik, who discovered a golden necklace with a red gem between the pieces of cloth, reached out his hand to take the necklace.

At that moment,

Billowing, billowing.

Red smoke came out from the red gem and began to wrap around Zivik’s body.

***

“Huh?! The reward suddenly became too good?”

As the quest was updated and the reward improved, Se-jun felt anxious. Since a larger reward meant the quest was more difficult.

At that moment,

“Chairman Park!”

Cuengi!

[Dad, Cuengi has come!]

Theo and Cuengi came to find Se-jun and clung to Se-jun’s knees. Returning to protect Se-jun because the surrounding energy suddenly became unusual.

Se-jun’s mind was at ease due to the heaviness felt in his legs. Since Theo and Cuengi were together with him, it seemed fine no matter what enemy appeared.

“Where is Iona?”

“Iona will burn down the experience farm and come, meow!”

“Really?”

Looking at the sky, he saw an immense number of flames filling the sky falling to the ground. Judging by the firepower, it seemed Iona would return in no time too.

“Guys, I think we must find the sealed King first.”

“Puhuhut. Leave it to me, meow! Guys, come out, meow!”

At Se-jun’s words, Theo proudly looked at Se-jun’s shadow and said.

, (Wait, the raw says )

At that,

Seumul-seumul.

From Se-jun’s shadow, shadow minions emerged and began to cling to Theo.

“Go and search if there is anything suspicious, meow!”

Theo sent those shadow minions on patrol.

Nod. Nod.

Seureureuk.

The shadow minions nodded at Theo’s instruction and scattered in all directions.

“I’m envious.”

Although they were clearly his shadow minions… Se-jun felt a bit sad that he could only watch the shadow minions Theo was ordering around.

But,

‘No! If it weren’t for Theo, I couldn’t have even summoned them. This is better.’

Squeeze, squeeze.

Se-jun quickly thought positively and squeezed Theo’s cheek fat.

“Hehehe.”

Se-jun’s mood improved due to the soft texture like glutinous rice cake. There was absolutely no other feeling.

“Meow! Chairman Park, let go of my cheeks, meow!”

Theo, whose cheek fat was caught, struggled to escape from Se-jun’s hand, and

Cuengi!

[Dad, touch Cuengi’s cheek fat too!]

Since Se-jun only touched his oldest brother’s cheeks, Cuengi pestered him to touch his cheeks too and shoved his face forward.

“Alright.”

So Se-jun let go of Theo’s cheeks, who refused to have them touched, and touched Cuengi’s cheeks, and

Seuk.

Theo, who lay down on Se-jun’s knees, gently pulled Se-jun’s right hand and brought it to his belly. ‘You can touch my belly, meow!’

“Understood.”

While Se-jun was touching Theo’s belly fat and Cuengi’s cheek fat like that,

Seureureuk.

The shadow minions returned and clung to Theo’s body again.

And,

“Thank you, meow! Chairman Park, they say there is a fellow emitting a strange energy over there, meow!”

Theo, who received the report from the shadow minions, raised his front paw and guided the way.

***

“Keo-heok! Why…?”

The subordinate, who was looking for a hidden place at Zivik’s instruction, died with eyes full of questions while looking at the sword pierced in his flank.

“Soul Drain.”

Zivik, or rather, Immortal, the Undead King who took over Zivik’s body, looked indifferently at such a subordinate and chanted a spell with eyes dyed bright red.

Billowing, billowing.

The white smoke that escaped from the corpse was absorbed into Immortal’s mouth.

“Sluuurp. How long has it been since I tasted a soul fallen into despair… it is so delicious.”

Immortal, who absorbed the soul, wore an ecstatic expression out of uncontrollable joy.

At that moment,

“Leader, what is going on?”

“Leader, why did you kill Royce?!”

The subordinates, who felt a somewhat strange atmosphere, discovered Immortal who had killed their dead comrade and approached.

“Leader? Ah… is that the word to call this body?”

“What?!”

“What do you mean…”

“But you are too rude. To think you do not bow your heads in front of me, Immortal, the Undead King… I must cut your heads off. Rise. My first sword.”

Rumble.

Along with Immortal’s command, the floor split and a Black Skeleton appeared.

“Did you call, Undead King? The King’s first sword greets you.”

Thud.

The Black Skeleton knelt and showed respect toward Immortal.

Unlike when he was with Se-jun, he appeared equipped with a thick full-body armor emitting black brilliance and a black sword exuding a sinister energy.

“Yes. It has been a long time, my first sword.”

“Undead King, please give the command.”

“Cut off those fellows’ necks.”

“Yes. According to the King’s command.”

When the first sword stood up from his spot to carry out Immortal’s command,

“Something is strange with the leader! Subdue him first!”

“Understood!”

Unlike their grand words, when only a single Black Skeleton clad in armor appeared, the Crash Guild members let down their guard and attacked the Black Skeleton.

But,

Slice.

“Huh?!”

Without even seeing the Black Skeleton’s sword being swung, they fell to the ground while looking at their own collapsing bodies.

“Soul Drain.”

In that way, Immortal absorbed four souls from the heads cut by his first sword.

“Rise, my swords.”

Immortal, who recovered his strength by absorbing the souls, raised five more armed Black Skeletons.

And,

“Detect Life. It’s over there.”

He detected living existences in the surroundings and began the hunt.

***

“It’s the left, meow!”

Se-jun, who was moving while receiving path guidance from Theo speaking according to the words of the shadow minions.

“Huh?! Is that fellow the sealed King?”

Soon, he was able to find Immortal, the Undead King, protected by 30 armed Black Skeletons.

While Se-jun was examining the opponent,

“What kind of animals are these? Kill them.”

Immortal gave the order to kill while looking at Theo and Cuengi. Thanks to his talent, Lowly Presence, Se-jun went unnoticed by Immortal this time too.

“Yes. According to the King’s command.”

The Black Skeletons began to draw their swords to attack Theo and Cuengi.

At that moment,

Cuengi!

[Dad is protected by Cuengi, the King of Gluttony!]

Hearing that the enemy was the Undead King, Cuengi announced that he was also a king.

And,

Click.

Along with Cuengi’s shout, the Black Skeletons’ swords were forcibly inserted back into their scabbards.

The moment the Black Skeletons moved to draw their swords, Cuengi put the knights’ swords back into their scabbards with telekinesis.

It was to prevent Se-jun from being caught up in the Black Skeletons’ attacks.

In the meantime,

“Chairman Park’s enemy will be punished by me, Vice Chairman Theo, the King of Knees, meow!”

Mentioning that he was also a king, Theo swung his front paw.

……

Without any sound or wind, Theo’s mana claws clawed past them.

[Guardian Theo has defeated the first sword of Immortal, the Undead King.]

[You have obtained 500,000 EXP, which is 50% of the EXP obtained by Guardian Theo.]

…

..

.

Clatter.

The Black Skeletons were broken in vain, cut into six pieces. However, there was no message that Immortal had been defeated.

And,

“Meow?”

“Kekeke. Quite good.”

Immortal smiled and regenerated his wounds.

“Rise, my swords.”

Immortal raised the Black Skeletons again.

At that moment,

Kkuhehehe. Cuengi!

[Hehehe. Big brother cannot fight!]

Clap.

Cuengi clapped his hands while mocking Theo.

Boom!

At the same time, Immortal and the Black Skeletons were crushed to death. Cuengi had used telekinesis.

[Herb Collector Cuengi has defeated the tenth sword of Immortal, the Undead King.]

[You have obtained 100,000 EXP, which is 50% of the EXP obtained by Herb Collector Cuengi.]

…

..

.

But this time too, there was no message that Immortal had been defeated.

Kku-deu-deuk.

“Kekeke. This one is a bit painful.”

The crushed body of Immortal began to regenerate again.

Cuengi?

Cuengi was flustered by Immortal, who revived even after receiving his attack.

“Meow?! Chairman Park, what should we do, meow?”

Cuengi?

[Dad, what do we do?]

Theo and Cuengi, who had never met an enemy that did not die from their attacks, asked Se-jun in embarrassment.

“It’s fine. Cuengi, make that fellow unable to move.”

Cuengi!

[Understood!]

When Cuengi subdued Immortal with telekinesis,

“Throw Thunder.”

In the meantime, Se-jun, who had made plenty of dark clouds in the sky, dropped a thunderbolt on Immortal’s regenerating body.

Boom! Crash!

“Aaaack!”

Immortal screamed as his body was scorched by the thunderbolt.

If he had been in a perfect state, he would not have taken damage, but he was currently in a weakened state. Se-jun’s skill was also sufficient to inflict damage.

“It hurts, right? So hurry up and summon the Black Skeletons.”

Se-jun, who heard Immortal say earlier that it was painful. Se-jun inflicted pain on Immortal and made him summon Black Skeletons.

The Black Skeletons gave experience even if they died and were summoned again.

Se-jun intended to obtain experience by defeating Black Skeletons while simultaneously looking for a way to defeat Immortal.

‘If it isn’t resolved by the Black Rabbit’s wedding, I’ll freeze him with the Ice Cube and send him to Aileen.’

Se-jun was unaware of the fact that the Holy Stone Ice Cube was on the verge of being crushed under Aileen’s foot.