Chapter 276 – Did Our Cuengi Control His Strength

“Hey, I heard you have the inner core of my younger brother Elge? If you give it to me while I’m speaking nicely, your life…”

Unaware of the feelings of Se-jun and Cuengi, who were irritated because they were hungry, Komodo Caiman spoke boastfully.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Cuengi is angry because he is hungry-da-yo! Cuengi will show you justice-da-yo!]

Whoosh.

Cuengi swung the Club of Justice toward Komodo Caiman and the elite soldiers who blocked his way. To Cuengi, there was no injustice as great as hunger.

Kaboom!

A huge explosion and impact occurred, and the wind blew so violently that they could not open their eyes.

And,

‘I’m ruined…’

Se-jun realized belatedly that this was the royal palace.

‘Guys, I’ll build you a sturdy building again.’

Se-jun apologized to the Black Rabbit and Pyupyu.

After a moment, when the wind subsided, Se-jun opened his eyes to check how much the royal palace was damaged.

But,

“Huh?! It’s perfectly fine?”

Contrary to Se-jun’s expectations, the royal palace remained intact.

Not a single crack appeared on the walls of the hall, and only the furniture like tables, Komodo Caiman, and the elite soldiers had cleanly disappeared.

‘Did our Cuengi control his strength?’

When Se-jun looked at Cuengi,

Kkueng? Kkueng!

[Why did it not break-da-yo? Anyway, it’s a relief-da-yo!]

Cuengi could be seen relieved that the building did not break, just like himself. It was not Cuengi’s doing.

At that time,

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Cuengi, no matter how angry you are, what would have happened if the royal palace broke?”

Iona, who had come out of Theo’s tail before he knew it and held the Staff of Calamity, spoke to Cuengi.

Iona had cast the Absolute Shield magic around them to prevent Cuengi’s attack from breaking the building.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[I did that because I was angry that they blocked the way when I was hungry-da-yo! I will be careful next time-da-yo!]

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. In the future, pay more attention to controlling your strength.”

Iona telling Cuengi to control his strength. It was not something the Mage of Great Destruction should say.

While Se-jun’s gaze was directed at Cuengi and Iona,

Roll. Roll.

“Nyan?”

Theo picked up a black bead rolling toward him.

‘Puhut. My front paw is drawn to it, so it’s a good item, meow! I should give this to Chairman Park when he is full after eating later and ask him to rub my belly, meow.’

Theo, smiling widely, put the black bead into his bundle. Just like that, Komodo Caiman’s inner core also came to fall into Se-jun’s hands.

In the end, Cuengi and Iona did the performance, and Se-jun and Theo reaped the rewards.

When the matter was wrapped up without major damage (?) thanks to Iona’s help like that,

“Cuengi, let’s go eat dinner.”

Kkueng!

[Good-da-yo!]

Cuengi, whose mood was slightly relieved by wielding the Club of Justice, quickly clung to Se-jun’s leg, and

“Let’s go!”

Se-jun moved to the banquet hall.

***

Hawaii, USA.

“Headquarters, arrived at the destination.”

A C-17 transport aircraft appeared in the sky over Hawaii.

-Drop them.

“Understood.”

When the pilot, who received instructions from the headquarters, opened the rear door, soldiers dropped boxes containing 100 kg each of sweet grapes full of life.

Thud. Thud.

As the boxes hit the ground, the sweet grapes full of life inside exploded from the impact.

After a moment,

Squirm. Squirm.

Sensing the thick sweet grape scent spreading around, giant leeches approached.

The scent was so strong that giant leeches within a 5 km radius of the boxes were all flocking.

And the giant leeches close to the boxes began to suck the juice of the sweet grapes full of life.

“Headquarters, the leeches are showing a reaction to box number 1.”

-Good. Check other boxes too.

“Understood.”

The pilot who answered steered the transport aircraft to drop boxes at other drop points and check the reaction.

In that way, a total of 10 boxes were dropped.

“Headquarters, verified that the leeches reacted to boxes 1 through 10.”

-Understood. Return now.

Just as the transport aircraft pilot, who received instructions from the headquarters, turned around to return,

“Huh?!”

The pilot discovered a strange phenomenon.

Thud! Thud!

The giant leeches had begun fighting among themselves.

This was because, although the sweet grapes full of life had disappeared, the sweet grape scent full of life continued to emanate from the bodies of the giant leeches that had eaten the grapes.

The giant leeches attacked and killed the giant leeches that emitted the sweet grape scent full of life, and

Slurp. Slurp. Slurp.

Began to suck the remaining sweet grape juice full of life from their bodies, and

Thud!

The giant leech that killed its kin and consumed the sweet grape juice full of life became the target of attack by other giant leeches again.

This process continued for about an hour before stopping, and the Naval Command received a report that the number of giant leeches had decreased for the first time.

And,

“They said if you work at the grape farm on the 4th floor of the tower, they give you sweet grapes full of life, right? Send hunters to the 4th floor of the tower and secure as many sweet grapes full of life as possible!”

Chief of Naval Operations Samuel ordered the deployment of hunters belonging to the Navy to the grape farm on the 4th floor of the tower to obtain the sweet grapes full of life.

Like that, under Operation Name: Public Support, 500 Navy hunters set out to work at the grape farm on the 4th floor of the tower.

***

[Inner Core of the Caiman Royal Family Successor]

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The inner core contains mana accumulated through training for approximately 120 years.

Upon consumption, you acquire a total of 120 bonus stats. (Conversely, if a being with mana less than 120 consumes it, the inner core absorbs all of their stats.)

Restrictions on Use: Lv. 52 or higher, Mana 120 or higher

Grade: S

“This is also an inner core?”

“Puhut. How is it, meow?”

Theo, who lay on the lap of the full Se-jun and had Se-jun stroke his belly, asked in a proud voice.

“Of course you did well.”

Se-jun replied and stroked Theo’s forehead and chin all over.

“Puhut. Of course, meow! I, Vice President Theo, always do well, of course, meow!”

Theo felt as if he were flying to the sky at Se-jun’s storm of compliments.

Rub. Rub.

Theo expressed his good mood by rubbing his back against Se-jun’s lap.

Thanks to that, Se-jun got a lot of fur stuck to his pants.

“I should make another Theo Ball soon.”

“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Theo Ball? I’ll buy it!”

Iona, who heard Se-jun’s words while eating roasted peanuts diligently, hurriedly requested a pre-order with her cheeks fully stuffed.

An appearance of rushing as if she might lose it to someone else. Anyway, nobody else but you would buy it, Iona.

When they decided to sell the Theo Ball to the excellent customer Iona like that,

Crunch. Crunch.

Iona, relieved again, began to eat peanuts.

At that time,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It’s delicious-da-yo!]

In Se-jun’s eyes, Cuengi could be seen eating meat deliciously as if he were eating it for the first time now, although it had been over an hour since he began eating.

And,

Ppiyot! Ppiyot!

[I will eat a lot and grow big to carry Vice President Theo on my back! Ppiyot-i does not lose to fullness!]

Also Ppiyot-i, who returned after emptying his body.

Peck. Peck. Peck.

Stimulated by Cuengi eating a lot, Ppiyot-i emptied his body for the tenth time and began to eat the peanut powder again.

“They are still far from finished.”

Looking at them eating, it seemed he had to wait longer for the meal to end.

“Theo, hold this for a moment.”

Se-jun had Theo hold the inner core, and

Slide.

Pulled out Elge’s inner core obtained previously from the subdimensional pocket on his waist. It was to compare the two inner cores.

Se-jun was holding onto Elge’s inner core without eating it because of the explanation that the inner core could be grown.

When Se-jun pulled out the inner core like that,

“Huh?!”

“Nyan?!”

An attractive force generated between the inner core held by Se-jun and the inner core held by Theo, attempting to merge with each other.

And when Se-jun relaxed his strength in the hand holding the inner core,

Slide.

The inner core was pulled toward the inner core held by Theo and naturally became one, just like water droplets merging.

“Oh! That’s fascinating.”

Se-jun said while verifying the inner core held by Theo. The content of the inner core had changed to say that it gave 220 bonus stats.

“Puhut. That is also because I did well, meow!”

Theo looked at Se-jun, attributing all the credit to himself. Praise me quickly, meow!

“Sure.”

While Se-jun was stroking Theo’s belly for a long time,

“Vice President Theo, hello!”

Five monsters approached Theo and greeted him.

They were the goblin Paku and other monsters dispatched by the bosses in the 50s floors to be bestowed the Dragon Tooth Soldier Helmets.

They had been waiting at the tavern for a few days on Theo’s instruction to wait, but when Theo did not seek them out, they came to find him like this.

“Scaram?”

As soon as he saw Paku’s face, Se-jun also thought of Scaram, just like Theo.

“Puhut. This fellow is not Scaram, but Scaram’s nephew, meow!”

Theo corrected Se-jun’s misunderstanding.

“Nephew?”

“That’s right, meow! And now he is my subordinate, meow! You guys, greet him, meow! This is Chairman Park, meow!”

“Yes! Greetings, Chairman Park!”

The monsters greeted Se-jun at Theo’s words.

“Ah. Nice to meet you. Theo, but what are these monsters?”

Se-jun quietly asked Theo while receiving the monsters’ greetings.

“Puhut. These fellows are the bosses who want to receive the Dragon Tooth Soldier Helmets…”

Theo told him the monsters’ circumstances.

“Is that so? Then…”

Se-jun told Theo the conditions for receiving the Dragon Tooth Soldier Helmets.

And,

“Puhut. Chairman Park said he would give the Dragon Tooth Soldier Helmet only if two conditions are satisfied, meow!”

Theo delivered Se-jun’s words.

“Two conditions?”

“What are they?”

At Theo’s words, the monsters quickly asked.

“A land deed and an interview, meow!”

Since there would be almost no opponent they couldn’t handle on that floor if they had the Dragon Tooth Soldier Helmet, Se-jun intended to find out if the boss was a decent monster through an interview.

And in order for Se-jun to conduct the interview with the boss, he needed a land deed to move to the floor where the boss was located.

“Understood!”

The monsters quickly scattered to deliver the two conditions Theo mentioned to their bosses.

Just like that, the rumor that a land deed was required to receive the Dragon Tooth Soldier Helmet bestowed by the Great Black Dragon began to spread throughout the Black Tower.

Thanks to that, Se-jun was able to obtain land deeds easily.

***

The 4th floor of the tower.

“What is this…”

Jackson, the leader of the Navy hunters who came to work at the grape farm upon receiving orders, was flustered looking at the incredibly long line.

Since rumors about the grape farm had already spread, other hunters had also lined up to work.

Because they could easily earn hundreds of millions just by working for 10 hours without any fighting, it was gaining massive popularity among novice hunters.

At that time,

Clatter. Clatter.

“You came to work, right?”

A Black Skeleton approached Jackson and handed him a bone piece.

“512?!”

Looking at the number carved on the bone piece, Jackson realized that this was a waiting ticket. He also realized that there were 511 hunters in front of him.

“Major Jackson, shouldn’t we change our plan?”

That’s right. This takes too long.

“Let’s just barge in!”

While the subordinates proposed a plan using military force to Jackson,

Kaboom!

With a giant explosion, a group of people raided the warehouse of the grape farm.

And,

Thud. Thud.

Suddenly, ten giant 3-meter skeletons stood up and began to eliminate the intruders with overwhelming force.

They were the Dragon Tooth Soldiers left behind by Se-jun to defend the grape farm.

Originally, to defend the grape farm, Se-jun had intended to give the Dragon Tooth Soldier Helmets to ten speaking Black Skeletons, including Philip.

However, the Black Skeletons could not wear the Dragon Tooth Soldier Helmets. It was because they were too weak.

“Hmm… what about buying a turn with money?”

“That sounds good.”

Thanks to that, the Navy hunters quickly modified their plan in a different direction.