Chapter 287 – If You Stamp It for Now, It’s All Useful, Meow!

“We’ll watch the battle from here for a moment.”

“Understood.”

The Jormungand fragment approaching the Black Tower disguised and hid itself at Fenril’s words.

And,

Boom!

At Fenril’s command, Hydra, the nine-headed snake and the 10th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, attacked the Black Tower.

“Block it!”

The black dragons on guard hurriedly stepped forward and blocked Hydra.

However, with their strength, they could barely block even an Apostle of Destruction who hadn’t released their seal. The black dragons began to get pushed back gradually.

At that moment,

“How dare you thrust your head in here?!”

A black dragon about twice the size of the other black dragons appeared.

It was Kaiser!

At Kaiser’s appearance, Fenril focused his attention and observed Kaiser.

This was because Halphas had clearly said that Kaiser swallowed something and suddenly became strong.

A moment later.

“Can you block this power too?”

When Hydra released up to the 3rd stage seal at once and grew giant,

“Kahahahaha! With that level of power, you cannot defeat this body!”

after Kaiser stepped forward and swallowed something,

Kaboom!

he obliterated Hydra in just three attacks and flew off to help other towers.

“Found it.”

Fenril closely observed Kaiser.

Kaiser first swallowed four round oval fruits of red, yellow, green, and blue colors at the same time.

And then, when he swallowed the black round oval fruit, his energy was amplified tremendously.

‘I just need to find that black fruit.’

Thus, Fenril became certain of what he had to find.

“Let’s go.”

“Understood.”

At Fenril’s words, the Jormungand fragment moved toward the Black Tower again.

Thanks to the other Apostles of Destruction successfully drawing all attention, none of the dragons noticed Fenril’s approach.

***

“Here. Take two each. You know the price, right?”

Se-jun showed six black beans in his left hand and held out his right hand.

-Kahahahaha. Of course!

-Of course we know!

-Puhaha! Don’t worry!

Plop. Plop. Plop.

The dragons placed the money bags on Se-jun’s right hand and took two black beans each.

He could not give them the dragon blood received(?) from other dragons yet because they hadn’t made the container.

The three dragons planned to make containers to hold the dragon blood of each dragon tribe, using the scales received(?) together as the main material.

“Then, I’ll check if the money is correct.”

Se-jun began to count the money inside the money bags. Although he trusted them, it was better to be thorough with calculations.

“Huh?! 55 billion Tower Coins? There is more money in here?!”

Indeed, even the dragons had times when they made mistakes. As Se-jun checked the money inside the first bag and spoke,

-Puhahaha. Se-jun, I put in a bit more.

Ramter said, boasting in a hearty voice.

“Oh! Really?! Thank you.”

As Se-jun expressed his gratitude to Ramter,

-Kahahahaha. Ramter, you cheap fellow!

-Exactly!

Kaiser and Kellion laughed at Ramter.

-Eeek! Then how much did you guys put in?!

When Ramter, irritated by the teasing of the two, raised his voice and asked,

-Five…

-Five…

Kaiser and Kellion looked at each other, only said the first digit, and could not answer.

This was because if they had put in a lower amount than the other, they would be teased as well.

-Tch! Se-jun, check quickly.

“Okay.”

In the end, Ramter grew frustrated and urged Se-jun,

“It’s 56 billion Tower Coins and 58 billion Tower Coins.”

and Se-jun checked the remaining money bags.

-……

At Se-jun’s words, Kaiser silently grimaced,

-Huhahaha! Cheap fellows!

and Kellion became triumphant and began to mock Kaiser and Ramter in earnest.

And,

-Se-jun, since those guys are cheap, let’s only trade black beans with me from now on.

-Hey, you get out!

-Yeah! Kaiser, kick him out!

Having provoked the two for no reason, Kellion almost got kicked out of the Black Tower.

-Hahaha. Of course it was a joke. Shall we have a drink?

-Ahem. Shall we?

-Let’s do that!

Kellion had no choice but to appease their anger with his saved alcohol.

In the end, Kellion lost both his money and his alcohol.

When the dragons went to drink like that,

“Chairman Park, I want to burn money, meow!”

Theo, with sparkling eyes, spoke while looking at Se-jun’s money bags. ‘I covet them, meow!’

“Sure. 100 million Tower Coins will do, right?”

“Puhuhut. No, meow! I can burn more money now, meow!”

Theo had grown stronger by sucking up a lot of surrounding energy with his talent, Energy Drain.

Thanks to that, the money he could burn at once increased.

“Then 200 million?”

“Yes, meow!”

“Here.”

Since he had a lot of money, Se-jun readily gave 200 million Tower Coins to Theo.

“Thank you, meow!”

Flash!

Theo turned golden as he burned the money he received from Se-jun.

“Puhuhut. This body is indeed the Golden Cat, Lord Theo Park, meow!”

Theo boasted as he burned money for the first time in a while.

“Vice Chairman Theo, go do some errands.”

Se-jun said, looking at Theo.

Soon, it would be one year since he was stranded in the tower.

So he planned to invite the founding members of the farm to hold a modest party celebrating surviving for a year.

“Nyang?”

At Se-jun’s words, Theo, who was boasting while emitting a golden light, quickly drooped his ears and became sullen. The golden light faded as well.

And he looked at Se-jun with the most pitiful expression possible. ‘Can I not go, meow?’

“No. You can’t. Go right after eating breakfast.”

“Tch. Understood, meow!”

When his acting did not work,

Flopped.

“Chairman Park, rub my belly and feed me Churu, meow!”

Theo changed his strategy and decided to enjoy everything he could on Se-jun’s lap before leaving.

A moment later,

“Chairman Park, I’ll be back, meow!”

“Okay. Have a safe trip.”

Ppiyot!

[Lord Se-jun, I will be back too!]

“Okay. Have a safe trip, Ppiyot, too.”

Theo and Ppiyot went down the tower with Se-jun seeing them off.

Se-jun thought of a modest party.

But,

“Puhuhut. Ppiyot, did you hear, meow? It’s a party, meow!”

Ppiyot! Ppiyot!

[Pbeh-eut! It’s a party!]

If he had intended that, he shouldn’t have sent Theo and Ppiyot down.

Below the 99th floor of the tower, the news of the event for Se-jun had already spread widely due to the Silver Wolves.

Thanks to that, the lower floors were busy preparing for the party.

“Puhuhut. The party for Chairman Park must be big and grand, meow!”

Theo joining in such a situation? The modest party Se-jun was thinking of had already gone down the drain a long time ago.

“I should do the quest.”

Unaware of that, Se-jun, who saw the two off, opened the subspace warehouse to complete his job quest and

Rustle.

took out a pile of corn.

And,

Tap. Tap.

began to peel off the corn kernels one by one.

[You obtained a corn seed.]

[Your job experience increased minutely.]

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

[You must use the Seed Harvesting skill 999,999 more times to complete the job quest.]

…

..

.

Tap. Tap.

Se-jun harvested seeds from the corn silently like that.

[The proficiency of Seed Harvesting Lv. 7 was filled, and its level rose.]

“Hehehe.”

Before he knew it, the Seed Harvesting skill reached level 8, giving Se-jun a sense of pride.

And,

Tap. Tap.

As Se-jun immersed himself in the work again,

[You obtained a sticky corn seed through the effect of Seed Harvesting Lv. 8.]

[Your job experience increased minutely.]

[The proficiency of Seed Harvesting Lv. 8 increased slightly.]

[You must use the Seed Harvesting skill 991,281 more times to complete the job quest.]

“Huh?! A sticky corn seed?”

He obtained a seed of a new breed.

-Upon harvesting, there is a very low probability to obtain a seed of a new breed.

It was thanks to the newly added effect as the Seed Harvesting skill reached level 8.

An achievement message did not appear. It seemed that harvesting the fruit was required to be recognized as an achievement.

“Nice!”

With a glad heart, Se-jun took the sticky corn seed and went to the flowerpot of the Golden Tree Stump of Abundance.

This was because he had to plant it in the flowerpot of the Golden Tree Stump of Abundance, which accelerated the growth speed tenfold, to harvest quickly.

However,

“Huh?!”

The flowerpot of the Golden Tree Stump of Abundance where rice was planted was almost losing its golden light.

He decided to just wait for the power of abundance to fill up on its own.

The flowerpot of the Golden Tree Stump of Abundance was a divine tool. It seemed that he could not handle it with his ordinary(?) life force.

“Still, it’s a relief.”

Se-jun said, looking at the well-ripened golden rice.

“Sticky corn, let’s stay over there for a bit.”

[You planted a sticky corn seed in the mana-infused soil.]

[Your job experience increased slightly.]

[As the rice seeds were hearing the farmer’s footsteps, the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 8 was enhanced.]

[The growth speed of the rice seeds accelerated twofold for 24 hours through the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 8.]

[The proficiency of Mana Sowing Lv. 8 increased slightly.]

Se-jun planted the sticky corn seed in the corner of the cornfield for now, and

Slash. Slash.

took out his sickle and began to harvest the rice.

Kkye-ek.

Kkye-ek.

Meanwhile, the mushroom ants approached and

Crunch. Crunch.

milled the rice harvested by Se-jun with their front teeth, making white rice, and

“Hehehe. Today is soy sauce egg rice. Slurp.”

Slash. Slash.

Se-jun harvested the rice even more diligently, salivating at the thought of mixing white rice with soy sauce and raw egg fruits.

***

“Nyangnyangnyang.”

Ppiyot. Ppiyooot!

Theo and Ppiyot went down the tower while humming.

At that moment,

“Nyang?!”

Ppiyot!

[Lord Theo, it’s a fork in the road!]

A fork in the road appeared in front of the two again.

“Puhuhut. This way, meow!”

Theo headed toward the right path with confidence.

Knowing that he wouldn’t find a better answer by worrying about it for a long time anyway, Theo just guessed.

After Theo and Ppiyot passed like that,

Thud.

the right path closed, and the snake’s face shut.

-It should be fine, right?

Inside his belly, Fenril was currently transforming his body to enter the Black Tower.

-Well… he’ll manage on his own.

Gape.

The Jormungand fragment opened its mouth again, waiting for the next prey.

Thus, Theo and Ppiyot entered Jormungand’s belly again.

Hiss. Hiss.

White snakes appeared in front of them.

Pababak!

“Ppiyot, pick up the coins, meow!”

Theo defeated the white snakes, and

Ppiyot!

[Yes!]

Peck. Peck.

Ppiyot followed behind Theo, picking up the white coins.

“Nyangnyangnyang.”

Theo continued to run forward, only defeating the white snakes blocking his way.

Ppiyot?

[Lord Theo, but why aren’t we leaving right away?]

Ppiyot asked, looking at Theo who continued to walk even though he knew it was not the exit.

“Puhuhut. There is something here, meow.”

Theo replied with a laugh.

When the white snakes appeared, Theo also tried to exit right away by using One-Cat Slash.

However,

“Nyang?!”

Theo felt an attraction stimulating his front paw. So he decided to move along the path.

Thus, Theo and Ppiyot followed the path.

At that moment,

Kkweek!

A familiar scream was heard from the opposite side.

“Nyang?! This sound? Ppiyot, let’s go, meow!”

Theo hurriedly ran toward the sound.

And,

“Lord Theo, save me!”

Uren, who had taken the wrong path this time as well, had been trapped inside the body of Jormungand’s fragment for several days and was on the verge of death.

“Puhuhut. Uren, to escape from here, you need money, meow! Give me money, meow!”

Thinking that his front paw was attracted to Uren, Theo proudly held out his front paw and demanded money.

‘Of course! I will give you as much as you want!’

Fitting for the icon of bad luck and gullibility, Uren took out all the money bags from his bosom and handed them to Theo.

The 20 money bags he received like that contained 2 billion Tower Coins.

“Puhuhut. Then let’s exit, meow!”

Theo burned all the money inside the money bags.

Flash.

Theo was emitting a dazzling golden light. ‘Puhuhut. As expected, money is satisfying to burn when it blazes hot, meow!’

And,

Shing.

he unsheathed the dragon claw of his right front paw and

Slash!

swung it widely, filled with overflowing energy. ‘It’s One-Cat Slash, meow!’

……

Although there was no sound, the surrounding animals got goosebumps and trembled at the sharpness of the mana blade.

A few seconds later.

Crack.

Five lines were drawn on Jormungand’s fragment, dividing it into six pieces, and

Fritter.

it turned into powder and disappeared.

Clink.

“Ppiyot, pack the coins, meow!”

Ppiyot!

[Yes!]

Ppiyot flew around quickly, picking up the white coins.

At that moment,

Ppiyot?

Ppiyot saw an animal with dark blue fur falling.

Kking!

A young animal flailing with its four short legs. ‘Pbeh-eut. You are my subordinate now!’

Grab!

Ppiyot snatched the dark blue animal nicely and

Ppiyot!

flew diligently to bring it to Theo.

Kking!

“What is this dog, meow?”

Theo grabbed the front paw of the dog(?) that was sending him hostile looks, and

Stamp.

stamped a paw print on the contract. It was because he felt a strong attraction from this dog.

‘Puhuhut. Once you stamp it first, it’s all useful, meow!’

Theo grinned, looking at Fenril.