Chapter 288 – This Fellow is as Weak as Chairman Park Used to Be, Meow!

Fenril was sealing the energy of destruction inside his body to avoid being caught by the Black Tower inside the Jormungand fragment.

“It’s almost ready!”

Fenril was accelerating the sealing process, which was almost finished.

A moment later.

Vring.

“Kukuku. It’s finished.”

The core containing the sealed energy of destruction was completed.

Although Fenril’s strength had become extremely weak because of it, even the weak power leaking from the sealed core was much stronger than the power possessed by the fragments of the Apostles of Destruction.

Thud.

“Ugh. A bit uncomfortable. I must change my body.”

His current body was made to withstand strong power. With his current strength, even moving a single step was difficult.

Slid.

Fenril reconstructed his body to match his weakened strength.

“Just wait a little! You insignificant beings of the Black Tower. I, Fenril, the God-Swallowing Wolf and the 1st Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, will show you my terror! Kukukuk.”

As Fenril let out a fishy grin, saying he would show his terror to the residents of the Black Tower like that,

Ding!

something penetrated the gap in Fenril’s reconstructing body and struck his core.

And,

“Uh?!”

At the impact, Fenril’s core was thrown out from Fenril’s body.

An attack that penetrated a split second of less than 0.00001 seconds and struck Fenril’s core. It was Theo’s One-Cat Slash.

It was good fortune for all beings in the Black Tower, and misfortune for Fenril.

However, Fenril’s misfortune was not over yet.

Sss.

Fenril’s core, which had been thrown out, continued to fly outward as the Jormungand fragment’s body turned to powder, and

……

its vertical velocity converged to 0 due to gravity, and it began to fall downward.

Kking!

[G!]

with his core gone, Fenril, who was reconstructed into an extremely weak body, flailed his body and tried desperately to catch the core, but

Ppiyot!

Grab!

some tiny fellow snatched him.

Kking! Kking!!!

[Let go of me! My core!!!]

Thanks to that, Fenril could do nothing but flail helplessly as he watched his falling core.

Kking!

[I will kill you!]

Thus, Fenril expressed his anger, sending killing intent to the one who seemed to be the boss of the tiny fellow, and

Stamp.

“Puhuhut. &%#@”

The one who seemed to be the boss wore a villainous smile, said something incomprehensible, and then stamped his front paw on something.

Fenril, who had lived for thousands of years. The worst misfortunes rushed upon him in a very short time of less than 10 minutes.

It was the unluckiest day in Fenril’s life.

“Puhuhut. I have a wonderful subordinate now, meow! It is I, Vice Chairman Theo, working hard today too, meow!”

Of course, on the contrary, it was the best day for Theo.

And,

Ppiyot?

[Lord Theo, I am above him, right?]

Ppiyot looked at Fenril with anxious eyes.

Somehow, there was a high probability that he would get one more superior.

***

Inside the kitchen on the 99th floor of the tower.

Mix. Mix.

Se-jun put freshly made, steaming, fluffy rice, egg fruits, and soy sauce in a huge bowl and mixed the ingredients evenly using both hands.

And,

Squeeze. Squeeze.

he shaped the mixed soy sauce egg rice with his hands to make small rice balls, and

Munch.

put them in his mouth.

Munch. Munch.

‘Hehehe. It’s delicious.’

Indeed, it would be stranger if it wasn’t delicious.

Soy sauce egg rice was a menu that could never fail unless the rice was strange or the eggs were spoiled.

“Is the soup ready?”

Se-jun examined the egg soup boiled with fish bone broth, and

Chop. Chop. Chop.

chopped and added green onions and Cheongyang chili peppers.

A moment later,

“Guys, let’s eat.”

When Se-jun called the animals,

Kkueng!

Ukki!

the animals, who had been sitting at the table waiting for the dish to be completed, cheered.

A moment later,

Hand.

“Cuengi, it’s delicious, right?”

Se-jun asked Cuengi, who had emptied the rice bowl filled with soy sauce egg rice in an instant and was holding out the bowl.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[It’s delicious! Dad is a genius!]

At Se-jun’s question, Cuengi, who was eating the soy sauce egg rice, praised him excitedly.

Doomchit doomchit.

Wiggle wiggle.

Cuengi even danced a butt dance and did a shoulder dance, which hadn’t been seen lately, showing how delicious it was.

“Hehehe. Eat it with the egg soup too. That way, it’s more delicious.”

Feeling proud of Cuengi’s reaction, Se-jun packed the rice bowl full and handed it to Cuengi.

Kkueng!

[Understood!]

Slurp.

Perhaps his throat was a bit dry, Cuengi drank the egg soup refreshingly.

It was the egg soup Se-jun had made by adding Cheongyang chili peppers.

The spicy egg soup cleanly washed away the greasiness of the soy sauce egg rice, and the slight spiciness remaining in the mouth stimulated his appetite again.

At times like that,

Chomp.

A bite of greasy soy sauce egg rice.

And,

Slurp.

Another sip of the spicy egg soup.

It was an invincible combination that allowed infinite intake.

Flash.

The ‘Rice is Medicine’ effect manifested in Cuengi’s body, and he shone dazzlingly with a golden light.

“Uh?! This is no time to do this!”

Watching the rapidly decreasing soy sauce egg rice and egg soup, Se-jun also ate in a hurry, and

“Vitality.”

he ate the rice diligently, using his skill to digest the food quickly.

[You consumed 100,000 grains of rice.]

[The Rice is Medicine effect occurred.]

[Strength, Stamina, Agility, and Magic Power stats increased randomly by a total of 100.]

[Strength increased by 23, Stamina by 9, Agility by 37, and Magic Power by 31.]

…

..

.

Thanks to that, he ate about 30 bowls of rice, triggering the Rice is Medicine effect three times, and his Strength increased by 53, Stamina by 23, Agility by 110, and Magic Power by 114.

It was a two-birds-with-one-stone effect where he could eat delicious food and even grow stronger.

‘Cuengi, is this how you felt?’

Se-jun looked at Cuengi, who had finished his rice and was drinking the egg soup straight from the pot, with envious eyes.

***

The merchant street on the 75th floor of the tower.

“Just give me 10 rainbow trouts.”

“It is 3 Tower Coins per rainbow trout, is that okay?”

“Yes?! 3 Tower Coins?! The price of rainbow trout has gone up that much?!”

A merchant who entered a food ingredient store was greatly surprised by the store owner’s words. It was because the price had tripled compared to fifteen days ago.

“You haven’t been here in a long time, it seems you’ve returned from some remote place.”

“Yes. I was away on a long-distance business trip…”

“Then you could be that surprised.”

The store owner made an understanding expression.

“Right now, both the Red Ribbon Kingdom and the Kove Kingdom are buying up not only ingredients but all kinds of supplies in large quantities, so prices have risen tremendously.”

“What? The Red Ribbon Kingdom and Kove Kingdom? Is it a war by any chance?”

The merchant asked in a tense voice. If a war broke out, the risk of trading increased.

Of course, although he could make a lot of profit from trading as much as the risk, he had only one life. It was better to be safe even if he earned a little less.

“No. I heard they are holding a party to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the Great Black Dragon. I don’t know what 1st anniversary it is, but… anyway, can you continue to work as a merchant with such intuition?”

The store owner joked with the merchant.

However,

“Hahaha… right… I think I might quit now.”

The merchant, who had suffered a huge loss after going on a long-distance business trip with great determination, could not laugh. The merchant became sullen at the store owner’s words.

“Hey. Why does a young fellow have so little confidence?! Cheer up! Instead, I’ll give you some good information!”

Not wanting to lose a customer, the store owner decided to give the young merchant a piece of information.

“If by any chance you have an item that needs appraisal, try going to the branch of the Mage Association. They are appraising for free right now.”

Currently, the Mage Association was looking for a special item to gift Se-jun under Iona’s instructions.

“Free?! Ah! I have one, should I try going?”

The merchant recalled an item he had obtained on his way back from this business trip.

“Yes! Go once. Who knows? What you have might be a tremendous treasure.”

“Thank you. If it turns out to be a good item after appraisal, I’ll come here and buy a lot from you!”

“Yes. Good luck.”

“Yes!”

The merchant hurriedly ran to the branch of the Mage Association.

***

Toddle. Toddle.

“Where are you escaping to, meow?”

Kking!

‘This body is Fenril, the proud wolf!’

Grab.

Theo grabbed the scruff of Fenril’s neck as he walked in a different direction despite being told to follow.

Kking! Kking!

‘You bastards! Let go of me!’

Fenril struggled to escape somehow, but having lost his core, Fenril did not even have the strength to move one of Theo’s toes.

“But what is he saying, meow?”

Ppiyot!

[I don’t know either.]

Theo and Ppiyot could not understand Fenril’s words.

Kking?!

‘What are the two of you talking about excluding me?!’

It was the same for Fenril. The Apostles of Destruction did not have a language. They just sent and received their intentions to and from others.

However, as the core disappeared, that ability vanished, making communication impossible.

“Let’s set off for now, meow!”

Kking!

Theo tied his front paw and Fenril’s front paw with a rope to prevent Fenril from escaping, and went down the tower again.

Kking?! Kking!

‘Such humiliation to me?! This is something only dogs do!’ Fenril pulled out his front paw from the tied rope and

“Kkingkking-i, don’t pull it out, meow!”

In the end, he ended up with the rope around his neck, becoming even more humiliated.

And obtaining the strange name Kkingkking-i was a bonus. The naming sense seemed to resemble Se-jun’s.

Kking!

‘I won’t go until you untie this!’ Fenril resisted at first, trying not to go, but

Drag. Drag. Drag.

Kking! Kking!

‘Ah! It’s hot!’ As he continued to be dragged, he had no choice but to walk due to his soles getting hot.

Toddle. Toddle.

Thus, Fenril walked, bruising his pride as a proud wolf.

However,

Kking… kking…

‘You guys… how is your stamina this good…’ Fenril got exhausted in just 10 minutes.

Kking… kking…

‘It’s hard… just leave me behind…’ Fenril abandoned even his last remaining pride as a proud wolf and lay spread-eagled on the ground.

Drag. Drag. Drag.

“This won’t do, meow! This fellow is as weak as Chairman Park used to be, meow!”

When Theo could not speed up because of Fenril,

Lift.

he put Fenril on his back, and

Kking…

‘It’s soft, so it’s nice…’ Fenril fell asleep immediately.

Snore.

Unaware that his combat power was evaluated as lower than Se-jun’s, the officially weakest being on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

Theo arrived at the 55th floor of the tower while listening to Fenril’s snoring like that.

“Black Rabbit, come to Chairman Park’s party, meow!”

He went to the Black Rabbit first and invited him to Se-jun’s party.

Squeak?! Squeak?!

[Uncle, isn’t this too much?! How could you deliver the party news so late?]

The Black Rabbit grumbled, arguing with Theo.

“Nyang?! What do you mean, meow? I delivered it to you first, Black Rabbit, meow!”

Theo did not know that the news of Se-jun’s 1st anniversary event had already spread in the Black Tower.

Squeak?

[Really?]

“Yes, meow!”

Squeak?

[Then what is the rumor that spread in the tower?]

“Puhuhut. It’s actually better, meow! I was planning to make Chairman Park’s party grand anyway, meow!”

Squeak! Squeak!

[Meoo too! Since it is the day marking one year since Uncle came to the tower, we should hold a party loud enough to rattle the Black Tower!]

“Puhuhut. Great, meow! But where is the Leader Rabbit, meow?”

Squeak? Squeak?

[Leader Rabbit? Ah, Dad?]

“That’s right, meow! I must invite him to Chairman Park’s party, meow!”

Squeak!

[Coco, take brother Theo to Dad!]

Salute.

[Yes!]

At the Black Rabbit’s command, Coco, the leader of the escort team who was hiding, revealed himself.

Although it was meaningless for Coco to reveal himself since the Black Rabbit and Theo could already see the concealed Coco.

***

Dawn of the 364th day of being stranded.

Se-jun’s bedroom.

Zzz.

[Hehe. He is fast asleep.]

Watching Se-jun sleeping while snoring, Flamie began to move her roots.

And,

[Podori! Lord Se-jun is sleeping, so eat quickly and grow now!]

Flamie gave Podori a lot of nutrients and encouraged him to grow.

However,

[Yes? Lady Flamie, since a newcomer has also joined, can’t I just fall behind?]

Podori talked nonsense, ignoring Flamie’s sincerity.

[Yeah. Don’t worry. Because I will ab-so-lute-ly not let you fall behind.]

Whoosh.

Flamie replied, creating a flame on her roots. ‘There is no falling behind, only death instead.’

[No! I will follow you to the end!]

Podori absorbed the nutrients given by Flamie for dear life, and

Rumble.

Podori grew significantly along with a small earthquake.