Chapter 316 – It’s Not Me

[You have arrived at the farm of the 70th floor of the Black Tower.]

[You have moved from the 99th floor, the highest floor, to the 70th floor of the tower.]

[You have descended 29 floors.]

[By the effect of , all stats increase by 29.]

Se-jun arrived on the 70th floor of the tower.

“Ugh!”

He hurriedly covered his nose at the foul stench around him and looked around. *Why does it smell like poop?*

“Huh? This is…”

Ginkgo trees dyed bright yellow caught Se-jun’s eyes. This place had been a ginkgo tree farm.

“Then this smell…?”

When Se-jun looked at the ground, he saw countless ginkgo fruits fallen on the ground.

“Hehehe. It looks delicious.”

If you peel off the skin and roast the seeds inside, it is another delicacy.

“I should call the kids quickly.”

Just as Se-jun was about to hurriedly open the sub-space warehouse,

[A quest has occurred.]

[Quest: The farm is poorly managed, causing a severe stench. Collect all ginkgo fruits fallen on the ground to remove the stench.]

Reward: Recognized as the rightful owner of the farm on the 70th floor of the Black Tower

“That worked out well.”

Se-jun, who saw the quest, said with a smile. He had intended to pick them all up anyway.

And,

Clack.

“Everyone, come out.”

Se-jun opened the sub-space warehouse and called the group.

However,

Clack!

The door closed again.

“What is it?”

Clack.

When Se-jun opened the sub-space warehouse door again,

“Block your nose with this, meow! I think Chairman Park pooped, meow!”

Cueng! Cueng!

[The poop smell coming from Dad’s body is too terrible!]

“No matter how much I like Hyung Se-jun, I should stay away from him for the time being.”

Ppiyot!

[Lord Theo! Give me some too!]

Kking?!

‘What did you eat?!’

He saw the group hurriedly blocking their noses with the green onions Theo had given them. *These guys!*

“It’s not me!”

Se-jun, offended at the group who misunderstood him, snapped.

“It’s coming from here!”

Stab.

Since the ginkgo fruit pulp must not be touched with bare hands, Se-jun stabbed one ginkgo fruit with McGee’s Dagger that Theo had brought and showed it.

Thanks to showing the ginkgo fruit, the real culprit behind the foul smell, Se-jun was cleared of the misunderstanding that he had pooped.

Although the misunderstanding was cleared like that, the group who had blocked their noses with green onions still did not come outside.

This was because they did not want to step on the smelly ginkgo fruits.

Moreover, there was another reason they did not want to go out.

Cuhahaha. Cueng!

[Hehehe. It’s delicious!]

“Hehe. It’s delicious!”

Kking! Kking!

‘There is plenty of food! I’m not leaving here!’

Cuengi, Ajax, and Blacky sat on the floor, diligently eating the roasted sweet potato jerky Se-jun had made.

“Cuengi, Ajax, put the ginkgo fruits in here.”

Se-jun said to the two of them as he widened the opening of the leather pouch.

Se-jun also disliked touching the ginkgo fruits.

Therefore, he asked Cuengi and Ajax, who could use telekinesis and magic.

Cueng! Cueng!

[Understood! Float!]

“Yeah! Levitation!”

At Se-jun’s request, Cuengi and Ajax chewed the roasted sweet potato jerky while making the ginkgo fruits float and putting them inside the leather pouch.

Although it was an extremely large amount, the leather pouch accepted them endlessly.

It was the leather pouch used to hold the money dragons gave to Se-jun.

Since space expansion and weight reduction magic were cast on it, Se-jun was using it for the purpose of storing crops.

One hour later,

[You have cleanly collected 100,231 ginkgo fruits fallen on the ginkgo tree farm.]

[You have completed the quest.]

[You have been recognized as the rightful owner of the ginkgo tree land deed for the 70th floor of the tower.]

[The skill of the land deed: Farm Information Lv. Max is activated.]

The quest was completed as all the fruits fallen on the ginkgo tree farm were put into the leather pouch.

Once the land deed quest ended,

“Now I should go find chestnut sweet potatoes.”

Se-jun decided to look for the chestnut sweet potatoes, his original goal.

“First, you guys search to see what is in the surroundings.”

Se-jun asked Cuengi, Ajax, and Ppiyot-i, who could fly in the sky, to scout.

While the three scouted the surroundings,

Tap.

Se-jun took out the leather pouch containing the ginkgo fruits from earlier and a pair of brown gloves from the sub-space warehouse.

[Anti-Poison Gloves]

These are gloves made of specially treated leather to be used when handling poison.

Even if you touch B-grade or lower poison, you will not be poisoned.

Use Restriction: Lv. 30 or higher, magic power 100 or higher

Maker: Leather Artisan Wilson

Grade: B+

The gloves were one of the items plundered from the Black Market that Theo had brought.

Chuck. Chuck.

Se-jun wore the Anti-Poison Gloves and began to extract the seeds from the ginkgo fruits. *Hehehe. I should roast and eat them.*

When Se-jun extracted the seeds from the ginkgo fruits like that,

[You have obtained a ginkgo seed.]

[Your class experience increases slightly.]

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

[You must use the Seed Harvesting skill 633,716 more times to complete the class quest.]

the messages appeared.

“Ah. This is also seed harvesting.”

He had completely forgotten because he was only thinking about roasting and eating ginkgos.

“Killing two birds with one stone. Hum, hum, hum.”

Thanks to that, Se-jun diligently shelled the ginkgos while even humming.

At that moment,

(Gasp!)

The Golden Bat, who had been holding his breath for over an hour to avoid smelling the ginkgos, revealed himself while drawing a ragged breath.

His stealth was broken because he was out of breath.

“Huh?! Golden Bat, were you there?!”

Se-jun was surprised to discover the Golden Bat suddenly appearing from his side.

He thought he was hiding somewhere, but to think he was at his side? He had not felt it at all.

(Huff. Huff. Yes…)

“Puhuhut. Golden Bat, wear this quickly too, meow!”

Theo made a nose plug out of green onion and handed it to the Golden Bat.

(Baetbaet. Thank you.)

The Golden Bat blocked his nose with the green onion nose plug Theo had made for him.

After a little time passed,

Slide.

The Golden Bat naturally went back into stealth. Stealth was a more comfortable state for the Golden Bat.

However, since the green onion was not part of the Golden Bat’s body, it remained visible, and

‘He’s on my leg.’

‘Now he’s on Theo’s back.’

Se-jun was able to know where the Golden Bat was hiding.

While checking where the Golden Bat was hiding and shelling the ginkgo fruits like that,

Cueng!

[Dad, there’s a forest and a waypoint over there!]

“Hyung Se-jun, there’s a rocky mountain over there!”

Ppiyot!

[Lord Se-jun, there’s a lake over there!]

The three who scouted returned. A forest, a rocky mountain, a lake…

“Then let’s go to the forest.”

Se-jun, who reached a conclusion, said.

After all, the forest was the environment most similar to where chestnut sweet potatoes grew, and on top of that, there was a waypoint.

“Puhuhut. It’s an adventure, meow!”

Theo, who was excited about exploring a new place, shouted while holding up his front paw while clinging to Se-jun’s leg.

Se-jun and the group set out on the road toward the forest like that.

When they arrived at the entrance of the forest,

Growl.

Cuengi’s belly clock, which announced lunchtime, rang.

“Rest for a moment.”

Se-jun hurriedly lit a fire and began cooking.

Today’s dish was skewered food.

Since he also had ginkgos, he intended to make other skewered dishes as well while making ginkgo skewers.

Pop. Pop. Pop.

Se-jun prepared ginkgo skewers, Garaetteok skewers, fish skewers, and fruit skewers, and

“Hehehe. I wonder what kind of expression Cuengi and Ajax will make when they eat this.”

He took out a side dish container containing stir-fried sausage and vegetables from the sub-space warehouse.

And,

Slide. Slide.

took out only the sausages from the container and skewered them alternately with Garaetteok. It was So-tteok So-tteok.

When the skewers were completed like that,

Chuck. Chuck. Chuck.

Se-jun placed the ginkgo skewers, Garaetteok skewers, fish skewers, and So-tteok So-tteok skewers on the fire and roasted them.

When the skewers were roasted to some extent,

“Everyone, let’s eat.”

Se-jun called the group.

“Here. The fish skewer.”

To the fish lover Theo, he naturally gave the fish skewer, and

“Just wait a moment.”

to Cuengi and Ajax, whose tastes were similar to his, he gave So-tteok So-tteok skewers.

“Puhuhut. As expected, the grilled fish containing Chairman Park’s sincerity is delicious, meow!”

Cuhahaha. Cueng?!

[Hehehe. What is this?! It’s delicious!]

“Everything Hyung Se-jun makes is delicious!”

While the three of them were deliciously eating skewered dishes like that,

Slurp. Slurp.

the Golden Bat clung to a fruit skewer, frantically sucking the juice.

Everyone enjoyed the skewered dishes.

Ppiyot… Ppiyot…

[Ppih… I’m the only one without a skewer…]

except for Ppiyot-i. Ppiyot-i, who had no skewer,

looked at the four of them enviously while taking out peanuts from his peanut pouch.

At that moment,

“Here. This is for Ppiyot-i.”

Se-jun gave a peanut skewer, made by skewering 5 peanuts on a needle, to Ppiyot-i.

Every time he skewered a peanut on the needle, the peanut split, so it took longer than expected to make the skewer.

Ppiyot! Ppiyot!

[Lord Se-jun, thank you! Lord Theo, I have a skewer too!]

Flap. Flap.

Ppiyot-i flew next to Theo holding his peanut skewer and ate it together, and

“Hehehe. It’s delicious.”

Se-jun also had a pleasant meal with the group.

At that moment,

Rustle.

“How dare you enter the territory of Lord Igurus?! Who are you?!”

With a rustling sound of grass, two kangaroos appeared from the forest, pointing spears toward Se-jun and the group.

But the timing was too bad. To think they appeared when they were eating, of all times.

Cueeeeng!

[You shouldn’t disturb when someone is eating!]

“Don’t mess around-!”

Thud.

The two unfortunate ones took the energy of Cuengi and Ajax head-on and fainted.

A moment later.

Slap. Slap.

“Slaves, wake up, meow!”

Theo, who finished eating lunch, woke the two.

Before they knew it, black ink was smeared on the front paws of the two. Theo had stamped their paw prints when they were unconscious.

“Ugh…”

“Where is this?”

When the kangaroos woke up,

“Lead us to where Igurus is.”

Se-jun said.

The place where their leader, Igurus, was located was their headquarters. The probability that the chestnut sweet potatoes were there was high.

“Fine. We will guide you to Lord Igurus. Follow us!”

‘This is actually better.’

‘If it’s the boss, he can win.’

The two guided Se-jun to the headquarters, thinking Igurus would be able to defeat them.

But,

Cueng!

[Kneel!]

Igurus’s knees buckled all too easily under Cuengi’s telekinesis.

“S… Save me!”

Naturally, Igurus could not defeat Se-jun’s group, and

“Puhuhut. Stamp it, meow!”

Press.

he stamped his mark on Theo’s contract.

When the situation was settled like that,

“Show me your food warehouse.”

Se-jun asked to see the kangaroos’ food warehouse to look for the chestnut sweet potatoes.

But,

“A food warehouse? We don’t have such a thing.”

The kangaroos did not have a food warehouse.

It was natural. Fresh leaves to eat were scattered all over the forest, so there was no reason to pluck them in advance and let them wither.

“Then, have you ever seen something like this growing in the ground?”

Se-jun took out a honey sweet potato and showed it to the kangaroos.

“No. We don’t dig the ground…”

This was also a similar reason to before.

There were plenty of leaves to eat in front of them, so there was no reason to seek food from the ground.

“Alright. Guys, let’s go.”

In the end, Se-jun left Igurus’s headquarters with the group without any harvest and walked toward the red pillar of light.

He intended to first register the waypoint of the 70th floor of the tower and then decide whether to return to the 99th floor of the tower or remain here and continue searching for the chestnut sweet potatoes.

Se-jun arrived in front of the red crystal like that.

Chuck.

[The waypoint for the 70th floor of the Black Tower has been saved.]

He placed his hand on the red crystal and registered the waypoint.

At that moment,

Sniff. Sniff.

Kking!

‘I smell something similar to that yellow and chewy thing!’

Fenrir, who was poking his head out of Se-jun’s pocket, smelled the sweet potato.

And,

Kking!

‘It’s mine!’

Jump.

He jumped down from Se-jun’s pocket to eat it alone and,

Toddle. Toddle.

ran following the smell.

And,

Plop.

Kking?

The ground gave way, and Fenrir was swallowed into the darkness.