Chapter 321 – As Expected of Our Se-jun

Vladivostok, Russia.

Caw. Caw.

“Ah. It’s so noisy.”

“Why are they doing that?!”

“Ugh! What bad luck!”

People complained as they watched hundreds of thousands of crows flying in the sky, forming two giant concentric circles.

It had already been three hours since hundreds of thousands of crows had been cawing like that.

It was no wonder people were annoyed.

Just as people were getting annoyed like that,

Caw. Caw.

“Huh?! They are gathering over there again!”

“What?!”

People saw tens of thousands of crows flying in.

The crows naturally joined the giant flock as if they had been one group from the beginning, drawing the two concentric circles together.

Crows kept flocking in. Before they knew it, the number of crows exceeded one million.

And,

[Н Э Ю Ц Ч Ð]

Between the two concentric circles drawn by the crows, blood-red characters, never seen before, began to appear faintly.

As the crows’ behavior was unusual,

Dudududu.

Several helicopters carrying soldiers approached and attacked the crows, firing their machine guns.

However, far from running away, the crows

Caw. Caw.

flocks of crows that broke away from the group rushed toward the helicopters and attacked the soldiers.

The crows attacked the soldiers with blood-red eyes.

“Argh!”

After a short while,

Boom! Crash!

helicopters crashed into the city center.

“Aaack!”

“Run away!”

People, already frightened by the crows’ strange behavior, quickly fled the city once even the helicopters were taken down.

Meanwhile,

Caw. Caw.

the crows continued to draw the two concentric circles, and by the time the sky darkened, the blood-red letters were completed.

Then,

Vrrr.

the center of the inner circle drawn by the crows turned black, and an eerie red pupil could be seen peering out of the hole, looking around.

—Hmm… It seems like a dimension of no consequence…

Blink.

The red pupil blinked in wonder, and

Drip.

a single drop of red tears emerged from the hole and fell to Earth as the hole closed.

And,

Splash.

The red tears spread wide and swallowed all the surrounding crows.

The crows turned into a giant black mass.

Crack.

The figure instantly transformed into the 2nd Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, Halphas, the Crow of Death.

He had sent his fragment to Earth to directly command the calamities.

Since sending a fragment to another dimension carried significant restrictions, it was an extremely weak fragment.

Of course, there was no one on Earth who could match Halphas’s fragment.

—Kukuk. Consider it an honor to face the army commanded by me, Halphas, the Crow of Death. Come forth, calamities.

Along with Halphas’s words, dozens of small and large holes were created around the area, and

Flutter, flutter.

Black Locusts, whose entire bodies were pitch black, began pouring out.

***

“Finished! Ajax, good job.”

“Yeah! Brother!”

Se-jun, who had harvested all the pears, praised Ajax for helping him.

And as he turned around, Se-jun saw ten thousand pears neatly arranged on the dry ground to evaporate their moisture.

The remaining 490,000 were stored in Se-jun’s and Theo’s bundles for now, as it was too tedious to lay them out.

“Hehehe. I harvested quite a lot.”

Se-jun wore a proud expression.

At that moment,

[The soul becomes full.]

[Mental Power increases by 1.]

A message appeared.

“Ah. So this is when Mental Power increases.”

Se-jun roughly grasped when his soul became full.

It seemed like his soul became full when he felt a sense of reward or pride after using Tower Farmer skills like Harvesting or Seed Harvesting a lot.

“But is Mental Power included in all stats?”

Suddenly wondering if the Regressor effect also increased his Mental Power stat, Se-jun checked his stats.

And,

Mental Power (12/500)

“Too bad…”

He confirmed that the special stat, Mental Power, was not included in all stats.

At that moment,

Kkueng!

[Dad, Kkueng caught something to eat!]

Thud.

Cuengi appeared on the Cuengi-ho loaded with fish.

Cuengi had spotted the fish on his way back up the river after meeting Flamie.

Kkueng!

[It looks delicious!]

Bam!

He had caught it by creating a shockwave in the water.

“I was getting hungry anyway, so this is great. Good job, Cuengi.”

Pat, pat.

Se-jun patted Cuengi’s butt and praised him.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Eat it quickly!]

“Okay. Shall we first see what kind of fish it is?”

As Se-jun was about to check what kind of fish Cuengi had caught,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, this is rainbow trout, meow! Rainbow trout is delicious when grilled, meow!”

Theo said, recognizing the fish. As expected of a grilled fish lover.

And,

“Right. I will make grilled fish for Vice President Theo.”

“Puhuhut. I like that, meow!”

He decided to just relax and think about the rest later. Because no matter what kind of fish it was, it tasted best when grilled.

After a while,

“Guys, let’s eat.”

Se-jun, who had prepared three dishes—grilled rainbow trout, rainbow trout spicy stew, and rainbow trout sashimi—called his companions.

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

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It melts in my mouth!]

“Nom! Delicious!”

Peep! Peep!

[Peep! I like the peanuts Se-jun roasted for me the best!]

Whoosh!

‘Everything he gave me was delicious!’

The five of them happily ate the dishes Se-jun had made.

Pick.

Se-jun also picked up his chopsticks and put a piece of rainbow trout sashimi dipped in soy sauce into his mouth.

“Mmm. It’s delicious.”

It was light and truly delicious.

However,

“It’s getting a bit greasy.”

As he kept eating only the light-tasting trout sashimi, he started craving a stimulating flavor.

So,

Chop, chop, chop.

he quickly sliced Cheongyang chili peppers, added them to the soy sauce, and ate the trout sashimi together with the Cheongyang chili peppers.

Crunch, crunch.

“Ah. This is it.”

While Se-jun was smiling, satisfied with the spicy flavor,

Thud.

Blackie, who had eaten ten pieces of trout sashimi, waddled over with his bloated body and lay down in front of Se-jun.

Whimper…

‘My belly hurts…’

He was asking him to rub his belly to help him digest.

“Did we feed Blackie too much?”

Rub, rub.

Se-jun rubbed Blackie’s belly while finishing the remaining grilled fish and spicy stew.

After receiving Se-jun’s touch for about thirty minutes,

*Belch.*

Blackie burped, and his body grew slightly larger.

And,

Whoosh!

‘Alright! Round two!’

Waddle, waddle.

Blackie waddled back to eat more trout sashimi,

Clank.

but the plate that had held the trout sashimi was already completely empty.

Whimper?

‘Is there nothing else to eat?’

Blackie hurriedly checked the grilled fish and the spicy stew.

But,

Gloomy…

‘There is none…’

The other dishes had already vanished as well. Fenrir’s digestion speed was too slow to start round two.

While Blackie was feeling sad looking at the empty dishes,

Step.

Se-jun checked on the pears on the ground.

However,

“They are exactly the same.”

Not a single drop of moisture had evaporated from the 10L inside the pears. It seemed they needed very dry weather.

“Ajax, do you want to try drying this?”

“Yeah! Brother! Dry!”

At Se-jun’s words, Ajax cast magic on the pear Se-jun was holding.

As he did so, the moisture evaporated rapidly, and the pear shriveled up.

[Shriveled Pear]

Because it was dried too hastily with magic, the name changed, and even the options that increased Strength and Stamina disappeared.

“Condition was not met.”

It seemed he would have to build or find a drying facility later to evaporate the moisture.

“Then, let’s pack up the pears and go back.”

Se-jun packed up the pears with his companions and prepared to head to the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

And,

Kkueng!

[Let’s set off!]

The Cuengi-ho flew toward the waypoint.

After a short while,

“Guys, come inside.”

Upon arriving at the waypoint, Se-jun put his companions into the subspace warehouse, and

Tap.

[The waypoint on the 81st floor of the Black Tower has been saved.]

placed his hand on the red crystal to register the waypoint.

[Moving to the 99th floor of the Black Tower.]

He returned to the 99th floor of the tower.

***

The 51st floor of the Red Tower.

One hundred thousand dwarf warriors, clad in helmets and armor and armed with battle axes or battle hammers, were gathered.

At the very front of these dwarf warriors stood Udon, the Red Tower Farmer, wearing red armor.

Opposite the dwarves, a colony of Cactuses could be seen stretching across an area so vast that the end was not in sight.

After a short while,

“Udon, we are ready!”

The Red Sand Tribe, Red Stone Tribe, Red Rock Tribe, Red Hammer Tribe, and Red Axe Tribe.

Dwarf warriors leading the five tribes reported to Udon.

“Good. All troops, charge!”

Step.

Having received the report from the dwarf warriors, Udon gripped his axe and was the first to run forward.

“Attack!”

“Waaaaah!”

The 100,000 dwarf warriors followed right behind him.

To think a Tower Farmer was leading the charge at the very front… The atmosphere was quite different from the Black Tower.

As the dwarves rushed forward like that,

Rustle, rustle, rustle.

the Cactuses, which had been absorbing moisture from the ground with their roots buried, pulled out their roots and stood up.

“Khehehe! The giant has come to chop firewood!”

Arriving in front of the Cactuses, Udon raised his battle axe above his head and swung it down forcefully.

Then,

Boom!

a ten-meter-long red axe blade extended from the battle axe and crashed down toward the Cactuses.

“Waaaaah! Die!”

Thud, thud.

Dwarves following Udon attacked the Cactuses.

Swish, swish, swish.

The Cactuses also attacked the dwarves by firing needles from their entire bodies, but

Ting, ting.

they could not pierce the armor and shields.

“It’s the giant’s axe!”

“Die!”

Udon and the 100,000 dwarves slaughtered the Cactuses.

Since the Cactuses were weak, the battle ended in just a few hours.

“Collect the corpses of the Cactuses and head back!”

“Yes!”

After the dwarves went back,

Rustle, rustle, rustle.

a few hours later, the Cactuses began to grow again.

However, these Cactuses were different from before.

Having turned more than half of the Red Tower into desert, they had met their evolution requirements.

Whoosh.

Flames spewed from where the needles should have come out, and the surrounding heat began to rise even faster.

***

[Arrived at the 99th floor of the Black Tower.]

When Se-jun arrived on the 99th floor of the tower,

Moo.

[Se-jun, did you have a good trip?]

The Bull Demon King, who was guarding the waypoint, greeted him.

“Yes. I had a good trip. Guys, come on out.”

Snap.

Se-jun replied and opened the subspace warehouse.

Then,

“Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!”

Theo quickly darted out and threw himself toward Se-jun’s face.

However,

“Huh. I knew you would do that.”

Step.

Se-jun lifted his leg toward Theo, showing his knee.

“My knee, meow!”

Whoosh.

Tap.

Theo kicked the air to change direction and clung to Se-jun’s knee.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It was delicious!]

“Phew. Se-jun hyung, the subspace warehouse is too cramped!”

Ppyok!

[That’s right!]

Other companions, who had eaten snacks like dried sweet potato slices and rice cakes inside the subspace warehouse, also crawled out of the warehouse.

Gloomy. Whimper…

‘Please carry me. I can’t move…’

Except for Blackie, who had eaten too much and couldn’t move.

“Our Blackie, did you overeat again?”

Se-jun picked up Blackie and rubbed his belly.

“Toryong-i,”

He rode Toryong-i and headed home.

*Belch.*

When Blackie burped,

—Master, we have arrived.

Toryong-i said as he stopped.

“Okay. Good job.”

Se-jun thanked Toryong-i and stepped down to the ground.

“First, how many will fit in the room?”

Tap.

Since the room was equipped with an ondol (floor heating), he thought it would be good for drying the moisture from the pears.

When Se-jun left ten pears in the room and came outside,

“Grandfather Tier, this is a pear, but they say it gets delicious only after the moisture is drained.”

Ajax was seen explaining eagerly to Tier.

As Se-jun approached, Tier turned his gaze away from Theo, which he had been watching again,

and came over to look at the new crops Ajax had taken out of the subspace warehouse.

—Is that so?

Tier picked up a pear and examined it.

—Oh! As expected of Se-jun! To think he would bring what Mamuve needs!

—I will tell Mamuve! Tier, who saw the pear’s options, quickly flew toward the fountain to call Mamuve.

After a short while,

—Se-jun! I will dry all of these for you!

Mamuve, who checked the options of the pear, stepped forward to dry them.

—If you leave it to me, I will return it in money!

Uniquely.

Thanks to this, Se-jun was able to dry the pears and earn Tower Coins.

And,

‘As expected of our Se-jun.’

He received plenty of love and trust from the dragons.