Chapter 332 – But You Speak Quite Informally for Someone Asking a Favor

Late night on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

Waiting for it to get dark, Se-jun ate elixir-grade cherry tomatoes and raised his mana stat to 2,412, the limit of his mana potential.

“Okay! The lights are off too.”

After making the surroundings completely dark, he infused mana into the golden key.

However,

“Ah…”

No light came out of the golden key. It was a failure.

“Nyang. President Park, it is late. Let’s just sleep, nyang.”

Theo, who was waiting by his side, yawned and urged Se-jun to go to sleep.

“Yeah. I should.”

Thinking that he had done everything he could in the current situation after doing this much, Se-jun entered the house without regret and fell asleep.

A few hours later.

Inside the bedroom where Se-jun was sleeping,

Kuuu.

Gororong.

Kkyurorong.

Arorong.

Kkirorong.

Five snoring sounds could be heard. Iona had joined them after finishing her Mage Association work.

At that moment,

(Baet-baet! Master Se-jun, I am back.)

The Golden Bat, who had returned from Earth, quietly reported its return and,

Clap.

clung to Se-jun’s side and hid itself.

And,

Baerorong.

the Golden Bat snored. He must have been tired after a long time on Earth.

The six snoring sounds that echoed in Se-jun’s bedroom became each other’s lullaby.

The 99th floor of the peaceful Black Tower today.

But below, a huge war was about to begin.

***

The 83rd floor of the tower.

“This is the King’s command! Kill all enemies that stand in the way of the Caiman Kingdom, leaving none behind!”

The 300,000 soldiers of the Caiman Kingdom invaded the 83rd floor of the tower to attack the Cobb Kingdom on the 79th floor.

And,

“The Caiman Kingdom army is coming! Pack your bags quickly!”

“Let’s run away!”

The residents of the 83rd floor of the tower chose to flee rather than fight the invaders.

It was a reasonable choice, because the Caiman Kingdom army did not chase and kill them as long as they did not block their path.

But the Chestnut Burr Hedgehogs did not do that.

Kkosit! Kkosit!

[This is the land of the great black dragon Park Se-jun! We will protect it!]

This was because the chestnut farm was located right in the middle of the path where the Caiman Kingdom army was passing.

Kosit!

[We will protect it!]

Kosit!

[We will smash everything!]

At the words of Godori, the leader of the Chestnut Burr Hedgehogs, the other Chestnut Burr Hedgehogs agreed by extending their cute hands to the sky.

Kosit!

[Pull out the spines and plant them in the ground!]

Kkosit! Kkosit!

At Godori’s words, the hedgehogs, who were lined up in an orderly manner, pulled out two spines from the back of the hedgehog in front of them and,

Plop. Plop.

planted them in the ground. The hedgehogs’ arms were too short to pull out the spines on their own backs.

After planting the spines like that,

Step.

the hedgehogs took a step to the side and,

Plop. Plop.

again pulled out the spines from the hedgehog in front of them and planted them in the ground, plastering the area around the chestnut farm with spines.

A little over 10,000 hedgehogs entered a desperate battle at the chestnut farm against the 300,000 Caiman Kingdom army.

***

[Stored 10% of your life force while sleeping.]

[The Orb of Life is 1.8% complete.]

0.1 mana has accumulated over 24 hours.

[Mana increases by 0.1.]

“Hehe. I grew today too.”

Se-jun woke up and checked the messages.

“Nyang…”

As usual, he grabbed the scruff of Theo’s neck, who was sleeping on his lap, and placed him on his lap.

At that time,

Kkyurorong.

“Huh?! Iona, you’re here?”

Se-jun found Iona sleeping with Theo’s tail wrapped tightly around her body.

And,

“Oh, there was that.”

When he saw Iona, he remembered the gray rock he had taken after defeating Mordor, the Demon Lord of Despair.

“I have to show Iona later when she wakes up.”

Nightmare, the Demon King of Nightmares sealed in Iona’s body. Perhaps he could easily obtain the second Demon King’s Heart.

A moment later.

[The Solar Honey Sweet Potato is grateful for the sound of the farmer’s footsteps and gives strength.]

[The potential of the Strength stat increases from 1294 to 1295.]

When Se-jun was walking through the farm and receiving the energy of the crops to increase his potential,

“Kkyu-kyu-kyu-!”

Iona woke up, stretching lazily.

“Iona, are you awake?”

“Kkyu-kyu-kyu. Master Se-jun, did you sleep well?”

Iona, who was in a good mood after sleeping well, greeted him in the morning with a lively voice.

“Yes. I slept well too. Iona, I have something to show you.”

As Se-jun received Iona’s greeting,

Clap.

he opened the subspace warehouse and took out the gray rock split in two.

Then,

“Kkyu? Kkyu! This is?!”

Iona was surprised to see the gray rock. As soon as she saw it, she knew what the gray rock was for.

It was natural. This was something she had been looking for for a long time to get a good night’s sleep.

It was cut cleanly, so it seemed like it would be no problem to reuse it with a little tweaking.

“Iona, do you know what this is?”

“Kkyu-kyu-kyu. Of course! Isn’t this a Magic Sealing Stone?”

“Magic Sealing Stone?”

“Kkyu-kyu-kyu. Yes! A stone that seals evil, a Magic Sealing Stone. But Master Se-jun, where did you get this?”

Iona asked excitedly.

“Puhuhut. This body will tell you that, nyang!”

In response to Iona’s question, Theo, who never missed an opportunity to show off, was proud and explained how they obtained the Magic Sealing Stone.

“Kkyu-kyu-kyu. Mr. Theo defeated the Demon Lord of Despair?! That’s truly amazing!”

“Puhuhut. That’s right, nyang! From beginning to end, it was all the work of me, Vice President Theo, nyang!”

Theo became even more proud and arrogant at Iona’s praise.

He had followed Theo’s pull, and since Theo defeated Mordor, the Demon Lord of Despair, it was true in a way.

‘That guy.’

Se-jun smiled quietly as he watched Theo boasting of his achievements to Iona, and then,

“But the one who took the Magic Sealing Stone was me, Master Park Se-jun.”

he piggybacked on Theo’s boasting.

“Nyang?! I was going to take care of it, but President Park just took it first, nyang!”

“Heh. In the end, I was the one who got the Magic Sealing Stone.”

Se-jun teased Theo in a spiteful way.

But,

“Kkyu-kyu-kyu. Mr. Theo, don’t get excited. In any case, if you hadn’t found the place where the Demon Lord of Despair was, this Magic Sealing Stone wouldn’t have existed either. In my opinion, your contribution was greater.”

Theo had a strong ally.

“Puhuhut. That’s right, nyang! The contribution of me, Vice President Theo, was indeed the greatest, nyang!”

Theo’s spirit gained strength again after hearing Iona’s words.

“Keuung…”

‘Is there no one on my side?’ When Se-jun was looking for reinforcements,

“Puhuhut. Iona, then let’s seal Nightmare here and defeat him, nyang! President Park needs to eat five Demon King’s hearts and become stronger, nyang!”

Theo told Iona to defeat Nightmare.

But,

“…defeat…?”

Iona was unable to answer willingly.

“Nyang? Iona, why are you like that?”

Theo looked at Iona as if he couldn’t understand. She only had nightmares because of Nightmare, so was there any reason to hesitate?

“Kkyu… that’s…”

If Nightmare disappears, there will be no reason to sleep with Mr. Theo!

Iona could not answer honestly.

Also, for some reason, Nightmare had been becoming nicer these days.

So, there was no reason to defeat Nightmare since he was helping her with magic research in her dreams.

‘What should I do?’

When Iona was wondering what to do with Nightmare,

-Human! I am Nightmare, the Demon King of Nightmares. If you spare my life, I will give you my heart!

The urgent voice of Nightmare, the Demon King of Nightmares, came into Se-jun’s head.

‘I don’t want to. You torment Iona so she can’t sleep.’

Of course, Se-jun refused.

-That’s not true! We’ve become quite close recently! Ask Iona!

‘Ask her? But you speak quite informally for someone asking a favor?’

-No, indeed! Honorable human, please ask Iona!

Nightmare quickly raised his voice in response to Se-jun’s words without even thinking for a second. It seemed like he really wanted to live.

‘Ahem. Fine. I will ask her then.’

After Se-jun put on airs,

“Iona, how are you and Nightmare these days?”

he asked Iona.

“Kkyu?! Yes?!”

Iona was taken aback because Se-jun’s question was unexpected.

“Kkyu… the truth is…”

Iona spoke honestly about her situation.

“So you’re saying Nightmare isn’t giving you nightmares these days?”

“Kkyu… yes. These days, Nightmare is actually helping me in many ways.”

Iona responded in a cautious voice, watching Theo’s reaction.

“Okay.”

Se-jun heard Iona’s answer.

‘Hey. Can you hear me?’

When he called Nightmare in his head,

-Yes! I hear you!

Nightmare responded quickly.

‘Since she said you are helping her as you claimed, I will spare your life in exchange for just your heart.’

-Thank you, human!

‘Instead, there is a condition.’

-Condition?!

‘Yes. Write a contract promising not to threaten Iona.’

-Of course! I will write it right away!

‘Good. Now hand over your heart.’

-Yes! Please wait a moment!

With Nightmare’s answer,

“Kkyu?”

yellow energy came out of Iona’s body and began to aggregate into a bead shape.

The yellow bead was completed after a while.

Step.

As Se-jun lifted the bead and examined it,

[Heart of Nightmare, the Demon King of Nightmares]

“It’s almost similar.”

Like the Heart of Mordor, the Demon Lord of Despair, it had the effect of increasing mana by 300. Instead, the talent was different as ‘The One Who Brings Nightmares’.

“But… I can’t eat it now.”

Yesterday, he had increased his mana to its potential, so even if he ate it, his mana would not increase.

But,

“Well… I’ll just eat it.”

Gulp.

Se-jun swallowed the yellow bead without hesitation.

Although 300 mana would be wasted in the air, for Se-jun, that was a trivial (?) stat that could be resolved simply by eating 30 elixir-grade cherry tomatoes.

When Se-jun swallowed the Heart of Nightmare, the Demon King of Nightmares,

[You have consumed the Heart of Nightmare, the Demon King of Nightmares.]

[Mana increases by 300.]

[Mana has reached the limit of mana potential.]

[No more mana can be absorbed.]

[Mana is discharged.]

[Talent: The One Who Brings Nightmares has bloomed.]

“Ugh!”

Ah. There was this… As Se-jun hurriedly moved with awkward, halting steps to relieve himself,

Dadada.

Theo got off Se-jun’s lap and hurried to find an empty spot.

Paba-bak!

“President Park, over here, nyang!”

After digging the ground, he called Se-jun.

“Ugh! Thank you, Vice President Theo.”

When Se-jun expressed his gratitude to Theo for digging the hole,

“President Park, then take a good dump, nyang!”

Dadada.

Theo walked away while cheering Se-jun on. He could bear the smell, but he could not bear the sound.

“Change!”

Crack, crack.

Se-jun infused mana into the Guarding Wood Shield, blocking off the surroundings with a wooden wall and building a makeshift toilet…

It was said that the crops planted in that mana-rich soil had a higher yield than crops planted in other fields.

While Se-jun was releasing the undigested mana,

“Kkyu… I can’t sleep with Mr. Theo anymore… I should go and do research…”

-Yes. I will help you.

“Kkyu… thank you, Nightmare.”

Iona was despondent and was about to return to the Magic Tower.

At that time,

“Iona, where are you going without sleeping, nyang?”

Theo gently moved his tail and called out to Iona.

“Kkyu?”

“Puhuhut. I can sleep well when Iona is on my tail too, nyang!”

“Kkyu-kyu-kyu. Really?!”

Iona was pleased with Theo’s words.

“Puhuhut. That’s right, nyang!”

“Kkyu-kyu-kyu. Then let’s sleep quickly!”

Shuung.

In response to Theo, Iona quickly wrapped Theo’s tail around her body and closed her eyes.

And,

Stroke, stroke.

“President Park, when are you coming? You’re pooping too much, nyang.”

Theo stroked Iona and waited for Se-jun.

At that time,

Ppiyot!

[Mr. Theo, a war broke out on the 83rd floor of the tower!]

Ppiyot brought the news of the war to the 99th floor of the tower.