Chapter 333 – Puhuhut. I Don’t Know What It Is, but I’ll Keep It, Nyang

The home of the green dragons.

“It looks suspicious…”

Brachio Iolg, the leader of the green dragons, said as he watched the black dragons, white dragons, red dragons, and purple dragons cleaning up the red mist in his territory.

The four dragon clans had come all the way to the green dragons’ territory to clear the red mist.

The green dragons were pleased that they did not have to do the troublesome work, but

-Hey! Don’t touch that!

-I saw this first!

-The dragon that eats it first is the owner!

-Guys, even the time spent fighting is a waste! Let’s aim over there!

As Brachio saw the four dragon clans competing with each other to destroy even a little more of the red mist,

“There is something…”

he could not shake the thought that there was something he did not know.

“They surely aren’t aiming for Tower Coins… What is it?”

Tower Coins that appeared when the red mist was destroyed.

Tower Coins were the means of transaction for the residents living in the tower.

But the dragons did not need Tower Coins. If they needed them, they could just ask for them.

Naturally, no resident of the tower would refuse a dragon’s request, so they had no need for Tower Coins.

“I need to find out what it is.”

Brachio stood up and approached the dragons who were clearing the red mist.

***

“What do you mean by war, nyang?”

Ppiyot!

[300,000 Caiman Kingdom soldiers suddenly raided the 83rd floor of the tower at dawn! The kingdom’s army is commanded by the first prince of the Caiman Kingdom…]

In response to Theo’s question, Ppiyot answered in detail what he knew, without forgetting a single thing.

It was thanks to Absolute Memorization, one of the skills exclusive to messenger birds.

Ppiyot had been receiving formal messenger bird training on the 79th floor of the tower until just a while ago, and had come up to deliver the news of the war.

“No way, nyang! That is where President Park’s chestnut trees and his subordinates are, nyang! Cuengi! Ajax! Assemble, nyang!”

Theo hurriedly called the other second-in-commands, and

Ppiyot!

[Then I’ll go back to see if there is any other news!]

Ppiyot went down the tower again.

And,

“That’s why I called you, nyang!”

Cuengi! Cuengi!

[You must not touch Daddy’s land! If you do, Cuengi will punish you!]

“If anyone touches Brother Se-jun’s farm, I, the great white dragon Ajax, will punish them!”

While the two were gnashing their teeth in indignation upon hearing from Theo that Se-jun’s farm on the 83rd floor of the tower might be in danger,

“Heh heh heh. Guys, why are you so serious?”

Se-jun, who had finished his business refreshingly, approached while humming happily and holding Fenrir in his hand.

Kking!

‘I was almost done digging!’

Fenrir was a sweet potato thief who had been caught red-handed by Se-jun while digging up sweet potatoes that were not even fully grown.

As Se-jun approached,

“Let’s go, nyang!”

Cuengi!

[Let’s go quickly!]

“Let’s go!”

Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax shouted as they clung to Se-jun’s body.

“Where are we going? There’s no time to play today. There’s so much to do.”

He had to harvest the Detoxifying Green Onions to give to Tier, and also plant the Deep Dark Cherry Seeds.

Moreover…

Se-jun said, thinking of the tasks he had to do today.

Then,

“Nyang! President Park, now is not the time for that! A war has broken out, nyang!”

Cuengi! Cuengi!

[That’s right! We must protect the chestnut farm!]

“That’s right! Are you going to abandon your subordinates, Brother?!”

The three urged Se-jun.

“Huh?! What do you mean? A war?”

Only then did Se-jun realize that the three of them were not asking to go play.

“President Park, let’s talk while heading to the waypoint, nyang!”

“Okay. Toryong-i!”

Se-jun called Toryong-i and moved to the waypoint.

While they were heading toward the waypoint,

“What?! 300,000?”

“That’s right, nyang!”

Se-jun heard from Theo that 300,000 Caiman Kingdom soldiers had invaded the 83rd floor of the tower.

‘Will those guys be okay?’

Worrying about the Chestnut Burr Hedgehogs, Se-jun checked his newly acquired talent. It was to see if it would be helpful in battle.

[Talent: The One Who Brings Nightmares]

A talent that can only be possessed by those who have consumed the Heart of Nightmare, the Demon King of Nightmares.

It would inflict nightmares on enemies.

The higher one’s status was compared to the enemy, the greater the effect would be. (If the gap was large, the enemy could not wake up from the nightmare.)

If the enemy’s status was higher, despair could not be inflicted.

As the description said, it was a talent that made enemies dream nightmares.

But,

“This won’t be of any help…”

It could not be used during battle since the enemy wouldn’t fall asleep while fighting.

While Se-jun was checking his talent,

“President Park, we have arrived, nyang!”

Theo announced that they had reached the waypoint.

“Yeah. Get in.”

Clap.

When Se-jun opened the subspace warehouse and spoke,

Swoosh.

Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax entered.

And,

Step.

when Se-jun put Fenrir, who was in his pocket, into the subspace warehouse,

Kking?! Kking!

‘Where are you going alone again?! Take me too!’

Fenrir refused to separate from Se-jun.

Cuengi!

[Kkamang-i, stay still!]

While Cuengi was holding Fenrir back,

Clap.

Se-jun closed the subspace warehouse door.

And,

[Moving to the 83rd floor of the Black Tower.]

He used the waypoint to move to the 83rd floor of the tower.

***

The 83rd floor of the tower.

Step, step.

The 300,000 Caiman Kingdom soldiers moved toward the road leading to the 82nd floor of the tower.

At that time,

Plop.

“Argh!”

The Caiman Kingdom soldiers at the very front screamed and fainted. This was because the spines were coated with the venom of the Poison Honeybees.

“Poisonous spines are spread on the ground!”

“Watch your step!”

“Yes!”

At the words of the leader, the soldiers moved while carefully looking at their feet.

But,

Kosit!

[Attack!]

Godori had no intention of letting the soldiers move comfortably.

Jump.

Kkosit! Kkosit!

At Godori’s command, 1,000 hedgehogs who had been hiding in the ground stood up and,

Pshhh.

turned their backs toward the soldiers and fired their poison-coated spines.

“Evade!”

The soldiers moved quickly to avoid the spines.

But,

Plop, plop.

“Argh!”

they could not dodge properly because of the spines on the ground, and

Thud, thud.

the soldiers who stepped on the spines or were pierced by the flying spines collapsed.

Meanwhile,

Kosit!

[Well done! Return!]

Kkosit! Kkosit!

At Godori’s command, the hedgehogs, who had shot all their spines and become naked, showing their pink skin, quickly returned to the chestnut farm.

Meanwhile,

“The second row take the lead, and the archers stand in the third to fifth rows!”

At the commander’s order, the soldiers quickly changed their positions.

“Advance!”

As the soldiers in formation began to march again,

Kosit!

[Attack!]

Pshhh.

this time, 2,000 hedgehogs rose from both sides of the soldiers, fired their poisonous spines, and returned to the farm.

While the hedgehogs were inflicting damage on the Caiman Kingdom army,

“Why can we not move forward?!”

Croco Caiman, who was slowly following behind, discovered the soldiers who were unable to advance.

“That is, in front…”

“What?! The soldiers are struggling just because of some hedgehogs?!”

Furious at the commander’s report, Croco’s eyes turned red.

And,

“You have nothing to fear. You will become brave soldiers who will fight dragons.”

he spat out arrogant words and stretched his hands toward the soldiers.

Then, red mist spread from Croco’s hand and was absorbed by the soldiers, and the soldiers’ skin hardened.

“Soldiers! Go! Go and show the greatness of our Caiman Kingdom army!”

“Waaa!”

At Croco’s command, the soldiers, whose eyes had turned red, roared and marched toward the chestnut farm.

Step, step.

With their fear gone, the Caiman Kingdom army completely surrounded the chestnut farm in an instant and entered it.

But the hedgehogs were nowhere to be seen. Only the abundantly growing chestnut burrs were visible.

At that time,

Kosit!

[Attack!]

Kkosit! Kkosit!

At Godori’s command, the hedgehogs, who had regenerated their spines, fired them at the soldiers.

But,

Clang! Clang!

now, the hedgehogs’ spines could no longer pierce the soldiers’ skin, which had hardened under Croco’s power.

Kosit?!

The hedgehogs were flustered.

“The King has declared he will punish those bastards himself! Drive the hedgehogs!”

“Yes!”

At the commander’s order, the soldiers threatened the hedgehogs and gradually drove them toward the center of the farm.

***

[You have arrived at the 83rd floor of the Black Tower.]

[Moved from the highest floor, the 99th floor of the tower, to the 83rd floor.]

[You went down 16 floors.]

[All stats increase by 16 due to the effect of .]

As soon as Se-jun arrived at the 83rd floor of the tower,

Clap.

“President Park, let’s go quickly, nyang!”

Cuengi!

[I’ll punish the bad guys!]

“I’ll smash them!”

The subspace warehouse opened, and Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax rushed out and clung to him.

Hop.

Kking!

‘Hey! I said take me too!’

Fenrir also jumped down from the subspace warehouse and,

Step.

approached Se-jun’s feet and bit Se-jun’s shoe to make him take him along too.

“Okay. I’ll take Kkamang-i too. Toryong-i!”

Step.

Putting Fenrir in his pocket, Se-jun called Toryong-i and hurried to the chestnut farm.

***

“To dare block my path, you have quite some courage.”

Croco said as he looked at the hedgehogs surrounded by his soldiers.

Then,

Kosit!

[You are the one with quite some courage to invade the farm of the great black dragon Park Se-jun!]

Godori retorted without backing down.

“What?! This is the black dragon’s farm?!”

Kkosit! Kkosit!

[That’s right! We may die, but the great black dragon Park Se-jun will avenge us!]

Kkosit! Kkosit!

The hedgehogs eagerly agreed with Godori’s words.

But,

“Heheh. Do you really think you can die as you wish?”

Croco sneered at the hedgehogs’ words.

Croco had no intention of killing the hedgehogs.

Rather, he planned to use his power to make the hedgehogs his subordinates and force them to fight dragons.

Was there anything that could crush the noble pride of dragons more than a dragon’s subordinate attacking a dragon?

“Heheh. You are now going to be my subordinates.”

Just as Croco stretched out his hand and began to spout red mist,

“Hey! Get your hands off our kids!”

Se-jun shouted at Croco from atop Toryong-i’s head.

And,

Flash!

“Cuengi, are you ready, nyang?!”

As Theo drew his dragon claws and asked,

Cuengi!

[I’m ready!]

Cuengi nodded his head vigorously.

“Then here we go, nyang! Nya-nya-nya! Nya-nya-nya!”

Kkueeeeeng!

Theo and Cuengi fired Meow Meow Storm Fist and Kkuenghu toward the 300,000 Caiman Kingdom army, creating their combined attack, the Te-Kku-Bak Drill Storm.

Boom!

In a massive gale, a blade of mana that seemed capable of slicing through anything swept over the Caiman Kingdom army.

But,

“Laughable.”

Croco stepped forward and casually blocked the combined attack with his right hand wrapped in red mist.

No, to be exact, it was more accurate to say that the red mist had devoured it. Because it was absorbed into the red mist.

“Huh?!”

“Nyang?!”

Cuengi?!

Se-jun, Theo, and Cuengi were flustered, as nothing like this had ever happened before.

“Don’t worry, everyone! I’ll take care of it! Brother, release the seal!”

Ajax spoke proudly to the three. Hehehe. It is my turn to step up.

“Okay. I, Park Se-jun, of Ajax Mamuve…”

As Se-jun began to unseal Ajax,

‘This is?!’

feeling a familiar energy suddenly emanating from Se-jun’s pocket, Fenrir poked his head out.

And,

Kking?!

‘Why does that guy have my core?!’

He was flustered as he looked at Croco. Although the energy was weak, what he felt inside Croco’s body was definitely his own core.

Meanwhile,

“Release seal.”

“Brother! Leave it to me!”

Kuuuooo!

The unsealed Ajax confidently fired his breath at Croco.

But,

“Urgh…”

although it was difficult, Croco blocked Ajax’s breath.

At that time,

Kking!

‘Core, come to me!’

Fenrir, who was on the verge of fainting from Ajax’s energy, hurriedly summoned his core. Thanks to Theo’s Energy Drain, it was a faint rather than death.

Pop.

At its master’s call, a small black bead emerged from Croco’s body and flew toward Fenrir.

But,

Step.

“Nyang?! What is this, nyang?!”

Theo, who was defending Se-jun with an iron wall, snatched the bead with his front paw.

And,

“Puhuhut. I don’t know what it is, but I’ll keep it, nyang!”

he put it in his bundle.

While Theo was pocketing Fenrir’s core fragment,

Boom!

[Guardian Ajax Mamuve has defeated Croco Caiman, the King of the Caiman Kingdom.]

[You have acquired 2.5 million experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired by Guardian Ajax Mamuve.]

[Ajax Mamuve is your slave.]

[You acquire an additional 1.25 million experience points, which is 25% of the experience points acquired by Ajax Mamuve.]

As the core disappeared, Croco Caiman, who could no longer withstand the breath, was completely destroyed by Ajax’s breath without leaving a trace.