Chapter 336 – Chairman Park, Help Me, Meow!

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

“Our Kkamang-i is eating well. Shall we have one more?”

As Se-jun pulled out another piece of dried roasted sweet potato while looking at Fenrir, who was eating deliciously,

Kking!

‘Give me that too!’

Fenrir left the dried roasted sweet potato he was eating and aimed for Se-jun’s dried roasted sweet potato.

He thought that since he had marked the one he was eating with his spit, no one would eat it.

However,

Kkueng?!

[What kind of dried roasted sweet potato is this-da-yo?!]

Nyam.

Cuengi, who had just woken up and felt a bit hungry, quickly picked up the dried roasted sweet potato dropped on the floor and ate it.

And,

Kkihikit. Kking…

‘Heehee. Now I have two yellow, chewy ones…’

Fenrir, who had received the dried roasted sweet potato from Se-jun and tucked it away, looked back and discovered Cuengi eating his.

Kking!!!

‘How dare you steal the yellow, chewy thing of me, Fenrir, the God-Hunting Wolf, the 1st Seat of the Apostles of Destruction!!!’

Fenrir was furious.

Kking! Kking!

‘Hey! He ate mine! Scold him!’

He appealed his grievance to Se-jun,

“Did Cuengi eat Kkamang-i’s? Then you can just eat a new dried roasted sweet potato. Cuengi, you have one more too.”

Kkuhehehe.

Kkihikit.

He solved it very cleanly by giving one dried roasted sweet potato each to Cuengi and Fenrir.

While Se-jun was giving the dried roasted sweet potatoes to Cuengi and Fenrir like that,

Kke-ek!

Kke-ek!

Rustle. Rustle.

The mushroom ants began to mill the rice that Se-jun had harvested.

“Guys, thank you.”

Tap. Tap.

[You have harvested shiitake mushrooms.]

[Your job experience increases very slightly.]

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

[You have acquired 1 experience point.]

Se-jun expressed his gratitude as he picked mushrooms from the backs of those mushroom ants.

A moment later.

“Hmm, hmm, hmm.”

Se-jun headed to the kitchen carrying the milled rice and mushrooms while humming.

Today’s menu was nutritious mushroom rice.

He planned to eat it by adding fried eggs and home-cooked side dishes on the side.

In the nutritious rice, he also put ginkgo nuts and chestnuts in addition to the mushrooms.

After Se-jun put the rice on to cook,

“Soy sauce… Cheongyang chili peppers, and crushed garlic…”

He went into making the seasoning sauce.

At that time,

Tap.

“Hyung… what are we eating for breakfast today?”

Rubbing his eyes, which would not open as if he was not fully awake yet, Ajax flew over and clung to Se-jun’s shoulder.

“Nutritious mushroom rice. Do you want to taste this?”

Se-jun answered, dipping his pinky finger into the seasoning sauce and putting it into Ajax’s mouth.

Suck.

“Hyung! It’s delicious!”

“Really? The rice is almost done now. Just wait a bit.”

“Yes…”

Aro-rong.

Ajax, who was still sleepy, fell asleep while clinging to Se-jun’s shoulder.

Pat. Pat.

Se-jun patted Ajax’s back and waited for the rice to be finished.

Meanwhile,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Kkamang-i, sit-da-yo! If you listen to me well, I will give you this-da-yo!]

Cuengi shook the dried roasted sweet potato while making Fenrir ‘sit.’

He wanted to make Kkamang-i his subordinate by making him listen to him.

However,

‘I, Fenrir, am a noble wolf. Once I choose the person who offers food, I do not change.’

Fenrir tightly closed his eyes to keep his loyalty (?) with Se-jun. He was not going to look.

Kkueng?

[This is what Kkamang-i likes, so why aren’t you doing it-da-yo?]

While Fenrir was rejecting the dried roasted sweet potato Cuengi was shaking like that,

“Guys, let’s eat!”

Se-jun called them.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Understood-da-yo! Kkamang-i is going too-da-yo!]

At Se-jun’s call, Cuengi hurriedly took Kkamang-i and ran to the kitchen.

And,

“You mix it with this seasoning sauce and eat it.”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Understood-da-yo! I will eat well-da-yo!]

“Yes! Hyung! I’ll eat well!”

“Yes. Se-jun-nim, thank you for the meal.”

Hearing Se-jun’s explanation, Cuengi, Ajax, and Veronica put the seasoning sauce into the nutritious mushroom rice and began to mix it up and eat it.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It is really delicious-da-yo! There are chestnuts inside too-da-yo!]

“Se-jun hyung-nim is a genius!”

“Oh my! Se-jun-nim, it’s really delicious!”

Praises poured in.

‘Hehehe. Praise me more.’

Se-jun was listening with a pleased expression while pretending not to hear.

At that time,

[Your soul becomes filled with the pouring praise.]

[Mental strength increases by 1.]

His mental strength rose along with the message.

“Huh?!”

It didn’t rise only through farming? As Se-jun accepted this newly learned fact,

“Kkamang-i, let’s eat too.”

He put a bit of nutritious rice into Fenrir’s food bowl, which had been waiting in front of him since earlier.

Then,

Kking! Kking!

‘Just now, another guy offered (?) food and begged (?) me to eat it, but I refused! Since you received my choice, you should consider yourself lucky!’

Fenrir talked about what had happened just now to Se-jun,

Lick.

and put his tongue to the rice.

…!!!

At the same time, Fenrir’s eyes widened.

‘It is too delicious!’

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

Fallen into the taste of the nutritious mushroom rice, Fenrir buried his nose in the bowl and began to eat greedily.

And,

“Hehehe. Kkamang-i, you should consider yourself lucky.”

Because I, Park Se-jun, am the only one who can make this kind of food. Hehehe.

Se-jun looked down at Fenrir with a pleased expression.

At that time,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Cuengi is eating one more bowl-da-yo!]

“Ehehehe! I want another bowl too!”

“Huh?!”

Se-jun discovered the two coming to scoop more rice. My rice!

Se-jun hurriedly began to scoop his own rice from the pot.

***

The treasure warehouse of the Caiman Kingdom on the 84th floor of the tower.

The inside was pitch-black darkness.

Because they had forced their way in by breaking the ceiling of the treasure warehouse instead of the entrance, the magic that should have normally activated did not activate.

“Iona, make it bright, meow!”

“Kyu-kyu-kyu. Yes! Just a moment!”

At Theo’s words, Iona looked at the surrounding magic circles and forcibly activated the magic circle.

Hummm.

As the magic circle activated, the treasure warehouse became bright.

And the golden statues emitting a brilliant light welcomed Theo and Iona.

However,

“Meow, meow, meow.”

Theo walked toward the inner part of the treasure warehouse, ignoring the gold that welcomed him. It was because he felt a powerful attraction from the inside.

Creak.

As he opened the door at the end of the room filled with golden statues like that, this time a room with various items appeared.

“It is not here either, meow!”

There was an attraction, but it was not the powerful attraction that had drawn him.

Theo passed by the second room as well.

Creak.

Like that, Theo opened the door leading to the third room.

In the center of the third room was a giant altar, and in the middle of that altar, a giant crocodile beastman statue was erected.

“Puhuhut. It is over there, meow!”

Theo’s eyes sparkled as he looked at the green gem embedded in the chest of the statue. He was going to take that to Chairman Park, meow!

“Theo-nim, be careful!”

Iona shouted to Theo. She felt an unusual energy from the statue.

At that time,

Rumble.

The statue began to move. No. It crumbled down.

And a damp and dark energy flowed out from the statue.

The black energy hovered around Theo and Iona, and then entered Iona’s body.

However,

-?!!!

-What are you?!

There was already a tenant there.

Nightmare, the Demon King of Nightmares, who was living off Iona’s mind, chased away the black energy.

The black energy was expelled from Iona’s body like that.

“Theo-nim, avoid it!”

While Iona was shouting, the black energy entered Theo’s body.

“Theo-nim—!”

“Iona, my body feels strange, meowww…”

Flop.

Theo lost consciousness.

***

‘To think all of my followers have died…’

Caiman, the crocodile god, was fading away as the Caiman royal family that had given him power all died.

At that moment, he saw two individuals entering his altar.

‘Hehehe. As expected, the heavens have not abandoned me, Caiman, the crocodile god.’

Looking at the two, Caiman smiled fishily.

So he hurriedly gathered his energy contained in the statue and examined the bodies of the two.

Both of them possessed bodies capable of handling his power.

Especially, upon feeling the immense magic power contained in the body of the white hamster,

‘I choose you!’

Caiman immediately entered to take over Iona’s body.

However,

…?!!!

An existence with a mighty will that even he, a god, could not oppose, had already taken up residence there.

‘Since I must survive first, I have no choice.’

Expelled from Iona’s body like that, Caiman entered the body of the cat next to her as a second-best option.

-Whew. Thank goodness.

Caiman, who had fortunately entered a body to dwell in before fading away, breathed a sigh of relief and severed the connection between Theo’s mind and body.

-Hehehe. Now I just need to destroy the spirit occupying this body.

Caiman, the crocodile god, laughed heartily and spoke as he looked down at Theo, who was of a size that could only be seen by looking closely.

This was Theo’s mental world.

Caiman was the tribal god of the crocodiles, and Theo was just a single cat. That gap was expressed in their sizes.

“Meow! It is a mountain of grilled fish, meow! It is a Churu pond, meow!”

Theo, oblivious to that, was unable to collect himself upon seeing the grilled fish and Churu filling the surroundings.

Since it was Theo’s mental world, this place was filled with only the things that Theo liked.

At that time,

Grab.

“Meow?!”

Caiman grabbed the scruff of Theo’s neck and brought him in front of his face.

“Meow?! Let go of this, meow! What are you, meow?!”

Theo shouted toward Caiman while struggling.

-Hehehe. I am Caiman, the god of crocodiles. I will put your body to good use.

“How dare you attack the Deadly Dragon Claws Golden Cat, Theo Park-nim! I will punish you, meow!”

Flash.

Theo unsheathed his dragon claws.

Swoosh!

He swung his front paw widely. It was the One Meow Slash.

However,

Ting!

Theo’s technique did not inflict any wounds on Caiman.

No matter how strong the dragon claws were in reality, in the mental world, they were only as strong as Theo’s mental strength.

“Nya-nya-nyan! Nya-nya-nyan!”

Theo did not give up and attacked Caiman again with the Meow Meow Storm Fist, but he could not inflict any damage on Caiman.

-Hehehe. Now, fade away.

Just as Caiman opened his mouth and was about to swallow Theo,

“Chairman Park, help me, meow!”

Theo suddenly called for Se-jun.

-Hehehe. What foolish nonsense is that? This is your mental world. No one can help you.

Caiman mocked Theo.

“No, meow! Chairman Park is great, so he can do anything, meow!”

Theo confidently shouted to Caiman.

To Theo, a fanatic of Se-jun’s knees, Se-jun was always an almighty existence. Chairman Park always helps me when I call, meow!

An answer devoid of logic or common sense.

At that time,

Thump. Thump.

A giant shadow that covered Caiman. It was Se-jun’s shadow, giant enough to occupy almost all of Theo’s mental world.

‘Puhuhut. It would be nice if Chairman Park’s knees were big, meow!’

Usually, Theo wished in his heart that Se-jun’s knees would grow larger, and just as Theo had wished, a giant Se-jun was born inside Theo’s mental world.

-H-how… in a mental world, such a giant…

Caiman was flustered as he looked at the giant looking down at him.

It was indeed strange. No matter how weak one’s mind was, their mind could not be as small as Theo’s.

But now he understood.

‘Crazy! Believing in someone else more than oneself?! And that absolutely?!’

Although Caiman could not understand it, it was all too natural for Theo, the fanatic of Se-jun’s knees.

While Caiman was flustered like that,

“Puhuhut. As expected, I knew Chairman Park would come to rescue me, meow! Giant Chairman Park, punish him, meow!”

Boom!

With Theo’s shout, the giant Se-jun stepped on Caiman.

And,

Rumble.

Trickle.

Se-jun made a new mountain of grilled fish and a Churu pond as if nothing had happened.

It was safe to say that Se-jun was creating Theo’s mental world.

“Puhuhut. It is giant Chairman Park’s knees, meow!!!”

Just as Theo, excited upon seeing Se-jun’s giant knees, climbed the leg of the giant Se-jun,

“Meow?! Where did giant Chairman Park’s knees go, meow?!”

Theo, reconnected with his body, regained consciousness and looked for giant Se-jun’s knees.

And,

The 99th floor of the tower.

“Hmm, hmm, hmm.”

[You have harvested Corn of Stamina.]

…

..

.

[You have destroyed the spirit of Caiman, the tribal god of the crocodiles.]

[You have acquired 100 million experience points.]

[You have achieved the achievement of destroying a tribal god.]

[As an achievement reward, you have acquired .]

In front of Se-jun, who was harvesting corn while humming, a message saying that he had destroyed Caiman suddenly appeared.

“Huh?! Me?”