Chapter 341 – I Only Meant to Scare Him

“Hehehe. Se-jun, wait! I’ll find another one for you!”

When Se-jun obtained the land deeds for the 57th and 62nd floors of the tower from the Black Rabbit, Aileen hurriedly began searching for other forces of destruction with the destruction detector.

Although it was hard,

‘Hehehe. To think I’m on the same team as Se-jun.’

The fact that she could complete quests with Se-jun made Aileen happy.

As Aileen was diligently searching for the force of destruction inside the Black Tower like that,

Hum.

The crystal ball vibrated.

And,

[The energy of the Green Dragon, Brachio Iolg, has penetrated the Black Tower.]

[The energy of the Green Dragon, Brachio Iolg, is focusing on the Black Tower Farmer, Park Se-jun.]

[The Black Tower Farmer, Park Se-jun, who was exposed to the energy of the Green Dragon, Brachio Iolg, has suffered a fatal injury.]

Red alarms appeared.

“What?! Our Se-jun suffered a fatal injury?!”

When Aileen hurriedly looked for Se-jun on the 57th floor of the tower through the crystal ball, she saw Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax diligently massaging the fainted Se-jun.

‘What should I do about our Se-jun?!’

The situation was serious.

At that moment,

[The closer the Green Dragon, Brachio Iolg, gets to the Black Tower, the stronger the energy directed toward the Black Tower Farmer, Park Se-jun, becomes.]

[If the approach of the Green Dragon, Brachio Iolg, is not stopped quickly, the Black Tower Farmer, Park Se-jun, may die.]

A new red alarm appeared.

After checking the alarm, Aileen realized what her top priority should be.

I have to stop Grandmother Brachio from coming here!

“Grandfathers, please help!!! Our Se-jun fainted!”

Therefore, she quickly called Kaiser and the other three dragons to request help.

And,

-Brachio, how dare you touch our Se-jun!!!

-To touch our Se-jun?! Has this old hag gone crazy?!

-Guys, let’s go quickly!

-I have already left!

The physical bodies of Kaiser, Kellion, Ramta, and Tier soared from their respective towers.

***

The outskirts of destruction.

“Lord Halphas, following the Green Dragon, the leaders of the Black Dragon, White Dragon, Red Dragon, and Purple Dragon are all heading toward us!”

“What?!”

Halphas fell into thought at the report of Hydra, who was observing the nine towers with its nine heads.

‘Could it be a preemptive strike?!’

The leaders of the dragons, who would not move unless they attacked first.

It seemed that the leaders of the nine dragon tribes were attacking them, relying on the black fruit.

“Hehehe. If you are relying solely on the power of that black fruit, this time it is your defeat. Hydra, take Violet and Leviathan and eliminate the dragons.”

“Yes! Please leave it to me!”

At Halphas’s command, Hydra replied confidently and headed toward the dragons with Violet and Leviathan.

***

The 57th floor of the Black Tower.

“Chairman Park, wake up, meow!”

Cuengi!

[Dad, wake up, kkueng!]

“Hyung! Wake up!”

Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax called out to Se-jun and worked hard to heal him.

However, as the distance to Brachio closed, Se-jun’s condition deteriorated further.

“Chairman Park, hang in there, meow!”

Cuengi!

[Dad, hang in there, kkueng!]

“Se-jun Hyung!”

The three of them did their utmost to heal Se-jun, but as Brachio flew rapidly toward the Black Tower, Se-jun’s condition grew even worse.

While Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax were preoccupied with healing Se-jun’s body,

Kking! Kking! Kking!

‘Hey! Wake up! You have to give me my food! You can’t die!’

Realizing that Se-jun’s situation was unusual, Fenril made a bold decision to save Se-jun.

Kking!

‘Eat this at least!’

He ended up putting a fragment of his core into Se-jun’s mouth.

Naturally, Se-jun, whose stats did not exceed 5000, could not swallow the core fragment.

However,

Press!

Please swallow it! Fenril pressed the core he had placed in Se-jun’s mouth with his paw, with desperate feelings.

Slide.

Thanks to that, the fragment of Fenril’s core slid smoothly down Se-jun’s throat.

Gulp.

In this way, Se-jun was forced to swallow the fragment of Fenril’s core.

Kking! Kking!

‘It worked! My core, make sure to save him!’

Hum.

Responding to Fenril’s desperate feelings, the fragment of Fenril’s core melted inside Se-jun’s body and began to be absorbed.

***

“Brachio, stop!”

“Yes! Calm down!”

Ramta and Tier, who were close to the Green Tower, arrived first and blocked Brachio’s path.

“Calm down?! Do I look like I can calm down right now?! Our Ophelia became a slave?!”

At their words, Brachio shouted in an excited voice.

“Although they say slave, not much will actually change. In any case, our Se-jun is so weak that he can’t even stand before Ophelia…”

“Yes! Let’s first withdraw your anger directed toward Se-jun and resolve this through conversation! If things continue like this, our Se-jun will die!”

Kaiser and Kellion, who arrived in the meantime, also calmed the excited Brachio.

“What?! Die? What does that mean?”

At Kellion’s words, Brachio asked in a bewildered voice. I only meant to scare him?

No matter how angry she was, she had no intention of killing the tower farmer who could cultivate the black beans needed to fight against the Apostles of Destruction.

However,

“What?! You meant to scare our Se-jun?! Our Se-jun is extremely weak…”

“Isn’t our Se-jun already dead?!”

“Don’t say such unlucky things! He must have just fainted!”

“Since Brachio withdrew her energy, he will be fine… Yes… He must be…”

She did not know that Se-jun was a sunfish that the dragons would be anxious over the slight energy she sent just to scare him.

‘Just how weak is this guy named Se-jun that they are acting like this?’

While Brachio was dumbfounded by Se-jun’s weakness,

Slowly.

Red mists surrounded them.

And,

-It has been a long time. Dragons.

The red mist transformed into three Apostles of Destruction.

The 10th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, the nine-headed serpent, Hydra.

The 11th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, the Crystal Giant of Ruin, Violet.

The 12th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, the Tsunami-Summoning Snake, Leviathan.

-Release the seal!

As soon as they appeared, they released all the seals they could.

Once, twice, three times, four times.

Gooooo.

Before they knew it, their power, having released the fourth seal, amplified eightfold.

The power of those who released the fourth seal was at a similar level to when the dragons consumed the black beans.

However,

Munch.

The power of Kaiser, Kellion, Ramta, and Tier, who swallowed five beans—including the four colors and the black bean—at the same time, far exceeded their level.

Before leaving the tower to stop Brachio,

“Take this just in case.”

Aileen handed the black beans of transcendence, which Se-jun had left behind, to the four of them one by one.

“Instead, if you use this, pay me later!”

Of course, it was not free.

[You have consumed the Black Bean of Transcendence (+2).]

…

..

.

In this way, the dragons, having eaten the +2 Black Bean of Transcendence, had their power amplified sixteenfold instead of twelvefold.

-Huh?!

Kwang!

The four dragons easily defeated the three Apostles of Destruction,

Clink.

“Collect!”

“Collect!”

And vied with each other to collect the Tower Coins.

And,

“Brachio, we’ll continue the rest of the conversation later.”

Kuo-o-o-o!

They began to fire breath toward the surrounding red mist.

This was to destroy as much of the force of destruction as possible during the four minutes their strength was amplified,

Clink.

And to gather as many Tower Coins as possible. It seemed they would need a lot of money to pay for the black beans they used this time.

Watching the four of them collect Tower Coins like that,

Kuo-o-o-o!

Brachio also subtly joined in collecting Tower Coins.

***

“Ugh…”

When Se-jun opened his eyes with difficulty,

“Chairman Park!”

Cuengi!

[Dad!]

“Hyung!”

Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax called out to Se-jun and hugged him.

And,

Kking! Kking!

‘Hey! I saved you! So serve me even more delicious food in the future!’

Fenril was acting proud while looking at Se-jun.

However,

“Thank you, guys.”

Se-jun expressed his gratitude only to the three of them, excluding Fenril.

Since the ones who usually healed him when he fainted were Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax, he naturally thought it was the same this time.

Kking!

‘Hey! I said I saved you!’

Tap. Tap.

Fenril, feeling wronged, tapped the ground with his front paw to strongly appeal to Se-jun, but

Kking…

‘It hurts…’

Only his own paw hurt.

While Fenril was feeling wronged like that,

‘But what does this mean?’

[You have forcibly consumed a purified fragment of Fenril’s core.]

[The purified fragment of Fenril’s core is healing your body.]

[Your body has returned to normal.]

[22% of the purified fragment of Fenril’s core was lost during the healing process.]

[The remaining purified fragment of Fenril’s core in your body is connecting with the tower’s system.]

[The detection range to find other fragments of Fenril’s core has increased.]

[The detection range to find the power of the Apostles of Destruction has increased.]

Looking at the messages, Se-jun realized that he lived thanks to swallowing the fragment of Fenril’s core.

And,

“Who fed me the fragment of Fenril’s core?”

He asked the three he was holding.

But,

“It wasn’t me, meow! I treated Chairman Park’s rotten face, meow!”

Cuengi!

[Cuengi massaged Dad’s potbelly, kkueng!]

Theo and Cuengi shook their heads as they answered.

“Then, was it you, Ajax?”

“No. I was massaging your legs, Hyung.”

“Really? Then who saved me?”

While Se-jun was wondering,

Kking…

He saw Fenril diligently licking his sore paw.

“Was it Blackie?”

Although he was the one who had been carrying the fragment of Fenril’s core all this time…

“Ajax, please heal Blackie.”

Since his paw looked sore, he asked Ajax to heal him.

“Yes! Hyung! Recovery!”

When Ajax cast healing magic on Fenril,

Kking! Kking!

‘Hey! Since I saved you, treat me well in the future! Anyway, I’m glad you’re alive!’

Fenril leaned against Se-jun’s leg and barked, wagging his tail vigorously.

“Hehehe. Did our Blackie also work hard?!”

Kking! Kking!

While Se-jun was having healing time holding the whining Fenril, Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax in his arms,

[A quest has occurred.]

[Quest: The plum tree is rotting due to the power of decay. Remove the source of the power of decay and treat the plum tree.]

Reward: Recognition as the rightful owner of the land deed

The land deed quest appeared.

“So this was a plum tree farm?”

Se-jun said as he looked at the barren trees. “But the source of the power of decay? Where do I find that?”

Se-jun looked around to see if there was anything suspicious.

However, there were only shriveled plum trees around him.

At that moment,

[The power of Dilia, the Demon of Decay and the 8th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, has been detected 5km to the northwest.]

A message indicating that the power of an Apostle of Destruction was detected appeared.

“Huh? An Apostle of Destruction?”

And the Demon of Decay at that? It was clearly the source of the power of decay.

“Toryong-i!”

Se-jun called Toryong-i and moved northwest.

And,

-Kekeke. I will decay you all as well.

He discovered a demon with a hideous face and a pair of black wings.

“Ajax, burn it down.”

“Yes! Hyung! Hellfire!”

At Se-jun’s instruction, Ajax burned Dilia down.

[Guardian Ajax Mamuve has defeated Dilia, the Demon of Decay and the 8th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction.]

[You have obtained 10 million experience, which is 50% of the experience earned by Guardian Ajax Mamuve.]

[Ajax Mamuve is your slave.]

[You have obtained an additional 5 million experience, which is 25% of the experience earned by Ajax Mamuve.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have obtained 1 bonus stat.]

[Strength increases by 10.]

Thanks to that, Se-jun leveled up and reached level 79.

And,

Kking?

‘Why is that guy just staying there and dying like a fool?’

Today, as well, Fenril was a master of team kills, unaware of his own contribution to the team kill.