Chapter 343 – At This Rate, I’m Not a Bully, Right

Kking!

‘That’s mine! That’s my core!’

Hop. Hop.

Fenril jumped diligently toward his core fragment held in Theo’s front paw.

However,

“Nyng? Blackie, you can’t have this, meow! This belongs to Chairman Park, meow!”

Theo had absolutely no intention of giving it. Puhut. I will give this to Chairman Park and get praised, meow!

“…That’s mine…”

Uren’s wronged voice from behind was heard so softly that it was almost inaudible.

Kking…

‘I’m tired…’

Meanwhile, when Fenril, who had jumped a few times and gotten exhausted, collapsed on the floor,

“Puhut. Chairman Park, here it is, meow!”

Theo handed the fragment of Fenril’s core to Se-jun, sending a glance that said, ‘Did I do well, meow?’

“Yes. Good job.”

Pat. Pat.

Se-jun patted Theo’s head and received the walnut-sized core fragment.

However,

……

There was no response like before.

“There’s none.”

It was a core fragment without a piece of the door leading to the 10th tower.

Se-jun looked at the core fragment in his hand with a disappointed expression.

[A fragment of Fenril’s core, the 1st Seat of the Apostles of Destruction]

This is a fragment of the core of Fenril, the 1st Seat of the Apostles of Destruction.

It contains 1% of his total power.

If the force of destruction dwelling inside is not removed, you will be eroded by the force of destruction.

Perhaps because he had already obtained a fragment of Fenril’s core before, or because he already had Fenril’s core fragment inside his body, there was no need for a separate appraisal.

Although purification seemed necessary.

“What? 1% of his power was contained in this?!”

Se-jun, who learned the majesty of the power contained in the core fragment, was greatly surprised.

With only 0.01% of Fenril’s power, he had blocked Ajax’s breath when the seal was released.

“But if it’s 1 percent…”

It was truly fortunate that it was Uren.

Until just a moment ago, he had felt sympathy for Uren, who was extorted by Theo every day, but now he could only think it was fortunate.

“By the way, Uren, how did you get this?”

Wondering how Uren had come all the way to the 62nd floor of the tower to find a fragment of Fenril’s core, Se-jun asked.

“Just… on the way to the 75th floor of the tower, I heard a whisper calling me.”

“You heard a whisper?”

“Yes. I can hear it even now. It says let’s kill dragons together…”

“What?! Dare to kill dragons?!”

At Uren’s words, Ajax flared up.

“Ah… it wasn’t me, it was that thing…”

Uren avoided Ajax’s gaze and timidly pointed to the fragment of Fenril’s core.

At that moment,

“Hehe… I understand…”

Swish.

With a possessed expression, Uren quickly reached his front paw toward the fragment of Fenril’s core in Se-jun’s hand.

His intention was to snatch the fragment of Fenril’s core.

However,

“Puhut. No way, meow!”

Smack!

The iron-wall defender, Theo, blocked Uren’s thick front paw with his right front paw. How dare you target our Chairman Park’s item, meow?!

And,

“Uren, snap out of it, meow!”

Smack!

He brought Uren back to his senses by slapping him with his left front paw.

“Huh? What did I just do…”

Uren, who came to his senses from Theo’s slap, realized his actions and was flustered.

“I’m sorry. Please take this at least…”

Uren rummaged through his chest and pulled out a pouch of money.

“It’s fine. That can happen.”

Se-jun received the pouch of money with a forgiving face, thinking, ‘I forgive everything.’

After pocketing the pouch of money,

Present.

When Se-jun showed the fragment of Fenril’s core to Uren again,

“Hehehe…”

Swish.

Smack. Smack.

“Ah! I did it again…”

Another money pouch came in.

“Vice President Theo, nice.”

“Puhut. Chairman Park is also quite good, meow!”

In this way, Se-jun and Theo praised each other and received 20 money pouches from Uren.

“Ugh! I don’t want to get hit anymore…”

Thanks to that, Uren no longer fell to the temptation of Fenril’s core fragment. Indeed, there was no business before a beating.

“But can you guys hear the whispers too?”

Se-jun put his ear to the fragment of Fenril’s core and asked while looking at Theo, Cuengi, and Ajax, thinking, ‘I don’t hear anything?’

“I don’t hear it, meow!”

Cuengi!

[I don’t hear it, kkueng!]

“I don’t hear it?”

For some reason, only Uren could hear the whispers coming from the fragment of Fenril’s core.

“What is this?”

Even if they excluded Ajax since he was a dragon… he, Theo, and Cuengi should have heard it.

Especially he, who was weaker than Uren, should have heard it, but…

He heard nothing.

“Does it only sound to those with weak mental strength?”

That made sense. Since my mental strength is strong.

“…I don’t think so…”

“What?”

“It’s nothing…”

At Se-jun’s retort, Uren quickly shut his mouth.

At that moment,

Kking! Kking!

‘Hey! I told you that’s mine! I already gave you one!’

Fenril, who had recovered his strength, barked while hopping up and down toward his core fragment in Se-jun’s hand.

And,

“Could it be?! Did Blackie hear the whisper coming from here too?”

Se-jun misunderstood that Fenril heard the whisper from the core fragment, thinking, ‘That would be dangerous for Blackie!’

“Aileen, please purify this.”

He hurriedly sent the core fragment to Aileen.

[The Tower Administrator tells you to trust only her.]

[The Tower Administrator says she will purify it cleanly.]

“Yeah, thank you.”

When Se-jun finished speaking with Aileen,

Kking…

‘My core…’

When the core fragment disappeared, he saw Fenril turning his back on Se-jun with his ears and tail drooping.

Hehehe. Our Blackie looks completely deflated. Cute.

“Here. Blackie, let’s eat something delicious.”

Se-jun smiled warmly and pulled out two pieces of dried roasted sweet potato to cheer Fenril up, shaking them.

However,

Kking!

‘I won’t eat!’

Fenril turned his head away immediately upon seeing his favorite dried roasted sweet potatoes, perhaps because his feelings were hurt.

“Even with this?”

Se-jun pulled out two more pieces of dried roasted sweet potato,

…Kking!

‘…To think there are four yellow and chewy things!’

Fenril, who had never eaten four pieces of dried roasted sweet potato at once, hesitated for a moment this time, but turned his head away.

He had the pride of a noble wolf. He could not fall for that amount.

“Hehehe. Will you be able to reject this too?”

Hold out.

Se-jun took out a banana and began to peel it.

Kking?! Kking?

‘What is that?! Why does it smell so delicious?’

Due to the sweet scent that was different from the dried roasted sweet potatoes, Fenril’s entire body, not just his head, had turned around before he knew it.

Wag. Wag.

He was wagging his tail at full strength and drooling.

Kking! Kking!

‘Peel it quickly! Give it to me quickly!’

“Okay. Here.”

Se-jun placed the banana in Fenril’s mouth as he urged him,

Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.

Fenril began to eat diligently.

And,

Stare.

Cuengi and Ajax stared at Se-jun with passionate eyes. It was a silent signal asking for bananas as well.

“Okay. Here. Let’s eat and then work.”

Thus began a sudden snack time.

“I… I would like some too…”

“Puhut. If you want to eat a banana, pay me, meow!”

Theo, who was trying to get money again from Uren who was asking for a banana while reading the mood. He was indeed like a bully cat, and

“Yes! I will give it!”

Uren, who pulled out money again even after having 20 money pouches extorted, was indeed a massive pushover.

“I’ll give you this for free.”

Se-jun gave Uren a bunch of bananas for free.

‘Huhut. I am very generous.’

He felt proud by himself.

At this rate, I’m not a bully, right? Se-jun was trying to wash his image belatedly.

***

The Black Tower Administrator area.

“Hehehe. I must purify this quickly and return it to our Se-jun! Grandfathers, gather quickly!”

Aileen called Kaiser, Kellion, Ramta, and Tier with a face full of enthusiasm.

Because with her own power, it was difficult to purify even 1% of the force of destruction contained in Fenril’s core fragment.

After a while,

-Kahaha. Our granddaughter! Did you call your grandfather?

Kaiser and the other dragons of the Four Dragons Council gathered.

And,

-Huh?! That is?!

-It’s bigger than the last one?!

-Oh! Are we going to make a fortune?!

-Duhaha! What should we buy from Se-jun this time?

Seeing the walnut-sized fragment of Fenril’s core held by Aileen, they were excited at the thought of making money.

However,

“Grandfathers, first of all, you have to pay for the black beans you used last time.”

They had a debt to pay.

-Ahem. How much is it?

“100 billion Tower Coins.”

-What?!

-That’s too expensive?

The dragons were flustered by Aileen’s answer.

The performance of the black beans increased by 33.33%, from twelvefold to sixteenfold, but

The price increased by 300%, from 25 billion Tower Coins to 100 billion Tower Coins, so it was surprising.

“Hehehe. Se-jun said that performance and price are not originally directly proportional.”

-Ahem. If our Se-jun says so…

-Here it is.

The dragons gave Aileen the money they had.

“Hehehe. Thank you.”

Having received the money, Aileen began to explain to the four dragons.

“Since it takes too long to purify this, let’s take turns purifying it with our physical bodies.”

-Fine. If you guys cheat, you’ll be in big trouble!

-If you get caught cheating, you will be expelled immediately!

-Just cleanly swear by your names!

-We also have to decide the order!

At Aileen’s words, the dragons wrote a contract and decided the order of who would purify the fragment of Fenril’s core first.

The order decided was Kaiser, Tier, Ramta, then Kellion.

-Kahaha. Then I am first.

The Black Dragon statue swallowed the fragment of Fenril’s core.

***

Pluck.

[You have harvested Mugwort of Tenacity.]

[Your job experience increases slightly.]

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

[You have obtained 70 experience.]

Se-jun, who had a snack time, diligently harvested the mugwort again, and

Cuengi!

[My hands smell like mugwort, kkueng!]

“Smelling it continuously is actually quite nice, though?”

“…Why am I…?”

Beside him, Cuengi, Ajax, and Uren also helped harvest the mugwort.

“Shall we sleep here today?”

Se-jun swallowed a piece of meat while looking at the darkening sky.

[You have consumed Aileen’s Healthier Fist Meat Piece.]

[You must eat all of the food to activate the effect.]

[150 pieces remaining.]

“I really ate 20 pieces diligently every day, but…”

There are still 150 pieces left.

Still, thanks to digesting it diligently, his Vitality skill had reached level 7 before he knew it.

Cuengi!

[It’s a campfire, kkueng!]

“Ehihit! Campfire!”

Hearing they were sleeping outside, Cuengi and Ajax quickly entered the sub-space warehouse and brought out green onion leaves, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.

And,

Se-jun, Theo, Cuengi, Ajax, and Uren.

The five of them began wrapping the sweet potatoes and potatoes in green onion leaves together.

After a while.

Crackle. Crackle.

Munch. Munch.

The mugwort farm was filled only with the sound of burning wood and eating.

Once the quiet dinner ended like that,

“Puhut. I ate well, meow! Chairman Park’s fish grilling skills are getting better and better, meow!”

Nyang-nyang-nyang. Theo, who was full after eating Se-jun’s grilled fish, lay flat on Se-jun’s lap.

And,

Kkuhehehe. Cuengi!

[Hehehe. It was a delicious dinner, kkueng!]

“Ehihit. Indeed, when I’m with Se-jun Hyung, I can only eat delicious things.”

Cuengi and Ajax rubbed their bellies while leaning against Se-jun’s side.

Flop.

Kking… Kking…

‘My belly hurts… Rub my belly…’

Lastly, Fenril, who had overeaten, lay down in front of Se-jun, presenting his bulging belly to request help.

“Sheesh. I told you to eat in moderation.”

He had already known since he ran away holding a whole sweet potato earlier.

Lift.

Se-jun carefully lifted Fenril,

Pat. Pat.

While Se-jun patted Fenril’s belly,

Purr.

Kkurorong.

Arorong.

Kkirorong.

Using Se-jun’s body as a pillow, all four fell asleep.

“I should sleep too.”

Se-jun looked around to lie down.

But…

“Why is he sleeping like that?”

Kkul… Kkul…

Se-jun saw Uren sleeping curled up on the ground alone. He was clearly a wealthy great merchant, so why did he look so pitiful?

Place.

Se-jun covered Uren with a green onion leaf and lay down.

378th day of tower entry. Today as well, without any accidents…

Clatter. Clatter.

…happened?

A skeleton suddenly appeared.

Clatter.

The Farming King, who had climbed up from the 4th floor of the tower to meet Se-jun, bowed his head and greeted Se-jun.