Chapter 355 – Hehehe. Sweet

-How dare you challenge me, the 7th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction and the Mountain-Breaking Rock Kuruger!

Kuruger prepared for battle, striking his two fists together with a loud *thud!*

*Spark!*

“It’s Meow Meow Storm Fist, mew! Nya nya nya! Nya nya nya!”

Theo was the first to shoot thousands of invisible mana blades toward Kuruger.

‘He is strong.’

Although they were invisible, Kuruger felt the oncoming massive force and drove his hands into the ground.

If he only had the power of the fragment, he wouldn’t have been able to block it, but that was not the case now.

He didn’t know why it was here, but he had obtained a black bead by chance some time ago.

Red mist emerged from the black bead embedded in his chest, supplying the lacking power of destruction to Kuruger.

-Mountain Lifting.

When Kuruger raised his hands, a mountain rose up.

King! King!

‘Hey! That’s mine! Core! Core! Come to me!’

As Fenrir shouted while looking at his core fragment embedded in Kuruger’s chest, Theo’s Meow Meow Storm Fist and the mountain Kuruger raised clashed.

*Ka-boom!*

The mountain was shattered by Theo’s attack, and giant stones scattered in all directions.

*Thud. Thud.*

Fenrir, who was floating in the air, stepped on the surfaces of the flying rocks and ran forward diligently.

Perhaps because it was held by Kuruger, a fellow Apostle of Destruction, the core did not react to his call.

At that moment,

Cuengi!

[Cuengi Smash Fist, cueng!]

Cuengi, seeing that Theo’s attack was blocked, stretched his fist toward Kuruger.

It was Cuengi’s perfect punch, smoothly connecting from the legs through the waist to the fist.

There was not a single bit of waste, whether he had learned it from someone or was doing it instinctively.

-Keke. You’re not bad. Mountain Smashing.

Kuruger smiled and stretched his fist in response.

*Boom!*

A clash of massive forces. This time, a strong wind arose.

Fortunately, Fenrir, who had run diligently before that, had driven his dragon claws into Kuruger’s back.

*Yelp!*

Although he fluttered in the strong wind, he did not fly away.

King!

‘Hey! Kuruger! Give me my core!’

Driving his dragon claws in, Fenrir moved little by little toward Kuruger’s chest as if rock climbing.

Because Fenrir possessed such trivial strength, Kuruger did not even realize something was hanging on his body.

*Crack.*

Although cracks appeared on Kuruger’s body from Cuengi’s attack, the message indicating that the enemy was defeated did not appear.

On top of that, as the red mist seeped into the cracked rock, the cracked parts quickly joined back together.

While Theo and Cuengi attacked Kuruger like that,

“Ajax, release seal!”

Se-jun, who had engraved the black dragon tattoo on his left arm with Kaiser’s scale and charged two with the Green Bead of Life, shouted.

“Full armor transformation.”

He quickly took out and put on the Dragon Tooth Soldier helmet engraved with the black dragon tattoo.

Defense of the Dragon Tooth Soldier.

Two black dragon tattoos.

Three spare lives.

Although could not be used because he had consumed almost all his mana just a moment ago, this level was almost full armament.

When Se-jun finished arming himself like that,

“You are dead now! How dare you hit our Brother Se-jun?!”

Ajax, who had turned giant as his seal was released, spat out a white breath of rage toward Kuruger.

*Kwooooo!*

Perhaps because he had recovered a bit of the power of light, unlike in the past, the breath glowed slightly bright.

-Huh? Why is a white hatchling in the Black Tower?

Kuruger wondered for a moment as he looked at Ajax shooting breath at him.

It didn’t matter. Since he just had to kill him.

-Evil Mountain Smashing!

Soon, wearing a smirk, he pulled up the strength of his entire body and stretched his fist toward Ajax’s breath.

*Boom!*

With a giant explosive sound, the two forces collided.

At that moment,

Kkihit. King!

‘Heh. My core!’

*Pop.*

Fenrir, who crawled diligently and arrived at Kuruger’s chest, pulled out his core fragment with his front paw, and the core fragment fell to the ground with a thud.

-Huh?! Lord Fenrir’s core?

As the source supplying his strength suddenly disappeared and Kuruger’s strength weakened, the balance of power broke. The breath rapidly approached Kuruger.

‘It’s over.’

When Se-jun anticipated Kuruger’s end,

“Huh?!”

In Se-jun’s eyes, something that shouldn’t be there on Kuruger’s chest was seen.

“Blackie?”

Why are you there?!

“Designate Blackie!”

[Designating the fourth summon target on the Dragon Horn Summoning Bracelet.]

Se-jun hurriedly designated Fenrir as the summon target with the Dragon Horn Summoning Bracelet worn on his right arm. It was truly fortunate that he hadn’t filled all five slots.

“Summon Blackie!”

[Summoning the designated target.]

King?

*Ka-boom!*

Fortunately, the moment Fenrir was summoned to Se-jun’s feet, Ajax’s breath struck Kuruger.

[Guardian Ajax Mamuve has defeated the Mountain-Breaking Rock Kuruger, the 7th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction.]

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

[Ajax Mamuve is your slave.]

[You additionally obtain 2.5 million experience, which is 25% of the experience obtained by Ajax Mamuve.]

“Phew. It’s over.”

Se-jun was relieved, seeing the message that the enemy was defeated.

“Ajax, scout the surroundings a bit.”

“Yes! Hyung!”

He gave Ajax, who had released his seal after a long time, a bit of free time.

And,

“Blackie, who told you to be in such a dangerous place when you are like a sunfish?!”

He caught Fenrir, made eye contact, and began to scold him.

King! King!

‘Hey! Let go! I must find my core!’

Fenrir also made eye contact with Se-jun and barked fiercely.

“Huh?! Are you throwing a temper at me right now?!”

King! King!

‘Let go! I said I have to find my core!’

While such an uncommunicative conversation passed between Se-jun and Fenrir,

Cuengi!

[A bit less power was loaded, cueng! I must receive more special training from Uncle Bull Demon King, cueng!]

Cuengi spoke while stretching his fist into the air. The perfect punch earlier was learned from the Bull Demon King.

Cuengi was learning boxing from the Bull Demon King lately.

“Puhuhut. It ended without spending money, mew!”

Next to Cuengi, Theo, who had been worrying about whether he should burn Se-jun’s wealth, was pleased that the battle ended without using wealth.

‘If I burn too much wealth, Chairman Park dislikes it, mew!’

Although he couldn’t understand why Se-jun disliked burning wealth when wealth could be earned quickly, Theo refrained from what Se-jun disliked as much as possible.

Just as Uren, who gained gold simply by eating to his fill and touching objects, could not understand Theo who earned money through troublesome means,

Theo, who possessed the luck of finding opportunities to earn money just by walking, could not understand Se-jun who tried to save money.

“I should check if there is anything Chairman Park likes, mew!”

Just as Theo was about to search if there was anything to pick up where Kuruger dissolved,

*Thud.*

“Mew? What is this, mew?”

The lucky Golden Cat Theo picked up the black bead that flew in front of him. It was Fenrir’s core fragment that had flown into the sky due to the explosion and fallen.

“Puhuhut. This is Fenrir’s core fragment, mew!”

Theo put the core fragment in his bundle. It was to hide the energy because Fenrir would ask for it if he saw it.

“Chairman Park! I picked up something good, mew!”

Theo ran to Se-jun with excited steps.

“Blackie, are you going to open your eyes like that again?!”

King…?

‘Hey. Why are you getting angry…?’

As Se-jun’s expression worsened, Fenrir lowered his head and sneakily examined Se-jun’s face.

King…

‘Appease your anger…’

Fenrir tapped Se-jun’s hand with his front paw, requesting a reconciliation.

“You shouldn’t go to such a dangerous place from now on. Got it?”

When Fenrir seemed to reflect, Se-jun gave a final warning and set Fenrir down on the ground.

King! King? King?

‘My core! Huh? Why can’t I feel it?’

Once Se-jun set him down, Fenrir hurriedly ran to the place where Kuruger dissolved, and

“Chairman Park, I found something good, mew!”

Theo, who ran past Fenrir, took out Fenrir’s core fragment from his bundle and handed it to Se-jun.

“Vice Chairman Theo, good job. This is a 0.5% one.”

Se-jun said, praising Theo.

“Aileen, please purify this.”

[The tower administrator says to leave it to her.]

After Se-jun handed Fenrir’s core fragment to Aileen like that,

King?! King?!

‘Huh?! I just felt energy here?!’

Fenrir, who felt the energy of his core fragment, returned to Se-jun and looked around, but could not feel the core’s energy.

King…

‘My core fragment…’

The ears of the depressed Fenrir drooped, and his tail tucked.

“Blackie, are you hungry?”

Se-jun put Fenrir in the sling bag and fed him dried roasted sweet potato slices.

Then,

*Chew. Chew. Chew.*

Sweetness spread in his mouth, and his teeth moved on their own.

Even though he was depressed, the dried roasted sweet potato was delicious.

Kkihit. King!

‘Heh. I can do without a core fragment of that size!’

Fenrir decided to just give up on this core fragment.

***

Green Tower’s 99th floor.

“Ehehe. It was delicious!”

That guy Se-jun’s farming skills are truly amazing. I must try hard too!

Ophelia, who resolved to further develop her farming skills after eating the crops of Brachio and Se-jun, returned to the 99th floor of the tower.

“Huh?! What is all this?”

Ophelia said, looking at the ground covered in red and blue. There were two kinds of plants: those with red leaves and those with blue leaves.

“Could that be the mugwort I planted?”

Since the only crop planted in the ground was the mugwort seed Se-jun had given, she could think of nothing else.

“But why are there two kinds of colors?”

Ophelia, finding it fascinating, cut the blue mugwort with her farming knife.

[You have harvested Fresh Mugwort of Mana.]

[Your job experience increases slightly.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 7 increases slightly.]

[You have obtained 70 experience.]

“Fresh Mugwort of Mana?”

Ophelia examined the options of the mugwort.

[Fresh Mugwort of Mana]

It is a mugwort grown by absorbing the overflowing mana of the Green Tower.

Because it absorbs all sorts of things from the soil, its properties vary greatly depending on the soil.

Upon consumption, it fills 1% of the consumed mana.

Bitterness decreased and sweetness became stronger.

Cultivator: Black Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Expiration date: 150 days

Grade: A

“Fascinating.”

Ophelia harvested the red mugwort this time.

[You have harvested Fresh Mugwort of Life.]

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The Fresh Mugwort of Life had the effect of absorbing life force and restoring life force.

Because the 99th floor of the Green Tower had more life force than mana, it restored 3% of life force, which was higher than the Fresh Mugwort of Mana.

The taste, like the Fresh Mugwort of Mana, had decreased bitterness and strong sweetness.

“Ehehe. At this rate, that guy Se-jun will acknowledge me too, right?”

Ophelia, having confirmed the options of the mugwort, harvested the mugwort in a hurry.

She wanted to quickly send the harvested mugwort to Se-jun to show him that she was also good at farming.

While Ophelia was diligently harvesting the mugwort like that,

“Huh?! This one is white?”

Ophelia, who discovered a white mugwort, cut the mugwort with her knife.

[You have harvested Medicinal Mugwort.]

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“Medicinal Mugwort?”

Just as Ophelia was about to check the options of the Medicinal Mugwort,

[You have achieved the feat of creating a new variety in the Green Tower.]

The message appeared.

“Wow! A new variety!”

Ophelia, for whom this was the second new variety harvest, cheered. The first new variety failed to cultivate because it did not bear fruit.

“Ehehe. I must grow it well this time!”

Since a new variety gives exclusive cultivation rights, Ophelia naturally thought it was hers.

But,

[The achievement of the slave is soon the achievement of the master.]

“Huh?! They took mine! Wah!”

Her cheer soon turned into crying.

And,

*Thud.*

[You have harvested Bokbunja.]

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[Your slave Ophelia Iolg of the Green Tower has harvested the new variety, Medicinal Mugwort.]

[The achievement of the slave is soon your achievement.]

[You have achieved the feat of creating a new variety in the tower.]

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[Due to job characteristics, all stats increase by 10 each.]

“Huh?”

Se-jun, who was harvesting Bokbunja at the 73rd-floor farm, achieved the new variety achievement not with Bokbunja, but with Medicinal Mugwort.

“Hehehe. Sweet.”

Se-jun was enjoying the sweet benefits today as well.