Chapter 363 – Making Meju

1st Floor of the 10th Tower.

“How dare he ignore my words?!”

Stella spoke in a voice filled with anger. She, the great Silver Dragon, had personally sent a voice message, yet he still had not come?

She did not know what the trial of the 10th Tower was, but the fact that he had passed the trial meant he had sufficient ability to come to the 10th Tower.

Furthermore, he had broken through the final trial with overwhelming results, receiving even the qualification to ascend to the 2nd floor as an additional reward.

Yet, the fact that he had not come meant…

‘He must have ignored my voice message!’

Grate.

Stella gritted her teeth.

Judging by the lack of response, there was a high probability that he had not even informed their mother that she was alive.

“I have to send it again, right? Haa. What a hassle…”

Stella sighed heavily. It required quite a bit of effort to find the materials to make the voice message bead.

***

Dawn on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

Kking…

Fenrir, who woke up from his sleep, squirmed and crawled out of the sling bag, which was his home.

Kkihikit. Kking.

‘Hehit. I am the most diligent.’

Perhaps proud that he was the first to wake up, Fenrir felt smug as he looked at Se-jun, Theo, the Black Rabbit, and Ajax, who were still sleeping.

However, considering that Fenrir had been asleep since before yesterday evening, he was not actually diligent. It was simply that he was not sleepy because he had slept a lot.

Kking.

‘You guys, I am indeed Lord Fenrir, the wolf who hunts the 1st Seat of the Apostles of Destruction.’

While Fenrir was silently barking to himself, searching for his self-esteem,

Kking?

‘This is faint, but isn’t it the energy of my core?’

In Fenrir’s senses, a fragment of his core was felt. To be exact, it was similar to the core energy without the energy of destruction that he had dug up and eaten last time.

My core!

Hop.

Fenrir quickly got off the bed and ran outside.

Thump. Thump.

Running along the energy, he saw the Golden Tree Stump Flowerpot of Abundance emitting a golden light.

Kking!

‘Over there!’

Fenrir barked as he looked at the crops planted in the flowerpot.

Although it was an ability that left the Tower Farmer’s energy on the seeds to repel monsters due to the effect of Mana Sowing Lv. 9,

Kking!

‘My core!’

some of the core’s power was contained in the energy, resulting in the effect of attracting Fenrir.

Since it could not repel monsters and only attracted Fenrir, it was an ability that caused far more harm than good.

Kkihikit. Kking?

‘Hehit. What should I eat first?’

Fenrir scrambled up the flowerpot and pondered as he looked at the planted crops.

Fenrir, who was pondering like that for a moment, thought.

‘But the butler planted this diligently…’

If he ate this secretly, he felt like the butler would feel bad.

Moreover,

‘It would be more delicious if the butler cooked it rather than eating it like this, right?’

Eating what the butler cooked with those was more delicious.

Therefore, Fenrir decided to be a good master who cared about the butler’s feelings.

It was absolutely not to eat more deliciously. It was because he was generous.

‘Indeed, I am a good master!’

Fenrir praised himself and moved to the sweet potato field.

And he dug up a raw sweet potato,

‘Hehit. It’s delicious.’

Crunch. Crunch.

He ate one completely on the spot and took the remaining raw sweet potatoes to his secret warehouse.

Scritch-scratch.

When Fenrir dug the ground, the semi-dried roasted sweet potatoes and other snacks he had hidden earlier were there.

Having put the raw sweet potatoes in his secret warehouse and covered it with soil again, Fenrir thought,

‘Hehit. This place will absolutely never be caught.’

confident that he had perfectly hidden the sweet potatoes, he returned to the bed and fell asleep again.

***

A few hours later.

Dadada.

Cuengi, who ran to Se-jun as soon as he woke up, stopped.

Kkueng?

[What is this smell-da-yo?]

He tracked the smell of sweet potatoes coming from somewhere other than the field.

And,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It’s food-da-yo!]

Cuengi found out about Fenrir’s secret warehouse.

“Ujajaja.”

“Nyaaang.”

Bbyak!

“Ajajaja!”

As Se-jun woke up, came outside, and stretched deeply, Theo, the Black Rabbit, and Ajax followed Se-jun and stretched.

Kkirorong.

Fenrir was still in dreamland, perhaps tired from his dawn activities.

At that moment,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Dad, good morning-da-yo!]

Cuengi greeted Se-jun in a very energetic voice.

‘Did Cuengi have a good dream?’

Usually, because it was before breakfast, his voice should have been about two tones lower, but today it was strangely high.

“Wait just a moment.”

Se-jun entered the kitchen and began making breakfast.

Having eaten breakfast like that,

“Ajax, return. Veronica, return.”

Se-jun sent Ajax and Veronica off to work at the White Tower and Purple Tower.

Kkueng!

[Cuengi is leaving too-da-yo!]

Bbyak!

[Cuengi, see you later!]

Kkueng!

[Understood-da-yo!]

Cuengi and the Black Rabbit also agreed to meet later at the place where the Bull Demon King was and left the farm.

Once everyone left,

Click.

he took four out of the five Black Beans of Transcendence from the Golden Box of Abundance.

Then, he went to the brewery and began brewing alcohol. As the dragons steadily bought Samyangju, the brewed Samyangju was gradually running out.

Therefore, he cooked hard-steamed rice, cooled it down, mixed it with yeast, and put it into 100 jars, finishing the initial mash work.

No. Today, one task remained.

“Fermentation.”

[You have used Fermentation Lv. 1.]

[Due to the effect of Fermentation Lv. 1, the fermentation speed increases slightly.]

[Due to the effect of Fermentation Lv. 1, the taste becomes slightly deeper.]

[The proficiency of Fermentation Lv. 1 increases slightly.]

Se-jun used the Fermentation skill on the jars one by one.

A moment later,

“Fermentation.”

[You have used Fermentation Lv. 1.]

…

..

[The proficiency of Fermentation Lv. 1 is filled, and its level increases.]

When Se-jun used the Fermentation skill on the 100th jar, the level of the Fermentation skill rose to 2.

“Hehehe. Good.”

Although nothing had changed just because the level rose, he couldn’t help but smile upon looking at the 100 jars in front of him.

When the alcohol in those 100 jars was completed, 10,000 bottles of Samyangju would be produced. Then the money…

“Should I make a bit more?”

As Se-jun, feeling greedy, spoke,

“Puhuhut. President Park, let’s make more, meow!”

Theo encouraged Se-jun.

“Shall we?”

Since the customers of Yongyong Market had increased lately, it seemed not bad to make a lot of Samyangju in advance.

Texting in that manner, while Se-jun was diligently doing initial mash work for an additional 200 jars,

Kki-i-ing!

Fenrir, who woke up from the bed, stretched deeply and arose.

Kking…

‘I’m hungry…’

Fenrir went to find Se-jun due to hunger.

‘He’s working.’

Se-jun was diligently brewing alcohol in the brewery.

Normally, he would have had no choice but to call Se-jun for food, but

Kkihikit. Kking! Kking!

‘Hehit. I am the thoughtful master Fenrir! And I have a secret warehouse!’

not anymore.

Thump. Thump.

Fenrir ran toward his secret warehouse with excited steps. The location of the secret warehouse was the front yard of Se-jun’s house, right next to the tombstone of the Creation Stone.

However,

Kking?!

‘Who is it?!’

He realized someone had touched his secret warehouse. There were traces of digging.

Kking?! Kking! Kking!

‘How dare they touch the secret warehouse of Lord Fenrir, the wolf who hunts the 1st Seat of the Apostles of Destruction?! It’s 100 hits for every single one stolen! If you get caught, I won’t let you off!’

Scritch-scratch.

Fenrir dug the secret warehouse with furious pawing, swearing revenge as he checked how much the secret warehouse had been looted.

Kking?

‘Why is there more?’

Contrary to Fenrir’s thoughts, there was more food inside the secret warehouse than what he had put in.

In addition, other snacks that were not originally there, such as bar rice cakes and dried persimmon slices, were also inside.

At that moment,

Kking?!

‘This is?!’

Fenrir discovered a mugwort rice cake stamped with Cuengi’s footprint.

Cuengi, who had discovered Fenrir’s secret warehouse, had taken out food from his snack pouch and filled it. That bear cub was a good guy.

Kking?

‘But what should I do in this case?’

He had said earlier that it would be 100 hits for each one stolen, but if food was put in like this, did he have to be hit?

Fenrir, who calculated in an extremely simple manner, thought.

Kking!

‘No way!’

Fenrir, who thought for a moment, shook his head as he recalled Cuengi’s vicious strength.

Kking.

‘Let’s settle on letting him live once later.’

Deciding to spare Cuengi, Fenrir took out two semi-dried roasted sweet potatoes and covered the secret warehouse again.

And,

Munch. Munch. Munch.

He eagerly ate the semi-dried roasted sweet potatoes and fell asleep again.

***

Kkirorong.

“This guy is still sleeping. Isn’t he hungry?”

Se-jun, who came out of the brewery after finishing the initial mash work for 300 jars, spoke as he looked at Fenrir sleeping on the ground while snoring.

His belly was plump again, as if he had woken up in the middle and picked up something to eat by himself.

Grab.

As Se-jun picked Fenrir up and put him into the sling bag,

“President Park, I am hungry, meow!”

Theo, who was clinging to Se-jun’s leg, said.

“Alright. Let’s eat.”

Se-jun sat on a sunny chair,

Yum.

[You have consumed a piece of Aileen’s Healthier Fist Meat.]

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

[99 pieces remaining.]

He ate the meat given by Aileen himself, sat Theo on his lap, and fed him Churu.

Chwap. Chwap. Chwap.

Theo eagerly licked and ate the Churu.

At that moment,

Bpiyot!

[Lord Theo!]

From afar, Bpiyot flew in hurriedly, calling Theo.

Bpiyot had been with Uren to notify Theo when Uren, who brought misfortune wherever he went, fell into danger.

The fact that such a Bpiyot had come meant…

“Meow? Could Uren have fallen into danger, meow?”

Bpiyot!

[Yes!]

It meant misfortune had come to Uren.

And,

“Puhuhut. President Park, I will go make some money and come back, meow!”

it meant good fortune had come to Theo. Theo hurriedly went down the tower, following Bpiyot.

As Theo left in that manner,

“I should get back to work too.”

Se-jun stood up from his seat, went to the kitchen, and began boiling the five-colored beans.

He intended to do the work he had been postponing. That was making Meju. Meju was absolutely necessary to make soy sauce, red pepper paste, and soybean paste.

Se-jun put the five-colored beans and water to the brim in a black pot, infused mana into the handle, and boiled the beans over a strong fire.

Meanwhile, he made ropes to tie the Meju using green onion leaves.

After boiling the beans for a few hours until they were soft enough to be easily mashed even when touched by hand, he scooped the beans out and drained the water.

When the water was completely drained from the beans,

Bbyak!

[Uncle, we are here!]

Kkueng!

[Dad, Cuengi is back-da-yo!]

Right on time, the ones who could use their strength arrived. The phrase ‘right on time’ was a bit ambiguous. Because he had been waiting for them. Hehehe.

“Welcome, guys.”

Se-jun gave the Black Rabbit the role of mashing the beans, and Cuengi the role of pressing the mashed beans into square molds to make Meju.

“Ajax, summon. Veronica, summon.”

In the meantime, he also summoned Ajax and Veronica to help with the work.

He had Veronica tie the Meju made by Cuengi with ropes, and Ajax hang the rope-tied Meju on the kitchen ceiling.

And,

“Fermentation.”

Se-jun used the skill on the hung Meju to improve its fermentation speed and taste. Slightly.

Thus, Se-jun finished making the Meju.

“Finished. Guys, let’s eat.”

Se-jun ate dinner with his companions. Today was another peaceful day for Se-jun.

***

15th Floor of the Black Tower.

“Good. I’ve climbed up a lot!”

The Black Skeleton Farming King, who was climbing the tower to find Se-jun while avoiding monsters or playing dead.

Only 84 more floors to climb now… Haa…

A sigh escaped him naturally.

At that moment,

“Hand over everything you have.”

Suddenly, five bandits surrounded the Farming King and stripped him of everything he had.

And,

“I like your look! Join our Crying Skull Band!”

The bandits, saying they liked the Farming King’s appearance, invited him to join.

“Pardon? I don’t want to…”

Although the Farming King tried to refuse,

“There is no refusal!”

the bandits held a sword to the Farming King’s neck. He really wanted to cry.

“Yes…”

The Farming King had no choice but to join the Crying Skull Band with a crying face.