Chapter 364 – Fifty-Fifty, Meow!

“Maknae. Let’s go to our hideout first!”

“…Yes.”

Seeing the other skeletons immediately pulling out their swords when there was no answer, the Farming King replied hastily.

On the way following them like that,

‘Fortunately, we are climbing up.’

Seeing them climbing the tower, the Farming King felt a little relieved.

At that moment,

“Maknae. Listen carefully. In fact, our Crying Skull Band is a secret organization that overthrows the bone-rank system and helps skeletons suffering from the bone-rank system.”

The first member of the Crying Skull Band, who had a dog-bone head, proudly explained their identity.

‘Overthrowing the bone-rank system? A secret organization? What does that have to do with me?’

The Farming King was dumbfounded by the dog-bone’s words and wanted to cry. He had to carry out Rhea-nim’s instructions, but he felt like he was caught up in something strange.

When the Farming King made a troubled expression,

“Oh! Seeing that crying face, the Maknae must have also experienced sad things due to the bone-rank system!”

“Indeed, it was a face that suffered injustice from the bone-rank system.”

The other skeletons of the Crying Skull Band looked at the Farming King’s face and were convinced that he was their comrade.

‘I said no!’

While the Farming King screamed inwardly and trudged behind them,

“Here is our hideout. Open the door! I, Koto, have returned!”

The dog-bone who arrived in front of a shabby castle on the 20th floor of the tower shouted.

***

Kkueng!

[Dad, good night-da-yo!]

Bbyak!

[Uncle, I will go to sleep first too!]

Perhaps because the special training was tiring, Cuengi and the Black Rabbit went to sleep as soon as they ate dinner.

And,

“Brother, I think I need to release mana in the tower. Send me back to the tower.”

“Se-jun-nim, I also still have work left in the tower…”

Ajax asked to be sent back to increase the mana density on the 99th floor of the White Tower, and Veronica to plant the Detoxifying Green Onions.

“Got it.”

Once he reverse-summoned the two of them, the only one remaining next to Se-jun was Fenrir, who had been sleeping until a moment ago and was now awake and full of energy.

Kkihikit. Kking!

‘Hehit. It’s delicious!’

Fenrir ate a few bites of the bean soup that Se-jun had made by mixing milk and beans together, jumping with joy every now and then, eating energetically.

“Hehehe. You eat well.”

As Se-jun smiled warmly at Fenrir, who was eating the bean soup deliciously,

[The soul becomes full from the pouring praises.]

[Mental Strength increases by 1.]

[You have reached 100 in the Mental Strength stat.]

[Your extremely weak will begins to influence the world in an extremely minor way.]

Mental Strength increased by 1, reaching 100 in the Mental Strength stat.

“What? An extremely weak will… influences in an extremely minor way?”

Just say that I’m trivial and can’t do anything.

Se-jun, who had been deceived by hopeful messages many times in the past, was not deceived anymore.

Still, he held a ceremony to celebrate reaching 100 in the Mental Strength stat.

“Here. 100th customer, please accept your gift.”

Kking!

‘The yellow and chewy thing!’

Thanks to that, Fenrir received a semi-dried roasted sweet potato.

After giving the gift to Fenrir like that, Se-jun strolled around the farm to digest.

At that moment,

[The Tower Administrator states that the purification of Fenrir’s core fragment has finished.]

Aileen sent the purified core fragment of Fenrir to Se-jun.

“Aileen, thank you.”

Receiving the core fragment, Se-jun checked its options immediately.

[Purified Core Fragment of Fenrir]

[It is a core fragment of Fenrir, the wolf who hunts gods and the 1st Seat of the Apostles of Destruction.]

[It is a fragment containing 1% of the total core strength.]

[The power of destruction dwelling inside has been completely removed, greatly reducing the power that was in the core.]

[Upon consumption, all stats increase by 100,000.]

[If there are other core fragments of Fenrir nearby, attraction occurs.]

[Usage Restriction: All stats 500,000 or higher]

[Grade: Unmeasurable]

“Wow…”

A usage restriction of all stats 500,000 or higher… This was not a scale he could achieve through effort.

“I should give this to Blacky as a toy.”

Therefore, he decided to give it to Fenrir, who got excited whenever he saw a black marble, until he found a use for it.

Since he couldn’t swallow it due to the usage restriction, it seemed like it would be a good toy.

“Aileen, by the way, did you not find any other powers of destruction?”

[The Tower Administrator states that is correct.]

At first, since Aileen had easily found the power of destruction, he thought they would find the remaining cores quickly, but it seemed to have been beginner’s luck.

[The Tower Administrator states that the power of destruction is definitely detected on the 80th floor of the tower.]

“I really should go to the 80th floor of the tower.”

Theo had to bring the land deed for the 80th floor of the tower…

While Se-jun was hoping that Theo would make an effort,

Kking!

‘My core!’

Feeling his core fragment, Fenrir ran toward Se-jun with the semi-dried roasted sweet potato in his mouth, pacing quickly.

“Blacky, you came to find this, right? Here. Play with it.”

As Se-jun handed over the core fragment obediently,

Kking?

‘I ran over in a hurry for now… but he gives it to me so easily?’

Fenrir was slightly flustered.

There was also…

……

he was worried about whether to hold the semi-dried roasted sweet potato in his mouth or his core fragment.

‘If I abandon the yellow and chewy thing and bite the core here…’

the butler guy will feel sad.

This was definitely the butler’s test. He was curious about how much his master cherished his food.

Kkihikit. Kking. Kking!

‘Hehit. The butler guy used his brain a bit. But this body is indeed Lord Fenrir, the wolf who hunts the 1st Seat of the Apostles of Destruction!’

A test of this level was too easy for him.

Ang.

Fenrir opened his mouth wide and bit the semi-dried roasted sweet potato and his core fragment simultaneously.

And,

……

he looked at Se-jun for a moment and then ran off somewhere in a hurry.

“…What’s wrong with him?”

Once Fenrir disappeared,

[The mana peanut shows gratitude to the farmer’s footsteps and lends its strength.]

[Mana stat potential increases from 2,891 to 2,892.]

Se-jun walked the farm again.

A moment later,

Thump… Thump…

Kking…

‘I’m sleepy…’

Drunk with sleepiness, Fenrir returned, stumbling. In Fenrir’s mouth was the core fragment, covered in saliva from how much he had bitten and sucked on it.

“Blacky, shall we go to sleep now?”

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

Kkirorong.

Fenrir fell asleep instantly.

“Phew. I should sleep too.”

Se-jun walked the bed with a deep sigh. For some reason, his expression was very solemn.

And,

“’I have insomnia. And if I eat this, I can sleep soundly!’”

Looking at Se-jun holding the medicinal mugwort and hypnotizing himself into being an insomnia patient, the reason for his solemnity became clear.

He had braced himself to eat the terribly bitter medicinal mugwort.

“Alright. Let’s do this!”

Knowing that the longer he dragged this out, the harder it would be, Se-jun chewed and ate the medicinal mugwort right away.

Gulp.

[You have consumed medicinal mugwort.]

[All stats increase by 20.]

[Lifespan increases by 3 months.]

[You have consumed a bitter-tasting medicine.]

[Talent: Good Medicine for Stamina is Bitter is activated.]

[Stamina increases by 9.]

“As expected, sleep comes…”

Keu-euh.

Se-jun, who had eaten the medicinal mugwort, fell into a deep sleep instantly.

***

“Lord Theo, over there!”

Bpiyot shouted as he looked at the fork in the middle of the merchant passage connecting the 70th floor and the 60th floor of the tower.

“But why does Uren wander around so much instead of staying still, meow?”

Becoming curious suddenly as they entered the fork, Theo asked Bpiyot.

Although it was good for him since he made money, he did not understand Uren, who moved around while always putting himself in danger.

Bpiyot.

[Actually, I also found out this time, but he goes around to collect lent money or defrauded money!]

Bpiyot explained the reason Uren wandered around so diligently.

“Meow? Is that true, meow?! He was going around to collect money, meow?!”

Although the money spent traveling was far more than the money collected, Uren was persistently visiting them to get his money back.

However, since Uren had a strong pushover temperament, succeeding in getting money occurred in only about 1 out of 100 cases.

For the remaining 99 cases, he went there and got scammed even more, or rather ended up lending even more money.

While traveling and listening to the reason Uren wandered the tower like that,

“Lord Theo, save me!”

Uren’s voice was heard from afar.

“Puhuhut. Uren, wait for me, meow!”

Bbatching.

Theo unsheathed the dragon claws,

“One Meow Slash, meow!”

and slashed the air grandly with his front paw, defeating the fragment of Jormungandr.

Clang.

“Bpiyot collect the coins, and Uren hand over the money, meow!”

Bpiyot!

[Yes!]

“Yes! I will give it to you!”

Theo, who finished the clean-up quickly.

“Puhuhut. Uren, lead the way, meow!”

“Yes?”

“Me, Vice President Theo, will help the push… no, help Uren get his money back, meow!”

Theo decided to follow Uren, from whom the smell of money was exceptionally strong today, and help him collect his money.

“Kkuik! It would be really great if Lord Theo helped! The guy I’m visiting now borrowed 100 billion Tower Coins from me, claiming he was running a sword farm that plants swords…”

At Theo’s words, Uren excitedly chattered about how he had been scammed.

‘I feel like I know all too well why he got scammed, meow!’

Theo knew that tricking Uren would be a faster way to make money.

However,

‘President Park told me to earn money honestly, meow!’

Recalling Se-jun’s words, he decided to earn money honestly (?).

“Puhuhut. Uren, it’s fifty-fifty, meow!”

“Pardon?”

“Where is it, meow?! Lead the way quickly, meow!”

“Yes! It’s the 40th floor!”

At Theo’s urging, Uren hurriedly led the way.

***

“Heave-ho.”

[Stored 10% of the HP you possessed while sleeping.]

[The Orb of Life is completed by 0.25%.]

0.1 mana has been accumulated over 24 hours.

[Mana increases by 0.1.]

As soon as he opened his eyes, the messages were seen.

“Hehehe. Good.”

Pleased that there was no waste, Se-jun got up from the bed with a warm smile,

Scratch.

marked the date on the wall, and began the morning of his 383rd day in the tower.

“Good. No issues.”

First, he went to the kitchen to check if the Meju was fermenting well, and as he was about to start cooking,

[The Tower Administrator states that Grandmother Brachio has come to buy your goods.]

[The Tower Administrator states to pack 20,000 of each crop.]

Aileen spoke to him. It seemed that buying 10 crops of each last time had been far from enough.

“Is that so? Got it.”

Se-jun went to the storage and sent 20,000 of each crop to Aileen.

When he had finished sending all the crops like that,

[The Tower Administrator states that Grandfather Keen has come to buy your goods.]

This time, Keen, the head of the Great Blue Dragon Clan, came and bought 30,000 crops and 1,000 bottles of Samyangju.

Se-jun sent the goods again.

“There are many customers from the morning today.”

Se-jun rested for a moment, and then

Click.

opened the Golden Box of Abundance in the sub-space warehouse, took four of the five black beans, and as he was coming out,

-Se-jun.

Ramter came to find Se-jun.

“Hello, Ramter-nim.”

-Yes. By the way, do you have black beans?

“Yes. How many do you need?”

-Just give me three.

“Yes. Then it’s 300 billion Tower Coins.”

-Sure. Here it is.

Se-jun handed the three Black Beans of Transcendence to Ramter and received the money pouch.

“Since Ramter-nim, your cumulative purchase amount for this month has exceeded 300 billion Tower Coins, your Yongyong Market VIP is extended by 30 days.”

-Huh? Extension?!

Judging by the reaction, it seemed Kaiser had kept it to himself. Well, it was expected though.

“Yes. The cumulative monthly purchase amount…”

Therefore, Se-jun informed him of the method to extend the VIP period and that one could become a VVIP if the total cumulative purchase amount exceeded 5 trillion.

-Puhahaha. There was such a thing?!

Ramter laughed heartily at Se-jun’s words and returned quietly so that the other dragons would not notice.

But

“Aileen, in the future, tell the customers who visit the Yongyong Market how to become a Yongyong Market VIP and VVIP.”

Se-jun, who found it annoying to explain every time, asked Aileen.

The conditions to become a Yongyong Market VIP, besides promoting the Yongyong Market, were made to include achieving a total cumulative purchase amount of 1 trillion Tower Coins.

[The Tower Administrator states that she understands.]

Thanks to that, all the dragons using the Yongyong Market came to know about the VIP and VVIP ratings, and how to maintain their ratings.