Chapter 366 – Puhuhut. Just as Sherlock Se-jun Said, the Criminal Came to the Scene, Meow!

20th Floor of the Black Tower.

“Hey, Maknae. Do you know why I, a lower-class True Bone, set my goal as overthrowing the bone-rank system?”

Koto, the leader of the Crying Skull Band and the owner of the ‘Crude Skull Castle’ on the 20th floor of the tower, asked as he looked at the Farming King.

Chuck.

quietly placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword.

“No… I don’t know.”

How am I supposed to know that? Intimidated by Koto’s action, the Farming King replied, shrinking his neck.

Honestly, he was not curious at all.

He was a priest who had to carry out the instructions of Rhea, the Goddess of Abundance. He had no time to leisurely participate in a revolution here now.

‘Just let me go.’

The Farming King struggled to swallow the words he truly wanted to say next. Because if he did, a sword would immediately fly toward his neck.

“Indeed. Because you are the Maknae. There’s no way you would know.”

Why did you ask if you knew…

“Maknae, listen carefully.”

Koto began his explanation in a voice filled with nostalgia.

“The time was exactly 77 days ago…”

The opening ceremony of the Black Parkae Magic Tower on the 99th floor of the Black Tower was held.

Since Iona, the Wizard of Great Destruction, had invited them, most of the renowned monsters in the Black Tower attended.

Because if they refused, they did not know what would be done to them later.

Koto was not directly invited, but attended the opening ceremony to serve Ker, the Sacred Bone ruler of the 93rd floor of the tower, and his son Ver.

And,

“there, I met him…”

Koto ordered a random miscellaneous skeleton to offer his bones at the instruction of the skeletons with higher rank than him.

“However, during the scuffle, I actually had my right arm bone taken by the miscellaneous skeleton, and I was beaten tremendously with my own arm bone.”

Later, other True Bones and Sacred Bones also stepped forward, but they were beaten by the bear following the miscellaneous skeleton, their bodies turning to powder, and they were still recovering.

“At first, I was resentful about being beaten by a miscellaneous skeleton… but seeing the other True Bones and Sacred Bones turn to powder was deeply gratifying.”

Koto said he realized it at that time.

“Ah. What does it matter if it’s a miscellaneous skeleton? It’s fine as long as they are strong… We don’t need this outdated bone-rank system.”

Therefore, returning to the 20th floor of the tower, Koto formed the Crying Skull Band and was in the process of gathering comrades who shared his views.

“The miscellaneous skeleton at that time was him. He punished the True Bones and Sacred Bones and vanished suddenly. And this right arm is the glorious arm that he brandished at that time. Would you like to touch it?”

Clatter.

Koto proudly held out his right arm.

“······”

Although he wanted to say no, the Farming King only pretended to touch Koto’s right arm, knowing Koto would definitely pull out his sword if he refused.

“How is it?”

Koto asked in an expectant voice.

“Pardon? What do you mean?”

“Doesn’t it make you feel the passion to overthrow the bone-rank system?”

“Yes…”

The answer that wouldn’t lead to a sword coming at him was fixed.

Thus, the Farming King came to hear the story of how the Crying Skull Band was founded.

“Sooner or later, to overthrow the bone-rank system, we will raid the skull castle of the Sacred Bone Dor on the 76th floor of the tower.”

Koto spoke of his future ambitions.

At that moment,

“Lord Koto, guys climbing the floor are coming!”

A subordinate of the Crying Skull Band who was keeping watch reported the approach of hunters.

“Good! Let’s show the strength of our Crying Skull Band!”

“Yes!”

Clatter. Clatter.

Along with the shout, Koto and his other four subordinates collapsed their bodies. It was playing dead.

Clatter. Clatter.

The Farming King also hurriedly followed them and played dead.

And,

‘Ah. Who beat him up?’

He resented the miscellaneous skeleton who was said to travel with a bear and who had beaten Koto up, causing Koto to have such strange thoughts as ‘overthrowing the bone-rank system’.

***

99th Floor of the Black Tower.

[You have harvested 20 Sweet Potatoes of Strength.]

[Job experience increases very minutely.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 8 increases very minutely.]

[You have gained 1,400 experience points.]

Se-jun finished harvesting walnuts and was harvesting sweet potatoes.

And next to him, the Black Rabbit and Cuengi sat plop on the ground, wrapped the sweet potatoes harvested by Se-jun in green onion leaves, and put them in the bonfire.

Because the semi-dried roasted sweet potatoes they had made previously had run out, they were making them again.

Kkihikit. Kking!

‘Hehit. Making the yellow and chewy thing!’

As they made the semi-dried roasted sweet potatoes, Fenrir also pulled the sweet potato stems stuck in the ground with all his might to help.

However,

Snap.

before the sweet potato came out, the stem broke first, and Fenrir, unable to overcome his own strength, rolled over and over for a long time.

Kking!

‘I won’t give up!’

Fenrir, who did not know how to give up. After rolling on the ground a few times like that,

Kking!

‘I dig the ground well too!’

perhaps thinking this wouldn’t work, he began to dig the ground and dig out sweet potatoes. Thanks to that, his entire body became completely covered in black dirt. A bath was guaranteed.

While everyone was doing their work like that,

Growl.

Kkueng!

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

Cuengi’s belly clock, announcing lunch time, rang.

“Our roasted sweet pota…”

Just as Se-jun was about to suggest eating roasted sweet potatoes,

[10 plump Watermelons of Great Drought are stored in the temporary storage of the Blue Tower.]

[The temporary storage of the Blue Tower is full.]

A message appeared. It seemed Zelga had harvested the Watermelons of Great Drought.

Perhaps because the weight per piece was substantial, the storage capacity became full with just 10 watermelons.

Watermelon…

“Transport.”

Since he was quite curious about the taste, Se-jun transported them immediately. Because the Blue Tower was as far as the Green Tower, the transport cost was 8 million Tower Coins.

A moment later,

Paat.

A bright pillar of light descended in front of Se-jun, and 10 giant watermelons appeared.

“Wow. They are really huge.”

Se-jun was flustered looking at the 3-meter watermelons.

However, the fluster was only temporary.

Slice.

Se-jun brought the Greatsword of Amplification and sliced one watermelon in half.

Although the length of the greatsword was 2 meters, a 2-meter sword wind cut the watermelon, compensating for the insufficient length of the sword. It was the effect of Intermediate Sword Mastery Lv. 5.

Next, he cut the watermelon half into bite-sized pieces. Because the size of the watermelon was too large, he had to cut it into hundreds of pieces.

Although the description stated that all stats increased by 20 upon consumption, it was by no means an amount he could eat alone.

Deciding to make watermelon punch later and use the cooking skill to receive effects proportional to the amount eaten, today he enjoyed the natural taste of the watermelon.

“Cuengi, eat this.”

Se-jun gave the unsliced half of the watermelon to Cuengi, who could eat a lot.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Good-da-yo!]

Crunch. Crunch.

Cuengi, excited at Se-jun’s words, dug out and ate the watermelon, entering inside the watermelon.

“Let’s eat too.”

Se-jun ate the watermelon cut into bite-sized pieces with the Black Rabbit and Fenrir.

Bbyak!

[Uncle, it’s completely sweet and refreshing!]

Kking! Kking! Kking!

‘Sweet! Refreshing! Delicious!’

“Aileen, try it too.”

Se-jun sent a whole watermelon to Aileen and ate watermelon deliciously with his companions.

Having filled their bellies with watermelon like that,

“Please try some of this.”

he presented one Watermelon of Great Drought each to Kaiser, Ramter, and Tier. It meant that such things existed, so please use them in the future.

-Oh! Is it only given to VIPs?

-Indeed, being a VIP is good.

-Deuhahaha. Poor Kellion.

Although it was just that he couldn’t find Kellion to give him one because he was hiding somewhere, Se-jun did not bother to mention it.

‘I should send one to him later through Ajax.’

After giving the watermelons to the dragons like that,

“Now. Let’s take a bath!”

Se-jun took his companions to the bathhouse.

Since the Black Rabbit, Cuengi, and Fenrir had all eaten watermelon, watermelon juice got on their fur, making it sticky and clumped up here and there, looking like beggars.

Kking!

‘Hey! Look at the noble swimming of noble wolf Fenrir!’

Thanks to that, he could see Fenrir’s dog paddle, kicking the water splash-splash.

***

35th Floor of the Black Tower.

“Lord Theo, here it is.”

Uren brought Theo in front of a tree growing on a sharp cliff.

“Uren, where is the scammer, meow?”

Theo asked, looking around.

“Ah… Actually, I didn’t know where the scammer was, so I came here. This tree is the tree I got scammed over.”

Uren spoke, pointing to the tree.

“Still, the taste of the fruit is quite good. Woohehe.”

Uren, who was laughing and praising the fruit of the tree even though he had been scammed out of 300 billion Tower Coins because of it.

Perhaps one of the essential conditions to become a pushover was an ultra-positive mindset.

At that moment,

“Puhuhut. Uren, that is a good posture, meow! Because the criminal is bound to return to the scene, meow!”

Theo shouted, reciting what he had heard from Great Detective Sherlock Se-jun.

“So, search the surroundings, meow!”

Theo searched the tree, making round glasses with his front paw, and

Bpiyot!

[Yes!]

“Yes!”

Bpiyot and Uren also followed the leading Theo, making glasses with wings and front paws to search the tree.

However, there was something Uren had not mentioned. It had been about 10 years since Uren was scammed.

Even if the criminal did return, he would have come and gone a long time ago.

Therefore, nothing was supposed to come out of searching the tree.

But

“Puhuhut. Found it, meow!”

Theo, who was lucky, found it. The use of this tree.

“President Park will like this, meow!”

Theo spoke as he diligently packed the jujubes growing on the jujube tree into his bundle.

When Theo picked the jujubes, Bpiyot and Uren also stopped their search and picked jujubes following Theo.

While they were all buried in the tree picking jujubes excitedly like that,

“Behold! This very tree is the tree where gold grows!”

A cunning voice was heard from beneath the tree.

‘A tree where gold grows? This is a jujube tree, meow!’

As Theo looked down in the direction of the sound, a gray skunk was visible.

‘Lord Theo, he is the guy who sold this tree to me!’

Seeing the skunk, Uren signaled Theo with gestures.

10 years. It was a suitable amount of time for the scammer, who had scammed Uren and gone into hiding, to show his face.

‘Puhuhut. Just as Sherlock Se-jun said, the criminal came to the scene, meow!’

Theo, confirming once again that Se-jun’s words were soon the truth.

At that moment,

“But where is the gold?”

An familiar voice was also heard. It was Mimir, the Golden Sheep Great Merchant.

“That’s because it’s not time for the gold to grow yet. You have to wait for a year.”

“Is that so? Then let’s talk again when the gold grows.”

“Wait a moment…”

The scammer called out, but Mimir went down the cliff without any regret with pattering footsteps.

“He doesn’t get scammed easily as expected. That pig back then gave me money right away…”

It seemed the scammer also knew that a pushover who was easily scammed like Uren was rare.

While the scammer recognized Uren’s value like that,

Kkuik!

Kung!

Uren, who was hiding in the jujube tree, jumped down to the ground.

And,

“Found you! Siron! You scammer!”

he shouted at the gray skunk, Siron.

“Huh?! Uren-nim, nice to meet you!”

Although Siron was flustered for a moment like a skilled scammer, he soon hugged Uren as if he was truly glad to see him.

“What?! Nice to meet you?! You say it’s nice to see me after pulling such a scam on me?!”

As Uren pushed Siron away and shouted,

“Ah… I am sorry. In fact, I was looking for Uren-nim because I accidentally sold you the wrong tree at that time.”

Siron spoke in an apologetic tone.

“…Is that true?”

“Yes. I will give you this tree where gold grows instead. As you heard just now, gold will grow if you wait for just one more year.”

Siron spoke as if he was giving it to him, even though it was a tree Uren had already paid for.

And,

“But… although I didn’t tell Lord Mimir just now, there is a way to make the gold grow tomorrow right away.”

“Oh. Really? What is it?!”

“It’s burying 1 ton of gold in the ground.”

He began to pull a new scam.

‘Puhuhut. Well done, meow!’

On top of the jujube tree, Theo cheered for Siron, who was raising the commission fee.

Slid.

Next to him, Bpiyot also pulled out the slave contract.