Chapter 373 – Am I Invincible Now

63rd Floor of the Brown Tower.

On the ground where most of the land was rotten in dark red.

“Huuu. Does this have an effect?”

A red-skinned Red Goblin spoke, looking down at a brown bean.

In the description, there was content that it could revive dead land, but it was questionable whether it would really have an effect.

“Since it’s an order from the great Brown Dragon, Grave-nim.”

Orik, the tower farmer of the Brown Tower, erased his doubts and planted the bean in the rotten land.

And,

[You have planted the Kidney Bean of Soil Fertility.]

[You have planted the crop of Park Se-jun, the tower farmer of the Black Tower who has exclusive cultivation rights, without permission.]

[According to the law of the tower, Orik, the tower farmer of the Brown Tower, will become the slave of Park Se-jun, the tower farmer of the Black Tower, for the next 100 years.]

The messages appeared.

“Co… Could it be that I’ve been sold?”

Looking at the messages, Orik thought that Grave had sold him as a slave. Since Grave had told him to plant it, it was a reasonable suspicion.

“For Grave-nim to sell me…”

While Orik was despondent over the fact that Grave had sold him,

Wiggle. Wiggle.

the Kidney Bean of Soil Fertility did not die even in the rotten land and was rapidly taking root.

***

[As a reward for the Great Farmer achievement, the job characteristic of borrowing the stats of the tower farmers under your governance is strengthened.]

[According to the job characteristic, 0.3% of the stats of Ajax, the tower farmer of the White Tower, are borrowed.]

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..

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An increase of 0.1% from 0.2% to 0.3%.

It was not a large number, but large and small were relative.

And,

“Wow. Am I invincible now?”

It was an incredibly large number, enough to make the sunfish Se-jun utter reckless nonsense.

Although he overflowed with confidence like that, Se-jun did not think of summoning Orik, the tower farmer of the Brown Tower.

For Se-jun, who prioritized safety, doing something alone was absolutely out of the question.

“Hehehe. My total stats rose by almost 1,000.”

Se-jun, after showing a pleased smile while checking his stat window, spoke:

“Blackie, you’re in big trouble now. You can never beat me now. Hehehe.”

He said this while gently scratching the belly of Fenrir, who was sleeping soundly in the sling bag for no reason.

Kking… Kking… Kking…

‘It’s noisy… I’m going to sleep… stroke my belly more…’

Fenrir, whose sleep was disturbed by Se-jun’s voice, whined but fell asleep again under Se-jun’s touch.

At that moment,

[Your soul is filled with gratification from your great growth.]

[Mental Strength increases by 1.]

the messages appeared in front of Se-jun.

“Eh?”

Why does it only increase by 1? I am incredibly gratified right now!

Se-jun eagerly explained to the message how gratified he was, but the message did not change.

“Che. You sweet pumpkin-like guy. You don’t even know my heart…”

Se-jun went to the sweet pumpkin field grumbling and

“Huhut. You sweet pumpkin, no matter how stubborn you are, you’re just a sweet pumpkin!”

vented his anger while harvesting the sweet pumpkins that expelled poison. Se-jun, who held a grudge.

“Finished.”

When he finished harvesting the sweet pumpkins while venting his anger diligently like that,

Wiing.

[Hello, Se-jun-nim.]

Rub. Rub.

The Poison Honeybee Queen, who finished her royal jelly making practice under the Poison Honeybee Grand Queen, sat on Se-jun’s shoulder and rubbed her body against Se-jun’s cheek.

“Yeah. Hello. Did the practice end well?”

Wiing! Wiing!

[Yes! I made something amazing!]

At Se-jun’s question, the Poison Honeybee Queen answered by drawing large circles several times as if she had been waiting.

‘I feel anxious…’

Se-jun began to feel anxious looking at the Poison Honeybee Queen.

Just as a strong negative is a positive, the Poison Honeybee Queen’s strong confidence meant lack of taste.

As if she did not know Se-jun’s heart,

Wiing. Wiing.

[This time, Se-jun-nim will really like it. Because I finally developed my own special recipe.]

The Poison Honeybee Queen exuded even stronger confidence. Moreover, a special recipe… he was very anxious.

Wiing.

[The Grand Queen-nim liked it too.]

Fortunately, this time it was confidence with reliable grounds.

“Really? Give it to me.”

At the words that the Poison Honeybee Grand Queen liked it too, Se-jun quickly held out his palm.

Since the royal jelly made by the Poison Honeybee Grand Queen was all delicious, this would be fine too.

Wiing! Wiing!

[Yes! Here it is!]

At Se-jun’s words, the Poison Honeybee Queen took out a golden royal jelly that she had hidden in her downy hair and placed it on Se-jun’s palm.

[Sweet Golden Royal Jelly]

For now, the color and the name passed.

However, letting guard down was a no-go. Checking the options was a must.

The secret of how Se-jun, who was as weak as a sunfish, could survive on this 99th floor of the Black Tower where strong beings swarmed.

One of them lay in Se-jun’s caution of tapping even a stone bridge before crossing.

Of course, the biggest secret of Se-jun’s survival was seducing the strong beings with food.

“Let’s see.”

Se-jun checked the options of the royal jelly.

[Sweet Golden Royal Jelly]

[It is a royal jelly made with a special recipe developed by the Poison Honeybee Queen by improving the royal jelly manufacturing method taught by the Poison Honeybee Grand Queen.]

[It is sweet because it is made of honey.]

[Upon consumption, all stats increase by 20.]

[Upon consumption, a sweet taste and smell are emitted from the body for 1 hour.]

[Maker: Poison Honeybee Queen]

[Expiration Date: 100 years]

[Grade: A+]

Fortunately, the options were good and the taste was good too.

Although a sweet taste and smell would be emitted from the body for 1 hour, it might have been different in the past, but now it was not to the extent of threatening his life.

“By the way…”

I didn’t name her. How long have we been together…

Se-jun felt a prick of conscience upon seeing only ‘Poison Honeybee Queen’ written as the maker.

And,

‘What should I name her…’

he hurriedly thought of a name for the Poison Honeybee Queen.

Since she flies with a wiing sound, Wiing-wiing-i.

Since she is a Poison Honeybee, adding bee to poison to make Poison-bee.

Since she is the first Poison Honeybee, First-bee.

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..

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Se-jun only thought of names that were all terrible.

And after much deliberation, he decided on the name of the Poison Honeybee Queen.

“Good. From now on, your name is Sweetie.”

Since honey is sweet, to Sweetie.

Wiing?! Wiing?

[No way?! Did Se-jun-nim just name me?]

“Yeah. Do you happen to have a name…?”

Did she have a name but did not mention it because he hadn’t asked until now? That was even more pricking to his conscience.

While Se-jun was flustered,

Wiing! Wiing! Wiing!

[No! I don’t have a name! I am so happy to have a name!]

Fortunately, the Poison Honeybee Queen, no, Sweetie, liked the name Se-jun gave her and rubbed her body against Se-jun’s face.

Like that, one more victim of the Se-jun Naming Center increased, and

“Huhut. As expected, I am good at naming.”

Se-jun, who gained even more confidence thanks to that, waited for the next opening day of the Se-jun Naming Center.

Wiing.

[Se-jun-nim, then Sweetie will go to sleep.]

As Sweetie, who was tired from making royal jelly since morning, went into the beehive,

Yum.

Se-jun put the royal jelly given by Sweetie into his mouth.

“Hehehe. It is delicious.”

The fragrance of flowers and the sweetness of honey played in Se-jun’s mouth, leaving a long lingering taste.

As the royal jelly melted and disappeared,

[You have consumed Sweetie’s Sweet Golden Royal Jelly.]

[All stats increase by 20.]

[A sweet taste and smell are emitted from the body for 1 hour.]

the messages appeared. Perhaps thanks to naming her, the name of the royal jelly had changed.

“But does a sweet smell really come from my body? I don’t know well.”

Se-jun spoke, sniffing his body.

At that moment, Fenrir, who was sleeping in the sling bag, opened his eyes wide.

And,

Kking! Kking!

‘A sweet smell! A thick sweet smell is coming!’

Sniffing and following the smell, he climbed up Se-jun’s body,

Lick. Lick. Lick.

and began to lick Se-jun’s neck eagerly.

“Hehehe… don’t lick!”

Se-jun hurriedly separated Fenrir due to ticklishness.

Then,

Lick. Lick.

Fenrir turned his head and aimed for the hand of Se-jun who was holding his scruff with his short tongue. He was very persistent.

“Hey, your neck is going to break if you do that.”

Se-jun had no choice but to surrender his hand, worried that Fenrir would get hurt.

Kkihikit. Kking! Kking!

‘Hehit. It’s sweet! It’s delicious!’

Fenrir was excited by the sweet taste coming from Se-jun’s hand.

“Still, it’s a relief the other kids aren’t here. If it happened when the others were here… as expected, I am lucky.”

When Se-jun was thinking while looking at Fenrir,

[You have overcome a bad reality with mental victory.]

[Your soul is filled.]

[Mental Strength increases by 3.]

Mental Strength rose.

“Is this really…”

It was a system that he did not like since earlier.

A moment later.

[1 hour has passed, and the sweet taste and smell disappear from the body.]

As the effect of Sweetie’s Sweet Golden Royal Jelly disappeared,

Kking!

‘It’s salty!’

Fenrir, who was licking Se-jun’s hand, spat out spit while going pui.

‘Damn Blackie.’

He had endured his hand getting covered in spit, yet…

Se-jun, whose mood was ruined by Fenrir’s action, thought,

‘Today your dinner is semi-dried sweet potato slices made from sweet potatoes harvested by Ophelia.’

and decided on a petty revenge with Ophelia’s tasteless crops.

***

3rd Floor of the Black Tower.

“Is the place where the accident occurred here again?”

Michael McLaren, the Vice President of Gagel, asked while looking at the experience farm where the accident had occurred.

Because he had rushed over while scheduling company schedules on Earth, his voice was filled with annoyance.

“Yes. As you can see…”

A subordinate replied in a crawling voice.

Just as the subordinate said, because blood was splattered all over the place, one could know just by looking.

And the main culprit who caused this situation was a contaminated cherry tomato with a giant cherry tomato head with a diameter of 1m.

Around the guy’s mouth, the clothes of hunters whom he failed to swallow were hanging like rags.

Since a while ago, such mutants were sometimes being born in the experience farm on the 3rd floor of the tower.

“How many times is this already?! I clearly told you to only set fire from afar!”

“Yes. We clearly did, but because there are hunters who sometimes do not follow control…”

“It is annoying… So, did you find out the cause of the mutation?”

“Well… they say they inspected the mutant’s tissues, but there is no difference from other contaminated cherry tomatoes.”

“Haa… I see. Burn everything down for now, and control them so that they can absolutely never get close in the future.”

“Yes! Burn it!”

Under Michael’s instructions, the subordinates began to burn the experience farm.

‘Dammit. Lately, because we haven’t been able to expand the experience farm, the pressure from the board of directors is also severe… Should I clean this place up?’

When Michael was thinking whether he should clean up the blazing experience farm,

-Do you not need power?

A sticky whisper was heard in Michael’s head.

‘I need power. A strong power that no one can block…’

Michael, who had always wanted strong power, replied to the whisper without resistance,

-Then, find me.

‘Where are you?’

-If you focus on my voice, you will be able to find me.

He was gradually drawn to the irresistible voice.

Whoosh.

The voice was coming from inside the experience farm where the fire was blazing.

-Come and take me.

“Understood…”

Michael entered the experience farm as the voice said.

Although Michael seemed like he would be swallowed by the flames soon, the red mist parted the flames and welcomed Michael.

Like that, Michael entered the experience farm under the guidance of the red mist.

“Is it this?”

He found a black bead lying on the ground.

-Yes. That is me. Pick me up. Then you will have an enormous power that no one can block.

“An enormous… power…”

Michael muttered in a dazed voice and picked up the bead.

-Khahaha. You are the strongest now! With me, kill the dragon governing the Black Tower and monopolize the tower!

“The strongest… hehehe… yes… let’s kill the dragon together.”

The eyes of Michael, who picked up Fenrir’s core fragment, were dyed red.

And,

Wiggle. Wiggle.

As if in sync with Michael’s energy, the shapes of the contaminated cherry tomatoes all began to change into mutants.

***

99th Floor of the Black Tower.

Before Se-jun had dinner,

“Guys, gather around.”

he called the Black Rabbit, Cuengi, Ajax, and Veronica and stood them in front of him. Hehehe. It will be safe now, right?

“Good. Summon Slave No. 5!”

Se-jun summoned Orik, the tower farmer of the Brown Tower.

A moment later.

“Kelkelkel. Master, did you call?”

The red-skinned goblin appeared with a cunning laugh, rubbing his palms together.