Chapter 381 – Cuengi Has Released the Seal Now!

Texas, USA.

“Oh! Found it.”

When a hunter found plants that had grown to about the middle of his shins and had red fruits that were excessively large compared to their stems,

Slash.

he slashed the part connected to the red fruit with a sword without hesitation,

Thud. Thud.

and trampled and crushed the fallen fruits with his feet.

Then,

[You have defeated a Young Flesh Devourer.]

[You have obtained 300 experience points.]

…

..

.

[You have leveled up.]

[You have obtained 2 bonus stats.]

A message appeared.

“Hehe. This is already my second level-up today, leveling up is really easy.”

The hunter laughed and moved to find another Flesh Devourer.

And the seeds contained inside the red fruits that the hunter had trampled and crushed began to take root in the ground.

***

[You have arrived at the 80th floor of the Black Tower.]

[You have moved from the 99th floor of the tower, the highest floor, to the 80th floor of the tower.]

[You have descended 19 floors.]

[All stats increase by 19 due to the effect of .]

Se-jun arrived at the 80th floor of the Black Tower.

What kind of farm was this?

Just as Se-jun was hurriedly trying to figure out if there were any elements nearby that could threaten his life,

Clank.

“Chairman Park! I missed you, meow!”

Theo opened the void storage and threw himself toward Se-jun’s face. ‘Hey! It hasn’t even been 30 seconds since we greeted each other!’

Although Se-jun screamed in his heart and moved as fast as possible to avoid Theo’s rush,

Slap.

even if he tried to dodge, he was still within Theo’s pink jelly paws. As expected, he could not escape Theo’s evil clutches.

“Puhu… meow…”

When Se-jun grabbed the scruff of Theo, who was smiling triumphantly, and pulled him away from his face,

Kkueng!

[Cuengi also wants to hang on Dad’s face, yo!]

Kking!

‘Receive me!’

Following Theo, Cuengi and Fenrir also ran out of the void storage and threw themselves at Se-jun’s face.

Slap.

Slap.

Thanks to that, only after wrestling with the kids for a long time did Se-jun manage to find out what kind of farm this was.

Fruits with yellow stripes were scattered on the ground.

“Oh! Is this an oriental melon?”

This place was an oriental melon farm.

When Se-jun excitedly picked an oriental melon,

[You have harvested an oriental melon.]

[Your job experience increases very minutely.]

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

[You have obtained 1 experience point.]

A message appeared. Seeing the name without any modifiers and the experience points, it was not an item.

“Hehehe. So what?”

After Se-jun wiped the oriental melon on his clothes,

Crunch.

he removed only the stem and took a large bite of the oriental melon, skin and all.

‘Oh! It’s delicious!’

The skin was not tough, adding a crunchy texture, the flesh provided a crunchy texture and a bit of sweetness, and the part with the seeds inside was as sweet as sugar.

As Se-jun ate the oriental melon alone and wafted a sweet scent,

Kkueng!

[Dad, Cuengi also wants to eat it, yo!]

Kking!

‘Give me that too!’

“Me too…”

Cuengi, Fenrir, and Uren drooled as they looked at Se-jun longingly.

“Ahem. It’s not that I was trying to eat it alone… I was just testing it first to see if there was poison.”

Se-jun told a terrible lie out of embarrassment, but

Kkueng!

[From next time, the strong Cuengi will check things like that, yo!]

Like a dutiful son, Cuengi said with a worried look toward Se-jun that he would eat first from now on.

Kkueng!

[Weak Dad might die while eating, yo!]

while delivering a hard-hitting fact.

“Here. Eat.”

Se-jun, whose heart was hurt after being hit by the hard-hitting facts, cut the oriental melon and gave it to the three.

A moment later,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. It’s delicious, yo!]

Kkihiki. Kking. Kking!

‘Heh. I’m full. Hey! Stroke my belly!’

“Uhehe. It’s delicious.”

The three of them laughed in satisfaction after eating 100 oriental melons.

To be precise, Cuengi ate 50, Uren ate 49.75, and Fenrir ate 0.25.

“But why isn’t the quest appearing?”

There was nothing wrong with the farm, nor were there any creatures occupying it, yet the land deed quest did not appear.

When Se-jun was wondering,

[A quest has occurred.]

[Quest: The oriental melons want revenge for their comrades who could not grow properly and were ruthlessly killed. Catch the oriental melon thieves.]

Reward: Recognized as the rightful owner of the land deed

The land deed quest appeared.

‘Oriental melon thieves?’

“Huhut. It looks like it’s time for the Great Detective Sherlock Se-jun to step up.”

“Puhuhut. In that case, the Great Tower Detective Sherlock Se-jun’s assistant, Theotson, will also step up, meow!”

Kkueng!

[The Great Tower Detective Sherlock Se-jun’s colleague, Great Detective Kkunan, is also here, yo!]

At Se-jun’s words, Theo and Cuengi quickly brought out their alter egos.

“Criminals always return to the scene of the crime. You guys protect this place while harvesting the oriental melons.”

Ppiyot!

[Yes!]

“Yes!”

Se-jun had Ppiyot and Uren guard the oriental melon farm,

“Toryong-i!”

-Yes. Master.

and called Toryong-i. He was planning to search for Fenrir’s core fragment as they moved.

“Let’s go!”

Se-jun and his group set out to find Fenrir’s core fragment and the oriental melon thieves.

Crunch. Crunch.

Kkuhehehe.

Kkihikit.

While eating the harvested oriental melons with Cuengi and Fenrir on top of Toryong-i’s head. It was just like going on a picnic.

“Do you want to eat an oriental melon too, Toryong-i?”

Se-jun wanted to feed the hardworking Toryong-i something delicious too, but

-Master, soil is the most delicious to me.

to Toryong-i, who lived on eating dirt, the oriental melon was not a delicious food.

Rumble.

Toryong-i moved in a spiral path centered on the farm, gradually moving farther away from it.

After they had traveled like that for a long time,

[North…]

the message stopped after appearing.

“Toryong-i, reverse!”

Se-jun hurriedly called Toryong-i to move back to the position where they had just been,

[Fenrir’s core fragment has been detected at a point 20 km to the north.]

and detected the signal of Fenrir’s core fragment.

“Good! Toryong-i, run to the north!”

-Yes. Master.

Boom!

In accordance with Se-jun’s command, Toryong-i ran toward the north at full speed.

And

Roar!

[Rake, the Black Giant Bear, Ruler of Mount Orin]

they were able to find a 20-meter-tall named black bear, Rake, with a black bead emitting red mist embedded in his forehead.

Gyaak!

As well as roe deer in danger of being eaten by Rake.

‘Do I need to call Ajax?’

Just as Se-jun was contemplating whether he should summon Ajax,

Kkueng!

[Cuengi will show the results of the special training, yo!]

Cuengi stepped forward spiritedly.

Kkueng!

[Dad, shout ‘Release the seal’ to Cuengi, yo!]

“Huh? Release the seal? Cuengi doesn’t have a seal, though?”

Kkueng!

[Still, you have to shout it, yo!]

It seemed he was jealous that only Ajax had his seal released.

“Alright. Cuengi, release the seal.”

When Se-jun said so,

Kkueng!

[Cuengi has released the seal now, yo!]

Bam!

Cuengi kicked off the ground strongly and charged toward Rake.

Cuengi made his body giant as he flew toward Rake, and also restored his body weight, which had been reduced by his Talent: Light Body Movement, to its original state.

In an instant, Cuengi’s height increased to 70 meters, and his body weight multiplied by 1,000,

Boooom!!!

Ueeeong!

Rake, who took a direct hit to his face from Cuengi’s colossal front paw that was larger than Rake’s own face, rolled over several times and collapsed while crying out for burdock.

Kkueeeeeng!

Cuengi roared at Rake and ran quickly,

Boom!

slamming his body right into Rake’s face.

“Oh dear…”

‘That must hurt…’ Se-jun pitied Rake, who was being crushed under Cuengi’s massive body. Cuengi’s body slam was just that powerful.

Bam! Bam!

Subsequently, Cuengi relentlessly threw punches at Rake’s face.

A battle between the Crimson Giant Honey Bear and the Black Giant Bear. No, it was a one-sided beating by Cuengi. It made one’s heart swell with pride.

A moment later,

Ueee…

Kkueeeeeng!

[I won, yo-o-o!]

Cuengi roared in victory while holding Fenrir’s core fragment, which he had plucked from the forehead of the unconscious Rake, in his front paw.

And

Thump. Thump.

he approached Se-jun and

Kkueng!

[Dad, Cuengi won because I released the seal, yo!]

bragged about his victory to Se-jun with eyes full of anticipation, saying, ‘Cuengi wants to be praised, yo!’

“Hehehe. Our Cuengi did so well. I’ll give you a five-star stamp!”

Se-jun gave Cuengi the highest praise.

Kkueng!

[I’m so excited, yo!]

At the thought of receiving a five-star stamp, Cuengi smiled broadly.

“Hehehe. Cute little guy.”

Se-jun smiled as he looked at Cuengi. Although he was a giant bear of 70 meters in size, to Se-jun, he was just cute.

[Your soul becomes filled upon seeing colossal cuteness.]

[Your mental strength increases by 10.]

As if to prove that Se-jun’s thoughts were not false, his mental strength rose. And by a whopping 10.

“Now, let’s get small again.”

Although it was cute, looking up continuously made his neck hurt.

Kkueng!

[Dad has to say ‘Seal’, yo!]

It seemed Cuengi wanted to maintain the seal concept in the future as well. ‘Right. If our son wants to do it, Dad has to go along with it.’

“Seal.”

When Se-jun said it,

Kkueng!

Cuengi shrank back down.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Dad, here it is, yo!]

Cuengi held out his shrunken front paw, which was holding Fenrir’s core fragment, to Se-jun.

At that moment,

Kking!

‘My core!’

Fenrir jumped from inside the sling bag, aiming for the core fragment.

However,

Grab.

Kking?

‘Huh?’

he was caught by Se-jun and put back into the sling bag. Fenrir was too slow to get the core fragment.

“Blackie, no. This is dirty.”

Se-jun rubbed salt in Fenrir’s wound. Calling it dirty in front of the core’s owner… It was a relief that Fenrir could not understand.

After preventing Fenrir’s core theft like that, Se-jun picked up Fenrir’s core fragment.

Then,

[You have obtained a fragment of the gate leading to the 10th tower.]

along with the message, a brown piece of wood about the size of a fist separated from the core fragment. He obtained the third fragment of the gate leading to the 10th tower.

“Oh. It’s a 0.07% one?”

Se-jun spoke in a slightly surprised voice after checking Fenrir’s power contained in the core fragment.

‘Ajax struggled with the 0.1% one… but to overwhelm the 0.07% one, our Cuengi has grown a lot stronger.’

The Bull Demon King’s special training seemed to be highly effective.

‘Should I receive special training from the Bull Demon King too?’

Se-jun put the core fragment into the void storage while thinking about whether he should also receive special training from the Bull Demon King.

“But why do my legs feel empty?”

Looking down at his knees due to the empty feeling, Theo was nowhere to be seen. ‘Where did he go?’

As Se-jun was looking for Theo,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I got slaves to work on the farm, meow!”

Theo appeared, waving the slave contracts excitedly.

He had wondered where Theo went, only to find out he had been getting paw prints from the roe deer.

At that moment,

[You have turned all the oriental melon thieves into slaves.]

[The quest has been completed.]

[You have been recognized as the rightful owner of the land deed for the oriental melon farm on the 80th floor of the Black Tower.]

[The land deed skill: Farm Information Lv. Max has been activated.]

A message stating that the quest was completed appeared.

“Ah. So they were the oriental melon thieves.”

Thanks to the message, Se-jun realized that the roe deer were the oriental melon thieves.

“Huhut. I, the Great Detective Sherlock Se-jun, have finally solved an unsolved case.”

Although it was Theo and Cuengi who did the work, Se-jun took the credit.

In that way, Se-jun handled two tasks at the same time.

“Let’s go back.”

Gyaak!

The roe deer replied to Se-jun’s words,

Roar!

and Rake, who had been knocked out, also woke up and replied.

Theo had even pressed the paw print of the unconscious Rake onto a slave contract, turning him into a slave. When it came to making slaves, Theo was truly diligent and thorough.

After returning to the farm, Se-jun had the slaves manage the farm,

“Let’s go home.”

and returned to the 99th floor of the tower with the oriental melons harvested by Ppiyot and Uren.

And

[You have arrived at the 99th floor of the Black Tower.]

When Se-jun arrived at the 99th floor of the tower,

-Se-jun-!

Ramter, who had been waiting anxiously at the waypoint for Se-jun’s arrival, called out to him desperately.