Chapter 392 – Huhut. It’s Give and Take

The administrator area of the Black Tower.

“Hehehe. I hope our Se-jun eats this and gets strong quickly.”

Aileen laughed as she looked at the black liquid boiling in a huge pot. It was a health dish to give to Se-jun.

Because Se-jun kissed her during his drunken habits, they had met earlier than Aileen’s expectation, and thanks to that, she ended up delivering the food later.

“Hehehe. Now, if I boil it for another day, it will be complete.”

Aileen said as she closed the lid of the huge pot.

At that moment,

*Thud.*

a giant dragon and a small dragon hanging onto that dragon’s tail entered the administrator area. They were the great Golden Dragon, Godiella, and her son, Hokus.

“Hello, Auntie Godiella. But what brings Hokus-oppa here?”

Aileen, who greeted Godiella, asked as she looked at Hokus. It was because normally only Godiella came to buy elixir-grade cherry tomatoes.

“Aileen, I can polymorph now, too!”

At Aileen’s question, Hokus spoke, puffing out his snorts strongly. He had come to brag to Aileen about being able to polymorph.

Since Hakun had polymorphed at the age of 600 and was called a genius, it was indeed something to brag about.

Because he had already received immense praise among the Golden Dragons, Hokus’s confidence was absolutely grand.

“Here. Look! Polymorph!”

Hokus used polymorph and transformed into a blonde man. Since he was born with the racial trait, he was naturally an incredibly handsome man.

However, because the polymorph was unstable, a horn slightly protruded on his head, but it was to the extent that it could not be seen if covered with hair.

“Huhuhu. Aileen, how is it?!”

Hokus spun around, bragging about his appearance to Aileen.

Hehehe. As expected, our Se-jun is the most handsome.

Watching such Hokus, Aileen recalled Se-jun’s handsome (?) face.

Although anyone would see that Hokus was much more handsome, Aileen’s taste was not ordinary.

“Wow! Hokus-oppa is cool!”

When Aileen praised Hokus,

“Yeah! Huhuhu.”

Whether he was so proud of receiving praise from Aileen, who was 350 years younger, Hokus wore a very pleased expression.

Once Hokus’s polymorph bragging ended like that,

“Aileen, could you give me the white cherry tomatoes?”

Godiella stated her business to Aileen.

“Yes. Just a moment.”

Aileen took out 50 elixir-grade cherry tomatoes from her sub-space. Lately, Aileen did not sell many elixir-grade cherry tomatoes at once.

The reason was that as Aileen initially sold 10 billion Tower Coins’ worth to each of the nine dragon clans, the inventory of elixir-grade cherry tomatoes had decreased significantly.

Since the elixir-grade cherry tomatoes were being eaten together by Se-jun, Aileen, and the Black Tower family, the amount consumed inside the tower was large.

So, originally, she had planned not to sell them until the inventory of elixir-grade cherry tomatoes increased, but an incident broke out.

The 550-year-old Perion, a hatchling of the great Red Dragon, succeeded in polymorphing right after eating all the elixir-grade cherry tomatoes.

As that news spread to other hatchling parents, the hatchling parents rushed to the Black Tower, making a fuss for her to hand over the cherry tomatoes.

So, Se-jun came up with the idea of selling 50 elixir-grade cherry tomatoes every three days.

Then wouldn’t it be better to just sell 500 a month?

Aileen did not understand, but since it was Se-jun’s opinion, she accepted it.

But—

“Aileen, could you also give me 10,000 each of the peanuts we ate last time and the Cherry Tomatoes of Mana?”

“Yes.”

Now, she understood Se-jun’s intention. It was because as the dragons visited frequently, the sales of other crops increased significantly.

“Mom, roasted sweet potato jerky and stick rice cakes too!”

On top of that, today included even Hokus’s snack sales.

“Aileen, could you give me 10 each of what Hokus mentioned too?”

“No! A hundred!!! I’m going to buy a hundred!”

When his mom bought him few snacks, Hokus began to whine.

“Sigh.”

Godiella let out a sigh as she looked at such Hokus.

This immature son of hers. This was money his father had earned by shooting breath so hard his throat hurt…

“Aileen, give us 100 each.”

“Yes!”

As expected, there was no parent who could win against their child.

“Huhuhu. Mom, thank you.”

When Hokus, whose mood improved because of the snacks, hugged Godiella’s tail and acted cute,

“Hmph. You are only thankful at times like this? Go hug your dad and tell him he did a good job when he returns. Got it?”

“Yes!”

Godiella spoke as if she did not care, but the corners of her mouth slid up slightly.

Aileen, who watched Godiella and Hokus return amicably without a word,

wondered if her Se-jun’s contribution points were rising well.

She hurriedly checked with the crystal ball to see if Se-jun’s contribution points were rising well.

[Black Tower 4th Floor Flesh Devourer Extermination Contribution]

1st Place – Park Se-jun (17,520,042 monsters)

2nd Place – Han Tae-jun (3,112 monsters)

3rd Place – Leon (1,934 monsters)

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The ranking was naturally Se-jun’s overwhelming first place, and the number had risen by about 6 million compared to before.

“Hehehe. Now, if I gather just about 2.5 million more, I can make Se-jun strong!”

[The performance of Park Se-jun, the middle manager and tower farmer of the Black Tower, increases by 1.]

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..

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“Hehehe. It’s rising well.”

While Aileen smiled, watching Se-jun’s contribution rise through the crystal ball,

*Thud.*

a great Purple Dragon entered the administrator area in a hurry.

“Hello, Auntie Zain!”

When Aileen greeted,

“Yes. Aileen, could you give me all the elixir-grade cherry tomatoes, Peanuts of Mana, and Cherry Tomatoes of Mana you have?”

Zain, Pobi’s mother, demanded all crops related to mana.

Zain had heard the news just a moment ago that the 500-year-old Hokus had succeeded in polymorphing.

If they went by age order, the next polymorph would be the 400-year-old Pobi’s turn.

But… what if Garlic, who was 350 years old, or Sylvia, who was 300 years old, polymorphed first?

She could never witness that sight!

To prevent that, Zain had flown over in a hurry and hoarded all the peanuts and cherry tomatoes that helped in mana growth.

“Just wait a moment.”

It was another busy day for Aileen.

***

The 99th floor of the Black Tower.

“Alright. That’s it for today.”

After eating lunch and finishing preparing the fruits with Cuengi and the tower farmers, Se-jun spoke in a proud voice.

[The soul is enriched by the pride of having accomplished a lot of work.]

[Mental Power increases by 5.]

In the meantime, his mental power also rose.

And—

“Guys, gather round.”

He called his companions and had the last meal together. Spicy fish soup remained, but he could handle that alone.

After having the last meal like that,

“Everyone, you did a great job. Take this and eat it.”

Se-jun gave gifts containing his gratitude from over the time.

He gave pancakes to Veronica, steamed potatoes to Zelga, and soybean paste to Orik.

Perhaps because Orik basically liked rotten food, he liked soybean paste the most among Se-jun’s foods.

“Thank you, Se-jun-nim.”

“Thank you.”

“Kelkelkel. Thank you. Call me again if you need me!”

“Yeah. Goodbye.”

Se-jun sent Veronica, Zelga, and Orik back and went to the bedroom with Ajax and Fenrir.

“Ajax, sleep well.”

“Yeah! Hyung, you sleep well too!”

Ajax closed his eyes, using Se-jun’s arm as a pillow.

But—

Fenrir resolved not to sleep. He would stay awake, and when the butler fell asleep, he would quickly put his core into the butler’s mouth.

Fenrir showed his will not to sleep by opening his eyes wide to feed his 1% core piece to Se-jun.

However,

“Blackie, sleep well.”

when Se-jun stroked Fenrir’s head about twice with his hand,

*Kki-ro-rong.*

he was the first to snore and fall fast asleep.

Thus, in the early morning when everyone was asleep,

*Whimper!*

‘Ah! I fell asleep!’

Fenrir hurriedly opened his eyes and looked around,

*Keo-eo-eo.*

*A-ro-rong.*

and saw Se-jun and Ajax deeply asleep.

It was a very good opportunity.

‘Yes. I slept on purpose! I originally targeted this time!’

Fenrir, who could not admit that he had dozed off ahead of a critical operation for the sake of his pride as the lofty wolf hunting the 1st Seat of Destruction,

after achieving a mental victory that everything was within the plan, put the core piece he was holding in his mouth into Se-jun’s mouth,

*Squeeze! Squeeze!*

*Kkihikit. Whimper!*

Heheh. He wanted his core to go in and tell him to make something delicious.

Containing his earnest heart of wanting to eat delicious things, he pressed the core piece diligently with his front paws.

Then,

*Gulp.*

Fenrir’s core piece went smoothly down Se-jun’s throat,

“Ugh!!”

Se-jun, who swallowed Fenrir’s core piece, writhed in pain and fainted.

Faint while sleeping, it was a truly strange experience for Se-jun.

When Se-jun fainted like that,

*Kkihikit. Whimper?*

‘Heheh. Something delicious will come out for breakfast, right?’

*Kki-ro-rong.*

Fenrir climbed onto Se-jun’s chest and fell asleep, looking forward to a delicious breakfast.

And—

“Ugh… a wolf…”

Se-jun had a nightmare of being pinned down by a giant wolf and having his entire body licked.

“Ugh!”

Se-jun, who woke up early after having such a nightmare,

“Huh?”

[You have forcibly consumed a purified core piece of Fenrir.]

[You have absorbed a core piece containing 1% of Fenrir’s power.]

[The power of the existing core piece of Fenrir is combined.]

[1.0078% of Fenrir’s power accumulates in your body.]

[The detection range for finding other core pieces of Fenrir increases significantly.]

[The detection range for finding the power of the Apostles of Destruction increases significantly.]

stared in wonder at the message that appeared in front of him.

“I forcibly consumed Fenrir’s core piece again?”

Who on earth keeps forcing me to eat it?

Se-jun hurriedly asked Aileen if anyone had entered his bedroom, but Aileen also said she didn’t know.

Fenrir had woken up briefly in the early morning. Unfortunately, Aileen was searching for the power of destruction at that exact time.

On top of that, since it was also the time when Baet-baet-i was training, there was no witness.

“Is it okay to keep eating this?”

Se-jun spoke in a worried voice.

Last time, he had let it slide because of the message that it saved him, but he doubted whether it was okay to keep eating Fenrir’s core, no matter how purified it was.

In times that, Theo, who caught thieves, should have been there…

*A-ro-rong.*

*Kki-ro-rong.*

“Someone broke in at dawn, and you guys can sleep?”

Se-jun, picking a fight for no reason with the two who were sleeping well, marked the date on the bedroom wall, went outside, and started the morning of his 398th day in the tower.

“Now, I only need to boil the spicy fish soup.”

Se-jun organized today’s tasks as he strolled through the farm.

While he was walking through the farm like that,

[The Six-Cloves Garlic of Mental Power appreciates the farmer’s footsteps and lends its strength.]

[Stamina stat potential increases from 3023 to 3024.]

a message appeared stating that his potential had risen. Up to here, it was nothing special, but—

[An additional effect occurs due to Fenrir’s power.]

[Stamina stat increases by 0.1.]

Once the power of Fenrir accumulated in Se-jun’s body exceeded 1%, additional effects began to appear.

“What is this?”

While Se-jun was wondering,

[The seal of the Jewel of the Earth has been released.]

[Raxol, the God of Rock Salt who was sealed in the Jewel of the Earth, is released from the seal.]

[Raxol, the God of Rock Salt, repays the favor to the target who released his seal.]

[Raxol, the God of Rock Salt, repays the favor by creating a rock salt mine on 1 pyeong of land.]

The god released from the Jewel of the Earth repaid Se-jun the favor and left.

“A rock salt mine?”

It wouldn’t be real salt, right? Wondering if it was golden salt, Se-jun set out to find the rock salt mine with anticipation.

But—

“It’s real salt…”

The rock salt mine created by Raxol, the God of Rock Salt, had only real salt.

[Raxol Road]

Raxol, the God of Rock Salt, who repaid us with a rock salt mine. He was a very stingy god.

So, to match the stingy god, Se-jun also made him a 0.3-pyeong road.

Huhut. It’s give and take.

Se-jun showed no mercy even to a god.