Chapter 394 – Hehehe. It’s Just the Beginning

The administrator area of the Black Tower.

“Hehehe. It’s complete!”

Aileen smiled brightly and opened the lid of the pot. Inside, the black liquid had disappeared, and a single black lump was left sitting all alone.

“Hehehe. It turned out well just as I thought.”

It was unknown what she was trying to make, but Aileen said that it turned out as intended, even though it was obvious that the black lump in front of her was a failure if it was indeed supposed to be a dish.

“I should cut it so our Se-jun can eat it easily!”

*Click. Click.*

Aileen carefully cut the black lump into uniform sizes. Although it did not matter if he ate it all at once, the medicinal effect was too strong for Se-jun to digest.

A moment later.

“Hehehe. Se-jun, take this.”

Aileen sent her health dish, which she had cut into 1,000 pieces, to Se-jun.

***

The 99th floor of the Black Tower.

“Ah. This is good!”

Se-jun, who lay down on a stone bench after eating dinner, said as he looked at the early evening sky where light and darkness were appropriately blended.

Hehehe. For the time being, he would just play and eat.

Balance is important in everything. Since he had only worked for a few days, it was now time to rest.

*Kkuhehehe.*

*Kkihikit.*

On both sides of such Se-jun, Cuengi and Fenrir pressed their rumps against Se-jun’s buttocks, lying face down while being stroked by Se-jun.

*Kkihikit. Whimper! Whimper?*

Heheh. As expected, his thoughts were right! Where could he get more of his core pieces?

Fenrir, after eating the cheese rolled omelet that Se-jun made for him in the evening, confirmed his thoughts once again.

If something as delicious as the cheese rolled omelet came out again, he felt like he could give one more piece of his core.

While Se-jun, Cuengi, and Fenrir were enjoying the post-meal satiety like that,

[The administrator of the tower states in a confident voice that she has completed a dish for you.]

“Uh?! T-Thanks.”

He had thought she forgot…

Se-jun expressed his gratitude to Aileen with a flustered expression and opened the pouch that had landed on his hand.

Inside the pouch, it was full of cube-shaped, black things like charcoal, which were difficult to call a dish.

[Aileen’s Special Nutritious Cookie Piece]

This was a cookie?

Until he saw the name, he had never imagined that this would be a cookie.

Honestly, even though he saw the name, it was a visual that he would have believed if someone told him it was coal.

Perhaps because she was the great Black Dragon, Aileen loved the color black too much. She probably made it black on purpose, rather than burning it. Surely it was so, right?

Se-jun picked up one black cookie piece and examined its options.

[Aileen’s Special Nutritious Cookie Piece]

Aileen’s Special Nutritious Cookie Piece made by the great Black Dragon Aileen Pritani by putting in top-grade elixirs solely for the Black Tower farmer Park Se-jun, and is one of the cookie pieces divided into 1,000 pieces for the safety of the Black Tower farmer Park Se-jun.

Although it barely lost the medicinal effects of the elixirs because it was made by applying immense heat and pressure, in return, it has become hard enough to break diamonds.

Upon consumption, all stats increase by 0.5.

Upon consuming all 1,000 pieces of Aileen’s special nutritional supplement, all stats increase by 500.

Usage restriction: All stats 1500 or higher

Chef: The great Black Dragon Aileen Pritani

Expiration date: None

Grade: SS+

Still, previously, she had said Aileen’s healthy fist meat was as hard as diamond…

but this was said to be hard enough to break diamonds.

Aileen’s skills developed day by day. She had created an even more formidable weapon… no, dish.

It seemed that as Aileen’s confidence grew, the dish also became more formidable.

“Vigor.”

Se-jun emptied his stomach with the skill first, and then,

*Nom.*

he put one piece of Aileen’s special nutritious cookie in his mouth.

He tried to melt the cookie piece slowly in his mouth, but perhaps because it was so tightly packed, it did not taste like anything.

On top of that, if he bit it to taste it, his teeth could break, so Se-jun swallowed it right away.

Then,

[You have consumed Aileen’s Special Nutritious Cookie Piece.]

[The medicinal effect contained in Aileen’s Special Nutritious Cookie Piece is packed too tightly.]

[It takes 20 hours for Aileen’s Special Nutritious Cookie Piece to be completely digested.]

a message appeared.

“Oh! This doesn’t make me full?”

It was just that the digestion time took long.

Then was it okay to eat many at once?

Se-jun picked up the cookie pieces and put them in his mouth slowly one by one. Nothing happened up to the 5th piece.

“It seems to be fine.”

*Gulp.*

Gaining confidence, Se-jun swallowed the cookie pieces quickly, two or three at a time.

“Hehehe. Nice.”

At that rate, he could eat all 1,000 of them in 10 days by eating 100 a day.

When Se-jun, full of confidence, swallowed the 15th cookie piece like that,

[Too strong medicinal effects are gathering inside the body, turning into poison.]

[S-grade poison will be complete in 30 seconds.]

“Huh? Poison?”

S-grade poison?!

“Green onion!!!”

Se-jun hurriedly ran into the sub-space warehouse and chewed and ate the S-grade Detoxifying Green Onion.

Then,

[You have consumed the Detoxifying Green Onion.]

[Detoxifies poisons of S-grade or lower for 1 hour.]

[Poison will not be created in the body.]

the message appeared.

“Whew.”

Se-jun let out a sigh of relief. If he had been just a little later…

If he hadn’t harvested the S-grade Detoxifying Green Onion due to the achievement of detoxifying Tier’s heart poison in the past, it would have been a disaster.

From then on, he would eat only 10 pieces safely.

Although he could eat many pieces while detoxifying with the Detoxifying Green Onion, the medicine that turned into poison would be detoxified together as well.

It was similar to spending a lot of money to eat nutritious food to one’s fill, and then taking a diet pill that hindered nutrient absorption.

[You have overcome a life-threatening crisis.]

[Talent: Tough Vitality is activated.]

[Stamina increases by 1.]

“I know.”

The sunfish Se-jun, who had almost died after being greedy by himself when there was no danger around, got annoyed at the message for no reason.

Thus, Se-jun survived safely today as well.

Cuengi? Cuengi?

[Dad, why did you stand up suddenly? Are you going to eat snacks?]

*Whimper?! Whimper!*

Why was he the only one eating?! He demanded food, too!

Cuengi and Fenrir, who had been quiet until just a moment ago when Se-jun was eating Aileen’s cookie, followed Se-jun into the sub-space warehouse.

Thanks to that, while they were having another snack time,

“Huh?”

Se-jun felt Theo’s energy felt from a distance. Had he already obtained the land deed?

At that moment,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!”

Theo, who had appeared out of nowhere, hung onto Se-jun’s face, rubbing his face against Se-jun’s head.

Although it had the limitation that it could only be used when heading to Se-jun, it was Theo’s new technique, Meow Meow Step, which allowed him to move like teleportation for a few kilometers.

“Kkyut-kkyut-kkyut. Se-jun-nim, hello!”

Iona’s voice was heard by his ears.

“Meow…”

“Yeah. Iona, hello.”

Se-jun grabbed the scruff of Theo’s neck, pulled him away from his face, and greeted Iona.

“Vice President Theo, did you get all the land deeds?”

He asked as he wore Theo on his knees.

“No, meow! I only obtained the land deed for the 75th floor of the tower, meow! So, we must set off right away to get the land deed for the 68th floor of the tower, meow!”

Theo said as he tightly hugged Se-jun’s knees.

“Eh?! Me too?!”

“Puhuhut. That’s right, meow! You are going to the 70th floor of the tower together with me, Vice President Theo, meow!”

“Why the 70th floor of the tower? We already went there.”

“The land deed for the 68th floor of the tower is in Dino, the sealed capital of the Lizard Kingdom on the 70th floor of the tower, meow!”

“On the 70th floor of the tower?”

There was definitely nothing when he had looked around before?

“Alright. Then let’s sleep and go tomorrow morning.”

“No, meow! Let’s set off right now, meow!”

The journey was waiting for them, meow!

“Anyway, it’s night now and it’s getting dark.”

“If Chairman Park says so, I understand, meow! Then let’s go to sleep, meow!”

Having argued strongly, Theo became immediately gentle at Se-jun’s words.

The next morning.

“Puhuhut. Then, let’s set off, meow!”

Se-jun and his party set off for the 70th floor of the tower.

As Se-jun headed to the 70th floor of the tower like that, the second dragon conference was starting in the Red Dragon’s territory.

“Puhahaha. It has really been a long time since this many dragons gathered.”

Ramter spoke with a bright expression as he looked at the dragons filling the Red Dragon’s territory.

Except during times of war, mobilizing this many dragons was usually almost impossible.

However, today, 4,000 of the great Red Dragons and 2,000 of each of the other dragon clans had come, filling a total of 20,000 seats.

On top of that, the dragons, who had a sense of time that considered a day as about a second, were not late for the appointment at all.

Since a large attendance meant respect for the dragon hosting the conference, Ramter puffed out his chest even more in pride.

“Then, let’s begin the conference.”

At Ramter’s words, the conference began.

“Within a 1,000km radius of each tower, only the dragons managing that tower should hunt the red mist, and hunting by other dragon clans must be prohibited!”

“I think 2,000km is better!”

“Then overlapping areas will be created! You are trying to occupy the area around your Golden Tower, aren’t you?!”

Unlike the first dragon conference, the second dragon conference proceeded fiercely.

And—

What on earth was going on?

Artemis Yul, the leader of the great Golden Dragons, and other great Golden Dragons could not understand the current situation.

Dragons stepping forward to hunt the red mist themselves?

At the same time, they were annoyed. It was because, by the atmosphere, the dragons were blatantly targeting the area surrounding the Golden Tower.

“We will take care of our tower ourselves! And any dragon who wants to hunt in our area must get separate permission!”

Thus, Artemis hurriedly stepped forward and settled the situation, and thanks to that, the conference ended in an instant.

“Alright. Since the conference is over, dragons who want to return may return.”

“…”

No dragon left their seat at Ramter’s words. Because everyone had something they were waiting for.

Phehehe. Of course there was none.

“Puhahaha. Then, since I prepared some food, simple as it may be, for the dragons who attended the conference, I hope you enjoy it.”

Along with Ramter’s words, foods appeared in the center, and the dragons began to put food on their plates as much as they would eat.

Although no one took a lot from the beginning because it was unfamiliar food,

“It’s stick rice cakes and honey!”

“It’s sweet potato soup!”

the hatchlings who had already eaten Se-jun’s food before piled their plates high with food.

“Hokus, let’s pack some in our sub-space, too!”

“Yeah! Hakun-hyung!”

“Sylvia wants to pack some, too!”

As if that were not enough, the hatchlings even hoarded food in their sub-spaces to eat later.

While the dragons were taking Se-jun’s dishes like that,

“Here. Take a drink each!”

Ramter spoke as he took out a liquor bottle containing the Golden Samyangju.

What a shame. If it weren’t for the contract he made with Se-jun, he would have drunk it alone.

Ramter smacked his lips as he looked at the liquor bottle in his hand. It was because Se-jun had given him only one bottle of Golden Samyangju.

Se-jun had provided only one bottle for now to complete the quest.

And he had drafted a separate contract stating that every dragon clan leader must drink one glass, so that Ramter would not drink the alcohol alone.

*Pour.*

As Ramter tilted the liquor bottle, a golden liquid flowed out along with a rich aroma.

“When did our Se-jun make something like this?”

“No… what kind of alcohol is this?!”

“That fellow Ramter… to selfishly receive a new alcohol from Se-jun all by himself?”

Kaiser, Kellion, and Tier, who drank Se-jun’s Samyangju every day, realized that this alcohol was different from the existing Samyangju just by smelling the aroma.

“Now. For the great dragon race!”

In the meantime, Ramter, who filled the other leaders’ glasses with Golden Samyangju, raised his glass, and

“Cheers!”

the other leaders also raised their glasses in unison and drank the alcohol at the same time.

*Gulp.*

“Oh!”

The leaders marveled at the taste of the alcohol.

At that moment,

[You have consumed the Golden Samyangju.]

[The curse of oblivion disappears.]

The curse of oblivion that was cast on the leaders of the nine dragon clans was completely lifted.

And—

[The great Black Dragon Kaiser Pritani drank a glass of Golden Samyangju.]

[The great White Dragon Kellion Mamuve drank a glass of Golden Samyangju.]

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..

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“Hehehe. It’s just the beginning.”

Se-jun looked at the messages and waited for the gifts that would pour in.