Chapter 395 – Our Kids Are Scarier

The Red Dragon’s territory.

“There was something this delicious?!”

The dragons were excited after eating Se-jun’s food.

And—

“Where did Lord Ramter bring this food from?”

The dragons were naturally curious about the source of the food.

At that moment,

“Uncle Alex, I know! Park Se-jun, the tower farmer of the Black Tower, made it, and Aileen sells it in the Black Tower!”

“Aunt Hanna! Sylvia knows! Lord Park Se-jun, the tower farmer of the Black Tower, made it!”

The hatchlings, as soon as something they knew came up, eagerly showed off their knowledge to the dragons.

The results of Aileen’s efforts with the hatchlings all this time were showing.

“The tower farmer of the Black Tower?”

“Park Se-jun?”

“If we go to the Black Tower, can we eat Park Se-jun’s dishes?”

Thanks to this, Se-jun’s fame began to spread among the dragons.

***

[All the leaders of the nine great dragon clans have drunk a glass of Golden Samyangju.]

[You have completed the quest.]

[You have obtained 15 drops of the Elixir of Harvest as the quest completion reward.]

“Huhut. The first gift has arrived.”

Se-jun smiled as he looked at the message. He was thrilled, as if looking at a text saying that a delivery had arrived at his door.

At that moment,

[You have achieved the great feat of lifting the curse of oblivion cast on the great dragon race.]

[You have obtained the as the great feat reward.]

[No matter how much the status differs, the dragons will not despise you in the future.]

[The abilities you possess will also apply against the dragons.]

Subsequently, the last gift arrived.

“Helper of the Dragon Race?”

He didn’t quite understand what the last message meant, and despising… what was that about?

He had never been despised by dragons? Although he had been ignored for being weak.

He was never despised. Solemnly.

“It’s a completely useless title.”

When Se-jun was thinking that the second gift brought him no benefit like that,

[Great Black Dragons in a distant place highly praise your food.]

[Your soul is greatly enriched by receiving high praise from multiple high-status beings.]

[Mental Power increases by 1000.]

[Mental Power has reached the limit of 500.]

[Mental Power does not increase any further.]

[You have achieved 500 Mental Power.]

[Your weak will begins to affect the world very minutely.]

A third gift that Se-jun had not even thought of arrived.

Due to the high praise of the Black Dragons who ate Se-jun’s food, Se-jun’s mental power rose significantly. By as much as 1,000.

In the past, there was no reaction at all even when the dragons ate it.

But as he obtained the , the talent: Soul That Healed Wounds was activated targeting the dragons.

On top of that, opportunely, the dragons learned that the one who cooked was Se-jun, so he could properly receive the praise.

Thus, Se-jun’s mental power rose to 500, the potential limit, in one go, and—

“Ugh!”

Se-jun experienced a massive headache for a moment, as if his head were about to split open.

It was because an excess mental power of 700, large enough to be a burden on his soul, had entered.

Although what was eaten through the mouth could be discharged, there was no other way for mental power except to endure it.

Once the pain disappeared,

“But it’s really stingy.”

Se-jun spoke as he looked at the last message.

Although his mental power stat became 500, nothing had changed except that the word ‘very’ was dropped from ‘very weak,’ turning into a weak will.

On top of that, affecting the world very minutely was the same.

“Chairman Park, are you okay, meow?”

*Press. Press.*

Theo asked, pressing the right side of Se-jun’s head with his front paws, and—

Cuengi?

[Dad, are you okay?]

Cuengi also asked in a worried voice. Although they didn’t speak, the other companions also looked at Se-jun with worried eyes.

“It hurt a bit, but it’s fine now.”

Se-jun reassured his worried companions.

At that moment,

*Whimper! Whimper! Whimper!*

Hey! It’s because you handle mental power like that that your head hurts! You do it like this and then like that! Watch closely and follow!

Fenrir eagerly taught Se-jun high-level techniques for handling mental power, but—

“Our Blackie is hungry? Since we are going to eat later, let’s hold back on the snacks.”

Unfortunately, they did not communicate. Se-jun thought Fenrir was asking for snacks, so he stroked Fenrir’s head to comfort him.

“Now, let’s set off for Dino.”

“Kkyut-kkyut-kkyut. I will guide you!”

Iona, who knew the location before Dino, the capital of the Lizard Kingdom, was sealed, guided the way.

Just as they were about to set off like that,

[Great White Dragons in a distant place highly praise your food.]

…

..

.

Massive messages appeared, and his mental power rose to the point where Se-jun could not handle it.

Se-jun had overlooked something.

There were nine dragon clans in total.

The high praises of the remaining eight dragon clans poured onto Se-jun.

[Great Red Dragons in a distant place highly praise your food.]

[Your soul is greatly enriched by receiving high praise from multiple high-status beings.]

[Mental Power increases by 2000.]

On top of that, because the number of Red Dragons was twice as many as other dragon clans, the mental power also rose twofold.

Se-jun’s soul swallowed a total of 9,000 mental power that he could not handle.

*Boom!*

*Thud.*

Se-jun fainted, hearing the sound of something bursting open.

“Chairman Park fainted again, meow!!!”

Cuengi!

[Dad, wake up!!!]

Theo and Cuengi hurriedly began to massage the fainted Se-jun’s body, and—

*Whimper!*

Hey! I told you to do it like this and then like that!

Fenrir, getting angry at Se-jun who did not listen to his words, hurriedly put his head against Se-jun’s head.

***

Inside Se-jun’s mental world.

On one side of the wall of his mental world, a giant hole was made.

Because a giant mental power entered all at once due to the high praise of the dragons, a hole was made in Se-jun’s mental world.

To Se-jun, whose mind was also a sunfish, too much mental power was poison.

“Aaah!”

Se-jun desperately grabbed the floor to withstand the suction generating from the hole.

He instinctively knew that the moment he was sucked into that black hole, it would be the end.

And, just as Se-jun’s instinct told him, the outside of the mental world was very dangerous.

Nothingness.

A world where nothing exists. The moment he was sucked into Nothingness, Se-jun’s mind would be eaten by Nothingness and vanish.

Although Se-jun held out desperately like that, Se-jun’s body gradually drew closer to the hole.

No, to be precise, the ground Se-jun was holding onto was being sucked toward the hole.

When Se-jun was about to be helplessly swallowed by Nothingness like that,

“Grrrr. That’s why. I told you to do it as I taught you.”

A giant wolf appeared in Se-jun’s mental world, grumbling. With his body completely crouched.

Compared to Se-jun’s mental world, Fenrir’s mind was too giant.

Fenrir, carefully wiggling his front paws so that Se-jun’s mental world would not tear,

*Press.*

blocked the hole in Se-jun’s mental world with his giant front paw.

“Since the wall of the mental world is this thin, it’s no wonder a hole was made. I should reinforce the wall with the remaining mental power.”

Mental power that he couldn’t use anyway. Fenrir closed his eyes and concentrated, reinforcing the boundary of Se-jun’s mental world.

While Fenrir was reinforcing Se-jun’s mental power like that,

“Mmh…”

Se-jun opened his eyes.

“Chairman Park, are you awake, meow?!”

Cuengi?!

[Dad, are you okay?!]

Theo and Cuengi, who were massaging Se-jun’s body, called Se-jun.

“Yeah. I think I’m okay. But why am I lying down?”

“Chairman Park, you fainted again, meow!”

Cuengi!

[Dad, I think you almost died again!]

“Fainted?”

Se-jun wondered at their words.

What was it?

There was nothing special for me to faint…

“Ah. Right.”

Only then did Se-jun recall that he had fainted, looking at the message that he had obtained immense mental power.

And also how he had almost been sucked into something inside his mental world.

He felt like he shouldn’t give food to dragons carelessly in the future.

“But I feel like I heard Blackie’s voice…”

Because Fenrir was too giant, he had not been able to see his face.

“Was it my imagination?”

When Se-jun was pondering whether what he heard was indeed Fenrir’s voice like that,

[The soul has been reinforced.]

[Mental Power potential increases to 3,000.]

The message appeared.

“What happened?”

Se-jun did not know the reason why his potential rose.

At that moment,

*Kki-ro-rong.*

Fenrir’s snoring was heard from Se-jun’s bedside. He was exhausted from going in and out of Se-jun’s mental world.

But—

“Blackie, you rascal, I almost died but you are sleeping comfortably?”

Se-jun, who did not know that, found Fenrir detestable.

*Bubbububup.*

*Whimper… whimper…*

I’m tired… play with someone else…

So, while he was playing a prank for no reason, blowing raspberries on Fenrir’s belly,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, do it to me, too, meow!”

Cuengi!

[Cuengi also likes raspberries on the belly!]

Theo and Cuengi stuck out their bellies proudly.

A moment later.

“Now, let’s set off! Toryong-i!”

Se-jun, who blew raspberries to the two and carefully put the deeply sleeping Fenrir into the sling bag, called Toryong-i.

After traveling for about an hour riding Toryong-i like that, a wide lake appeared.

“Kkyut-kkyut-kkyut. We have arrived!”

Iona said, pointing at the lake.

Ppiyot!

[This is the place where I came last time!]

Ppiyot-i, who had patrolled this place in the past, recognized the location and spoke.

“But where is the capital?”

When Se-jun asked Iona as he looked at the empty lake,

“Power of mana. Cancel!”

Iona used magic instead of an answer.

Then,

*Hum.*

a giant dome-shaped gray barrier appeared above the lake, gradually turning into light and breaking.

And, Dino’s giant castle walls, which had been hidden by illusion magic, appeared. The water of the lake was just the castle’s moat.

Because it was hidden by the highest-grade illusion magic, Ppiyot-i had not been able to find it in the past.

And—

*Cluck!*

at the highest point of the castle, a bird spewing flames and roaring was seen.

[Phoenix]

However,

“Huh?! That is?”

in Se-jun’s eyes, a giant chicken with thick legs appeared, which would be perfect if it were read as a Phoenix but called a chicken.

*Gulp.*

It was not him. It was Cuengi.

“Ahem. First… let’s resolve it through dialogue. Vice President Theo, go and tell him to get out of the way.”

Because he felt like Cuengi would squeeze its neck out of nowhere or start by biting if he sent him, Se-jun sent Theo.

“Understood, meow!”

At Se-jun’s words, Theo ran toward the Phoenix.

And—

*Cluck!*

The Phoenix, who was conversing with Theo, suddenly got angry and generated a massive fire from its body. He seemed very angry?

What did he say?

While Se-jun was wondering why the Phoenix was angry,

*Bam!*

Theo, who suddenly appeared behind the Phoenix, hit the back of its head and knocked it unconscious.

Ppiyot!

In the meantime, Ppiyot-i, as if expecting this to happen, had flown eagerly from the moment Theo set off, and obtained the Phoenix’s footprint at the right timing.

Yeah. Still, since Theo talked first and then hit… would that also be self-defense?

Se-jun entered Dino, the capital of the Lizard Kingdom, establishing a new concept of self-defense.

When they arrived at the place where the Phoenix fell like that,

*Pluck.*

*Pluck.*

“Puhuhut.”

Theo was pulling out the Phoenix’s tail feathers while smiling like a villain.

And—

“Chairman Park, take this, meow!”

He handed 10 Phoenix tail feathers to Se-jun.

“What is this?”

“I don’t know, meow! I was just pulled to it, meow!”

“You were pulled to it?”

At Theo’s reply, Se-jun hurriedly checked the red feathers.

[Phoenix’s Tail Feather]

A tail feather of the immortal Phoenix, which is a very excellent material containing strong flame power.

If equipment is made using this feather, there is a high probability that legendary-grade equipment will be born.

If a weapon is made using this feather, a fire-attribute weapon can be made; if a staff is made, a staff that amplifies fire-attribute attacks twofold; if a farming tool is made, a farming tool that increases crop growth rate by 5% can be made.

Grade: SSS

“Oh! This is good!”

A farming tool that increases the growth rate by 5%.

“Puhuhut. Did I do well, meow?”

“Yeah, you did well.”

“Puhuhut. I know, meow! I, Vice President Theo, am originally good at this, meow!”

Cuengi!

In the meantime, he stopped Cuengi, who was trying to wring the Phoenix’s neck, and woke the Phoenix up.

*Cluck! Cluck!*

[Eek! My feathers!]

As soon as the Phoenix woke up, it looked at its empty tail and created flames of anger, but—

“Hiss! Stay still, meow!”

whether it did not want to get hit again by Theo’s hiss, it put out the fire quickly.

And—

“But why did you settle down here?”

When the Phoenix calmed down, Se-jun asked the Phoenix why it was occupying Dino.

*Cluck.*

[Because it is safe here.]

The Phoenix said it originally lived on the 95th floor of the tower, but had fled here to avoid monsters targeting its power.

“Really? Then we will send you back home.”

*Cluck?! Cluck!*

[Really?! Very scary guys have occupied my nest, though!]

At Se-jun’s words, the Phoenix spoke.

In its voice, fear was contained along with hope.

“Yeah. Don’t worry.”

Hehehe. His kids were scarier.

Se-jun smiled, wearing a villain-like expression, and—

“Puhuhut.”

*Kkuhehehe.*

Theo and Cuengi also laughed as much like villains as possible following Se-jun.

What was this?

The Phoenix felt like it had become a villain itself.