Chapter 400 – From Now On, Please Call Me Great Merchant Theo Park, Nyang

“Ahem. Lord Theo Park has passed the first stage of the Great Merchant promotion test. Congratulations.”

Mason, who had witnessed the unbelievable sight of a three-digit reputation score, announced Theo’s passing of the test while slightly out of his mind.

“Puhuhut. Thank you, nyang! Chairman Park, we did it, nyang!”

Theo spoke in a bright voice while rubbing his face against Se-jun’s knees.

“Kyutkyutkyut.”

with his right front paw, stroking the head of Iona, who was hanging onto his tail.

At that moment,

Kkueng.

[Dad, Cuengi is hungry, da-yo.]

Perhaps because he became hungry after shaking Mason’s collar so hard, Cuengi whined while holding Se-jun’s hand.

“Just a moment.”

Se-jun took out boiled egg fruits and milk from the subdimensional warehouse.

Kking?

Fenrir, who was sleeping in the sling bag, gently raised his head and looked around. ‘What are you eating?’

“Did Kkamang-i wake up to eat a snack too?”

When Se-jun took out a chewy roasted sweet potato strip and put it in Fenrir’s mouth,

Kkihikit. Kking.

‘Heh. Delicious.’

Chomp. Chomp…

Fenrir chewed the chewy sweet potato strip a few times and fell back asleep.

And

Tap.

Tap.

Se-jun and Cuengi sat at the table in the association president’s office and peeled and ate the Egg Fruits together. Se-jun was also feeling a bit hungry just then.

“Here.”

“Puhuhut. It’s delicious, nyang! Association President Mason, bring out the stage 2 test, nyang!”

Eating the yolk given by Se-jun, Theo shouted to Mason in a confident voice.

“Yes… the second stage of the Great Merchant promotion test is to bring 1,000 employment contracts.”

The second stage test was to see if one had the ability to hire many employees as a Great Merchant.

“Puhuhut. It’s too easy, nyang!”

Theo took out a thick bundle of contracts from his bundle. Nearly 200,000 contracts.

Although they were all slave contracts,

“Oh. Lord Theo Park, the treatment of your employees is really good.”

to Mason, they looked like contracts with good employment conditions that guaranteed daily wages and meals and did not work more than 8 hours a day.

“To hire this many employees is truly remarkable. You have passed the second stage of the Great Merchant promotion test as well.”

“Puhuhut. I am originally amazing, nyang! Chairman Park, isn’t that right, nyang?”

“Of course! Our Vice President Theo is truly amazing.”

Usually, he wouldn’t play along, but today was a special day.

Moreover, because he couldn’t discourage the kid in front of others, Se-jun praised Theo slightly excessively.

“Puhuhut. I know I am amazing, nyang! The amazing Vice President Theo and Chairman Park have done it again, nyang!”

Theo, having received plenty of praise from Se-jun.

“Association President Mason, bring out the next test, nyang!”

Thanks to that, he became even more puffed up, pushed his chest out as much as possible, and spoke in an extremely confident voice.

“Yes. The third stage of the Great Merchant promotion test is to test the Great Merchant’s martial power…”

A Great Merchant had to possess both business acumen and martial power.

It was necessary to be good at both commerce and martial arts.

While Mason wore a monocle that was a martial power reader and explained the contents of the test,

“Chairman Park, lend me money, nyang!”

“Alright.”

Theo borrowed money from Se-jun.

‘I can’t let our Vice President Theo be ignored. Burn it up, Vice President Theo!’

Se-jun gave one-third of the treasures in the subdimensional warehouse to Theo.

“Puhuhut. There are plenty of Chairman Park’s riches to burn, nyang!”

As Theo happily burned the riches Se-jun gave him,

Fwooooosh.

Theo’s body emitted a golden light so dazzling that he looked almost like the sun.

And

Bam!

the martial power reader, which could measure martial power up to 999, was destroyed.

“Gasp! This is expensive…”

Mason despaired as he picked up the pieces of the broken martial power reader.

The latest model of the martial power reader, which had been upgraded at an astronomical cost after being destroyed while measuring the Bull Demon King’s martial power…

While Mason was in despair,

“Chairman Park, did I do well, nyang?! I completely taught it a lesson, nyang!”

Theo clung to Se-jun’s knees with a smug face, boasting of his achievement. Praise me quickly, nyang!

“Our Vice President Theo did well.”

“Puhuhut. I know, nyang! I am good, nyang!”

Theo became even more high-spirited after receiving Se-jun’s praise.

“Puhuhut. Association President Mason, bring out the next stage 4 test, nyang!”

“Yes. The fourth stage of the Great Merchant promotion test is to bring a total of 11 trillion Tower Coins, combining the promotion fee of 1 trillion Tower Coins to become a Great Merchant and 10 trillion Tower Coins of reserve funds.”

The fourth stage of the Great Merchant promotion test was the financial power test, the most important condition of a Great Merchant.

“Puhuhut. Understood, nyang! Chairman Park, lend me money, nyang!”

“Sure, here.”

Se-jun took out 11 trillion Tower Coins from the subdimensional warehouse and gave them to Theo, and

“Association President Mason, here it is, nyang!”

“Lord Theo Park, you have passed the fourth stage of the Great Merchant promotion test as well.”

He easily passed the stage 4 test as well.

“Then, we will begin the final test for the Great Merchant promotion.”

Mason took out five scroll documents from his chest and handed them to Theo. The numbers 1 to 5 were written on the outside.

“What is this, nyang?”

“Wait a moment! You must open those in order. If you open them by force, your qualification for the Great Merchant promotion will be revoked.”

Mason hurriedly stopped Theo, who was trying to open the document as soon as he received it.

“Nyang?!”

At the words that his qualification would be revoked, Theo hurriedly laid the document down. That cannot be, nyang! I will become a Great Merchant and receive Chairman Park’s congratulations, nyang!

“Ahem. First, please listen to my explanation.”

“Understood, nyang!”

“Those scrolls are items that, when opened, randomly display the names and quantities of items registered with the Wandering Merchant Association.

Mason continued his explanation.

“The final test is to bring the items written in the five scrolls according to the quantities within three months. Whether you obtain them yourself or buy them with money, you just need to bring them.”

The final test was to see if one had the ability to supply the necessary items as a Great Merchant.

However, this test unofficially tested one more thing.

That was none other than luck.

Because if one was lucky, easy items would appear, allowing them to easily become a Great Merchant, but if one was unlucky, items that were almost impossible to obtain might appear.

“For reference, the obtained items will disappear. However…”

if they failed the test, the items were returned as they were, but if they passed the test, they received items of a value combining all the values of the items as a reward.

“Then, please open scroll number 1. The test begins at the same time you open scroll number 1.”

“Understood, nyang!”

Swoosh.

As Theo opened scroll number 1 without hesitation, the list of items began to spin rapidly inside the document like a roulette wheel.

The colorful text spinning rapidly. Items were displayed in five colors depending on the difficulty of acquisition.

Starting from yellow, which had the lowest difficulty of acquisition, followed by green, blue, red, and finally black, which had an almost impossible difficulty of acquisition.

‘They say Theo Park’s luck is that good, so shall I see how good it is?’

Mason looked at Theo’s scroll with excitement.

But

‘It’s a dud.’

Mason wore a disappointed expression as he looked at the red writing displayed on the document.

[1 Phoenix Tail Feather]

What appeared from the very first scroll was none other than the Phoenix tail feather, which was notoriously hard to obtain. All three months could pass just trying to get this.

Sometimes there were merchants like this. They were usually lucky, but unlucky at the critical moment.

Just as Mason was predicting Theo’s failure in the Great Merchant promotion test,

“Vice President Theo, here.”

Se-jun handed a red feather to Theo.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, thank you, nyang!”

When Theo placed the feather he received from Se-jun onto the document,

Shhh.

the feather disappeared, the text written on the document was erased, and the word ‘Pass’ appeared.

“Puhuhut. It’s too easy, nyang!”

Swoosh.

As the excited Theo opened scroll number 2,

“……”

Mason was too shocked to close his mouth.

How did he prepare the Phoenix tail feather in advance, as if he had seen the future?

It really seemed like he was lucky.

The text stopped just as Mason was acknowledging Theo as a lucky guy.

‘Black?’

The color signifying impossible acquisition difficulty.

Did he use up all his luck in the beginning… this would be difficult.

Mason predicted Theo’s failure 100% this time.

[1 World Tree Branch]

Because as far as he knew, there was no World Tree in the Black Tower. It was an item that could not be obtained no matter what efforts were made.

But

“Vice President Theo, here.”

Se-jun took out Podori’s branch, which he had stored in the subdimensional warehouse, and handed it over,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, thank you, nyang!”

and when Theo brought Podori’s branch to scroll number 2, the word ‘Pass’ appeared.

Red text appeared on scroll number 3.

But

[1 Staff of Calamity]

“Iona, give me the staff, nyang! I will get you a better one later, nyang!”

“Kyutkyutkyut. Yes!”

He passed without any tension at all.

Scroll number 4 was black again.

[1 Red Bone]

The Red Bone did not mean bringing a red bone, but referred to the Bull Demon King’s favorite weapon.

It was impossible to take the favorite weapon of the Bull Demon King, the strongest in the Black Tower.

But

Kkueng!

[Cuengi has the Red Bone, da-yo!]

Cuengi took out a red club from his snack pouch.

The one that the Bull Demon King discarded because he didn’t need it, and Cuengi had packed in his snack pouch to use as a club of justice.

Although the world was desperately refusing Theo to become a Great Merchant,

“Puhuhut. It’s easy, nyang!”

Theo lightly rejected the world’s refusal.

‘Am I dreaming right now?’

Mason could not collect his senses at what was happening in front of him.

What was even more surprising was that they had not gone outside even once to find the items, and less than an hour had passed since the Great Merchant promotion test began.

It truly was an unbelievable thing.

“Puhuhut. Now it’s the last one, nyang!”

Meanwhile, Theo opened scroll number 5.

At that moment,

Flash.

A brilliant light burst out from the document.

“Golden?!”

Such a color existed?

Mason was astonished. Even he, who had managed the Great Merchant promotion test multiple times, was seeing this color for the first time.

It was clear. The world disliked Theo becoming a Great Merchant.

Otherwise…

[10,000 Scales of the Great Black Dragon]

there was no way it would ask to bring such a thing.

No matter how much Theo was a subordinate of the great dragon, there was no dragon that would give 10,000 of its scales… Huh?!

“Vice President Theo, here.”

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, thank you, nyang!”

Se-jun took out the scales of the Great Black Dragon from the subdimensional warehouse and handed them to Theo, and the word ‘Pass’ appeared on scroll number 5 as well.

As soon as all the items were gathered like that,

Hummmm.

scrolls 1 to 5 floated into the sky and began to merge into one.

“My goodness…”

Mason stared blankly at the items of extreme acquisition difficulty merging together. He couldn’t imagine at all what kind of item would come out.

While Mason was watching the items merge like that,

“Association President Mason, am I a Great Merchant now, nyang?!”

Theo asked Mason.

“Ah. Yes. From now on, Lord Theo is the fourth Great Merchant of the Black Tower.”

“Puhuhut. Understood, nyang! Chairman Park, I am a Great Merchant now, nyang!”

Theo, having received Mason’s recognition, hurriedly ran to Se-jun. I will be congratulated by Chairman Park first, nyang!

“Vice President Theo, congratulations on becoming a Great Merchant.”

“Puhuhut. I am so happy, nyang!”

Passing his Great Merchant promotion test together with Se-jun and receiving congratulations made Theo feel extremely good.

Kkueng!

[Big brother, congratulations on becoming a Great Merchant, da-yo!]

“Kyutkyutkyut. Lord Theo, congratulations on becoming a Great Merchant.”

Cuengi and Iona also congratulated Theo.

“Puhuhut. Thank you, nyang! From now on, please call me Great Merchant Theo Park, nyang!”

A very harmonious atmosphere.

At that moment,

Thud.

a black bundle fell from the place where the five scrolls had merged.