Chapter 401 – Why Are You Only Telling Me That Now

“Huh? A bundle?”

Naturally, the first one to discover the black bundle was Mason, who had been watching continuously.

“Meow?!”

‘I feel an attraction, meow!’

Following that, Theo, who was being petted on Se-jun’s lap, discovered the black bundle.

Patter patter.

Theo ran quickly to grab the black bundle,

“President Park, take this, meow! It’s something good, meow!”

he snuggled into Se-jun’s arms.

And,

“Puhuhut. Puhuhut.”

he fully enjoyed the happiness while rubbing his head against Se-jun’s lap.

[Bundle of the Great Merchant Wandering the Nine Towers]

The Nine Towers?

Meanwhile, Se-jun checked the options of the bundle with an unusual name.

[Bundle of the Great Merchant Wandering the Nine Towers]

This was a bundle born from the promotion exam of the Great Merchant of the Black Tower.

The scales of the Great Black Dragon, branches of the World Tree, red bones, Staff of Calamity, and tail feathers of the Phoenix were used as materials.

It was sturdy because it was made of the scales of the Great Black Dragon, and the capacity of the bundle was immense thanks to the branches of the World Tree, which had excellent recovery power.

Through the bundle, one could randomly go to a floor in one of the nine towers every 30 days. (Only the owner of the bundle, Great Merchant Theo Park, could move, and a cost of 1 trillion Tower Coins was automatically consumed every 30 days to connect to a different location.)

If one wanted to change the connected location, they could spend 500 billion Tower Coins to change the location. (Changing the location was only possible up to 5 times within 30 days.)

Bound to Great Merchant Theo Park.

Usage Restriction: Great Merchant, Magic Power of 10,000 or higher.

Creator: God of ????, ??

Grade: ★★★★★

“Huh?!”

‘Connected to another tower? Did that mean interaction with other towers was possible?’

“Vice President Theo, open this.”

“Understood, meow!”

When Theo opened the bundle at Se-jun’s words, there was only a space inside where items could be placed.

“Meow! It is really spacious, meow! President Park, give this to me, meow!”

Theo put his front paw inside and stirred it around, speaking in an excited voice.

“It’s already yours.”

“Puhuhut. As expected, I knew President Park would give it to me, meow! Thank you, meow!”

Theo, perhaps misunderstanding Se-jun’s words, even expressed gratitude as he took the bundle.

“Right. Take this for now.”

When Se-jun handed 1 trillion Tower Coins to Theo,

“Meow?! Should I burn this, meow?”

Theo tried to burn the money immediately.

“No!”

Se-jun hastily stopped Theo.

“Try putting the money into the bundle.”

“Understood, meow!”

When Theo put the money into the bundle,

Wooong.

the bundle emitted a red light.

And

“President Park, it says the bundle is connected to another tower, meow!”

“Really? Then put your front paw in.”

“Understood, meow!”

Theo put his front paw in as Se-jun said.

“How is it?”

“Something… is felt, meow! It is damp, meow! What is this, meow?!”

As Theo put his face into the bundle due to the unpleasant dampness, a giant centipede was putting Theo’s front paw in its mouth.

Of course, thanks to Theo’s Talent: Strong Hair, it was not chewed.

“Meow!”

Theo defeated the centipede that dared to try to eat his front paw,

“Meow?! But where is this, meow?”

put his body completely inside the bundle, and looked back.

‘That is where I came out from, meow.’

Behind him, just like in the Black Tower, the entrance of the bundle was visible. It seemed that the bundle could probably be opened and closed.

And

[Current Location – Purple Tower 72nd Floor]

The connection will be disconnected in 29 days, 23 hours, and 58 minutes.]

Above the bundle, the location of this place and the remaining time were displayed.

“Puhuhut. I should let President Park know, meow!”

Theo entered the bundle again with excited footsteps.

But

[You have been exposed to a deadly poison.]

“Kueok!”

As soon as Theo came out of the bundle, Se-jun collapsed.

The Purple Tower was basically a place full of poisonous energy.

“Meow?”

Just by Theo staying in the Purple Tower for a short while, his fur was covered in poisonous energy.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Papa collapsed again! I smell poison!]

Cuengi hastily took out the Detoxifying Green Onion from his snack pouch and fed it to Se-jun,

“Cure Poison!”

and Iona quickly detoxified the poison on Theo’s fur with magic.

“Ugh…”

While Se-jun was regaining consciousness like that,

Gulp. Gulp.

Mason was also drinking an antidote.

“The bundle is connected to the 72nd floor of the Purple Tower?”

“That’s right, meow!”

“Hm. I see. Let’s think a bit more about how to utilize the bundle.”

“Understood, meow! President Park, think a lot, meow!”

“Right.”

Inner peace.

Se-jun calmed his desire to squeeze and stretch the cheeks of Theo, who was rubbing his face against his lap. He would let it slide today.

Right now, there was a more important matter.

Since Theo had become a Great Merchant, Se-jun intended to throw a party to celebrate it. ‘Today, President Park was treating! Ring the golden bell!’

“Great Merchant Vice President Theo, wait here.”

Se-jun made Theo wait in the association president’s office for the surprise party.

“Meow?! I don’t want to, meow! I will go together too, meow!”

At Se-jun’s words, Theo immediately grabbed Se-jun’s lap tightly.

However,

“No. Wait.”

“Understood, meow! Since Great Merchant Vice President Theo will wait here, you must come quickly, meow!”

Dejected by Se-jun’s firm words, he let go of the lap.

“I’ll be back within an hour. Guys, let’s go!”

As Se-jun went out to prepare for the party, taking Cuengi and Iona with him,

“Theo-nim, by the way, who is that person named Park Se-jun?”

Mason asked Theo.

With such massive fame and easily taking out a huge amount of money and 1,000 scales of the Great Black Dragon, he did not seem to be an ordinary being…

He had never heard the name Park Se-jun.

“Meow? Did I not tell you, meow? Park Se-jun is President Park, and President Park is the Great Black Dragon, meow!”

“What?! The… the Great Black Dragon?!”

‘Why are you only telling me that now?!’

Recalling his disrespectful self who had ignored Se-jun earlier for having no fame, Mason looked at Theo with resentful eyes.

If the Great Black Dragon were to get angry, thinking, ‘Huh?! Come to think of it, that guy’s attitude earlier was unpleasant,’ he would be a dead man.

While Mason was trembling in fear,

“Vice President Theo, let’s go!”

Se-jun, who had finished the party preparations, called Theo.

“Understood, meow!”

At Se-jun’s call, Theo hurriedly ran and tightly hugged Se-jun’s lap.

As Se-jun went out carrying Theo like that,

“Huuu.”

Mason let out a sigh of relief.

At that moment,

“Aren’t you coming with us?”

I’m treating.

Se-jun poked his head through the gap in the door and asked Mason,

“I-I’m coming!”

and Mason followed Se-jun like a cow being dragged to a slaughterhouse.

***

“Sigh. It is a dilemma.”

Emila Evenus, the Apostle of the Creator God, sighed and said.

“What should I do with the young farmer of the Black Tower?”

Emila’s dilemma was because of Se-jun.

Se-jun had approached the closest to resolving the tasks left by the Creator God. Moreover, he was directly connected to all of them, not just one or two.

However,

“He is too weak.”

Se-jun was too weak to perform the tasks. There was great concern about whether he could do the future work properly.

Even so, there was no one competent enough to replace Se-jun.

“For now, I must watch the situation while supporting the young farmer of the Black Tower. But how do I support him?”

Emila fell into thought on how to help Se-jun and thought of a being who could help Se-jun.

“Where is Patrick, the God of the Earth, right now?”

Emila began to search for Patrick’s location.

***

When Se-jun came out of the headquarters of the Traveling Merchant Association,

Kkueng!

Cuengi grew giant and placed Se-jun on his front paw.

And when they entered the downtown,

“Wow! Great Merchant Theo Park!”

“Wow! Congratulations on becoming a Great Merchant!”

The downtown was filled with crowds celebrating Theo becoming a Great Merchant.

Se-jun rented out all the restaurants in the shopping street today and allowed them to eat food and drink alcohol for free,

and since Iona gave a ‘Kyu-‘ once, everyone cooperated actively.

“Puhuhut. You are wrong, meow! This body is the subordinate of the Great Black Dragon, the deadly dragon claw, the golden cat Great Merchant Theo Park, meow!”

Becoming smug quickly at the cheers of many, Theo shouted loudly.

“Wow! Long live the subordinate of the Great Black Dragon, the deadly dragon claw, the golden cat Great Merchant Theo Park!”

At Theo’s shout, the crowds shouted hard, repeating Theo’s words.

‘But why is it so desperate? We are going to eat delicious food afterward too?’

While Se-jun was wondering at the desperate shouting,

Thump. Thump.

Giant Cuengi walked slowly through the downtown, starting the parade.

When they had circled the downtown once like that,

Ppiyot!

[Lord Theo, congratulations on becoming a Great Merchant!]

“Congratulations!”

Koki!

[I congratulate you too!]

Ppiyot-i and Uren appeared, bringing Phoenix.

Phoenix had arrived from the 70th floor of the tower to the 75th floor of the tower without being detected, thanks to the stealth magic cast by Iona, and had been hiding in Granier Village.

And Ppiyot-i and Uren had brought that Phoenix.

“Nothing happened on the way, right?”

Ppiyot!

[Yes!]

Se-jun’s question answered Ppiyot-i.

At that moment,

Thump. Thump.

Kkueng!

[Papa, we arrived at the restaurant!]

Cuengi put Se-jun and the party down on the rooftop of the largest restaurant in the shopping street and became small again.

When the party sat at the table on the rooftop, the chefs who had been waiting in advance made dishes and brought them to the table.

“Puhuhut.”

Kkuhehehe.

Kkihihit.

Kkyutkkyutkkyut.

Pbeuheheut.

Uhehe.

Se-jun and the party enjoyed the party while eating food like that.

“But how did Uren pass the Great Merchant promotion exam?”

Se-jun asked Uren, who was putting food into his mouth diligently while competing with Cuengi.

Looking at the difficulty of Theo’s promotion exam, it was because he could not understand how Uren, who had no luck, had become a Great Merchant.

“Yes? Me? Actually…”

Uren explained how he had become a Great Merchant.

He had naturally recruited the three famous ones with money, and the 1,000 employment contracts were also naturally resolved with money.

“Then what about martial strength?”

“Ah. That’s a pass if it’s over 100? It just needs to be at a level to protect oneself.”

“Ah. Really?”

‘What? I thought one’s martial strength had to be high as well since they said it requires both trade and martial skills…’

“The fourth exam was…”

Bringing 11 trillion Tower Coins, the 4th stage exam, was too easy for Uren, who created gold.

“As for the final exam, seeing the red color coming out from the start, I realized. That I would never be able to pass this if I did it alone.”

“So?”

“Uhehe. So, I deployed lucky people extensively around myself. But by good fortune, I hired a mercenary with truly great luck. Thanks to that, I passed the exam easily.”

“Is that so?”

‘What is this? It is too much of a happy ending for Uren…’

“But… that mercenary disappeared the day after I became a Great Merchant. Along with the Great Merchant’s cart that automatically sells by itself, which I obtained from the last exam, and all my wealth. It turned out he was a very famous thief named Rune, the Faceless Great Thief.”

‘Phew. As expected… this is typical of Uren.’

Hearing Uren’s words, Se-jun felt relieved for some reason.

Perhaps the thief named Rune was a similar type to Theo. Taking away Uren’s misfortune and turning it into his own good luck.

“Puhuhut. It is good, meow!”

‘What a relief.’

Looking at Theo, who was lying flat on his lap and being petted, Se-jun thought it was fortunate that Theo had not strayed into a bad path.

At that moment,

[A class quest has occurred.]

[Quest: Find Patrick, the God of the Earth, who is sealed on the 35th floor of the Golden Tower, and break the seal.]

Reward: A large amount of class experience, 5 drops of the Elixir of Growth.

Suddenly, a quest message appeared in front of Se-jun.

“A class quest?”

Just like this, all of a sudden?

While Se-jun was wondering,

[A quest has occurred.]

[Quest: Feed a glass of Golden Samyangju to each of the great dragons afflicted by the curse of oblivion to lift the curse of oblivion.]

Reward: 3 bottles of the Elixir of Growth for every 1,000 great dragons’ curse lifted.

Another quest message appeared.

And

[A quest has occurred.]

[Quest: Please break the seals of the gods.]

Reward: 5 bottles of the Elixir of Growth for every five seals of gods broken.

The quest appeared once again.

The support from Emila, the Apostle of the Creator God, was quite generous.