Chapter 406 – Then It’s Eight

The 4th floor of the Black Tower.

“Attack!”

Millions of hunters formed a giant circle at a radius of 10km centered on the waypoint,

“Keeeek!”

and fought against the Flesh Devourers surrounding them.

Because if the waypoint on the 4th floor of the tower was captured, the way to come to the 4th floor of the tower in the future would disappear, so protecting the waypoint was very important.

“Mages, prepare for buffs!”

“Yes!”

At the instruction of Han Tae-jun, who was commanding the mages, the mages began to take out cherry tomatoes from their pockets and eat them.

Se-jun’s A-grade Cherry Tomato of Mana, which increased Mana by 1 for 10 minutes upon consumption.

Since it could be stacked up to 10 times, eating them simultaneously could increase Mana by 10.

The mages who ate the Cherry Tomatoes of Mana and received the mana buff like that.

“Mages who are ready, use magic! Magic is flying! Dodge it on your own! Multiple Magic Missile!”

“Fireball!”

“Fire Arrow!”

Starting with Han Tae-jun, the mages cast their magic.

As the number of Flesh Devourers decreased due to the mages’ magic bombardment, giving a brief moment of breathing room on the front lines,

“Prepare for buffs!”

Leon, the guild leader of the Phoenix Guild who was commanding the warriors, shouted to the hunters.

And,

Chew, chew.

the warriors began to eat Se-jun’s crops that they took out from their pockets.

Most ate the Corn of Stamina, while hunters who had some money ate the expensive Honey Sweet Potato of Strength or Potato of Strength.

Although Se-jun’s crops were widely distributed now and the overall prices had dropped a lot,

the Honey Sweet Potatoes that increased effects by 5 times, the Potatoes of Strength that cured stomach cancer, and the Carrots of Agility that cured eyesight were still expensive.

Hunters who did not even have the money to buy the Corn of Stamina filled their stomachs by eating combat rations.

While the mages bought time like that, the warriors who obtained buffs by eating the crops began to fight the Flesh Devourers again,

and after about an hour had passed, they defeated all the surrounding Flesh Devourers.

“Phew. Take a rest quickly! The next Flesh Devourers will come in an hour!”

Thud.

The hunters, exhausted from fighting, sat down on the spot.

At that moment,

“Humans! We have arrived, meow!”

The cat employees of Se-jun Company visited them.

“Oh! It’s the traveling merchants of Se-jun Company!”

“If you die after accumulating contribution points, it all becomes useless! Change it to Tower Coins quickly and buy crops!”

While the hunters who had no money hurriedly exchanged their contribution points for Tower Coins,

“Give me 1,000 Cherry Tomatoes of Mana!”

“I want 100 Corns of Stamina!”

other hunters hurriedly lined up in front of the traveling merchants and began to buy items.

Without the supply of these traveling merchants, they probably would not have been able to protect the waypoint on the 4th floor of the tower.

While the hunters were buying Se-jun’s crops like that,

“Huh? A pineapple?”

Miel, a mage hunter, discovered a new crop.

‘What is this?’

As Miel timidly reached out his hand toward the pineapple,

Slap.

“No, meow! Don’t touch it, meow!”

Allie, the cat intern, slapped Miel’s hand to stop him.

“Ah! Why did you slap me?!”

“That might explode if you touch it, meow!”

“What? Explode? You’re joking, right?”

Did she mean it was so delicious that it would explode?

“I’m not joking, meow!”

“Really? Then I can check the options, right? I’ll be careful.”

“Understood, meow! You must be really careful, meow!”

As Allie carefully held the pineapple with her two glutinous rice cake-like front paws, Miel carefully placed his hand on the pineapple.

And,

[Pineapple Screaming from Enduring Once]

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Grower: Black Tower Farmer Park Se-jun

Expiration Date: 120 days

Grade: A

“I’ll buy all of these!”

Miel, who checked the options of the pineapple, shouted.

“Really, meow?! Great, meow! It’s 1,000 Tower Coins each, meow!”

“What?! 1,000 Tower Coins?!”

An amount close to 1 billion won.

‘1 billion won for a single pineapple is too expensive…’

Miel pondered for a moment.

“Move if you’re not going to buy it. We’ll buy it.”

The hunters lining up behind him began to target the pineapple.

“It seems they are selling a new crop over there.”

“Really? Let’s change our line!”

Moreover, as hunters from other lines also showed interest in the pineapple and changed their lines,

‘That’s right! Park Se-jun’s crops always lived up to their value!’

Miel, getting impatient, decided to trust the name of Park Se-jun rather than his own judgment.

“Alright! Give me 50!”

‘This actually sold?’

When the instruction from Vice President Theo to try selling pineapples came down, all the traveling merchants of Se-jun Company were reluctant to sell the pineapples.

They thought it was hard to store and would not be popular among hunters.

So Allie, the youngest, had no choice but to bring all the remaining inventory, but…

Allie sold 100 pineapples that day and recorded the highest sales among the traveling merchants.

After the traveling merchants left like that,

“The enemies are coming!”

“Prepare for battle!”

the battle began again.

‘First, I should try using it.’

“Power of the wind… Wind Blow!”

To check its power, Miel used wind magic to blow the pineapple into the middle of the Flesh Devourers’ formation.

‘Please live up to the value of 1,000 Tower Coins!’

Miel prayed as he watched the flying pineapple.

While Miel prayed like that,

Thud.

the pineapple fell among the Flesh Devourers.

And,

Crack.

The middle of the impacted pineapple split open, and the trapped mana surged out wildly.

“Screeech!”

Kaboom!

A massive shockwave occurred along with a tremendous screaming sound.

Flesh Devourers within a 50m radius centered on the explosion point were wiped out by the shockwave, and enemies within a 100m radius were stunned.

[You have defeated a Flesh Devourer.]

[You have obtained 1,000 experience points.]

[Your contribution points increase by 1.]

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[You have leveled up.]

[You have obtained 3 bonus stats.]

[Your Magic Power increases by 5.]

“Oh! Leveled up!”

While Miel rejoiced at the level-up message,

[You have wiped out enemies using a bomb.]

[You can change class to Bomb Mage (C).]

[Would you like to change class?]

the class change message appeared.

Bomb Mage?!

If it was C-grade, it was higher in rank than his current class, Mage (D).

‘I must do this!’

Miel instinctively felt that this was a choice that would change his fate.

“I’ll change class.”

Miel boldly chose to change class,

“Khehehe! Explode!”

and defeated half of the enemies by himself that day, obtaining massive contribution points.

***

The 75th floor of the Black Tower.

Growl.

Fenrir growled low as he watched Theo and Cuengi approaching him with threatening expressions.

Even so, it was only cute.

“Kking! Kking!”

[Don’t come near! If you come, I’ll bite you!]

When his growling did not work, Fenrir barked loudly.

However,

“Kkamang-i is noisy, meow! As expected, you need to be scolded, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Cuengi will teach you what justice is!]

that only made the older brothers even angrier.

“Kking?! Kking!”

[Hey! What are you doing?! Protect me!]

When Fenrir was cornered, he asked his butler, Se-jun, for help, but

“‘Hey’? Kkamang-i, did you just call me ‘Hey’ again?”

Se-jun, feeling betrayed, did not help.

“Kkamang-i is ill-mannered, meow! You must be scolded, meow!”

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[That’s right! I will instill manners in you!]

Thus, Fenrir was spanked by Theo and Cuengi, forced to receive a manners patch.

“Kking! Kking!”

[I’m not Kkamang-i! I’m Fenrir, the noble wolf who hunts the 1st Seat of the Apostles of Destruction!]

Fenrir finally could not hold back and revealed his identity, but

“Puhuhut. If Kkamang-i is Fenrir, then I’m President Park, meow!”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Then Cuengi is Grandfather Kaiser!]

The two thought Fenrir’s words were just the bluff of a cute younger brother. This was because they had already seen the giant Fenrir on the 99th floor of the tower.

After a while,

“Be good to President Park from now on, meow!”

“Kking…”

[I understand.]

Rustle.

When Theo raised his front paw at Fenrir’s words,

“Kking…”

[Yo…]

Fenrir cowered and used polite language.

Fenrir had finally completed the manners patch.

“By the way, Kkamang-i, since when were you able to speak?”

When Se-jun asked Kkamang-i,

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Kkamang-i?

Kkamang-i did not answer. He was not yet familiar with his name.

Kkueng?

[Kkamang-i, aren’t you going to answer Papa’s question?]

When Cuengi tried to pull out the Staff of Justice from his pocket again,

‘Ah! My name was Kkamang-i!’

“Kking! Kking!”

[I don’t know! It just happened suddenly!]

Kkamang-i answered hastily while reading the expressions of Theo and Cuengi.

“Okay. Nice to meet you, Kkamang-i. My name is Park Se-jun.”

“Kking!”

[Yes!]

Se-jun formally greeted Kkamang-i, with whom communication was now possible.

“Now, let’s go shopping.”

As Se-jun put Kkamang-i in his sling bag and stood up,

“Puhuhut. President Park, what do you want to buy, meow?! If you tell me, I’ll guide you to everything, meow!”

Theo, who had been to the shopping street many times, clung to Se-jun’s leg and shouted.

“Then… let’s go to the blacksmith shop first.”

“Understood, meow! It’s over there, meow!”

Theo guided the way to the blacksmith shop with his front paw.

Thus, they arrived at the blacksmith shop.

“Oh! So this is the gacha corner!”

Se-jun was moved to directly see the blacksmith shop’s lucky draw corner that he had only heard about.

“How much is it here?”

When Se-jun asked the blacksmith shop employee to make a draw,

“It is 20 Tower Coins.”

the employee replied.

“Discount…”

Since Se-jun already knew the price Theo had drawn it at, he tried to discount it three times.

Although his money was overflowing, since he had always told Theo to use discounts, he had to set an example.

At that moment,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Cuengi is treating! I will bargain!]

Cuengi, full of passion, stepped forward. Cuengi would discount it a lot and let Papa do the draw with Cuengi’s allowance!

Kkueng!

[Give a discount!]

“Then… 17 Tower Co…”

As Cuengi barged in to bargain, the employee also accepted the bargain and was speaking when

Rustle.

Cuengi pulled out the Staff of Justice from his snack pouch.

‘Cuengi, use your words.’

Bang! Bang!

Fortunately, Cuengi did not hit the employee but lightly tapped his own front paw with the Staff of Justice.

However, it was only light to Cuengi; every time he tapped the Staff of Justice, the blacksmith shop shook from the impact.

“Wait a minute! Just for today, I’ll give it to you at half price, for 10 Tower Coins!”

Thinking that the blacksmith shop would collapse first while bargaining, the employee hurriedly shouted.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Papa, Cuengi is treating! Here it is!]

At the employee’s words, Cuengi took out and paid his precious allowance of 10 Tower Coins.

“Cuengi, thank you.”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Papa, if you need anything, Cuengi will buy it all for you!]

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi shook his allowance pouch and shouted gallantly.

After a while,

“Okay. I’ll choose this.”

Se-jun, who pondered for a long time at the lucky draw corner, chose a dull stone knife.

[Stone Knife]

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Usage Restriction: Lv. 10

Creator: Private

Grade: C

There was no reason. It was just that his hand had reached for it.

“Vice President Theo, how is this?”

Se-jun asked the golden front paw Theo to confirm if he had chosen well.

“Puhuhut. As expected of President Park, meow! It’s wonderful, meow!”

“Eh? Wonderful?”

‘I have terrible luck, though? There’s no way I chose well…’

Se-jun was puzzled by Theo’s praise.

‘I’ll know once I check it.’

“Aileen, appraise this for me.”

Se-jun sent the stone knife to Aileen.

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The Black Tower Administrator Area.

“Khehehe. Just wait a moment, Se-jun!”

Aileen hurriedly appraised the stone knife sent by Se-jun.

Then,

[Blade of the Earth]

The name of the item changed. In the description, it was written that it was a divine tool of Patrick, the God of the Earth.

“Ah?! This is a divine tool!”

While Aileen was surprised looking at the Blade of the Earth,

[By collecting 5 divine tools, you have achieved one of the growth conditions of the Great Tower.]

An alarm appeared on the crystal ball. The condition that had been unfulfilled because the divine tool was broken due to Battler, the God of Battle, was achieved once again.

“Khehehe. As expected of our Se-jun! Then, the growth conditions…”

Since we originally achieved seven… then that’s eight?!

Flash!

[All 8 growth conditions of the Black Great Tower have been achieved.]

The crystal ball shone golden, announcing that the growth of the Black Great Tower was fully completed.