Chapter 414 – Dad, Cuengi Solved the Case, Yo

The 99th floor of the Green Tower.

“Grow!”

When Ophelia used her skill while sowing the mugwort seeds sent by Se-jun, the seeds quickly took root and grew into mugwort.

And,

[You harvested fresh mana mugwort.]

[Your job experience increased slightly.]

[The proficiency of Harvesting Lv. 7 increased slightly.]

[You obtained 70 experience points.]

[1 fresh mana mugwort was offered to Park Se-jun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower.]

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Ophelia diligently dug up mugwort to send to Se-jun.

“Alright. Finished harvesting 20,000 mugworts! What should I do now?”

‘I don’t want to work anymore!’

Ophelia, who had harvested the mugwort, spoke as she straightened her back.

“Ah. That’s right!”

‘Hesaid Park Se-jun’s shop was opened on the 1st floor of our tower.’

“Ehehe. I should go take a look.”

Ophelia moved to the Green Tower administrator area.

Kueeeung.

“Grandmother is sleeping.”

Ophelia carefully took the crystal ball and left the room so as not to disturb the sleeping Brachio.

And,

“Show me the 1st floor of the tower.”

Peering into the crystal ball, she looked for Se-jun’s shop on the 1st floor of the Green Tower.

A moment later.

“Oh! Found it!”

Ophelia found Se-jun’s shop. She could find it easily because hunters were gathered there.

“Oh! They are selling Park Se-jun’s crops in the shop.”

‘I want to eat Park Se-jun’s crops too…’

“Slurp…”

Ophelia wiped away the drool that had leaked out without her realizing.

Because of her pride, Ophelia could not ask Se-jun directly for crops, and only ate them when Brachio bought Se-jun’s crops from the Yong-Yong Market.

“Should I go eat some too?”

Ophelia contemplated for a moment.

“No way!”

‘Grandmother told me not to wander around blindly!’

Ophelia shook her head, recalling Brachio’s warning.

However,

“But I want to eat them…”

Ophelia’s gaze quickly fixed on Se-jun’s crops that the hunters were eating deliciously.

“The more I look, the harder it gets. By the way, are these guys doing their work well?”

As she wanted to eat more the more she looked, Ophelia searched for the bosses she had sent to distract herself.

And,

“These bastards!!!”

Ophelia flared up while looking at the bosses.

The 99th floor boss of the tower, Agni, who was roasting crops and eating roasted corn deliciously.

The 98th floor boss of the tower, Cerberus, who was lying down and guarding the entrance while eating roasted sweet potatoes.

And even the 97th floor boss of the tower, Saintess of Destruction Egel, who was treating hunters at the treatment center while eating cherry tomatoes.

Since Se-jun Company basically provided three meals a day, they had naturally provided meals to the bosses as well.

‘These guys are eating all by themselves!’

“Ugh! I can’t take it!”

‘I’m going to go eat too!’

Ophelia looked at Brachio carefully.

Kueeeung.

‘Good. She fell fast asleep!’

“Move to the 1st floor of the Green Tower.”

Confirming that Brachio was fast asleep, Ophelia spoke while holding the crystal ball.

[Do you want to move to the 1st floor of the Green Tower?]

“Yeah!”

[Moving to the 1st floor of the Green Tower.]

Thus, Ophelia moved to the 1st floor of the Green Tower.

‘What?! It’s Park Se-jun’s subordinate, Theo.’

She blocked the attack heading toward herself, and greeted Theo.

“Meow! Nice to meet you, Chairman Park’s slave Ophelia, meow!”

‘Ugh! A slave…’

Although Theo’s words were very displeasing, she could not argue back because it was true.

Furthermore,

‘Now is not the time to be hung up on such things!’

Ophelia had a purpose in coming here.

“I want to eat that too!”

Ophelia hurriedly spoke, pointing at the crops sold in the shop to Theo.

“Puhuhut. Understood, meow!”

At Ophelia’s words, Theo obediently took out crops from his bundle and handed them over.

Since it was providing meals to a Se-jun Company employee, it was not strange at all from Theo’s perspective.

However,

“Isn’t there anything I can do for you?”

Not knowing that, Ophelia asked Theo if there was anything she could help with.

She did not want rumors to spread that the great Green Dragon did not pay the price.

“Then leave quickly, meow! I am tired, meow!”

“Huh? S… sorry!”

Only then did Ophelia see Theo’s face, which was tired from absorbing her energy.

“Then I’ll leave!”

When Ophelia hurriedly returned,

“Meow… I’m exhausted, meow!”

The exhausted Theo trudged back to the Black Tower to clock out. ‘I need Chairman Park’s knee charging, meow!’

***

The 99th floor of the Black Tower.

“Umm.”

Se-jun, who opened his eyes, moved his body carefully. Fortunately, nothing hurt.

“Were the bones replaced well?”

Se-jun hurriedly checked the authority.

…’

Aileen thought it was strange that Se-jun’s authority was reinforced, but considered that all was well since the outcome was good.

Thus, Se-jun had a conversation with Aileen.

“I will invest all 10 bonus stat points into Agility.”

Se-jun increased his lowest stat, Agility, with the bonus stat points.

“But that rascal Kkamang-i is insolent.”

‘He must have clearly seen me faint, yet he just left me alone?’

“Kkamang-i!”

Se-jun looked for Kkamang-i in a sulk.

And,

Kkirorong.

“I knew you would be here.”

He discovered Kkamang-i sleeping spread-eagled in the storage with his plump belly sticking out.

As if he had fallen asleep while eating, he was biting a half-eaten raw sweet potato in his mouth.

“Ugh. Seriously, this…”

‘He is too small, there is nowhere to hit.’

Se-jun let out a sigh, sat down with a thud next to Kkamang-i, and stroked his belly.

At this,

Burp.

Kkihikit.

Kkamang-i let out a cool burp, smiled broadly, grabbed Se-jun’s hand with his short front paws, and leaned his head on it.

“You think this is funny? Huh?”

He let it slide because Kkamang-i was cute.

Se-jun grumbled and carefully lifted Kkamang-i with both hands, put him in the sling bag, and cleaned up the floor Kkamang-i had made a mess of.

At that time,

“Chairman Park, I’m back, meow!”

Theo, who returned from the Green Tower, rushed toward Se-jun.

Slap.

As expected, the first was the face.

“Puhuhut.”

Theo, who clung to Se-jun’s face, rubbed his face against the crown of Se-jun’s head.

“Did you do well?”

Se-jun asked Theo.

“Puhuhut. Yes, meow! And Lady Ophelia came to visit the shop, meow!”

“Ophelia?!”

“Yes, meow!”

“If Ophelia appeared, the 1st floor of the tower must have been in a huge fuss?”

“Puhuhut. So I, Vice President Te, stepped forward and absorbed all of Ophelia’s energy, meow!”

“Huh? What if you absorb all of that? What if something bad happens to you?!”

“Meow? Puhuhut. Chairman Park, did you just worry about me, meow?”

“Huh?”

“Don’t worry, meow! Thanks to absorbing Lady Ophelia’s energy, I became much stronger, meow!”

Theo, who became in a good mood at Se-jun’s worry, puffed out his chest and shouted in an arrogant voice.

‘Really, why did I do that? I meddled in others’ business again.’

“So, why did she say she came?”

“She asked for Chairman Park’s crops, meow!”

“Really? Then she should have just told me.”

‘Did she do that because her pride was hurt?’

“Then, you take care of her in the future too, Theo. Since Vice President Te will become stronger if you absorb the energy every time Ophelia appears.”

“Meow! That’s a good idea, meow! As expected, Chairman Park is a genius, meow!”

“Hmph. Of course. Vice President Te, know that it’s an honor to become the subordinate of the genius Chairman Park.” “Puhuhut. Naturally, I, Vice President Te, think it is an honor to become the subordinate of the genius Chairman Park, meow!”

‘What is this? How can he take a joke so seriously?’

‘And why is the embarrassment mine to bear?’

“Puhuhut. Meeting the genius Chairman Park is the best thing I have done in my cat life, meow! I respect you, meow! Chairman Park is great, meow!”

Theo continued to praise Se-jun, unaware of Se-jun’s feelings.

‘Stop it.’

When Se-jun tried to cover Theo’s mouth,

“But your face is rotten, meow!”

Ugh.

‘The order is reversed… why do you give the disease at the end after pouring the medicine?!’

Not giving the disease then the medicine, but giving the medicine then the disease.

Instead, Se-jun’s embarrassment vanished completely.

“Let’s go out.”

“Understood, meow!”

At Se-jun’s words, Theo clung to Se-jun’s knee, and Se-jun took a step to walk out of the storage.

When Se-jun came outside like that,

Kkueng!

[Dad, Cuengi came, yo!]

Ppiyot!

[I came too!]

“I have come too!”

Cuengi, who had received special training from the Bull Demon King, returned along with Ppiyot and Yuren.

“Why are you guys so late, meow?!”

Theo asked while looking at Ppiyot and Yuren. Because they were supposed to come up after making the skeletons on the 96th floor of the tower into slaves.

“That is, on the way up…”

Yuren explained the circumstances.

“So… you’re saying you met a thief on the way up and got late while chasing him?”

“Yes!”

Indeed, it was just like Yuren, the icon of misfortune.

“So, did you catch him?”

Ppiyot!

[No! He suddenly disappeared on the 81st floor of the tower, so we couldn’t catch him!]

Ppiyot answered in a resentful voice.

“Hmm. It is time for the great detective Sherlock Se-jun to step forward.”

The 81st floor of the tower was a place Se-jun could go. He felt it would be good to go check on the pear tree farm after a long time too.

“Puhuhut. Then, the assistant of the great detective Sherlock Se-jun, Theotson, is also deploying, meow!”

Kkueng!

[Detective Kkoonan is deploying too, yo!]

“Then, let’s leave right away!”

Thus, Se-jun and his group, who decided to chase the thief, moved to the waypoint.

[You arrived at the 81st floor of the Black Tower.]

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“Guys, come out.”

Se-jun, who arrived at the 81st floor of the tower through the waypoint, called his companions in the subspace warehouse.

And,

“Ppiyot, guide me to the place where you lost the thief.”

Ppiyot! Ppiyot!

[Yes! Just trust me!]

They moved following Ppiyot.

***

The outskirts of destruction.

“What is this?”

Halphas, the Crow of Death and the 2nd Seat of the Apostles of Destruction, frowned while looking at the orb whose red energy was slowly disappearing.

There had never been a time like this, and to think such a thing occurred not just once but twice…

It was clear that something he did not know about was happening.

“How dare they oppose the power of destruction!”

As the phenomenon of the power of destruction decreasing occurred on ‘Neta’ following ‘Earth’, Halphas raged.

“What is Fenrir doing?!”

Halphas vented his anger on Fenrir, who was not present, for no reason.

At that moment,

[Fenrir, why do you call me?]

Fenrir’s voice was heard.

“Fenrir? Why is your voice coming from there?”

Halphas asked while looking at the orb containing Earth.

[No need to know. More than that, hand over the control of the disaster to me. I will handle this place.]

Fenrir’s thought did not mention that his core fragments had scattered.

Although they were fellow Apostles of Destruction, they were wild beasts that would bite each other if they showed weakness, even if they were on the same side.

“Understood. I will hand over the control of the disaster.”

Halphas handed over the control as requested.

In this way, the control of all disasters on Earth was passed to Michael.

***

Ppiyot! Ppiyot!

[Here! He suddenly disappeared here!]

Ppiyot stopped in front of a giant stone wall.

At that time,

Kkueng!

[I smell something, yo!]

As Cuengi closed his eyes and followed the culprit’s scent relying on his sense of smell, his figure disappeared at some point.

And,

Boom!

Along with a giant roar, a massive building appeared.

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Dad, Cuengi solved the case, yo!]

Cuengi, who had destroyed the core of the illusion magic circle, ran to Se-jun with a bright smile.