Chapter 419 – Here, Praise

Although he had heard that Theo was diligently selling green onions to the Neta tribe hunters on the 1st floor of the Green Tower lately, he didn’t expect the effect to appear this quickly.

“Hehehe. Vice President Theo, well done.”

When he leaves work later, he should praise him and make him grilled giant fish.

“No. Let’s only praise him a little.”

Imagining Theo’s face smiling arrogantly at his praise made him feel cranky for no reason.

But what was the achievement reward?

As Se-jun was curious about the reward,

[Because it is a great achievement achieved in the Green Tower, you will acquire the reward by splitting it half-and-half with Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower.]

[Ophelia Iolg is your slave.]

[You additionally acquire 50% of the reward acquired by Ophelia Iolg.]

The reward messages appeared.

Since the great achievement was achieved in the Green Tower, the reward originally had to be split 5:5, but because Ophelia was Se-jun’s slave, he received an additional 25% more.

Therefore, Se-jun obtained 75% of the reward, and Ophelia obtained the remaining 25%.

[As a reward for achieving the great achievement, the crops cultivated by Park Se-jun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower, can absorb a fine amount of the power of ruin and turn it into nutrients.]

The reward obtained like that.

“What is this…?”

Almost nothing had changed.

It was just a change from ‘an extremely fine’ to ‘a fine’ amount.

Well, since he drove the locusts to extinction anyway.

Se-jun tried hard to hide his disappointment.

However, contrary to Se-jun’s disappointment, the change from ‘an extremely fine’ to ‘a fine’ was a very big change.

The crops growing in the field where Fenrir’s core fragment was planted could consume more nutrients, and

[Ah! I can absorb much more! I’m overflowing with energy!]

Above all, because Flamie absorbed a large amount of the red mist and her speed in cleaning near the 10th Tower became slightly faster.

[Sausage, eat quickly.]

Moreover, Flamie made a nutritional supplement with the nutrients made by absorbing the red mist and gave it to Sausage, the candidate for the new World Tree.

[Sau! Sage!]

Sausage, who still could only say his own name, exerted himself by shouting his name as if to live up to Flamie’s expectations, and

Cuengi!

[Papa, sausages grew on the sausage tree again, yo!]

“Oh!”

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Heh. Sausages!]

Made everyone happy.

***

The Black Tower Administrator area.

“Khehehehe. It’s finished!”

Aileen opened the pot lid while laughing, then

“Ack!”

Smelled it and quickly closed it.

Sigh. It’s a failure…

Still, after dozens of failures, she gained the skill to determine whether it was edible or not just by smelling it.

“Okay. This time…”

While Aileen was preparing to cook with a new recipe like that,

Hum.

The crystal ball vibrated.

“What is it?”

Khehehehe. Did our Se-jun do something again?

Aileen quickly ran to the crystal ball and checked the alarm.

[Park Se-jun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower, has achieved a great achievement of driving the first calamity, the locusts, to extinction in the dimension protected by the Green Tower.]

“Kheng?”

The Green Tower?

Aileen was puzzled, but thought that could be the case.

Because it was our Se-jun!

[Because it is a great achievement achieved in the Green Tower…]

Subsequently, an alarm with content similar to the message that appeared to Se-jun appeared,

[Reduces the time required for the growth of the Black Great Tower by 750 days.]

The period was reduced by 75% of the great achievement.

“Khing. What a pity.”

Why is it being shared with sister Ophelia when our Se-jun did it?

Aileen was angry.

[There are 33 days left until the growth of the Black Great Tower.]

“Khehehehe. Now I only have to wait 33 days to brag to Se-jun!”

Looking at the remaining time until the growth of the Black Great Tower, a laugh came out naturally.

At that moment,

Hum.

The crystal ball vibrated once again.

[The upgrade of the Bronze Mirror of Yearning has been completed.]

“Khehehehe. It’s done!”

After checking the alarm, Aileen quickly ran to the room with the divine tool repair equipment.

As the status of the Black Tower rose, the divine tool repair equipment became capable of not only repairing but also upgrading divine tools.

So, Aileen spent a fortune to upgrade the mirror after talking to Se-jun so that Se-jun could talk with his family longer,

And the upgrade of the Bronze Mirror of Yearning finished after almost 100 days.

When Aileen stood in front of the equipment like that,

[Silver Mirror of Yearning]

A silver mirror was visible.

The Bronze Mirror of Yearning had turned into a silver mirror as it upgraded.

“Good. Polymorph done, clothes worn, and face clean.”

Aileen quickly checked her status.

And,

‘Se-jun, sorry. I’ll use it first.’

Without relaying the news that the upgrade was completed to Se-jun,

‘Mother, I miss you!’

She recalled Se-jun’s mother, Kim Mi-ran, and infused mana into the mirror.

Then, Kim Mi-ran appeared in the mirror.

“Mother, hello!”

“Oh. Aileen, it’s been a while!”

Since Kim Mi-ran had talked with Aileen like this several times, she greeted her calmly and asked about Se-jun’s well-being.

While the two of them were talking like that,

“Mother, I have a favor!”

Aileen brought up what she wanted to say.

“Favor? What favor?”

“Please teach me how to cook! I want to make delicious dishes for Se-jun!”

Since her cooking skills did not improve no matter how much she practiced alone, Aileen decided to learn cooking from Se-jun’s cooking teacher, Kim Mi-ran.

“Hohoho. What a favor to ask. Since you want to feed my son, of course I can teach you.”

Kim Mi-ran, who did not know Aileen’s cooking skills, found her praiseworthy and readily granted Aileen’s request.

Thus, Aileen’s special cooking training began.

***

The Green Tower Administrator area.

Kruung.

Brachio was still snoring and sleeping, and

“Ehehe. I should go and ask Theo for food today too.”

Ophelia was stealthily leaving the room, carefully carrying the crystal ball, to go to the 1st floor of the tower behind Brachio’s back.

At that moment,

[Park Se-jun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower, has driven the first calamity, the locusts sent to Neta by ruin, to extinction.]

…

..

.

The message appeared in front of Ophelia.

“Ah. What! I was planning to do it…”

Ophelia grumbled for no reason, as if she, the great Green Dragon, was losing to Se-jun.

However,

‘Oh. Locusts can go extinct too.’

Inwardly, she was greatly surprised. Se-jun, who was weaker than her. She had thought he was acting up relying solely on farming…

‘This fellow Se-jun is amazing.’

“I must exert myself too!”

Ophelia decided that she should farm more diligently.

And,

[As a reward for achieving the great achievement, the crops cultivated by Ophelia Iolg, the Tower Farmer of the Green Tower, can absorb a very, very fine amount of the power of ruin and turn it into nutrients.]

“Good. I will eliminate ruin using this reward!”

Since they said there was a lot of red mist outside the tower, if she brought it and gave it to the crops as nutrients…

“As expected, I’m a genius!”

Ophelia was not sparing of praise for herself.

However, she did not know that lately all the great dragons were frantic about finding the red mist to earn Tower Coins.

“Then, before exerting myself, shall I go to the 1st floor of the tower to fill my stomach! To the 1st floor of the tower…”

Just as Ophelia was about to move to the 1st floor of the tower,

Hum.

The crystal ball vibrated.

***

“Hmm. What is it?”

When Brachio, the administrator of the Green Tower who woke up at the vibration of the crystal ball, flicked her finger, the crystal ball flew into Brachio’s hand.

“Ophelia?”

“Ehehe. Grandmother, are you awake?”

Along with Ophelia, who was holding the crystal ball.

“Ophelia, if you play tricks with the crystal ball… Huh?”

Brachio, who was about to nag Ophelia with a stern expression, saw the notification that appeared on the crystal ball.

[Park Se-jun, the Tower Farmer of the Black Tower, has achieved a great achievement of driving the first calamity, the locusts, to extinction in the dimension protected by the Green Tower.]

…

..

.

[Among the growth conditions of the Green Great Tower, ‘achieving 1 great achievement’, 1 great achievement has been filled.]

[One of the growth conditions of the Green Great Tower has been achieved.]

Although the rewards were divided, the tower’s system recognized that the Green Tower had achieved one great achievement.

“Unbelievable!”

To achieve the growth conditions of the Green Great Tower?!

Brachio, who checked the alarm, was astonished.

The growth conditions for the Great Tower of each tower had slightly different contents, and they were all things that were difficult to fulfill one by one.

To think Se-jun achieved such a difficult thing so easily?!

As expected…

Brachio realized once again. Park Se-jun was a great Tower Farmer.

He was probably the most outstanding among the Tower Farmers of the nine towers.

“But how did Park Se-jun drive the locusts outside the tower to extinction?”

“Grandmother. Actually, Se-jun on the 1st floor of the tower…”

Ophelia told Brachio that Se-jun had opened a shop on the 1st floor of the Green Tower.

“Really?”

‘Hohoho. Our Se-jun set up a shop in our Green Tower?’

Brachio examined the 1st floor of the tower through the crystal ball while holding back her laughter,

“It’s true.”

Confirming the shop selling Se-jun’s crops, she smiled warmly.

“Grandmother, I sent the bosses of the 99th, 98th, and 97th floors of the tower to protect Se-jun’s shop.”

To such a Brachio, Ophelia quickly bragged to Brachio about the good deed she had done.

“Yes. Our granddaughter did well. I should send the boss of the 96th floor of the tower to the shop and ask what else is needed.”

“Grandmother, can’t I go directly and ask?”

“Huh? You? That’s…”

Brachio naturally was not going to permit it. If Ophelia went down to the 1st floor of the tower, great chaos would occur at Se-jun’s shop.

“Actually… I have gone down to the 1st floor of the tower before. There is someone named Theo among Se-jun’s subordinates, and Theo can absorb my energy so that it won’t affect other places!”

Before Brachio could refuse, Ophelia quickly explained that it was safe for her to go down to the 1st floor of the tower.

“Is that so? Then go down only when Theo is there.”

“Yes! Ehehe. Grandmother, I love you!”

Ophelia, who received permission to go to the 1st floor of the tower, hugged Brachio and acted cute.

***

The 1st floor of the Green Tower.

“I’m ruined, meow…”

Theo fell into despair as he looked at the Sturdy Blade Green Onions that were not sold at all.

Although the extinction of the locusts was good news for everyone, it was not for Theo, who had to sell the green onions.

When the locusts went extinct in Neta, the Neta tribe hunters naturally had no need for the green onions, and Theo experienced a no-bid auction for the first time.

Since the Sturdy Blade Green Onions were not even edible, it was natural.

Fortunately, although he sold out all the other crops,

‘I came out talking big to Chairman Park, but…’

“I’m depressed, meow…”

Theo was very sad that he had failed to sell out the Sturdy Blade Green Onions, which took up the largest volume.

“Then see you tomorrow, meow…”

Thus, with his tail drooping heavily, Theo left work for the Black Tower.

“Vice President Theo, welcome back!”

Se-jun, who was grilling giant fish and sausages, welcomed Theo.

“Meow?!”

Theo was flustered at Se-jun’s warm welcome.

‘I couldn’t sell them out… this is big trouble, meow!’

He misunderstood that Se-jun was grilling the giant fish to celebrate his selling out of the items.

“Huh?”

‘Why is he acting like this?’

Looking at Theo’s expression, Se-jun was also flustered.

Usually, he would cling to Se-jun’s knees with an attitude that was not just confident but arrogant, urging him to quickly hand over the grilled giant fish…

‘Did something bad happen?’

Seeing the spiritless Theo made him feel uneasy.

‘Sigh. I wasn’t going to praise him… Here you go, praise.’

“Hehehe. Thanks to our Vice President Theo diligently selling the Sturdy Blade Green Onions to the Green Tower, they say the locusts went extinct in Neta. Thanks to that, I also obtained a great achievement, and this is all thanks to Vice President Theo. You did very well. Indeed, there’s only our Vice President Theo!”

Se-jun praised Theo to a slightly excessive degree.

Then,

“Meow?”

Theo was slightly surprised.

But,

“Puhuhut.”

‘Was that so, meow? Did I do something well again, meow?’

He quickly twitched the corners of his mouth,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I’m hungry, meow! Hand over the grilled giant fish quickly, meow!”

He put on an arrogant expression, clung to Se-jun’s knees, and began to speak loudly.

And,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Hand over the sausages, yo!]

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Heh. Hand over the sausages!]

Cuengi and Kkamang-i raised their voices along with Theo.

“I praised him for nothing…”

Without even knowing that the corners of his mouth had risen, Se-jun grumbled that he indeed should have spared the praise.