Chapter 423 – Hehehe. Everyone, They Say We Can Go Home

The Black Tower Administrator area.

“Khehehehe. Does this mean I can see Mother in person in 3 days? What should I wear?”

At the news that Earth would be incorporated into the Black Great Tower, Aileen quickly ran to her wardrobe and began to choose clothes to wear when she met Kim Mi-ran.

Even when it was the Black Tower, she couldn’t even go down to the 99th floor of the tower, but in her excitement, Aileen momentarily forgot that fact.

At that moment,

Hum.

The crystal ball vibrated again.

“Kheng? Is there something else?”

Aileen quickly checked the crystal ball.

[The Black Great Tower Administrator Manual is added.]

“Manual?”

Aileen quickly read through the manual.

“Since the 0th floor of the Black Great Tower is temporarily incorporated, there is no land deed. Instead, through the exclusive entrance on the 1st floor of the Black Great Tower, only the administrator, middle managers, and entities they permit can enter and exit. Khehehehe. Good!”

Aileen was excited at the news that she and Se-jun could go to Earth.

However,

“In the 0th floor, you can only stay within the safe zone created by the Black Great Tower, and to avoid affecting the 0th floor of the Black Great Tower, a stay fee must be paid. The stay fee increases the stronger the ability is?”

As she read the manual further, Aileen’s expression darkened.

If the sum of all stats is 100, it is 100 million; if 1,000, it is 10 billion; if 10,000, it is 100 billion; if 20,000, it is 150 billion; if 30,000, it is 300 billion…

Like a progressive tax, the cost gradually increased as the amount of stats grew,

“Kheng?! Mine is 1 quintillion Tower Coins?!”

Aileen was greatly flustered.

And that was the fee to be paid per hour. Due to the racial premium of being a great dragon, a surcharge fee was even attached.

“Khing…”

How could she gather that much money?

As Aileen became depressed while reading the manual,

‘I should just watch our Se-jun.’

She searched for Se-jun through the crystal ball.

***

The 99th floor of the tower.

Thud! Thud!

“Oh. This is good?!”

Se-jun spoke as he swung the Giant Sausage Staff at the rock he made with the Land Moving skill.

Even though he swung it lightly, the hardened rock shattered against the Giant Sausage Staff.

Tremendous destructive power.

Even if its appearance looked trivial, a divine tool was indeed a divine tool.

Once Se-jun finished testing the Giant Sausage Staff like that and put the staff down for a moment,

Kkihihit! Kking!

[Heh. The Giant Sausage Staff is claimed by the Great Kkamang-i-nim!]

Kkamang-i, who had been waiting for Se-jun to put it down, quickly bit the sausage and ran away.

“Hey! That’s not for you to eat!”

Se-jun quickly chased after Kkamang-i.

Although Se-jun used to play with him without catching him on purpose in the past, Kkamang-i had become strong in his own way as he made a new core.

Pitter-patter.

Kkihihit. Kking!

[Heh. Here comes the swift Kkamang-i-nim!]

As he ran here and there between the crops with his small body, it became difficult even for Se-jun to catch him.

A chase game of chasing and being chased.

While the two of them were playing tag like that,

“Puhuhut. I will earn 10 times more tomorrow, meow!”

Theo, while packing crops into his bundle, burned with determination to sweep up all the Green Tower’s Tower Coins tomorrow, and

“Kkuhehehe.”

[Dinner is sausages, yo!]

Cuengi harvested sausages diligently while imagining eating sausages for dinner.

After a while,

“Pant, pant. Cheap guy. Running only between the crops on purpose… If you’re going to act like that, I also have a way. Cuengi, catch Kkamang-i for me.”

Se-jun, who was tired from running, stopped chasing and asked Cuengi,

Cuengi!

[Understood, yo!]

Cuengi floated Kkamang-i in the air with telekinesis.

Kking! Kking!

[I shook him off! Now I should hide and eat!]

Without even knowing that, Kkamang-i was running excitedly toward his secret warehouse.

However,

Floating.

Kking?!

[What is it?!]

Kkamang-i, who was running hard, was flustered when he suddenly couldn’t run forward.

Flail, flail.

Although he moved his feet hard, his feet did not touch the ground.

And,

Grab.

“Hehehe. Caught you, you rascal.”

Eventually, while floating in the air, his scruff was grabbed by Se-jun, and he had to spit out the Giant Sausage Staff.

Kking…

[My Giant Sausage…]

Smack, smack.

Kkamang-i licked around his mouth with a disappointed expression.

Kkihihit. Kking.

[Heh. It’s delicious.]

His mood improved quickly at the taste of sausage on his tongue.

“Huh? There are bite marks?”

Taking the Giant Sausage Staff from Kkamang-i, Se-jun spoke as he looked at the bite marks on the staff.

When he bit it, it didn’t even leave a mark, but dragon teeth were indeed different.

Having retrieved the Giant Sausage Staff like that, Se-jun harvested the remaining sausages with Cuengi.

And when the sausage harvest was finished,

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I have returned, meow!”

Theo, who had packed all the items to sell in his bundle, walked majestically with Kkamang-i on his back.

Kkirorong.

He probably picked him up while he was sprawled out asleep on the ground.

As Se-jun lifted Kkamang-i up,

Kking… Kking…

[Sleepy… I want to sleep…]

“Yes. Alright.”

As Se-jun put the whining Kkamang-i into the sling bag,

Kkirorong.

He fell fast asleep in no time, and

“Puhuhut. I’m happy, meow!”

In the meantime, Theo tightly hugged Se-jun’s knees and clung to him.

At that moment,

[The Tower Administrator says that a way has been created for you to go home.]

Aileen spoke to Se-jun.

At first, Aileen was heartbroken that she couldn’t go to Earth with Se-jun.

However, watching Se-jun, she realized that she was selfish.

‘Se-jun must want to go home too, right?’

Although he always lived brightly, sometimes he would absentmindedly fall into thought and wear a lonely expression.

‘I was too uncaring…’

So she hurriedly delivered the fact that he could go home to Se-jun.

“Huh?! Home?!”

Se-jun was flustered at Aileen’s words.

“They said it’s difficult for me to go because I became strong, though?”

[The Tower Administrator says there is no need to worry.]

[The Tower Administrator says that thanks to you, the Black Tower grew into the Black Great Tower, and a way to go safely has been created.]

“The Black Great Tower?”

[The Tower Administrator says that the Black Tower grew thanks to your active role.]

[The Tower Administrator says that therefore…]

Aileen explained to Se-jun that Earth was temporarily incorporated as the 0th floor of the Black Great Tower and the contents of the Black Great Tower Manual she read.

“Oh! Then in 3 days, we can really go home?!”

[The Tower Administrator says that you can go home as long as you find the land deed for the 1st floor of the tower.]

“Hehehe. Everyone, they say we can go home!”

Hearing Aileen’s explanation, Se-jun shouted to Theo and Cuengi.

Then,

“Meow?! Isn’t here our home, meow?”

Cuengi?

[We have another home, yo?]

The two were puzzled.

“Ah. Not our home, but my parents’ home.”

“Meow?! Are we finally seeing Chairman Park’s Chairman Park, who gave birth to Chairman Park, meow?!”

At Se-jun’s words, Theo asked in an excited voice.

“Huh?”

Chairman Park’s Chairman Park? Ah, is he talking about my dad?

While Se-jun was interpreting Theo’s words,

Cuengi! Cuengi!

[Finally, Cuengi is meeting grandmother, yo! Grandmother will cook lots of delicious food for me, yo!]

Cuengi ran around in all directions while cheering.

“Everyone, calm down. First, we have to obtain the land deed for the 1st floor of the tower.”

Se-jun calmed the two down.

The land deed for the 1st floor of the tower, which they had been searching for but could not find the whereabouts of.

Until now, even if they found it, they couldn’t leave the tower, so they weren’t desperate to find it, but now they became truly desperate.

We will find the land deed for the 1st floor of the tower within 3 days by using all methods!

“Let’s go find the land deed!”

Se-jun shouted while clenching his fists,

“Good, meow! Let’s depart, meow!”

Cuengi!

[Going, yo!]

Theo and Cuengi clung to Se-jun’s body and raised their front paws high.

Thus the three… no, five including Kkamang-i and Baet-baet-i left the farm and headed to the waypoint,

[You have arrived at the 75th floor of the Black Tower.]

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[Due to the effect of , all stats increase by 24.]

Se-jun and his companions who arrived at the 75th floor of the tower.

After a while,

“Hand over the land deed for the 1st floor of the tower, meow!”

Theo, who was clinging to Se-jun’s legs, stretched out his front paw to Mason, the President of the Traveling Merchant Association, demanding the land deed for the 1st floor of the Black Tower out of nowhere.

“Yes?!”

Mason wanted to say, ‘It’s not like you left it with me, where am I supposed to suddenly get the land deed for the 1st floor of the tower?!’ but

He swallowed his words upon making eye contact with Se-jun, who was quietly waiting for Mason’s answer. If he spoke wrongly, he might incur the wrath of the Great Black Dragon.

“S… Sorry. I will search diligently, very diligently. And, although it’s not the 35th floor of the Golden Tower, I have obtained two land deeds for the Golden Tower.”

Mason quickly took out two land deeds.

[Land Deed for the 22nd Floor Farm of the Golden Tower]

[Land Deed for the 53rd Floor Farm of the Golden Tower]

“Thank you.”

Se-jun received the land deeds,

Clank.

“This is the payment for the land deeds.”

“It is fine, though… thank you.”

He opened the subspatial warehouse, grabbed two handfuls of gold coins, and handed them to Mason. This was because he felt bad about continuing to receive them for free.

“Hmm…”

After Se-jun and his companions left, Mason appraised the gold coins with a monocle.

He thought there would be something special about the gold coins given by the Great Black Dragon.

And,

“This is?!!!”

Mason, who was appraising the gold coins, was shocked upon seeing the small design engraved on them. They were rare gold coins of which only 10,000 existed in the Black Tower.

‘Indeed, the Great Black Dragon is generous!’

Mason carefully displayed the 23 gold coins, which were worth over 5 billion Tower Coins each, with a satisfied expression.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, where are we going next, meow?”

“First, I’m planning to go to the 79th floor of the tower, and then to the 55th floor.”

Se-jun answered Theo’s question. Se-jun’s plan was to stop by the Cobb Kingdom and then the Red Ribbon Kingdom.

And,

“I’m sorry. Although we are searching diligently, we only found land deeds for the Brown Tower.”

Prana, the Queen of the Cobb Kingdom, handed over three land deeds for the Brown Tower with an apologetic face. They were land deeds for the 3rd, 32nd, and 34th floors of the Brown Tower.

“Thank you. This is the payment for the land deeds.”

Se-jun pulled out gold from the subspatial warehouse and gave it this time too. What he took out this time was a palm-sized golden eagle statue.

He was just attracted to this.

After Se-jun left, Prana, thinking that the golden statue Se-jun gave was extraordinary, called an appraiser to appraise it.

“My Queen! This is the golden statue of the first Queen Merma, who founded the Cobb Kingdom, which was stolen by the Faceless Great Thief Rune! Appraising this is the glory of my family!”

The appraiser shouted in a voice full of emotion. The value reached almost 300 billion Tower Coins.

Arriving at the 55th floor of the tower while scattering money like that, Se-jun.

Bpyak!

[Uncle, welcome!]

Pyupyu!

[Se-jun-nim, welcome!]

Hearing the news of Se-jun’s arrival, the Black Rabbit and Pyupyu welcomed Se-jun at the main gate of the White Castle.

“Yes.”

Since it was dinner time, Se-jun had a meal and talked with the Black Rabbit couple.

“So, because I became able to go home, I am searching for the land deed for the 1st floor of the tower. Black Rabbit, have you heard anything about the location of the land deed for the 1st floor of the tower?”

Bpyak! Bpyak…

[No! We are searching hard too, but…]

As the Black Rabbit spoke and signaled to his subordinate with his eyes, the subordinates brought 7 scroll documents in front of Se-jun.

They were the land deeds for the 53rd floor of the Blue Tower, the 23rd and 68th floors of the White Tower, the 25th floor of the Green Tower, and the 22nd, 78th, and 94th floors of the Red Tower.

“Thank you.”

As Se-jun packed the land deeds he received and expressed his gratitude,

Bpyak?!

[Uncle, take me too when you go home! I also want to greet uncle’s parents! You’ll take me, right?]

The Black Rabbit asked for permission, saying he would go to Earth too.

“Yes. Of cour…”

At the Black Rabbit’s praiseworthy words, Se-jun was answering happily, but then he noticed the Black Rabbit flinching as he made eye contact with Pyupyu.

‘Our Black Rabbit is still having a hard time. I’ll make sure to take you with me!’

Just as Se-jun decided that he must surely take the Black Rabbit to Earth,

Rattle, rattle.

A black hole appeared in the air, and the golden cart that went to the Golden Tower returned after two days, having sold out all the items.