Chapter 431 – I Have Returned

[Herb Collector Cuengi Park defeated a Flesh Devourer.]

[Obtained 500, which is 50% of the experience points obtained by Herb Collector Cuengi Park.]

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[You have leveled up.]

[You have obtained 1 bonus stat.]

“Oh. Level up.”

While Se-jun, who had leveled up without lifting a single finger in his spot thanks to Cuengi, was smiling,

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng?

[Hehehe. Dad, did Cuengi do well, yo?]

Cuengi rummaged through his snack pouch and pulled out the praise card.

“Of course you did very well. By the way, shall we see how much allowance our Cuengi has gathered?”

Stamp.

Se-jun said as he stamped the praise card with a tense expression.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Cuengi gathered a lot, yo! Here it is, yo!]

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi quickly handed his allowance pocket to Se-jun, wanting to brag about the allowance he had diligently gathered.

And,

“Oh! Cuengi, look over there! It’s a convenience store! There are lots of delicious things there, shall we go and look?”

Se-jun, who received Cuengi’s allowance pocket, quickly suggested looking at the convenience store to Cuengi.

He planned to fill the allowance pocket with 3,000 Tower Coins again while Cuengi looked at the convenience store foods.

But,

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[No, yo! I will quickly meet Cuengi’s grandmother and ask her to make delicious food, yo!]

Slurp.

Although he drooled, our principled Cuengi did not fall for the wicked temptation.

“Excuse me, Mr. Dong-sik, can I borrow your phone for a moment?”

“Yes. Here it is.”

So, changing his strategy, he borrowed the smartphone from Dong-sik and

“I can make a video call, right?”

“Of course! Use it as much as you want.”

made a video call to Kim Mi-ran.

-Hello?

“Mom, it’s me, Se-jun.”

-Se-jun! Have you finally come out of the tower?!

“Yeah. But I think I’ll have to go back in in a bit.”

-How long will you be here?

“About 3 hours? Mom. Hold on. I’ll hand it over to Cuengi.”

-Oh my! Cuengi came out too?!

‘Mom, why are you more pleased by Cuengi’s arrival? Your son is about to feel disappointed.’

“Cuengi, it’s grandmother.”

When Se-jun handed the phone to Cuengi,

Kkueng!

[Cuengi’s grandmother, nice to meet you, yo!]

holding the phone with both front paws, Cuengi did a deep bow to Kim Mi-ran.

-Our Cuengi, have you been well?

Kkueng!

[Cuengi wants to eat the delicious food made by Cuengi’s grandmother, yo!]

-Yes. Cuengi, grandmother has made lots of delicious things, so come quickly.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Cuengi is hungry, yo! I can eat a lot, yo!]

Even though they clearly didn’t speak the same language, the conversation flowed without any issues.

While Cuengi was conversing with Kim Mi-ran like that,

the hand was faster than the eye!

Se-jun quickly took out 3,000 Tower Coins, put them into the allowance pocket, and

“Mom, since we should arrive within an hour, tell Se-dol to order all of my favorite delivery foods.”

-Okay. Come quickly! Because I miss you.

“…Yeah.”

Somehow it felt like she was waiting for Cuengi more than him, but Se-jun tried his best to ignore it and hung up the video call.

And,

“Wow. Our Cuengi has gathered as much as 3,000 Tower Coins?”

He spoke in a seemingly surprised voice while casually pulling out 3,000 Tower Coins from the allowance pocket.

Kkueng! Kkueng!

[That’s right, yo! Cuengi is rich, yo!]

At Se-jun’s words, Cuengi puffed out his belly instead of his chest, bragging.

‘Good. It was perfect.’

“Yes. Our Cuengi is rich.”

[You have copied the skill: Kkueng Ten-Thousand-Step Fist (Master).]

Se-jun stroked Cuengi’s belly and copied the skill.

As a result of Se-jun’s research, the higher the intimacy with the other party, the significantly higher the probability of copying the desired skill using the Skill Plunder Stone.

Of course, it had to be a usable skill.

Thanks to that, Se-jun was able to copy only the Kkueng Ten-Thousand-Step Fist.

Se-jun planned to personally eliminate the energy of destruction within 500 km using Kkueng Ten-Thousand-Step Fist. Because the destruction was in the sea.

If Cuengi defeated them with Kkueng Ten-Thousand-Step Fist, the countries around the East Sea, West Sea, and South Sea might suffer massive damage from a giant tsunami.

[Kkueng Ten-Thousand-Step Fist (Master)]

This is a joint creation skill designed and created by Cuengi, the Crimson Giant Honey Bear, along with his master, the Bull Demon King, to strike enemies from afar without causing harm to his dad.

It is a skill that evolved through Kkueng Hundred-Step Fist and Kkueng Thousand-Step Fist, allowing one to attack enemies who are very far away as long as the target can be detected.

The destructive power decreases for every 1 km the enemy’s distance increases.

Restriction of Use: All stats 1,000 or higher

‘Finish quickly and go home!’

“Kku-Park Ten-Thousand-Step Fist!”

Whoosh.

Se-jun, subtly attaching his own name to the skill, vigorously extended his fist toward the place where the energy of destruction was felt.

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Naturally, nothing happened in front of them.

Huhut. Now a message saying he defeated the destruction in the East Sea would appear.

Se-jun kept waiting for the message, but

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the message did not appear.

[You have copied the skill: Kkueng Ten-Thousand-Step Fist (Master).]

Whoosh.

Although he used the skill a few more times on the nearby energies of destruction, the message did not appear.

“Ah. I’m tired. Vice President Theo, take this.”

Ultimately, Se-jun, who was worn out after seven Kku-Park Ten-Thousand-Step Fists, gave the Skill Plunder Stone to Theo and had him use the skill instead, and

“Meow!”

[Sentry Theo Park defeated a Giant Bloodsucking Leech.]

[Obtained 5,000, which is 50% of the experience points obtained by Sentry Theo Park.]

Theo defeated the enemy.

And,

“Puhuhut. I completed a new technique, meow!”

Theo, grasping the principle of the skill, quickly created a new skill.

‘Why can’t I make skills when Theo makes them so easily?’

While Se-jun looked at Theo with envious eyes,

“Chairman Park, since this is a combination technique, please name it, meow!”

Puhuhut. It would be good if Chairman Park’s name is in it, meow!

Theo asked Se-jun for the name of the new technique.

“Theo-Kku-Park Ten-Thousand-Step Meteor Paw?”

A paw stamp that drops a meteor on an enemy ten thousand steps away.

“Wow!”

‘I named this?! Insane! I just got goosebumps!’

Se-jun was surprised even after naming it himself. Because it was named so well.

Following Theo-Kku-Park Drill Storm, another combination technique with a bizarre name was created.

“Meow! Meow!”

While Theo was defeating the leeches with the new technique, Theo-Kku-Park Ten-Thousand-Step Meteor Paw,

‘I should head home soon.’

“Mr. Dong-sik, by the way, where is my house?”

Se-jun asked Dong-sik for the location of the house where his family lived. Because he didn’t know the exact address of the house they had moved to.

“Please follow me. I will guide you.”

“Yes.”

While Se-jun was riding in Dong-sik’s car with his companions to go home,

“Vice President Theo, this time here.”

“Understood, meow! Meow!”

Se-jun held and swung Theo’s front paw as he stuck his paw out of the window,

[Sentry Theo Park defeated a Giant Bloodsucking Leech.]

[Obtained 5,000, which is 50% of the experience points obtained by Sentry Theo Park.]

they defeated the Giant Bloodsucking Leeches, and

[You have driven the second calamity sent by destruction, the Giant Bloodsucking Leech, to extinction.]

[You have achieved a great achievement that no one has achieved until now.]

[As a great achievement reward, the second calamity of destruction, the Giant Bloodsucking Leech, cannot invade Earth.]

As the Giant Bloodsucking Leech went extinct on Earth, he achieved a great achievement.

[As a great achievement reward, the cost of staying on the 0th floor of the Black Great Tower decreases by 2% hereafter.]

Thanks to that, the stay cost was reduced by 2%.

‘Sheesh, only 2%…’

Se-jun complained.

But

‘If it’s 2% of 300 quadrillion, it’s 6 quadrillion?!’

He soon realized that it was a tremendous amount. Since the stay cost was originally so high due to Kkamang-i, even 2% reduced a huge amount.

“But what is this place?”

The location of the remaining energy of destruction was the north, not the West Sea, East Sea, or South Sea. On top of that, deep underground.

Se-jun, wondering about the location of the energy of destruction gathered in a completely different place,

“Vice President Theo, increase the size a bit this time and hit them.”

“Understood, meow!”

Swish.

He moved Theo’s front paw.

And,

[Sentry Theo Park defeated the fire moths.]

[Obtained 3,000, which is 50% of the experience points obtained by Sentry Theo Park.]

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[You have driven the third calamity sent by destruction, the fire moth, to extinction.]

[You have achieved a great achievement that no one has achieved until now.]

[As a great achievement reward, the third calamity of destruction, the fire moth, cannot invade Earth.]

As Theo’s giant footprint was deeply stamped near Mount Baekdu, he achieved a great achievement once again.

The fire moths, which had been growing their strength underground without anyone knowing, eventually disappeared from Earth without anyone knowing.

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

[As a great achievement reward, the cost of staying on the 0th floor of the Black Great Tower decreases by 2% hereafter.]

This time, in addition to the 2% reduction in stay cost, the amount of destruction power that crops could absorb increased.

And,

[You have eliminated all detected energy of destruction.]

[You have completed the quest.]

[As a quest reward, Earth’s destruction is postponed.]

Finally, the quest was completed.

“It’s over!”

Now I just need to play hard and eat!

While Se-jun smiled brightly and was excited, hugging Theo, Cuengi, and the Black Rabbit,

Keu-eoh-eoh.

Purr.

Bpyarorong.

Kkurorong.

Kkirorong.

while he fell asleep briefly,

“Se-jun, we arrived home.”

Kim Dong-sik parked the car in front of a giant mansion.

“Ah. Yes.”

As Se-jun quickly composed himself and got out of the car, Se-jun’s family was waiting in front of the house.

Kim Dong-sik had contacted them in advance.

“Mom, Dad, little brother…”

Seeing the family he hadn’t seen in a long time, Se-jun choked up without realizing it. The suppressed longing welled up from his chest like a tide.

“Se-jun…”

“Son…”

“Brother…”

It was the same for the family members too.

“Uhhung! Mom, Dad, Se-dol!”

“Son!”

“Se-jun!”

“Brother!”

As the family hugged each other and cried like that,

Lick. Lick.

Theo, the Black Rabbit, Cuengi, and Kkamang-i groomed their fur one last time to make a good impression on Se-jun’s family.

And,

“Puhuhut. Nice to meet you, humans, meow! I am Chairman Park’s right arm, Theo Park, meow!”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng!

[Kkuhehehe. Cuengi is Dad’s son, Cuengi Park, yo!]

Bbyak! Bbyak!

[Hello! I am nephew Black Rabbit!]

Kkihit. Kking! Kking!

[Heehit. I am the Noble Wolf, Great Kkamang-i! Since you are Park Se-jun’s family, I will grant you the honor of serving me generation after generation!]

they each greeted them.

Of course, since Se-jun’s family could only understand Theo’s words, Se-jun interpreted for them, and

“This guy, who only consumes lots of money, how dare you act up!”

Bonk.

Kking…

the cheeky Kkamang-i had to get a light flick on the head from Se-jun.

“Please receive my bow. I have returned.”

Se-jun did a deep bow to his parents on the street.

At that,

Thud.

Cuengi quickly lay prostrate to bow following Se-jun.

When Se-jun stood up, Cuengi stood up together and held out his two front paws to Se-jun’s parents. Thinking that Se-jun had New Year’s bow.

“Cuengi, this isn’t receiving New Year’s allowance money.”

Kkueng?

[It’s not New Year’s allowance, yo?]

Cuengi wore a sulky expression at Se-jun’s words.

But,

“Now. Let’s go in. Because we prepared lots of food.”

“Yes. Kids, let’s go in and eat.”

Kkuhehehe. Kkueng! Kkueng!

[Hehehe. Finally eating the food made by Cuengi’s grandmother, yo! Exciting, yo!]

he soon smiled brightly at Se-jun’s words.

As Se-jun followed the family members through the garden into the house,

Whew…

Flamie, who had been on edge fearing she would be caught by Se-jun, breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Se-jun entering the house.

(Baet-baet. Whew. I’m glad I didn’t get caught by the older brothers.)

Baet-baet-i also sighed alongside her.