Chapter 441 – Dad Isn’t Weak Forever Either, Da-yo!

The 1st floor of the Green Tower.

“Puhuhut. Sold out, meow! And starting today, I will sell a new item, meow!”

Theo, who had come to work at the Green Tower after eating breakfast and completed the auction sell-out, shouted.

“A new item?”

“What is it?”

At Theo’s shout, not only the Neta tribe but also the members of the Bulsa Gang working as slaves in the shop showed interest.

Although they were called slaves, the Bulsa Gang members were living a happier and more leisurely life than when they were gang members.

Their slave wages were higher than when they were Bulsa Gang members, and after purchasing crops sold at Se-jun’s shop little by little with their wages,

when they went to the upper floors to sell them during their off-hours, the side income was quite decent.

So, they had no choice but to show interest in the new items Theo was selling.

When everyone’s attention was focused like that,

“This is it, meow!”

Theo took out the lightning-struck wood and Lightning Stones.

If they released items from the Golden Tower only in the Black Giant Tower, their scarcity would quickly drop.

Since that would cause the market price to drop, Theo, receiving Se-jun’s instructions, released a portion of the Golden Tower items in the Green Tower.

And,

“Is that lightning-struck wood and Lightning Stones?!”

Egel, the Saintess of Destruction and the boss of the 97th floor of the tower, grew excited upon seeing the 50 pieces of lightning-struck wood and 500 Lightning Stones Theo brought out.

The divine power used by Egel was heavily influenced by the lightning attribute.

Therefore, she had been searching for lightning-struck wood and Lightning Stones to craft equipment that would amplify her divine power,

but despite having an immense amount of money, the quantity was virtually non-existent, so she had been unable to gather the amount needed to craft the equipment for several years.

But now…

“Puhuhut. This is not an auction, but I will sell them at a fixed price, meow!”

A benefactor who sold lightning-struck wood and Lightning Stones in large quantities had appeared right before her eyes.

“I will sell the lightning-struck wood for 15 billion Tower Coins and the Lightning Stones for 400 million Tower Coins, meow!”

“Lord Theo, I will buy it all!”

Although it was more than 50% more expensive than the market price in the Black Giant Tower, since she had accumulated a lot of money, Egel purchased all the stock Theo had brought.

Although she bought far more than the amount needed to craft her equipment, she could use the rest to make equipment for her subordinates.

“Nyang?”

Thanks to that, Theo sold out the lightning-struck wood and Lightning Stones that he had planned to display and sell in the shop.

“Puhuhut. Today is an early off-work, meow!

I must go quickly and brag to Chairman Park, meow!”

Theo returned to the 99th floor of the Black Giant Tower with over 1 trillion Tower Coins.

“Chairman Park, I’m back, meow!”

As Theo quickly slipped out of his bundle and threw his body toward Se-jun’s face,

“You came back early?”

Se-jun caught Theo’s body with his face.

“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, I, Vice Chairman Theo, sold out all the items I took today, meow! I made a lot of money, meow!”

“You sold it all?”

Se-jun asked, grabbing Theo by the scruff of his neck and pulling him away from his face.

“That’s right, meow!”

Theo boasted, showing the money bag in his hand.

“Good job.”

“Puhuhut. This body naturally does well, meow!”

When Se-jun stroked the head of Theo, who was clinging to his knee,

“You can praise me more, meow!”

Theo spoke, rubbing his head hard against Se-jun’s hand.

Thanks to that, Se-jun had a brief rest while stroking Theo’s head.

“Become Abundant!”

[ acts on the Magic Cherry Tomato.]

[The quantity of the next fruit that the Magic Cherry Tomato will bear doubles.]

He drank the red mugwort juice potion and used the authority to increase the harvest of the cherry tomatoes.

This was because the storage was completely empty after sending cherry tomatoes to the Golden Tower all at once this time.

After increasing the production of cherry tomatoes like that,

“Kkamang-i, let’s eat lunch.”

he called Kkamang-i, who was playing with the Destruction Devourers nearby.

“Kkihihit. Whimper!”

“[Heheh. Give me something delicious!]”

Kkamang-i ran over quickly at Se-jun’s call.

*Chomp. Chomp. Chomp.*

Theo ate Churu, and

“Kkamang-i, wait just a moment.”

Se-jun unwrapped a convenience store triangular rice ball, and

“Whimper!”

“[Give me more!]”

fed it into Kkamang-i’s mouth while having his meal.

After finishing his meal like that,

“Become Abundant!”

Se-jun began to raise the soil fertility with the authority.

And,

“Kiki!”

“Kiki!”

the Destruction Devourers called their boss.

“Whimper?”

“[My subordinates, what’s the matter?]”

When Kkamang-i went to where his subordinates were calling him,

“Kiki!”

the Destruction Devourers pointed at the core fragment, which was completely purified while they absorbed the energy of destruction.

“Kkihihit. Whimper! Whimper!”

“[Heheh. Guys, good job! Now let’s go over there!]”

‘I should feed this to the butler later!’

Kkamang-i, who packed the core fragment, led the Destruction Devourers to a field where the energy of destruction was strong.

***

The western area of the 99th floor of the Black Giant Tower.

“Cuengi!”

“[It’s a medicinal herb, da-yo!]”

*Crunch.*

Cuengi was digging up medicinal herbs to give Se-jun today as well.

Cuengi spent the whole morning taking care of or digging up the medicinal herbs, and

“Cuengi!”

“[It’s time to eat the lunchbox, da-yo!]”

he pulled out a small black 3-tier lunchbox that Se-jun had packed from his snack pouch.

The lunchbox was made of black dragon scales by Aileen at Se-jun’s request, and naturally, it was enchanted with preservation magic and space expansion magic.

“Kkuhehehe. Cuengi!”

“[Hehehe. I’m looking forward to what Dad packed for me today, da-yo!]”

*Click.*

Cuengi opened the lid of the lunchbox with a happy face.

“Cuengi!”

“[It’s soy sauce butter bibimbap, da-yo!]”

The top 1st tier was filled with soy sauce butter bibimbap covered with dozens of soft-boiled eggs.

2nd tier was full of pork cutlets, and the 3rd tier was full of sausages.

“Kkuhehehe.”

Cuengi picked up a spoon with his right hand, scooped up a large amount of soy sauce butter bibimbap topped with egg yolk, put it in his mouth, and

*Crunch.*

he picked up an uncut pork cutlet with his left hand, dipped it in sauce, and put it whole into his mouth.

“Kkuhehehe. Cuengi!”

“[Hehehe. It’s delicious, da-yo!]”

Cuengi shook his butt, dancing a cuteness dance of deliciousness while eating the food.

A moment later,

“Cuengi!”

“[Now I will eat dessert, da-yo!]”

Cuengi put the cleanly emptied lunchbox back into his snack pouch and began to eat a large 10L tub of chocolate ice cream.

And,

“Cuengi!”

“[Now I must go for special training, da-yo!]”

After finishing the ice cream, Cuengi went to find the Bull Demon King for special training.

“Cuengi!”

“[Master Bull Demon King, Cuengi has arrived, da-yo!]”

“Moo!”

“[Welcome!]”

The Bull Demon King, who was waiting in advance, welcomed Cuengi.

“Moo. Moo.”

“[We will start right away. Raise your energy.]”

“Cuengi!”

Shouting at the Bull Demon King’s words, Cuengi clenched his fists tightly and raised his energy.

“Moo!”

“[Raise it more!]”

“Cuengi!!”

“Moo!”

“[More!]”

“Cuengi!!!”

*Rumble.*

When Cuengi raised his power up to 70% of what he could exert,

…!

Cuengi felt his heart drop and, without realizing it, hurriedly released his strength.

“Moo!”

“[Again!]”

“Cuengi!”

Looking at such Cuengi, the Bull Demon King made him raise his energy again.

But,

…!

Cuengi failed to give his all this time as well and released his strength midway.

“Moo!”

“[Again!]”

“Cuengi!”

‘It is difficult…’

The Bull Demon King fell into thought as he watched his disciple Cuengi, who kept releasing his strength before giving his all.

It was a few days ago when he realized that Cuengi was not giving his all—or rather, was unable to give his all.

He had been teaching him how to suppress enemies with energy…

“Cuengi!”

but strangely, when Cuengi raised his energy past a certain level, he would release his strength.

“Moo?”

“[Disciple, why are you releasing your strength?]”

Puzzled by the strangeness, the Bull Demon King had a deep conversation with Cuengi, and

“Cuengi…”

“[I’m scared that if I raise my strength, Dad might get hurt, da-yo…]”

he learned the reason.

The fact that Se-jun had fainted several times because of him had become a trauma for Cuengi.

Because of this, Cuengi had developed a habit of releasing his strength whenever he felt his energy might harm Se-jun.

The fear that he might harm his father was engraved in Cuengi’s subconscious, and

every time Cuengi raised his strength past a certain point, the subconscious fear made his body release its strength so that he could not use his power.

“Moo!”

“[Again!]”

“Cuengi!”

Cuengi was training hard today as well to break his limit.

***

Dawn.

“Whimper…”

“[I’m sleepy…]”

Kkamang-i, waking up from his sleep, went outside with sleepy eyes, and

*Dig dig.*

dug the ground diligently to take out the purified core fragment he had hidden during the day.

And,

*Hop.*

holding the core fragment in his mouth, he climbed onto the bed,

“Kkihihit.”

put the core fragment into Se-jun’s mouth, and

*Push!*

pushed the core fragment in hard with his two front paws.

Then,

*Gulp.*

the core fragment went smoothly down Se-jun’s throat.

“Argh!”

Se-jun felt a brief pain, but because it was only a 0.01% fragment, the pain did not last long.

“Kkihihit. Whimper!”

“[Heheh. Done!]”

Kkamang-i climbed onto Se-jun’s chest in satisfaction, and

*Thump. Thump.*

listening to Se-jun’s heartbeat, he fell back asleep.

A few hours later.

“Kkamang-i, ra— Gasp!”

Se-jun woke up from a nightmare where he was crushed by a giant Kkamang-i.

And,

[You have forcibly consumed the purified core fragment of Fenrir.]

[You have absorbed a core fragment containing 0.01% of Fenrir’s power.]

[The power of the existing core fragment of Fenrir is merged.]

[0.0129% of Fenrir’s power accumulates in your body.]

he checked the messages.

“Was it that Kkamang-i fellow’s doing again?”

*Snore.*

Se-jun spoke, looking at Kkamang-i sleeping on top of his chest.

Se-jun had asked Baet-baet-i to watch who kept feeding him the purified core fragments of Fenrir, and

(Lord Se-jun, Kkamang-i did it!)

he had found out that Kkamang-i was the culprit.

‘Why is he feeding this to me?’

Although he did not know how Kkamang-i managed it, Se-jun alone could not consume Fenrir’s core fragments due to usage restrictions.

Since it helped by doing things like strengthening his authorities, it was not bad.

“I should just get up.”

Although the sun had not risen yet, it was an awkward time to go back to sleep.

*Rustle.*

“Nyang…”

Suddenly feeling mischievous, Se-jun sat up, freed Theo’s front paws which were hugging his knee, pulled his knee out, and

“Whimper…”

placed Kkamang-i there instead.

“Hehehe. I wonder what reaction they’ll show later.”

After watching the two sleeping hugging each other amicably, Se-jun came outside and was walking around the farm when

*Roar!*

“Cuengi!”

he heard the shouting of Pink Fur and Cuengi from afar.

Usually, it was time for both of them to sleep.

‘What are they doing at this hour?’

Puzzled, Se-jun went toward the source of the sound.

As the distance closed,

*Roar!*

“Cuengi!”

*Rumble.*

he saw Pink Fur and Cuengi shouting and spreading their energy around.

At that moment,

“Achoo!”

Perhaps because of the cold air, Se-jun, whose nose was itchy, sneezed.

And,

“Cuengi?!”

Cuengi, who had woken up early to do extra practice with Pink Fur because there had been almost no results in yesterday’s training, was flustered upon seeing Se-jun, who had approached quite close before he knew it.

‘Oh no, da-yo! Mom is using her power! Dad will faint, da-yo!’

Cuengi fell into panic.

But,

“Ah. Sorry. A sneeze suddenly came out… but what are you two doing?”

Se-jun asked the two with a perfectly fine voice.

“Cuengi?!”

“[Dad didn’t faint, da-yo?!]”

‘Even without Eldest Brother here, he endured Mom’s energy, da-yo?!’

Cuengi was surprised to see that.

Se-jun was no longer the weakling Se-jun of the past that Cuengi used to worry about.

Especially after obtaining