Chapter 444 – Then How About Eom-dol-i!

10 1.

‘?!’

?

When the man, who was eating popcorn, pointed to his own face with his finger at Flamie’s question,

‘Yes. You.’

Nod, nod.

Flamie shook her roots up and down.

“Is there someone over there?”

Stella asked while focusing her gaze on the direction Flamie’s roots were pointing.

However,

‘There is nothing, though?’

In Stella’s eyes, nothing was visible.

“You are not teasing me just because you beat me, are you?”

As Stella glared fiercely at Flamie,

[Huh?! Can you not see the person eating popcorn over there?]

Flamie spoke, feeling frustrated.

“Popcorn? What is popcorn?”

[Popcorn is made of the Corn of Exploding Stamina grown by Master, and when heat is applied, the inside pops and… Huh?! How are you eating Master’s popcorn?]

[Did you perhaps steal Master’s crops?!]

Flamie, who was explaining popcorn to Stella, showed hostility toward the man in excitement.

-Ah. I didn’t steal it, so don’t misunderstand. By the way, it is impressive that you recognized me. Is it because you are the tree of Park Se-jun, who overcame the trial of the 10th Tower?

The man replied quickly, perhaps wanting to clear up the misunderstanding.

“Huh?! That voice, is it the Administrator?”

Stella reacted to the man’s familiar voice.

-Yes. Let me introduce myself formally.

When the man turned off his observer mode, a brown-haired man holding popcorn was visible to Stella’s eyes as well.

“I am the Administrator of the 10th Tower and the God of Farming who governs agriculture, Hamer.”

As Hamer introduced himself to the two,

[Huh?! Are you really Lord Hamer?]

Flamie looked at Hamer as if she were looking at a celebrity.

“Huhut. Yes. I am the God of Farming, Hame—”

While Hamer was getting smug at Flamie’s attitude,

[Lord Hamer! Please recognize our Master’s farming skills quickly!]

[Once we receive Lord Hamer’s recognition, we only need to receive Lord Patrick’s recognition next!]

Flamie grabbed Hamer’s leg with her roots and began pestering him to recognize Se-jun quickly.

“No. I cannot recognize him so easily.”

[Why?! Our Master is really good at farming!]

“Of course I know that.”

Hamer was the god who governed agriculture. He already knew well the farming skills of the Tower Farmer, Se-jun.

[Then why do you not recognize our Master?]

“This is a sacred test of a god! It is not something that happens just because you rush it! There is a procedure to everything!”

[But…]

“Uhur! I told you to wait!”

Hamer, who shouted at Flamie like that.

‘Park Se-jun. The popcorn is running out. Harvest the exploding corn!’

He began to satisfy his own self-interest by issuing a quest to Se-jun.

And

[Lady Rhea clearly recognized him just like that, though…]

Flamie looked at Hamer with suspicious eyes. It seemed Flamie would hit Hamer sooner or later.

***

The morning of the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

Theo went to work in the Green Tower, and Cuengi went to work in the western forest to tend to the medicinal herbs, and

[You have planted the seed of the Destruction Devourer in the mana-infused soil.]

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Se-jun was planting the seeds of the Destruction Devourers he had accumulated in the meantime.

And

“Kki-hi-hit. Kking!”

[Hi-hit. Guys, follow the leader!]

“Ki-ki!”

“Ki-ki!”

Kkamang-i was playing the leader role, leading the Destruction Devourers around Se-jun under the pretext of protecting him today as well.

While Se-jun was planting seeds like that,

“Chairman Park, I have returned, nyang!”

When it became time for lunch, Theo, who had sold out all his items in the Green Tower, returned.

“Vice Chairman Theo, good job.”

“Puhuhut. Of course I worked hard, nyang!”

Theo appealed that he had indeed worked hard as if he had been waiting for Se-jun’s words.

‘Praise me quickly, nyang!’

It was in order to receive praise from Se-jun.

“Yes. Our Vice Chairman Theo did a great job.”

Se-jun gave Churu to Theo, who had climbed onto his lap, and stroked his belly.

“Puhuhut.”

Chwap-chwap-chwap.

As Theo smiled brightly and began to eat the Churu at Se-jun’s praise,

“Kking?! Kking!”

[Hey! What about me?! Give me food too!]

Kkamang-i, who had been playing the leader, hurriedly ran over and sat in front of Se-jun.

“Here. For Kkamang-i, dried roasted sweet potato.”

“Kki-hi-hit.”

Jjap-jjap-jjap.

After giving lunch to the two like that, Se-jun also pulled out a few convenience store triangular kimbap and unwrapped them one by one to eat.

At that moment,

“Kki-hi-hit.”

Kkamang-i quickly ran away while holding a triangular kimbap that had not been unwrapped yet.

“Hey! It will be a big problem if you eat the plastic!”

Although Se-jun hurriedly stopped him,

“Kki-hi-hit. Kking! Kking!”

[Hi-hit. I will unwrap and eat it myself! And the Great Lord Kkamang-i digests things very well, you know!]

Kkamang-i quickly ran away, letting Se-jun’s words go in one ear and out the other.

However,

Flail, flail.

“Kking?!”

Kkamang-i, who had been running away diligently, realized before he knew it that he was running in midair.

And

Bang! Crackle.

Bang! Crackle.

he saw Cuengi slowly approaching him while striking his own front paw with the Thunderbolt Staff.

Kkamang-i was unable to move a muscle in midair, caught in Cuengi’s telekinesis.

“Kkueng?”

[Kkamang-i, do you want to taste justice, da-yo?]

Shake, shake.

Kkamang-i shook his head violently at Cuengi’s question.

“Kkueng.”

[Then hand it over, da-yo.]

As Cuengi stuck out his front paw,

“Kking…”

Kkamang-i spat out the triangular kimbap with a disappointed face.

Thus, Kkamang-i’s theft of the triangular kimbap ended as a mere attempt,

“If you wanted to eat it, you should have just said so.”

Kkamang-i, who was listening to Se-jun’s nagging.

“Kking!”

[I wanted to unwrap it myself!]

“Ah. Is that so? Then unwrap it.”

Having realized why Kkamang-i had run off with the triangular kimbap, Se-jun gave it to Kkamang-i and let him unwrap it.

“Kki-hi-hit. Kking!”

[Hi-hit. The Great Lord Kkamang-i will unwrap it for you!]

Receiving Se-jun’s permission, Kkamang-i excitedly tore at the triangular kimbap.

However,

Rustle.

Rustle.

Kkamang-i’s mouth structure was too inconvenient to tear open the packaging of the triangular kimbap.

Furthermore, every time Kkamang-i, who had dragon teeth, applied a little force, holes were poked all over the triangular kimbap.

“Kking?!”

[Dang it! Why isn’t it working?!]

When the packaging would not open even after wrestling with it for a long time, Kkamang-i got annoyed.

‘Argh! I’ll just eat the whole thing!’

When he took a big bite of the triangular kimbap to eat it whole, packaging and all,

“Kku-hehehe. Kkueng!”

[Hehehe. It is easy if you peel it in order starting from number 1, da-yo!]

Cuengi, who had been watching Kkamang-i while easily unwrapping and eating a triangular kimbap next to him,

“Kkueng!”

[You must not, da-yo!]

gently swung the Thunderbolt Staff to restrain Kkamang-i.

Thud! Crackle.

“Kki-eee-et!”

Hit by the Thunderbolt Staff, Kkamang-i trembled all over and went into spasms.

“I told you to just eat the one unwrapped for you. Why are you being so stubborn?”

While Se-jun looked at Kkamang-i pityingly,

[A quest occurs.]

[Quest: Harvest 1,000,000 Corns of Exploding Stamina and have your farming skills recognized by the God of Farming, Hamer.]

Corn of Exploding Stamina (0/1,000,000)

Reward: Recognition of the God of Farming Hamer, 1 drop of the Elixir of Reinforcement

Hamer’s quest appeared.

Hamer possessed , allowing him to obtain 1% of the crops harvested by an outstanding farmer.

Thus, he had issued the quest to Se-jun to harvest the Corn of Exploding Stamina in order to replenish the popcorn that was running out.

“1,000,000?”

Although it was a large quantity, it was not a massive number for Se-jun, who harvested tens of thousands of crops every day.

‘Will it take about three months?’

It was just a matter of time.

[You have harvested the Corn of Exploding Stamina.]

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Thus, Se-jun had lunch and harvested corn in the afternoon.

He did not use the 5 drops of the Elixir of Harvest received for completing the quest in the White Tower on the corn.

Only about 20 corns grew from a single corn seed, and furthermore, corn was an annual plant.

Since the entire corn stalk had to be cut down once harvested, the efficiency of using the Elixir of Harvest on it was extremely low compared to other crops.

Three hours later.

“Guys, mow it down.”

“Eum-meo!”

The Black Minotaurs began to eat the remaining corn stalks of the harvested cornfield with relish.

And

[You have planted the seed of the Corn of Exploding Stamina in the soil containing mana.]

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Se-jun began to plant corn again in the cornfield where the Black Minotaurs had swept through and cleared out.

While Se-jun was focusing on planting corn like that,

“Ki! Ki! Ki!”

“Ki! Ki! Ki!”

as if they sensed something, the Destruction Devourers suddenly began to run toward one side, and

“Kking?”

[Guys, where are you going?]

Kkamang-i, who had been playing on top of the Destruction Devourers, naturally moved along as well.

Thus, Kkamang-i was made to run away from home again.

***

The merchant passage connected between the 90th floor and the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

“Ppiyot! Ppiyot!”

[Lord Uren, we are almost there! Hang in there!]

“Yes!”

Ppiyot-i, sitting on Uren’s shoulder, cheered Uren on.

They were moving to the 99th floor of the tower in order to deliver the money they had gathered in the meantime to Theo.

And

‘Are we finally going to Lord Fenrir?’

Kruger, who had tailed the two for several days, followed behind them with anticipation at the thought of meeting Kkamang-i.

However,

“Stop! Hand over everything you have!”

Uren’s misfortune did not disappoint, as expected. Robbers appeared and blocked their path.

“Ppiyot!”

[Lord Uren, this is seriously exhausting!]

“Hehehe. Sorry.”

“Ppiyot! Ppiyot!”

[Forget it! Let’s handle them quickly!]

“Yes!”

Ppiyot-i flew swiftly toward the robbers while grumbling, and Uren followed behind.

‘Ah. Seriously, let’s just move already!’

Kugung.

Kruger also got annoyed, shifting the earth to gently catch the robbers’ feet, aiding them in their battle.

Although he did not want to help them, he had no choice but to step in because it would take even longer otherwise.

A moment later,

“Pbeh-heut. Ppiyot!”

[Stamp the seal!]

Ppiyot-i received the stamps of the subdued robbers while smiling.

Emulating Theo, no matter how much time it took, he absolutely turned any being who attacked him into a slave.

Thanks to this, the stats of Se-jun, who possessed the , continued to rise even when Theo rested.

Just as they were about to move again after collecting all the stamps,

Rumble.

a massive number of Destruction Devourers approached.

And

“Kki-hi-hit. Kking!”

[Hi-hit. The Great Lord Kkamang-i has arrived!]

Kkamang-i barked arrogantly from atop the Destruction Devourers.

“Ppiyot?”

“What is that?”

While Ppiyot-i and Uren looked at Kkamang-i and the Destruction Devourers in wonder,

“Ki-ki!”

“Ki-ki!”

the Destruction Devourers surrounded Kruger, who was disguised.

They had run over upon sensing the energy of destruction emitted by Kruger’s fragment.

Burp!

Burp!

When nearly two million Destruction Devourers began to absorb Kruger’s energy,

Kugugung.

Kruger had no choice but to reveal himself.

“Kking?!”

[Kruger?!]

Kkamang-i recognized Kruger and barked.

-Lord Fenrir! It is an emergency! The other Apostles of Destruction are…

Kruger also spotted Kkamang-i and tried to hurriedly convey the fact that other destruction forces were targeting him when

“Kking!”

[Hey! Take out your core quickly!]

Kkamang-i shouted toward Kruger, and

-Yes!

Crunch.

the fragment of Kruger put his hand into his own chest and pulled out his core without a single moment of hesitation at Kkamang-i’s words.

“Kking!”

[Throw it over there!]

-Yes!

Like a loyal subordinate of Fenrir, Kruger threw his core to the Destruction Devourers, and as his power vanished, Kruger’s rocky body crumbled.

“Ppiyot? Ppiyot!”

[Huh?! The Apostle of Destruction collapsed on his own!]

Ppiyot-i, who had been watching while recovering his stamina to fight Kruger, said.

“Hehe. We got lucky this time.”

“Ppiyot! Ppiyot!”

[Don’t say such things, Lord Uren! It’s irritating!]

“Ah. Sorry…”

While Ppiyot-i and Uren felt relieved upon seeing Kruger suddenly collapse on his own,

“Kking!”

Kkamang-i went into the crevices of Kruger’s crumbled rocky body and came out carrying something on his back.

-To let me ride on Lord Fenrir’s back… It is truly an honor!

Kruger, who had shrunk to the size of a thumb as his power vanished, said in a voice filled with emotion.

“Kking!”

[Kruger, call me the Great Lord Kkamang-i from now on!]

-Yes! Great Lord Kkamang-i!

Thus, Kruger joined the 99th floor of the Black Tower.

Without knowing that he would receive a new name from Se-jun.

A moment later,

“Nice to meet you. You don’t have a name? Then how about Eom-dol-i?”

Since he was a thumb-sized stone, Eom-dol-i.

To call the rocky Kruger, the 7th Seat of the Apostles of Destruction who crushes mountains, Eom-dol-i?!

‘Should I kill him?’

‘May I kill this guy?’

Kruger sought permission while looking at Kkamang-i.

And

“Kking?! Kking!”

[Eom-dol-i, head to the floor!]

-Yes!

While Se-jun was not around, Eom-dol-i was dragged away by Kkamang-i and got scolded severely.