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Chapter 59 – Reputation Falls
On the 232nd day of being stranded, after having lunch, when he was practicing Make Dark Cloud and creating shade for Theo, the black rabbit, and Cuengi,
Thud, thud.
Grrr!
The mother Crimson Giant Bear brought a giant tree trunk.
These days, as the Gray Rabbits began to make chairs, beds, and showcases out of wood, the mother Crimson Giant Bear was bringing trees every time she went out on patrol.
However,
“There are too many…”
Se-jun said, looking at the trees piled up like a mountain behind the brick house. Although he had asked her to bring wood, in the last few days, the mother Crimson Giant Bear was bringing trees every two to three hours.
Thud!
When the mother Crimson Giant Bear laid down the tree and went out on patrol again,
Hop!
the Wood Craftsman Gray Rabbit climbed onto the tree to trim it.
And when he was about to cut the tree with an axe,
Creak.
the tree branches moved quickly and constricted the Gray Rabbit’s body.
Gape.
A tennis ball-sized red fruit popped out from a part shaped like a knot on the tree branch, and opened its mouth to try to devour the Gray Rabbit.
Squeek!!!
“Rabbit!”
Stab.
Se-jun hurriedly sliced the fruit in half with his dagger to save the Gray Rabbit.
At that moment,
……
[Everyone to this place… is here.]
A voice was heard from the fruit.
“What do you mean?”
Se-jun tried to listen more closely, but
[You have defeated the Carnivorous Fruit of the Large Corrupted Ent.]
[You have acquired 50 experience points.]
the branch was already dead.
“Corrupted Ent?”
This tree was a monster?! It was strange that bloodstains were occasionally seen on the wood… or that it smelled of blood.
But…
“I thought it was the blood of another monster.”
To think it was a real monster.
“But what does ‘everyone to this place’ mean? And what ‘exists’?”
Se-jun first instructed the Poison Honeybees to expand their patrol range.
The next morning.
A Poison Honeybee sat on the shoulder of Se-jun, who came out of the brick house wearing his straw hat.
And,
Buzz.
[Barracks No. 3, patrol report.]
Buzz.
[There is nothing suspicious nearby.]
The Poison Honeybee from the third Poison Honeybee Queen’s hive reported the patrol results to Se-jun.
“Yeah. Well done.”
Rub, rub.
At Se-jun’s words, the Poison Honeybee rubbed her body against Se-jun’s face and flew toward her companions.
Buzz, buzz.
The Poison Honeybees from the third Poison Honeybee Queen’s hive were diligently collecting pollen and honey in the wide surface field where flowers had now begun to bloom.
It was a field where Se-jun had planted 3,000 corns and 1,000 cherry tomatoes a month and a half ago, and 1,951 corns and 650 cherry tomatoes grew to the end and bloomed.
Germination rate of 65%. As the level of Sowing rose, the germination rate increased compared to before.
Buzz, buzz.
The Poison Honeybees that collected pollen and honey returned to their hive again. The third Poison Honeybee hive was inside a structure built by stacking bricks near the green onion field.
There were several holes for the Poison Honeybees to enter here and there, and it was sturdy as it was made of bricks.
While Se-jun was watching the Poison Honeybees like that,
Squeak!
Pyah!
Pyah!
the rabbits called Se-jun and urged him.
“Understood. I will harvest now.”
Today was the day to harvest the carrots planted 1,000 each on the surface and in the cave.
Pull.
When Se-jun went to the carrot field and pulled the carrot stems, plumply grown carrots were pulled out.
Having harvested 20 carrots like that,
Crunch.
Se-jun and the rabbits began to eat one carrot each. The C-grade indeed tasted different.
“It’s delicious. Let’s eat one more each. That way, our agility increases, so we can finish the work faster.”
Squeak!!!
Pyah!!!
Pyah!!!
The rabbits, excited at Se-jun’s words. Agility was not important to them. What was important was only that they could eat more carrots. In the end, they ate all 20 carrots and began the work.
Pop, pop, pop.
When Se-jun, whose agility increased by 3 after eating six carrots, pulled out the carrots at a tremendous speed, the carrot harvest was finished in less than an hour.
Squeak.
Pyah.
Pyah.
While the rabbits were looking with satisfaction at the carrots filling the cave storage,
“Lord Se-jun, we have arrived.”
“We… pay our respects to the Great Black Dragon, Lord Se-jun.”
Elka brought two wolves he had not seen before. Since Theo also had to go down the tower to trade again, Elka brought wolves to deliver the blade leaves to the 67th floor of the tower on his behalf.
“I am called Malkai.”
“I am called Borori.”
The wolves introduced themselves to Se-jun, shaking their tails vigorously.
“Yeah. Malkai, Borori, I look forward to working with you.”
“Leave it to us!”
“We will work hard!”
The wolves, who greeted Se-jun, loaded the blade leaves. And Theo walked out of Se-jun’s brick house carrying his bundle, trundling along.
“Chairman Park, I will be back, meow.”
“Theo, who did not want to part with Se-jun’s lap, spoke, burying his face in Se-jun’s lap. It was to leave his scent on Se-jun’s lap to announce ‘owned’.”
Although only the black rabbit and Cuengi targeted Se-jun’s lap, for some reason he felt that the existences targeting Se-jun’s lap would increase.
“Take good care of your lap, meow!”
“What are you talking about? Have a safe trip.”
Se-jun said, detaching Theo who was clinging to his leg.
“Oonyang… Understood, meow! I will be back, meow!”
Theo, with an anxious expression, and the wolves went down the tower together.
***
“Everyone did well. Rest for five days, and then we will resume the search on the 39th floor of the tower!”
“Yes!”
The guild members answered the words of Leon, the leader of the Phoenix Guild, and left the tower.
Kim Dong-sik, who participated in the first raid of the Deadly Tarantula due to his contribution in obtaining the Green Onion of Detoxification, also came out of the tower.
And as soon as he came out of the Black Tower, he visited Han Tae-jun at the Awakened Association building right next door. It was to hand over the Solar Honey Sweet Potatoes to his master.
The office of the president of the Korean Awakened Association.
The indoor temperature of the president’s office, which was set to 30 degrees below zero, was now set to 35 degrees below zero. The Curse of Flame was growing more severe.
“Dong-sik, did you say this Solar Honey Sweet Potato was grown by Park Se-jun?”
Han Tae-jun asked, looking at the golden sweet potato glowing in his hand.
“Yes. It is exactly as described in the item description. Seeing the flame resistance option on the Solar Honey Sweet Potato, I begged the cat traveling merchant and obtained it for you, Master.”
Although Theo had sold the Solar Honey Sweet Potato as if pushing it off to hide his mistake, Kim Dong-sik added a bit of exaggeration to score slightly more points with his master.
“Yeah. Dong-sik, thank you. I will give you three opportunities to refuse a one-on-one sparring.”
Although Han Tae-jun could not understand, his disciples liked this reward the most.
“Thank you!!!”
Kim Dong-sik, who obtained three beat-prevention passes, replied joyfully.
“You may leave.”
“Yes.”
When Kim Dong-sik left,
Crunch.
Han Tae-jun began to chew and eat the Solar Honey Sweet Potato whole, without even peeling the skin.
Munch, munch.
“Oh!”
Since the flame resistance option was important, he did not care about the taste at all, but the more he chewed, the richer the sweetness flowed out.
And,
[You have consumed a Solar Honey Sweet Potato.]
[Decomposes 200g of fat and increases flame resistance for 5 hours.]
[Due to the effect of Talent: Medicine Effect, the effect of the medicine is strengthened by 30%.]
[The Curse of Flame is temporarily lifted.]
As his flame resistance increased significantly, he was able to completely escape from the Curse of Flame, albeit only for several hours.
“Hahaha! Good!”
Han Tae-jun hurriedly packed the Solar Honey Sweet Potatoes and stood up. It was to beat to death the boss of the 52nd floor of the tower that laid the curse on him. In his current state, he could fully kill the guy.
“Secretary Kim! I am going into the tower, so if anyone looks for me, tell them I went on vacation!”
Han Tae-jun shouted to Secretary Kim waiting outside the president’s office, and
Crash.
jumped down from the 30th floor of the building, breaking the window.
Thud.
“President! Then the World Awakened Association meeting tomorrow is…?!”
When Secretary Kim, who heard Han Tae-jun’s voice, hurriedly opened the door, the president’s office was already empty.
Han Tae-jun began to climb the tower again.
***
“Is this the 67th floor of the tower, meow?”
“Yes. Please come this way.”
Elka guided Theo to where his tribe members were gathered.
Grrr.
Grrr.
About 100 silver wolves of 4 to 5m in size were gathered there.
“Greet him. This is Representative Theo whom we serve.”
“We greet Representative Theo.”
“Yeah! Nice to meet you, meow!”
As 100 wolves prostrated and greeted him, Theo felt his heart swelling.
‘Puhuhut. As expected, I, who am with Park Se-jun, am invincible, meow!’
“I will go look around and examine the surroundings for a bit, meow.”
Theo, whose mood had improved, began to look around the 67th floor of the tower. Due to the blade leaves, they were gradually driving out the Red Locusts and securing a fairly wide land again.
At that moment,
“Is that cat the subordinate of the Great Black Dragon…”
The Lizardmen, free mercenaries, and mages who were resting in the rear glanced at Theo and whispered.
‘Puhuhut. Are they recognizing the deadly yellow cat, Representative Theo Park, the subordinate of the Great Black Dragon, meow?’
Theo proudly held up his chin and walked slowly so that the existences on the 67th floor of the tower could look closely at his deadly appearance.
And,
“Representative Theo, I am sorry.”
Looking at Theo like that from afar, Elka wore a sorry expression. Elka had heard a strange rumor while delivering the blade leaves to the 67th floor of the tower.
The main content was ‘the Great Black Dragon is incredibly greedy for money.’
It seemed to be due to this transaction of blade leaves. Although it was true, as someone who served the Great Black Dragon, he could not stand by and watch Se-jun’s reputation get damaged.
Therefore, Elka leaked other information to the Lizardmen whenever they traded.
“Among the Great Black Dragon’s subordinates, there is a cat traveling merchant named Theo who is incredibly greedy for money. Representative Theo led this transaction from beginning to end.”
After Elka sold out Theo a few times like that, the existences of the tower thought that, as expected, there was no way the Great Black Dragon would be greedy for money. He had protected the Great Black Dragon’s reputation.
Instead, Theo’s reputation began to fall.
Since he originally had no great reputation, there was no reputation to fall, but his reputation, which was close to zero, broke through the floor and turned negative, moving away from zero, and rumors about the corrupt merchant Theo were being made.
‘Puhuhut. What is it, meow? Is everyone too overwhelmed to even make eye contact, meow?’
Only Theo did not know his own notoriety.
“Representative Theo, let’s go down now.”
“Understood, meow!”
Elka hurriedly took Theo and went down the tower before getting caught.
***
The dawn of the 235th day of being stranded.
Squeak!!!
The Wife Rabbit’s scream was heard from the cave. Labor pains had started.
Creak.
Se-jun hurriedly opened the door and came out of the brick house. He intended to go down to the cave just in case.
At that moment,
Creak, creak.
the sound of something moving unnaturally was heard.
“What is that sound?”
When Se-jun looked at the place where the sound came from, trees of 50cm in height and the thickness of Se-jun’s wrist were approaching the cave, walking on two legs.
[Small Branch Scout of the Corrupted Ent]
They were monsters.
“Black Rabbit, intruders!”
Se-jun hurriedly stabbed the branch scout in front of his eyes with his dagger and called the black rabbit.
[You have defeated a Small Branch Scout of the Corrupted Ent.]
Pyah!
Hearing Se-jun’s shout, the black rabbit holding his weapon, the hammer,
Pyok! Pyok! Pyok!
beat up the branch scouts. In an instant, eight branch scouts that were nearby collapsed.
At that moment,
Creak, creak.
countless branch scouts were approaching.
It seemed it would be a difficult dawn.