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Chapter 60 – Moved by Filial Piety
The number of enemies was too many.
Still, if there was a relief, it was that the enemies came from the west where crops were not planted, and that they were weak tree monsters he could defeat.
And he only needed to hold out until morning. When morning came, the Crimson Giant Bear mother and cub and the Black Minotaurs would show up for work.
‘First, I should buy some time.’
“Guys, prepare torches!”
When Se-jun shouted to the hole of the cave,
Pyah!
Pyap!
Squeak!
the rabbits hurriedly put the torches they had made in advance into a basket and connected it to the rope.
“Black rabbit, bring fire from the kitchen!”
Se-jun said to the black rabbit while pulling up the torches. He thought that since the enemies’ bodies were made of wood, they would be weak against fire.
Pyah!
The black rabbit hurriedly brought fire from the kitchen of the brick house.
At that moment,
Creak, creak.
several branch scouts approached.
Pyah!
Pyok! Pyok! Pyok!
The black rabbit escorted Se-jun on Se-jun’s shoulder while he pulled the rope, and defeated the enemies.
Whoosh.
In the meantime, Se-jun, who pulled up the torches, arranged them in a circle so that the heads of the torches came to the center and lit them. Then, he picked up one lit torch and threw it toward the enemies with all his might.
Whoosh, whoosh.
As the torch flew 50m and hit the lead of the enemies,
Whoosh.
fire caught onto the enemy’s body. Fortunately, it burned well.
Thud.
The branch scout with its body caught on fire collapsed without going a few steps.
[You have defeated a Small Branch Scout of the Corrupted Ent.]
[You have acquired 25 experience points.]
The other branch scouts moved left and right, avoiding the fire.
“Guys, keep making torches!”
Se-jun had the rabbits inside the cave make torches and
Whoosh, whoosh.
threw torches at the branch scouts again.
As Se-jun threw dozens of torches like that, since the number of branch scouts collapsing in flames increased, a wall of fire was naturally made.
And,
Pyah!
Pyok! Pyok! Pyok!
the branch scouts approaching through places where the wall of fire was not connected here and there were defeated by the black rabbit.
“Good.”
He only needed to hold out like this for a few hours until morning, throwing torches. Se-jun attacked the enemies, throwing torches again.
Whoosh.
[You have defeated a Small Branch Scout of the Corrupted Ent.]
[You have acquired 25 experience points.]
[You have defeated a Small Branch Scout of the Corrupted Ent.]
[You have acquired 25 experience points.]
…
..
.
Burning the branch scouts, experience points flooded in.
Besides,
[Your crop has defeated a pest.]
[You have acquired 1 experience point.]
[Your crop has defeated a pest.]
[You have acquired 1 experience point.]
…
..
.
the Red Locusts moved again, adding experience points.
After a moment,
[You have leveled up.]
[You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.]
Se-jun leveled up and became level 22.
“Good. Investing the bonus stat point in magic power…”
He even showed the composure of investing the bonus stat point.
‘At this rate, I might defeat them all even before morning comes.’
Just as Se-jun began to be confident of victory,
Creak, creak.
“Huh?”
As if mocking Se-jun’s thoughts, fellows over 2m tall walked from the rear of the enemies.
[Large Branch Scout of the Corrupted Ent]
The large branch scout lightly jumped over the barrier of fire with its long legs.
“Even so, they’re just wood!”
Se-jun threw a torch toward the large branch scout, but
Thud!
the large branch scout brushed off the torch Se-jun threw with its arm as if chasing a mosquito. It seemed to have strong resistance to fire.
“Oh no…”
When the torches did not work, Se-jun was flustered.
At that moment,
Pyah!
the black rabbit ran forward and struck the leg of the large branch scout.
Pyok!
When the branch scout’s leg broke from the black rabbit’s attack and it lost balance,
Pyah!
the black rabbit, jumping high, raised his hammer above his head and aimed for the torso of the large branch scout with a full swing.
Pyok!!!
Thud.
At the black rabbit’s attack, the large branch scout collapsed.
But,
Creak, creak.
While the black rabbit dealt with one large branch scout, thousands of large branch scouts were approaching, crossing the fire.
At that moment, a giant shadow began to cover the surroundings.
“Huh?! You guys?!”
The mother Crimson Giant Bear and the Bull Demon King appeared.
Roar!
Thud, thud. Thud, thud.
Crash!
As the mother Crimson Giant Bear charged toward the large branch scouts, the surroundings were devastated.
The Bull Demon King also began to attack.
Moo!!!
Whoosh.
Boom!
When the Bull Demon King swung his weapon, the red bone, in the air once, the large branch scouts in front of him were swept away as if they had met a typhoon.
And,
Kkueeeng!
Moo!
Cuengi and the Black Minotaurs escorted Se-jun’s surroundings.
***
Splash.
“Hehehe. Refreshing.”
Aileen took a bath in the lake and came out.
And,
Chew, chew.
filled her stomach, eating the roasted sweet potato chewies Se-jun gave her.
“Hehehe. It’s sweet.”
Since she filled her stomach moderately, Aileen decided to watch what the admirable human was doing now.
Considering the time, he would likely be sleeping, but looking at the sleeping appearance of the admirable human, morning would arrive in no time.
“Crystal ball.”
Swoosh.
At Aileen’s call, the crystal ball suddenly appeared in front of her. As some mana accumulated in Aileen’s Dragon Heart, the function to summon the crystal ball in the administrator’s area was finally unlocked.
“Hehehe. If a bit more mana accumulates, I will be able to hear the admirable human’s voice too, right?”
Aileen examined Se-jun’s brick house through the crystal ball, thinking of the voice-support function of the crystal ball. However, Se-jun was not in the bedroom.
“Huh?! Where did he go?”
Aileen examined the outside of the brick house. Then, she saw Se-jun fighting the Ent’s branches outside.
“Roar! You Ent bastards! To dare attack my admirable human!”
If she followed her heart, she wanted to run out right now and burn down the entire western forest, but she was upset that she could not do so.
Still, it was fortunate that the admirable human was fighting well against the branches.
“Grow strong quickly, human.”
While Aileen was looking around, cheering for Se-jun like that,
“Huh?! Even those guys?!”
At a point 5km away from Se-jun’s house, she saw thousands of large branch scouts approaching with giant strides.
“What should I do?! The admirable human cannot block that…”
The level difference between the small and large ones was considerable. Besides, their number was too many.
“Mother bear! Wake up!”
“Bull Demon King! Wake up!”
Aileen began to wake up the mother Crimson Giant Bear and the Bull Demon King by sending them messages.
***
“How did you guys know…?”
When Se-jun was wondering,
[The administrator of the tower says she woke up the mother Crimson Giant Bear and the Bull Demon King.]
[The administrator of the tower boasts that you can sleep with your legs stretched out, trusting her in the future too.]
“Aileen, thank you. I survived thanks to you.”
[……]
For some reason, there was no reply from Aileen to Se-jun’s words. It was Aileen, whose heart suddenly beat too heavily at Se-jun’s words.
At that moment,
Kkueng!
Cuengi called Se-jun in front of a large branch scout.
“Cuengi, why?”
When Se-jun approached,
Creak.
he saw the large branch scout, which had all its limbs broken but was not dead yet, struggling to move.
“Huh?! It’s not dead yet?”
Stab.
[You have defeated a Large Branch Scout of the Corrupted Ent.]
[You have acquired 500 experience points.]
When Se-jun killed the large branch scout like that,
Thud!
Kkueng!
Cuengi smashed the single remaining arm of the moving large branch scout and called Se-jun.
“Oh! This one also has no limbs.”
Stab!
Se-jun took the last hit again.
In the meantime, Cuengi neutralized a branch scout again and called Se-jun once more.
The Black Minotaurs looking at that sight from behind were moved by Cuengi’s filial piety, struggling to grow his weak dad.
And,
Snap.
Moo!
following Cuengi, they broke the limbs of the surviving branch scouts and called Se-jun.
Like that, being carried by Cuengi and the Black Minotaurs and monopolizing the experience points, Se-jun’s level rose once more and became level 23.
And,
Pyoi…
Pyoo…
As the faint cries of baby rabbits were heard from the cave, the long dawn ended. Theo’s intuition was accurate. Beings targeting Se-jun’s lap were born.
***
In front of the merchant passage leading from the 50th floor to the 40th floor of the tower.
“Something is unsettling, meow.”
Theo said, looking at his whiskers that trembled and pointed upward. He felt like he should quickly return to the 99th floor of the tower again.
“This monopoly won’t do, meow! Elka, let’s go at maximum speed, meow!”
“Yes! Representative Theo! I will escort you quickly and safely!”
At Theo’s words, Elka placed Theo on his back and began to run.
And,
“Humans, I have come, meow!”
Theo, who arrived at the 38th floor camp of the tower in 12 hours, announced his arrival while riding on Elka’s back.
“Theo, please wait a moment. I will bring people over quickly.”
The hunters resting in the camp hurriedly contacted their companions.
“Understood, meow! Generous me will wait, meow!”
Theo said, putting his hands on his waist on Elka’s back. They were not greatly surprised even upon seeing the Silver Wolf. This was because they had seen traveling merchants occasionally traveling with mercenaries.
After a short while, the hunters began to gather.
‘Puhuhut. Humans have become even more numerous, meow!’
Theo rejoiced as he looked at the nearly 500 hunters gathered. The reason the number of hunters increased like this was because of the rumors about the new crop, the Green Onion of Detoxification.
The 30 Green Onions of Detoxification the Royal Knight Guild had won. With the guild’s permission, one of the guild members fed one of them to his father who was in the terminal stage of liver cancer.
And Se-jun’s crops surprised the world once again. Upon eating the Green Onion of Detoxification, cancer cells began to disappear from the liver of the terminal liver cancer patient for 24 hours.
Due to that, as wealthy people suffering from liver cancer requested the Green Onion of Detoxification from hunters, the number of hunters increased once again.
“Today, I will first sell a total of 6,000 C-grade Magical Cherry Tomatoes in units of 500 through auction, and then sell a total of 3,000 D-grade Green Onions of Detoxification in units of 100, meow!”
Theo invested all the incentive he received from Se-jun into his bundle, and packed the Green Onions of Detoxification, which were highly popular among humans, as much as his bundle capacity increased.
And he also deliberately placed the order behind the cherry tomatoes. That way, the humans trying to buy the green onions would remain constantly.
‘Puhuhut. Now I am a mid-tier traveling merchant who also knows business tactics, meow!’
While Theo was feeling proud of his own growth like that,
“650 Tower Coins for 500!”
the hunters began to call out bids to buy the Magical Cherry Tomatoes.
As the number of released Magical Cherry Tomatoes increased, the price gradually stabilized, and they were won at an average of approximately 1.45 Tower Coins per piece.
“The Magical Cherry Tomatoes are sold out, meow!”
Like that, he sold 6,000 Magical Cherry Tomatoes and raised an income of 8,700 Tower Coins.
And,
“Now, I will sell the Green Onions of Detoxification, meow!”
With Theo’s words, the fierce competition of the hunters began.
“2,500 Tower Coins for 100!”
“3,000 Tower Coins for 100!”
“3,500 Tower Coins for 100!”
The guild members of the Phoenix Guild, the Royal Knight Guild, and the Wizard Guild who participated in the auction gave up bidding at the asking prices that shot up in an instant. Today was not their day.
“7,200 Tower Coins for 100!”
“Sold, meow!”
“7,600 Tower Coins for 100!”
“Sold, meow!”
Hunters who came after receiving requests from wealthy people who could pay tens of billions for their own lives swept away the Green Onions of Detoxification.
It was truly a seller’s market. If one could not eat the Magical Cherry Tomato, it was only to the extent that vitality decreased, but if one could not eat the Green Onion of Detoxification, one died.
To the wealthy people, this was not a matter where the value could be calculated.
Selling 3,000 Green Onions of Detoxification like that, Theo earned 215,200 Tower Coins.
‘Puhuhut. Now, becoming a superior traveling merchant is not a dream either, meow!’
Before they knew it, Theo’s sales amount was approaching 1 million Tower Coins, the condition for promotion to a superior traveling merchant. Of course, other conditions were also needed.
“Humans who want to take a picture with me, line up, meow!”
Theo took pictures with the hunters and received Churu, seasonings, and coffee as rewards.
“Then, see you next time, meow!”
Theo left the camp to hurriedly go to the 99th floor of the tower.
At that moment,
“Excuse me… Mr. Theo.”
the five hunters who had tried to kidnap Theo but ended up having their lives mortgaged instead approached hesitantly.