Chapter 74 – Becoming a Middle Manager of the Tower

Bang!

“Mother! I’m here!”

Bill, one of the interns of the distribution department of Se-jun’s farm, slammed his house door open and shouted.

“Bill… are you back now?”

Bill’s mother welcomed Bill while sitting on the sofa with a lifeless voice.

“Mother! Why are you so thin?”

Bill was greatly surprised to see that his mother had a gaunt appearance like the people on the street.

“First, please eat this.”

Bill took out the grilled fish Theo had given him and handed it to his mother.

“Bill, what is this? Surely you didn’t steal it from somewhere, did you?”

While unable to take her eyes off the grilled fish, Bill’s mother first asked if her son had stolen it from somewhere.

“No! Mother, I got a job. The grilled fish was also given by Representative Theo. You can eat it.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

Bill’s mother was deeply moved when she heard that her son, who had caused her distress by following Oren around every day, had found a job.

“Mother, I just dropped by for a moment, so I will be going back.”

Seeing his mother happy, Bill felt proud for some reason and returned to Theo with light steps.

And

“Oh my. Dagon’s mother, our Bill got a job this time, so the grilled fish…”

Bill’s mother, who had recovered her energy after eating the grilled fish, began to boast about Bill’s employment to other mother cats.

And as a result, rumors spread that one could get grilled fish by working under Representative Theo, and cats who wanted to work under Theo began to appear.

***

‘To think Hegel, the chieftain of the Black Wolf tribe, was here…’

Seeing the 5-meter-tall black wolf with three long claw marks on his left face coming out with Oren, Elka realized that he had been too off guard.

‘It would have been a disaster if Lord Iona wasn’t here.’

However, just as he had failed to predict the opponent’s power, the opponent also failed to properly grasp their power. He could see Hegel’s face stiffen, as if he had recognized Iona.

At that moment,

“Representative Theo…”

Oren pretended to approach Theo while trying to snatch Iona, who was on top of Elka’s head. When the situation he had been waiting for occurred, Elka tried to quickly subdue Oren, but

‘Do not block him.’

the instruction of the angry Iona was heard.

‘I guess that rumor is true.’

He had heard that Iona hated being ignored for being small the most. She had felt that Oren was targeting her because she was the smallest among the group.

As ignorance made one brave, Oren had touched the most ferocious beast he should never have touched. She was the worst and strongest hostage.

When Oren put his claws against Iona’s neck and threatened her like that,

“Oren, what are you doing, meow?! Put Iona down quickly, meow!”

“Representative Theo, it is fine.”

“Meow?”

“Let us just watch from here.”

Elka quickly put Theo, who was trying to stop Oren, on his back and stepped back.

And

“Kyu- Lord Hegel, what is the meaning of this? Is this a situation where a free mercenary is trying to kill their employer?”

Iona asked while calmly looking at Hegel, not even caring about Oren’s claws. She made a very cute sound like “Kyu-“, but Hegel turned pale upon hearing it.

‘We’re doomed! Lord Iona did the Kyu of Wrath!’

“L… Lord Iona, it is a misunderstanding! How could I… You bastard! Put Lord Iona down quickly!”

Quickly regaining his senses at Iona’s words, Hegel answered and roared at Oren. Currently, Iona was in Stage 1 of the Kyu of Wrath; he had to calm her anger somehow.

If she got angrier there and said “Kyu-” three times like “Kyu-kyu-kyu-“, they would find out why Iona was the Wizard of Great Destruction. Of course, Hegel did not want to see that at all.

Beings who had worked with Iona knew it well. “Kyu-” was a gauge to tell Iona’s state of anger.

Stage 1 of the Kyu of Wrath: when Iona made the sound “Kyu-“, at least one building was destroyed.

Stage 2 of the Kyu of Wrath: when Iona made the sound “Kyu-kyu-“, at least a small village was destroyed.

Stage 3 of the Kyu of Wrath: when Iona made the sound “Kyu-kyu-kyu-“, at least a single city was destroyed.

And they said there was a final stage of the Kyu of Wrath, but since no being who heard it survived, it was impossible to know what sound it was.

“……”

Even at Hegel’s scolding, Oren did not move. No, he could not move. He was already under Iona’s paralysis magic.

“Lord Hegel, before we determine who is right and wrong, shall we first hear the result of the request?”

“Well, that is… Lord Iona, I am sorry. We failed.”

The reason Hegel had come here was to subjugate the eggs of the Frog Queen, which spawned every year. Since the surrounding aquatic life suffered damage close to extinction once the Frogs began to hatch, it was a subjugation carried out every year.

Because the Frog Queen slept after spawning, it was a relatively easy mission where they only had to enter the underwater cave at the bottom of Lake Zenka and dispose of the eggs.

However, when Hegel and the wolves moved the giant rock blocking the entrance of the cave,

Croak, croak.

5,000 Frogs that were starving inside the cave burst out. For some reason, the Frogs hatched from the eggs earlier than scheduled.

Fortunately, about half could be defeated right on the spot, but the remaining 2,500 Frogs escaped to Lake Zenka, evading the wolves.

Since then, the Frogs grew by devouring fish in Lake Zenka indiscriminately, and the Black Wolf tribe was hunting those Frogs while disrupting their hunting.

However, because the wolves’ swimming skills, being unfamiliar with water, could not match the speed of the Frogs moving in the water, it was a situation with almost no results.

With the request not going well like that, Hegel was truly in a difficult spot since he ended up standing on the side targeting Iona’s life, whether he intended to or not.

Even if Iona used this as an excuse to kill the entire Black Wolf tribe, they would not be in a position to complain.

“This cannot be… an employer?”

Israel was flustered at the words that the hamster Oren had grabbed was Hegel’s employer.

Hegel said he had come here after receiving a request from the president of the Mage Association.

‘Then that small hamster is the president of the Mage Association?!’

Come to think of it, he had heard a rumor that the president of the Mage Association was a hamster.

‘Oren! You damn bastard!’

Thud!

“Lord Iona! I am sorry! I will do anything, so please just spare my and my son’s lives!”

Israel knelt and prostrated himself, slamming his forehead against the floor as he shouted. His instinct was telling him. Staying stubborn here was the perfect situation to die.

“Kyu-! It is already too late!”

Rumble.

Iona took out the Staff of Calamity and tried to blow Israel and Oren away along with this house.

At that moment,

“Iona, wait a moment, meow!”

Theo stopped Iona.

“Kyu-kyu- what is it?!”

Due to Theo stopping her, Iona’s anger stage rose.

But

“You must not destroy this place, meow! There was something Chairman Park said, meow!”

Whether Iona was angry or not, Theo had to carry out Se-jun’s instruction to bring three items from Oren’s house.

“Se-jun?! I understand. What do I need to do?”

At the mention of Se-jun’s instruction, Iona quickly canceled her magic and began to help Theo.

***

‘What are you doing!’

Hegel was terrified to see the cat stopping Iona. It would only provoke Iona’s anger for nothing.

And

‘Oh my god, Stage 2 of the Kyu of Wrath!’

Just as Hegel worried, Iona’s anger gauge rose. Hegel despaired when Iona made the sound “Kyu-kyu-“. Now, at least a small village would disappear.

And that would include us, the Black Wolf tribe, as well…

When Hegel was considering their death almost a foregone conclusion,

“Huh?!”

Iona cooled her anger so easily at the words of the cat named Representative Theo.

‘What is with that cat?’

To cool the anger of Iona, the Wizard of Great Destruction, so easily like that?

Slinking over.

“Who is that cat named Representative Theo?”

Hegel approached Elka and asked.

“Representative Theo is a direct subordinate of the Great Black Dragon.”

“What?! A direct subordinate of the Great Black Dragon?!”

Thud!

“Representative Theo! I am Hegel of the Black Wolf tribe! Please accept me as your subordinate!”

As soon as he heard Elka’s words, Hegel went and prostrated himself in front of Theo. The Black Wolf tribe was a race that had worshipped the Great Black Dragon, who had the same color as them, from a very long time ago.

If they could become the subordinate’s subordinate of such a Great Black Dragon, that was the highest honor for the Black Wolf tribe.

“Good, meow! Then stamp here, meow!”

Theo, who did not block incoming subordinates and thoroughly held onto departing ones, held out a contract.

“Yes!”

Press.

Hegel stamped his paw print on the contract.

Thanks to Oren’s trick like that, Theo was able to accept the Black Wolf tribe chieftain Hegel and the entire Black Wolf tribe as his subordinates.

***

-Tell her that the green alarm is really important, so she must tell me.

“Yes. Aileen, the green alarm is important, so Lord Anton wants you to make sure to tell him. Okay?”

[The administrator of the tower said okay.]

[The administrator of the tower asked but what is the green alarm.]

“Aileen asks what the green alarm is.”

-Tell her that the green alarm is an alarm that appears when an endangered monster appears in the tower.

“Yes. Aileen…”

Se-jun was receiving the tower administrator education together while relaying the words of Anton and Aileen in the middle.

After receiving the administrator education for about an hour like that, Se-jun came down to the cave to harvest cherry tomatoes.

[Master! I can use flames again now!]

Looking at Se-jun who came down to the cave, Flamie moved her leaves that turned green and shouted energetically.

“Really? Then use the Purification Flame here.”

Se-jun took out a blue bead from his pocket. It was the Corrupted Ent’s Enhanced Seed.

[Yes! Iyaaa!]

With Flamie’s battle cry, one of Flamie’s leaves turned white, and a white flame seeped into the Corrupted Ent’s Enhanced Seed.

“Oh!”

Fortunately, just as Se-jun expected, there was an effect. The name of the seed changed.

[Corrupted Ent’s Enhanced Seed (Purification Rate 1%)]

“Flamie, good job.”

[Hehehe!]

At Se-jun’s praise, Flamie was embarrassed, posing as if stroking her head with her leaf.

Rustle.

Se-jun put the Corrupted Ent’s Enhanced Seed back into his pocket.

And when he approached the cherry tomato field,

[The administrator of the tower said that a green alarm appeared.]

Aileen sent a message to Se-jun that a green alarm had appeared.

And

[The administrator of the tower appointed you as a middle manager of the tower to prevent the extinction of the Blue Carp in Lake Zenka on the 75th floor of the tower.]

Aileen began to process the green alarm as she learned from her dad.

[You obtained the token of the tower’s middle manager.]

A black dragon tattoo appeared on the back of Se-jun’s hand.

Moving to Lake Zenka on the 75th floor of the tower in 30 seconds.]

[You can bring your subordinates.]

[Please designate the subordinates to go with you.]

Se-jun designated the mother Crimson Giant Bear, Cuengi, the Black Rabbit, and all the other Black Minotaurs. Since he did not know where he was going, he intended to bring as many as possible for safety.

But

[The tower administrator’s magic power was insufficient.]

[Subordinates were automatically designated within the magic power limit of the tower administrator.]

Squeak!

Kkueng!

The numbers 1 and 2 were drawn on the left shoulders of the Black Rabbit and Cuengi. It was fortunate that at least the two of them were there.

After a moment,

[Moving to Lake Zenka on the 75th floor of the tower.]

[The radius of activity cannot leave Lake Zenka.]

Se-jun, the Black Rabbit, and Cuengi disappeared.

Stranded Day 246. Se-jun left the 99th floor of the tower for the first time since being stranded.