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Chapter 89 – Rapid Leveling Up
The 67th floor of the tower.
Flutter. Flutter.
Most of the Red Locusts’ bodies turned purple. As their numbers approached nearly 7 billion, they were on the verge of evolving into Purple Locusts.
As the toxicity of the Red Locusts grew stronger, the Blade Leaves killed a few of them and then withered and died from the poison.
And they were leisurely flying toward the Lizardmen’s main base.
“Do not retreat! Block the enemies!”
Tamuro, the Lizardman Great Warrior, shouted to the soldiers as he looked at the purple wave covering the sky.
However, the enemy’s poison was the problem.
“Argh… save me.”
Just from blood splattering, the soldiers were poisoned and died.
“Do not face them directly! Attack with bows or magic!”
However, it was impossible to block a number close to 7 billion with long-range attacks alone. The Red Locusts began to attack the archers and mages.
At that moment,
Awooo!
The Silver Wolves, who were resting in the rear, stepped forward and protected the archers and mages. They had the Detoxifying Green Onion that Se-jun had packed for them just in case.
Thanks to that, Tamuro, the Lizardman Great Warrior, who had gained some breathing room, reported the situation here and requested support.
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Cuengi started the first attack. Since Cuengi no longer needed to save his strength to clean up after his dad, he went all out.
And,
Kkueng!
He injected mana into the Corrupted Ent’s strong branch and began to grow its size.
Rumble.
The branch absorbed mana and grew gigantically.
Kkueng!!!
Cuengi swung the branch, which had grown to 20 meters in an instant, with all his might.
Whoosh. Boom!
A giant shockwave was generated centered around Cuengi, devastating 50 meters ahead in a fan shape.
[Guardian Cuengi has defeated a Sticky Flower Attacker.]
[You have acquired 600 experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired by Guardian Cuengi.]
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..
.
[You have leveled up.]
[You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.]
“Wow.”
His level went up with just one of Cuengi’s attacks.
And,
“Meow! Do not block President Theo’s path, meow!”
Squeak!
Pyupyu!
Theo, the Black Rabbit, and Pyupyu scattered in other directions untouched by Cuengi’s attack and defeated the monsters.
[Guardian Theo has defeated a Poison Fog Flower Attacker.]
[You have acquired 750 experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired by Guardian Theo.]
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..
.
[You have leveled up.]
[You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.]
Thanks to that, he leveled up once again.
At that moment,
“Kyut! Power of mana! Destroy the enemy according to my command! Destruction Ray!”
Iona used magic while holding the Staff of Disaster. Perhaps because she had slept soundly, Iona was overflowing with energy.
Whir.
A red ray of about 1 meter in diameter shot out from the black gem at the tip of the staff and headed toward the center of the western forest.
A moment later,
Kaboom!
With a huge explosion, a part of the center of the western forest was erased. She was not called the Archmage of Destruction for nothing.
[Guardian Iona has defeated a Corrupted Young Ent.]
[You have acquired 5,000 experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired by Guardian Iona.]
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..
.
[You have leveled up.]
[You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.]
“Wow…”
His mouth fell open on its own. With a single spell, he leveled up three times in a row, reaching level 37.
However,
“Iona, leave the corpses behind. The Ents need to eat them.”
Se-jun had to restrain Iona. This was because the corpses of the Corrupted Ents were completely destroyed by the attack just now.
“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Yes! Mr. Se-jun.”
Iona replied and prepared another spell.
“Power of ice. According to my command…”
Leaving behind Iona who was chanting her spell, Se-jun was telling Cuengi that they should leave the corpses, when
“Avalanche!”
Iona cast her magic.
Suddenly, the temperature dropped and the sky darkened.
“Ugh. Why is it suddenly so cold?”
Se-jun climbed onto Cuengi’s warm back and looked up at the darkened sky.
“Huh?! What are all of those?”
Thousands of giant ice spears floating in the sky fell toward the center of the western forest. And the forest was trapped in ice.
[Guardian Iona has defeated a Corrupted Ent.]
[You have acquired 15,000 experience points, which is 50% of the experience points acquired by Guardian Iona.]
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..
.
[You have leveled up.]
[You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have acquired 1 bonus stat point.]
Having been told not to burn them, Iona froze them instead.
The Corrupted Ents in the western forest could not come out because of the ice wall, and thanks to that, the animals only had to clean up the remaining monsters.
In the process, Se-jun leveled up once more, reaching level 40.
And,
[A quest has occurred.]
[Class Quest: Secure 5 companions to help with farming.]
Reward: Level 41 unlocked, 5,000 Tower Coins, Class Skill – Farmer’s Touch Lv. 1
He completed the class quest as soon as he received it. Se-jun already had the White Rabbits helping with farming.
[You have completed the quest.]
[As a quest completion reward, level 41 is unlocked.]
[As a quest completion reward, you have acquired 5,000 Tower Coins.]
[As a quest overachievement reward, the level of the class skill rises.]
[As a quest completion reward, you have acquired the Class Skill – Farmer’s Touch Lv. 2.]
“Farmer’s Touch?”
It was the first time he received a class skill as a class quest reward. Se-jun quickly checked the skill.
[Farmer’s Touch Lv. 2]
The growth of plants touched by a farmer’s hand speeds up slightly.
“It is a bit vague.”
Speeds up slightly? It seemed he would have to try using it first to know.
“Shall I raise my stats a bit?”
Se-jun began to invest in magic power using the 8 bonus stat points accumulated from leveling up.
When he had increased magic power by 2 like that,
[Your magic power has exceeded 30.]
[The seal of of Thunder Rain Lv. 1 is released.]
Finally, the seal on was released. However, since the fountain and waterway were already built, supplying water to the crops was not difficult. He was not particularly thrilled.
Se-jun invested all of the remaining 6 bonus stat points into magic power. What Se-jun was aiming for was , whose seal would be released at magic power 50.
“Hehehe. If I throw some thunder and such, I will get a bit stronger too, right?”
Se-jun wanted to escape from being the weakest on the 99th floor of the tower.
Crunch. Crunch.
The Ent, who was following behind while eating wood, approached Se-jun. Perhaps because it ate a lot of wood, the Ent’s head now reached Se-jun’s waist.
There were two white seeds on the Ent’s head. It seemed that every time seeds formed, the number of seeds bearing on the Ent’s head increased.
“Oh! Good job!”
Tap. Tap.
When Se-jun plucked two seeds from the Ent’s head,
[Farmer’s Touch Lv. 2 is activated.]
[While touched, the growth of the Strong Purification Ent speeds up slightly.]
As Se-jun’s hand touched the Ent’s body, the Farmer’s Touch skill was activated. Farmer’s Touch was a skill that activated when touching a plant. The Ent was indeed a plant as well.
“Ah. So this is how it is used.”
Se-jun realized how to use the skill.
And as he immediately planted the two newly acquired Purification Ent seeds in the ground,
Creak.
Creak.
The seeds grew rapidly, and two Purification Ents were born from the ground.
And,
Munch, munch.
The newly born Ent No. 3 and No. 4 began to eat wood, following Ent No. 1.
“Since I have nothing to do, should I touch them a bit?”
While Se-jun was pondering as he looked at the Ents,
Kkueng!
Cuengi approached holding a honey bowl. It was lunchtime before they knew it.
“Just a moment.”
As Se-jun took out the honey he had stored in the Subspace Prison, Cuengi politely held out his honey bowl with both hands.
Click.
Se-jun opened the lid of the glass jar containing honey,
Glug, glug, glug.
And poured three glugs into the honey bowl, filling the bowl completely.
“Eat this for a bit.”
Kkueng!
Lick, lick.
While Cuengi was diligently eating honey next to Se-jun, Se-jun took out food for the other animals from the Subspace Prison.
Piranha, peanuts, carrots.
“I’m hungry, meow!”
“Me too.”
Squeak…
Pyupyu…
While Se-jun was taking out food from the Subspace Prison, the animals that had dealt with the nearby monsters returned.
“Pyupyu. Make some fire, please.”
Pyupyu!
At Se-jun’s words, Pyupyu gathered wood with magic and lit a fire.
“Thank you. Here.”
Se-jun handed carrots to the rabbits. The rabbits were fully satisfied just by being given carrots.
Crunch.
While the Black Rabbit and Pyupyu ate the carrots deliciously, Se-jun shelled peanuts from the peanut pods while grilling fish on the fire Pyupyu had made.
And he put about 100 peanuts into a pot and began to roast them. They were roasted peanuts to be given to Iona, who played the biggest role today.
Swish.
As Se-jun continuously stirred the peanuts with a wooden spatula to prevent them from burning,
Crackle, crackle.
The sound crackled and the savory smell of peanuts began to emerge.
“Kyut-kyut-kyut.”
Iona could not hide her smile as she smelled the savory peanuts.
As the smell and color of the peanuts gradually deepened, Se-jun placed the pot on the ground and began to cool it down.
“*Gulp*. Can I eat them now?”
Iona swallowed her saliva and asked, unable to contain herself.
“Yes. But they are hot, so eat slowly.”
“Kyut-kyut-kyut. Yes! Wind.”
Iona quickly cooled the peanuts with wind magic and began to eat them. Meanwhile, Se-jun ate the golden-brown grilled fish with Theo, who had climbed onto his lap.
“It’s really spacious here too.”
Se-jun looked around while eating the grilled fish. Having cleared the monsters cleanly, it was more like a vast plain rather than a forest.
Besides,
Rustle, rustle.
“The soil quality is good too.”
Se-jun said as he touched the soil.
“I want to plow the field.”
He felt greedy. However, the situation was that he could not even manage all the land he currently had. Se-jun decided to save it for later.
“Kyut-kyut-kyut. I’m full.”
Iona patted her full belly and climbed onto Se-jun’s lap.
“Where do you think you are climbing, meow!”
“Kyu—it’s my choice!”
Hurt by Theo’s reaction, Iona became angry.
“It’s my choice too, meow!”
Even after seeing Iona’s terrifying magic just now, Theo was not intimidated.
‘Puhahat. As long as I’m with Park Se-jun, I am invincible, meow! Besides, I am President Theo right now, meow!’
It was a strange logic, but it gave Theo confidence. And because of that, the one in trouble was Se-jun.
“Guys…”
If the two of them started fighting here, he would at least be seriously injured.
“Ah! Iona, look at this Subspace Prison. Can this be upgraded?”
Se-jun quickly diverted Iona’s attention.
“Kyut-kyut-kyut. I’ll try!”
Iona was deeply moved when the Great Black Dragon made a magic request to her, and she entered the Subspace Prison to inspect the interior.
“Kyut-kyut-kyut. This is an old-fashioned version using triple-overlapping magic. I think I can improve it!”
After analyzing the magic system of the Subspace Prison, Iona spoke in a voice full of confidence.
“I’ll close the prison door for a moment.”
Clank.
Iona closed the door of the Subspace Prison and began to upgrade the Subspace Prison.
“Thank goodness.”
Se-jun felt relieved. Fortunately, he had stopped the fight and could even get the Subspace Prison upgraded.
“Theo, get along with Iona.”
“I understand, meow. Since Chairman Park says so, I will yield a little, meow.”
While Se-jun was coaxing Theo by stroking his belly,
[The Tower Administrator says a green alarm has appeared.]
Aileen informed Se-jun that a green alarm had appeared.
“Green alarm?”
[The Tower Administrator appoints you as the Tower’s Middle Manager to prevent the extinction of the Jewel Frogs in the Nabia Swamp on the 67th floor of the tower.]
“67th floor of the tower?”
[You will be moved to the Nabia Swamp on the 67th floor of the tower in 30 seconds.]
[You can bring your subordinates with you.]
[Please designate the subordinates who will go with you.]
Se-jun quickly selected Theo, the Black Rabbit, Cuengi, and Pyupyu who were in front of him.
[Subordinate designation is complete.]
Fortunately, as Aileen’s Dragon Heart grew, he was able to designate all four.
“Huh?! What about Iona?”
Just as Se-jun hurriedly tried to open the Subspace Prison,
[Moving to the Nabia Swamp on the 67th floor of the tower.]
[You cannot stray more than 100m from Nabia Swamp.]
Se-jun and the animals disappeared.
And,
Munch, munch.
Only the Ents remained in the western forest, diligently eating wood.
Pluck.
Plucking the seeds growing on each other’s heads, these were Ents who, until now, had asked Se-jun to pluck them because they had no other Ents to do so.
Creak.
New Ents were born in the western forest.