Chapter 368: Chapter 368
Sejun opened his eyes on the bed.
“…It took longer this time.”
He said, looking at his own knees. It felt empty without Theo.
But habit is a scary thing, so Sejun got up as usual and added another mark on the wall to indicate antoher day’s passing. It was the morning of day 384 in the tower.
He could only express his amazement. So, it was possible… The screams had been sublimated into taste, stats, and talent.
Sejun handed the golden spoon to Cuengi.
[Hehehe. Cuengi wants to eat a bellyful of rice noodles!]
Cuengi immediately handed the golden spoon to Sejun, asking for the food he wanted to eat.
“You… want to eat rice noodles until you are full?”
Sejun stuttered at Cuengi’s request.
‘How much do I need to make if Cuengi wants to eat his fill?’
Cuengi’s eating quantity had decreased recently, but it was definitely not because he was full. He was restraining himself because he knew Sejun would struggle if he ate a lot.
It was hard to imagine how much he could eat if he said he wanted to eat his fill. And didn’t he see Cuengi recently drinking an entire lake of milk?
But he understood. How much Cuengi must have wanted to eat his fill if he used the golden spoon as soon as he got it.
“Cuengi, just trust Daddy! You don’t need to do anything today. Just eat!”
If my son wants to eat, I can at least do that much!
Fortunately, it was a soup dish.
Sejun, with a determined expression, took out the Relic: Wealth-devouring Rice Dough and filled a giant black pot with rice flour.
Filling the black pot used up 10 million tower coins.
“Ajax, seal release!”
Sejun released Ajax’s seal. The giant dough needed giant strength.
Sejun instructed Ajax to knead the rice noodle dough and started preparing a large volume of broth.
“Hang in there! We’re almost at the 40th floor!”
The Crying Skeleton Gang, led by Gang Leader Koto, responded energetically, working hard to climb the tower for the great task of overthrowing the bone rank caste system.
However, for the six from the lower floors, climbing to the 76th floor of the tower was a very difficult and dangerous journey.
The path was treacherous and filled with dangerous monsters.
But there was something even more challenging than the monsters.
“Boss, we don’t have money to use the merchant passageway!”
It was money. A considerable sum was needed to use the fast and safe merchant passageway.
Moreover, they were not registered with the Merchants Association, so the fee was higher.
Originally, the money that the King of Farming had prepared to give to Sejun was substantial, so the Crying Skeleton Gang, who had stolen it, should have had plenty of money.
However, the Crying Skeleton Gang ended up being robbed of all their money by other bandits along the way.
‘If it was going to be stolen , why did they take my money?’
When his money went to other bandits, the King of Farming really wanted to cry.
Thus, the Crying Skeleton Gang became penniless. Perhaps due to their name, sad occurrences seemed to happen frequently.
“We have no choice. Prepare for business!”
Since they were in the same trade, the bandits didn’t take their weapons, so they could still do business.
Hiding their bodies and starting their main business of banditry, the Crying Skeleton Gang waited for someone to pass by.
Then, a Black Orc passed in front of them.
“Boss, should we strike?”
As mentioned earlier, this area was dangerous for lower floor creatures because of the many dangerous monsters. They waited a long time for an easy target to appear.
Black Rabbit had gone into the water to catch seafood to use for the broth.
The black rabbit easily caught eels, octopus, squid, crabs, etc. as if scooping them up from a fish farm.
And all of these were creatures that had lived in the Dimensional Sea for over a thousand years.
Sejun was able to obtain good quality seafood thanks to Flamie, who had herded the sea monsters towards the pond upon hearing that Sejun wanted seafood.
Using the Amplifying Greatsword, Sejun prepared a large crab and made a crab shell pot, filling it with water to boil and adding other seafood and vegetables to make the broth.
Fortunately, there were enough crabs to make as many as ten crab shell pots.
Once the broth preparation was complete,
Sejun called Ajax, who was far away preparing the dough.
“Okay. Well done. Ajax, seal!”
Having confirmed that the rice noodle dough was properly made, Sejun sealed Ajax.
The rice noodle dough was placed in the black noodle press and pressed to extrude the noodles. The noodles quickly cooked as they entered the boiling broth.
Nearly 100 servings of rice noodles went into the crab shell pot.
For Cuengi, 100 servings of rice noodles were just one bite.
Sejun quickly filled the remaining nine crab shell pots with rice noodles, and Cuengi followed, eating the noodles.
It was a new concept for a noodle restaurant, where the noodles stayed still and Cuengi moved around.
Sejun and Black Rabbit adjusted the seasoning of the broth, adding more water, seafood, and vegetables as needed.
Thanks to that, Cuengi was able to enjoy delicious rice noodles until the end.
When Cuengi had precisely made 39 rounds,
[Hehehe… Cuengi is really full.]
Cuengi patted his stomach and wore a satisfied expression.
“Yeah… you too, hyung…”
After making 39,000 servings of noodles and exhausting themselves completely, Sejun, Black Rabbit, and Ajax collapsed on the floor.
‘I can’t do this a second time.’
Just as Sejun was thinking about sealing the golden spoon for a while,
The 44th floor was where Sejun had registered a waypoint.
“Maybe it’s time to go see the penguins again?”
Sejun said in an excited voice.
If it was the 44th floor, which was about the middle of the tower, Theo might be nearby and could come looking for him, or he might go to him.
Sejun rode Toryong and moved to the waypoint with his companions.
Black Tower 40th floor.
‘Just the right prey.’
After waiting for hours for an easy target, Koto grinned upon seeing a yellow cat, a pink pig, and a fist-sized white bird approaching from a distance.
“Perfect! Crying Pirates, move out!”
To demonstrate his bravery as the leader, Koto shouted and ran ahead.