Chapter 398: Chapter 398
[Due to the effect of , all stats increase by 31.]
Park Sejun arrived at the 68th floor of the tower.
No room for complacency.
As he quickly checked his surroundings to ensure there were no dangers,
“Chairman Park, I missed you, meow!”
Sejun rode south with the remaining companions and Toryong.
After traveling 270km south, they arrived at a huge lake.
And there was a giant fish with a fragment of Fenrir’s core embedded in its side.
[Kog, the Predator King of Lake Uran]
There were no other creatures in the lake. It seemed Kog had eaten them all, true to its name.
“Meow! It’s a giant fish, meow!”
While Theo cheered at the sight of Kog,
Kog, having spotted Sejun and his companions, charged towards them, creating a water stream.
“Chairman Park, lend me some money, meow!”
Sejun, who had abundant wealth, readily agreed.
However, he didn’t tell Theo to get it himself, as he might burn everything.
Sejun took a handful of gold ornaments from the Void Storage and handed it to Theo.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park’s wealth is all I need, meow! Burn brightly, meow!”
At Theo’s exclamation, the wealth disappeared, and Theo’s body glowed with a golden light.
As Theo swung his golden glowing paw, a golden magical blade shot out,
cleanly slicing off the part where Fenrir’s core fragment was embedded in Kog’s side.
“Puhuhut. Cuengi, catch it, meow! Tonight’s dinner is grilled giant fish, meow!”
At Theo’s command, Cuengi charged forward, striking Kog’s head where Fenrir’s core fragment had been removed.
[You have gained 30 million experience points, 50% of the experience obtained by Herbalist Cuengi.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have gained 1 bonus stat.]
[Strength increased by 10.]
As Kog collapsed, Sejun’s level increased.
“Puhuhut. Chairman Park, here it is, meow!”
Theo brought Fenrir’s core fragment to Sejun.
“Well done, Vice Chairman Theo.”
Sejun praised Theo and glanced at Fenrir. He was sure Fenrir would demand it.
However, Fenrir showed no interest in the core fragment.
‘Hehe. I’ll have him eat that later.’
Fenrir had decided to leave the weaker cores to Sejun from now on.
With his level up, Fenrir’s core fragment, and something for dinner secured, Sejun was returning to the cherry tree farm when
‘Pip-pip. They’re here!’
The cherry destroyers appeared in front of Paespaes, who was in hiding.
Their identity was revealed to be crows.
The crows would peck at a cherry once, then move on to another, repeating the process.
They really only pecked. Enough to make the cherries hold a grudge.
While the crows were eating the cherries,
(Pip-pip. How dare they touch Sejun-nim’s fruit. I’ll teach them a lesson.)
Speaking in a frequency no one could hear, Paespaes used his Pip Step to quickly move.
In an instant, Paespaes moved behind the crows and knocked them out by striking their heads.
In the blink of an eye, 500 crows were knocked out and fell to the ground due to Paespaes’s attack.
When the crows were subdued,
“Paespaes, we’re here.”
Sejun called out to Paespaes upon arriving at the farm.
(Pip-pip! You’re back!)
Paespaes appeared on Sejun’s shoulder and greeted him.
“Yes. Nothing happened… Huh?! What is all this?”
Sejun, greeting Paespaes, was startled at the sight of the unconscious crows on the ground.
Piyot and Uren had said there was no commotion at the cherry tree farm.
That meant the enemy had no chance to resist…
“Paespaes, who did this?”
Paespaes puffed out his chest and looked at Sejun with eyes that said, ‘Didn’t I do well?’ but
Our Paespaes is strong too…
Sejun’s eyes were filled with disappointment.
While Sejun was realizing Paespaes’s combat prowess and feeling disheartened,
[You have completed the quest.]
[As a reward for completing the quest, you have been recognized as the rightful owner of the land deed for the cherry tree farm on the 68th floor of the Black Tower.]
[Land Deed Skill: Farm Information Lv. Max is activated.]
A quest completion message appeared.
“Puhuhut, Piyot, let’s get the stamp, meow!”
In the meantime, Theo and Piyot got the crows’ footprints on the contract.
Like that, the crows became the caretakers of the cherry tree farm under the condition of receiving ten peanuts daily.
“Take good care of it.”
Leaving the cherry tree farm behind, Sejun
Arrived at the waypoint. The boss on the 68th floor was a general from the Lizard Kingdom who knew Theo, so they comfortably passed for free.
“Chairman Park, it’s finally time, meow!”
Theo handed Sejun the land deed for the 75th floor of the tower.
Let’s make our Vice Chairman Theo a legendary merchant.
Sejun nodded at Theo and put his companions into the Void Storage, then unfolded the tower document.
Thus, Sejun arrived at the farm on the 75th floor of the tower.
[Land Deed Skill: Farm Information Lv. Max is activated.]
This time, he became the owner of the farm without any quests.
Did it bear any fruit?
While Sejun was pondering how to utilize the acacia trees,
“Chairman Park, I missed you, meow! Iona, let’s go, meow!”
Theo came out of the Void Storage and called Iona.
“Kyoot Kyoot Kyoot. Yes! Power of Space… Teleport.”
With Iona’s magic, they arrived in front of the chairman’s office at the headquarters of the Wandering Merchant Association.
Theo, who had visited Mason with Sejun, Cuengi, and Iona, failed to pass the first stage of the promotion exam.
“Do you really not know?”
“I don’t know, meow!”
“Phew. There are two individuals with no reputation, aren’t there?”