Chapter 404: Chapter 404
Inside the White Bone Castle on the 96th floor of the Black Tower.
“Golden Cat Theo Park, how dare you interfere with the work of Lord Regius, the Lord of Bones and the supreme among the sacred bones!”
Upon hearing his subordinate’s report that the Phoenix capture operation had failed, the leader of the Four Heavenly Kings, Bon Knight, slammed his fist on the desk in fury.
The Four Heavenly Kings were the strongest skeletons among the sacred bones that followed Regius, consisting of Bon Knight, Bon Mage, Bon Archer, and Bon Tanker.
“There’s still a chance. The Phoenix will return to its nest anyway, so we can…”
Bon Knight was unaware that the subordinates on the 95th floor of the Tower had been dealt with.
Because Theo had turned all the skeletons lurking in the Phoenix’s nest on the 95th floor into slaves, that information had not been transmitted.
That’s why Regius was trying to capture the Phoenix.
“This is a piece of Fenrir’s Core, meow!”
There was another problem. The black orb embedded in the staff was a piece of Fenrir’s Core.
It seemed Regius was trying to control the piece of Fenrir’s Core using the other gems embedded in the staff.
“I need to show this to Chairman Park first, meow!”
I need to take Fenrir’s Core piece to Chairman Park, meow!
Thus, Theo took Regius’s staff.
“Puhuhut. Now it’s treasure hunting time, meow! Iona, let’s go, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Yes!”
He began raiding Regius’ vault with Iona, and
[If you don’t want to become powder, stamp quickly!]
Piyot!, Uren, and Theo’s skeleton slaves held up the slave contracts to get stamped.
[You have earned the for this achievement.]
Theo, who hunted 1 million slaves, gained a title, and
[All stats increased by 1 due to the effect of .]
He became even stronger due to the title’s effect.
“Puhuhut. I have to boast to Chairman Park, meow! You guys finish stamping the contracts here, meow!”
Theo excitedly took Iona and ran up to the 99th floor of the Tower.
99th floor of the Black Tower.
Sejun woke up to the morning of the 402nd day since entering the Tower.
[As a reward for the great feat, you have earned the .]
[You will collect 1 million Tower Coins in monthly taxes from your slaves due to the effect of .]
He checked the messages that appeared while he was asleep.
When Theo makes contracts, he always writes Sejun’s name next to his own.
And Sejun is Theo’s master.
Therefore, the system deemed Sejun the actual owner of the slaves.
Slave King… doesn’t that sound too villainous?
When Sejun was reluctant about his newly acquired title,
[All stats increased by 1 due to the effect of .]
A message appeared along with increasing stats.
Stats rise just by increasing slaves.
“Hehe. This is good.”
Thanks to this, Sejun decided to accept the title willingly. I just won’t tell anyone.
“Time to prepare breakfast.”
Sejun got up from his spot.
After covering Fenrir, who was still sleeping, with a blanket, he headed to the kitchen.
Then he quickly started making Sotteok-sotteok.
Yesterday, he had meant to give some to Aileen, but he had forgotten.
When Sejun remembered, Cuengi was already doing the dishes while diligently licking even the sauce left on the plate that held the Sotteok-sotteok had been.
Sejun sent a plate full of Sotteok-sotteok to Aileen.
[The tower’ administrator says thank you for the food.]
“Yeah. Enjoy your meal.”
After chatting briefly with Aileen, Sejun prepared his own breakfast.
Breakfast was simple: fried eggs and stir-fried sausages.
Of course, he made octopus legs by cutting slits in the sausages.
While Sejun was making breakfast,
Cuengi and Fenrir entered the kitchen together in harmony.
[Dad is a genius! Cuengi feels like eating octopus too, so Cuengi’s happy!]
‘Feels like a real hunt!’
Both were delighted with the octopus-shaped sausages.
After eating breakfast like that,
Sejun went to the brewery, stirred the alcohol in the jar, and used his fermentation skill, then harvested the ripe crops.
It was just another typical day… until.
“Heheh. I should go shopping.”
To the 75th floor of the tower.
He was going to visit Mason to ask about the Golden Tower land deed and eat street food at the shopping street.
“Cuengi, let’s go together.”
Of course, he was too scared to go alone, so he went with Cuengi.
[Shopping sounds fun!]
Sejun headed to the waypoint with Cuengi and Fenrir.
On the way to the waypoint,
“Aileen, can we move the waypoint’s location?”
Since he had more reasons to visit other floors, even getting to the waypoint from home took considerable time.
[The tower’ administrator says it’s possible.]
[The tower’ administrator says she can move the waypoint 1 km per day.]
“Really? Then move it 1 km closer to our house every day starting today.”
[The tower’ administrator says to leave it to her.]
[The tower’ administrator says she just moved it 1 km.]
Sejun thanked Aileen.
“Huh? Vice Chairman Theo is here?”
Sejun sensed Theo’s energy quickly approaching from afar.
“Chairman Park, I’m back, meow!”
Theo suddenly appeared, hugging Sejun’s face.
Sejun replied as he peeled Theo off his face.
“But Chairman Park, where are you going, meow?”
“Puhuhut. Then check this out on the way, meow!”
Theo opened his bag and began boasting about the items he had looted from the 96th floor of the tower.
“This is the best one, meow!”
Theo took out Regius’s staff from his bag and handed it to Sejun.
Just by its name, Sejun knew exactly who to give it to.
But why give it to me?
As Sejun was about to grab the staff,