Chapter 444: Chapter 444
1st floor of the 10th Tower.
When the man eating popcorn pointed at his own face in response to Flamie’s question,
Flamie shook its roots up and down.
Blackie, struck by the Thwack! Crackle, shivered and convulsed.
“That’s why you should just eat what I have unwrapped for you. Why are you being so stubborn?”
As Sejun was looking at Blackie pitifully,
[Quest: Harvest 1 million Stamina Corns and get recognized for your farming skills by Hamer, God of Farming.]
Stamina Corn (0/1 million)
Reward: Recognition from Hamer, God of Farming, 1 drop of Enhancing Elixir
Hamer’s quest appeared.
Hamer has the , which allows him to receive 1% of the crops harvested by tower farmers.
Therefore, to replenish his diminishing popcorn supply, he issued a quest to Sejun to harvest the Stamina Corn.
It was a large number, but for Sejun, who harvested tens of thousands of crops daily, it wasn’t much.
Maybe it’ll take about three months?
It was just a matter of time.
After having lunch, Sejun spent the afternoon harvesting corn.
He did not use the five drops of Harvest Elixir he received upon completing the White Tower’s quest on the corn.
Each corn seed produced only about 20 ears of corn, and since corn is an annual plant, it had to be harvested by cutting down the entire stalk, making the use of Harvest Elixir extremely inefficient compared to other crops.
The Black Minotaurs began to happily eat the remaining corn stalks in the harvested cornfield.
After the Black Minotaurs cleaned up the cornfield, Sejun started planting corn again.
While Sejun was busy planting corn,
Suddenly, the Destruction Devourers, sensing something, began running in one direction.
[Guys, where are you going?]
Blackie, who had been playing on top of the Destruction Devourers, naturally moved along with them.
Thus, Blackie went on another unintentional adventure.
The merchant corridor connecting the 90th and 99th floors of the Black Tower.
[Uren-nim, we’re almost there! Hang in there!]
Piyot, sitting on Uren’s shoulder, cheered him on.
They were moving to the 99th floor to deliver the money they had collected to Theo.
Are we finally going to see Fenrir-nim?
Krueger, who had been secretly following them for several days, was filled with anticipation at the thought of meeting Blackie.
“Stop! Hand over everything you have!”
As expected, Uren’s misfortune didn’t disappoint. A robber appeared and blocked their path.
[Uren-nim, this is really getting tiresome!]
[Forget it! Let’s deal with them quickly!]
Piyot flew swiftly toward the robbers, with Uren following closely behind.
Ah. Can we just get going already!
Krueger, also annoyed, moved the ground slightly to catch the robber’s foot, assisting in the battle.
Although he didn’t want to help, he had no choice but to intervene to avoid further delays.
A little while later,
Piyot smiled and received the robbers’ stamps after subduing them.
Following Theo’s example, no matter how long it took, he always made sure to turn anyone who attacked him into a slave.
Thanks to this, Sejun’s stats continued to rise even when Theo was resting, due to his title: Slave King.
As they finished getting all the stamps and were about to move again,
A massive number of Destruction Devourers approached.
[Hehe. The great Blackie is here!]
Blackie barked arrogantly from atop the Destruction Devourers.
Piyot and Uren were puzzled as they watched Blackie and the Destruction Devourers.
The Destruction Devourers surrounded Krueger, who had been in disguise.
Sensing the aura of destruction emanating from Krueger’s fragment, they had come rushing.
Nearly two million Destruction Devourers began to absorb Krueger’s aura.
Krueger had no choice but to reveal himself.
Blackie barked upon recognizing Krueger.
-Fenrir-nim! This is bad! Other Apostles of Destruction are…
Krueger, seeing Blackie, hurriedly tried to convey that other Apostles of Destruction were targeting him.
[Hey! Quickly take out your core!]
Blackie shouted at Krueger.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Krueger’s fragment put his hand into his chest and removed the core at Blackie’s command.
[Throw it over there!]
True to his loyalty as a subordinate of Fenrir, Krueger threw his core to the Destruction Devourers, causing his rocky body to collapse as his power faded.
[Huh?! The Apostle of Destruction has fallen on his own!]
Piyot, who had been watching while recovering his strength to fight Krueger, exclaimed.
“Hehe. We got lucky this time.”
[Uren-nim, don’t say things like that! It’s irritating!]
As Piyot and Uren were feeling relieved looking at Krueger who had suddenly collapsed on his own,
Blackie went into the cracks of the fallen rock that was Krueger’s body and came out carrying something on his back.
-To be carried on Fenrir-nim’s back… it’s truly an honor!
Krueger, now the size of a thumb due to his lost power, spoke in a voice full of emotion.
[Krueger, from now on, call me the great Blackie-nim!]
-Yes! Great Blackie-nim!
Thus, Krueger joined the 99th floor of the Black Tower.
Not knowing that he would soon receive a new name from Sejun.
A little while later,
“Nice to meet you. You don’t have a name? How about Eomdol then?”
Since you’re the size of a thumb, let’s call you Eomdol. (TL: Sejun’s bad naming sense strikes again. Basically, it’s a combination of thumb and stone, so the literal translation would be Thumb Stone. )
How dare you call Krueger, the 7th seat of the Apostles of Destruction and the Destroyer of Mountains, Eomdol?!
Krueger sought permission from Blackie with his eyes.
[Eomdol, bow your head!]