Chapter 499: Chapter 499
“Sejun-nim, I’ll refine just the necessary energy from that stone for you.”
Seeing Sejun unable to touch the scorching Lava Bloodstone, Eomdol confidently stepped forward.
For Eomdol, who used to be Krueger, the Destroyer of Mountains and 7th seat of the Apostle of Destruction, refining such a hot stone was a piece of cake.
“Really? Then, I’ll leave it to you.”
With a burst of energy, Eomdol embraced the Lava Bloodstone, which was about the size of a grape.
‘No. What dangerous things are you saying?!’
How could I become the strongest by surpassing Sejun?!
Oh Kyung-chul, who had been quietly listening to their conversation with a satisfied expression and nodding, was startled.
“If I eat a lot , what about Sejun? We have to make sure Sejun gets some too!”
‘If I’m going down, I’m taking you, my comrade, with me! We’ve got to share the good stuff!’
Kyung-chul had been planning to eat fewer Seedless Grape for Beginners by using Sejun as an excuse.
“Puahahaha! Oh Kyung-chul, are you worried about Sejun-nim?”
“Don’t worry. Sejun-nim is way stronger than you. You’d have to eat about 5,000 of those to even come close.”
“Stop spouting nonsense and eat! Or we’ll force-feed you!”
“I understand! I’ll eat them!”
Through the words of the black bears, Kyung-chul realized just how strong Sejun was.
“But do I really need to get stronger now?”
There was nothing wrong with being strong, but lately, I can climb the tower just by completing quests…
Kyung-chul recalled the recent news about the Phoenix Guild’s hunters reaching the 55th floor of the tower.
Since a month ago, the boss of the 51st floor had started offering a quest – bring him what he desired, and he would allow the use of the waypoint.
Shortly after, the bosses of the 52nd, 53rd, and 54th floors had begun giving similar quests every few days.
Thanks to that, hunters who had given up on climbing the tower had recently started ascending again.
Well… They got stuck again on the 55th floor.
That’s because the quest from the Black Rabbit, the king and boss of the Red Ribbon Kingdom on the 55th floor, was just too difficult.
[If you swim better than me, you pass!]
The Black Rabbit, who had learned how to swim from Sejun in the pond on the 99th floor of the Black Tower, had an enormous amount of pride in its swimming skills.
Sejun, who had arrived on the 99th floor of the tower, called out to Toryong as he headed home.
“Huh? Why are they lined up?”
Sejun noticed a long line of Poisonous Bees stretching endlessly.
Is something happening?
“What’s going on here?”
Sejun approached one of the Poisonous Bees in line and asked.
[Sejun-nim, hello! We’re waiting to offer our congratulations to Sweetie-nim, who has become the Great Poisonous Queen Bee!]
“Our Sweetie has become the Great Poisonous Queen Bee?!”
Then this is no time to waste! I need to go congratulate her right away!
Sejun hurried toward the cave where Sweetie’s hive was located.
[Welcome, Sejun-nim!]
Sweetie, who had evolved into the Great Poisonous Queen Bee with a larger body and more splendid wings than before, greeted Sejun warmly at the entrance of the cave.
She had come out to welcome Sejun after hearing from her subordinates that he had arrived.
“Sweetie, congratulations on becoming the Great Poisonous Queen Bee.”
When Sejun conveyed his congratulations,
“I’m so happy that Sejun-nim is congratulating me.”
Sweetie rubbed herself against Sejun’s face in joy, just like she used to.
“Sejun-nim, here’s a gift. I need to go back now.”
Sweetie handed Sejun a seed given to her by Seventh, then hurried back to her hive to continue receiving congratulations from the other Poisonous Bees.
I should be the one giving her a gift, though…
“I’ll make sure to give her something nice later.”
Sejun felt a bit guilty toward Sweetie.
But why does this seed have question marks in its name?
Noticing that the seed didn’t have a name, Sejun picked it up and examined it closely.
→ It hatches when you put magic power into the seed.
→ Usage Restriction: ???
It hatches if you infuse magic power?
After reading the description, Sejun thought,
“Aileen, can you appraise this for me?”
Since entering the tower, Sejun had been practically brainwashed by Aileen with constant education on how unidentified items could be dangerous, so he immediately asked Aileen for an appraisal.
[The tower’s administrator warns that this is an extremely dangerous seed and advises you never to plant it.]
Aileen conveyed the appraisal of the seed to Sejun.
“Okay. I got it. I absolutely won’t plant it.”
What kind of seed is this?
Sejun answered and quickly checked the seed again.
→ This seed was created to give birth to a new Magic Stream after the previous Magic Stream was extinguished.
→ Because the Magic Stream last perished on the 99th floor of the Black Tower, the new Magic Stream must be reborn on the 99th floor of the Black Tower.
→ If you infuse magic power into the seed, it will hatch. (Once you start infusing magic power, you cannot stop until the Magic Stream is fully formed.)
→ Usage Restriction: Sejun, Tower Farmer of the Black Tower
It’s a good thing I got it appraised.
It turned out to be a seed that would give birth to a Magic Stream. If Sejun had infused his magic power into it, he probably would have been drained dry and died.
Sweetie’s gift had almost turned into an assassination tool for Sejun.
Well… it’s not like the world will collapse just because there’s one less Magic Stream.
As Sejun was about to store the seed of the Magic Stream without planting it,
“Great Hybrid Chairman Park, give me that, meow!”
Theo, his eyes shining, stared intently at the Magic Stream seed and asked.
Since no one could plant it except for him anyway, Sejun handed the seed over to Theo and,
“Cuengi, put this in there for me.”
Cuengi, who had been holding the Lava Bloodstone with telekinesis, floated it over and placed it in the pond in front of the house.
The water began to heat up.
After testing the temperature of the water with his hand,
“Hehehe. Hot spring, complete.”
Sejun stripped off his clothes and
He plunged into the pond, steam rising around him.
In an instant, the outdoor hot spring was complete.
“Ah. It’s refreshing.”
As he soaked his body in the hot water, his fatigue quickly melted away.
Now I should be able to touch it, right?
Sejun placed his hand on the Lava Bloodstone submerged in the water to check its options.
“Puhuhut. Multiply a lot, meow!”