Chapter 501: Chapter 501
Seed Shop Headquarters, Leah’s Room.
Leah, the God of Abundance, who had become the proxy guardian deity of Inos on Sejun’s behalf, looked at the map in front of her and completed the task of encircling the land where the residents lived with a giant river using her divine power.
[As a quest completion reward, you have obtained 100 Divine Power.]
[As a quest completion reward, your Divinity has increased by 5.]
[The residents of feel safe thanks to the giant river that can block the Fourth Calamity, the Petrifying Spider.]
“To summon Leah-nim, we’ll need the King of Farming, so let’s go find him first.”
“Alright, meow! Let’s go find the King of Farming, meow!”
They went off to find Podori, since the King of Farming was currently helping Podori as an assistant, squeezing sugarcane juice as an act of apology.
[Ssibal the 18th, huh? I sent him on an errand to the 79th floor of the tower a few hours ago.]
[Ah, it’s short for Saint Ludwig Schruen Argon Walter XVIII, which is the King of Farming’s real name.] (TL: This name is also created by combining 슈 from Schruen (슈루엔) and 발 from Walter (발터), resulting in 슈발 (Ssibal), which is slang for ‘fuck’.)
“Oh. Did you come up with that, Podori? You’ve got a knack for naming things.”
[You think so? But it’s nothing compared to you, Sejun-nim.]
“Aww, come on. It’s not that special.”
[No, seriously. When I think back to the shock I felt when you named Karurur…]
“Hahaha. Karurur was indeed one of my best names.”
Sejun and Podori continued chatting about naming things.
“Chairman Park! Now’s not the time to talk about that, meow! We need to hurry and catch Ssibal the 18th, meow!”
Theo urged Sejun impatiently.
“Oh, right. Hey, guys, tell Cuengi that I’m heading down to the 79th floor for a bit.”
Sejun asked a passing Mushroom Ant to relay his message to Cuengi.
He called out to Toryong and used it to move to the waypoint.
“Minotaur King, if Cuengi comes looking for me, please tell him I went down to the 79th floor.”
Just in case, Sejun also asked the Minotaur King to pass the message along if he saw Cuengi.
“Vice Chairman Theo, get in.”
Carefully, Sejun placed Blackie and his followers, who were sleeping lazily in the sling bag, onto the storage floor, and then spoke to Theo.
Theo quickly entered the storage and waited by the door.
As Sejun closed the door to the Void Storage,
I want to see Chairman Park soon, meow!
Theo entered waiting mode.
On the way down from the 90th floor of the Black Tower to the 80th floor.
Riding on the back of a Silver Wolf, who had come down from the 99th floor, was Ssibal the 18th.
Was it always this pleasant here?
It was a completely different experience compared to when he had been traveling with Uren and Piyot.
A little while later,
“We’ve arrived. See you next time.”
The Silver Wolf left after dropping Ssibal the 18th off on the 79th floor.
“Hm. That must be Sparkie-nim over there?”
Ssibal the 18th began walking toward a massive tree that reached all the way to the sky.
– Are you Sparkie? I’m your senior, Podori, who became a World Tree before you. From now on, you should treat me with the respect a senior deserves…
Ssibal the 18th was planning to deliver Podori’s message, who was trying to establish seniority as a World Tree.
But… is it really okay to deliver the message ?
“I’m just a messenger, so it should be fine, right?”
Ssibal the 18th naively thought nothing would happen to him.
“What did that little punk just say to our mother?!”
The birds protecting Sparkie, who overheard the conversation, didn’t stay quiet.
Having already lost their Mother Tree once, they were now extremely devoted to the current Mother Tree, Sparkie.
Before he could even think of running, Ssibal the 18th, who was from the 4th floor of the tower, was captured.
“Please, tie me up gently! My bones will break!”
He was thrown in front of Sparkie.
[Say that again. Did you just say to call Podori-oppa a senior?]
“Yes, but I didn’t say it myself, it was…”
[Silence! I’ve had enough! I’ve been meaning to teach Podori-oppa a lesson for not listening to Flamie-nim, and today feels like the perfect day.]
I’ll call for a World Tree Meeting to settle who’s the better World Tree between me and Podori-oppa.
Sparkie was about to to call Flamie to convene the World Tree Meeting, as all World Trees were connected through Flamie.
“Mother! Sejun-nim has arrived!”
A bird hurriedly flew over to Sparkie and reported.
Then I’ll ask Sejun-nim to decide who the better World Tree is.
Since Sejun was Flamie’s master, in Sparkie’s view, Sejun’s authority was far greater than that of the World Tree Meeting.
“Of course, Sparkie is the better World Tree.”
Sejun took Sparkie’s side.
Eggs have more uses than grapes, don’t they?
After all, there were more dishes you could make with eggs than with grapes.
[Thank you, Sejun-nim! Did you hear that?! Now, go tell Podori-oppa! And also let him know that since I’m the superior World Tree, he should treat me as his senior.]
Thus, Ssibal the 18th was released.
“Ah… I don’t want to go…”
His feet wouldn’t move. If he delivered this news, he’d definitely get scolded by Podori.
“Puhuhut. Found you, meow!”
A saving paw reached out and grabbed Ssibal the 18th.
“Puhuhut. Ssibal the 18th, if you summon Leah-nim, I’ll send you back to the 4th floor of the tower, meow!”
“Really?! Understood. Leah-nim, please descend here!”
Without a second of hesitation, Ssibal the 18th immediately summoned Leah.
So this was the source of the ominous feeling!
Sensing the impending disaster, Leah had already refused to descend.
“Tell Leah-nim that if she refuses to descend, I’ll strip her of her position as proxy guardian deity.”
[Ahem. Park Sejun, what’s the matter?]