Chapter 517: Chapter 517
The 27th Floor of the Brown Tower.
“It’s become quite desolate.”
As he set foot on the floating island in the sky, Amur commented.
Well… considering she defended this place alone against the Apostles of Destruction…
In this state, it could even be said that it was holding up remarkably well.
Amur walked slowly toward the Temple of the Creator God in the center of the island.
Satisfied with the Creator God’s answer, Emila nodded.
The youngest’s not here! Not even coming to greet their seniors?!
Now that Amur was finally no longer the youngest, he resolved to establish discipline with the new Apostle when he met him.
[Those Apostles of Creation didn’t even come pay their respects to the great Blackie-nim?!]
I’ll give them a scolding when we meet!
Unaware that the youngest was thinking the exact same thing.
The 99th Floor of the White Tower.
“It seems some of the stats that Sejun-nim reverted have been absorbed into his battle aura.”
He could use the stats he’d reverted?
At Les’s words, Sejun was delighted.
So the battle aura can be strengthened this way too.
Les found it intriguing as he observed Sejun.
Typically, Ogres, who had high base potential, struggled just to reach their full potential, and food that could increase stats wasn’t common, so he hadn’t known battle aura could be strengthened this way.
“When your battle aura has accumulated enough to surpass the current level, come find me. I’ll teach you how to enhance your body using battle aura.”
“Okay. But how do I know if I’ve surpassed the level?”
Since the system doesn’t inform him about battle aura, there was no way to tell if he’d advanced to the next level.
“Yes. This is something that’s hard to put into words… but when you advance, you’ll know it yourself.”
“Hmm. Got it for now.”
After hearing Les’s words, Sejun focused even more on eating locust dishes to revert his stats and strengthen his battle aura.
A little while later.
“Ajax, we’ll be going now.”
After finishing their meal, Sejun and his companions headed to the waypoint to return home.
“Sejun-hyung! Take care!”
With farewells from Ajax and Les, they returned to the 99th floor of the Black Tower.
As they returned home,
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Sejun-nim, welcome!”
Iona, who had been waiting at home, greeted Sejun and his companions.
“Puhuhut. Iona, did you come to sleep, meow?”
Theo asked Iona, who was burrowing into his tail.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. No, I just stopped by to see Theo~nim one last time because I’m going into closed-door training for a while.”
“Puhuhut. Then, take a good look, meow!”
Theo brought his face close to Iona, inviting her to take a good look.
A little while later.
“Kyoot! Kyoot! Kyoot! It’s time for me to go.”
Having fully recharged her energy from seeing Theo’s face, Iona prepared to leave.
“Puhuhut. Iona, take this, meow!”
Theo handed her three heart-shaped fur balls he had made in his spare time.
Iona was deeply moved by Theo’s gift.
I’ll come back as a worthy hamster that matches Theo~nim!
She once again strengthened her resolve.
In her battle with the Silent Plunderer, White Whale Mobius, Iona had realized that she could no longer be of great help to Theo.
“I may not know magic, but all truths are connected. Let me teach you a few things. They’ll be helpful.”
Just then, the second Apostle of Creation, Amur, had given Iona some insights to help her reach a higher level.
That was why she had decided on closed-door training.
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot! Goodbye, Theo~nim!”
With a final farewell to Theo, Iona returned to the Wizard Tower in the Black Tower.
“Kyoot! Kyoot! Kyoot! They’re all done for!! O, power of dimensions. O, power of magic. By my command, block everything. Dimension Shield.”
Hugging the heart-shaped fur balls gifted by Theo, she began her secluded training within an isolated dimension.
The 51st floor of the Black Tower.
[Uren-nim, Chelli is headed your way!]
Piyot, chasing Chelli, the squirrel who was seventh on Uren’s blacklist, called out to Uren who was waiting in hiding.
Having grown stronger by working alongside Uren, Piyot was now collecting money from those on Uren’s blacklist.
And there was only one left.
At Piyot’s signal, Uren watched Chelli, who was trying to escape.
Chelli, who briefly slowed down while looking at Uren, passed by Uren and started picking up speed again.
You could call it a kind of cooperative play…
After several attempts, they’d sadly found that their success rate was highest when Uren did nothing at all.
At that moment, Chelli slipped on a banana peel that just happened to be on the floor.
Sometimes, Uren’s misfortune ability kicked in and unexpectedly helped .
[Got you! Now give back Uren-nim’s money!]
While Chelli was down, Piyot caught up, overpowered him, and searched his belongings for the money pouch.
[Uren-nim, check it out!]
Piyot tossed the pouch to Uren to confirm the amount.
“Hmm. It’s far short, though? We’re missing 500 billion Tower Coins.”
The amount was significantly short of the 3 trillion Tower Coins they were supposed to collect.
[That’s the correct amount! Chelli bought a 500-billion Tower Coin building under his brother’s name!]
The missing amount was already accounted for by Piyot, who had become a skilled debt collector through his time with Uren.
A little while later,
Piyot sold the land deed for the building and handed half of the proceeds, 250 billion Tower Coins, to Uren.
With the money in hand, Uren crossed off the last name on his blacklist.
Finally, I can go home!
Now, all that remained for Uren was a triumphant return home.
“For now, let’s head to the 99th floor of the tower.”
With light steps, the two began ascending the tower.
A monstrous roar echoed from afar, growing closer.
[Of course, it couldn’t be that easy.]
Piyot grumbled as he prepared for battle.
Getting home is going to be even tougher than this, right?
They were already encountering so many monsters, so it was clear that the journey to the top and eventually home would be a perilous one.
We still need Theo~nim!
Uren resolved that he absolutely had to bring Theo along when he went home.