Chapter 552: Chapter 552
Black Tower, 55th Floor.
When the rabbits who had left to meet Sejun returned much earlier than expected,
Why are they back already?
Did something happen to them on the way?
Just a moment earlier,
One of Mukbupal’s clones had located the Super-Giant Piranha and lured it to Mukbupal. That part had gone well.
The problem was that 1,000 Frost Giant Piranhas, guarding the Super-Giant Piranha, had come along as well.
To make matters worse,
Wait?! To catch this thing, I have to get eaten?
Mukbupal belatedly realized that for the plan to succeed, he would have to be swallowed.
Mukbupal fled at full speed, and the Super-Giant Piranha, along with the Frost Giant Piranhas, began to chase him.
He created clones to scatter and distract the enemies’ attention, but the Super-Giant Piranha stubbornly pursued only Mukbupal.
In the process, the water churned violently, creating fountains.
Despite his desperate attempts to escape,
Mukbupal was eventually swallowed by the Super-Giant Piranha. His trivial abilities were no match for it.
Kihihit. Kking! Kking!
[Hehe! It’s hooked! Pull it up, guys!]
The Blackie family excitedly pulled on their fishing rods.
The Super-Giant Piranha’s strength was too much for the Blackie family to handle.
Blackie, being dragged along with the fishing rod, called out to Sejun.
Sejun rushed forward and grabbed Blackie, but,
He was dragged along too.
[Why are you coming with me, butler?!]
I’m just a sunfish, after all.
Finally, Sejun’s true feelings came out.
Just before Sejun and Blackie were about to plunge into the freezing lake,
Cuengi used telekinesis to lift both Sejun and Blackie back up, pulling the Super-Giant Piranha along with the fishing rod.
The fishing line wasn’t strong enough to hold the Super-Giant Piranha.
As the line snapped, only Sejun and Blackie made it back to the surface. Thus began the Mukbupal Rescue Operation.
Of course, it wasn’t anything fancy.
After briefly pausing the ice fishing competition,
“Puhuhut. Got it, meow!”
[Hurry, let’s save Mukbupal!]
Everyone got into a waterproof bubble created by Theo and began searching the lake.
The lakebed was completely barren, a result of the piranhas having run wild.
After about an hour of scouring the lake,
The Super-Giant Piranha and the Frost Giant Piranhas spotted Sejun’s group and swam toward them with their enormous mouths wide open.
“Huh?! There’s Mukbupal!”
Fortunately, Mukbupal was clinging to the Super-Giant Piranha’s gums, unharmed.
[Blackie~nim, you came to save me!]
[Of course! We’re family! Ggomi! Use your web!]
Following Blackie’s command, Ggomi shot a spider web at Mukbupal and tied him up.
The Blackie family and Sejun pulled Mukbupal into Theo’s waterproof bubble.
[They messed with our Mukbupal! Let’s teach them a lesson!]
Once Mukbupal was rescued, Cuengi pulled out his thunderbolt staff and struck the Super-Giant Piranha and the surrounding piranhas.
[You’ve gained 50 million experience points, which is 50% of the experience points earned by Intermediate Herbalist Cuengi.]
[Intermediate Herbalist Cuengi Park has defeated the Frost Giant Piranhas.]
With the piranhas defeated, the Mukbupal Rescue Operation was successfully completed.
[Quest has been completed.]
[You have been recognized as the rightful owner of the Ice Lake Land Deed on the 89th floor of the Black Tower.]
The quest was also completed.
Although the ice fishing competition came to an ambiguous end,
“Puhuhut. The Super-Giant grilled fish and the Frost Giant grilled fish are all mine, Vice Chairman Theo’s, meow!”
“Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Congratulations, Theo~nim.”
[Hehe. Sejun~nim, that was fun!]
[Hehehe. There’s so much to eat!]
[Hehe. This time, the stars were us, the Blackie family!]
Everyone seemed satisfied with the results.
“Now, let’s make sleds and play.”
The competition wasn’t over yet.
Sejun quickly crafted sleds and sticks for pushing on the ice using wooden planks and Fire Ant carapace made of metal material.
“Alright. Stand at the starting line.”
At Sejun’s words, the group each got onto their sleds and took their positions.
In an instant, Theo, Cuengi, and Iona reached the other side of the ice lake.
[Sejun~nim, hang in there! At this rate, Blackie will catch up to you!]
Once again, it was a battle for last place between Sejun and Blackie family.
[Hehe! Guys, push harder! If we try just a little more, we can beat the butler!]
Under Blackie’s command, the Blackie family diligently pushed their sled forward.
In particular, Mukbupal used his clones, wielding 72 sticks, to push the ice in perfect sync. The gap between Sejun and Blackie family began to close rapidly.
A little while later,
Sejun barely managed to reach the other side of the lake, overtaking Blackie family.
“Puhuhut. Great Hybrid Chairman Park, I senses something pulling from about 10 km away, meow!”
Chairman Park, your face looks ugly, meow!
While Sejun panted, Theo looked south while kneading Sejun’s face with his front paw and
“Kyoot?! If it’s 10 km in that direction, that’s where Amur Lange~nim, the Second Apostle of Creation, once stayed!”
Following Theo’s gaze, Iona spoke.
“Hehehe. Is that so?”
If it’s where the Second Apostle of Creation stayed, there must be something valuable there.
Sejun smiled as he began preparing for a new adventure.
[We lost to the butler…]